Schedule for Wednesday 21 January 2026

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12:00 AM. Music Through the Night

Schubert, Franz: Impromptu in Bb D935/3 - Alfred Brendel (piano) (Philips 420 840)
Brahms, Johannes: Intermezzi Op 118, extracts - Michael Houstoun (piano) (Rattle RATD131)
Mendelssohn, Felix: Symphony No 4 in A Op 90, Italian (1) - Prague Philharmonic/Jirí Belohlávek (SUPRAPHON SU 3876)
Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus: Trio in Eb K498, Kegelstatt (3) - Charles Neidich (clarinet), Jürgen Kussmaul (viola), Robert Levin (fortepiano) (SONY SK 53366)
Korngold, Erich Wolfgang: Piano Trio in D Op 1 (3) - NZTrio (Rattle RAT-D121)
1:00 approx
Vivaldi, Antonio: Concerto in G minor for two cellos RV531 - Christina Mahler (cello), Allen Whear (cello), Tafelmusik/Jeanne Lamon (dir) (Analekta AN 2 9811)
Boccherini, Luigi: String Quintet in C G391 - Ensemble 415 (HARMONIA MUNDI HMA 195 1402)
Larsson, Lars-Erik: Pastoral Suite - Helsingborg Symphony Orchestra/Okko Kamu (Naxos 8.553115)
Ritchie, Anthony: Night-Piece - Sharon Joy Vogan (piano) (RNZ UB37)
2:00 approx
Reinecke, Carl: Flute Sonata in E minor Op 167, Undine - Marya Martin (flute), Michael Houstoun (piano) (EX TARTAR TRL 030)
Telemann, Georg Philipp: Trio Sonata in Eb - Simon Standage (violin/director), Micaela Comberti (violin), Collegium Musicum 90 (Chandos CHAN 0525)
Haydn, Franz Joseph: Cello Concerto No 1 in C HobVIIb/1 (3) - Santiago Cañón Valencia (cello), Brussels Philharmonic/Stéphane Denève (2017 Queen Elisabeth Competition )
Quilter, Roger: Go, lovely rose Op 24/3 - James Gilchrist (tenor), Anna Tilbrook (piano) (Chandos CHAN20322)
3:00 approx
Lilburn, Douglas: Piano Sonata (1949) - Margaret Nielsen (piano) (MANU CD MANU 1511)
Bottesini, Giovanni: Andante sostenuto for strings - English Chamber Orchestra/Andrew Litton (Naxos 8.570397)
Chopin, Frédéric: Mazurka in E minor Op 41/1; Mazurka in C# minor Op 41/4; Mazurka in A minor (KK IIb/5); Mazurka C# minor Op 50/3 - Iddo Bar-Shaï (piano) (MIRARE MIR 075)
Bocanegra, Juan Pérez: Heaven-sent Joy - La Capella Reial de Catalunya, Hespèrion XXI/Jordi Savall (Alia Vox AV 9834)
4:00 approx
Debussy, Claude: Images, Book 1 - Simon Trpceski (piano) (EMI 500272)
Bach, Johann Sebastian: Keyboard Concerto No 5 in F minor BWV1056 - Murray Perahia (piano/director), ASMF (Sony SK 89690)
Dvořák, Antonín: Bagatelles Op 47 - Josef Suk (violin), Miroslav Ambros (violin), Jirí Bárta (cello), Jan Simon (harmonium) (SUPRAPHON SU 3976)
Buck, Ole: Estampie (3) - Wood'N'Flutes (Dacapo )
Bruckner, Anton: Os justi - Voces8 (Signum Classics SIGCD 283)
Chopin, Frédéric: Nocturne in F# Op 15/2 - Vladimir Ashkenazy (piano) (Decca 417 729)
Korngold, Erich Wolfgang: Sea Hawk, film - National Band of New Zealand, New Zealand Symphony Orchestra/James Judd (RNZ NZSO 2022-05-18)
5:00 approx
Respighi, Ottorino: Fountains of Rome - Atlanta Symphony Orchestra/Louis Lane (TELARC CD 80085)
Schubert, Franz: Notturno in Eb D897 - Edward Dusinberre (violin), András Fejér (cello), Andreas Haefliger (piano) (Decca 452 854)
Strauss, Richard: Don Juan Op 20 - NHK Symphony Orchestra/Paavo Järvi (RCA 88985391762)
Schumann, Robert: Du bist wie eine Blume - Andrew Joyce (cello), Rae de Lisle (piano) (Atoll ACD280)
Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus: Piano Sonata No 9 in D K311 (3) - Rafal Blechacz (piano) (DG 477 7453)
Beethoven, Ludwig van: Robin Adair, WoO 157 No 7 - Elaine Woods (soprano), Carolyn Watkinson (contralto), Josef Protschka (tenor), Richard Salter (baritone), Christian Altenburger (violin), Julius Berger (cello), Helmut Deutsch (piano) (SONY SK64301)
Anonymous arr Rieu: Greensleeves - André Rieu (violin/director), & his Orchestra (UNIVERSAL 589 306)
Finzi, Gerald: Fughetta, from Five Bagatelles Op 23 - Murray Khouri (clarinet), Peter Pettinger (piano) (Continuum CCD 1038)
6:00 AM. Summer Mornings

Monteverdi, Claudio: Toccata, from L'Orfeo - L'Arpeggiata, Christina Pluhar (theorbo/director) (Virgin 2 36140)
Weiss, Silvius Leopold: Lute Concerto in D minor - Slava Grigoryan (guitar), Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra/Benjamin Northey (ABC Classics 476 5948)
Ellington, Duke arr & orch Henderson: Isfahan - Peter Walden (cor anglais), Bobby Watson (saxophone), City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra/Simon Rattle (EMI 5 57014)
Delibes, Léo: Lakmé, Entr'acte to Act 3 - Toulouse Capitole Chorus & Orchestra/Michel Plasson (EMI 5 56569)
Françaix, Jean: Divertissement for oboe, clarinet and bassoon - members of the Aulos Wind Quintet (MUSICA MUNDI 310 022)
Bach, Johann Sebastian: Keyboard Concerto No 7 in G minor BWV1058 (3) - Glenn Gould (piano), Columbia Symphony Orchestra/Vladimir Golschmann (CBS M2K 42270)
Fauré, Gabriel: Violin Sonata No 1 in A Op 13 (4) - Wilma Smith (violin), Michael Houstoun (piano) (RNZ UA63)
Chabrier, Emmanuel: Danse villageoise, from Dix pièces pittoresques - Angela Hewitt (piano) (Hyperion SACDA 67515)
7.00
Beethoven, Ludwig van: Symphony No 2 in D Op 36 (3) - Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra/Mariss Jansons (RCO LIVE RCO 05002)
Reicha, Anton: Wind Quintet in Eb Op 88/2 (4) - Academia Wind Quintet of Prague (Hyperion CDA 66268)
Bertali, Antonio: Sonata No 2 in three parts - Jörgen van Rijen (trombone), members of Amsterdam Combattimento Consort/Jan Willem de Vriend (dir) (Channel Classics CCS SA 26708)
Glazunov, Alexander: Concert Waltz No 2 in F Op 51 - Russian State Symphony Orchestra/Valeri Polyansky (Chandos CHAN 9658)
Grieg, Edvard: Morning Mood, from Peer Gynt - Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra/Leonard Slatkin (TELARC SACD 60655)
Dvořák, Antonín: Piano Trio No 3 in F minor Op 65 (4) - Florestan Trio (Hyperion CDA 66895)
Glière, Reinhold: The Red Poppy Suite (5) - BBC Philharmonic/Edward Downes (Chandos CHAN 9160)
Liszt, Franz: Die Forelle - Jorge Bolet (piano) (Decca 414 575)
Caccini, Giulio: La spagnoletta - Latitude 37 (ABC Classics 476 4525)
8.00
Boccherini, Luigi: Guitar Quintet in D G448, Fandango (1) - Kazuhito Yamashita (guitar), Tokyo String Quartet (RCA RD 60421)
Rachmaninov, Sergei arr Kocsis: Vocalise Op 34/14 - Vladimir Ashkenazy (piano) (Decca 475 6198)
Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus: Violin Concerto No 3 in G K216 (3) - Julia Fischer (violin), Netherlands Chamber Orchestra/Yakov Kreizberg (PENTATONE PTC 5186 064)
Offenbach, Jacques: Overture, from Orpheus in the Underworld - Angèle Dubeau (violin), La Pietà (Analekta AN 2 8723)
Bruni, Antonio: Duo Concertante in Eb Book 4/1 (1) - Natalia Lomeiko (violin), Yuri Zhislin (viola) (Naxos 8.572522)
Prokofiev, Sergei: Symphony No 5 in Bb Op 100 (2) - London Symphony Orchestra/Gianandrea Noseda (LSO Live LSO0379D)
Mendelssohn, Felix: String Quintet No 2 in Bb Op 87 (2) - Sharon Quartet, Petra Vahle (viola) (Brilliant Classics 94205)
9.00
Thomas, Ambroise: Overture, from Raymond - Montreal Symphony Orchestra (Decca 421 527)
Beethoven, Ludwig van: Cello Sonata No 3 in A Op 69 (1) - Adrian Brendel (cello), Alfred Brendel (piano) (Philips 475 379)
Strauss, Richard: Till Eulenspiegels lustige Streiche Op 28 - Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra/Mariss Jansons (BR Media 900 707)
Brahms, Johannes: Piano Quintet in F minor Op 34 (3) - Leif Ove Andsnes (piano), Artemis Quartet (Virgin 3 95143)
Luzzaschi, Luzzasco: T'amo mia vita - La Néréide, Camille Allérat, Julie Roset, Ana Vieira Leite (Ricecar RIC455)
Visée, Robert de arr Bruno Helstroffer: La Conversation (Arr. for Double Bass & Theorbo) - Bruno Helstroffer (theorbo), Laurène Helstroffer Durantel (double bass) (Ad vitam AV240415D)
10:00 AM. Summer Days

Bach, Johann Sebastian arr Red Priest: Toccata & Fugue in D minor BWV565 - Red Priest (Red Priest RP 007)
Wagner, Richard: Overture, from Tannhäuser & Venusberg Music - Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, Amsterdam/Riccardo Chailly (Decca 448 155)
Ravel, Maurice arr Renz: Le Tombeau de Couperin - Berlin Ensemble (Berlin Philharmonic 6001)
11.00
Geminiani, Francesco: Concerto Grosso in D minor, La Folia - Fabio Biondi (violin/director), Europa Galante (OPUS 111 OPS 30-172)
Medtner, Nikolai: Piano Concerto No 2 in C minor Op 50 - Marc-Andre Hamelin (piano), London Philharmonic/Vladimir Jurowski (Hyperion CDA 68145)
Albéniz, Isaac arr Feola: Aragon, from Spanish Suite Op 47 - Giuseppe Feola (guitar) (Brilliant Classics 94047)
12.00
Fauré, Gabriel: Piano Quartet No 1 in C minor Op 15 (4) - Trio Wanderer, Antoine Tamestit (viola) (HARMONIA MUNDI HMC 90 2032)
Lilburn, Douglas: Allegro for Strings - Ithaca College Festival Orchestra/Grant Cooper (KIWI CD SLD 99)
Elgar, Edward: Sospiri Op 70 - NZSO Chamber Orchestra/Donald Armstrong (dir) (RNZ UB11)
Pearce, Cameron: TPO - Symposium Brass, Ingrid Jensen (trumpet) (Rattle RAT-J-1056)
Schubert, Franz: Impromptu in Ab D935/2 - Imogen Cooper (piano) (Avie AV 2157)
Poulenc, Francis: Cello Sonata Op 143 (3) - Bruno Philippe (cello), Tanguy de Williencourt (piano) (Harmonia mundi HMM902316)
Simones, Moises arr Aragón: El manisero - Sarah Willis (horn), Jorge Aragón (piano), Harold Madrigal Frías (trumpet), Havana Lyceum Orchestra/José Antonio Méndez Padrón (ALPHA ALPHA578)
Satie, Eric: La Belle Excentrique (1) - Jean-Pierre Armengaud (piano), Toulouse Capitole Orchestra/Michel Plasson (EMI CDC 7 49471)
1.00
Mendelssohn, Felix: The Hebrides - Auckland Philharmonia/Shiyeon Sung (RNZ )
Mendelssohn, Fanny: Piano Trio in D minor Op 11 - NZTrio (RNZ 2018)
Ravel, Maurice: La Valse - Orchestra Wellington/Marc Taddei (RNZ 2017)
Edmundson, Garth: Toccata on Vom Himmel Hoch - Indra Hughes (organ) (RNZ )
Dvořák, Antonín: Symphony No 9 in E minor, From the New World - Auckland Philharmonia/Giordano Bellincampi (RNZ )
Marsalis, Wynton: Meeelaan for bassoon and string quartet - Todd Gibson-Cornish (bassoon), Benjamin Baker, Wilma Smith (vlns), Amanda Verner (viola), Ashley Brown (cello) (RNZ MMF 2023)
Camm, Cheryl: Motu Puketutu - Luminata Voices, Elizabeth Lau (d bass), David Kay, Rhianna Maker (percussion)/Vanessa Kay (RNZ )
3:00 PM. Summer Three to Seven

Haydn, Franz Joseph: Symphony No 78 in C minor (4) - Orpheus Chamber Orchestra (DG 429 218)
Chopin, Frédéric: Mazurkas Op 59 - Ingrid Fliter (piano) (EMI 5 14899)
Corigliano, John: Voyage - Paul Edmund-Davies (flute), I Fiamminghi/Rudolf Werthen (TELARC CD 80503)
Wagner, Richard: Dawn & Siegfried's Rhine Journey - Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, Amsterdam/Riccardo Chailly (Decca 448 155)
Vieuxtemps, Henri: Violin Concerto No 5 in A minor Op 37, Grétry - Shlomo Mintz (violin), Israel Philharmonic/Zubin Mehta (Brilliant Classics 94070)
Schubert, Franz arr Tarkmann: Danksagung an den Bach, from Die schöne Müllerin D795 - Klaus Florian Vogt (tenor), Ensemble Acht (cpo 555549-2)
Traditional: The lark in the clear air - Carolyn Mills (harp) (Atoll ACD 919)
4.00
Farrenc, Louise: Symphony No 3 in G minor Op 36 - 1. Adagio - Allegro - North German Radio Philharmonic/Johannes Goritzki (CPO 999 603)
Mendelssohn, Felix: Symphony No 4 in A Op 90, Italian (3) - Vienna Philharmonic/John Eliot Gardiner (DG 459 156)
Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus: Symphony No 25 in G minor K183 - London Mozart Players/Jane Glover (ASV CD DCA 717)
Brahms, Johannes: String Quintet No 2 in G Op 111 (4) - New Zealand String Quartet, Maria Lambros (viola) (Naxos 8.573455)
Bach, Johann Sebastian arr Yang: Violin Sonata No 1 in G minor BWV1001 (2) - Xuefei Yang (guitar) (EMI 6 79018)
Dvořák, Antonín: Symphony No 6 in D Op 60 (4) - Royal Scottish National Orchestra/Neeme Järvi (Chandos CHAN 8530)
5.00
Handel, George Frideric: Concerto a due cori No 2 in F HWV333 (1) - Tafelmusik Baroque Orchestra/Jean Lamon (vln/dir) (Tafelmusik Media 1011CD)
Scharwenka, Philipp: Suite for Violin & Piano in G Minor Op 99 (2) - Amalia Hall (violin), Christopher Park (piano) (Atoll ACD232 )
Chopin, Frédéric: Andante Spianato & Grande Polonaise in Eb Op 22 (2) - Janusz Olejniczak (piano), Warsaw National Philharmonic/Tadeusz Strugala (SONY SK 87739)
Wagenaar, Johan: Romantic Intermezzo Op 13 - North West German Philharmonic/Antony Hermus (CPO 777479)
Bennett, Richard Rodney: Murder on the Orient Express - BBC Philharmonic/Rumon Gamba (Chandos CHAN 9867)
Sibelius, Jean: King Christian II, Suite (3) - New Zealand Symphony Orchestra/Pietari Inkinen (Naxos 8.570068)
Beethoven, Ludwig van: String Quartet in F Op 18/1 (2) - Tokyo String Quartet (HARMONIA MUNDI HMU 90 7436.37)
6.00
Britten, Benjamin: Simple Symphony Op 4 - English Chamber Orchestra/Benjamin Britten (London 425 160)
Corelli, Arcangelo: Concerto Grosso in G minor Op 6/8 - Pavlo Beznosiuk (violin/director), Avison Ensemble (Linn CKD 411)
Smith, Alice Mary ed Graham-Jones: Symphony in A minor (2) - London Mozart Players/Howard Shelley (Chandos CHAN 10283)
Albéniz, Isaac: Almería, from Iberia Book 2 - Marc-André Hamelin (piano) (Hyperion CDA 67476/7)
Traditional: Klezmer Dances, Suite - Los Angeles Guitar Quartet, Leo Chelyapov (clarinet) (Sony SK 60274)
7:00 PM. Summer Evenings

Holst, Gustav: St Paul's Suite (1) - Bournemouth Sinfonietta/George Hurst (Chandos CHAN 8375)
Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus: Violin Concerto No 5 in A K219, Turkish (1) - Isabelle Faust (violin), Il Giardino Armonico/Giovanni Antonini (Harmonia Mundi HMC 90 2230-31)
Ravel, Maurice: Sonatine - Martha Argerich (piano) (Philips 456 700)
Verdi, Giuseppe: Grand March, from Aida - National Band of New Zealand, New Zealand Symphony Orchestra/James Judd (RNZ NZSO 2022-05-18)
Bach, Johann Sebastian: Brandenburg Concerto No 2 in F BWV1047 (1) - Le Concert des Nations/Jordi Savall (Auvidis Fontalis ES 9903)
8:00 PM. Music Alive

with Clarissa Dunn
Wigmore Hall Lunchtime Concerts 2025: Debussy, Dupont, Hahn and more
Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus: Piano Sonata No 13 in Bb K333
Debussy, Claude: Reflets dans l'eau, from Images, Set 1 L110
Debussy, Claude: Clair de lune, from Suite bergamasque
Dupont, Gabriel Edouard Xavier: Après-midi de dimanche, No 5 from Heures dolentes
Hahn, Reynaldo: 2 extracts from Le Rossignol éperdu
Koechlin, Charles: Chant de pêcheurs, No 10 from Paysages et Marines Op 63
Schmitt, Florent: Glas, No 6 from Musiques intimes Op 29
Handel, George Frideric: Minuet in G minor HWV434/4
Anne Quéffelec (piano)
Wigmore Hall, London 28/04/25 (BBC)
Strauss, Richard: Four Songs Op 27; Zueignung Op 10/1 - Madison Horman (soprano), NZSO National Youth Orchestra/Adam Johnson (RNZ 45843)
Mendelssohn, Felix: String Quartet No 6 in F minor Op 80 - Benjamin Baker (violin), Marike Kruup (violin), Robert Ashworth (viola), Ken Ichinose (cello) (RNZ )
Piazzolla, Astor: Café 1930, from Histoire du Tango - Andrew Beer (violin), Ingrid Bauer (harp) (RNZ 45900)
10:00 PM. Summer Evenings

Cimarosa, Domenico: Concerto in G for two flutes (1) - Mathieu Dufour (flute), Alex Klein (oboe), Czech National Symphony Orchestra/Paul Freeman (Cedille CDR 90000 080)
Schubert, Franz: Rondo in A D438 - James Ehnes (violin), Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra/Andrew Manze (Onyx ONYX4167)
Bach, Johann Sebastian: Cello Suite No 4 in Eb BWV1010 - Inbal Megiddo (cello) (Atoll ACD233)
Tavener, John: The Lamb - Voces8 (Signum Classics SIGCD 283)
Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus: Divertimento in Bb K137 - Freiburg Baroque Orchestra/Petra Müllejans (vln/dir) (HARMONIA MUNDI HMC 90 1809)
Brahms, Johannes: Clarinet Quintet in B minor Op 115 - Sharon Kam (clarinet), Jerusalem Quartet (Naxos 8.573454)
Franck, César: Panis angelicus, from Mass for three voices - Jessye Norman (soprano), Ambrosian Singers, Royal Philharmonic/Alexander Gibson (Philips 422 893)
Schubert, Franz: Nacht und Träume, D827 - Pablo Ferrández (cello), Julien Quentin (piano) (Sony 19802898632)