Christmas Music
PALESTRINA: Hodie Christus natus est
Hodie! Christmas with the Tudor Consort was recorded at the Wellington Cathedral of St. Paul, 9 December, 2023 Audio
Music Alive: Auckland Philharmonia Orchestra - Celebrate Christmas 2022
The Auckland Philharmonia presents its annual Christmas concert. For 2022, their guests are soprano Anna Leese, the Graduate Choir New Zealand and conductor Benjamin Bayl. Audio
Christmas Spirit and Soul
William Dart finds the Christmas spirit in recent music from Taylor Swift and Pentatonix along with true Christmas soul from the late greats Aretha Franklin and Otis Redding. Audio
I Dream of Christmas
William Dart's got a Santa sack full of Christmas goodies from Kristin Chenoweth and Paul Kelly to Leslie Odom Jr, The Bird and the Bee, and the inimitable Norah Jones. Audio
GRUBER arr Terence Maskell: Silent Night
Performed by The Graduate Choir NZ, conducted by Terence Maskell at the APO's Celebrate Christmas concert, Holy Trinity Cathedral, 12 December 2020. Audio
HANDEL: Hallelujah Chorus, from Messiah
Performed by the Auckland Philharmonia Orchestra conducted by Hamish McKeich at the APO's Celebrate Christmas concert, Holy Trinity Cathedral, 12 December 2020. Audio
MENDELSSOHN arr Willcocks: Hark! The Herald Angels Sing
Performed by The Graduate Choir NZ, and the Auckland Philharmonia Orchestra conducted by Hamish McKeich at the APO's Celebrate Christmas concert, Holy Trinity Cathedral, 12 December 2020. Audio
HANDEL arr Rutter: Joy to the World
Performed by The Graduate Choir NZ, and the Auckland Philharmonia Orchestra conducted by Hamish McKeich at the APO's Celebrate Christmas concert, Holy Trinity Cathedral, 12 December 2020. Audio
GAUNTLETT arr Rutter: Once in Royal David's City
Performed by soprano Amelia Berry, The Graduate Choir NZ, and the Auckland Philharmonia Orchestra conducted by Hamish McKeich at the APO's Celebrate Christmas concert, Holy Trinity Cathedral, 12… Audio
REGER: Mariä Wiegenlied
Performed by soprano Amelia Berry and the Auckland Philharmonia Orchestra conducted by Hamish McKeich at the APO's Celebrate Christmas concert, Holy Trinity Cathedral, 12 December 2020. Audio
TCHAIKOVSKY: Scherzo from Symphony No 1 in G minor Op 13, "Winter Daydreams"
Performed by the Auckland Philharmonia Orchestra conducted by Hamish McKeich at the APO's Celebrate Christmas concert, Holy Trinity Cathedral, 12 December 2020. Audio
LAURIDSEN: O nata lux, from Lux aeterna
Performed by The Graduate Choir NZ conducted by Terence Maskell at the APO's Celebrate Christmas concert, Holy Trinity Cathedral, 12 December 2020. Audio
BIZEL: Jeux d'enfants
Performed by the Auckland Philharmonia Orchestra conducted by Hamish McKeich at the APO's Celebrate Christmas concert, Holy Trinity Cathedral, 12 December 2020. Audio
MOZART: Exsultate, Jubilate K165
Performed by soprano Amelia Berry, and the Auckland Philharmonia Orchestra conducted by Hamish McKeich at the APO's Celebrate Christmas concert, Holy Trinity Cathedral, 12 December 2020. Audio
HANDEL: Pifa, from Messiah
Performed by the Auckland Philharmonia Orchestra conducted by Hamish McKeich at the APO's Celebrate Christmas concert, Holy Trinity Cathedral, 12 December 2020. Audio
PRAETORIUS: Es ist ein Ros' entsprungen
Performed by The Graduate Choir NZ conducted by Terence Maskell at the APO's Celebrate Christmas concert, Holy Trinity Cathedral, 12 December 2020. Audio
BACH: Cantata No 147, Herz und Mund und Tat und Leben, excerpts
Performed by soprano Amelia Berry, The Graduate Choir NZ, and the Auckland Philharmonia Orchestra conducted by Hamish McKeich at the APO's Celebrate Christmas concert, Holy Trinity Cathedral, 12… Audio
Celebrate Christmas 2020 - complete concert
Soprano Amelia Berry and The Graduate Choir NZ join the Auckland Philharmonia Orchestra conducted by Hamish McKeich for the orchestra's annual Celebrate Christmas concert, Holy Trinity Cathedral… Audio
A Kiwi Christmas
When all you hear in the shopping malls is Mariah Carey, Michael Buble et al, in New Horizons, William Dart celebrates the Christmas music from Aotearoa. Audio
Christmas Special
William Dart presents an appropriately seasonal mix of naughty and nice, with more than a few tributes to the Big Man in Red and a little blues on the side. Video, Audio
