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Hymns on Sunday, 25 May 2025

25 May 2025

We've harvest hymns and hymns of thankfulness in this week's programme. Audio

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Thursday 29 May

10:00 AM. Days

with Nick Tipping

Chabrier, Emmanuel: Fête Polonaise, from Le Roi malgré lui - Swiss Romande Orch/Neeme Järvi (Chandos CHSA 5122)

Metcalfe, John: Ochre Orange Freeway - Tom Kerstens (gtr), Tom Kerstens' G Plus ensemble (REAL WORLD CDRW 175)

Marais, Marin: Suite in E minor - Les Musiciens de Saint-Julien, François Lazarevitch (fl) (Alpha ALPHA1126)

Haydn, Franz Joseph: Symphony No 104 in D, London - Royal Concertgebouw Orch, Amsterdam/Colin Davis (Philips 434 153)

Dvořák, Antonín: Silent Woods - Heinrich Schiff (cello), André Previn (pno) (Philips 434 914)

11.00

Weber, Carl Maria von orch Berlioz: Invitation to the Dance - New Zealand SO/John Hopkins (Tartar TRL 020)

Chopin, Frédéric: Piano Concerto No 1 in E minor Op 11 - Janina Fialkowska (pno), Vancouver SO/Bramwell Tovey (ATMA ACD 2 2643)

O'Connor, Mark: Caprice For Three - Mark O'Connor (vln), Yo-Yo Ma (cello), Edgar Meyer (dbass) (Sony SK 66782)

Trad Serbian: Borin Čoček - Hesperion XXI

12.00

Khachaturian, Aram: Masquerade, Suite (1) - Scottish National Orch/Neeme Järvi (Chandos CHAN 2023)

Bach, Johann Sebastian: Concerto in D minor BWV974 (2) - Víkingur Ólafsson (piano) (DG 4835022)

Elgar, Edward: Pomp & Circumstance March No 3 - New Zealand SO/James Judd (Naxos 8.557273)

Gómez, Jorge: Para Tí - Joshua Bell (vln), Tiempo Libre (SONY 88697 55436)

Dittersdorf, Karl Ditters von: Symphony in D, (1) - Failoni Orch/Uwe Grodd (Naxos 8.553975)

Schumann, Robert: Piano Quintet in Eb Op 44 (4) - Marc-André Hamelin (pno), Takács Quartet (Hyperion CDA 67631)

Saint-Saëns, Camille: Introduction & Rondo Capriccioso Op 28 - James Ehnes (vln), Quebec SO/Yoav Talmi (Analekta FL 2 3151)

Strauss, Richard arr Grainger: Ramble on the Last Love Duet in Rosenkavalier - Janine Sowden (pno) (ASV CD WHL 2117)

Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus: Un moto di gioia, from The Marriage of Figaro - Kathleen Battle (sop), Royal Phil/André Previn (EMI CDC 7 47355)

Assad, Sergio: Colloquial Preludes, No 3 in G - Ricardo Gallén (gtr)

1.00

Ravel, Maurice: Le Tombeau de Couperin - Dunedin Symphony Orchestra/Simon Over (RNZ )

Riniker, David: Three pieces from Velvet Valves - Arna Morton (violin), Alexander Morton (horn), Liam Wooding (piano) (RNZ )

Whitacre, Eric: The City and the Sea - NZ Youth Choir, Michael Stewart (piano)/Eric Whitacre (RNZ )

Britten, Benjamin: The Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra - New Zealand SO National Youth Orchestra/James Macmillan (RNZ 2017)

Hindemith, Paul: Phantasiestücke Op 8/2 - Andrew Joyce (cello), Jian Liu (piano) (RNZ 45452)

Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus: String Quartet No 1 in G K80/73f - New Zealand String Quartet (RNZ )

Schubert, Franz: Rosamunde Overture D644 - New Zealand SO/Benjamin Northey (RNZ 2018)

Debussy, Claude: Jeux - Orchestra Wellington/Marc Taddei (RNZ 2017)

Bach, Johann Sebastian: Tröste mir, Jesu, from Cantata BWV135 - Shiddharth Chand (tenor), Robert Orr (oboe), Louise Cox (oboe), Douglas Mews (organ) (RNZ )

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