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24 December 2025

with Clarissa Dunn

Christmas concert: Christmas From Around the World with Abel Selaocoe and the BBC Singers, from London

Abel Selaocoe (vocal, cello), Alan Keary (electric bass), Fred Thomas (piano), Sidiki Dembélé (African percussion), BBC Singers/Grace Rossiter

TRADITIONAL: Gaudete

SELAOCOE, ABEL: Emmanuele

RAMÍREZ, ARIEL arr Peter Knight: La peregrinación

FLECHA, MATEO: Riu Riu Chiu

PRAETORIUS, HIERONYMUS: Joseph, lieber Joseph mein

GRIER, FRANCIS: Alleluia!

SELAOCOE, ABEL arr Fred Thomas: Hlokomela

(BBC Milton Court, London)

James, Harry Arr Howarth: Concerto for trumpet - Harmen Vanhoorne (cornet), National Band of NZ/David Bremner (RNZ)

Bruch, Max: Violin Concerto No 1 in G minor Op 26 - Natalia Lomeiko (violin), Christchurch Symphony Orchestra/Benjamin Northey (RNZ 2018)

Schumann, Robert: Piano Quintet in Eb Op 44 - Benjamin Baker, Donald Armstrong (vlns), Wenhong Luo (viola), Matthias Balzat (cello), Laurence Matheson (piano) (RNZ MMF 2023)

Grieg, Edvard arr Thomas: Sarabande, from Holberg Suite - Johannes Moser (cello), cellos of the Auckland Philharmonia (RNZ)

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Thursday, 15 May 2025

  • PROKOFIEV: Piano Concerto No 3 In C Op 26

    music
    15 May 2025

    Performed by the Auckland Philharmonia and Alexander Gavrylyuk, conducted by Shiyeon Sung, at their Premier Series - Tchaikovsky 5 concert on 15 May 2025 at the Auckland Town Hall.

    Recorded by RNZ… Read more Audio

    This audio is not downloadable due to copyright restrictions.

  • K YOUNG: Douce Tristesse

    music
    15 May 2025

    Performed by the Auckland Philharmonia under conductor Shiyeon Sung at their Premier Series - Tchaikovsky 5 concert on 15 May 2025 at the Auckland Town hall.

    Recorded by RNZ Concert
    Producer: Emre    … Read more Audio

    This audio is not downloadable due to copyright restrictions.

Monday, 5 May 2025

  • NZSO: Poem of Ecstasy

    5 May 2025

    Gemma New conducts a programme featuring titans of early twentieth-century romanticism. The programme takes its name from Scriabin’s 1908 Poem of Ecstasy.

    Recorded in 2023 at the Michael Fowler… Read more Audio

Sunday, 4 May 2025

  • Vierne, Louis: Carillon de Westminster Op 54/6

    music Auckland
    4 May 2025

    Performed by James Flores at the Auckland Town Hall Organ Trust & The Graduate Choir NZ concert on 4 May 2025 at the Auckland Town Hall. The Graduate Choir NZ was conducted by Terence Maskell… Read more Audio

    This audio is not downloadable due to copyright restrictions.

  • Artley, Chris: I will lift up mine eyes

    music Auckland
    4 May 2025

    Performed by Soomin Kim (organ) and Orson Paine (trumpet) at the Auckland Town Hall Organ Trust & The Graduate Choir NZ concert on 4 May 2025 at the Auckland Town Hall. The Graduate Choir NZ was… Read more Audio

    This audio is not downloadable due to copyright restrictions.

  • Mendelssohn, Felix: Organ Sonata No 1 in F minor

    music Auckland
    4 May 2025

    Performed by James Flores at the Auckland Town Hall Organ Trust & The Graduate Choir NZ concert on 4 May 2025 at the Auckland Town Hall. The Graduate Choir NZ was conducted by Terence Maskell… Read more Audio

    This audio is not downloadable due to copyright restrictions.

  • Tavener, John: Hymn to the Mother of God

    music Auckland
    4 May 2025

    Performed by Soomin Kim (organ) at the Auckland Town Hall Organ Trust & The Graduate Choir NZ concert on 4 May 2025 at the Auckland Town Hall. The Graduate Choir NZ was conducted by Terence Maskell… Read more Audio

    This audio is not downloadable due to copyright restrictions.

  • Madden, Richard: Set me as a Seal

    music Auckland
    4 May 2025

    Performed by Soomin Kim (organ) at the Auckland Town Hall Organ Trust & The Graduate Choir NZ concert on 4 May 2025 at the Auckland Town Hall. The Graduate Choir NZ was conducted by Terence Maskell.

    … Read more Audio

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  • Stanley, John arr Henry Coleman: Suite for Organ

    music Auckland
    4 May 2025

    Performed by James Flores at the Auckland Town Hall Organ Trust & The Graduate Choir NZ concert on 4 May 2025 at the Auckland Town Hall. The Graduate Choir NZ was conducted by Terence Maskell.

    … Read more Audio

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  • Howells, Herbert: Magnificat (Collegium Regale)

    music Auckland
    4 May 2025

    Performed by Soomin Kim (organ) at the Auckland Town Hall Organ Trust & The Graduate Choir NZ concert on 4 May 2025 at the Auckland Town Hall. The Graduate Choir NZ was conducted by Terence Maskell.

    … Read more Audio

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  • Chesnokov, Pavel: Salvation is created

    music Auckland
    4 May 2025

    Performed by The Graduate Choir NZ under conductor Terence Maskell at their concert with the Auckland Town Hall Organ Trust on 4 May 2025 at the Auckland Town Hall.

    Recorded by RNZ Concert
    Producer:    … Read more Audio

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  • Bach, Johann Sebastian: Prelude & Fugue in A minor BWV543

    music Auckland
    4 May 2025

    Performed by James Flores at the Auckland Town Hall Organ Trust & The Graduate Choir NZ concert on 4 May 2025 at the Auckland Town Hall. The Graduate Choir NZ was conducted by Terence Maskell.

    … Read more Audio

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