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12:00 AM. Music Through the Night

MOZART: Adagio in B minor K540 - Leon McCawley (pno) (Avie AV 2105)
CORELLI: Concerto Grosso in G minor Op 6/8 - Europa Galante/Fabio Biondi (vln/dir) (OPUS 111 OPS 10-009)
GLICK: Divertimento for String Orchestra - Thirteen Strings of Ottawa/Brian Law (CBC Records MVCD 1046)
SARASATE: The Dream Op 53 - Tianwa Yang (vln), Navarra SO/Ernest Martínez Izquierdo (Naxos 8.572276)
DUBOIS: Toccata in G, from 12 New Pieces - Kemp English (org) (MANU CD MANU 5005)
1:00 approx
PORTER: In the Still of the Night - Peter Maunder (tbn), Helen Webby (harp) (Atoll ACD 115)
TCHAIKOVSKY: Overture, from The Nutcracker Suite - Kirov Orch/Valery Gergiev (Philips 462 114)
MENDELSSOHN: Octet in Eb Op 20 (1) - Amati String Orch (Brilliant Classics 94205)
CHOPIN: Ballade No 4 in F minor Op 52 - Lixin Zhang (piano) (Rattle RATD084)
EDWARDS: Veni Creator Spiritus - Tasmanian SO/Richard Mills (ABC Classics ABC 476 227)
HAYDN: Trio in G for keyboard, flute & cello HobXV/15 (1) - Uwe Grodd (fl), Martin Rummel (cello), Christopher Hinterhuber (pno) (Naxos 8.572667)
2:00 approx
RAUTAVAARA: Divertimento - Ostrobothnian CO/Juha Kangas (ONDINE ODE 983)
BLOCH: Abodah - Suyeon Kang (vln), Stephen De Pledge (pno) (Atoll ACD 818)
HOLST: A Fugal Overture - London Festival Orch/Ross Pople (ASV CD DCA 782)
DEBUSSY arr Bavouzet: Jeux - Jean-Efflam Bavouzet (pno), François-Frédéric Guy (pno) (Chandos CHAN 10863)
BEETHOVEN: Piano Sonata No 7 in D Op 10/3 - Tessa Birnie (pno) (WALSINGHAM 3WAL 80432)
3:00 approx
MORTELMANS: Spring Idyll - BRTN Phil, Brussels ( )
CHEN GANG/HE ZHANHAO: Butterfly Lovers Concerto - Chen Jie (pno), New Zealand SO/Carolyn Kuan (Naxos 8.570607)
SCHUMANN: Gesänge der Frühe Op 133 - Maurizio Pollini (pno) (DG 471 370)
RAVEL: String Quartet in F (2) - New Zealand String Quartet (Atoll ACD 399)
STRAUSS: Morgen Op 27/4 - Andrew Joyce (cello), Julia Joyce (vla), Rae de Lisle (pno) (Atoll ACD280)
4:00 approx
HUMMEL: Variations on a theme by Gluck Op 57 - Georgina Zellan-Smith (pno) (ZELLAN RECORDS ZRCD 1002)
TERZI: Jouissance - Hille Perl (viola da gamba), Robert Sagasser (viola da gamba), Paulina van Laarhoven (viola da gamba, Matthias Müller (viola da gamba), Lee Santana (lute/chitarrone) (DHM 05472 77502)
VERDI: Willow Song & Ave Maria, from Otello - Kiri Te Kanawa (sop), Elzbieta Ardam (mezzo), Chicago SO/Georg Solti (Decca 440 843)
BEETHOVEN trans Liszt: Symphony No 1 in C Op 21 - Idil Biret (pno) (IBA 8.571252)
5:00 approx
BRAHMS: Piano Trio No 1 in B Op 8 (1) - Gould Piano Trio (QUARTZ QTZ 2011)
LAURIDSEN: O magnum mysterium - Choir of Merton College Oxford/Benjamin Nicholas (Delphian DCD34192)
MENDELSSOHN: Symphony No 4 in A Op 90, Italian (3) - Chamber Orch of Europe/Yannick Nézet-Séguin (DG 4797337)
ELGAR: Chanson de matin Op 15/2 - New Zealand SO/James Sedares (Universal 399 8782)
HAYDN: Keyboard Sonata No 60 in C HobXVI/50 (1) - András Schiff (pno) (DAL SEGNO DSPRCD 042)
ALBÉNIZ orch Arbós/Surinach: El Polo from Iberia Book 3 - Cincinnati SO/Jésus López-Cobos (TELARC 2CD 80470)
TRADITIONAL arr Blackwell: Steal away - Dingle Yandell (bass), Voces8 (Signum Classics SIGCD 283)
PALESTRINA: Tota pulchra es - Latitude 37 (ABC Classics ABC 4818575)
GRUBER arr Pears: Silent Night - Aled Jones (Vocal), John Williams (gtr), New Zealand Sinfonietta/Ian Tilley (Decca 572406)
6:00 AM. Summer Mornings

Start your day with great music and company from RNZ Concert

SIBELIUS: King Christian II, Suite (2) - New Zealand SO/Pietari Inkinen (Naxos 8.570068)

FAURÉ: Ballade in F# Op 19 - Jean-Philippe Collard (pno), Toulouse Capitole Orch/Michel Plasson (EMI 3 97722)

SATIE orch Debussy: Gymnopédie No 1 - ASMF/Neville Marriner (Philips 426 051)

JENNINGS: Prelude, Fugue, Variations, and Chaconne (1) - Luca Manghi (flute), Ben Hoadley (bassoon), Liam Wooding (piano) (Atoll ACD221)

RODRIGO: Fantasia para un gentilhombre (4) - Craig Ogden (gtr), BBC Phil/Sachio Fujioka (Chandos CHAN 9604)

MOZART: Violin Concerto No 3 in G K216 (3) - James Ehnes (vln/dir), Mozart Anniversary Orch (CBC Records SMCD 5238)

BEETHOVEN: Bagatelle No 25 in A minor, Für Elise - Alfred Brendel (pno) (Philips 456 031)

STRAUSS: Die Heiligen drei Könige aus Morgenland - Elisabeth Schwarzkopf (sop), Berlin Radio SO/George Szell (EMI CDC 7 47276)

7.00

BACH arr James F. Smith: Prelude & Fugue No 1 in C BWV846 - Los Angeles Guitar Quartet (DELOS DE 3205)

SCHUBERT: Piano Sonata No 21 in Bb D960 (3) - Tessa Birnie (pno) (ABC Classics 476 6479)

LECLAIR: Violin Concerto in D Op 10/3 - Simon Standage (vln/dir), Collegium Musicum 90 (Chandos CHAN 0589)

PUCCINI: Humming Chorus, from Madame Butterfly - BBC Singers, BBC Symphony Chorus & Orch/Leonard Slatkin (warner 2564 61956)

MADDEN: I sing of a maiden - Graduate Choir/Terence Maskell (Atoll ACD 308)

RAVEL Arr Barker & Balsom: Piano Concerto in G (2) - Alison Balsom (tpt), Guy Barker Orch/Guy Barker (Warner 2564 632789)

DVORÁK: Serenade in E for strings Op 22 (3) - English CO/Rafael Kubelík (Brilliant Classics 94081)

SAINT-SAËNS: Aquarium, Aviary, Fossils, The Swan, from Carnival of the Animals - The Kanneh-Masons (Decca 4851156)

VICTORIA: O magnum mysterium - Handel & Haydn Society Chorus/Grant Llewellyn (Avie AV 0039)

HAYDN: Keyboard Sonata No 11 in Bb HobXVI/2 (1) - Marc-André Hamelin (pno) (Hyperion CDA 67882)

BRAHMS: Hungarian Dance No 6 in Bb - New Zealand SO/Gemma New (RNZ 2020)

MENDELSSOHN: A Midsummer Night's Dream, Overture - London SO/Claudio Abbado (DG 423 104)

MEIER: The Summer Wind - Boston Pops Orch/John Williams (Sony 472352)

TRADITIONAL: Tomorrow shall be my dancing day - Huddersfield Choral Society, Sellers Engineering Band/Brian Kay (Chandos CHAN 4530)

BACH arr Tarkmann: Concerto for oboe d'amore, strings & continuo (3) - Albrecht Mayer (ob d'amore), English Concert/Julian Podger (dir) (Decca 478 1517)

FARRENC: Piano Quintet No 1 in A minor (1) - Schubert Ensemble of London (ASV CD DCA 1122)

9.00

DARKE: In the Bleak Mid-Winter - Oliver Kelham (ten), Choir of Merton College, Oxford / Benjamin Nicholas (BBC Music BBC MM 378)

SPOHR arr Wojciechowski: Adagio in F - Karen Geoghegan (bsn), Philip Edward Fisher (pno) (Chandos CHAN 10703)

ROSSINI: La Cenerentola, Overture - ASMF/Neville Marriner (Philips 412 893)

ORTIZ: Recercada No 8 on La Folia - Latitude 37 (ABC Classics 476 4525)

BERLIOZ: Villanelle, from Les nuits d'été - Anne Sofie von Otter (mezzo), Berlin Phil (DG 445 823)

CHABRIER: Suite pastorale - Vienna Phil/John Eliot Gardiner (DG 447 751)

SWEELINCK: Hodie Christus natus est; O sacrum convivium - Trinity College Chapel Choir, Cambridge/Richard Marlow (Hyperion CDA 67103)
10:00 AM. Summer Days

Great music and good company, whatever you're up to

BOWEN: Romance in Db - Chloë Hanslip (vln), Danny Driver (pno) (Hyperion CDA 67991)

CHARPENTIER: Noëls pour les instruments - Les Violons du Roy (Dorian DOR 90180)

LILBURN: Phantasy for String Quartet - New Zealand String Quartet (Naxos 8.573079)

HANDEL: Suite from Il Pastor Fido (11) - Tafelmusik/Jeanne Lamon (dir) (SONY SK 68257)

LANE: Another Night Before Christmas - Simon Callow (narrator), RTE Concert Orch/Gavin Sutherland (Naxos 8.572744)

BRUCH: Kol Nidrei - Han-Na Chang (cello), London SO/Mstislav Rostropovich (EMI CDC 5 56126)

11.00

RIMSKY-KORSAKOV: Christmas Eve, Suite - Scottish National Orch/Neeme Järvi (Chandos CHAN 8327/9)

BEETHOVEN: Piano Sonata No 30 in E Op 109 - András Schiff (pno) (ECM 1949 (476 6192))

VAUGHAN WILLIAMS: Wither's rocking hymn - Robert Quinney (org), The Sixteen/Harry Christophers (CORO COR 16085)

12.00

CIMAROSA: L'Armida immaginaria, Overture - Toronto CO/Kevin Mallon (Naxos 8.570279)

TCHAIKOVSKY: Violin Concerto in D Op 35 (3) - Janine Jansen (vln), Mahler CO/Daniel Harding (Decca 478 0651)

SHOSTAKOVICH arr Levon Atovmyan: Nocturne, from The Gadfly Suite - Sheku Kanneh-Mason (cello), City of Birmingham SO/Mirga Gražinyte-Tyla (Decca 483 2948)

BASSI: Quem pastores laudavere - ORA/Suzi Digby (ORA )

TUROK: Variations on an American Song - Nashville SO/Leonard Slatkin (Naxos 8.559373-74)

CHAMINADE: Concert Piece for piano & orchestra Op 40 - Danny Driver (pno), BBC Scottish SO/Rebecca Miller (Hyperion CDA 68130)

DUBIN / WARREN: Lulu's Back in Town - Oscar Peterson (pno) (Verve 821843-2)
1:00 PM. Onstage

APO: Celebrate Christmas 2019

Isabella Moore (soprano), Graduate Choir NZ, Auckland Philharmonia Orchestra/Holly Mathieson

Holy Trinity Cathedral, Auckland (RNZ)

WESLEY: Andante in F - David Burchell (organ) (RNZ )

HAKIM: Always my Heart Wanders, from Sakskøbing Præludier - David Burchell (organ) (RNZ )

WAGNER: Siegfried Idyll - New Zealand SO/Edo de Waart (RNZ 2017)

ZAWINUL: Midnight Mood - Bill Evans (pno) (Verve V6-8792)
3:00 PM. Summer Afternoons

Great music and good company for your afternoon from RNZ Concert

LISZT: Rakoczy March from Hungarian Rhapsody No 15 in A minor S244 - Lang Lang (piano) (Sony 19075862332)

JENKINS: Hymn Before Action, from The Armed Man: A Mass for Peace - National Youth Choir of Great Britain, London Phil/Karl Jenkins (Virgin 8 11015)

GERSHWIN: Three Preludes - Nikki Chooi (vln), Stephen de Pledge (pno) (Atoll ACD 615)

HANDEL: Concerto Grosso in C minor Op 6/8 - ASMF/Iona Brown (dir) (Brilliant Classics 99986)

HERMAN HUPFELD arr Williams: As time goes by, from Casablanca - Itzhak Perlman (vln), Boston Pops Orch/John Williams (SONY SK 60773)

RUTTER: Suzi's Carol - ORA/Suzi Digby (ORA )

MASSENET: Orchestral Suite No 2, Hungarian Scenes - New Zealand SO/Jean-Yves Ossonce (Naxos 8.553124)

HAYDN: Sinfonia Concertante in Bb HobI/105 (3) - Toru Yasunaga (vln), Georg Faust (cello), Jonathan Kelly (ob), Stefan Schweigert (bsn), Berlin Phil/Simon Rattle (EMI 3 94237)

KHACHATURIAN: Gayaneh, excerpts (10) - Bournemouth SO/Kirill Karabits (ONYX 4063)

LIADOV: A Musical Snuffbox - Krasnoyarsk SO/Ivan Shpiller (Brilliant Classics 94077)

BEETHOVEN: Violin Sonata No 4 in A minor Op 23 (3) - Bella Hristova (vln), Michael Houstoun (pno) (RATTLE RATD088)

TCHAIKOVSKY: Capriccio Italien - Academic SO of St Petersburg Philharmony 'Shostakovich'/Alexander Dmitriev (SONY MLK 64055)

MOURET: Rondo, from Suites de Symphonies - Canadian Brass (RCA GD 86207)

HEINICHEN: Pastorale in A - Dresden Instrumental-Concert/Peter Kopp (Carus 83.169)

LISZT: Piano Concerto No 1 in Eb - Martha Argerich (pno), London SO/Claudio Abbado (Philips 456 700)

SMITH / WHEELER / SNYDER: The Sheik of Araby - Django Reinhardt (gtr), Stephane Grappelli (vln) (ASV CDAJS2016)

5.00

RACHMANINOV: Symphonic Dances Op 45 (1) - Russian State SO/Valeri Polyansky (Brilliant Classics 8532)

VIVALDI: Concerto in D for two violins RV511 (1) - Simon Standage (vln/dir), Micaela Comberti (vln), Collegium Musicum 90 (Chandos CHAN 0528)

KABALEVSKY: Colas Breugnon, Overture - Edmonton SO/Uri Mayer (CBC Records SMCD 5069)

SOUSA arr Brion/Schissel: Liberty Bell - Royal Artillery Band/Keith Brion (Naxos 8.559132)

COUPERIN: Les Grâces-Naturèles - Tessa Birnie (pno) (WALSINGHAM 3WAL 80432)

SCHUBERT: Rondo in A D438 - James Ehnes (violin), Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra/Andrew Manze (Onyx ONYX4167)

SAINT-SAËNS arr J Rathbone: Winter Serenade - Albrecht Mayer (ob), King's Singers (DG 479 1907)

TRADITIONAL: The Holly and the Ivy - Joan Sutherland (sop), Ambrosian Singers, New Philharmonia (Decca 421 095)

MOLLOY: The Kerry Dance - Art Tatum (pno) (Sony 772009)
6:00 PM. Summer Evenings

Great music and good company as you relax into the evening
MOZART: Piano Concerto No 25 in C K503 (3) - Mitsuko Uchida (pno/dir), Cleveland Orch (Decca 483 0716)
WHITACRE: little tree - Leslie De'Ath (pno), Elora Festival Singers (Naxos 8.559677)
FARR: Waipoua - Mary Scott (cl), New Zealand SO/Kenneth Young (TRUST MMT 2021)
RESPIGHI: Adoration of the Magi, from Three Botticelli Pictures - Lausanne CO/Jesús López-Cobos (Telarc CD 80309)
KELLY: Scrooge - Simon Callow (narrator), Mia Cooper (vln), Royal Ballet Sinfonia/Gavin Sutherland (Naxos 8.572744)
TRADITIONAL arr Reeve: Il est né - Philip Jones Brass Ensemble, James Blades (perc), David Corkill (perc)/Philip Jones (dir) (Decca 448 980)
TRADITIONAL arr Iveson: The holly & the ivy - Philip Jones Brass Ensemble/Philip Jones (dir) (Decca 448 980)
SAMETZ: Noel canon - Chanticleer (Teldec 94563)
7.00
HANDEL: Concerto Grosso in Bb Op 3/1 - Academy of Ancient Music/Richard Egarr (dir) (HARMONIA MUNDI HMU 90 7415)
BUXTEHUDE: Wie schön leuchtet der Morgenstern BuxWV223 - Ton Koopman (org) (Novalis 150 048)
DAVERNE: Ghosts of Alberton - Moravian Phil/Petr Pololáník (EMI 557 9042)
LECLAIR: Flute Sonata in G Op 2/5 - Adrian Butterfield (baroque vln), Jonathan Mason (vla da gamba), Laurence Cummings (hpschd) (Naxos 8.572866)
TRADITIONAL: Joseph & Mary; I wonder as I wander - Amanda Powell & Ross Hauck (vocals) (Avie AV2396)
BEETHOVEN: Overture, Consecration of the House Op 124 - Anima Eterna/Jos van Immerseel (ZIG ZAG ZZT 080 402.6)
8:00 PM. Music Alive

A Festival of Nine Lessons and Carols: The Centenary Service
A Festival of Nine Lessons and Carols: The Centenary Service
Choir of King's College Cambridge/Stephen Cleobury
King's College, Cambridge (Kings College)
MOZART: Piano Concerto No 20 in D minor K466 - Michael Houstoun (piano), Orchestra Wellington/Marc Taddei (RNZ 2017)
10:00 PM. Day's End

RNZ Concert's musical nightcap
TRADITIONAL arr. by J. Sorrell: Christmas Eve Reel; Christmas In America; Old Christmas Eve - Apollo's Fire (Avie AV2396)
MOZETICH: The Passion of Angels - Nora Bumanis, Julia Shaw (hrps), CBC Vancouver Orchestra/Mario Bernardi (CBC Records CMCCD 21815)
RAMEAU: The Entrance of Polyhymnia, from Les Boréades - Les Musiciens du Louvre/Marc Minkowski (Archiv 477 5578)
TRADITIONAL arr Schlenker: O come, O come, Emmanuel - 2013 New Zealand National Youth Choir/David Squire (RNZ 2013)
HAYDN: Symphony No 73 in D, The Hunt - Austro-Hungarian Haydn Orch/Adam Fischer (NIMBUS NI 5652/5)
CORELLI: Concerto Grosso in C Op 6/10 - Pavlo Beznosiuk (vln/dir), Avison Ensemble (Linn CKD 411)
RUTTER: There Is A Flower - Choir of St. John's, Elora (Marshall Arts NA)
TRADITIONAL: King Jesus Hath A Garden - Elora Festival Singers (Naxos 8.554179)
MOZART: Piano Sonata No 12 in F K332 - Mikhail Pletnev (pno) (DG 477 5788)
PEZ: Concerto pastorale in F major - Les Violons du Roy (Dorian DOR 90180)