Schedules for 21 - 27 December, 2019

VIVALDI: Violin Concerto in Bb RV375 - Giuliano Carmignola (baroque vln), Venice Baroque Orch/Andrea Marcon (SONY SK 89362)

DVORÁK: Cello Concerto in B minor Op 104 - Mstislav Rostropovich (cello), Berlin Phil/Herbert von Karajan (DG 413 819)

ARCADELT: Margot labourez les vignes - King's Singers/Anthony Rooley (EMI 5 69555)

LOCATELLI: Concerto Grosso in F minor Op 1/8, Christmas (2) - Amsterdam Baroque Orch/Ton Koopman (dir) (Challenge CC 72134)

1:00 approx

HAYDN: Keyboard Concerto in G HobXVIII/4 - Leif Ove Andsnes (pno/dir), Norwegian CO (EMI CDC 5 56960)

BEETHOVEN: String Quartet in G Op 18/2 - Gewandhaus Quartet (NCA 60139)

RESPIGHI: Adoration of the Magi, from Three Botticelli Pictures - Lausanne CO/Jesús López-Cobos (Telarc CD 80309)

BACH: Prelude & Fugue in G BWV541 - Thomas Gaynor (org) (Organism ORG 016)

LALO orch Pierné: Guitarre Op 28 - Philippe Graffin (vln), Ulster Orch/Thierry Fischer (Hyperion CDA 67294)

2:00 approx

LISZT arr Selmeczi: Four valses oubliées - Camerata Transsylvanica/György Selmeczi (BMC CD 060)

MOZART: Violin Concerto No 4 in D K218 - Maxim Vengerov (vln/dir), Verbier Festival CO (EMI 3 78374)

TRADITIONAL arr Ledger & Spedding: Still, Still, Still - Ian Bostridge (ten), Academy & Chorus of St Martin in the Fields/Neville Marriner (ABC Classics 472 044)

WARLOCK: Serenade - London Festival Orch/Ross Pople (Arte Nova ANO 378 680)

DEBUSSY: Jardins sous la pluie, from Estampes - Sviatoslav Richter (pno) (DG 457 667)

3:00 approx

WAGNER: Siegfried Idyll - Vienna Symphony/Wolfgang Sawallisch (Philips 422 480)

RAVEL: Piano Trio in A minor - Mie Kobayashi (vln), Yoko Hasegawa (cello), Pascal Rogé (pno) (ONYX 4008)

TCHAIKOVSKY: Overture, from The Nutcracker Suite - Kirov Orch/Valery Gergiev (Philips 462 114)

FARQUHAR: Harlequin Overture - New Zealand SO/Kenneth Young (RNZ )

GRIEG: Morning Mood, from Peer Gynt - Saint Louis SO/Leonard Slatkin (TELARC SACD 60655)

4:00 approx

STRAUSS: String Sextet, from Capriccio - ASMF Chamber Ensemble (Chandos CHAN 9131)

SCHUMANN: Piano Concerto in A minor Op 54 - Jan Lisiecki (piano), Orchestra dell'Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia/Antonio Pappano (DG 4795327)

BLOOMFIELD: Behold the Narrows From The Hill - National Youth Brass Band of New Zealand/Nigel Weeks (Trust MMT 2049)

WADE arr Wilcocks: O come, all ye faithful - Choir of Merton College Oxford, Oxford Philharmonic Orchestra, Peter Shepherd (organ)/Benjamin Nicholas (Delphian DCD34192)

5:00 approx

HOFMANN: Oboe Concerto in G - Stefan Schilli (ob), Nicolaus Esterházy Sinfonia/Béla Drahos (Naxos 8.553979)

DITTERSDORF: Symphony No 1 in C, The Four Ages of the World - Failoni Orch/Hanspeter Gmür (Naxos 8.553368)

SCHUBERT: Adagio in Db D505 - Tessa Birnie (pno) (ABC Classics 476 6479)

BEETHOVEN: Symphony No 1 in C Op 21 (4) - Orchestra Wellington/Marc Taddei (Concordance CCD 06)

RAUTAVAARA: Christmas carol - Helsinki Chamber Choir/Nils Schweckendiek (BIS BIS-2322)

SAINT-SAËNS: Allegro Appassionato Op 43 - Johannes Moser (cello), Stuttgart Radio SO/Fabrice Bollon (Hänssler CD 93.222)

DVORÁK: Czech Suite Op 39 (2) - Malaysian Phil/Claus Peter Flor (BIS SACD 1856)

COUPERIN arr Allen: Les baricades mistérieuses - Nancy Allen (harp) (EMI CDM 7 69070)

MORRICONE arr Obstarczyk: Gabriel's Oboe, from The Mission - Five Sax (Orlando OR 0016)

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BACH: Cello Concerto in A Wq172 (3) - Lynn Harrell (cello), Angeli Ensemble (Azica ACD 71265)

GRIEG: Piano Concerto in A minor Op 16 (2) - Stephen Hough (pno), Bergen Phil/Andrew Litton (Hyperion CDA 67824)

FARRENC: Symphony No 2 in D Op 35 (4) - North German Radio Phil/Johannes Goritzki (CPO 999 820)

BACH arr Boëls: Cello Suite No 6 in D BWV1012 (5) - Pascal Boëls (gtr) (Calliope CAL 9385)

TRADITIONAL arr Woodward: Up! Good Christen Folk - Musica Sacra/Indra Hughes (Atoll ACD 501)

TCHAIKOVSKY arr Pletnev: The Nutcracker, Suite - Simon Trpceski (pno) (EMI 5 75202)

7.00

MOZART: Eine kleine Nachtmusik (1) - Australian Chamber Orchestra/Richard Tognetti (dir) (ABC Classics ABC4816494)

HANDEL: O Thou that tellest, from Messiah - Kathleen Ferrier (contralto), London Phil/Adrian Boult (Decca 414 623)

HANDEL: Concerto Grosso in A Op 6/11 (5) - Avison Ensemble/Pavlo Beznosiuk (dir) (LINN CKD 362)

BEETHOVEN: Piano Sonata No 15 in D Op 28, Pastoral (2) - Murray Perahia (pno) (SONY 88697 32646)

TRADITIONAL arr Keating: God Rest You Merry Gentlemen - The King's Singers (Signum SIGCD497)

RUTTER arr Hazell: Candlelight Carol - Bryn Terfel (bar), Côrdydd, Orchestra of the Welsh National Opera/Tecwyn Evans (DG 477 8768)

GRAINGER: Molly on the Shore - Royal Northern College of Music Wind Orch/Clark Rundell (Chandos CHAN 9549)

SMETANA: Vltava, from Má Vlast - London Phil/David Parry (X5 105)

8.00

HAYDN: Symphony No 90 in C (4) - Berlin Phil/Simon Rattle (EMI 3 94237)

TORELLI: Concerto a quattro Op 8/6 - Les Violons du Roy (Dorian DOR 90180)

WELLS: The shepherds' carol - Musica Sacra/Indra Hughes (Atoll ACD 501)

DEBUSSY orch Busser: Petite Suite (3) - Quebec SO/Yoav Talmi (Atma SACD 2 2377)

JAMES: An Australian Christmas - Huddersfield Choral Society, Sellers Engineering Band/Brian Kay (Chandos CHAN 4530)

SCHUMANN: Symphony No 3 in Eb Op 97, Rhenish (3) - Champs-Elysées Orch/Philippe Herreweghe (HARMONIA MUNDI HMC 90 1972)

MATHIEU: Printemps Canadien - Alain Lefèvre (piano) (Analekta AN29275)

BRAHMS: Double Concerto in A minor Op 102 (3) - Vadim Repin (vln), Truls Mörk (cello), Leipzig Gewandhaus Orch/Riccardo Chailly (DG 477 7470)

ELGAR: Introduction & Allegro Op 47 - London Phil/Bernard Haitink (LPO 2)

MOZART: Variations in C on Ah, vous dirai-je, maman K265 - Lang Lang (piano) (DG 4797441)

TELEMANN: Concerto in E for flute, oboe d'amore & viola d'amore - Rachel Brown (fl), Anthony Robson (ob d'amore), Simon Standage (vla d'amore), Collegium Musicum 90/Simon Standage (dir) (Chandos CHAN 0580)

CURTIS: Christmas Rush, Concert March - RTE Concert Orch/Gavin Sutherland (Naxos 8.572744)

10.00

BACH: Italian Concerto in F BWV971 - Alexandre Tharaud (pno) (HARMONIA MUNDI HMX 290 8379.81)

BRAHMS: String Quartet No 1 in C minor Op 51 - Emerson String Quartet (DG 477 6458)

GRAINGER: Early one morning - BBC Phil/Richard Hickox (Chandos CHAN 9584)

BUXTEHUDE: In dulci jubilo - John Finney (org), Handel & Haydn Society Chorus & instrumental ensemble/Grant Llewellyn (Avie AV 2078)

11.00

NIELSEN: Violin Concerto in D minor Op 33 - Nikolaj Znaider (vln), London Phil/Lawrence Foster (EMI 5 56906)

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

MENDELSSOHN arr Willcocks: Hark! the herald angels sing - Musica Sacra/Indra Hughes (Atoll ACD 501)

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ADAM arr Hayward: O Holy Night - Sol3 Mio, City of Prague Choir & Orch/Paul Bateman (Decca 375 7602)

TRADITIONAL arr Cullen: The holly & the ivy - Michael George (baritone), Kiri Te Kanawa (soprano)/Robin Stapleton (Warner Classics 2564697379)

LISZT: Rigoletto Paraphrase - RIchard Farrell (pno) (Atoll ACD315)

BACH: Cello Suite No 4 in Eb BWV1010 - Yo-Yo Ma (cello) (SONY 19075854652)

POSTON: Jesus Christ the apple tree - Choir of King's College, Cambridge/Stephen Cleobury (Kings College KGS0036)

MENDELSSOHN: Hark! the herald angels sing - Henry Websdale (orgn), Choir of King's College, Cambridge/Stephen Cleobury (Kings College KGS0036)

BACH: In dulci jubilo BWV729 - Henry Websdale (orgn)/Stephen Cleobury (Kings College KGS0036)

Selections from Settling the Score

VAUGHAN WILLIAMS: The Lark Ascending - Barry Griffiths (vln), Royal Phil/André Previn (TELARC CD 80138)

FAURÉ: In paradisum, from Requiem Op 48 - John Butt (org), Choir of King's College, Cambridge, English CO/Philip Ledger (EMI 3 75906)

BEETHOVEN: Symphony No 5 in C minor Op 67 - Swedish CO/Thomas Dausgaard (SIMAX PSC 1180)

BACH: Mass in B minor, Sanctus - Amsterdam Baroque Choir & Orch/Ton Koopman (Challenge CC 72188)

Trans-global, fusion and folk roots music

Voices NZ: Follow That Star

A constellation of well-known Christmas carols with music about stars and the mystery of the season.

Voices NZ Chamber Choir/Karen Grylls

St Matthew's in the city, Auckland (RNZ)

ZEMLINSKY: The Little Mermaid - New Zealand SO/Benjamin Northey (RNZ 2018)

WAGNER: Arrival at the Black Swans - Terence Dennis (pno) (ODE CD MANU 2038)

BACH: - Slava Grigoryan (baritone guitar) (ABC Classics 371894)

A journey through the jazz spectrum playing favourites, standards and new releases along the way (RNZ)

The stories behind the music

The Tudor Consort: Dixit Dominus

HANDEL: Dixit Dominus

VIVALDI: Gloria in D

Tudor Consort, Chiesa Ensemble/Michael Stewart

St. Mary of the Angels, Wellington (RNZ)

CARR: The End of the Golden Weather - New Zealand SO/Marc Taddei (KIWI PACIFIC CD SLD 111)

RESPIGHI: Fountains of Rome (4) - Pittsburgh SO/Lorin Maazel (Sony SK 66843)

A weekly forum for contemporary music

Lynn Freeman talks with Laurie Anderson about co-curating the 2020 New Zealand Festival of the Arts and her A Trip to the Moon, an out of body experience via virtual reality.

ANDERSON: Landfall (mvmts 6-9) - Laurie Anderson (vocal), Kronos Quartet (Nonesuch 7559793389)

FARR: Roar Of A Thousand Tigers (première) - Christchurch Symphony Orchestra/Benjamin Northey (RNZ 2019)

HIGDON: Harp Concerto (1) First Light - Yolanda Kondonassis (harp), Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra/Ward Stare (Azica ACD 71327)

11.00 Living American Composers: New Music From Bowling Green
Evergreen Episode One
Pulitzer Prize winner and Academy Award nominee David Lang presents a program of his own music, inspired by his residency at Bowling Green State University. Special guests: composer David Lang, pianist Karl Larson, clarinetist Kevin Schempf. (WGTE Public Media)

PÄRT: Spiegel im Spiegel - Anne Akiko Meyers (vln), Akira Eguchi (pno) (KOCH KIC CD 7762)

BACH: Orchestral Suite No 4 in D BWV1069 - English Concert/Trevor Pinnock (Archiv 423 492)

JAMES: An Australian Christmas - Huddersfield Choral Society, Sellers Engineering Band/Brian Kay (Chandos CHAN 4530)

FIELD: Nocturne No 13 in D minor H59 - Tessa Birnie (pno) (WALSINGHAM 3WAL 80432)

BYRD: Mass for five voices - Cardinall's Musick/Andrew Carwood (ASV CD GAU 206)

1:00 approx

TORKE: Sky, Concerto for Violin - Tessa Lark (violin), Albany Symphony/David Alan Miller (Albany TROY1784)

ADAMO: Alcott Music, from Little Women - Eclipse CO/Sylvia Alimena (Naxos 8.559258)

ANONYMUS: There is no rose - Handel & Haydn Society Chorus/Grant Llewellyn (Avie AV 2078)

CARR: Two Mansfield Poems - Jennifer Paull (ob d'amore), Read Gainsford (pno) (Amoris AR 1003)

LEGRENZI: Lumi, potete piangere - Philippe Jaroussky (countertenor), Nuria Rial (sop), L'Arpeggiata/Christina Pluhar (Virgin 6 94577)

2:00 approx

TCHAIKOVSKY arr Glazunov: Souvenir d'un lieu cher - Baiba Skride (vln), CBSO/Andris Nelsons (SONY 88697 21423)

CHOPIN: Piano Sonata No 2 in Bb minor Op 35 - Simon Trpceski (pno) (EMI 375586)

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

GLUCK: O del mio dolce ardor; Spiaggate amate - Keith Lewis (ten), Michael Houstoun (pno) (RNZ UA13)

DELIUS: Marche Caprice - New Philharmonia/Adrian Boult (LYRITA SRCD 246)

3:00 approx

BEETHOVEN: Violin Sonata No 5 in F Op 24, Spring - Itzhak Perlman (vln), Vladimir Ashkenazy (pno) (Decca 410 554)

HANDEL: Chandos Anthem No 7, My song shall be alway - Emma Kirkby (sop), Iestyn Davies (countertenor), James Gilchrist (ten), Neal Davies (bass), Choir of Trinity College, Cambridge, Academy of Ancient Music/Stephen Layton (Hyperion CDA 67737)

TRADITIONAL: O come, O come, Emmanuel - Robert Quinney (org), The Sixteen/Harry Christophers (CORO COR 16085)

LILBURN: A Birthday Offering - New Zealand SO/James Judd (Naxos 8.557697)

4:00 approx

BRAHMS: Variations on a theme by Haydn Op 56a - Berlin Phil/Claudio Abbado (DG 435 349)

SMYTH: String Quintet in E Op 1 - Mannheim String Quartet, Joachim Griesheimer (cello) (CPO 999 352)

MCCABE: Three Marian Carols - BBC Singers/David Hill (Naxos 8.573053)

RAVEL: Jeux d'eau - Lixin Zhang (piano) (Rattle RATD084)

5:00 approx

DEBUSSY: Jeux - Cleveland Orch/Pierre Boulez (DG 439 896)

ROSSINI: Bassoon Concerto in Bb - Jaakko Luoma (bassoon), Tapiola Sinfonietta/Janne Nisonen, concertmaster (Ondine ODE13242)

STRAUSS: Beim Schlafengehen, from Four Last Songs - Kiri Te Kanawa (sop), London SO/Andrew Davis (CBS 176794)

BACH: Brandenburg Concerto No 6 in Bb BWV1051 (3) - New Zealand Guitar Quartet (Ode CDMANU 5153)

ALFVÉN: See how brightly shines the star - Sofia Vocal Ensemble/Bengt Ollén (Footprint Records FRCD 060)

FAURÉ: Sicilienne, from Pelléas & Mélisande - ASMF/Neville Marriner (Decca 473 862)

MOZART: Symphony No 21 in A K134 (2) - Prague CO/Charles Mackerras (TELARC CD 80217)

GRIEG: Little Bird, from Lyric Pieces Book 3 - Leif Ove Andsnes (pno) (Virgin VC 7 59300)

TCHAIKOVSKY arr Stokowski: Humoresque Op 10/2 - Bournemouth SO/José Serebrier (Naxos 8.557645)

Music for the spirit and soul

WHITACRE: Alleluia - Grace Davidson (sop), Alexander Learmonth (bar), Eric Whitacre Singers/Eric Whitacre (Decca 279 6323)

KOMITAS: Chinar es - Anja Lechner (cello), François Couturier (pno) (ECM 2367)

HIGDON: O magnum mysterium - Handel & Haydn Society Chorus & instrumental ensemble/Grant Llewellyn (Avie AV 2078)

VICTORIA: Mass, O Magnum Mysterium - Choir of Westminster Cathedral/David Hill (Hyperion CDA 66190)

KOEHNE: To His Servant Bach, God Grants a Final Glimpse, The Morning Star - Tasmanian SO/Richard Mills (ABC Classics 476 6502)

GJEILO: Serenity - Bartosz Cajler (vln), Sofia Vocal Ensemble/Bengt Ollén (Footprint Records FRCD 060)

BREBEUF arr Anderson: The Huron Carol - Elora Festival Singers/Noel Edison (Naxos 8.554179)

DARKE: In the bleak midwinter - Elora Festival Singers, Michael Bloss (org)/Noel Edison (Naxos 8.554179)

BUSTO: O magnum mysterium - New Zealand Youth Choir/Karen Grylls (TRUST MMT 2048)

DE LALANDE: Simphonies des noëls - Les Violons du Roy (Dorian DOR 90180)

A weekly selection of traditional and modern hymns, presented by Robyn Jaquiery

MENDELSSOHN: Nocturne, from A Midsummer Night's Dream - Orpheus CO (DG 437 782)

HAWES: Pavane, from The Incredible Mrs Ritchie - Uncredited studio performance (Black Box BBM 1081)

MOZART: Soave sia il vento, from Così fan tutte - Miah Persson (sop), Christine Rice (mezzo), Bryn Terfel (bar), Scottish CO/Charles Mackerras (DG 477 6297)

SATIE: Gymnopédies - Michael Houstoun (pno) (Rattle RAT D075)

MARTYNOV: The Beatitudes - Kronos Quartet (Nonesuch 529776)

FARR: Taheke (2) - Bridget Douglas (fl), Carolyn Mills (hrp) (Atoll ACD 709)

HAHN: Le rossignol des lilas; À Chloris - Susan Graham (mezzo), Roger Vignoles (pno) (Sony SK 60168)

DELIUS: Florida Suite - IV. At Night - Ulster Orchestra/Vernon Handley (Chandos CHAN 8413)

DVORÁK: Scherzo capriccioso Op 66 - Oslo Phil/Mariss Jansons (Brilliant Classics 92779)

BACH: Trio Sonata in D minor BWV527 - Isabelle Faust (violin), Raphael Alpermann (harpsichord), Jan Freiheit (cello), Xenia Löffler (oboe) (Harmonia Mundi HMM90233536)

RESPIGHI: Ancient Airs & Dances Suite No 3 - I Solisti Veneti/Claudio Scimone (Erato ECD 75366)

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

10.00

BIZET: Carmen Suite No 1 - Detroit SO/Paul Paray (MERCURY 434 321)

SCHUMANN: Davidsbündlertänze Op 6 - Adam Laloum (pno) (Mirare MIR299)

DARKE: In the bleak midwinter - Robert Quinney (org), The Sixteen/Harry Christophers (CORO COR 16085)

DOWLAND: Paduan - Parley of Instruments/Peter Holman (Hyperion CDA 66435)

11.00

VIEUXTEMPS: Violin Concerto No 5 in A minor Op 37, Grétry - Jascha Heifetz (vln), New SO of London/Malcolm Sargent (RCA RD 86214)

SCHELLE: Vom Himmel kam der Engel Schar - Carolyn Sampson (sop), James Gilchrist (ten), King's Consort & Choir/Robert King (Hyperion CDA 67260)

MOZART: Piano Concerto No 23 in A K488 - Grigory Sokolov (piano), Mahler Chamber Orchestra/Trevor Pinnock (DG 4797015)

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VIVALDI arr Ohad Ben-Ari: Four Seasons, Winter (2) - Albrecht Mayer (ob), King's Singers (DG 4791907)

HERZOGENBERG: Trio in D for oboe, horn & piano Op 61 - Albrecht Mayer (ob), Marie Luise Neunecker (horn), Markus Becker (pno) (Decca 4783564)

SAINT-SAËNS: Winter Serenade - Albrecht Mayer (ob), King's Singers (DG 4791907)

FRANÇAIX: L'Horloge de flore - Albrecht Mayer (ob), ASMF/Mathias Mönius (Decca 478 2564)

GRUBINGER: Agnus Dei XIV - Martin Grubinger (percussion), Albrecht Mayer (oboe), Heiko Jung (electric bass), Benedictine Monks of Münsterschwarzach Abbey (DG 4779276)

with David Morriss including Vintage Years

BACH: Cantata No 61, Nun komm, der Heiden Heiland - Edith Mathis (sop), Peter Schreier (ten), Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau (bass), Munich Bach Choir & Orch/Karl Richter (Archiv 431 533)

DAQUIN: Noël Étranger - Christopher Herrick (org) (Hyperion CDA 66816)

CHARPENTIER: Un Oratorio de Noël: In nativitatem Domini canticum - Les Arts Florissants/William Christie (Harmonia Mundi HMC 90 5130)

LILBURN: Bagatelle No 4, From the Port Hills - Margaret Nielsen (pno) (MANU CD MANU 1511)

RUBBRA: Symphony No 5 Op 63 - BBC National Orch of Wales/Richard Hickox (Chandos CHAN 9714)

BEETHOVEN: Missa Solemnis in D Op 123 - Maria Stader (sop), Elsa Cavelti (mezzo), Ernst Haefliger (ten), Heinz Rehfuss (bass), Choir of St Hedwig's Cathedral, Berlin, NDR SO/Carl Schuricht (Archipon ARCH-2.1)

HANDEL: Concerto a due cori No 2 in F HWV333 (3) - English Baroque Soloists/John Eliot Gardiner (Philips 432 193)

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TIOMKIN: Main Title from It's a Wonderful Life - Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Ambrosian Singers/David Newman (TELARC CD 88801)

WILLIAMS: Main Title, from Home Alone - studio orch and chorus/John Williams (Sony 88875 15617)

RODGERS: So long, farewell, from The Sound of Music - Original soundtrack cast/Irwin Kostal (RCA Victor 672 556)

RODGERS arr Childs: My favorite things, from The Sound of Music - Chris Botti (tpt), Billy Childs (pno), Robert Hurst (dbass), Billy Kilson (drums), Romero Lubambo (gtr), Yo-Yo Ma (cello) (Sony 88697 34390)

MARTIN: - Judy Garland (MCA 110504)

ARMSTRONG: Glasgow Love Theme, from Love Actually - Studio orchestra (Island 981403)

ARMSTRONG: PM's Love Theme, from Love Actually - Studio orchestra (Island 981403)

Berlioz: The Childhood of Christ

BERLIOZ: L'Enfance du Christ Op 25

Karen Cargill (mezzo), Robert Murray (tenor), Etienne Dupuis (baritone), Matthew Rose (bass), BBC Singers, BBC Symphony Chorus & Orchestra/Edward Gardner

Barbican Hall, London (BBC)

SMYTH: String Quintet in E Op 1 - Mannheim String Quartet, Joachim Griesheimer (cello) (CPO 999 352)

MCLEOD: Rock Sonata No 2 (1) - Rae de Lisle (pno) (RNZ UC32)

GRIMSDOTTIR: I will praise her and laud - Hljómeyki/Bernhardur Wilkinson (Iceland Music Centre SMK 23)

TAILLEFERRE: Concertino - Gillian Benet (harp), Women's Phil/JoAnn Falletta (Koch 37169)

GRENFELL: Dancing at the Camerata - NZ Chamber Brass (Private - NZCB 2007A)

HOLMES: Violin Trio - Alexander Pavlovsky (violin), Nikki Chooi, (violin), Helene Pohl (violin) (RNZ )

NZ performers and composers

SCARLATTI: Cantata pastorale - Patricia Lawrey (mezzo), Peter Averi (hpschd), Schola Musica/Ashley Heenan (EX KIWI SLD 52)

FUCHS: A New Zealand Christmas - Margaret Medlyn (mezzo), Richard Greager (ten), Roger Wilson (bass), Richard Mapp (pno), Jenny Wollerman (sop) (Rollover Productions 2010A)

WELLS: Variations on Once in royal David's city - John Wells (org) (RNZ UB09)

VAVILOV arr Palmer: Ave Maria - Madison Nonoa (sop), Australian Brandenburg Choir & Orch/Paul Dyer (ABC Classics ABC Live 2017)

BRAHMS: Clarinet Sonata in Eb Op 120/2 - Murray Khouri (cl), John McCabe (pno) (Continuum CCD 1027)

MENOTTI: Amahl & the Night Visitors, excerpts - New Zealand SO/Andrew Schenck (Koch International 1864624)

GOUNOD: O divine redeemer - Kiri Te Kanawa (sop), English CO/Barry Rose (Philips 412 629)

VANHAL: Missa Pastoralis in G - Colin Ainsworth (ten), Steven Pitkanen (bass), James Tibbles (org), Voices New Zealand Chamber Choir, Aradia Ensemble, Mary Enid Haines (sop), Nina Scott Stoddart (mezzo)/Uwe Grodd (Naxos 8.55508)

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

Ryan Smith explores ambient and drone music
DEAN ROBERTS: And The Black Moths Play The Grand Cinema - Dean Roberts (guitar, electronics), with various musicians (STAUBGOLD 700247)
NIGEL WRIGHT: Mossopolis - Nigel Wright (guitar, electronics) (The High Seas THS001)
BOND STREET BRIDGE: In Your Eyes (Remixed by Nigel Wright) - Sam Prebble, Nigel Wright (nigelwright.org)

RAFF: Abends-Rhapsodie Op 163b - Philharmonia/Francesco d'Avalos (ASV CD DCA 793)

SCHUMANN: Piano Sonata in G minor - Isata Kanneh-Mason (pno) (Decca 4850020)

LIADOV: The Enchanted Lake - Krasnoyarsk SO/Ivan Shpiller (Brilliant Classics 94077)

GLINKA: Summer Night in Madrid, Spanish Overture No 2 - BBC Phil/Vassily Sinaisky (Chandos CHAN 9861)

HOVHANESS: The garden of Adonis - Anthony Ferner (fl), Helen Webby (harp) (MANU CD MANU 2050)

1:00 approx

SCHUMANN: Introduction & Allegro Op 134 - Jan Lisiecki (piano), Orchestra dell'Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia/Antonio Pappano (DG 4795327)

RIMSKY-KORSAKOV: Scheherazade IV. Festival at Baghdad. The Sea. The Ship Breaks against a Cliff Surmounted by a Bronze Horseman (4) - John Corigliano (vln), New York Phil/Leonard Bernstein (SONY SMK 60737)

ENESCU: Romanian Rhapsody No 1 in A - London SO/Antal Dorati (MERCURY 432 015)

BEETHOVEN: Piano Sonata No 2 in A Op 2/2 - Rafal Blechacz (pno) (DG 477 7453)

2:00 approx

LISZT: The Funeral Triumph of Tasso, - New Zealand SO/Michael Halász (Naxos 8.557847)

MOZART: Symphony No 18 in F K130 - Royal Phil/Erich Leinsdorf (DG 477 5847)

BRAHMS: Ballades Op 10 - Alfred Brendel (pno) (Philips 426 439)

PAPANDOPULO: Pintarichiana - Zagreb Soloists (CPO 777 829)

3:00 approx

SPOHR: Clarinet Concerto No 1 in C minor Op 26 - Emma Johnson (cl), English CO/Gerard Schwarz (ASV CD DCA 659)

PARISH ALVARS: Grand Fantasy Op 57 - Ieuan Jones (harp) (Claudio CR 4939)

ELGAR: Grania & Diarmid, incidental music - Jenny Miller (sop), London Phil/Bryden Thomson (Chandos CHAN 8610)

RIES: Introduction & Variations Brillantes Op 170 - Christopher Hinterhuber (pno), Royal Liverpool Phil/Uwe Grodd (Naxos 8.57044)

4:00 approx

MOERAN: Songs of Springtime - Finzi Singers/Paul Spicer (Chandos CHAN 9182)

CARTELLIERI: Divertimento No 1 in F - Consortium Classicum (CPO 999 140)

BLOCH: Schelomo - Alexander Kniazev (cello), Russian State SO/Evgeny Svetlanov (Brilliant Classics 9164)

5:00 approx

MAHLER: Symphony No 5 in C# minor (5) - Berlin Phil/Simon Rattle (EMI 557385)

CHOPIN: Ballade No 2 in F Op 38 - Cédric Tiberghien (pno) (HARMONIA MUNDI HMC 90 1943)

DITTERSDORF: Symphony in D Grave D16 - Failoni Orch/Uwe Grodd (Naxos 8.553975)

FASCH: Concerto in C minor for two oboes - Hans-Peter Westermann (ob), Alessandro Piqué (ob), La Stravaganza Cologne (CPO 777 015)

Specially chosen favourites for a classical summer morning

HAYDN: Symphony No 51 in Bb (1) - Orch of the Age of Enlightenment/Franz Brüggen (Philips 473 015)

ZIPOLI arr Hunt: Elevazione - Gordon Hunt (ob/dir), Niklass Veltman (cello), Norrköping SO (BIS CD 5017)

DVORÁK: Serenade in D minor for wind instruments Op 44 (2) - ASMF/Neville Marriner (Philips 400 020)

DEBUSSY: Children's Corner - Jean-Efflam Bavouzet (pno) (Chandos CHAN 10467)

VIVALDI: Cello Concerto in Bb RV423 - Yo-Yo Ma (cello), Amsterdam Baroque Orch/Ton Koopman (Sony SK 90916)

ORD: Adam lay y-bounden - Choir of King's College, Cambridge/David Willcocks (King's College KGS0033)

WARLOCK: Benedicamus domino - Choir of King's College, Cambridge/Stephen Cleobury (King's College KGS0033)

MOZART: Concerto in F for three pianos K242 (3) - Katia Labèque (pno), Marielle Labèque (pno), Semyon Bychkov (pno/Semyon Bychkov (Philips 426 241)

7.00

SCHUBERT arr Breiner: Military March in D - Razumovsky Sinfonia/Peter Breiner (Naxos 8.553596)

BOCCHERINI: Symphony in C G505 (1) - German Chamber Academy, Neuss/Johannes Goritzki (CPO 999 172)

MCDOWALL: Now may we singen - ORA/Suzi Digby (ORA )

SIBELIUS: Symphony No 2 in D Op 43 (1) - New Zealand SO/Pietari Inkinen (Naxos 8.572704)

IVES: A Christmas carol - Chanticleer (Teldec 94563)

GRIEG: Violin Sonata No 3 in C minor Op 45 (2) - Joshua Bell (vln), Sergei Rachmaninov (pno) (SONY 88697 55436)

HANDEL: Rejoice greatly, from Messiah - Kathleen Battle (sop), session orch (Sony SK 62035)

BACH arr Tarkmann: Concerto for oboe, strings & continuo (4) - Albrecht Mayer (ob), English Concert/Julian Podger (dir) (Decca 478 1517)

8.00

Beauty Spot:

HEAD: The little road to Bethlehem - Graduate Choir/Terence Maskell (Atoll ACD 308)

CHABRIER: Idylle, from Suite pastorale - Ulster Orch/Yan Pascal Tortelier (Chandos CHAN 8852)

KORNGOLD: Violin Concerto in D Op 35 (1) - Anne-Sophie Mutter (vln), Vienna Phil/André Previn (DG 474 8742)

MOZART: Piano Sonata No 10 in C K330 (1) - Lars Vogt (pno) (EMI 3 36080)

BORODIN: Symphony No 1 in Eb (2) - Gothenburg SO/Neeme Järvi (DG 435 757)

HEWITT JONES: What child is this? - Eleanor Hicks (soprano), Choir of Merton College Oxford, Oxford Philharmonic Orchestra/Benjamin Nicholas (Delphian DCD34192)

WADE arr Wilberg: O come, all ye faithful - Bryn Terfel (bar), Côrdydd, Orchestra of the Welsh National Opera/Tecwyn Evans (DG 477 8768)

PONCHIELLI: Dance of the Hours - ASMF/Neville Marriner (EMI CD EMX 2169)

9.00

MENDELSSOHN arr Piatti: Song without Words Op 19/3, The Wild Rider - António Meneses (cello), Gérard Wyss (pno) (Avie AV 2140)

MAHLER: Symphony No 1 in D, Titan (1) - Les Siècles/François-Xavier Roth (Harmonia Mundi HMM 905299)

VAUGHAN WILLIAMS: The blessed Son of God - Musica Sacra/Indra Hughes (Atoll ACD 501)

TRADITIONAL arr Shaw: Rejoice & be Merry - Musica Sacra/Indra Hughes (Atoll ACD 501)

HAYDN: Symphony No 88 in G - Berlin Phil/Simon Rattle (EMI 3 94237)

ANONYMOUS: Cachua (Christmas Song) - Montserrat Figueras (sop), La Capella Reial de Catalunya, Hespèrion XXI/Jordi Savall (Alia Vox AV 9834)

ALBÉNIZ: El Puerto, from Iberia Book 1 - Benjamin Grosvenor (pno) (PRIVATE RECORDING 837 001)

10:00 Onstage

A selection of live performances from New Zealand and around the world

RAMEAU: Suite from Dardanus - New Zealand SO/Vesa-Matti Leppänen (RNZ 2018)

BRAHMS: Horn Trio in Eb Op 4 - Sam Jacobs (horn), Anthony Marwood (violin), Dénes Várjon (piano) (RNZ 2019)

HOVHANESS: Symphony No 2, Mysterious Mountain - London SO/John Williams (SONY SK 62729)

BRITTEN: Hodie Christus natus est, from A Ceremony of Carols - Voices New Zealand/Karen Grylls (Trust MMT 2052)

BACH: Air from Suite No 3 in D BWV1068 - Scottish CO/Jaime Laredo (dir) (REGISC 1160)

SCHUBERT: Arpeggione Sonata in A minor D821 - Mstislav Rostropovich (cello), Benjamin Britten (pno)/Mstislav Rostropovich; Benjamin Britten (Decca 417 833)

Including 1:00 Afternoon Concert

BARBER: School for Scandal, Overture Op 5 - Atlanta SO/Yoel Levi (TELARC CD 80632)

BORODIN: String Quartet No 2 in D (1) - Prazák Quartet (Praga PRD 250 282)

MOZART: Piano Concerto No 12 in A K414 - Maurizio Pollini (pno/dir), Vienna Phil (DG 477 7167)

RATHBONE: The Oxen - ORA/Suzi Digby (ORA )

KOCHER arr Willcocks: As with gladness men of old - Robert Quinney (org), The Sixteen/Harry Christophers (CORO COR 16085)

WALTON: Crown Imperial - London Chamber Orch/Christopher Warren-Green (Decca 276 842)

ACHRON: Scher - Hagai Shaham (vln), Arnon Erez (pno) (Hyperion CDA 67841)

1:00 Afternoon Concert

APO: Celebrate Christmas

G GABRIELI: Canzon in echo duodecimi toni a 10

POULENC: O magnum mysterium

VAUGHAN WILLIAMS: Five Variants of Dives & Lazarus

TRAD: O Come All Ye Faithful

MARTIN / BLANE: Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas

ANDERSON: Sleigh Ride

BRITTEN: A Hymn to the Virgin

TCHAIKOVSKY: The Nutcracker Suite, excerpts

HUMPERDINCK: Overture

Hokuspokus Hexenschuss!

Witch's Dance, from Hansel and Gretel

RUTTER: Star Carol

ADAM: O Holy Night

MASON: Joy to the World

GRUBER: Silent Night

APO brass, The Graduate Choir NZ, Terence Maskell (dir), APO, Sarah Castle (mezzo)/Ben Northey

Holy Trinity Cathedral, Parnell, Auckland (RNZ)

DELIUS arr Matthews: A Village Romeo & Juliet, Suite - Royal Scottish National Orch/David Lloyd-Jones (DUTTON CDLX 7264)

3.00

HAYDN: Keyboard Sonata No 30 in D HobXVI/19 - Jean-Efflam Bavouzet (pno) (Chandos CHAN 10736)

LEHAR: Gold & Silver Waltz - Cincinnati Pops Orch/Erich Kunzel (TELARC CD 80547)

MANZANERO: E'en so, Lord Jesus, quickly come - Gloucester Cathedral Choir/Andrew Nethsingha (Avie AV 2122)

HOLST: St Paul's Suite (4) - City of London Sinfonia/Richard Hickox (Chandos CHAN 9270)

ORFF: On the green, from Carmina Burana - Sally Matthews (sop), Lawrence Brownlee (ten), Christian Gerhaher (bar), Berlin Phil/Simon Rattle (EMI 5 57888)

4.00

MOZART: Clarinet Quintet in A K581 (4) - Charles Neidich (basset cl), L'Archibudelli (SONY SK 53366)

BORODIN: Prince Igor, Overture - Kirov Orch, St Petersburg/Valery Gergiev (Philips 446 820)

VANHAL: Missa Pastoralis in G (2) - Colin Ainsworth (ten), Steven Pitkanen (bass), James Tibbles (org), Voices New Zealand Chamber Choir, Aradia Ensemble, Mary Enid Haines (sop), Nina Scott Stoddart (mezzo)/Uwe Grodd (Naxos 8.55508)

BECK: Sinfonia in Eb Op 1/4 - NZSO CO/Donald Armstrong (Naxos 8.554071)

FRANCK: Symphony in D minor Op 48 (2) - BBC Phil/Yan Pascal Tortelier (Chandos CHAN 9875)

ANONYMOUS: Whence Is That Goodly Fragrance Flowing - Graduate Choir/Terence Maskell (Atoll ACD 308)

CHOPIN: Prelude in E minor Op 28/4 - Martha Argerich (pno) (DG 459 064)

5.00

STRAUSS: Duet Concertino for clarinet & bassoon (2) - Larry Combs (cl), David McGill (bsn), Chicago SO/Daniel Barenboim (teldec 3984 23913)

HADLEY: I sing of a maiden - Choir of Merton College Oxford, Peter Shepherd (organ)/Benjamin Nicholas (Delphian DCD34192)

KIRKPATRICK arr Wilcocks: Away in a manger - Choir of Merton College Oxford, Oxford Philharmonic Orchestra/Benjamin Nicholas (Delphian DCD34192)

FAURÉ arr Ma: Violin Sonata No 1 in A Op 13 (1) - Yo-Yo Ma (cello), Kathryn Stott (pno) (SONY SK 87287)

WAGNER: The Mastersingers of Nuremberg, Prelude - Royal Concertgebouw Orch, Amsterdam/Riccardo Chailly (Decca 448 155)

MOZART: Serenade No 10 in Bb K361, Gran Partita (3) - Ensemble Intercontemporain/Pierre Boulez (Decca 478 0316)

BEETHOVEN: Piano Sonata No 15 in D Op 28, Pastoral (1) - Jonathan Biss (pno) (EMI 3 94422)

RAUTAVAARA: Apotheosis - New Zealand SO/Pietari Inkinen (Naxos 8.570069)

BREL: Mathilde, Marieke et Madeleine - Greg Anderson & Elizabeth Joy Roe (pno) (Steinway & Sons 30006)

WEBER: Oberon, Overture - New Zealand SO/Antoni Wit (Naxos 8.570296)

MARTINU: Child's Lullaby, from Christmas - Giorgio Koukl (pno) (Naxos 8.557914)

SCHEIDT: A child is born in Bethlehem - Musica Sacra/Indra Hughes (Atoll ACD 501)

SCHUBERT: String Quartet No 13 in A minor D804, Rosamunde (2) - New Zealand String Quartet (RNZ UB63)

RESPIGHI: The Birds - Orpheus Chamber Orch (DG 437 533)

BACH: Viola da gamba Sonata No 1 in G BWV1027 - Daniel Müller-Schott (cello), Angela Hewitt (pno) (ORFEO C 693 071 A)

With Bill McGlaughlin (WFMT)

NZSO: Christmas Pops

Favourite festive music and songs

Jacqui Dark (mezzo) New Zealand Symphony Orchestra/Benjamin Northey

Michael Fowler Centre, Wellington (RNZ)

FALLA: El Amor Brujo, Suite - Marta Zabaleta (piano) (RNZ 2018)

RNZ Concert's musical nightcap

BACH: Trio Sonata in G BWV1039 - Jed Wentz (fl), Marion Moonen (fl), Job ter Haar (cello), Michael Borgstede (hpschd) (Brilliant Classics 93814)

GLICK: Divertimento for String Orchestra - Thirteen Strings of Ottawa/Brian Law (CBC Records MVCD 1046)

BENNETT: Sweet was the song, from Five Carols - Voices New Zealand/Karen Grylls (Trust MMT 2052)

BILLINGS: Bethlehem - Anonymous 4 (HARMONIA MUNDI HMU 80 7453)

MOZART: String Quartet No 20 in D K499, Hoffmeister - Amadeus Quartet (DG 423 300)

CHAMINADE: Poèmes provençales Op 127 - Mark Viner (pno) (Piano Classics PCL10164)

GJEILO after Holst: In the bleak midwinter - Voces8 (Decca 4830968)

BIBER: The Annunciation, from The Mystery Sonatas - John Holloway (vln), Tragicomedia (Virgin VCD 7 90838)

HANDEL: Concerto Grosso in F Op 3/4 - B'Rock (ETCETERA KTC 1383)

ROTA: Sonata for flute & harp - Emmanuel Pahud (flute), Anneleen Lenaerts (harp) (Warner Classics 9029551471)

BYRD: Beata viscera Maria Virginis - The King's Singers (Signum SIGCD497)

MONTEVERDI arr Michael Fink: Monteverdiana - Los Angeles Guitar Quartet (DELOS DE 3205)

TORKE: Javelin - Atlanta SO/Yoel Levi (Argo 452 101)

HUMMEL ed Beyer: Potpourri in G minor Op 94 - James Ehnes (vla), London Mozart Players/Howard Shelley (Chandos CHAN 10255)

BEETHOVEN: Piano Sonata No 1 in F minor Op 2/1 - Paul Lewis (pno) (Harmonia Mundi HMC 90 1906.08)

MARTUCCI: Notturno Op 70/1 - English CO/Alfredo Bonavera (Hyperion CDA 66290)

1:00 approx

VAUGHAN WILLIAMS: Norfolk Rhapsody No 1 - New Zealand SO/James Judd (Naxos 8.555867)

SCHUBERT: Piano Sonata No 15 in C D840, Relique - Michael Endres (pno) (Capriccio 10 717)

BOCCHERINI: Flute Quintet in G G441 - Jean-Pierre Rampal (fl), Régis Pasquier (vln), Bruno Pasquier (vla), Roland Pidoux, Mathilde Sternat (cellos) (SONY SK 62679)

LULLY: Divertissement Royal - Le Concert des Nations/Jordi Savall (Alia Vox AV 9842)

2:00 approx

BACH: Cantata No 105, Herr, gehe nicht ins Gericht - Miah Persson (sop), Robin Blaze (countertenor), Makoto Sakurada (ten), Peter Kooij (bass), Bach Collegium Japan/Masaaki Suzuki (BIS CD 951)

YOUNG: - Woolston Brass/David Gallaher (Woolston Brass CDWB 3896340/01)

BERKELEY: Serenade for Strings Op 12 - BBC National Orch of Wales/Richard Hickox (Chandos CHAN 9981)

RHEINBERGER: Four Six-part Motets - Phoenix Bach Choir, Kansas City Chorale/Charles Bruffy (Chandos CHSA 5055)

3:00 approx

CHEN GANG/HE ZHANHAO: Butterfly Lovers Concerto - Takako Nishizaki (vln), New Zealand SO/James Judd (Naxos 8.557348)

VIVALDI: Lute Concerto in D RV93 - Manuel Barrueco (gtr), Galicia SO/Victor Pablo Pérez (KOCH KIC CD 7597)

BRAHMS: Cello Sonata No 1 in E minor Op 38 (1) - Alexander Ivashkin (cello), Tamás Vesmás (pno) (RNZ UB56)

FASCH: Concerto in G FWV L/G11 - Il Gardellino (Accent ACC 24252)

4:00 approx

GEMINIANI: Concerto Grosso in D minor, La Folia - Purcell Quartet with Purcell Band (Hyperion CDA 66264)

ELGAR: Variations on an Original Theme Op 36, Enigma - London Phil ( )

BEETHOVEN: Romance No 2 in F Op 50 - Gil Shaham (vln), Orpheus CO (DG 449 923)

WAGNER: Lohengrin, Prelude to Act 1 - BBC Phil/Edward Downes (BBC Music BBC MM 257)

5:00 approx

PALESTRINA: Missa Te Deum Laudamus - Choir of Westminster Cathedral/Martin Baker (Hyperion CDA 67785)

SCHUMANN: Piano Concerto in A minor Op 7 - Isata Kanneh-Mason (pno), Royal Liverpool Phil/Holly Mathieson (Decca 4850020)

BOYCE: Symphony No 2 in A - Aradia Ensemble/Kevin Mallon (Naxos 8.557278)

Specially chosen favourites for a classical summer morning

MOZART: Horn Concerto No 3 in Eb K447 (3) - Claire Briggs (horn), Royal Liverpool Phil/Stephen Kovacevich (EMI 3 82227)

CORELLI: Concerto Grosso in D Op 6/7 - Pavlo Beznosiuk (vln/dir), Avison Ensemble (Linn CKD 411)

BACH: Zion hears the Watchmen´s Voices (from Cantata 140) - Huddersfield Choral Society, Sellers Engineering Band/Brian Kay (Chandos CHAN 4530)

BRAHMS: Serenade No 1 in D Op 11 (2) - Leipzig Gewandhaus Orch/Riccardo Chailly (Decca 478 6775)

MORRICONE: Cinema Paradiso - Gil Shaham (vln), Hollywood Bowl Orch/John Mauceri (Philips 454 647)

RODRIGO: Concierto de Aranjuez (2) - Umberto Clerici (cello), Karin Schaupp (guitar) (ABC Classics 4816812)

DVORÁK: Symphony No 6 in D Op 60 (1) - Royal Scottish National Orch/Neeme Järvi (Chandos CHAN 8530)

7.00

BIZET: Symphony in C (1) - CBSO/Louis Frémaux (EMI CDM 7 69643)

GAUNTLETT: Once in Royal David's City - Graduate Choir/Terence Maskell (Atoll ACD 308)

HEWITT JONES: Lullay - ORA/Suzi Digby (ORA )

GRIEG: Wedding Day at Troldhaugen, from Lyric Pieces - Leif Ove Andsnes (pno) (EMI 5 57296)

BUTTERWORTH: Banks of Green Willow - English CO/Jeffrey Tate (EMI CDC 7 47945)

SCHUMANN: Piano Trio No 1 in D minor Op 63 (4) - Ilya Gringolts (vln), Dmitry Kouzov (cello), Peter Laul (pno) (ONYX 4072)

KASTALSKY: Glory to God in the highest - Estonian Philharmonic Chamber Choir/Paul Hillier (HARMONIA MUNDI HMU 80 7410)

KASTALSKY: Shepherds of Bethlehem - Estonian Philharmonic Chamber Choir/Paul Hillier (HARMONIA MUNDI HMU 80 7410)

PURCELL: The Fairy Queen, Symphony - Le Concert des Nations/Jordi Savall (Auvidis Fontalis ES 9903)

8.00

Beauty Spot:

LAURIDSEN: O magnum mysterium - Polyphony ( )

SCHUBERT: Symphony No 1 in D D82 (4) - CO of Europe/Claudio Abbado (DG 423 652)

BACH: Fallt mit Danken, fallt mit Loben, from Christmas Oratorio, Part 4 - Monteverdi Choir, English Baroque Soloists/John Eliot Gardiner (Archiv 423 232)

WELLS: Variations on Good King Wenceslas - John Wells (org) (RNZ UB09)

MOZART: Symphony No 39 in Eb K543 (4) - Prague CO/Charles Mackerras (TELARC CD 80203)

MARINI: Sonata in 4 parts - Jörgen van Rijen (tbn), members of Amsterdam Combattimento Consort/Jan Willem de Vriend (dir) (Channel Classics CCS SA 26708)

PEACOCK: Venite Gaudete - ORA/Suzi Digby (ORA )

BRAHMS: Violin Concerto in D Op 77 (3) - Nikolaj Znaider (vln), Vienna Phil/Valery Gergiev (RCA 88697 10336)

9.00

FARRENC: Overture No 1 Op 23 - North German Radio Phil/Johannes Goritzki (CPO 999 820)

RACHMANINOV: Prelude in C# minor Op 3/2 - Simon Trpceski (pno) (EMI 557943)

DITTERSDORF: Symphony in A, (5) - Failoni Orch/Uwe Grodd (Naxos 8.553975)

MATHIAS: In excelsis gloria - Wells Cathedral Choir/Matthew Owens (Hyperion CDA 67740)

KERNIS: Musica Celestis - Seattle SO/Gerard Schwarz (Naxos 8.559679)

SAINT-SAËNS: Cello Concerto No 1 in A minor - Lynn Harrell (cello), Cleveland Orch/Neville Marriner (Decca 410 019)

10:00 Onstage

A selection of live performances from New Zealand and around the world

CBC Christmas Sing-In

Choir of the Church of St. Andrew and St. Paul, Sing-In Brass and Percussion Ensemble, Valérie Milot (harp), Jonathan Oldengarm (organ)/Jean-Sébastien Vallée

The Church of St. Andrew and St. Paul, Montréal (CBC)

DVORÁK: Slavonic Rhapsody No 3 in Ab minor Op 45 - Detroit SO/Antal Dorati (Decca 425 087)

BEETHOVEN: Quintet in Eb for piano & winds Op 16 - Daniel Barenboim (pno), Hansjörg Schellenberger (ob), Larry Comb (ERATO 4509 96359)

MARSHALL: Bless the Child - Musica Sacra/Indra Hughes (Atoll ACD 501)

BERLIOZ: The Shepherds' Farewell, from The Childhood of Christ, Op. 25 - Choir of Merton College Oxford, Oxford Philharmonic Orchestra/Benjamin Nicholas (Delphian DCD34192)

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

Including 1:00 Afternoon Concert

MENDELSSOHN: Symphony No 4 in A Op 90, Italian (1) - Vienna Phil/Christoph von Dohnányi (Decca 421 769)

SCARLATTI: Keyboard Sonatas in B minor Kk27; in A Kk212 (2) - Murray Perahia (pno) (Philips 456 922)

BACH: Brandenburg Concerto No 4 in G BWV1049 (3) - European Brandenburg Ensemble/Trevor Pinnock (dir) (Avie AV 2119)

BENNETT: The apple tree - BBC Singers/Paul Brough (Signum SIGCD 293)

BILLINGS: A virgin unspotted - Chanticleer (Teldec 94563)

PSATHAS: Sleeper - Henry Wong Doe (pno) (Rattle 400467)

TCHAIKOVSKY: String Quartet No 1 in D Op 11 - Emerson Quartet (DG 445 551)

HUMMEL: Bassoon Concerto in F (3) - Jaakko Luoma (bassoon), Tapiola Sinfonietta/Janne Nisonen (Ondine ODE13242)

1:00 Afternoon Concert

ORPHEUS: Cathedral Series - Carol of the Bells

RUTTER arr Brent Stewart: Magnificat

MOZART: Laudate Dominum K339

LEONTOVICH arr Bradford: Carol of the Bells

VAUGHAN WILLIAMS: Fantasia on Christmas Carols

Pasquale Orchard (soprano), Joe Haddow (baritone), Orpheus Choir/Brent Stewart & Paul Rosoman (organ), instrumental ensemble

St. Paul's Cathedral, Wellington (RNZ)

FAURÉ: Masques & Bergamasques - BBC Phil/Yan Pascal Tortelier (Chandos CHAN 9416)

TAILLEFERRE: Flute Sonata No 2 - Ransom Wilson (fl), Christopher O'Riley (pno) (Etcetera KTC 1073)

CARR: Gaudeamus Overture - New Zealand SO/Franz-Paul Decker (Corellia CRA 1005)

TRAD: Danny Boy - Mike Nock (pno), Frank Gibson Jr (dms) (MANUCD 2024)

3.00

VIVALDI: Concerto in C for two violins RV507 - Nigel Kennedy (vln/dir), Daniel Stabrawa (vln), members of Berli (EMI 5 57859)

DOVE: The Star-Song - Jonathan Vaughn (org), Wells Cathedral Choir/Matthew Owens (Hyperion CDA 67768)

MATHIAS: A Babe is Born - John Finney (org), Handel & Haydn Society Chorus/Grant Llewellyn (Avie AV 2078)

DEBUSSY: Estampes - Michael Houstoun (pno) (RNZ UA23)

BRAHMS orch Brahms & Dvorák: Hungarian Dances, excerpts - London Phil/Marin Alsop (Naxos 8.557429)

4.00

SCHUBERT: Piano Trio No 1 in Bb D898 (2) - Renaud Capuçon (vln), Gautier Capuçon (cello), Yefim Bronfman (pno) (EMI 4 76871)

BACH arr Safri Duo/Mortensen: English Suite No 4 in F BWV809 (1) - Safri Duo (Chandos CHAN 9339)

HERSCHEL: Symphony No 12 in D (3) - London Mozart Players/Matthias Bamert (Chandos CHAN 10048)

TRADITIONAL arr Jacques: Good King Wenceslas - Graduate Choir/Terence Maskell (Atoll ACD 308)

LANGFORD: A Christmas Fantasy - Huddersfield Choral Society, Sellers Engineering Band/Brian Kay (Chandos CHAN 4530)

STRAUSS: Violin Sonata in Eb Op 18 (2) - Ben Baker (violin), Robert Thompson (piano) (CHAMPS HILL CHRCD096)

RACHMANINOV: Symphony No 3 in A minor Op 44 (3) - London SO/André Previn (EMI CDM 7 69564)

5.00

KROMMER: Concerto in Eb for two clarinets Op 91 (1) - Sabine Meyer (cl), Julian Bliss (cl), ASMF/Kenneth Sillito (EMI 3 79786)

DVORÁK: American Suite in A Op 98b (1) - Prague Phil/Jakub Hrusa (SUPRAPHON SU 3882)

WESTLAKE: Penguin ballet, from Antarctica - Tasmanian SO/David Porcelijn (ABC Classics 462 017)

LASSUS: Resonet in laudibus - The King's Singers (Signum SIGCD497)

SAMETZ: Noel canon - Chanticleer (Teldec 94563)

LOCATELLI: Concerto in F Op 4/12 - La Serenissima/Adrian Chandler (dir) (Avie AV 2154)

WISHART: Alleluya, A new work - Voices New Zealand/Karen Grylls (Trust MMT 2052)

ELGAR: Froissart Overture Op 19 - New Zealand SO/James Judd (Naxos 8.557577)

MILLER: Moonlight Serenade - RNZAF Band (RNZAF)

BEETHOVEN: Piano Trio No 2 in G Op 1/2 (4) - Trio Wanderer (Harmonia Mundi HMC 90 2100)

GLUCK: Dance of the Blessed Spirits - CPE Bach CO/Hartmut Haenchen (Capriccio 60 008)

WHITTALL: Aattoilta (Christmas Eve) - Helsinki Chamber Choir/Nils Schweckendiek (BIS BIS-2322)

CHILCOTT: The Bird of Dawning - Clare Webb (soprano), Choir of Merton College Oxford/Benjamin Nicholas (Delphian DCD34192)

MOZART: Clarinet Quartet in Bb K378 (1) - Charles Neidich (cl), members of L'Archibudelli, (contemporary a (SONY SK 53366)

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

With Bill McGlaughlin (WFMT)

A Festival of Nine Lessons and Carols: The Centenary Service

Choir of King's College Cambridge

(Kings College)

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

RNZ Concert's musical nightcap

LECLAIR: Violin Concerto in F Op 10/4 - Simon Standage (vln/dir), Collegium Musicum 90 (Chandos CHAN 0589)

LILBURN: A Song of Islands - New Zealand SO/John Hopkins (KIWI CD SLD 100)

BEAMISH: In the stillness - ORA/Suzi Digby (ORA )

POULENC: Videntes stellam, from Four Christmas Motets - Voices New Zealand/Karen Grylls (Trust MMT 2052)

MOZART: Piano Sonata No 12 in F K332 - Maria Joao Pires (pno) (DG 477 6607)

ROSETTI ed Hofmeister: Bassoon Concerto in Bb (Murray C73) - Albrecht Holder (bsn), New Brandenburg PO/Nicolás Pasquet (Naxos 8.555341)

GRUBER arr Mohr: Silent Night - Elora Festival Singers/Noel Edison (Naxos 8.554179)

HOWELLS: A spotless rose - The King's Singers (Signum SIGCD497)

BEETHOVEN: Symphony No 9 in D minor Op 125 (3) - Bremen German Chamber Phil/Paavo Järvi (Sony 88697 57606)

BACH: Cello Suite No 2 in D minor BWV1008 - Jean-Guihen Queyras (cello) (HARMONIA MUNDI HMC 90 1970.71)

PÄRT: Bogoroditse Devo - Choir of King's College, Cambridge/Stephen Cleobury (King's College KGS0033)

SCARLATTI: Keyboard Sonata in Eb Kk474 - Angela Hewitt (pno) (Hyperion CDA 68184)

KERNIS: Air - Joshua Bell (vln), Minnesota Orch/David Zinman (Argo 460 226)

SAINT-SAËNS: Phaéton - Pittsburgh SO/Lorin Maazel (SONY SK 53979)

MENDELSSOHN: Ruy Blas, Overture - Paris Orchestral Ensemble/John Nelson (Virgin 5 45532)

HILL: String Quartet No 3 in A minor, Carnival - Dominion Quartet (Naxos 8.570491)

HAGBERG arr Lidholm: Madonna's lullaby - Jeanette KÖhn (sop), Sofia Vocal Ensemble/Bengt Ollén (Footprint Records FRCD 060)

MORELY: Snowride - RTE Concert Orch/Gavin Sutherland (Naxos 8.572744)

1:00 approx

DELIUS: Life's Dance - Royal Scottish National Orch/David Lloyd-Jones (DUTTON CDLX 7264)

MERKEL: Fantasy on Donizetti's Torquato Tasso Op 26/3 - Martin Rummel (cello), Roland Krüger (pno) (Naxos 8.572759)

BYRD: Infelix ego - Tallis Scholars/Peter Philips (Gimell 454 895)

COUPERIN: Sixième Concert - Douglas Boyd (ob), Harold Lester (hpschd), Richard Lester (cello) (ASV CD DCA 656)

SMITH: Veni Redemptor gentium - New York Polyphony (Avie AV 2141)

MESSIAEN: La Nativité du Seigneur (5) - Gillian Weir (org) (Priory PRCD 921)

2:00 approx

DUSSEK: Sinfonia in A - Helsinki Baroque Orch/Aapo Häkkinen (Naxos 8.572683)

WEISSENBERG: Six arrangements of songs sung by Charles Trenet - Marc-André Hamelin (pno) (Hyperion CDA 67656)

CANTELOUBE: Poème - Philippe Graffin (vln), Ulster Orch/Thierry Fischer (Hyperion CDA 67294)

SCHUMANN: Papillons Op 2 - Leon McCawley (pno) (Avie AV 0029)

BRUMEL: Noe, noe, noe - Orlando Consort (HARMONIA MUNDI HMU 90 7418)

ROREM: While all things were in quiet silence - Handel & Haydn Society Chorus/Grant Llewellyn (Avie AV 2078)

3:00 approx

MOZART: Horn Quintet in Eb K407 - Nash Ensemble (Virgin VC 7 91074)

WAGNER: Parsifal, Prelude to Act 1 - BBC Phil/Edward Downes (BBC Music BBC MM 257)

SUK: Fantastic Scherzo Op 25 - Buffalo Phil/JoAnn Falletta (Naxos 8.572323)

CORELLI: Concerto Grosso in Bb Op 6/11 - Pavlo Beznosiuk (vln/dir), Avison Ensemble (Linn CKD 411)

GRUBER Trans Brentano Quartet: - Joyce DiDonato (mezzo-soprano), Brentano Quartet (ERATO 9029564219)

WEIR: My Guardian Angel - ORA/Suzi Digby (ORA )

4:00 approx

HAYDN: String Quartet in C Op 33/3, Bird - Casals Quartet (HARMONIA MUNDI HMX 296 2022.23)

COPLAND: Quiet City - London Festival Orch/Ross Pople (Arte Nova 74321 37854)

LUKAS: Three American Pieces - Itzhak Perlman (vln), Boston SO/Seiji Ozawa (EMI CDC 5 55360)

TANSMAN: Sonatine for flute & piano - Jeffrey Khaner (fl), Hugh Sung (pno) (Avie AV 0027)

WISEMAN: The Christmas Tree - ORA/Suzi Digby (ORA )

HAIRSTON arr Cullen & Hazell: Mary's Boy Child - Bryn Terfel (bar), Côrdydd, Orchestra of the Welsh National Opera/Tecwyn Evans (DG 477 8768)

5:00 approx

PURCELL: Abdelazer, Suite - Tafelmusik/Jeanne Lamon (dir) (Analekta AN 2 9811)

SAINT-SAËNS: Cello Concerto No 1 in A minor Op 33 - Julian Lloyd Webber (cello), English CO/Yan Pascal Tortelier (Philips 432 084)

DVORÁK arr Kreisler: Slavonic Dances, excerpts - Pavel Sporcl (vln), Petr Jiríkovsky (pno) (SUPRAPHON SU 3884)

PUCCINI: Crisantemi - London SO/Antonio Pappano (EMI 5 57159)

BUXTEHUDE: Wie schön leuchtet der Morgenstern BuxWV223 - Ton Koopman (org) (Novalis 150 048)

WALTON: Make we joy now in this fest - Handel & Haydn Society Chorus/Grant Llewellyn (Avie AV 2078)

Specially chosen favourites for a classical summer morning

VAUGHAN WILLIAMS: Fantasia on Christmas Carols - Joyful Company of Singers, City of London Sinfonia/Richard Hickox (Chandos CHAN 10385)

DOHNÁNYI: Pastorale on a Hungarian Christmas Song - Martin Roscoe (pno) (Hyperion CDA 67871)

TRADITIONAL arr Hazell: What Child is This? (Greensleeves) - Bryn Terfel (bar), Orchestra of the Welsh National Opera/Tecwyn Evans (DG 477 8768)

TRADITIONAL: In dulci jubilo - Chanticleer (Teldec 94563)

SIRETT: - Choir of St. John's, Elora (Marshall Arts )

BORODIN: In the Steppes of Central Asia - BBC Phil/Vassily Sinaisky (BBC Music BBC MM 286)

CORNELIUS arr Atkins: The Three Kings - Teddy Tahu Rhodes (bar), Cantillation (ABC Classics 472 044)

HOWELLS: Here is the little door - Voices New Zealand/Karen Grylls (Trust MMT 2052)

WILLAN: The Three Kings - Elora Festival Singers/Noel Edison (Naxos 8.554179)

FERRANDINI: Christmas Symphony - New Zealand SO/Marc Taddei (Trust MMT 2043)

7.00

DE LALANDE: Simphonies des noëls - Les Violons du Roy (Dorian DOR 90180)

FOSTER: While shepherds watched their flocks - Taverner Choir and Players/Andrew Parrott (EMI 7 54529)

PALESTRINA trans Stokowski: Adoramus te - Brussels Phil/Richard Egarr (GLOSSA GCDSA 922209)

NILES arr Henryson: I wonder as I wander - Anne Sofie von Otter (mezzo), Svante Henryson (cello), Markus Leoson (perc) (DG 459 685)

RACHMANINOV: Piano Concerto No 2 in C minor Op 18 - Krystian Zimerman (pno), Boston SO/Seiji Ozawa (DG 459 643)

HAMILTON: A Child comes forth - Helen Webby (harp), Rowan Johnston (percussion), Key Cygnetures/Elise Bradley (RNZ UB15)

BACH: Prelude, from Cello Suite No 1 in G BWV1007 - Yo-Yo Ma (cello) (SONY 19075854652)

8.00

Beauty Spot:

RUTTER: What sweeter music - Elora Festival Singers/Noel Edison (Naxos 8.554179)

CORRETTE: Christmas Symphony No 2 - La Fantasia/Rien Voskuilen (Brilliant Classics 95569BR)

BACH: Ave Maria - Kiri Te Kanawa (sop), Utah SO/Julius Rudel (Decca 473 168)

BIEBL: Ave Maria - Julian Chu-Tan (ten), Theo Moolenaar (ten), Harry Grigg (bass), NZ Secondary Students Choir 2013-14 (RNZ DB35)

TIOMKIN: Main Title from It's a Wonderful Life - Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Ambrosian Singers/David Newman (TELARC CD 88801)

MONTERO: Improvisation on Handel's Hallelujah - Gabriela Montero (pno) (EMI 5 14838)

TRADITIONAL arr Holst: Masters in this hall - Robert Quinney (org), The Sixteen/Harry Christophers (CORO COR 16085)

MARAIS: March, air & tambourin pour les Matelots - Le Concert des Nations/Jordi Savall (Auvidis Fontalis ES 9903)

ARLEN: Over the rainbow - Natalie Dessay (sop), Quatuor Ébène (Virgin 6 286689)

ADAM: O Holy Night - Josh Groban (vocal, piano), studio chorus and orchestra ( )

9.00

REED: A Christmas Intrada - Central Band of the Royal New Zealand Airforce, Janet Gibbs (org/Squadron Leader Graham Hanify (KIWI CD SLC 216)

APO: Celebrate Christmas 2019

Music is always at the heart of any celebration and Christmas music is the most marvelous way to embrace the festive spirit. The programme will include Humperdinck's Overture to Hansel and Gretel, Mozart's Laudate Dominum and Prokofiev's Troika, as well a

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

Holy Trinity Cathedral, Auckland (RNZ)

STAMITZ: Christmas Symphony 4/2 - New Zealand SO/Marc Taddei (Trust MMT 2043)

RUTTER: Brother Heinrich's Christmas - Brian Kay (narrator), Cambridge Singers, City of London Sinfonia (Collegium COL CD 115)

Including 1:00 Afternoon Concert

HESS: A Christmas Overture - Central Band of the Royal Air Force/Nigel Hess (Chandos CHAN 10767)

ZÉSPEDES: Convidando está la noche - Harp Consort ( )

ANDERSON: Mele Kalikimaka - Sol3 Mio (Universal 671 3660)

LILBURN: Christmas 1943 - Dan Poynton (pno) (Trust MMT 2068-69)

TRADITIONAL arr Jennings: Glory to the newborn King - Chanticleer (Teldec 94563)

GLAZUNOV: Festive Moods - Shostakovich Quartet (Olympia OCD 575)

1:00 Afternoon Concert

NZSO: Messiah

HANDEL: Messiah

Anna Leese (sop), Sally Anne Russell (mezzo), Steve Davislim (ten), Teddy Tahu Rhodes (bass), New Zealand SO Messiah Chorale/Nicholas McGegan

Michael Fowler Centre, Wellington (RNZ)

TRADITIONAL arr. by J. Sorrell: - Apollo's Fire (Avie AV2396)

TRADITIONAL: - Apollo's Fire (Avie AV2396)

TRADITIONAL arr Sorrell: Nowell Sing We, Both All and Some - Amanda Powell, Molly Netter, Ross Hauck, Jeffrey Strauss (vocals), Apollo's Singers, Apollo's Fire (Avie AV2396)

TRADITIONAL arr Kathie Stewart: Innesheer / Ships in Full Sail + I Saw Three Ships / New Christmas Reel - Apollo's Fire, Jeannette Sorrell (Avie AV2396)

TRADITIONAL: - Michael Temesi (treble), Jeffrey Strauss (baritone), With Apollo's Musettes, Apollo's Fire (Avie AV2396)

TRADITIONAL: - Apollo's Fire (Avie AV2396)

TRADITIONAL: - Amanda Powell & Ross Hauck (vocals) (Avie AV2396)

TRADITIONAL: - Apollo's Fire (Avie AV2396)

TRADITIONAL: - Amanda Powell & Ross Hauck (vocals) (Avie AV2396)

ANONYMOUS: Cachua (Christmas Song) - Montserrat Figueras (sop), La Capella Reial de Catalunya, Hespèrion XXI/Jordi Savall (Alia Vox AV 9834)

4.00

Brilliant Brass Christmas Special 2014

5.00

Inside Out Christmas Special 2019

IVES arr Hillier: A Christmas Carol - Theatre of Voices (Harmonia Mundi HMX 297 7079)

MARTIN: Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas - Sol3 Mio (Universal 674 3660)

GRUBER: Stille Nacht - Madison Nonoa (sop), Australian Brandenburg Choir & Orch/Paul Dyer (ABC Classics ABC Live 2017)

TRADITIONAL arr Palmer: Coventry Carol - Madison Nonoa (sop), Australian Brandenburg Choir & Orch/Paul Dyer (ABC Classics ABC Live 2017)

HAMILTON: Follow the star, from Noël; Ma te atua; (3) - Opus 1998/David Hamilton (Private - DH 2000A)

PHILIPS: Stella, quam viderant Magi - Tudor Consort/Peter Walls (Naxos 8.555056)

LILBURN: Two Christmas Pieces for LB (1941) - Margaret Nielsen (pno) (RNZ )

LILBURN: Two Christmas Pieces for LB (1949) - Margaret Nielsen (pno) (RNZ )

RITCHIE: Fourteen Christmas Cards - Jubilate Singers, Jubilate Chamber Orchestra/John Pattinson (JUBILATE JUB 001)

BENNETT arr Hornblow: Awake before sunrise - instrumental group, Wellington Secondary Students' Choir/Roger Stevenson (NZ HYMNBOOK TRUST 2002A)

With Bill McGlaughlin (WFMT)

Christmas Concert from Aachen Cathedral

With festive Christmas music from Aachen Cathedral, the WDR Radio Orchestra brings music of joy, peace and reflection on the essence of our lives. Aachen Cathedral is one of the oldest cathedrals in Europe, constructed by order of the emperor Charlemagne,

Polina Pastirchak (soprano), Harriet Krigh (cello), Michael Hoppe (organ), ChorWerk Ruhr, Aachen Cathedral Girls' Choir, WDR Radio Orchestra Cologne/Enrico Delamboye

Cathedral, Aachen (WDR/EBU)

RNZ Concert's musical nightcap

VAUGHAN WILLIAMS: On Christmas Night - Joyful Company of Singers, City of London Sinfonia (Chandos CHAN 10385)

PROKOFIEV: A Summer Day - Scottish CO/José Serebrier (ASV CDQS 6114)

MENDELSSOHN: A Midsummer Night's Dream, Suite - London SO/Barry Wordsworth (Virgin 3 91372)

ODERMATT: Summer, from Three Images Op 18 - Albrecht Mayer (ob), ASMF/Mathias Mönius (Decca 478 2564)

WEBERN: Im Sommerwind - Royal Concertgebouw Orch/Riccardo Chailly (Decca 430 324)

STENHAMMAR: Late Summer Nights - Martin Sturfält (pno) (Hyperion CDA 67689)

ESTACIO: Summer Nocturne, from A Farmer's Symphony - Edmonton SO/Mario Bernardi (CBC Records SMCD5232)

DELIUS: Two Pieces for small orchestra, (2) - Symphony Nova Scotia/Georg Tintner (CBC Records SMCD 5134)

SCHUBERT: Impromptu in C minor D899/1 - Maria João Pires (pno) (DG 457550)

BEETHOVEN: Twelve Contradanses WoO14 - Orch of St Luke's/Michael Tilson Thomas (CBS MK 44516)

BORODIN: In the Steppes of Central Asia - USSR Academy SO/Yevgeny Svetlanov (Chant Du Monde LDC 278 782)

RHEINBERGER: Mass in Eb Op 109 - Musica Sacra/Indra Hughes (Atoll ACD 802)

BRUCH: Kol Nidrei - Alisa Weilerstein (cello), Berlin State Orch/Daniel Barenboim (Decca 478 2735)

1:00 approx

FOOTE: Francesca da Rimini Op 24 - Seattle SO/Gerard Schwarz (Naxos 8.559365)

TCHAIKOVSKY: Suite No 4 in G Op 61, Mozartiana - Scottish CO/José Serebrier (ASV CD DCA 719)

AVISON: Concerto Grosso in E minor Op 3/2 - Pavlo Beznosiuk (vln/dir), Avison Ensemble (Naxos 8.557905-06)

TREMAIN: Three Mystical Songs - Anthea Moller (mezzo), Lindsay String Orch/Dobbs Franks (Kiwi SLD 16)

2:00 approx

TELEMANN: Concerto in Bb for three oboes & three violins - Anthony Robson, Richard Earle, Cherry Forbes (obs), Simon Standage (vln/dir), Micaela Comberti, Catherine Weiss (vlns), Collegium Musicum 90 (Chandos CHAN 0580)

CHOPIN: Nocturnes Op 32 - Claudio Arrau (pno) (Philips 416 441)

BRAHMS: Clarinet Quintet in B minor Op 115 - James Campbell (cl), New Zealand String Quartet (Naxos 8.573454)

3:00 approx

MEDTNER: Piano Concerto No 2 in C minor Op 50 - Geoffrey Tozer (pno), London Phil/Neeme Järvi (Chandos CHAN 9038)

HAYDN: Symphony No 84 in Eb - London Mozart Players/Jane Glover (ASV CD DCA 677)

4:00 approx

SVENDSEN: String Octet in A - ASMF Chamber Ensemble (Chandos CHAN 9258)

SHEPPARD: Media vita in morte sumus - The Sixteen/Harry Christophers (CORO COR 16077)

5:00 approx

MORTELMANS: Spring Idyll - BRTN Phil, Brussels/Alexander Rahbari (Discover DICD 920 100)

VILLETTE: Three Motets - BBC Singers/Stephen Jackson (BBC Music MM 85)

BACH: Cantata No 55, Ich armer Mensch; (Wretch that I am, a slave to sin) - Roberta Giuia (sop), Alessandro Carmignani (countertenor), Ian Bostridge (ten), Antonio Abete (bass), Fabio Biondi (vln/dir), Europa Galante/Fabio Biondi (Virgin 5 45420)

ADAMS: Berceuse élégiaque - Bournemouth SO/Marin Alsop (Naxos 8.559031)

HUMMEL: Rondo brillant in F Op 127, Le retour à Londres - Christopher Hinterhuber (pno), Gävle SO/Uwe Grodd (Naxos 8.557845)

Specially chosen favourites for a classical summer morning

BACH: Oboe Concerto in Bb Wq164 (1) - Machiko Takahashi (fl), Concertgebouw CO/Roland Kieft (Brilliant Classics 93988)

TCHAIKOVSKY: Symphony No 2 in C minor Op 17, Little Russian (3) - Russian National Orch/Mikhail Pletnev (Pentatone PTC 5186 382)

SCHUMANN: Kinderszenen Op 15 - Nelson Freire (pno) (Decca 473 902)

BEETHOVEN: String Quartet in D Op 18/3 (1) - Gewandhaus Quartet (NCA 60139)

MAHLER: Symphony No 4 in G (4) - Kiri Te Kanawa (sop), Chicago SO/Georg Solti (Decca 410 188)

SCHUBERT: Notturno in Eb D897 - Edward Dusinberre (vln), András Fejér (cello), Andreas Haefliger (pno) (Decca 452 854)

7.00

SCHUMANN: Piano Quartet in Eb Op 47 (4) - Menahem Pressler (pno), members of the Emerson String Quartet (DG 445 848)

DELIUS: Two Pieces for small orchestra, (1) - Symphony Nova Scotia/Georg Tintner (CBC Records SMCD 5134)

VIVALDI: Violin Concerto in Bb RV359 - Simon Standage (vln), Academy of Ancient Music (Decca 475 7693)

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

BRAHMS: String Quintet No 2 in G Op 111 (2) - New Zealand String Quartet, Maria Lambros (vla) (Naxos 8.573455)

MOZART: Horn Concerto No 4 in Eb K495 (1) - Jonathan Williams (horn), CO of Europe/Alexander Schneider (COE Records CD COE 805)

8.00

Beauty Spot:

GRIEG: Elegiac Melodies Op 34 (2) - NZSO CO (RNZ UA02)

MYERS arr Field: Cavatina, from The Deer Hunter - Saffire, The Australian Guitar Quartet (ABC Classics 476 701)

DVORÁK: Violin Concerto in A minor Op 53 (3) - Josef Špacek (vln), Czech Phil/Jirí Belohlávek (Supraphon SU 41822)

BELLINI arr MIKHASHOFF: Casta diva, from Norma - Jean-Yves Thibaudet (pno) (Decca 475 7668)

BOCCHERINI: Cello Concerto in G G480 (1) - Yo-Yo Ma (cello), Amsterdam Baroque Orch/Ton Koopman (Sony SK 60680)

ELGAR: Minuet Op 21 - New Zealand SO/James Judd (Naxos 8.557577)

BEACH: Symphony in E minor, Gaelic (2) - Nashville SO/Kenneth Schermerhorn (Naxos 8.559139)

9.00

MENDELSSOHN: Octet in Eb Op 20 (3) - Amati String Orch (Brilliant Classics 94205)

HOLST: March, from Suite No 1 for Military Band Op 28/1 - Royal Northern College of Music Wind Orch/Timothy Reynish ( CHAN 9697)

STRAUSS II: The Gypsy Baron, Overture - Cincinnati Pops Orch/Erich Kunzel (TELARC CD 80547)

CHOPIN: Preludes Op 28 Nos 15-24 - Maria Joao Pires (pno) (DG 437 817)

RIMSKY-KORSAKOV: Scheherazade IV. Festival at Baghdad. The Sea. The Ship Breaks against a Cliff Surmounted by a Bronze Horseman - Clio Gould (vln), Royal Phil/Charles Dutoit (ONYX 4064)

GABRIELI: TALLIS: If Ye Love Me; A GABRIELI: Magnificat (2) - Chanticleer (TELDEC 4509 96515)

10:00 Onstage

A selection of live performances from New Zealand and around the world

BRAHMS: Piano Trio No 3 in C minor Op 11 - Te Koki Trio, Martin Riseley (violin), Inbal Megiddo (cello), Jian Liu (piano) (RNZ 2018)

SIBELIUS: Symphony No 1 in E minor Op 39 - Auckland Philharmonia Orchestra/Christian Kluxen (RNZ 2018)

BACH: Violin Sonata No 2 in A BWV1015 - James Ehnes (vln), Luc Beauséjour (hpschd) (Analekta AN 2 9829)

HAYDN: Symphony No 78 in C minor - Orpheus CO (DG 429 218)

TOMLINSON: Lakeside Idyll - Royal Ballet Sinfonia/Gavin Sutherland (DUTTON CDLX 7170)

HANDEL: Concerto a due cori No 2 in F HWV333 - Tafelmusik Baroque Orchestra/Jean Lamon (vln/dir) (Tafelmusik Media 1011CD)

Including 1:00 Afternoon Concert

WAGNER: Lohengrin, Prelude to Act III - Philharmonia/Francesco d'Avalos (ASV CD DCA 666)

HUME: Tinckeldum Twinckeldum - Marianne Muller (viola da gamba), Liam Fennelly (viola da gamba), Pau Marcos (viola da gamba) (ZIG ZAG ZZT 100 501)

SAINT-SAËNS: Piano Concerto No 1 in D Op 17 (1) - Jean-Philippe Collard (pno), Royal Phil/André Previn (EMI CDC 7 49757)

MOZART: Concerto in C for flute & harp K299 (2) - Thierry Fischer (fl/dir), Charlotte Sprenkels (harp), CO of Europe (COE Records CD COE 813)

FARRENC: Symphony No 1 in C minor Op 32 (4) - North German Radio Phil/Johannes Goritzki (CPO 999 603)

DEBUSSY: Nocturnes - Cleveland Orch/Pierre Boulez (DG 439 896)

1:00 Afternoon Concert

NZSO: Comic Con

The New Zealand Symphony Orchestra presents The Music of Comic Con

New Zealand Symphony Orchestra/Gordon Hamilton

Auckland Town Hall, Auckland (RNZ)

BOWEN: Phantasie in E minor Op 34 - Chloë Hanslip (vln), Danny Driver (pno) (Hyperion CDA 67991)

WALTON: Johannesburg Festival Overture - London Phil/Bryden Thomson (Chandos 8968)

STRAUSS II: Perpetuum Mobile Op 257 - Hallé Orch/John Barbirolli (BBC Legends BBCL 4038)

3.00

SMETANA: Blaník, from Má Vlast - Czech Phil/Jirí Belohlávek (Decca 4833187)

BOCCHERINI: Cello Concerto in D G483 - Sol Gabetta (cello), Cappella Gabetta/Andrés Gabetta (Decca 4832473)

BEETHOVEN: Piano Sonata No 5 in C minor Op 10/1 - Jonathan Biss (pno) (ONYX 4082)

MARTIN Y SOLER: Sinfonia - Le Concert des Nations/Jordi Savall (Auvidis Fontalis ES 9903)

4.00

RITCHIE: A Bugle will do (excerpt) - New Zealand SO/Tecwyn Evans (Atoll ACD 741)

TARTINI arr Baril: Violin Sonata in G minor, Devil's Trill (3) - Angèle Dubeau (vln), La Pietà (Analekta AN 2 8723)

DVORÁK: Carnival Overture - Los Angeles Phil/André Previn (TELARC CD 80238)

MOZART: Divertimento in Bb K254 (1) - Daniel Barenboim (piano), Michael Barenboim (violin), Kian Soltani (cello) (DG 4837506)

BRUCH: Ave Maria Op 61 - Han-Na Chang (cello), Philharmonia/Leonard Slatkin (EMI 5 57052)

HAYDN: Symphony No 60 in C, Il distratto (1) - Il Giardino Armonico/Giovanni Antonini (dir) (Alpha 674)

5.00

FARR: Te Parenga - Patrick Barry (cl), NZSO CO/Marc Taddei (Trust MMT 2036)

CHOPIN: Polonaise brillante in C Op 3 - Mischa Maisky (cello), Martha Argerich (pno) (DG 471 346)

SPOHR: Clarinet Concerto No 2 in Eb Op 57 (3) - Julian Bliss (cl), ASMF/Kenneth Sillito (EMI 3 79786)

CORELLI: Concerto Grosso in F Op 6/12 - Pavlo Beznosiuk (vln/dir), Avison Ensemble (Linn CKD 411)

RACHMANINOV: Piano Concerto No 1 in F# minor Op 1 (1) - Leif Ove Andsnes (pno), Berlin Phil/Antonio Pappano (EMI 4 74813)

BYRD: Laudibus in sanctis - Auckland Dorian Choir/Peter Godfrey (Ex Kiwi SLD 45)

TCHAIKOVSKY: Sleeping Beauty, excerpts - Royal Phil/Charles Mackerras ( CD 80151)

FIELD: Piano Sonata in Eb Op 1/1 (1) - John O'Conor (pno) (TELARC CD 80290)

HOFMANN attr Haydn: Flute Concerto in D (1) - Emmanuel Pahud (fl), Haydn Ensemble, Berlin/Hansjörg Schellenberger (EMI CDC 5 56577)

BORODIN: Nocturne, from String Quartet No 2 in D - Takács Quartet (Decca 452 239)

BACH arr Balsom: Violin Concerto in A minor BWV1041 (2) - Alison Balsom (tpt), Gothenburg SO/Edward Gardner (EMI 3 53255)

With Bill McGlaughlin (WFMT)

2019 Michael Hill International Violin Competition

Round 3, Part 1

MOZART: String Quintet No 4 in G minor K516

Mozart: String Quintet No 3 in C K515

MHIVC semifinalists (violin), Andrew Beer (violin), Gillian Ansell (viola), Julia Joyce (viola), Ashely Brown (cello)

Concert Chamber, Auckland (RNZ)

WILLIAMS: Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone: Hedwig's Theme & Harry's Wonderous World - New Zealand SO/Christopher Dragon (RNZ 2018)

RNZ Concert's musical nightcap

RACHMANINOV: Symphonic Dances Op 45 (3) - London SO/André Previn (EMI CMS 7645302)

MOZETICH: The Passion of Angels - Nora Bumanis, Julia Shaw (hrps), CBC Vancouver Orchestra ( )

VAUGHAN WILLIAMS ed Hogger: The People's Land - BBC Phil/Rumon Gamba (Chandos CHAN 10007)

HOWELLS: Sonata for clarinet & piano (1) - Murray Khouri (cl), Peter Pettinger (pno) (Continuum CCD 1074)

GLAZUNOV: Spring and Summer, from The Seasons - Royal Scottish National Orch/José Serebrier (Warner 2564 61434)

BACH: French Suite No 3 in B minor BWV814 - Murray Perahia (pno) (DG 479 6565)

STAMITZ: Symphonie Concertante in C for two violins - Richard Friedman (vln), Steven Smith (vln), London Festival Orch/Ross Pople (ASV CD DCA 650)

TRADITIONAL arr Hart: Women Of Ireland - Stella Dickinson (ob), Capital Virtuosi/Paul Hart (ASV CDWHL 2118)

RAVEL: Piece in the form of a Habanera - Daniel Müller-Schott (cello), Robert Kulek (pno) (EMI 5 75201)

HANDEL: Concerto Grosso in F Op 6/2 - Berlin Academy for Early Music/Bernhard Forck (Pentatone PTC5186737)

HUMMEL: Te Deum in D - Voices New Zealand Chamber Choir, New Zealand SO/Uwe Grodd (Naxos 8.557193)

DEBUSSY: Arabesques Nos 1 & 2 - François Chaplin (pno) (PIERRE VERANY PV 702 101)

STATHAM: Suite for flute & string quartet - Ariana Lis (fl), Puertas Quartet (Atoll ACD 881)

SCHUMANN: Gesänge der Frühe Op 133 - Maurizio Pollini (pno) (DG 471 370)

1:00 approx

TAILLEFERRE: Flute Sonata No 2 - Ransom Wilson (fl), Christopher O'Riley (pno) (Etcetera KTC 1073)

VIVALDI: Viola d'amore Concerto in F RV97 - Fabio Biondi (vla d'amore/dir), Europa Galante (Virgin 3 95146)

DITTERSDORF: Symphony in A minor Grave a2 - Failoni Orch/Uwe Grodd (Naxos 8.553975)

ZIPOLI: Sonata Trio - Ensemble Louis Berger (Argentina)/Ricardo Massun (K617 K617 141)

HARRISS: Bremner Aria - David Bremner (tbn), National Youth Brass Band of New Zealand/Nigel Weeks (Trust MMT 2049)

2:00 approx

PÄRT: Fratres - NZSO CO/Donald Armstrong (dir) (RNZ UB12)

TRADITIONAL: Löftbergspolskan; Polska efter Ceylon Wallin; Långt Jässpôd på bergom - Johan Hedin (nyckelharpa), Gunnar Idenstam (org) (Caprice CAP 21733)

MUFFAT: Armonico tributo Sonata No 2 in G minor (1) - NZ Barok (Atoll ACD 813)

MOZART: Violin Sonata No 21 in E minor K304 - Gil Shaham (vln), Orli Shaham (pno) (Canary Classics CC 01)

TCHAIKOVSKY: Romeo & Juliet, Fantasy Overture - St Cecilia National Academy Orch, Rome/Antonio Pappano (EMI 3 70065)

3:00 approx

SCARLATTI: Keyboard Sonata in E minor Kk402 - Eugene Albulescu (pno) (MANU CD MANU 1523)

FARR: Waipoua - Mary Scott (cl), New Zealand SO/Kenneth Young (TRUST MMT 2021)

MESSNER: Salzburg Suite Op 51 - Salzburg Mozarteum Orch/Ivor Bolton (OEHMS OC 734)

BACH compltd Charlston: Flute Sonata in A BWV1032 - Sharon Bezaly (fl), Terence Charlston (hpschd) (BIS CD 1689)

LIADOV: Baba-Yaga Op 56 - Krasnoyarsk SO/Ivan Shpiller (Brilliant Classics 94077)

4:00 approx

SCHUBERT: Impromptu in Bb D935/3 - John O'Conor (pno) (TELARC CD 80337)

BRAHMS: Nänie Op 82 - Berlin Radio Chorus, Berlin Phil/Claudio Abbado (DG 435 349)

MENDELSSOHN: Prelude & Fugue in E minor Op 35/1 - Murray Perahia (pno) (CBS MK 37838)

VANHAL: Agnus Dei, from Missa Pastoralis in G - Colin Ainsworth (ten), Steven Pitkanen (bass), James Tibbles (org), Voices New Zealand Chamber Choir, Aradia Ensemble, Mary Enid Haines (sop), Nina Scott Stoddart (mezzo)/Uwe Grodd (Naxos 8.55508)

BEETHOVEN: Bagatelles Op 126 - Yevgeny Sudbin (piano) (BIS 2208)

5:00 approx

FAURÉ: Messe des pêcheurs de Villerville - Petits Chanteurs de St-Louis, Ensemble Musique Oblique/Philippe Herreweghe (HARMONIA MUNDI HMC 90 1292)

ORTIZ: Recercada sobre tenore - Robert Sagasser (viola da gamba), Martina Rothbauer (viola da gamba), Paulina van Laarhoven (viola da gamba, Matthias Müller (violone), Lee Santana (lute/gtr/chitarrone) (DHM 05472 77502)

STRAUSS: Nocturno Op 7 - David Bremner (tbn), Sarah Watkins (pno) (Atoll ACD 109)

MASSENET: Thaïs, Ballet Music - Barcelona SO/Patrick Gallois (Naxos 8.573123)

BRUCH: Adagio Appassionato - Salvatore Accardo (vln), Leipzig Gewandhaus Orch/Kurt Masur (Philips 432 282)

Specially chosen favourites for a classical summer morning

TELEMANN: Sinfonia melodica in C TWV50/2 - Berlin Baroque Soloists/Rainer Kussmaul (dir) (DG 477 5923)

HILL: String Quartet No 2 in G minor (2) - Dominion Quartet (Naxos 8.570491)

DVORÁK: Serenade in E for strings Op 22 (1) - English CO/Rafael Kubelík (Brilliant Classics 94081)

SAINT-SAËNS: Havanaise - Sarah Chang (vln), Philadelphia Orch/Wolfgang Sawallisch (EMI CDC 5 55026)

MCGLASHAN: End Credits, from Dean Spanley - New Zealand SO (Mana 531802)

RAVEL: Une barque sur l'ocean, from Miroirs - Julien Brocal (pno) (Rubicon RCD 1008)

BEETHOVEN: Symphony No 6 in F Op 68, Pastoral (1) - Cleveland Orch/Christoph von Dohnányi (TELARC CD 80145)

7.00

MOZART: Sinfonia Concertante in Eb K297b (3) - Mohamed Saleh (ob), Kinan Azmeh (cl), Mor Biron (bsn), Sharon Polyak (horn), West-Eastern Divan Orch/Daniel Barenboim (warner 2564 62791)

SCHUBERT: Impromptus D935 (4) - Marc-André Hamelin (pno) (Hyperion CDA 68213)

STAMITZ: Orchestral Trio in C Op 1/1 (2) - New Zealand CO/Donald Armstrong (vln/dir) (Naxos 8.553213)

LILBURN: Concert Overture in D - Ithaca College Festival Orch/Grant Cooper (KIWI CD SLD 99)

BACH: Cello Suite No 3 in C BWV1009 (1) - Yo-Yo Ma (cello) (SONY 19075854652)

RACHMANINOV: Prelude Op 2/1 - Steven Isserlis (cello), Stephen Hough (pno) (Hyperion CDA 67376)

VIVALDI: Violin Concerto in F RV295 - Giuliano Carmignola (baroque vln), Venice Baroque Orch/Andrea Marcon (SONY SK 89362)

8.00

Beauty Spot:

DEBUSSY: Clair de lune, from Suite bergamasque - Angela Hewitt (pno) (Hyperion CDA 67898)

MAHLER: Blumine, symphonic movement - Les Siècles/François-Xavier Roth (Harmonia Mundi HMM 905299)

REINECKE: Flute Sonata in E minor Op 167, Undine (1) - Jeffrey Khaner (fl), Hugh Sung (pno) (Avie AV 2131)

TCHAIKOVSKY: Suite No 2 in C Op 53 (2) - Detroit SO/Neeme Järvi (Chandos CHAN 9454)

BRAHMS: String Quartet No 3 in Bb Op 67 (1) - New Zealand String Quartet (Naxos 8.573454)

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

BIZET: Symphony in C (4) - CBSO/Louis Frémaux (EMI CDM 7 69643)

9.00

STRAUSS II: Wine, Women & Song - Vienna Phil/Riccardo Muti (EMI CMS 5 67323)

BEETHOVEN: Cello Sonata No 3 in A Op 69 (2) - Daniel Müller-Schott (cello), Angela Hewitt (pno) (Hyperion CDA 67633)

STAMITZ: Flute Concerto in G Op 29 (3) - Barthold Kuijken (fl), Tafelmusik/Jeanne Lamon (dir) (SONY SK 48045)

MONTERO/ALBINONI: Improvisation on Albinoni's Adagio - Gabriela Montero (pno) (EMI 5 14838)

GERSHWIN arr Courage: Fantasy on Porgy & Bess for violin & orchestra - Joshua Bell (vln), London SO/John Williams (Sony SK 60659)

10:00 Onstage

A selection of live performances from New Zealand and around the world

DEBUSSY: Prélude à l'après-midi d'un faune - New Zealand SO/Hamish McKeich (RNZ )

MENDELSSOHN: String Quartet No 2 in A minor Op 13 - Orava Quartet (RNZ 2018)

HAMILTON: Concertino for oboe and strings - Bede Hanley (ob), Auckland Chamber Orchestra/Peter Scholes (RNZ 2019)

CHOPIN: Nocturne in Bb minor Op 9/1 - Jean-Yves Thibaudet (pno) (DAL SEGNO DSPRCD 060)

MOZART: Symphony No 20 in D K133 - Prague CO/Charles Mackerras (TELARC CD 80217)

STRAUSS: Horn Concerto No 1 in Eb - William Caballero (horn), Pittsburgh SO/Manfred Honeck (Reference Recordings FR728)

DALZ: Calata ala spagnola - Piffaro (Archiv 453 441)

Including 1:00 Afternoon Concert

FAURÉ: Violin Sonata No 1 in A Op 13 (3) - Wilma Smith (vln), Michael Houstoun (pno) (RNZ UA63)

DVORÁK: Symphony No 9 in E minor, From the New World (2) - Chineke!/Kevin John Edusei (Signum SIGCD515)

VERDI: Grand March & Ballet, from Aida - St Cecilia National Academy Chorus & Orch, Rome/Gino Nucci (Decca 417 721)

PIAZZOLLA: Oblivion - James Crabb (accordion), Australian CO/Richard Tognetti (vln/dir) (Chandos CHAN 10163)

TELEMANN rcnstr Aske & Feld: Flute Concerto in G TWV51/G2 - Emmanuel Pahud (fl), Berlin Baroque Soloists/Rainer Kussmaul (vln/dir) (EMI 5 57397)

MILHAUD: Le Boeuf sur le toit - James Ehnes (vln), Quebec SO/Yoav Talmi (Analekta FL 2 3151)

1:00 Afternoon Concert

Adam Chamber Music Festival 2017 - Love Triangle

C Schumann: Three Romances Op 22

Schumann: Dichterliebe Op 48

Brahms: Piano Quintet in F Minor Op 34

Helene Pohl (violin), Dénes Várjon (piano), Andrew Goodwin (tenor), Izabella Simon (piano), New Zealand String Quartet

Theatre Royal, Nelson (RNZ)

GRIEG: Holberg Suite - Peter Jablonski (pno) (Decca 455 631)

MORLEY: Doe you not know? - Canadian Brass (CBS MK 45792)

KAPSBERGER: Kapsberger - Gianluigi Trovesi (cl), L'Arpeggiata/Christina Pluhar (Alpha 512)

3.00

HANDEL reconstructed Holman: Almira Suite - Parley of Instruments/Peter Holman (dir) (Hyperion CDA 67053)

SCHUBERT: Symphony No 3 in D D200 - Orch of the 18th Century/Frans Brüggen (Philips 446 100)

YASUDA: A Song for Lucrezia - Basel CO (WINTER & WINTER 910 098)

MENDELSSOHN: Songs without Words Op 19 - Daniel Barenboim (pno) (DG 423 931)

4.00

HOVHANESS: Alleluia & Fugue Op 40b - I Fiamminghi/Rudolf Werthen (TELARC CD 80503)

BRAHMS: Violin Concerto in D Op 77 (2) - Frank Peter Zimmermann (vln), Royal Concertgebouw Orch/Bernard Haitink (RCO 17001)

WEBER: Jubilee Overture - New Zealand SO/Antoni Wit (Naxos 8.570296)

TCHAIKOVSKY: Souvenir de Florence (2) - Amsterdam Sinfonietta/Candida Thompson (leader) (Channel Classics CCS SA 21504)

BACH: Keyboard Concerto No 2 in E BWV1053 (1) - Murray Perahia (pno/dir), ASMF (Sony SK 89245)

GLAZUNOV: Concert Waltz No 2 in F Op 51 - Russian State SO/Valeri Polyansky (Chandos CHAN 9658)

5.00

CHOPIN: Ballade No 1 in G minor Op 23 - Krystian Zimerman (pno) (DG 423 090)

DEBUSSY: Rondes de printemps, from Images for Orchestra - Boston Symphony Orchestra/Michael Tilson Thomas (DG 419 473)

SCHUMANN: Symphony No 1 in Bb Op 38, Spring (4) - Champs-Elysées Orch/Philippe Herreweghe (HARMONIA MUNDI HMC 90 1972)

BEETHOVEN: Violin Sonata No 9 in A Op 47, Kreutzer (3) - Itzhak Perlman (vln), Martha Argerich (pno) (EMI CDC 5 56815)

BECK: Sinfonia in G minor Op 1/1 - NZSO CO/Donald Armstrong (Naxos 8.554071)

ELGAR: Pomp & Circumstance March No 1 - London Phil/Georg Solti (Decca 425 847)

REINHARDT: Nuages - Django Reinhardt (gtr), Quintette of the Hot Club of France (Vogue 500 100)

BRAHMS: Serenade No 2 in A Op 16 (1) - Leipzig Gewandhaus Orch/Riccardo Chailly (Decca 478 6775)

HAYDN: Keyboard Sonata No 44 in F HobXVI/29 (1) - Marc-André Hamelin (pno) (Hyperion CDA 67882)

RAVEL: String Quartet in F (2) - Puertas Quartet (Atoll ACD 214)

STRAUSS: Oboe Concerto in D - Douglas Boyd (ob), CO of Europe/Paavo Berglund (ASV CD COE 808)

HUMPERDINCK: Hansel & Gretel, Overture - Philharmonia/Otto Klemperer (EMI 5 62621)

With Bill McGlaughlin (WFMT)

2019 Michael Hill International Violin Competition

Round 3, Part 2

MOZART: String Quintet No 4 in G minor K516

MOZART: String Quintet No 6 in Eb K614

Jevgenijs Cepoveckis, Angela Sin Ying Chan, Eric Tsai (violins), Andrew Beer (violin), Gillian Ansell (viola), Julia Joyce (viola), Ashely Brown (cello)

Concert Chamber, Auckland (RNZ)

PERKINS: The Radish and the Shoe - Andrew Perkins (narr), New Zealand SO (RNZ 2014)

RNZ Concert's musical nightcap

BACH trans Neumann: Twenty Duos for violin & cello, excerpts - Renaud Capuçon (vln), Gautier Capuçon (cello) (Virgin 3 32626)

DVORÁK: In Nature's Realm, Overture - Ulster Orch/Vernon Handley (Chandos CHAN 7123)

EDWARDS: Chorale and Ecstatic Dance (Enyato I) - Tasmanian SO/Richard Mills (ABC Classics ABC 476 227)

HAYDN: Keyboard Sonata No 38 in F HobXVI/23 - Jean-Efflam Bavouzet (pno) (Chandos CHAN 10736)

RESPIGHI orch/arr Respighi: La Boutique fantasque - Scottish National Orch/Alexander Gibson (Chandos CHAN 6503)

TELEMANN: Concerto in A for flute, violin & cello - Rachel Brown (fl), Jane Coe (cello), Collegium Musicum 90/Simon Standage (vln/dir) (Chandos CHAN 0580)

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

TRADITIONAL arr Hart: My love is like a red, red rose - Stella Dickinson (ob), Capital Virtuosi/Paul Hart (ASV CDWHL 2118)

GRAINGER: Two Musical Relics of My Mother - Penelope Thwaites, John Lavender (pno duet) (PEARL SHE CD 9623)