Schedules for 19 - 25 December, 2020

WAGNER: Dawn & Siegfried's Rhine Journey - Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, Amsterdam/Riccardo Chailly (Decca 448 155)

BASSANI: Misa a la Fuga - Ensemble Louis Berger (Argentina)/Ricardo Massun (K617 K617 141)

BECK: Sinfonia in Eb Op 3/4 - Toronto CO/Kevin Mallon (Naxos 8.570799)

RIES: Swedish National Airs with Variations Op 52 - Christopher Hinterhuber (pno), Gävle SO/Uwe Grodd (Naxos 8.557844)

1:00 approx

WEBER: Symphony No 2 in C - ASMF/Neville Marriner (ASV CD DCA 515)

BEETHOVEN: Octet in Eb Op 103 - Paris-Bastille Wind Octet (HARMONIA MUNDI HMN 91 1583)

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

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

HOLST: March, from Suite No 1 for Military Band Op 28/1 - London Phil/Adrian Boult (LYRITA SRCD 246)

2:00 approx

MALIPIERO: Sinfonia del mare - Moscow SO/Antonio de Almeida (Naxos 8.570878)

GRIEG: Violin Sonata No 2 in G Op 13 - Vadim Repin (vln), Nikolai Lugansky (pno) (DG 477 8794)

ADAMO: Regina Coeli, from Four Angels - Dotian Levalier (harp), Eclipse CO/Sylvia Alimena (Naxos 8.559258)

MOZART: Porgi amor, from The Marriage of Figaro - Kiri Te Kanawa (sop), London SO/André Previn (Decca 443 600)

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

3:00 approx

BRAHMS: Variations on a theme by Schumann Op 9 - Andreas Boyde (pno) (Oehms OC 585)

HAYDN: Symphony No 75 in D - Austro-Hungarian Haydn Orch/Adam Fischer (NIMBUS NI 5652/5)

HUMMEL: Piano Trio No 4 in G Op 65 - Daniel Sepec (vln), Jean-Guihen Queyras (cello), Andreas Staier (fpno) (HARMONIA MUNDI HMC 90 1955)

PORTER: In the Still of the Night - Peter Maunder (tbn), Helen Webby (harp) (Atoll ACD 115)

LIADOV: Dance of the Amazon Op 65 - Krasnoyarsk SO/Ivan Shpiller (Brilliant Classics 94077)

4:00 approx

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

DITTERSDORF: Double Bass Concerto No 2 in D - Chi-Chi Nwanoku (db), Swedish CO/Paul Goodwin (Hyperion CDA 67179)

BACH: Partita No 3 in A minor BWV827 - András Schiff (pno) (ECM 4766991)

HANDEL: Concerto in F HWV 335b - English Chamber Orchestra/Raymond Leppard (Philips 422 949)

HAWES: Rain - English CO/Patrick Hawes (Black Box BBM 1081)

5:00 approx

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

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

BACH: Cello Concerto in Bb Wq171 - Raphael Wallfisch (cello), Scottish Ensemble/Jonathan Morton (NIMBUS NI 5848)

JOSEPHS: Alice's Reverie - Jennifer Paull (oboe d'amore), Read Gainsford (pno) (Amoris AR 1003)

TCHAIKOVSKY: Suite No 2 in C Op 53 (5) - Detroit SO/Neeme Järvi (Chandos CHAN 9454)

BERNSTEIN: The Age of Innocence - Bruce Dukov (vln), Hollywood Bowl Orch/John Mauceri (Philips 454 647)

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SCHUBERT: Symphony No 5 in Bb D485 (1) - New Zealand SO/Victor Yampolsky (KIWI CD SLC 215)

HARVEY: Concerto Antico (3) - John Williams (gtr), London SO/Paul Daniel (Sony SK 68337)

BRAHMS: Intermezzo in A Op 118/2 - John Chen (pno) (RNZ UB13)

SIBELIUS: Andante festivo - Kocian Quartet (PRAGA PRD 250 257)

DEBUSSY: Rêverie - Anthony Ferner (fl), Helen Webby (harp) (MANU CD MANU 2050)

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

MOZART: Così fan tutte, Overture - Tafelmusik/Bruno Weil (SONY SK 46695)

VIVALDI: Four Seasons, Spring (3) - Sarah Chang (vln), Orpheus CO (EMI 3 94431)

7.00

TORELLI: Trumpet Concerto in D - Alison Balsom (tpt), Bremen German Chamber Phil (EMI 2 16213)

7:15 Kids' Classics

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

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

IBERT: Three Short Pieces for wind quintet (1) - Berlin Phil Wind Quintet (BIS CD 536)

SALINAS arr Los Angels Guitar Quartet: Fiesta (after Horacio Salinas) - Los Angeles Guitar Quartet, Ara Tokatlian (panpipes) (Sony SK 60274)

ELGAR: Chanson de matin Op 15/2 - London Phil/Adrian Boult (EMI 5 67523)

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)

8.00

BRAHMS: Academic Festival Overture Op 80 - Royal PO/Enrique Bátiz (RESONANCE CD RSN 3063)

BEETHOVEN: Violin Sonata No 2 in A Op 12/2 (2) - Ben Baker (violin), Robert Thompson (piano) (CHAMPS HILL CHRCD096)

BACH: Brandenburg Concerto No 6 in Bb BWV1051 (3) - European Brandenburg Ensemble/Trevor Pinnock (dir) (Avie AV 2119)

DVORÁK: Scherzo capriccioso Op 66 - Berlin Phil/Herbert von Karajan (DG 429 441)

LISZT: Liebestraum No 3 in Ab - Anne Queffélec (pno) (ERATO 4509 94692)

LOCATELLI: Caprice in D Op 3/23, Il labirinto armonico, from L'Arte del Violino Op 3 - Sergey Malov (baroque-vln) (Pan Classics PC 10360)

MOZART: Symphony No 25 in G minor K183 (4) - English CO/Benjamin Britten (Decca 430 495)

BARBER: School for Scandal, Overture Op 5 - Saint Louis SO/Leonard Slatkin (EMI CDC 7 49463)

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

ANONYMOUS: Alleluia: Dies sanctificatus - Orlando Consort (HARMONIA MUNDI HMU 90 7418)

FRAHM: Ambre - Nils Frahm (piano, reed organ, celeste) (Erased Tapes eratp18)

MENDELSSOHN: Violin Concerto in E minor Op 64 - Jascha Heifetz (vln), Boston SO/Charles Munch (RCA 09026 68980)

10.00

RAVEL: Valses nobles et sentimentales - Rotterdam Phil/Yannick Nézet-Séguin (EMI 9 66342)

SCHUMANN: Piano Concerto in A minor Op 7 - Angela Cheng (pno), Women's Phil/JoAnn Falletta (Koch 37169)

POULENC: Four Christmas Motets (3) - Robert Shaw Festival Singers/Robert Shaw (TELARC CD 80236)

MOZART: Oboe Quartet in F K370 - François Leleux (ob), Lisa Batiashvili (vln), Lawrence Power (vla), Sebastian Klinger (cello) (Sony 88697 28585)

PSATHAS: Waiting for the Aeroplane - Michael Houstoun (pno) (TRUST MMT 2010)

MOZETICH: A Messenger, from Postcards from the Sky - CBC Vancouver Orchestra/Mario Bernardi (CBC Records CMCCD 21815)

SCHUBERT: Symphony No 6 in C D589, Little - CO of Europe/Claudio Abbado (DG 423 654)

PAINE: Circle Dance - Gunter Herbig (gtr) (Naxos 8.573765)

COPLAND: Laurie's song, from The Tender Land - Dawn Upshaw (sop), Orch of St Luke's/David Zinman (nonesuch 79458)

Selections from Settling the Score

ELGAR: Nimrod, from Enigma Variations - English SO/William Boughton (NIMBUS NI 7067/8)

BACH: Brandenburg Concerto No 1 in F BWV1046 - Orch of the Age of Enlightenment/Catherine Mackintosh (dir) (Virgin VCD 7 90747)

RODRIGO: Concierto de Aranjuez (3) - Craig Ogden (gtr), BBC Phil/Sachio Fujioka (Chandos CHAN 9604)

PÄRT: Spiegel im Spiegel - Vadim Gluzman (vln), Angela Yoffe (pno) (BIS CD 1392)

LILBURN: Overture: Aotearoa - New Zealand SO/John Hopkins (EX Kiwi SLD 14)

VERDI arr Toscanini: I Lombardi, excerpt - Benjamin Morrison (vln), David Vine (pno) (RNZ 2012)

CATALANI: Ebben? Ne andrò lontana, from La Wally - Eliza Boom (sop), Somi Kim (piano) (RNZ )

BIZET: Je crois entendre encore, from The Pearl Fishers - Manase Latu (ten), Somi Kim (piano) (RNZ )

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

Trans-global, fusion and folk roots music

WILLIAMS: Escapades - 1. Closing in, from Catch Me if You Can - Jess Gillam (saxophone), BBC Concert Orchestra/Jessica Cottis (Decca 4834862)

SCHUBERT: Symphony No 2 in Bb D125 (3) - Orch of the 18th Century/Frans Brüggen (Philips 446 100)

CORELLI: Concerto Grosso in C Op 6/10 - Pavlo Beznosiuk (vln/dir), Avison Ensemble (Linn CKD 411)

CACCINI: Amarilli, mia bella - Siobhán Stagg (sop), Latitude 37 (ABC Classics 476 4525)

CHILCOTT: When to the temple Mary went, from Salisbury Motets - Jonathan Vaughn (organ), Wells Cathedral Choir/Matthew Owens (Hyperion CDA 67650)

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

CASALS: Sardana - Sheku Kanneh-Mason (cello), Guy Johnston (cello), CBSO cellos (Decca 483 2948)

MOZART: Piano Quartet No 2 in Eb K493 (2) - Péter Nagy (pno), Members of New Zealand String Quartet (NZ String Quartet 2006)

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

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

STRAUSS: Horn Concerto No 1 in Eb - Barry Tuckwell (horn), Royal Phil/Vladimir Ashkenazy (Decca 430 370)

BACH: Sinfonia from Christmas Oratorio, Part 2 - Dunedin Consort/John Butt (Linn CKD 499)

BEETHOVEN: Piano Sonata No 8 in C minor Op 13, Pathétique (2) - Stephen Kovacevich (pno) (EMI 9 65922)

SAINT-SAËNS: Introduction & Rondo Capriccioso Op 28 - Akiko Suwanai (vln), Philharmonia (Philips 475 6189)

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

STOLZ: Lincoln Highway Suite - Brno Philharmonic Orchestra/Mikel Toms (Ablaze 42)

MESSAGER: Solo de concours - Murray Khouri (cl), Rosemary Barnes (pno) (Continuum CCD 1014)

TODD: My Lord Has Come - ORA/Suzi Digby (ORA )

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

SCRIABIN: Waltz in Ab Op 38 - Michael Houstoun (pno) (RNZ UA32)

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

MOZART: La Clemenza di Tito, Act 2 (15) - Anne Sofie von Otter (mezzo), Catherine Robbin (mezzo), Cornelius Hauptmann (bass), Monteverdi Choir, English Baroque Soloists/John Eliot Gardiner (Archiv 431 806)

OW: The Nutcracker

BERLIOZ: Overture, Beatrice and Benedict

BARTOK: Piano Concerto No 3 in E

TCHAIKOVSKY: The Nutcracker, Act 2

Michael Houstoun (piano), Orchestra Wellington/Marc Taddei

Michael Fowler Centre, Wellington (RNZ)

SPEIRS: Fanfare - New Zealand SO/Hamish McKeich (RNZ 2017)

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CLAIRE COWAN: Selection from Hansel and Gretel - New Zealand SO/Hamish McKeich (Private P002363)

ANDERS BLOMQVIST: Tangent - Anders Blomqvist (electronics), Åke Parmerud (electronics) (Phono Suecia PSCD 091)

David Morriss talks with Ariana Tikao and Al Fraser about their new album Nau Mai e Kā Hua.

ARIANA TIKAO/AL FRASER: Te reo o te wai; Ka taka te mōtoi; Amokura; E moko e - Ariana Tikao (voice, taonga pūoro), Al Fraser (taonga pūoro)

NICOLE LIZÉE: Ouijist - Mark McGregor, Ben Reimer, Rebecca Whitling, Mark Haney (Centrediscs CMCV 20515)

PETER CROWE: Bali H'ai, Five Songs of the New Hebrides - Schola Players/Ashley Heenan (Ex Kiwi SLD 77)

JIMMY WEBB: The Moon Is A Harsh Mistress - Renée Fleming (vocal), Bill Frisell (guitar) (Decca 9880602)

11.00

TAN DUN: Concerto for Orchestra - Hong Kong Phil/Tan Dun (Naxos 8.570608)

PETERIS VASKS: String Quartet No 4 - Kronos Quartet (NONESUCH 7559 79695)

MONTERO: Improvisation inspired by Scriabin - Gabriela Montero (pno) (EMI 5 58039)

MENDELSSOHN: String Quintet No 2 in Bb Op 87 - Sharon Quartet, Petra Vahle (vla) (Brilliant Classics 94205)

TELEMANN: Overture in G, Burlesque de Don Quixotte - Jeanne Lamon (vln/dir), Tafelmusik (FLEURS DE LYS FL 2 3138)

TRADITIONAL: Santa Claus-Trophobia - Huddersfield Choral Society, Sellers Engineering Band/Brian Kay (Chandos CHAN 4530)

1:00 approx

MOZART: Piano Concerto No 13 in C K415 (1) - Erin Helyard (fpno), NZ Barok (Atoll ACD 229)

PROKOFIEV: The Love for Three Oranges, Suite - Montreal SO (Decca 440 331)

BACH: Lute Suite in E minor BWV996 - Lutz Kirchhof (lute) ( S2K 45858)

FOX: Carol Fantasia - RTE Concert Orch (Naxos 8.572744)

SCHUBERT arr Boehm: Der Lindenbaum D911/5 - Uwe Grodd (fl), Matteo Napoli (pno) (Naxos 8.570754)

HOLST: Chaconne, from Suite No 1 for Military Band Op 28/1 - North Texas Wind Symphony/Eugene Migliaro Corporon (GIA Publications CD655)

2:00 approx

SIBELIUS: Pohjola's Daughter - Lahti SO/Osmo Vänskä (BIS CD 1225)

BOCCHERINI: Flute Quintet in C G439 - Jean-Pierre Rampal (fl), Régis Pasquier (vln), Bruno Pasquier (vla), Roland Pidoux, Mathilde Sternat (cellos) (SONY SK 62679)

TCHAIKOVSKY: A Pine Forest in Winter & Waltz of the Snowflakes, from The Nutcracker - Los Angeles Philharmonic/Gustavo Dudamel (DG 4836274)

CHOPIN: Mazurkas Op 33 - Michael Houstoun (pno) (RNZ UA27)

DELIUS orch Fenby: Two Aquarelles - English CO/Benjamin Britten (London 425 160)

ALBÉNIZ arr Xuefei Yang: Tango, from España Op 165 - Xuefei Yang (gtr) (EMI 6 98361)

3:00 approx

GERSHWIN: Second Rhapsody for piano & orchestra - Stewart Goodyear (pno), Cincinnati Pops Orch/Erich Kunzel (TELARC CD 80112)

SCHUMANN: String Quartet in F Op 41/2 - Hagen Quartet (DG 449 214)

WEBER: Bassoon Concerto in F Op 75 - Karen Geoghegan (bsn), BBC Phil/Juanjo Mena (Chandos CHAN 10748)

DEBUSSY: Dieu! qu'il la fait bon regarder! - Graduate Choir/Terence Maskell (Atoll ACD 105)

RACHMANINOV: Prelude Op 2/1 - Natalia Savinova (cello), Victor Yampolsky (pno) (Hyperion CDA 67178)

4:00 approx

HILL: String Quartet No 5 in Eb, Allies - Dominion Quartet (Naxos 8.572446)

ALWYN: Concerto for oboe, harp & strings - Jonathan Small (ob), Eleanor Hudson (harp), Royal Liverpool Phil/David Lloyd-Jones (Naxos 8.570144)

RESPIGHI: Adoration of the Magi, from Three Botticelli Pictures - Orpheus Chamber Orch/Geoffrey Moull (DG 437 533)

LISZT: Wohin?, from Die Schöne Müllerin - Jorge Bolet (pno) (Decca 414 575)

5:00 approx

JACKSON: Edinburgh Mass - Choir of St Mary's Episcopal Cathedral, Edinburgh/Matthew Owens (DELPHIAN DCD 34027)

YOUNG: Remembering - Vesa-Matti Leppänen (vln), NZSO/Kenneth Young (Atoll 502164)

PURCELL arr Balsom: The Fairy Queen, excerpts - Alison Balsom (trumpet), English Concert/Trevor Pinnock (EMI 440329)

BEETHOVEN: Symphony No 3 in Eb Op 55, Eroica (3) - Orchestra Wellington/Marc Taddei (Concordance CCD 06)

WHITACRE: little tree - Leslie De'Ath (pno), Elora Festival Singers (Naxos 8.559677)

MENDELSSOHN: Octet in Eb Op 20 (3) - James Ehnes (vln), members of Seattle Chamber Music Society (ONYX 4060)

HANDEL: Courante, from Suite No 1 in A HWV426 - John Williams (gtr) (Sony 693959)

Music for the spirit and soul

RHEINBERGER: Three Sacred Songs Op 69 - Phoenix Bach Choir, Kansas City Chorale/Charles Bruffy (Chandos CHSA 5055)

RHEINBERGER arr Cullen: Cantilena, from Organ Sonata No 11 in D minor - Julian Lloyd Webber (cello), Royal Phil/James Judd (Philips 462 588)

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

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

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

JENNINGS: Magnificat - Jayne Tankersley (sop), Maia-Dean Martin (vln), Yoshiko Tsuruta (marimba) (Atoll ACD201)

HOVHANESS: The garden of Adonis (2) - Anthony Ferner (fl), Helen Webby (harp) (MANU CD MANU 2050)

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

LAURIDSEN: O magnum mysterium - ORA/Suzi Digby (ORA )

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

SCHUBERT: Impromptu in Gb D899/3 - Maria Joao Pires (pno) (ERATO 4509 94692)

TRADITIONAL arr Harty: Londonderry Air - Ulster Orch/Bryden Thomson (Chandos CHAN 7033)

PALESTRINA: Sicut cervus - The King's Singers (Signum SIGCD 500)

RIES: Piano Concerto in Ab Op 151, Gruss an den Rhein (2) - Christopher Hinterhuber (pno), New Zealand SO/Uwe Grodd (Naxos 8.557638)

BACH: Erbarme Dich, from St Matthew Passion - Lisa Batiashvili (vln/dir), François Leleux (ob d'amore), Chamber Orch of Bavarian Radio SO (DG 479 2479)

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

WILLCOCKS: The Infant King - Graduate Choir/Terence Maskell (Atoll ACD 308)

DEBUSSY: Doctor Gradus Ad Parnassum, from Children's Corner - Susan Jolles (harp) (Stradivari SCD 6034)

BRUCH: Violin Concerto No 1 in G minor Op 26 (2) - Anne-Sophie Mutter (vln), Berlin Phil/Herbert von Karajan (DG 447 070)

KERNIS: Musica Celestis - CBSO/Hugh Wolff (Argo 448 900)

CHOPIN: Ballade No 3 in Ab Op 47 - Cédric Tiberghien (pno) (HARMONIA MUNDI HMC 90 1943)

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

BOLCOM: Three Rags (3) - Ying Quartet (QUARTZ QTZ 2055)

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

10.00

HAYDN: Symphony No 70 in D - Il Giardino Armonico/Giovanni Antonini (dir) (Alpha 674)

MARTINU: The sledge, from Christmas - Giorgio Koukl (pno) (Naxos 8.557914)

PIERPONT arr Langford: Jingle Bells - The King's Singers (Signum SIGCD497)

STRAUSS: Four Last Songs - Renée Fleming (sop), Houston SO/Christoph Eschenbach (RCA 09026 68539)

BORODIN: Polovtsian Dances, from Prince Igor - Berlin Phil/Simon Rattle (EMI 5 17582)

TCHAIKOVSKY: Final Scene from Swan Lake, Act 3 - New Zealand SO/Patrick Flynn (RNZB 1996A)

DETT: Magnolias, from Magnolia Suite Part I, No 1 - Denver Oldham (piano) (New World NW 367)

SIBELIUS: Violin Concerto in D minor Op 47 - Anne-Sophie Mutter (violin), Staatskapelle Dresden/André Previn (DG 447 895)

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

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

Eva Radich mixes it up with great musicians across genres

COLEMAN: The best is yet to come - King's Singers (Signum SIGCD 341)
POULENC: Les Chemins de l'Amour - Yo-Yo Ma and Kathryn Stott (SONY PROMOCOMFORT)
VIOLETA PARRA: Gracias a la Vida - Yo-Yo Ma and Kathryn Stott (SONY PROMOCOMFORT)
POLWART./ KEITA: Heartwood - Karine Polwart & Seckou Keita (QUERCUS QRCD004)
POLWART / FOWLIS: The Snow Hare - Karine Polwart and Julie Fowlis (QUERCUS QRCD004)
PIAZZOLLA: Libertango - Yo-Yo Ma, Kathryn Stott and friends (SONY 113778)
NADIA REID: Get the Devil Out - Nadia Reid (Spacebomb Records SB038CD)
NADIA REID: Heart to Ride - Nadia Reid (Spacebomb Records SB038CD)
MORRICONE./ PEARS: Cinema Paradiso - Fiona Pears (FRUITSALADA FS004)
REINHARDT  GRAPPELLI: Minor Blues - - Fiona Pears & Connor Hartley Hall (FIONA PEARS)
JAY NEILSON, TAMI NEILSON: You Were Mine - Tami Neilson (PRIVATE P001879)
TAMI NEILSON: Cry Myself to Sleep - Tami Neilson and Troy Kingi (PRIVATE P001879)
FÉLIX LAJKÓ: Valse - Félix Lajkó & Vołosi (FONÓ RECORDS FA 425-2)
KANYE WEST, JEFF BHASKER: Say You Will - The Haden Triplets (THIRTY TIGERS PROMOFAMILY)
PARKER/CHARLES: We'll Meet Again - Yo-Yo Ma and Kathryn Stott (SONY PROMOCOMFORT)

APO: Celebrate Christmas 2018

Selections from Yuletide orchestral favourites like Tchaikovsky's The Nutcracker, Vaughan Williams' Fantasia on Greensleeves, and excerpts from Handel's rousing Messiah. And of course, you can't have Christmas without a healthy selection of carols.

James Ioelu (bass-baritone), The Graduate Choir NZ, Auckland Philharmonia Orchestra/Hamish McKeich

Holy Trinity Cathedral, Auckland (RNZ)

BRAHMS: Horn Trio in Eb Op 40 - Sam Jacobs (horn), Anthony Marwood (violin), Dénes Várjon (piano) (RNZ 2019)

DVORÁK: Bagatelles Op 47 - James Crabb (accordion), Anthony Marwood (violin), Helene Pohl (violin), Rolf Gjelsten (cello) (RNZ 2019)

with David Morriss including Vintage Years

HANDEL: Dove sei, from Rodelinda - Isobel Baillie (sop), CBSO/Basil Cameron (Dutton CDLX 7013)

MOZART: Variations in C on Ah, vous dirai-je, maman K265 - Samson François (pno) (Philips 456 778)

TRADITIONAL: Nobody knows the trouble I've seen - Marian Anderson (contralto), Franz Rupp (pno) (RCA G010001716672I)

HAYDN: Nelson Mass - Choir of King's College Cambridge, LSO/David Willcocks (Decca 421 146)

BEETHOVEN: String Quartet in Bb Op 130 (5) - Berlin Phil/Wilhelm Furtwängler (Teldec 9031-76435)

FINZI: Eclogue Op 10 - Peter Katin (pno), New Philharmonia/Vernon Handley (LYRITA SRCD 239)

STRADITIONALELLA: Sinfonia, from Christmas Cantata - Schola Cantorum Basiliensis/August Wenzinger (DG 423 777)

CLEMENS NON PAPA: Missa Pastores quidnam vidistis - Tallis Scholars/Peter Phillips (Gimell CDGIM 202)

TRADITIONAL arr Willcocks: While shepherds watched their flocks by night - Waynflete Singers, Winchester Cathedral Choir, Resounding Brass, Stephen Farr (org)/David Hill (Herald HAVPCD)

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5.30

JOBIM: Corcovado - Stacey Kent (vocal), Quatuor Ébène (Virgin 6 286689)

WALLER: Ain't misbehavin' - Alan Feinberg (pno) (Argo 444 457)

REBIKOV: Waltz, from the Christmas Tree Suite Op 21 - Royal Ballet Sinfonia/Gavin Sutherland (Naxos 8.572744)

MORRIS arr Cleobury: Love Came Down at Christmas - Henry Websdale (org), Choir of King's College, Cambridge/Stephen Cleobury (King's College KGS0033)

BACH: Brandenburg Concerto No 3 in G BWV1048 - European Brandenburg Ensemble/Trevor Pinnock (dir) (Avie AV 2119)

Gala Concert in the presence of Dame Kiri Te Kanawa

Opera favourites to celebrate the naming of the Kiri Te Kanawa Theatre at the Aotea Centre, Auckland.

Anna Leese (soprano), Pene Pati (tenor), James Ioelu (bass-baritone), NZ Opera Chorus, Auckland Philharmonia Orchestra/Giordano Bellincampi

Kiri Te Kanawa Theatre, Auckland (RNZ)

SAINT-SAËNS: Violin Concerto No 3 in B minor Op 61 (3) - Kyung-Wha Chung (vln), London SO/Lawrence Foster (Decca 448 128)

HAMILTON: Hine Raukatauri - Jennifer Mori (fl), Auckland Chamber Orchestra/Peter Scholes (RNZ 2019)

DVORÁK: Symphony No 7 in D minor Op 70 - Baltimore SO/Marin Alsop (Naxos 8.572112)

DEBUSSY: Reverie for flute and harp - Melanie Lançon (fl), Ingrid Bauer (harp) (RNZ )

NZ performers and composers

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

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

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

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

BEETHOVEN: Violin Sonata No 7 in C minor Op 30/2 - Bella Hristova (vln), Michael Houstoun (pno) (RATTLE RATD088)

MAHLER: Adagietto, from Symphony No 5 in C# minor - New Zealand SO/Victor Yampolsky (KIWI CD SLC 215)

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

FARQUHAR: Suite for guitar - Gunter Herbig (gtr) (Naxos 8.572185)

WILSON: Concerto for Clarinet and String Orchestra - Patrick Barry (clarinet), strings of the New Zealand SO/Hamish McKeich (Atoll ACD 222)

Ryan Smith explores ambient and drone music
SKETCHES FOR ALBINOS: Days of Being Wild and Kind  - Matthew Collings (Nothings66 N66CD 002)

SCHUBERT: Impromptu in F minor D935/4 - Imogen Cooper (pno) (Avie AV 2157)

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

REINECKE: Flute Sonata in E minor Op 167, Undine - Marya Martin (fl), Michael Houstoun (pno) (EX TARTAR TRL 030)

HEAD: The little road to Bethlehem - Choir of Westminster Abbey/James O'Donnell (Hyperion CDA 67716)

TCHAIKOVSKY: Variations on a Rococo Theme - Lynn Harrell (cello), Royal Liverpool Phil/Gerard Schwarz (RLPO LIVE RLCD 403)

1:00 approx

MOZART: Violin Concerto No 1 in Bb K207 - David Oistrakh (vln), Lamoureux Concerts Orch/Bernard Haitink (Philips 434 167)

BEETHOVEN: Piano Sonata No 5 in C minor Op 10/1 - Emil Gilels (pno) (DG 419 172)

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

BRAHMS: Wie Melodien zieht es mir Op 105/1 - Mark Pedrotti (bar), Stephen Ralls (pno) (CBC Records MVCD 1051)

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

2:00 approx

RACHMANINOV: Fantasy Pieces Op 3 - Vladimir Ashkenazy (pno) (Decca 475 6198)

WEBER: Symphony No 1 in C Op 19 - ASMF/Neville Marriner (ASV CD DCA 515)

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

CURNOW: Blenheim Flourishes - National Youth Brass Band of New Zealand 2006/Kenneth Young (Private 1351)

SCARLATTI trans Williams: Keyboard Sonata in E Kk380 - John Williams (gtr) (CBS MK 44518)

3:00 approx

PALESTRINA: Tu es Petrus - Choir of Westminster Cathedral/Martin Baker (Hyperion CDA 67785)

MOZART: Sonata in D for two pianos K448 - Murray Perahia (pno), Radu Lupu (pno) (CBS MK 39511)

DELIUS: Brigg Fair, An English Rhapsody - BBC SO/Andrew Davis (BBC Music BBC MM 298)

LILBURN arr Farquhar: Desdemona's Song - Matthew Marshall (gtr) (Rattle D097)

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

WIENIAWSKI: Legend - Ruggiero Ricci (vln), Joanna Gruenberg (pno) (REGISC 1249)

4:00 approx

RIMSKY-KORSAKOV: The Tale of Tsar Saltan, Suite - Rotterdam Phil/David Zinman (Philips 411 435)

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

PURCELL: Behold, I bring you glad tidings - Matthew White (countertenor), Julian Podger (ten), Stephen Varcoe (bass), Capella Brugenis, Collegium Instrumentale Brugense/Patrick Peire (Eufoda 1329)

ELGAR: La Capricieuse - Kyung-Wha Chung (vln), Philip Moll (pno) (Decca 417289)

BACH: Sinfonia, from Cantata No 29, Wir danken dir - Taverner Players/Andrew Parrott (EMI CDM 7 69853)

5:00 approx

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

DEBUSSY: Images oubliées - Michael Houstoun (pno) (Rattle RAT D075)

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)

MUNKTELL: Suite for large orchestra (2) - Gävle Symphony Orchestra/Tobias Ringborg (Sterling CDS1066)

HYLTON STEWART: On This Day, Earth Shall Ring - Choir of St. John's, Elora (Marshall Arts NA)

BRAHMS: Symphony No 1 in C minor Op 68 (3) - London Phil/Vladimir Jurowski (LPO 43)

TRAD: Improvisation on Dona Nobis Pacem - Yo-Yo Ma (cello) (Sony 88697 34390)

Start your day with great music and company from RNZ Concert

DVORÁK: Symphony No 8 in G Op 88 (3) - Prague Radio SO/Vladimír Válek (Supraphon SU 3802)

SPOHR: Clarinet Concerto No 1 in C minor Op 26 (3) - Emma Johnson (cl), English CO/Gerard Schwarz (ASV CD DCA 659)

MOZART: Piano Sonata No 13 in Bb K333 (1) - Michael Houstoun (pno) (RNZ UA21)

ANONYMOUS arr Fourés: Greensleeves to a ground - Daniel Hope (vln), Stefan Maass (lute) (DG 477 8094)

HONEGGER: Pastorale d'été - New Zealand SO/James Sedares (RNZ UB22)

PÄRT: Bogoroditse Devo - Theatre of Voices, Pro Arte Singers/Paul Hillier (HARMONIA MUNDI HMU 90 7242)

KOSMA Arr Barker & Balsom: Autumn Leaves - Alison Balsom (tpt), Guy Barker Orch/Guy Barker (Warner 2564 632789)

HAYDN: String Quartet in C Op 76/3, Emperor (2) - Alban Berg Quartet (EMI CDC 5 56166)

7.00

BEETHOVEN: Piano Trio No 4 in Bb Op 11 (3) - Trio Wanderer (Harmonia Mundi HMC 90 2100)

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

BACH: Cello Suite No 3 in C BWV1009 (3) - Jean-Guihen Queyras (cello) (HARMONIA MUNDI HMC 90 1970.71)

MENDELSSOHN: The Fair Melusina, Overture Op 32 - Scottish Chamber Orchestra/Antonio Méndez (Linn CKD555)

RACHMANINOV: Moment Musical Op 16/3 - Jason Bae (pno) (Austrian Gramophone AG 0003)

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

WILLIAMS: Sabrina's Theme, from Sabrina - Anne-Sophie Mutter (vln), The Recording Arts Orchestra of Los Angeles/John Williams (DG 4797553)

SCHUMANN: Widmung - Andrew Joyce (cello), Rae de Lisle (pno) (Atoll ACD280)

CLEMENTI ed Spada: Symphony No 4 in D (4) - Rome SO/Francesco La Vecchia (Naxos 8.573112)

8.00

Beauty Spot:

STRAUSS: Wiegenlied Op 41/1 - Jessye Norman (sop), Leipzig Gewandhaus Orch/Kurt Masur (Philips 411 052)

WARLOCK arr Lane: Bethlehem Down - Royal Ballet Sinfonia/Gavin Sutherland (Naxos 8.557753)

BERLIN: White Christmas - Bryn Terfel (bar), Bing Crosby (bar), Welsh National Opera Orch/Tecwyn Evans (DG 477 8768)

HANDEL: Oboe Concerto No 1 in Bb - David Reichenberg (ob), English Concert/Trevor Pinnock (dir) (Archiv 415 291)

SIBELIUS: Symphony No 6 in D minor Op 104 (3) - New Zealand SO/Pietari Inkinen (Naxos 8.572705)

BROUWER: Canción de Cuna (Berceuse), from Two Cuban Popular Songs - Miloš Karadaglic (gtr) (Decca 7779637)

GRIEG: March of the Trolls, from Lyric Pieces Book 5 - Katya Apekisheva (pno) (QUARTZ QTZ 2061)

DIENES: Ave verum corpus - Graduate Choir/Terence Maskell (Atoll ACD 105)

BERLIOZ: Rêverie & Caprice - Akiko Suwanai (vln), Philharmonia (Philips 475 6189)

LISZT: Homage March - Staatskapelle Weimar/Kirill Karabits (Audite AUDITE97764)

SINDING: Rustle of Spring - Christian Ihle Hadland (pno) (Naxos 8.572255)

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

BACH: Air from Suite No 3 in D BWV1068 - English CO/Raymond Leppard (SONY MLK 64051)

SCHUBERT: Symphony No 3 in D D200 - Vienna Phil/Rafael Kubelík (EMI 5 62863)

VERACINI: Giga, from Violin Sonata in D minor Op 2/7 - Takako Nishizaki (vln), Terence Dennis (pno) (Naxos 8.572381)

PRAETORIUS: Es ist Ros entsprungen - Chanticleer (Teldec 94563)

COPLAND: El Salón México - BBC SO/Leonard Slatkin (BBC Music BBC MM 98)

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

VILLA-LOBOS: Aria, from Bachianas Brasileiras No 5 - Patricia Petibon (sop), Spanish National Orch/Josep Pons (DG 477 9447)

PACHELBEL arr Los Angeles Guitar Quartet: Variations on Canon in D - Los Angeles Guitar Quartet (DELOS DE 3205)

KATS-CHERNIN: Ornamental Air - Michael Collins (cl/dir), Swedish CO (Chandos CHAN 10756)

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

11.00

STRAUSS II: Tritsch-Tratsch Polka - New Zealand SO/William Southgate (Continuum NZSO 100)

GERSHWIN arr Brohn: Sweet and Low-Down, from Tip-Toes - Joshua Bell (vln), London SO/John Williams (Sony SK 60659)

BRAHMS: Symphony No 4 in E minor Op 98 - Bremen German Chamber Phil/Daniel Harding (Virgin 5 45480)

CATALANI: Ebben?...Ne andrò lontana - Andrew Joyce (cello), Rae de Lisle (pno) (Atoll ACD280)

KENT: I'll Be Home For Christmas - Graduate Choir/Terence Maskell (Atoll ACD 308)

12.00

WEINBERGER: Polka & Fugue, from Schwanda the Bagpiper - Cincinnati Pops Orch/Erich Kunzel (Telarc CD 80115)

TRADITIONAL: TRAD: Verbum caro factum est; GUERRERO: A un Nino llorando - Chanticleer (Teldec 94563)

KORNGOLD: Much Ado About Nothing Suite Op 11 - Gil Shaham (vln), André Previn (pno) (DG 439 886)

SIXTEN: Mary's lullaby - Jeanette Köhn (sop), Sofia Vocal Ensemble/Bengt Ollén (Footprint Records FRCD 060)

RITCHIE: Concertino in A for clarinet & strings - Marina Sturm (cl), NZSO CO/Donald Armstrong (vln/dir) (TRUST MMT 2040)

POULENC: Four Christmas Motets (4) - Robert Shaw Festival Singers/Robert Shaw (TELARC CD 80236)

SHORE: Concertino from Eastern Promises - Nicola Benedetti (vln), Greg Knowles (cimbalom), Bournemouth SO/Kirill Karabits (Decca 4783529)

Adam Chamber Music Festival 2017 - Cello Ensemble

BACH: Air, from Orchestral Suite No 3

DVORAK: Silent Woods

RACHMANINOV arr Gjelsten: Vocalise

PACHELBEL: Canon in D

ROSSINI: Prelude, from William Tell Overture

CASALS: Song of the Birds

VILLA-LOBOS: Bachianas Brasileiras No 5

FALLA: Suite Populaire Espagnol

KLENGEL: Hymn for twelve cellos Op 57

Jenny Wollerman (sop), Joan Perarnau-Garriga (dbass), ACMF cello ensemble

Nelson Cathedral, Nelson (RNZ)

TCHAIKOVSKY: Sugar Plum, Trepak, Waltz of the Flowers, from Nutcracker Suite No 1 Op 71a - NZSO/Benjamin Northey/Benjamin Northey (RNZ )

BRAHMS: Symphony No 2 in D Op 73 - NDR Elbphilharmonie Orchestra/Herbert Blomstedt (NDR 43448)

DVORÁK: Symphony No 6 in D Op 60 (3) - Swedish CO/Thomas Dausgaard (BIS SACD 1566)

BACH: Concerto in D minor for oboe & violin BWV1060* (2&3) - Martin Jaenecke (vln), Michael Sieg (ob), Viva CO (VIVA CO 2003A)

Great music and good company for your afternoon from RNZ Concert

GROFE: Sunrise, from Grand Canyon Suite - Cincinnati Pops Orch/Erich Kunzel (Telarc CD 80474)

MOZART: Rondo alla Turca, from Piano Sonata No 11 in A K331 - Lars Vogt (pno) (EMI 3 36080)

GLAZUNOV: Symphony No 1 in E Op 5, Slavyanskaya (2) - Russian State SO/Valeri Polyansky (Brilliant Classics 93565)

SAINT-SAËNS: Danse macabre - Royal Scottish National Orch/Alexander Gibson (Chandos CHAN 6503)

BERKELEY: This endernight - Choir of King's College, Cambridge/Stephen Cleobury (King's College KGS0033)

ELGAR: Pomp & Circumstance March No 1 - London Phil/Adrian Boult (EMI CDM 7 64015)

YIN/CHU/SHENG arr Gang/ed Jie: Yellow River Piano Concerto (3) - Chen Jie (pno), New Zealand SO/Carolyn Kuan (Naxos 8.570607)

4.00

OFFENBACH: Orpheus in the Underworld, Rhapsodic Overture - Les Musiciens du Louvre/Marc Minkowski (Archiv 477 6403)

IBERT: Entr'acte - Anthony Ferner (fl), Helen Webby (harp) (MANU CD MANU 2050)

SCHUBERT: Impromptus D899 (3) - Khatia Buniatishvili (pno) (Sony 19075841202)

FARRENC: Symphony No 2 in D Op 35 (3) - North German Radio Phil/Johannes Goritzki (CPO 999 820)

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

RODGERS: The Carousel Waltz - Hollywood Bowl Orch/John Mauceri (Philips 434 127)

KERN trans Mayerl: Smoke Gets In Your Eyes, from Roberta - Susan Tomes (pno) (Virgin VC790745)

GAUNTLETT: Once, in Royal David's City - Madison Nonoa (sop), Australian Brandenburg Choir & Orch/Paul Dyer (ABC Classics ABC Live 2017)

HANDEL: Concerto Grosso in A Op 6/11 (5) - English Concert/Trevor Pinnock (dir) (Archiv 410 899)

5.00

TCHAIKOVSKY: Souvenir d'un lieu cher Op 42 (2) - James Ehnes (vln), Vladimir Ashkenazy (pno) (ONYX 4076)

STAMITZ: Flute Concerto in G (1) - Barthold Kuijken (fl), Tafelmusik/Jeanne Lamon (dir) (SONY SK 48045)

SAMETZ: Noel canon - Chanticleer (Teldec 94563)

SHOSTAKOVICH: Jazz Suite No 1 (3) - Philadelphia Orch/Mariss Jansons (EMI CDC 5 55601)

MASSENET: Orchestral Suite No 7 - National Phil/Richard Bonynge (Decca 430 636)

ELLINGTON arr Hochman: Sophisticated lady - Jean-Yves Thibaudet (pno) (Decca 460 811)

GERSHWIN arr Brohn: Nice Work if You Can Get It, from A Damsel in Distress - Joshua Bell (vln), London SO/John Williams (Sony SK 60659)

MENDELSSOHN: Ehre sei Gott in der Höhe - Stephanie Shroff (sop), Alex Hill (contralto), Christopher Bowen (ten), Matthew Leese (bass), 1999 New Zealand Youth Choir/Karen Grylls (TRUST MMT 2029)

BEETHOVEN: Piano Concerto No 1 in C Op 15 (2) - Paul Lewis (pno), BBC SO/Jirí Belohlávek (BBC Music MM 359)

6.00

ARRIAGA: Symphony in D - Le Concert des Nations/Jordi Savall (Auvidis Fontalis ES 9903)

GRIEG: Holberg Suite (4) - NZSO CO/Donald Armstrong (dir) (RNZ UB11)

BENNETT: My dancing day - BBC Singers/Paul Brough (Signum SIGCD 293)

HOLST: St Paul's Suite - Bournemouth Sinfonietta/George Hurst (Chandos CHAN 8375)

BRAHMS: Clarinet Trio in A minor Op 114 (4) - Marie Ross (clarinet), Claire-Lise Démettre (cello), Petra Somlai (piano) (Centaur CRC3760)

RICHTER: Spring 1 - Daniel Hope (vln/dir), Jane Berthe (harp), Christian Badzura (bass synth), Zurich Chamber Orch (DG 479 6922)

AVISON: Concerto Grosso No 9 in C - Café Zimmermann (Alpha 31)

HAYDN: Piano Trio in E HobXV/28 - Beaux Arts Trio (Philips 420 790)

MCLEOD: Cambridge Suite - New Zealand SO/Kenneth Young (RNZ UC25)

TRADITIONAL arr Wood: Past three a clock - The Sixteen/Harry Christophers (CORO COR 16085)

BANTOCK: Hamabdil - Paul Watkins (cello), Huw Watkins (pno) (Chandos CHAN 10741)

BACH: Keyboard Sonata in C minor Wq65/31 - Mikhail Pletnev (pno) (DG 459 614)

PIAZZOLLA arr Milone: Libertango - Alison Balsom (tpt), Gothenburg SO/Edward Gardner (EMI 3 53255)

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)

NIELSEN: Symphony No 5 Op 50 - Auckland Philharmonia (RNZ 2019)

HINDSON: Rush - NZTrio (RNZ 2018)

RNZ Concert's musical nightcap

BACH: Preludes & Fugues, Nos 6 & 20 from the Well-Tempered Clavier, Book 2 - Hélène Grimaud (pno) (DG 477 7978)

HILL: Symphony No 6 in Bb, Celtic - Melbourne SO/Wilfred Lehmann (marco polo 8.220345)

HOPKINS: We Three Kings Of Orient Are - Christopher Nehaul (ten), Stephen Whitford (bass), Charlie Baigent (bass), Henry Websdale (org), Choir of King's College, Cambridge/Stephen Cleobury (King's College KGS0033)

STEVENS: Variations in Olden Style (d'après Bach) - Oystein Baadsvik (tuba), Musica Vitae/Bjørn Sagstad (BIS CD 1285)

WEBER orch Berlioz: Invitation to the Dance - New Zealand SO/John Hopkins (EX Tartar TRL 020)

11.00

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

MENDELSSOHN: String Quintet No 1 in A Op 18 (4) - Sharon Quartet, Petra Vahle (vla) (Brilliant Classics 94205)

SANDSTRÖM: Es ist ein Ros' entsprungen - Pepe Becker (sop), Shona McIntyre-Bull (sop), Andrea Cochrane (contralto), Voices New Zealand Chamber Choir/Karen Grylls (Trust MMT 2052)

LISZT: Piano Concerto No 1 in Eb - Lang Lang (pno), Vienna Phil/Valery Gergiev (SONY 88697 89140)

BACH: Overture-Suite in G minor - Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach CO/Hartmut Haenchen (Berlin Classics BC 1098)

MOZART: Symphony No 22 in C K162 - Prague CO/Charles Mackerras (TELARC CD 80217)

BACH: Violin Sonata No 1 in G minor BWV1001 - Viktoria Mullova (vln) (ONYX 4040)

JENNINGS: Pictures at the Waikato Museum - Liam Wooding (pno) (Atoll ACD221)

RUTTER: Dormi, Jesu - Choir of King's College, Cambridge/Stephen Cleobury (King's College KGS0033)

EDWARDS: Veni Creator Spiritus - Tasmanian SO/Richard Mills (ABC Classics ABC 476 227)

1:00 approx

SCHUMANN: Forest Scenes Op 82 - Leon McCawley (pno) (Avie AV 0029)

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

HANDEL: Piangerò, la sorte mia, from Giulio Cesare - Kiri Te Kanawa (sop), Chelsea Opera Group Orch/William Southgate (KIWI CD SLC 217)

SAMMARTINI: Concerto grosso in G minor Op 5/6 - Les Violons du Roy (Dorian DOR 90180)

WIEDOEFT: Valse Vanité - Amy Dickson (sax), Catherine Milledge (pno) (Sony 88697 203072)

2:00 approx

BOCCHERINI: Guitar Quintet in D G448, Fandango - Kazuhito Yamashita (gtr), Tokyo String Quartet (RCA RD 60421)

ALBÉNIZ arr Halffter: Rapsodia española Op 70 - Alicia de Larrocha (pno), London Phil/Rafael Frühbeck de Burgos (Decca 410 289)

BEETHOVEN arr McNEFF: Battle, from Wellington's Victory - Canadian Brass, Members of the Boston Symphony Orchestra & New York Philharmonic/Georg Tintner (Philips 426 487)

JOSQUIN DES PREZ: O virgo virginum - Chanticleer (Teldec 94563)

DEBUSSY: Masques - Jean-Efflam Bavouzet (pno) (Chandos CHAN 10443)

3:00 approx

HEDGES: Cantilena - RTE Sinfonietta/Anthony Hedges (MARCO POLO 8.223886)

SCHUBERT: String Quartet No 13 in A minor D804, Rosamunde - Alban Berg Quartet (EMI CDC 7 47333)

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

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

GRAINGER: Colonial Song, Up-Country Song - BBC Phil/Richard Hickox (Chandos CHAN 9493)

4:00 approx

BACH: Oboe Sonata in G minor BWV1030b - Douglas Boyd (ob), Harold Lester (hpschd) (ASV CD DCA 656)

DELIUS: Florida Suite - Ulster Orchestra/Vernon Handley (Chandos CHAN 8413)

TRADITIONAL: A Merry Little Christmas - Huddersfield Choral Society, Sellers Engineering Band/Brian Kay (Chandos CHAN 4530)

5:00 approx

MOZART: Piano Sonata No 17 in Bb K570 - Vladimir Ashkenazy (pno) (Decca 448 629)

FAURÉ: Requiem Op 48 - Sara Macliver (sop), Teddy Tahu Rhodes (bar), David Drury (org), Cantillation, Sinfonia Australis/Antony Walker (ABC Classics 472 045)

CHABRIER: Five Posthumous Pieces (2) - Emmanuel Strosser (pno) (MIRARE MIR 116)

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

HAYDN: Cello Concerto No 2 in D HobVIIb/2 (3) - Mstislav Rostropovich (cello/dir), ASMF (EMI CDC 7 49305)

Start your day with great music and company from RNZ Concert

HERSCHEL: Symphony No 13 in D (1) - London Mozart Players/Matthias Bamert (Chandos CHAN 10048)

PROKOFIEV: Juliet as a young girl, from Romeo & Juliet - Auckland Philharmonia Orchestra/Miguel Harth-Bedoya (Atoll ACD 102)

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

ALBINONI: Concerto No 4 in G in six parts Op 2/8 - La Serenissima/Adrian Chandler (dir) (Avie AV 2106)

RAVEL: Sonatine - Diedre Irons (pno) (TRUST MMT 2041)

POSTON: Jesus Christ the apple tree - Elora Festival Singers (Naxos 8.554179)

VERACINI: Largo, from Violin Sonata in A Op 2/6 - Nicola Benedetti (vln), Catherine Rimer (cello), Thomas Dunford (theorbo)/Christian Curnyn (hpschd/dir) (Decca 476 434)

RESPIGHI: Ancient Airs & Dances Suite No 2 (3) - Lausanne CO/Jesús López-Cobos (TELARC CD 80309)

7.00

BEETHOVEN: Symphony No 2 in D Op 36 (3) - Scottish CO/Charles Mackerras (Hyperion CDS 44301/5)

GERSHWIN arr Heifetz: Summertime, from Porgy & Bess - Anne-Sophie Mutter (vln), André Previn (pno) (DG 471 500)

GOODWIN: Theme from Lancelot and Guinevere - New Zealand SO/Ron Goodwin (Marco Polo 8.223518)

HANDEL: Oboe Concerto No 2a in Bb - David Reichenberg (ob), English Concert/Trevor Pinnock (dir) (Archiv 415 291)

GABRIELI ed Jones: Canzon IV in 6 parts (1615) - Philip Jones Brass Ensemble/Stephen Cleobury (Argo 417 468)

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

POTT: Balulalow - Voces8 (Decca 4830968)

MOZART arr Romero: Rondo in C K373 - Pepe Romero (gtr), ASMF/Iona Brown (Philips 426 263)

DVORÁK: Serenade in E for strings Op 22 (1) - CO of Europe/Alexander Schneider (asv CD COE 801)

8.00

Beauty Spot:

BEACH: Berceuse - Andreas Ottensamer (cl), Rotterdam Phil/Yannick Nézet-Séguin (DG 481 0131)

HEDGES: Heigham Sound, Overture - RTE Sinfonietta/Anthony Hedges (MARCO POLO 8.223886)

GUERRERO: A un Nino llorando - Chanticleer (Teldec 94563)

CHOPIN: Piano Concerto No 1 in E minor Op 11 (3) - Lang Lang (pno), Vienna Phil/Zubin Mehta (DG 477 7449)

MENDELSSOHN: String Symphony No 4 in C minor - London Festival Orch/Ross Pople (Hyperion CDA 66561/3)

DOWLAND arr Redford/Bell: Come again - Sting (vocalist), Joshua Bell (vln), instrumental ensemble (SONY 88697 55436)

RACHMANINOV: Rhapsody on a theme of Paganini (18) - Julius Katchen (pno), London Phil/Adrian Boult (Philips 456 859)

BIZET: March, from Jeux d'enfants - New Zealand SO/Donald Johanos (Naxos 8.553596)

BRAHMS orch Juon: Hungarian Dance No 4 in F# minor - London SO/Neeme Järvi (Chandos CHAN 8885)

9.00

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

GLICK: Kensington Market, from Old Toronto Klezmer Suite - Angele Dubeau and La Pieta (Analekta AN28721)

GRANGNANIELLO: 'Stù criatu - Vincenzo Capezzuto (alto), L'Arpeggiata/Christina Pluhar (Virgin 6 94577)

SCHUMANN: Concert Piece in F for four horns Op 86 - Mark Robbins (horn), David Knapp (horn), Scott Wilson (horn), Seattle SO, Robert Bonnevie (horn)/Gerard Schwarz (Naxos 8.57277)

STATHAM: Ina - Puertas Quartet (Atoll ACD 881)

HOLST: In the Bleak Mid-Winter - Huddersfield Choral Society, Sellers Engineering Band/Brian Kay (Chandos CHAN 4530)

STRAUSS: Macbeth Op 23 - Detroit SO/Antal Dorati (Decca 410 146)

BERNSTEIN: A Little Bit In Love, from Wonderful Town - Audra McDonald (sop), Birmingham Contemporary Music Group/Simon Rattle (EMI 5 56753)

PRAETORIUS: Es ist ein Ros' entsprungen - The King's Singers (Signum SIGCD497)

MOZART: Symphony No 40 in G minor K550 - Tafelmusik Orch/Bruno Weil (DHM 82876 89504)

MORALES arr Garbarek: Parce Mihi Domine - Jan Garbarek (sax), Hilliard Ensemble (ECM 445 369)

11.00

WAGNER: Lohengrin, Prelude to Act III - Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, Amsterdam/Riccardo Chailly (Decca 448 155)

FINZI: Carol, from Five Bagatelles Op 23 - Murray Khouri (cl), Peter Pettinger (pno) (Continuum CCD 1038)

BRAHMS: Violin Concerto in D Op 77 - Anne-Sophie Mutter (vln), Berlin Phil/Herbert von Karajan (DG 415 565)

TRADITIONAL: Of the Father's heart begotten - Robert Quinney (org), The Sixteen/Harry Christophers (CORO COR 16085)

12.00

HOFMANN attr Haydn: Flute Concerto in D (3) - Emmanuel Pahud (fl), Haydn Ensemble, Berlin/Hansjörg Schellenberger (EMI CDC 5 56577)

BEETHOVEN: String Quartet in Eb Op 127 (2) - ASMF/Murray Perahia (SONY SK 93043)

BACH: Sheep May Safely Graze - ASMF/Neville Marriner (EMI 5 67523)

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

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

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

RIMSKY-KORSAKOV: Flight of the Bumblebee, from Tsar Saltan - Earl Wild (pno)

WAGNER: Tannhäuser, Overture - Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra/Paavo Järvi (NPO 43777)

STRAUSS: Horn Concerto No 1 in Eb Op 11 - Samuel Jacobs (horn), New Zealand SO/Jun Märkl (RNZ 2019)

VERDI: Ascolta!... Dio che nell'alma infondere, from Don Carlos - Amitai Pati (ten), Benson Wilson (bar), Somi Kim (piano) (RNZ )

PUCCINI: O soave fanciulla, from La Bohème - Eliza Boom (sop), Amitai Pati (ten), Somi Kim (piano) (RNZ )

VAUGHAN WILLIAMS: Fantasia on Greensleeves - NZSO/Benjamin Northey/Benjamin Northey (RNZ )

MOZART: Piano Concerto No 20 in D minor K466 - Michael Houstoun (piano), Orchestra Wellington/Marc Taddei (RNZ 2017)

SAINT-SAENS: Symphony No 3 in C minor Op 78, Organ - Christopher Wrench (org), Auckland Phil/Gemma New (RNZ 2018)

WEILL arr Evans: My Ship - Miles Davis (flugelhorn), Gil Evans Orchestra (Columbia 440784)

Great music and good company for your afternoon from RNZ Concert

TCHAIKOVSKY orch Glazunov: Souvenir d'un lieu cher (2) - Gil Shaham (vln), Russian National Orch/Mikhail Pletnev (DG 457 064)

PSATHAS: Century fanfare, Luminous - Auckland Philharmonia Orchestra/Edvard Tchivzhel (Atoll ACD 100)

BACH: Orchestral Suite No 2 in B minor BWV1067 (7) - Emmanuel Pahud (fl), Berlin Baroque Soloists/Rainer Kussmaul (vln/dir) (EMI 5 57111)

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)

SMETANA: Vltava, from Má Vlast - Oslo Phil/Mariss Jansons (Brilliant Classics 92779)

SHOSTAKOVICH arr Barley: Duet Of Lidochka And Boris, from Cheryomushki - Matthew Barley (cello), Stephen de Pledge (pno) (Quartz QTZ 2032)

SMITH: I Saw Three Ships - The King's Singers (Signum SIGCD497)

WALTON: Crown Imperial - Royal Phil/André Previn (TELARC CD 80125)

VIVALDI: Four Seasons, Winter - Alan Loveday (vln), ASMF/Neville Marriner (Decca 466 232)

4.00

GERSHWIN: Variations on I Got Rhythm - Howard Shelley (pno), BBC Phil/Yan Pascal Tortelier (Chandos CHAN 9325)

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

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

DEBUSSY: Première rhapsodie - Franklin Cohen (cl), Cleveland Orch/Pierre Boulez (DG 439 896)

NORTH: Concerto for piano & orchestra (3) - Sara Davis Buechner (pno), John Taber (tpt), New Zealand SO/James Sedares (KOCH 1944978)

WIDOR: Toccata, from Symphony No 5 in F minor - Kemp English (org) (MANU CD MANU 5005)

JONES: Christmas Cracker - RTE Concert Orch/Gavin Sutherland (Naxos 8.572744)

WILLSON: Till there was you, from The Music Man - Die Singphoniker (CPO 999 470)

DVORÁK: Violin Concerto in A minor Op 53 (3) - Anne-Sophie Mutter (vln), Berlin Phil/Manfred Honeck (DG 479 1060)

5.00

BEETHOVEN: Piano Concerto No 2 in Bb Op 19 (3) - Alfred Brendel (pno), Vienna Phil/Simon Rattle (Philips 462 781)

CHOPIN orch Douglas: Les Sylphides (8) - National Phil/Richard Bonynge (Decca 433 864)

GOULET: Caramel, from Symphonic Chocolates - Prague FILMharmonic Orch/Adam Klemens (Maxime Goulet 2014)

KREISLER: Caprice viennois - James Ehnes (vln), Eduard Laurel (pno) (FLEURS DE LYS FL 2 3159)

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

HOPCYN arr Hazell: Bugeilio'r Gwenith Gwyn - Bryn Terfel (bbar), Catrin Finch (harp), London SO/Barry Wordsworth (DG 474 438)

BRAHMS: Lullaby - Huddersfield Choral Society, Sellers Engineering Band/Brian Kay (Chandos CHAN 4530)

HANDEL: Alla Hornpipe, from Water Music Suite No 2 in D - London Festival Orch/Ross Pople (Arte Nova ANO 304980)

MOZART: Clarinet Quintet in A K581 (2) - Paul Dean (cl), Grainger Quartet (MELBA MR 301 122)

6.00

Great music and good company as you relax into the evening

HAYDN: Symphony No 104 in D, London (4) - Royal Concertgebouw Orch, Amsterdam/Colin Davis (Philips 434 153)

SAINT-SAËNS: Africa, Fantasy Op 89 - Jean-Philippe Collard (pno), Royal Phil/André Previn (EMI CDC 7 49757)

VAUGHAN WILLIAMS: Christmas Dance, from Suite for viola & orchestra (3) - Helen Callus (vla), New Zealand SO/Marc Taddei (ASV CD DCA 1181)

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

BACH: Keyboard Concerto No 1 in D minor BWV1052 - Angela Hewitt (pno), Australian CO (Hyperion SACDA 67307)

LILBURN: Seventeen Short Pieces for guitar (14-17) - Matthew Marshall (gtr) (Rattle D097)

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

BOYCE: Symphony No 1 in Bb - NZ Barok (Atoll ACD 813)

MATTEIS: Prelude & aria, from Ayres for the Guitar - Karl-Ernst Schröder (gtr), Gaetano Nasillo (cello), Andrea Marchiol (org) (Alpha 46)

LISZT: Années de Pèlerinage, Year 1, Switzerland, excerpts - David James (pno) (RNZ UB48)

TRADITIONAL arr Vaughan Williams: The truth from above - Robert Quinney (org), The Sixteen/Harry Christophers (CORO COR 16085)

MOZART: Eine kleine Nachtmusik (4) - Richard Tognetti (vln), Australian Chamber Orchestra/Richard Tognetti (dir) (ABC Classics ABC4816494)

FAURÉ: Cello Sonata No 2 in G minor Op 117 (1) - Andreas Brantelid (cello), Bengt Forsberg (piano) (BIS BIS2220)

WOLF-FERRARI: Overture & Intermezzo, from Doctor Love - BBC Phil/Gianandrea Noseda (Chandos CHAN 10511)

Voices NZ: Follow The 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)

ACMF: Slavic Rhapsody

Dénes Várjon (piano), Helene Pohl (violin), Monique Lapins (violin), Gillian Ansell (viola), Rolf Gjelsten (cello)

(RNZ)

HAMILTON: The Ripe Breath of Autumn - Norberto López (horn), Auckland Phil/Vincent Hardaker (RNZ 2020)

RNZ Concert's musical nightcap

BARBER: Essay No 1 for orchestra Op12 - New Zealand SO/Andrew Schenck (Stradivari SCD 8012)

ELGAR: Sea Pictures Op 37 - Linda Finnie (mezzo), London Phil/Bryden Thomson (Chandos CHAN 9022)

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

NERUDA: Trumpet Concerto in Eb (1) - Sergei Nakariakov (tpt), Saint Paul CO/Hugh Wolff (teldec 0630-10788)

BRIDGE: Summer - New Zealand SO/James Judd (Naxos 8.557167)

11.00

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

MOZART: Horn Concerto No 2 in Eb K417 (1) - Jacek Muzyk (horn), Polish Radio Amadeus CO/Agnieszka Duczmal (Naxos 8.570419)

TAVENER: The Lamb - Choir of King's College, Cambridge/Stephen Cleobury (King's College KGS0033)

MENDELSSOHN: String Quartet in Eb - Lafayette String Quartet (CBC Records MVCD1149)

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

SCHUBERT: Piano Sonata No 20 in A D959 - Alfred Brendel (pno) (Philips 422 229)

MENDELSSOHN: String Symphony No 12 in G minor - London Festival Orch/Ross Pople (Hyperion CDA 66561/3)

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

1:00 approx

ROSETTI ed Moesus: Bassoon Concerto in Bb (Murray C69) - Albrecht Holder (bsn), New Brandenburg PO/Nicolás Pasquet (Naxos 8.555341)

MOZART: Symphony No 28 in C K200 - Prague CO/Charles Mackerras (TELARC CD 80165)

ROBINOVITCH: Song of Songs - Sefarad (MARQUIS 81389)

VEJVANOVSKÝ: Serenada - Ars Antiqua Austria/Gunar Letzbor (dir) (SYMPHONIA SY 96151)

2:00 approx

HAYDN: Symphony No 50 in C - Philharmonia Hungarica/Antal Dorati (Decca 425 915)

BLOCH: Schelomo - Steven Isserlis (cello), German SO, Berlin/Hugh Wolff (BIS SACD 1992)

SCHUMANN: Märchenbilder Op 113 - Lawrence Power (vla), Ian Brown (pno) (Hyperion CDA 67923)

PIAZZOLLA arr Milone: Escualo - Alison Balsom (tpt), Gothenburg SO/Edward Gardner (EMI 3 53255)

3:00 approx

FRANÇAIX: Quintet No 2 for flute, string trio & harp - Valérie Milot (harp), François Vallières (vla), Raphaël Dubé (cello), Jocelyne Roy (fl), Antoine Bareil (vln) (Analekta AN 2 9985)

RACHMANINOV: Piano Sonata No 2 in Bb minor Op 36 - Simon Trpceski (pno) (EMI 557943)

LANGFORD: Four Pieces - Royal Ballet Sinfonia/David Lloyd-Jones (ASV CD WHL 2121)

RAUM: Heimdall's Gjallarhorn, from The Legend of Heimdall - John Griffiths (tuba), Orchestra of the Capella of St. Petersburg/Richard Raum (MSR Classics LOG 14342)

4:00 approx

DUBOIS: Flute Sonata - Jeffrey Khaner (fl), Hugh Sung (pno) (Avie AV 0027)

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

BACH: Concerto in D minor for two violins BWV1043 - Isaac Stern (vln), Itzhak Perlman (vln), New York Phil/Zubin Mehta (CBS CD 36692)

VIVALDI: L'Olimpiade, Overture - Freiburg Baroque Orch/Thomas Hengelbrock (DHM 05472-77289)

5:00 approx

POULENC: Oboe Sonata - Adrian Wilson (ob), Tim Horton (pno) (Nimbus NI 6121)

PAINE: Aotearoa Suite - New Zealand Guitar Quartet (Rattle RAT D071 2017)

JÄRNEFELT: Symphonic Fantasy - Lahti SO/Jaakko Kuusisto (BIS CD 1753)

BRAHMS: Sapphische Ode Op 94/4 - Andrew Joyce (cello), Rae de Lisle (pno) (Atoll ACD280)

WITT: Symphony in C, Jena (3) - Sinfonia Finlandia/Patrick Gallois ( 8.572089)

VIEUXTEMPS: Violin Concerto No 2 in F# minor Op 19 (1) - Alexander Markov (vln), Monte Carlo Phil/Lawrence Renes (Erato 0630 17878)

Start your day with great music and company from RNZ Concert

MOZART: Piano Sonata No 3 in Bb K281 (1) - John Chen (pno) (RNZ UB13)

ROSSINI: Bassoon Concerto in Bb (1) - Jaakko Luoma (bassoon), Tapiola Sinfonietta/Janne Nisonen, concertmaster (Ondine ODE13242)

GLINKA: Kamarinskaya - Detroit SO/Neeme Järvi (CHANDOS CHAN 9227)

GLIÈRE: Harp Concerto Op 74 (3) - Emmanuel Ceysson (hp), Bavarian SO/Lawrence Renes (BR Media 900106)

PRICE: Juba Dance, from Symphony No 4 in D minor (3) - Fort Smith Symphony/John Jeter (Naxos 8.559827)

SCHUBERT arr Boehm: Die Taubenpost D957/14 - Uwe Grodd (fl), Matteo Napoli (pno) (Naxos 8.570754)

HANDEL arr Mozart: Hallelujah Chorus, from Messiah - Handel & Haydn Society Chorus & Orch/Andrew Parrott (Arabesque Z 6743)

DVORÁK: Carnival Overture - BBC SO/Leonard Slatkin (Warner 2564 61956)

7.00

BACH: Brandenburg Concerto No 5 in D BWV1050 (1) - Daniel Hope (vln), Jaime Martin (fl), Kristian Bezuidenhout (hpschd), Chamber Orch of Europe (warner 2564 62545)

CHOPIN: Waltz in Ab Op 69/1, L'Adieu - Maria Joao Pires (pno) (ERATO 4509 94692)

TRADITIONAL arr Willcocks: Personent hodie - Simon Preston (org), Choir of King's College, Cambridge/David Willcocks (EMI 5099951508623)

TORKE: East, Concerto for clarinet (1) - Weixiong Wang (clarinet), Albany SO/David Alan Miller (Albany TROY1784)

RAVEL: String Quartet in F (1) - New Zealand String Quartet (Atoll ACD 399)

RAMÍREZ arr Wilberg: El Nacimiento - Bryn Terfel (bar), Rolando Villazón (ten), Orchestra of the Welsh National Opera/Tecwyn Evans (DG 477 8768)

SQUIRE: Danse Rustique - Steven Isserlis (cello), Stephen Hough (pno) (BIS CD 1562)

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

FAURÉ arr Parkin: Elegy Op 24 - Sheku Kanneh-Mason (cello), Hannah Roberts (cello), Chris Murray (cello), Robert Max (cello), Desmond Neysmith (cello), Josephine Knight (cello), Caroline Dearnley (cello), Ashok Klouda (cello), Rowena Calvert (cello), Nicholas Trygstad (cello) (Decca 4850241)

MOZART: Sinfonia Concertante in Eb K297b (3) - Douglas Boyd (ob), Richard Hosford (cl), Robin O'Neill (bsn), Jonathan Williams (horn), CO of Europe/Alexander Schneider (COE Records CD COS 242)

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

BERTALI arr Pluhar: Chiacona - L'Arpeggiata/Christina Pluhar (Alpha 512)

HAYDN: Trumpet Concerto in Eb HobVIIe/1 (1) - Alison Balsom (tpt), Bremen German Chamber Phil (EMI 2 16213)

ANONYMOUS arr Lislevand: La perra mora - Rolf Lislevand (lute), Marco Ambrosini (viola d amore), Thor Harald Johnsen (lute), Michael Behringer (clavichord), David Mayoral (percussion), Bjørn Kjellemyr (colascione), Giovanna Pessi (harp)/Rolf Lislevand (dir) (ECM 2088 (476 3317))

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

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

9.00

DEBUSSY: Fêtes, from Nocturnes - Boston SO/Charles Munch (RCA 82876 59416)

DANKWORTH: Picture of Jeannie - Emma Johnson (cl), John Lenehan (pno) (Naxos 8.57224)

OLSSON: God's son is born - Sofia Vocal Ensemble/Bengt Ollén (Footprint Records FRCD 060)

SUPPÉ: Light Cavalry, Overture - ASMF/Neville Marriner (EMI CD EMX 2169)

BEETHOVEN: Violin Sonata No 5 in F Op 24, Spring (1) - Wilma Smith (vln), Michael Houstoun (pno) (RNZ UA62)

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

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

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

BIZET: Carillon, from L'Arlésienne Suite No 1 - Barcelona SO & National Orch of Catalonia/José Serebrier (BIS CD 1305)

BACH: Rondo in A Wq58/1 - Tessa Birnie (pno) (Walsingham 3WAL 80432)

CHABRIER: España - Montreal SO (Decca 421 527)

TCHAIKOVSKY: Symphony No 2 in C minor Op 17, Little Russian - Chicago SO/Claudio Abbado (CBS MK 39359)

RAMINSH: In the night we shall go in - Vancouver Chamber Choir, strings of CBC Vancouver Orch/Jon Washburn (CMC CD 4893)

BACH: Trio Sonata in C BWV529 (1) - Thomas Gaynor (org) (Organism ORG 016)

TORMÉ arr Knight: Christmas Song - The King's Singers (Signum SIGCD497)

RACHMANINOV: Piano Concerto No 2 in C minor Op 18 - Nikolai Lugansky (pno), CBSO/Sakari Oramo (WARNER 2564 61946)

CIMAROSA arr Benjamin: Oboe Concerto in C minor - Andreas Ottensamer (cl), Rotterdam Phil/Yannick Nézet-Séguin (DG 481 0131)

CHABRIER: Impromptu in C - Angela Hewitt (pno) (Hyperion SACDA 67515)

12.00

MOZART: Violin Concerto No 3 in G K216 (3) - Gidon Kremer (vln/dir), Kremerata Baltica (nonesuch 512789)

SAINT-SAËNS: Clarinet Sonata in Eb Op 167 (1) - Richard Hosford (cl), Ian Brown (pno) ( CDA 67431/2)

BRITTEN: A Hymn to the Virgin - The Sixteen/Harry Christophers (UCJ 476 6295)

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

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

BRAHMS: Schaffe in mir, Gott Op 29 No 2 - Corydon Singers/Matthew Best (Hyperion CDH 55346)

DVORÁK: String Quartet No 11 in C Op 61 - New Zealand String Quartet (RNZ )

RIMSKY-KORSAKOV: Scheherazade - Auckland Phil/Xian Zhang (RNZ 2018)

MOZART: Horn Quintet in Eb K407 - Vesa-Matti Leppänen (violin), Andrew Thomson & Nicholas Hancox (violas), Andrew Joyce (cello), Samuel Jacobs (horn) (RNZ )

PROKOFIEV: Troika, from Lieutenant Kije - NZSO/Benjamin Northey/Benjamin Northey (RNZ )

ANDERSON: Sleigh Ride - NZSO/Benjamin Northey/Benjamin Northey (RNZ )

STRAVINSKY: The Firebird, Lullaby & Finale - New Zealand SO/Hamish McKeich (RNZ 2017)

RUTTER: Beatles Concerto (2) (Here, there & Everywhere / Something) - Peter Rostal (pno), Paul Schaefer (pno), Royal Phil/John Rutter (Decca 476 124)

Great music and good company for your afternoon from RNZ Concert

RAVEL: Piano Concerto in G (3) - Martha Argerich (pno), London SO/Claudio Abbado (DG 423 665)

KOEHNE: Way Out West - Diana Doherty (ob), Sinfonia Australis/Mark Summerbell (ABC 980 046)

MENDELSSOHN: String Quartet No 4 in E minor Op 44/2 (4) - New Zealand String Quartet (Naxos 8.570001)

DEBUSSY: Par les rues et par les chemins, from Ibéria - French National Orch/Daniele Gatti (Sony 88697 97400)

MOZART: Symphony No 31 in D K297, Paris - London Mozart Players/Jane Glover (ASV CD DCA 647)

SCHUBERT: Impromptu in Ab D899/4 - Maria Joao Pires (pno) (ERATO 4509 94692)

BEETHOVEN arr FRACKENPOHL: Symphony No 5 in C minor Op 67 (4) - Canadian Brass, Members of the Boston Symphony Orchestra & New York Philharmonic/Georg Tintner (Philips 426 487)

TRADITIONAL arr Frank: Les anges nos campagnes - ORA/Suzi Digby (ORA )

COUPERIN: Le Tic-Toc-Choc, ou Les Maillotins - Angela Hewitt (pno) (Hyperion CDA 67440)

BACH: Violin Sonata No 3 in E BWV1016 - Janine Jansen (vln), Jan Jansen (hpschd) (Decca 478 5362)

PÄRT: Silouan's Song (My Soul Yearns After The Lord) - Tallinn CO/Tonu Kaljuste (ECM 1505)

BILLINGS: A virgin unspotted - Chanticleer (Teldec 94563)

STRAUSS II: Tales from the Vienna Woods - Queensland SO/Vladimir Ponkin (ABC Classics 432 250)

DEBUSSY: Clair de Lune, from Suite Bergamasque - Julian Lloyd Webber (cello), Royal Phil/Nicholas Cleobury (Philips 446 050)

5.00

SCHUMANN: Symphony No 3 in Eb Op 97, Rhenish (5) - Royal Stockholm Phil/Sakari Oramo (SONY 88697 64687)

DVORÁK: Serenade in D minor for wind instruments Op 44 (3) - ASMF/Neville Marriner (Philips 400 020)

BALAKIREV arr Lyapunov: Islamey - Borusan Istanbul Phil/Sascha Goetzel (Onyx 4124)

MERULA: Ciaccona - L'Arpeggiata/Christina Pluhar (Virgin 6 94577)

JONES: Adam's Fall - Thomas Alban (treble), Choir of King's College, Cambridge/Stephen Cleobury (King's College KGS0033)

LILBURN: Two Preludes (1951) - Michael Houstoun (pno) (Rattle RAT D040)

VIVALDI: Violin Concerto in D RV208, Grosso Mogul - Nicola Benedetti (vln), Scottish CO/Christian Curnyn (Decca 476 434)

EVANS: Since We Met - Bill Evans (pno) (Fantasy F-9618)

Great music and good company as you relax into the evening

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

BEETHOVEN: Symphony No 4 in Bb Op 60 (3) - Orchestre Revolutionnaire et Romantique/John Eliot Gardiner (Archiv 439 900)

ALBÉNIZ orch Arbós/Surinach: Eritaña, from Iberia Book 4 - Cincinnati SO/Jésus López-Cobos (TELARC 2CD 80470)

RACHMANINOV: Symphony No 2 in E minor Op 27 (2) - NZSO National Youth Orchestra/Pietari Inkinen (RNZ 2011)

CHOPIN: Scherzo No 2 in Bb minor Op 31 - Adam Harasiewicz (pno) (NEWTON 880 2015)

CERELOLS: Serfín que con dulce - Montserrat Figueras (sop), La Capella Reial de Catalunya, Hespèrion XXI/Jordi Savall (Alia Vox AV 9834)

BOCCHERINI: Cello Concerto in D G483 (3) - Sol Gabetta (cello), Cappella Gabetta/Andrés Gabetta (Decca 4832473)

HANDEL: Keyboard Suite No 3 in D minor HWV428 - Murray Perahia (pno) (Sony SK 62785)

TCHAIKOVSKY: Waltz, from Sleeping Beauty - Royal Phil/Charles Mackerras (TELARC CD 80151)

ARNALDS arr Lawson: For Now I Am Winter - Voces8, Eleanor Turner (harp), Benjamin Roskams (vla), Stephanie Oade (cello) (Decca 4830968)

VAUGHAN WILLIAMS: Concerto Grosso - strings of New Zealand SO/James Judd (Naxos 8.555867)

BACH: Flute Sonata in Eb BWV1031 - Andrea Oliva (fl), Angela Hewitt (pno) (Hyperion CDA 67897)

WAGNER: Allmächt'ge Jungfrau, from Tannhäuser - Kiri Te Kanawa (sop), Philharmonia/Julius Rudel (EMI 5 56417)

NZSO: Christmas Brass

A dazzling selection of Christmas Carols and Favourites

New Zealand Symphony Orchestra Brass/Brian Buerkle

Wellington Cathedral of St Paul, Wellington (RNZ)

STRAVINSKY: Symphony in Three Movements - New Zealand SO/Edo de Waart (RNZ 2018)

KHACHATURIAN: Adagio, from Gayane - Auckland Phil/Hamish McKeich (RNZ 2019)

RNZ Concert's musical nightcap

BEETHOVEN: Piano Sonata No 12 in Ab Op 26 - Maurizio Pollini (pno) (DG 435 472)

OOSTEN: Harp Concerto - Godelieve Schrama (harp), Netherlands Radio CO/Micha Hamel (NM CLASSICS 92077)

CLEMENTI: Symphony No 1 in C WO32 (4) - Rome SO/Francesco La Vecchia (Naxos 8.573071)

RAVEL Arr Barker & Balsom: Piece in the form of a Habanera - Alison Balsom (tpt), Guy Barker Orch/Guy Barker (Warner 2564 632789)

ERLERBACH: Six Sonatas for violin, viola de gamba & continuo (2) - Latitude 37 (ABC Classics ABC 4818575)

MISKINIS: Seven O Antiphons - Choir of Royal Holloway/Rupert Gough (Hyperion CDA 67818)

KATS-CHERNIN: Russian Rag - Sydney Alpha Ensemble (ABC Classics ABC 4817995)

MOZART: Piano Concerto No 25 in C K503 - Murray Perahia (pno/dir), English CO (Philips 456 922)

RACHMANINOV: Preludes Op 23 No 4 in D major: Andante cantabile - Alessio Bax (pno) (SIGNUM SIGCD 264)

PURCELL: My heart is inditing - soloists, Collegium Vocale Choir & Orch/Philippe Herreweghe (dir) (HARMONIA MUNDI HMC 90 1462)

SOWANDE: African Suite, excerpts - Chicago Sinfonietta/Paul Freeman (Cedille CDR 90000 055)

TRADITIONAL arr Vaughan Williams: Down in yon forest - The Sixteen/Harry Christophers (CORO COR 16085)

FRANCK trans anon: Violin Sonata in A - Robert Langevin (fl), Jonathan Feldman (pno) (Avie AV 2213)

1:00 approx

BECK: Sinfonia in G minor Op 3/3 - Toronto CO/Kevin Mallon (Naxos 8.570799)

GLAZUNOV: Symphony No 7 in F Op 77, Pastoral - Royal Scottish National Orch/José Serebrier (WARNER 2564 63236)

SCHUBERT: Allegretto in C minor D915 - Tessa Birnie (pno) (ABC Classics 476 6479)

2:00 approx

HANDEL: Organ Concerto in Bb Op 7/1 - Simon Preston (org), English Concert/Trevor Pinnock (dir) (Archiv 413 468)

ASSAD: Spanish Impressions - Rafael Aguirre Miñarro (gtr) (Naxos 8.572916)

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

RAUM: Pershing Concerto - John Griffiths (tuba), Orchestra of the Capella of St. Petersburg (MSR Classics LOG 14342)

BACH: Sinfonia, from Cantata No 174, Ich liebe den Höchsten - Arcangelo/Jonathan Cohen (Hyperion CDA68111)

3:00 approx

MOZART: Variations in D on a minuet by Duport K573 - Lars Vogt (pno) (EMI 3 36080)

D'INDY: Symphony in A minor, Italian - Brittany Orch/Lionel Bringuier (TIMPANI 1C 1125)

RÜTTI: I wonder as I wonder - Choir of King's College, Cambridge/Stephen Cleobury (King's College KGS0033)

LISZT: Romance oubliée S132 - Jennifer Stumm (viola), Elizabeth Pridgen (piano) (Orchid Classics ORC100044)

4:00 approx

HUBAY: Variations in D minor on a Hungarian Theme Op 72 - Hagai Shaham (vln), BBC Scottish SO/Martyn Brabbins (Hyperion CDA 67367)

KORNGOLD: The Private Lives of Elizabeth & Essex - London SO/André Previn (DG 471 347)

HAYDN: Symphony No 81 in G - Austro-Hungarian Haydn Orch/Adam Fischer (NIMBUS NI 5652/5)

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

WEINZWEIG: Barn Dance, from Red Ear of Corn - National Arts Centre Orch/Mario Bernardi (CBC Records PSCD20265)

5:00 approx

GAUBERT: Flute Sonata No 1 in A - Jeffrey Khaner (fl), Hugh Sung (pno) (Avie AV 0027)

LILBURN: Piano Sonatina No 1 - Margaret Nielsen (pno) (EX KIWI SLD 78)

SINDING: Violin Concerto No 1 in A Op 45 - Henning Kraggerud (vln), Bournemouth SO/Bjarte Engeset (Naxos 8.557266)

BEETHOVEN: Serenade in D Op 41 (1) - Alexa Still (fl), Rae de Lisle (pno) (RNZ UB61)

PEZ: Concerto pastorale in F major (6) - Les Violons du Roy (Dorian DOR 90180)

SCARLATTI arr Park: Sonata in D Kk178 - Kyuhee Park (gtr) (Naxos 8.573225)

GRIEG orch Sitt: Norwegian Dances Op 35 (2) - Estonian National SO/Paavo Järvi (Virgin 3 44722)

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IRELAND: Decorations (1) - Mark Bebbington (piano) (Somm SOMMCD 074)

TCHAIKOVSKY: Valse-scherzo - Gil Shaham (vln), Russian National Orch/Mikhail Pletnev (DG 457 064)

HARRISS: Faire is the Heaven - Auckland Cathedral Singers/James Tibbles (Corellia COR 1007)

DEBUSSY orch Busser: La soirée dans Grenade, from Estampes - Quebec SO/Yoav Talmi (Atma SACD 2 2377)

RACHMANINOV: Mélodie in E Op 3/3 - Moye Chen (pno) (DG 4817035)

TRADITIONAL arr Willcocks: Tomorrow shall be my dancing day - Musica Sacra/Indra Hughes (Atoll ACD 501)

ALBINONI: Flute Concerto in G - Jed Wentz (fl), Musica ad Rhenum (Brilliant Classics 92687)

MOZART: Symphony No 29 in A K201 (1) - Prague CO/Charles Mackerras (TELARC CD 80165)

7.00

FASCH: Concerto in D FWV L/D3 (1) - Il Gardellino (Accent ACC 24252)

MENDELSSOHN: Piano Trio No 1 in D minor Op 49 (4) - Florestan Trio (Hyperion CDA 67485)

SCHNITTKE arr Spivakov/Milman: Suite in the Old Style (4) - Tapiola Sinfonietta/Ralf Gothóni (BIS CD 1437)

PURCELL: Sonata in 3 parts No 5 in A minor, Z 794 - Ensemble Masques/Olivier Fortin (hpschd/dir) (Analekta AN 2 9905)

RIES: Piano Concerto in G minor Op 177 (3) - Christopher Hinterhuber (pno), New Zealand SO/Uwe Grodd (Naxos 8.572742)

CHILCOTT: Nova! Nova! - Voices New Zealand/Karen Grylls (Trust MMT 2052)

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

BEETHOVEN: Violin Concerto in D Op 61 (3) - Lisa Batiashvili (vln/dir), Bremen German Chamber Phil (Sony 88697 33400)

ELGAR: Chanson de matin Op 15/2 - New Zealand SO/James Judd (Naxos 8.557577)

DVORÁK: String Quintet in Eb Op 97 (2) - Simon Rowland-Jones (vla), Chilingirian Quartet (Chandos CHAN 9046)

FAURÉ: Berceuse in D Op 16 - Anthony Ferner (fl), Helen Webby (harp) (Manu CD MANU 2050)

SHOSTAKOVICH: Folk Feast, from The Gadfly - Philadelphia Orch/Riccardo Chailly (Decca 452 597)

BRAHMS: Piano Concerto No 1 in D minor Op 15 (3) - Leif Ove Andsnes (pno), CBSO/Simon Rattle (EMI 5 56583)

HANDEL: Ev'ry valley, from Messiah - Howard Crook (ten), English Concert/Trevor Pinnock (Archiv 423 630)

COULTHARD: Introduction and 3 Folksongs IV. Billowing Fields of Golden Wheat - CBC Vancouver Orch/Mario Bernardi (CBC Records PSCD20265)

PHILLIPS: Arabesque Op 43/2 - BBC Concert Orch/Gavin Sutherland (DUTTON CDLX 7140)

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

9.00

SAINT-SAËNS: Violin Sonata No 1 in D minor Op 75 (4) - James Ehnes (violin), Wendy Chen (piano) (CBC RECORDS MVCD 1138)

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

BRITTEN: Mont Juic Suite of Catalan Dances Op 9 (1) - English CO/Steuart Bedford (Collins Classics 11232)

SCHUBERT: Symphony No 9 in C D944, Great (3) - Swedish CO/Thomas Dausgaard (BIS SACD 1656)

BRAHMS: Cello Sonata No 1 in E minor Op 38 (2) - Alexander Ivashkin (cello), Tamás Vesmás (pno) (RNZ UB56)

RAFF: Symphony No 10 in F minor Op 213, Zur Herbstzeit (2) - Philharmonia Hungarica/Werner Andreas Albert (CPO 999 536)

YOUNG arr Morley: My foolish heart, theme - Itzhak Perlman (vln), Boston Pops Orch/John Williams (SONY SK 60773)

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

SIBELIUS: The Swan of Tuonela - Patrick McFarland (cor anglais), Atlanta SO/Yoel Levi (TELARC CD 80443)

MESSIAEN: La Nativité du Seigneur (6) - Gillian Weir (org) (Priory PRCD 921)

SINDING: Symphony No 3 in F Op 121 (3) - North German Radio Phil/David Porcelijn (CPO 999 596)

CHOPIN: Piano Concerto No 2 in F minor Op 21 - Lang Lang (pno), Vienna Phil/Zubin Mehta (DG 477 7449)

JACKSON: Can I Not Syng but Hoy? - James Micklethwaite (ten), Choir of King's College, Cambridge/Stephen Cleobury (King's College KGS0033)

DELIUS arr Fenby: La Calinda, from Koanga - New Zealand SO/John Hopkins (EX Tartar TRL 020)

TCHAIKOVSKY orch Lane: Troika - RTE Concert Orch/Gavin Sutherland (Naxos 8.572744)

PAGANINI: Violin Concerto No 1 in D Op 6 - Hilary Hahn (vln), Swedish Radio SO/Eiji Oue (DG 477 6232)

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

12.00

BIZET arr Guirand: Farandole, from L'Arlésienne Suite No 2 - Ulster Orch/Yan Pascal Tortelier (Chandos CHAN 6693)

BEETHOVEN: Clarinet Trio in Bb Op 11 - Peter Schmidl (cl), Friedrich Dolezal (cello), Erich Binder (pno) (Decca 414 576)

VERDI: La donna è mobile, from Rigoletto - Luciano Pavarotti (ten), London SO/Richard Bonynge (Decca 4834894)

MUSSORGSKY arr Liadov: Sorochinsky Fair, Introduction - Russian National Orch/Carlo Ponti (PentaTone PTC 5186 332)

DEBUSSY: Cello Sonata in D minor - Te Koki Trio (Rattle RAT D069 2017)

APO: Celebrate Christmas 2019

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

Holy Trinity Cathedral, Auckland (RNZ)

SAINT-SAENS: Fantasie for violin & harp - Donald Armstrong (vln); Carolyn Mills (hp) (RNZ St. Andrew's on The Terrace, Wellington)

TELEMANN: Overture-Suite in D TWV55/D22 - New Zealand SO/Vesa-Matti Leppänen (dir) (RNZ 2019)

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GERSHWIN: Piano Concerto in F (3) - Howard Shelley (pno), Philharmonia/Yan Pascal Tortelier (Chandos CHAN 9092)

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

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

MONTERO: Continuum - Gabriela Montero (pno) (EMI 5 14838)

GLAZUNOV: Mazurka-oberek in D - Chloë Hanslip (vln), Swiss-Italian Orch/Alexander Vedernikov (Hyperion CDA 67940)

DVORÁK: Czech Suite Op 39 - Detroit SO/Antal Dorati (Decca 414 370)

BEETHOVEN: Piano Sonata No 26 in Eb Op 81a, Les Adieux - Mikhail Pletnev (pno) (DG 459 634)

WITT: Symphony in A (2) - Sinfonia Finlandia/Patrick Gallois ( 8.572089)

TRADITIONAL arr Davies: The holly & the ivy - Choir of King's College, Cambridge/Stephen Cleobury (King's College KGS0033)

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

ROTA: Love theme, from Romeo & Juliet - Cincinnati Pops Orch/Erich Kunzel (TELARC CD 80551)

MANCINI arr Diegert & Collao: The Pink Panther Theme, from The Pink Panther - Five Sax, Jacek Obstarczyk (pno), Zoltan Kiss (tbn), Rupert Strauber (perc) (Orlando OR 0016)

MOZART: Idomeneo, Ballet music K367 - Apollo's Fire (Cleveland Baroque Orch)/Jeannette Sorrell (Avie AV 2159)

5.00

SCHUMANN: Symphony No 1 in Bb Op 38, Spring (3) - Swedish CO/Thomas Dausgaard (BIS SACD 1569)

CHOPIN: Nocturne in Db Op 27/2 - Diedre Irons (pno) (TRUST MMT 2041)

BERNSTEIN: Make Our Garden Grow, from Candide - Joshua Bell (vln), Philharmonia Orchestra/David Zinman (Sony SK 89358)

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

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

WAGNER: Siegfried's Rhine Journey, from Götterdämmerung - New Zealand SO/Pietari Inkinen (EMI 4 57817)

SAINT-SAËNS: Septet in Eb Op 65 - Nash Ensemble (Hyperion CDA 67431/2)

DESYLVA / JOLSON / ROSE: Avalon - Harry Connick Jr (pno) (Columbia 444369)

Great music and good company as you relax into the evening

HAYDN: Violin Concerto in G HobVIIa/4 - Christian Tetzlaff (vln), Northern Sinfonia/Heinrich Schiff (Virgin VC 7 91489)

MOZART: Serenade No 10 in Bb K361, Gran Partita (3) - Orch of the 18th Century/Frans Brüggen (ABC Classics 472 610)

With Bill McGlaughlin (WFMT)

NZSO: Messiah

HANDEL: Messiah

Anna Leese (soprano), Sarah Court (mezzo), Frederick Jones (tenor), Robert Tucker (bass), The Tudor Consort, New Zealand SO/Gemma New

Michael Fowler Centre, Wellington (RNZ)

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

BEETHOVEN: String Quartet in A Op 18/5 - Gewandhaus Quartet (NCA 60139)

11.00

BACH: Sinfonia, from Cantata No 42, Am Abend aber desselbigen Sabbats - Bach Collegium Japan/Masaaki Suzuki (BIS SACD1611)

TRADITIONAL arr Praetorius: Es ist ein Ros' entsprungen - Monteverdi Choir/John Eliot Gardiner (ABC Classics 472 044)

MOZART: Der Schauspieldirektor, Overture - Dresden State Orch/Colin Davis (RCA 74321 56698)

DEBUSSY: Piano Trio in G - Bertrand Chamayou (piano), Renaud Capuçon (violin), Edgar Moreau (cello) (Erato 9029577396)

COPLAND: Clarinet Concerto - Andreas Ottensamer (cl), Rotterdam Phil/Yannick Nézet-Séguin (DG 481 0131)

RAMEAU: Entrée de Polymnie, from Les Boréades - Les Musiciens du Louvre/Marc Minkowski (Archiv 477 5578)

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

KELLY: Songs without Words - Justine Cormack (violin), Miranda Adams (violin), Robert Ashworth (viola), Ashley Brown (cello) (RNZ UB20)

SAMETZ: Gaudete! - ORA/Suzi Digby (ORA )

FARR: Piano Trio, Ahi - NZTrio (Trust MMT 2066)

1:00 approx

HOFMANN: Symphony in D (Badley D4) - Northern CO/Nicholas Ward (vln/dir) (Naxos 8.553866)

RICHTER: Flute Concerto in E minor - Barthold Kuijken (fl), Tafelmusik/Jeanne Lamon (dir) (SONY SK 48045)

TRADITIONAL: Kwambayah - Huddersfield Choral Society, Sellers Engineering Band/Brian Kay (Chandos CHAN 4530)

MOZART arr Albulescu: Alberti's Fantasy - Eugene Albulescu (pno) (DOWNSTAGE DSR 1009)

PSATHAS: Psyzygysm - Pedro Carniero (vibraphone), Jeremy Fitzsimons (marimba), Stroma (RATTLE RAT D018)

2:00 approx

PALESTRINA: Missa Tu es Petrus - Choir of Westminster Cathedral/Martin Baker (Hyperion CDA 67785)

MOMPOU: Variations on a theme of Chopin - Jonathan Plowright (pno) (Hyperion CDA 67803)

BLOCH: Abodah - Suyeon Kang (vln), Stephen De Pledge (pno) (Atoll ACD 818)

CHILCOTT: A Thanksgiving - The King's Singers, National Youth Chamber Choir of Great Britain (Signum SIGCD497)

3:00 approx

ROTA: Symphony on a love song - Teatro Massimo SO/Marzio Conti (Chandos CHAN 10090)

DUSSEK: Trio in F for flute, cello & piano Op 65 - Clive Conway (fl), Christina Shillito (cello), Christine Croshaw (pno) (MERIDIAN CDE 84383)

RÓZSA: Legend & Epilogue, from El Cid - Tamra Saylor Fine (org), New Zealand Youth Choir, New Zealand SO/James Sedares (KOCH 1986981)

HEAD arr Hughes: Star candles - Jack Bourke (ten), Musica Sacra/Indra Hughes (Atoll ACD 501)

4:00 approx

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: Don Quixote - Lynn Harrell (cello), David Greenlees (vla), Royal Liverpool Phil/Gerard Schwarz (RLPO LIVE RLCD 403)

VIVALDI: Concerto in G minor for strings RV152 - Venice Baroque Orch/Andrea Marcon (dir) (Archiv 474 5092)

ROPARTZ: Piece in Eb minor - David Bremner (tbn), Sarah Watkins (pno) (Atoll ACD 109)

POULENC: O magnum mysterium, from Four Christmas Motets - The King's Singers (Signum SIGCD497)

5:00 approx

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

BEETHOVEN: Symphony No 6 in F Op 68, Pastoral (2) - Royal Flemish Phil/Philippe Herreweghe (PENTATONE PTC 5186 314)

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

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

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

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

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2020 Christmas Day Church Service
Cathedral Of St Patrick & St Joseph, Auckland

WADE arr Tibbles/Jennings: O come, All Ye Faithful
Britten/Dearmer: A Boy was Born
Plainsong from the Missa De Angelis: Kyrie
Alonso: Gloria
Bernadette Farrell: Today, Today a Saviour has been born
Plainchant/James J Chepponis: Christmastime Alleluia
Trad.: Angels we have heard on high
Alonso: Sanctus
Alonso: Memorial acclamation
Alonso: Great Amen
Alonso: Agnus Dei
Rutter: Nativity Carol
Trad. Desc: Willcocks: Hark! The herald angels sing

Auxiliary Bishop Michael Gielen (celebrant), Maeve Herd (cantor), James Tibbles (org), Cathedral Of St Patrick & St Joseph Choir/Nicholas Forbes

Cathedral Of St Patrick & St Joseph, Auckland (RNZ)

7.00

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

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

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

TRADITIONAL: In dulci jubilo - Chanticleer (Teldec 94563)

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

SIRETT: Thou Shalt Know Him - Choir of St. John's, Elora (Marshall Arts NA)

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

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

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

HEAD: The little road to Bethlehem - Choir of Westminster Abbey/James O'Donnell (Hyperion CDA 67716)

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

8.00

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

ARTELY: O magnum mysterium - Burnside High School Senior Chorale/Susan Densem (RNZ 2015)

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

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

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)

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

MONTERO: Improvisation on Vivaldi's Summer & Winter - Gabriela Montero (pno) (EMI 5 14838)

GERSHWIN: Summertime - Daniel Hope (violin), Sebastian Knauer (piano) (DG 4839482)

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

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

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

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

TCHAIKOVSKY: The Nutcracker Op 71 - (DG 4836274)

11.00

TRADITIONAL: Wexford Carol - The Sixteen/Harry Christophers (CORO COR 16085)

TRADITIONAL: The Cherry Tree Carol - The Sixteen/Harry Christophers (CORO COR 16085)

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

TRADITIONAL: American Songs - Kathleen Battle (sop), Frederica von Stade (mezzo), Nancy Allen (harp), American Boychoir, Christmas Concert Chorus, Orch of St Luke's/André Previn (Sony SK 48235)

12.00

EVANS: Ring-A The News - Elora Festival Singers, Michael Bloss (org) (Naxos 8.554179)

FOX: Carol Fantasia - RTE Concert Orch/Gavin Sutherland (Naxos 8.572744)

GRUBER arr Terence Maskell: Po Marie; Silent Night - Whanau London Voices (Whanau London Voices 2020)

TRADITIONAL/LYRICS BY KINGI IHAKA arr Rutter: A Pukeko in a Ponga Tree; The 12 Days of Christmas - Whanau London Voices (Whanau London Voices 2020)

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

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

TRADITIONAL arr. by J. Sorrell: - 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: - Amanda Powell & Ross Hauck (vocals) (Avie AV2396)

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

APO: Celebrate Christmas 2020

BACH: Cantata No 147, Herz und Mund und Tat und Leben, excerpts

PRAETORIUS: Es ist ein Ros' entsprungen

HANDEL: Pastoral Symphony, from Messiah

MOZART: Exsultate, jubilate K165

BIZET: Jeux d'enfants Op 22

LAURIDSEN: O nata lux, from Lux Aeterna

TCHAIKOVSKY: Symphony No 1 in G minor Op 13, Winter Daydreams (3), Scherzo

REGER: Maria Wiegenlied

GAUNTLETT arr Rutter: Once in royal David's city

HANDEL arr Rutter: Joy to the World

MENDELSSOHN arr Willcocks: Hark! the herald angels sing

HANDEL: Hallelujah Chorus, from Messiah

GRUBER arr Maskell: Silent Night

Amelia Berry (sop), The Graduate Choir NZ, Auckland Philharmonia Orchestra/Hamish McKeich, Terence Maskell

Holy Trinity Cathedral, Auckland (RNZ)

VAUGHAN WILLIAMS: Fantasia on Greensleeves - NZSO/Benjamin Northey/Benjamin Northey (RNZ )

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

BACH: Canonic Variations on Vom Himmel hoch BWV769 - Gillian Weir (org) (PRIORY PRCD 753)

A Choral Christmas with Bob Chilcott, Jess Gillam, Katie Melua and the BBC Singers Concert Orchestra, from London

TRAD: Ding dong! merrily on high

C ONYEJI: Amuworo ayi otu nwa

CHILCOTT: The Midnight of Your Birth

TRAD: Tomorrow shall be my dancing day

TRAD: O Little Town of Bethlehem

TRAD: Festive Cheer

MILHAUD: Brazileira: Mouvement de samba, from Scaramouche

CHILCOTT: Sweet was the Song, from 'On Christmas Night'

Silent Night

PIERPONT: Jingle Bells

MIKE BATT: Nine Million Bicycles

KATIE MELUA: Maybe I Dreamt It

BERLIN: White Christmas

ALISON CARVER: Thinking of You This Christmas

WADE: O Come, All Ye Faithful

Katie Melua (vocal), Jess Gillam (saxophone, presenter), Rachel Mahon (organ, piano), Ashok Gupta (piano), BBC Singers, Jonathan Manners (chorus director), Members of the BBC Concert Orchestra/Bob Chilcott

Barbican Hall, London (BBC Radio 3)

4:00 Made in New Zealand Christmas

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)

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

FERRANDINI: Christmas Symphony (3) - NZSO/Marc Taddei (Trust MMT 2043)

A Kiwi Christmas

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5:30 Songs of Peace and Joy

GABRIELI: Jubilate Deo - Canadian Brass & Berlin Philharmonic Brass ( MLK 66708)

TRAD: Improvisation on Dona Nobis Pacem - Yo-Yo Ma (cello) (Sony 88697 34390)

JENKINS: Praise, Joy & Gladness - Polyphony, Britten Sinfonia/Stephen Layton (Decca 4818580)

HIGDON: Harp Concerto (2) Joy Ride - Yolanda Kondonassis (harp), Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra/Ward Stare (Azica ACD 71327)

GRAINGER: Peace - Martin Jones (pno) (NIMBUS NI 1767)

EVANS: Peace Piece - Bill Evans (pno) (Riverside RLP 12-291)

Christmas Special with Nick Tipping

He Korokoro tui - a Christmas Waiata with Justine Murray

KENT: I'll Be Home For Christmas - Sol3 Mio (Universal 674 3660)

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

Christmas Concert with La Nef and sopranos Meredith Hall and Donna Kanerahtenha:wi Jacobs, from Montreal

Baroque and traditional Christmas music from Montreal's founding communities

ANON/BREBEUF: Eesus ahatonnyah (The Huron Carol)

TRAD: Nous voici dans la ville

DANDRIEU: Or, nous dites, Marie

TRAD: What Child is This?

TRAD: Usheg Veg Ruy (Little Red Bird)

PLAYFORD: On the Cold Ground

Drive the Cold Winter Away

Cold and Raw

My Lodging is on the Cold Ground

TRAD: Welsh Carol

DAQUIN: Suite de Noëls français

TRAD/BURNS: A cogie of Ale and a Pickle Ait Meal

TRAD arr Grenon: Scottish Reel

O'Connell: Christmas in Kinsale

COEN: Christmas Eve Reel

TRAD: Gloucestershire Wassail

TRAD: Please to See the King

TRAD: The Wren Song

TRAD: Ok Skennen'kowa

Meredith Hall, Donna Kanerahtenha:wi Jacobs (sopranos), La Nef: Sylvain Bergeron (director, archlute, Baroque guitar), Alex Kehler (violin (trad.), nyckelharpa), Robin Grenon (harps), Grégoire Jeay (recorders, traverso flute), Marie-Laurence Primeau (viola da gamba), Andrew Wells-Oberegger (percussion)

Church of La Visitation-du-Sault-au-Récollet, Montreal (CBC Espace Musique)

Vaughan Williams: Folk Songs of the Four Seasons

VAUGHAN WILLIAMS: Folk Songs of the Four Seasons: Prologue, Early in the Spring, The Lark in the Morning, May Song, Summer Is A-Coming In, The Spring of Thyme, The Sheep Shearing, Green Meadow, John Barleycom, The Unquiet Grave, An Acre of Land, Children's Christmas Song, Wassail Song, In Bethlehem City, God Bless the Master

WDR Children's Choir, WDR Radio Orchestra, Cologne/Enrico Delamboye

Klaus von Bismarck Hall, WDR Broadcasting House, Cologne (EBU/WDR)

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

RNZ Concert's musical nightcap

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

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

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

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

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

DELIUS: Summer Night on the River - Symphony Nova Scotia/Georg Tintner (CBC Records SMCD 5134)

MOZART: Clarinet Quintet in A K581 - Paul Dean (cl), Grainger Quartet (MELBA MR 301 122)