Schedules for 22 - 28 December, 2018

Walton, William: The Wise Virgins Suite - London Phil/Bryden Thomson (Chandos CHAN 8871)

Adam, Adolphe: O Holy Night - Henry Websdale (org), Choir of King's College, Cambridge/Stephen Cleobury(King's College KGS0033)

Holst, Gustav von arr Gjeilo: In the bleak midwinter - ORA/Suzi Digby (ORA )

Chopin, Frédéric: Cello Sonata in G minor Op 65 - Mstislav Rostropovich (cello), Martha Argerich (pno) (DG 419 860)

1:00 approx Handel, George Frideric: Concerto Grosso in G minor Op 6/6 - Avison Ensemble/Pavlo Beznosiuk (dir) (LINN CKD 362)

Chausson, Ernest: Symphony in Bb Op 20 - Basel SO/Armin Jordan (ERATO ECD 88169)

Bach, Carl Philipp Emanuel: Rondo in A Wq58/1 - Tessa Birnie (pno) (WALSINGHAM 3WAL 80432)

Traditional American: Dormi, Jesu - Kathleen Battle (sop), Christopher Parkening (gtr) (SONY SK 89464)

2:00 approx Bach, Johann Sebastian: Brandenburg Concerto No 2 in F BWV1047 - English Concert/Trevor Pinnock (Archiv 423 492)

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

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

Dove, Jonathan: Run, shepherds, run! - Wells Cathedral Choir, Wells Cathedral School Chapel Choir/Matthew Owens (HYPERION CDA 67768)

3:00 approx Koehne, Graeme: Palm Court Suite - Tasmanian SO/Richard Mills (ABC Classics 476 6502)

Horovitz, Joseph: Sonatina for clarinet & piano - Murray Khouri (cl), Peter Pettinger (pno) (Continuum CCD 1038)

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

Holst, Gustav von arr Jennings, Woodgate: In the bleak midwinter - Chanticleer (Teldec 94563)

4:00 approx Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus: Violin Concerto No 2 in D K211 - James Ehnes (vln/dir), Mozart Anniversary Orch (CBC Records SMCD 5238)

Satie, Eric: Gnossiennes - Jean-Yves Thibaudet (pno) (Decca 470 290)

Hamilton, David: Three Spirituals - Viva Voce/John Rosser (VIVA VOCE ACD 901)

Pinkham, Daniel: Sweet music - Susan Consoli (sop), Janice Giampa (sop), Handel & Haydn Society Chorus/Grant Llewellyn (Avie AV 2078)

5:00 approx Debussy, Claude orch Holloway: En blanc et noir - Lyon National Orch/Jun Märkl (Naxos 8.572583)

Bennett, Richard Rodney: Reflections on a 16th-Century Tune - Philharmonia/Richard Hickox (Chandos CHAN 10389)

Rachmaninov, Sergei: Prelude No 5 in G Major, Op 32 - Colin Horsley (pno) (Atoll ACD 442)

Todd, Will: My Lord Has Come - ORA/Suzi Digby (ORA )

Frost, Stephen: Oboe Concerto (2) - Simon Emes (ob), Ensemble 2000/Tony Harrison (Chandos CHAN 9763)

Traditional American arr Willcocks: Sing lullaby - Musica Sacra/Indra Hughes (Atoll ACD 501)

Cazzati, Maurizio / Mealli, Pandolfi: Passacaglia - L'Arpeggiata/Christina Pluhar (Virgin 6 94577)

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

Music, news & weather to start your day

Vivaldi, Antonio: Violin Concerto in A minor RV356 - Nigel Kennedy (vln/dir), members of Berlin Phil (EMI 5 57859)

Fuchs, Robert: Serenade No 1 in D Op 9 - Cologne CO/Christian Ludwig (Naxos 8.572222)

Poulenc, Francis: Quem Vidistis Pastores Dicite, from Four Christmas Motets - Elora Festival Singers/Noel Edison (Naxos 8.554179)

Elgar, Edward: In Moonlight, from In the South, Alassio - James Boyd (vla), Piers Lane (pno) (EMI CD EMX 2229)

Bach, Johann Sebastian: Orchestral Suite No 1 in C BWV1066, Overture - Le Concert des Nations/Jordi Savall (Auvidis Fontalis ES 9903)

7:00 Haydn, Franz Joseph: Symphony No 90 in C (4) - Orch of the 18th Century/Frans Brüggen (Philips 473 015)

Fauré, Gabriel arr Ma: Violin Sonata No 1 in A Op 13 (3) - Yo-Yo Ma (cello), Kathryn Stott (pno) (SONY SK 87287)

Handel, George Frideric: Organ Concerto in F HWV295 - Francesco Cera (org), I Barocchisti/Diego Fasolis (Arts SACD 47739-8)

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

D'Indy, Vincent: Fantasy on French Popular Themes (1) - Albrecht Mayer (ob), ASMF/Mathias Mönius (Decca 478 2564)

Mozetich, Marjan: Postcards from the Sky - CBC Vancouver Orchestra/Mario Bernardi (CBC Records 5200)

8:00 Tchaikovsky, Pyotr Ilyich arr Pletnev: The Nutcracker, Suite (7) - Simon Trpceski (pno) (EMI 5 75202)

Humperdinck, Engelbert: When at night I go to sleep - Anthony Way (treble), Barbara Bonney (sop), English Sinfonia/Neil Page (Decca 455 645)

Beethoven, Ludwig van: Bagatelles Op 126 (5) - Piotr Anderszewski (pno) (Virgin 5 02111)

Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus: Oboe Quartet in F K370 (1) - François Leleux (ob), Lisa Batiashvili (vln), Lawrence Power (vla), Sebastian Klinger (cello) (SONY 88697 28585)

Whitacre, Eric: little tree - Leslie De'Ath (pno), Elora Festival Singers/Noel Edison (Naxos 8.559677)

Schumann, Robert: String Quartet in F Op 41/2 (3) - Hagen Quartet (DG 449 214)

Cannabich, Christian: Symphony No 49 in F - Nicolaus Esterházy Sinfonia/Uwe Grodd (Naxos 8.55434)

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

Schubert, Franz: Eight Ländler in Bb D378 - Michael Endres (pno) (Capriccio 49 242)

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

Pärt, Arvo: Cantus in Memory of Benjamin Britten - BBC Phil/Paavo Järvi (BBC Music BBC MM 210)

10:00 Biddington, Eric: Autumn Music - Joanna Drimatis (vla), John Pattinson (pno) (MANU CD MANU 1558)

Nielsen, Carl: Symphony No 1 in G minor Op 7 - Gothenburg SO/Myung-Whun Chung (BIS CD 454)

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

11:00 Brahms, Johannes: Variations on a theme by Haydn Op 56a - Scottish CO/Charles Mackerras (TELARC CD 80450)

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

Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus: Symphony No 33 in Bb K319 - London Mozart Players/Jane Glover (ASV CD DCA 717)

with Rick Young

Debussy, Claude: Sonata for flute, viola & harp (3) - Marie-Pierre Langlamet (harp), Emmanuel Pahud (flute), Gerard Causse (viola) (Erato 9029577396)

Gjeilo, Ola: The Rose - Ola Gjeilo (piano), Choir Of Royal Holloway, 12 Ensemble (Decca 4816326)

Offenbach, Jacques: Barcarolle, from The Tales of Hoffmann - Anna Netrebko (soprano), Elina Garanca (mezzo), Prague Philharmonic Choir, Prague Philharmonia/Emmanuel Villaume (DG 4835791)

Wagner, Josef Franz arr Liszt: Liebestod, from Tristan & Isolde - Igor Levit (piano) (Sony 88985424452)

Vivaldi, Antonio: Combatta un gentil cor, from Tito Manlio - Cecilia Bartoli (mezzo), Ensemble Matheus/Jean-Christophe Spinosi (Decca 4834475)

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

Traditional arr C Wood: Ding dong! merrily on high - Choir of King's College, Cambridge/David Willcocks (King's College KGS0033)

Traditional: Sussex Carol - Choir of King's College, Cambridge/David Willcocks (King's College KGS0033)

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

Beethoven, Ludwig van: Symphony No 1 in C Op 21 (3) - Orchestra Wellington/Marc Taddei (Concordance CCD 06)

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 American: - Apollo's Fire (Avie AV2396)

Tchaikovsky, Pyotr Ilyich: The Nutcracker, Act 2 - Los Angeles Philharmonic/Gustavo Dudamel (DG 4836274)

Traditional: The Holly and the Ivy & El noi de la mare - Arianna Savall (sop, harp), Petter Udland Johansen (ten, hardingfele, mandolin), Sveinung Lilleheier (Dobro, guitar),Gesine Bänfer (cittern, flute, whistles), Ian Harrison (whistle, border pipe, mute cornett), Miquel Àngel Cordero (bass), Pedro Estevan (p (Deutsche HM G010003964009K)

Traditional: El desembre congelat - Arianna Savall (sop, harp), Petter Udland Johansen (ten, hardingfele, mandolin), Sveinung Lilleheier (Dobro, guitar),Gesine Bänfer (cittern, flute, whistles), Ian Harrison (whistle, border pipe, mute cornett), Miquel Àngel Cordero (bass), Pedro Estevan (p (Deutsche HM G010003964009K)

Trans-global, fusion and folk roots music, with Trevor Reekie

Clarissa Dunn takes you to the best seat in the house

NZSO: Christmas Brass

John WILLIAMS: Sound the Bells

TRADITIONAL / Brian BUERKLE: The Little Drummer Boy

MACKAY / Brian BUERKLE: Te Harinui

TRADITIONAL / Brian BUERKLE: O Come, O Come Emmanuel

TRADITIONAL / HARVEY: Sussex Carol

GABRIELI / Brian BUERKLE: Hodie Christus Natus Est

Morten LAURIDSEN / Brian BUERKLE: O Magnum Mysterium

Victor HERBERT / Brian BUERKLE: March of the Toys

Sammy CAHN/Jule STYNE / Mike LEWIS: Let it Snow! Let it Snow! Let it Snow!

Irving BERLIN / Ted RICKETTS: Holiday Inn Suite

TRADITIONAL / Anthony DILORENZO: Joy To The World

Edward POLA/George WYLE / Paul MURTHA: It's the Most Wonderful Time of the Year

GRAINGER / Michael ALLEN: Sussex Mummers' Christmas Carol

Mel TORME / Christopher MOWAT: The Christmas Song

Meredith WILSON / Scott WOOLLEY: It's Beginning To Look A Lot Like Christmas

Walter KENT/Kim GANNON / Gregory YASINITSKY: I'll be Home for Christmas

TRADITIONAL / Carl STROMMEN: A Big Band Christmas

Felix BERNARD / Brian BUERKLE: Winter Wonderland

James LORD PIERPONT / Anthony DILORENZO: Jingle Bells Swing-a-Ling-Ding (Encore)

Leroy ANDERSON / John WASSO: Sleigh Ride (Encore)

Wellington Cathedral of St Paul, Wellington (RNZ)

Fauré, Gabriel: Nocturne No 1 in Eb minor Op 33/1 - Pascal Rogé (pno) (Onyx 4057)

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

Psathas, John: Sergei Bk.3 Ch.1, from Three Psalms - Michael Houstoun (pno), New Zealand SO/Marc Taddei (Rattle RAT-DV 015)

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

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

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

David Houston explores the art of sound

Bach, Johann Sebastian: Flösst, mein Heiland, from Christmas Oratorio - Kathleen Battle (sop), George Randall Ellis III (oboe), Charles Curtis (cello), Anthony Newman (organ) (Sony SK 62035)

Bruckner, Anton: Symphony No 4 in E flat, Romantic - iii. Scherzo - Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra/Andris Nelsons (DG 4797577)

Brahms, Johannes: Symphony No 4 in E minor Op 98 (3) - Boston SO/Andris Nelsons (BSO Classics 1701/03)

Respighi, Ottorino: Pines of Rome - Pittsburgh SO/Lorin Maazel (Sony SK 66843)

Brahms, Johannes: Serenade No 1 in D Op 11 (6) - Leipzig Gewandhaus Orch/Riccardo Chailly (Decca 478 6775)

RNZ Concert gives you the best seat in the house

Orchestra Wellington: Rite of Spring

BEETHOVEN: Symphony No 3 in E flat, Eroica

STRAVINSKY: The Rite of Spring

Michael Fowler Centre, Wellington (RNZ)

Lilburn, Douglas: Violin Sonata (1950) - Ruth Pearl (vln), Margaret Nielsen (pno) (Kiwi SLD 32)

Márquez, Arturo: Dance No 2 - Simón Bolívar Youth Orch of Venezuela/Gustavo Dudamel (DG 479 0069)

Cardew, Phil: Scherzo - Murray Khouri (cl), Rosemary Barnes (pno) (Continuum CCD 1014)

A weekly forum for contemporary music

Metcalfe, John: The Third Fire - Tom Kerstens (gtr) (REAL WORLD CDRW 175)

Oram, Celeste: Young People's Guide to the orchestra (World Première) - New Zealand SO National Youth Orchestra/James MacMillan/James Macmillan (RNZ )

Long, David: City Of Green - Richard Nunns (taonga puoro), Natalia Mann (harp), David Long (banjo, loops & treatments) (Rattle RAT-D068)

Long, David: Hidden Cameras - Richard Nunns (taonga puoro), Natalia Mann (harp), David Long (banjo, loops & treatments) (Rattle RAT-D068)

Long, David: Upper Circle Lower Case - Richard Nunns (taonga puoro), Natalia Mann (harp), David Long (banjo, loops & treatments) (Rattle RAT-D068)

Dvorák, Antonín: Piano Trio No 3 in F minor Op 65 - Florestan Trio (HYPERION CDA 66895)

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

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

Traditional American arr Wilcocks: Quelle est cette odeur agreable - Chanticleer (Teldec 94563)

Harriss, Ross: Music for Jonny - New Zealand SO/James Sedares (UNIVERSAL 99072)

1:00 approx Glazunov, Alexander: Symphony No 8 in Eb Op 83 - Russian State SO/Valeri Polyansky (Chandos CHAN 9961)

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

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

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

Rachmaninov, Sergei: Moment Musical Op 16/1 - Jason Bae (pno) (AUSTRIAN GRAMOPHONE AG 0003)

2:00 approx Haydn, Franz Joseph: Mass No 13 in Bb, Creation Mass - Pamela Helen Stephen (mezzo), Mark Padmore (ten), Stephen Varcoe/Richard Hickox (Chandos CHAN 0599)

Tchaikovsky, Pyotr Ilyich orch Lane: Troika - RTE Concert Orch/Gavin Sutherland (Naxos 8.572744)

Whitacre, Eric: Lux Aurumque - Handel & Haydn Society Chorus/Grant Llewellyn (Avie AV 2078)

Lilburn, Douglas: Three Sea Changes - Michael Houstoun (pno) (Rattle RAT D040)

3:00 approx Elgar, Edward: Introduction & Allegro Op 47 - English CO/Benjamin Britten (London 425 160)

Bach, Johann Sebastian: Inventions in three parts BWV787-BWV801 - Janine Jansen (vln), Maxim Rysanov (vla), Torleif Thedéen (cello) (Decca 475 9081)

McDowall, Cecilia: Now may we singen - ORA/Suzi Digby (ORA )

Peacock, Adrian: Venite Gaudete - ORA/Suzi Digby (ORA )

Cannabich, Christian: Symphony No 52 in E - Nicolaus Esterházy Sinfonia/Uwe Grodd (Naxos 8.55434)

4:00 approx Schumann, Robert: Kreisleriana Op 16 - Evgeny Kissin (pno) (RCA 09026 68911)

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

Lauridsen, Morten: O magnum mysterium - ORA/Suzi Digby (ORA )

Ritchie, John: Suite No 1 for string orchestra - NZSO CO/Donald Armstrong (TRUST MMT 2040)

5:00 approx Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus: Piano Concerto No 23 in A K488 - Lars Vogt (pno), Salzburg Mozarteum Orch/Ivor Bolton (OEHMS OC 727)

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

Delius, Frederick arr Fenby: Fennimore & Gerda, Intermezzo - Symphony Nova Scotia/Georg Tintner (CBC Records SMCD 5134)

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

Kirkpatrick, William J arr Wilberg: Away in a manger - Bryn Terfel (bar), Orchestra of the Welsh National Opera/Tecwyn Evans (DG 477 8768)

Bassi, James: Quem pastores laudavere - ORA/Suzi Digby (ORA )

Fauré, Gabriel orch Rabaud: Berceuse, from Dolly Suite - Paris Orch/Serge Baudo (EMI 5 67523)

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

Music for the spirit and soul

Telemann, Georg Philipp: Ein feste Burg ist unser Gott TWV8/7 - Vocalensemble Rastatt, Les Favorites/Holger Speck (Carus 83.166)

De Lalande, Michel: Simphonies des noëls - Les Violons du Roy (Dorian DOR 90180)

Silvestrov, Valentyn: The Lord's Prayer, from Diptychon - Latvian Radio Choir/Sigvards Klava (GB Records BCGBCD 07)

Manfredini, Francesco: Christmas Concerto in C Op 3/12 - Berlin Phil/Herbert von Karajan (DG 449 924)

Hamilton, David: A Child comes forth (4) - Helen Webby (harp), Rowan Johnston (percussion), Key Cygnetures/Elise Bradley (RNZ UB15)

Bach, Johann Sebastian: Chorale Prelude, Allein Gott in der Höh sei Ehr - Gillian Weir (org) (PRIORY PRCD 800)

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

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

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

Delius, Frederick: On hearing the First Cuckoo in Spring - Camerata Wales/Owain Arwel Hughes (BIS CD 1589)

Praetorius, Michael: Es ist Ros entsprungen - Chanticleer (Teldec 94563)

Liszt, Franz: Consolation No 3 in Db - Michael Houstoun (pno) (TRUST MMT 2008)

Brahms, Johannes: Symphony No 3 in F Op 90 (3) - London Phil/Marin Alsop (Naxos 8.55743)

Lauridsen, Morten: La Rose Complète; Dirait-on, from Les Chansons des Roses - Morten Lauridsen (pno), Polyphony/Stephen Layton (Hyperion CDA 67580)

Biber, Heinrich I.F. von: The Annunciation, from The Mystery Sonatas - John Holloway (vln), Tragicomedia (Virgin VCD 7 90838)

Purcell, Henry: Fairest Isle, from King Arthur - Karina Gauvin (sop), Les Boréades de Montréal/Francis Colpron (Atma ACD2398)

Debussy, Claude: Rêverie - Bert Lucarelli (ob), Susan Jolles (harp) (Stradivari SCD 6034)

Highlights from Settling the Score

Handel, George Frideric: Pastoral Symphony, from Messiah - Sinfonia Australis/Guy Noble (ABC Classics 472 044)

Mascagni, Pietro: Cavalleria rusticana, Intermezzo - BBC Concert Orch/Barry Wordsworth (Decca 473 862)

Beethoven, Ludwig van: Symphony No 7 in A Op 92 - Vienna Phil/Carlos Kleiber (DG 447 400)

Maxwell Davies, Peter arr Eriksson: Farewell to Stromness - Saffire, The Australian Guitar Quartet (ABC Classics 476 701)

10:00 Korngold, Erich Wolfgang: Marietta's Song, from Die tote Stadt - Anne Sofie von Otter (mezzo), Kjell Lysell (vln), Ulf Forsberg (vln), Nils-Erik Sparf (vla), Mats Lidström (cello), Bengt Forsberg (pno) (DG 459 631)

Holst, Gustav von: Jupiter, the Bringer of Jollity, from The Planets Suite - London Phil/Vladimir Jurowski (LPO 47)

Schubert, Franz: Piano Sonata No 21 in Bb D960 (4) - Mitsuko Uchida (pno) (Philips 456 572)

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

Eva Radich mixes it up with great musicians across genres

Trad arr Vince Guaraldi Trio: What Child is This - Take 6 (Fantasy 129582)

Simon, Nguini: The Coast - Paul Simon (Warner)

Simon: Further to Fly - Paul Simon (Warner)

C Wood, O Wood: Postcards from Hell - Wood Brothers (Blue Note)

Segundo: Chan Chan - Buena Vista Social Club (World Circuit 330050)

N'Dour: Bamako - Youssou N'Dour (Virgin)

Powell, Moraes: Tempo di Amor - Herbie Hancock & Ceu (Sony)

Trad arr Vince Guaraldi Trio: O Tannenbaum - Vince Guaraldi Trio (Fantasy 129582)

Gruber arr Take 6: Silent Night - Take 6 (Reprise 926665)

Mendelssohn arr Take 6: Hark! The Herald Angels Sing - Take 6 (Reprise 926665)

Sandstrom (after Praetorius): Es ist Ein Ros Entsprungen - Voces 8 (Decca)

Adam arr Gaither Vocal Band: O Holy Night - Gaither Vocal Band (Gaither Music Group)

Freedman: New Zealand Christmas Tree - Wellington International Ukulele Orchestra (Self-released)

with David Morriss including Vintage Years

PRAETORIUS: Es ist ein Ros’ entsprungen - Choir of Westminster Cathedral (Hyperion CDA 66200)
PRAETORIUS: Quem Pastores Laudavere - Choir of Westminster Cathedral, Parley of Instruments (Hyperion CDA 66200)
STRADELLA: Sinfonia, from Christmas Cantata - Schola Cantorum Basiliensis (DG 423 777)
DESPREZ: Praeter rerum seriem - Gabrieli Consort (Archiv 437 833)
DAQUIN: Noël Suisse - Christopher Herrick (org) (Hyperion CDA 66816)
DEBUSSY: Nocturnes (1) - Berlin Phil (Music & Arts MACD0719)
DEBUSSY: Nocturnes (2) - Berlin Phil (Music & Arts MACD0719)
DEBUSSY: Nocturnes (3) - ORTF Maîtrise, Paris Orch (EMI CZS 7 62669)
COUPERIN: Le Dodo ou L'Amour au berceau - Marcelle Meyer (pno) (EMI 5 68092)
COUPERIN: Les Barricades mystérieuses - Marcelle Meyer (pno) (EMI 5 68092)
COUPERIN: Les Ombres errantes - Marcelle Meyer (pno) (EMI 5 68092)
COUPERIN: Le tic-toc-choc, ou le Maillotins - Marcelle Meyer (pno) (EMI 5 68092)
COUPERIN: La Muse-Plantine - Marcelle Meyer (pno) (EMI 5 68092)
COUPERIN: L'Arlequine - Marcelle Meyer (pno) (EMI 5 68092)
COUPERIN: Les folies Françaises ou les dominos - Marcelle Meyer (pno) (EMI 5 68092)
COUPERIN: Passacaille - Marcelle Meyer (pno) (EMI CZS5680922)
BERLIOZ: The Childhood of Christ - Florence Kopleff (mezzo), Cesare Valletti (ten), Gérard Souzay (bar), Giorgio Tozzi (bass), New England Conservatory Chorus, Boston SO (RCA 88875169792)

Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center: Fun and Spirited

Danish String Quartet, Bella Hristova (violin), Paul Neubauer (viola), Benjamin Beilman (violin), David Finckel (cello)

VIVALDI: Chamber Concerto in G minor RV103

MOZART: Duo in Bb for violin & viola K424

BEETHOVEN: String Trio in G Op 9/1

Lincoln Center, New York (WFMT)

RNZ Concert shines a weekly spotlight on artists and musical matters

A Festival of Nine Lessons and Carols

Choir of King’s College, Cambridge, Ben-San Lau (org)/Stephen Cleobury (KGS 001)

Recorded King’s College, Cambridge, 2012

A guide to the worlds of rock, pop, country, folk and beyond

Christmas Oratorio by John Adams

Rosemary Joshua (soprano), Measha Brueggergosman (mezzo), Davóne Tines (baritone), Daniel Bubeck (countertenor), Brian Cummings (countertenor), Steven Rickards (countertenor), Handel Secondary School Children's Choir, Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra & Chorus

ADAMS: El Niño, Christmas Oratorio

Konzerthaus, Berlin, Berlin (EBU)

NZ performers and composers

Heenan, Ashley: War & Peace, Suite for orchestra - New Zealand SO/Ashley Heenan (KIWI CD SLD 102)

Artely, Chris: O magnum mysterium - /Susan Densem (RNZ 2015)

Beethoven, Ludwig van: Piano Sonata No 3 in C Op 2/3 - Diedre Irons (pno) (RNZ UA44)

Goffin, Dean: Rhapsody in Brass - Woolston Brass/David Gallaher (Woolston Brass CDWB 3896340/01)

Stamitz, Johann: Symphony in Eb - NZSO CO/Donald Armstrong (dir) (Naxos 8.553194)

Tormé, Mel arr Knight: Christmas Song - The King's Singers (Signum SIGCD497)

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

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

Come along for a mesmerising ride as Ryan Smith explores ambient and drone music - handpicked from the very latest, to 20th century seminal masterpieces and everything in between

MANTLE: A Sandcastle, A Wave (album)
George Johnston (electronics)
Private

MANTLE: Quiet Music (album)
George Johnston (electronics)
Private

MANTLE: A Selection from, the album Kindness
George Johnston (electronics)
Private

BACH: Magnificat in Eb BWV243a - Dorothee Blotzky-Mields (sop), Ingeborg Danz (contralto), Mark Padmore (ten), Peter Kooy (bass), Gent Collegium Vocale/Philippe Herreweghe (Harmonia Mundi HMC 90 1781.82)

SCHUMANN: Fantasy Pieces Op 73 - Martin Fröst (cl), Roland Pöntinen (pno) (BIS CD 944)

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

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

RACHMANINOV arr Hazell: Vocalise Op 34/14 - Han-Na Chang (cello), Philharmonia/Leonard Slatkin (EMI 5 57052)

1:00 approx RUTTER: All Bells in Paradise - Choir of Merton College Oxford, Oxford Philharmonic Orchestra/Benjamin Nicholas (Delphian DCD34192)

SCHUBERT: Piano Sonata No 7 in Eb D568 - Mitsuko Uchida (pno) (Philips 470 164)

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

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

DEBUSSY: Sirènes, from Nocturnes - Women of the Cleveland Orch Chorus, Cleveland Orch/Pierre Boulez (DG 439 896)

2:00 approx LEONTOVICH MYKOLA arr J Oliver: Carol of the bells - Tennessee Tech Tuba Ensemble(Mark Records 7878-MCD)

BRAHMS: Piano Quartet No 2 in A Op 26 - Nash Ensemble (ONYX 4045)

VIGNIERI: Hodie Christus natus est - Christòpheren Nomura (bar), John Finney (org), Handel & Haydn So/Grant Llewellyn (Avie AV 2078)

ZÉSPEDES: Convidando esta la noche - Ex Cathedra Choir & Baroque Ensemble/Jeffrey Skidmore (HYPERION CDA 67380)

3:00 approx VAUGHAN WILLIAMS: The First Nowell - Roderick Williams (bar), Joyful Company of Singers, City of London Sinfonia (Chandos CHAN 10385)

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

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

4:00 approx BEETHOVEN: Symphony No 3 in Eb Op 55, Eroica - Orch of St Luke's/Michael Tilson Thomas (CBS MK 44516)

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

BURTON: Balulalow - ORA/Suzi Digby (ORA )

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

5:00 approx FASCH: Concerto in D for two flutes FWV L/D9 - Il Gardellino (Accent ACC 24252)

TRADITIONAL arr Gesius: In dulci jubilo - Robert Quinney (org), The Sixteen/Harry Christophers (CORO COR 16085)

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

CANNABICH: Symphony No 47 in G - Nicolaus Esterházy Sinfonia/Uwe Grodd (Naxos 8.55434)

CHILCOTT: The shepherd's carol - ORA/Suzi Digby (ORA )

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

FIELD: Nocturne No 1 in Eb - Elizabeth Joy Roe (piano) (Decca 478 9672)

FERRANDINI: Christmas Symphony (1) - New Zealand SO/Marc Taddei (Trust MMT 2043)

Specially chosen favourites for a classical summer morning

BACH: Orchestral Suite No 2 in B minor BWV1067 (2) - Karl Kaiser (fl), Freiburg Baroque Orch/Gottfried von der Goltz (Harmonia Mundi HMC 90 2113.14)

MOZART: Adagio in E K261 - Itzhak Perlman (vln), Vienna Phil/James Levine (DG 415 958)

BRAHMS: Geistliches Wiegenlied Op 91/2 - Anne Sofie von Otter (mezzo), Daniel Hope (vla), Sebastian Knaue (DG 477 9301)

LISZT: Ave verum corpus - Choir of Christ's College, Cambridge, James McKeon (organ)/David Rowland(Christ's College CCC CD 003)

BACH arr Loussier: Allemande, from Partita for keyboard No 1 in B flat major BWV 825 - Jacques Loussier Trio (Decca 157562)

GRIFFITHS: Dormi Jesu - Voices New Zealand/Karen Grylls (Trust MMT 2052)

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

RESPIGHI: The Birth of Venus, from Three Botticelli Pictures - Orpheus Chamber Orch (DG 437 533)

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)

7.00

LULLY: Te Deum - Jennifer Smith, Francine Bessiac (sops), Zeger Vandersteene (countertenor), Louis Devos (ten), Philippe Huttenlocher (bass), "A Coeur Joie" Vocal Ensemble of Valence, Paillard Chamber Orchestra/Jean-François Paillard(RCA 60027-2-RG)

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

GOUNOD arr Hazell: Ave Maria - Kiri Te Kanawa (sop), Utah SO/Julius Rudel (Decca 458 867)

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

DOVE: The Three Kings - Folasade-Nelleke Ladipo (sop), Sophie Gallagher (sop), Wells Cathedral Choir/Matthew Owens (HYPERION CDA 67768)

MESSIAEN: Vingt Regards sur l'enfant-Jésus, Nos 9-20 (3) - Michel Béroff (pno) (EMI 4 76915)

BACH: Christmas Oratorio, Part 4 (4) - Nancy Argenta, Katie Pringle (sops), Monteverdi Choir, English Baroque Soloists/John Eliot Gardiner (Archiv 423 232)

HANDEL: Concerto Grosso in C, Alexander's Feast (1) - English Baroque Soloists/John Eliot Gardiner (Philips 432 193)

8.00

VICTORIA: Ave Maria - Musica Sacra/Indra Hughes (Atoll ACD 501)

BACH: Sinfonia, from Cantata No 156 - Accademia Bizantina/Ottavio Dantone (DECCA 4782718)

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

GLASS: Etude No 2 - Víkingur Ólafsson (piano) (DG 94796918)

MOZART: The Marriage of Figaro, Overture - Royal Phil/Jane Glover (Tring International TRP 996)

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

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

TORREJÓN Y VELASCO SÁNCHEZ: Desvelado dueño mio - Montserrat Figueras (sop), La Capella Reial de Catalunya, Hespèrion XXI/Jordi Savall (Alia Vox AV 9834)

BACH arr Loussier: Brandenburg Concerto No 5 in D BWV1050 (3) - Jacques Loussier Trio (TELARC CD 83644)

RAMEAU: Tambourins 1 & 2, from Dardanus - Les Musiciens du Louvre/Marc Minkowski(Archiv 477 5578)

MOZART: Piano Quartet No 2 in Eb K493 (1) - Paul Lewis (pno), Leopold String Trio(HYPERION CDA 67373)

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

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

TELEMANN: Viola Concerto in G - Paul Doctor (vla), Concerto Amsterdam; Gustav Leonhardt (hpschd)/Frans Brüggen(TELDEC 9031 77620)

CHOPIN: Ballade No 2 in F Op 38 - Alessandra Ammara (pno)(Arts 47696)

10.00

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

BACH: Cantata No 91, Gelobet seist du, Jesu Christ - Robin Blaze (countertenor), Gerd Türk (ten), Peter Kooy (bass), Bach Collegium Japan, Yukari Nonoshita (sop)/Masaaki Suzuki(BIS SACD 1481)

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

MOZART: Sinfonia Concertante in Eb K364 - Isaac Stern (vln), Pinchas Zukerman (vla), New York Phil/Zubin Mehta(CBS CD 36692)

11.00

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)

HANDEL: Water Music Suite No 3 in G - Consort of London/Robert Haydon Clark(Brilliant Classics 93779)

RACHMANINOV arr Arnold: Ave Maria, from Vespers Op 37 - Choir of All Saints, Margaret Street/Paul Brough(PRIORY PRCD 860)

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

Carey McDonald takes you to summer music festivals around the world

SCHUBERT: Piano Sonata No 14 in A minor, D784 - Till Fellner (pno) (EBU )

BEETHOVEN: Mailied Op 52/4; Neue Liebe, neues Leben Op 75/2 - Mark Padmore (tenor), Kristian Bezuidenhout (fpno) (EBU )

RACHMANINOV: Danse orientale, from Two Pieces for cello and piano Op 2 - Bruno Philippe (cello), Beatrice Berrut (pno) (EBU )

TRADITIONAL: Sonata No 1 in D for cello and piano - Bruno Philippe (cello), Beatrice Berrut (pno) (EBU )

KODÁLY: Dances of Galanta - Bulgarian National Radio SO/Mark Kadin (EBU )

MOZART: Piano Trio No 2 in Eb, K498, Kegelstatt - Paul Meyer (cl), Gérard Caussé (vla), David Fray (piano) (EBU )

BEETHOVEN: Adelaide Op 46 - Marc-André Hamelin (pno) (EBU )

Rick Young presents afternoon music to get you from A to B

ELGAR: Three Bavarian Dances - New Zealand SO/James Judd (Naxos 8.557577)

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

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

GRAINGER: Youthful Suite - BBC Phil/Richard Hickox (Chandos CHAN 9584)

3.00

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)

Grandjany, Marcel: Prelude Aria in the Classic style

TRAD arr Wright, Wachner: O Come, O Come, Emmanuel

TRAD arr Schlenker: Of the Father's Love Begotten

Victoria : O magnum mysterium

Quintana, Ariel : Hodie Christus natus est

Brebeuf arr Timothy C. Takach: 'Twas in the Moon of Wintertime (Huron Carol)

TRAD arr Alain Trudel: God Rest You Merry, Gentlemen

TRAD arr Norman Luboff: Still, Still, Still

TRAD arr Paul Halley: Il est né, le divin enfant

Gardner, John: Tomorrow Shall be my Dancing Day

Arnesen, Kim André : The Lamb

TRAD arr Kirke Mechem: Patapan

TRAD arr Stacey V. Gibbs: See dat Babe

TRAD arr Dan Forrest: Festival First Nowell

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

4.00

CORELLI: Concerto Grosso in G minor Op 6/8 - Europa Galante/Fabio Biondi (vln/dir)(OPUS 111 OPS 10-009)

BEETHOVEN: Piano Trio No 7 in Bb Op 97, Archduke (1) - Eisenstadt Haydn Trio (PHOENIX EDITION 122)

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

MARTINU: Christmas - Giorgio Koukl (pno) (Naxos 8.557914)

TCHAIKOVSKY arr Rawsthorne: Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy, from The Nutcracker - Kemp English (org) (MANU CD MANU 5005)

BACH: Brandenburg Concerto No 3 in G BWV1048 - English Concert/Trevor Pinnock (Archiv 423 492)

5.00

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

SMITH ed Graham-Jones: Andante - Angela Malsbury (cl), London Mozart Players/Howard Shelley (Chandos CHAN 10283)

OFFENBACH: Les Fées du Rhin, excerpts - Les Musiciens du Louvre/Marc Minkowski (Archiv 477 6403)

TRADITIONAL arr Shaw/Parker: The Carol of the Birds - Janice Chandler (sop), Robert Shaw Chamber Singers/Robert Shaw (Telarc CD 80461)

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

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

6.00

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

DOVE: Wellcome, all wonders in one sight! - Wells Cathedral Choir/Matthew Owens (HYPERION CDA 67768)

DVORÁK: Romance in F minor Op 11 - Anne-Sophie Mutter (vln), Berlin Phil/Manfred Honeck (DG 479 1060)

POSTON: Jesus Christ the apple tree - The Sixteen/Harry Christophers (CORO COR 16085)

TRADITIONAL: King Jesus Hath A Garden - Elora Festival Singers/Noel Edison (Naxos 8.554179)

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

With Bill McGlaughlin (WFMT)

RNZ Concert gives you the best seat in the house

APO: Celebrate Christmas 2018

VIVALDI: Concerto in C for two trumpets RV537. Allegro

HANDEL: And the Glory of the Lord

The Trumpet Shall Sound, from Messiah

MOZART: German Dance, Sleigh Ride

RUTTER: Shepherd's Pipe Carol

ADAMS ARR MOSES-TOBANI: The Holy City

TCHAIKOVSKY: The Nutcracker Op 71, excerpts

VAUGHAN WILLIAMS: Fantasia on Greensleeves

VAUGHAN WILLIAMS: The Oxen: The Shepherds Sing, from Hodie

ARTLEY: Christmas Bells

TRAD arr WILLCOCKS: Tomorrow shall be my Dancing Day

ANDERSON: Sleigh Ride

WILLCOCKS: Ding Dong! Merrily on High

TRAD arr COHEN: The First Noël

MENDELSSOHN arr WILLCOCKS: Hark! The Herald Angels Sing

GRUBER arr MASKELL: Silent Night

Holy Trinity Cathedral, Auckland ()

CHOPIN: Etudes Op 25, excerpts - Sviatoslav Richter (pno) (PRAGA PR 54056)

JANACEK arr Breiner: Jenufa, Suite - Vesa-Matti Leppänen (vln), New Zealand SO/Peter Breiner (Naxos 8.570555)

RITCHIE: Flute Concerto Op 56 (3) - Alexa Still (fl), Auckland CO/Peter Scholes (Atoll ACD 129)

RNZ Concert's musical nightcap

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

MOZART: Violin Concerto No 5 in A K219, Turkish - Julia Fischer (vln), Netherlands CO/Yakov Kreizberg (PENTATONE PTC 5186 094)

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

VAUGHAN WILLIAMS: Fantasia on Christmas Carols - Hervey Alan (bar), Choir of King's College, Cambridge, London SO/David Willcocks (Decca 425 499)

HOWELLS: Sing lullaby - The King's Singers (Signum SIGCD497)

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

HANDEL: Concerto a due cori No 3 in F HWV334 - Tafelmusik Baroque Orchestra/Jean Lamon (vln/dir) (Tafelmusik Media 1011CD)

CHARPENTIER: Messe de Minuit pour Noël - Jane Archibald, Michele de Boer, Anne L'Espèrance (sopranos), Marion Newman, Nancy Reynolds (altos)Colin Ainsworth, James McLennan, David Nortman (tenors), Giles Tomkins, Esteban Cambre (bass), Aradia Ensemble/Kevin Mallon (Brilliant Classics 95569BR)

SCHUBERT: String Trio in Bb D471 - members of the NZ String Quartet, (fragment) (RNZ UA50)

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

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

HOWELLS: Here is the little door - Chanticleer (Teldec 94563)

1:00 approx CHOPIN: Piano Sonata No 2 in Bb minor Op 35 - Aimi Kobayashi (pno) (Warner Classics 9029570479)

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

BERNSTEIN: Fancy Free - Billie Holiday (vocal), Baltimore SO/David Zinman (Decca 452 916)

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

2:00 approx STOLZ: Lincoln Highway Suite - Brno Philharmonic Orchestra/Mikel Toms (Ablaze 42)

WHITACRE: Lux Aurumque - ORA/Suzi Digby (ORA )

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

WARLOCK: Six Italian Dance Tunes - London Festival Orch/Ross Pople (Arte Nova ANO 378 680)

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

3:00 approx SIBELIUS: Symphony No 3 in C Op 52 - Philharmonia/Vladimir Ashkenazy (Decca 414 267)

PARK: Shepherd's cradle song - ORA/Suzi Digby (ORA )

LARSSON: Pastoral Suite - Helsingborg SO/Okko Kamu (Naxos 8.553115)

FAURÉ: Nocturne No 7 in C# minor Op 74 - Richard Mapp (pno) (RNZ UB66)

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

4:00 approx BACH: Violin Partita No 2 in D minor BWV1004 - Janine Jansen (vln) (Decca 475 9081)

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

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

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

5:00 approx MOZART: Flute Concerto No 1 in G K313 - Sharon Bezaly (fl), Ostrobothnian CO/Juha Kangas (BIS SACD 1539)

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

MOZETICH: Postcards from the Sky - CBC Vancouver Orchestra/Mario Bernardi (CBC Records 5200)

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

DEBUSSY: Pagodas, from Estampes - Michael Houstoun (pno) (RNZ UA23)

RUTTER: Mary's lullaby - Choir & Orch of Clare College, Cambridge/John Rutter (ABC Classics 472 044)

TRADITIONAL / STEVENS arr Chowhan: Star of the County Down/Lady D'Arbanville - Julian Lloyd Webber (cello), Catrin Finch (harp), Steáfán Hannigan (uilleann pipes) (EMI 3 59488)

RAMEAU: Musette & Tambourin, from Les Fêtes d'Hébé - Les Musiciens du Louvre/Marc Minkowski (Archiv 477 5578)

Specially chosen favourites for a classical summer morning

BYRD: Propers for Lady Mass in Advent, (1) - Cardinall's Musick/Andrew Carwood (ASV CD GAU 170)

SCHUBERT: Ave Maria D839 - Guy Touvron (tpt), Olivier Vernet (org)(LIGIA LIDI 010 5220-10)

CORELLI: Concerto Grosso in G minor Op 6/8 - Les Violons du Roy (Dorian DOR 90180)

BENNETT: In the bleak midwinter - BBC Singers/Paul Brough (Signum SIGCD 293)

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

TALLIS arr Kronos: Spem in alium - Kronos Quartet (ELEKTRA NONESUCH 7559 79242)

BACH: Lobet den Herrn, alle Heiden BWV230 - Monteverdi Choir/John Eliot Gardiner (Soli Deo Gloria SDG 716)

7.00

VIVALDI: Gloria in D RV589 (1) - Lena Lootens (sop), Roberta Invernizzi (sop), Gloria Banditelli (contralto), Swiss Radio Chorus of Lugano, I Barocchisti/Diego Fasolis (BBC Music BBC MM 88)

BACH arr Hess: Jesu, joy of man's desiring - Leon Fleisher (pno) (VANGUARD ATM CD 1551)

BACH: Komm, Jesu, komm BWV229 (1) - Bart Naessens (org), Elise Christiaens (violone), Flemish Radio/Bo Holten (GLOSSA GCDSA 922 205)

GAUNTLETT arr Mann & Cleobury: Once in Royal David's City - Choir of King's College, Cambridge/Stephen Cleobury(King's College KGS0033)

MOZART: Ave verum corpus K618 - Schütz Consort, London Classical Players/Roger Norrington (EMI 5 67523)

MOZART: Sonata in D for two pianos K448 (2) - Ingrid Haebler (pno), Ludwig Hoffmann (pno) (Philips 422 516)

POULENC: Hodie Christus Natus est, from Four Christmas Motets - Choir of New College, Oxford/Edward Higginbottom (Avie AV 2084)

POULENC: Videntes stellam, from Four Christmas Motets - Choir of New College, Oxford/Edward Higginbottom (Avie AV 2084)

VAUGHAN WILLIAMS: Fantasia on Christmas Carols - Hervey Alan (bar), Choir of King's College, Cambridge, London SO/David Willcocks (Decca 425 499)

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

8.00

Beauty Spot:

VICTORIA: O magnum mysterium - Voces8 (Signum Classics SIGCD 283)

BACH: Cantata No 191, Gloria in excelsis Deo (1) - Caroline Stam (sop), Paul Agnew (ten), Amsterdam Baroque Choir &/Ton Koopman (Challenge CC 72188)

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

HAMILTON: Nunc Dimittis - Viva Voce/John Rosser (ODE CD ODE 1308)

HANDEL: For unto us a child is born, from Messiah - English Concert & Choir/Trevor Pinnock (Archiv 423 630)

MOZART: Serenade No 10 in Bb K361, Gran Partita (3) - members of Orch of St Luke's/Charles Mackerras (TELARC CD 80359)

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

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

9.00

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

MOZART: Exsultate, jubilate K165 - Julia Lezhneva (sop), Il Giardino Armonico/Giovanni Antonini (Decca 478 5242)

TCHAIKOVSKY: The Nutcracker Suite Op 71a - Montreal SO/Charles Dutoit (Decca 417 300)

LAURIDSEN: O magnum mysterium - Polyphony/Stephen Layton (Hyperion SACDA 67449)

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

10.00

APO: Celebrate Christmas 2017

Madeleine Pierard (sop), Andrew Peer (vln), Graduate Choir NZ, Auckland Philharmonia

BACH: Christmas Oratorio- Jauchzet, Frohlocket

BACH: Christmas Oratorio- Nur Ein Wink von seinen Haenden

SWEELINCK: Hodie Christus natus est

HANDEL: Samson- Let the bright seraphim

CORELLI: Concerto Grosso in G minor Op 6/8

BACH: Christmas Oratorio- Nun seid ihr wohl gerochen

TRAD: O Come All Ye Faithful

NICOLAI: Christmas Overture

CORNELIUS: Christmas Carols Op 8

Artley: Love Came Down at Christmas

TAVENER: Song of the Angel

MASON: Joy to the World

MENDELSSOHN: Hark! the herald angels sing

ADAM: O Holy Night

GRUBER: Silent Night

Holy Trinity Cathedral, Auckland (RNZ)

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

BACH: Keyboard Concerto No 4 in A BWV1055 - Maria Joao Pires (pno), Lisbon Gulbenkian Foundation CO/Michel Corboz (ERATO 4509 96949)

Carey McDonald takes you to summer music festivals around the world

CORRETTE; TRAD; CHARPENTIER: Symphonie des Noels No 2 in D; Entre le boeuf et l`ane gris; Noels sure les instruments H534 - Hugo Laporte (bar), Michel Angers (theorbo), Clavecin en Concert Ensemble/Luc Beauséjour (EBU )

TRADITIONAL: The Angel Gabriel was Sent; Rejoice, O Mother of God; That Star; O Ruby, Beautiful Dawn; Joy I Proclaim to You; Sleep, Little God - Soloists, Croatian Radio-Television Chorus, ensemble/Tomislav Facini (EBU )

TRADITIONAL: Noel nouvelet; La Nuit, from oratorio…; Noels sure les instruments H531, excerpts; Berger, secoue ton sommeil profond; Symphonie des Noels No 4 in D minor - Hugo Laporte (bar), Michel Angers (theorbo), Clavecin en Concert Ensemble/Luc Beauséjour (EBU )

RUBBRA: Kyrie; Infant Holy; O Radiant Dawn; The Virgin's Cradle Hymn; Gallant Weaver - The Sixteen/Harry Christophers (EBU )

TRADITIONAL: Quelle est cette odeur agreable; Trois Noels en trios; Symphonie de Noel No 1; Il est ne le divin Enfant; Peuple fidele; Les Anges - Quelle est cette odeur agreable; Trois Noels en trios; Symphonie de Noel No 1; Il est ne le divin Enfant; Peuple fidele; Les Anges (EBU )

POULENC: Quatre Motets pour le temps de Noel - MDR Radio Chorus, Leipzig/Risto Joost (EBU )

BRITTEN: Hymn to the Virgin - MDR Radio Chorus, Leipzig/Risto Joost (EBU )

Rick Young presents afternoon music to get you from A to B

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

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

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

SCARLATTI: Keyboard Sonata in D Kk491 - Murray Perahia (pno) (Sony SK 62785)

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

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

3.00

NZSO: Christmas Pops

Michael Fowler Centre, Wellington (RNZ)

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

COUPERIN: Les baricades mistérieuses - Angela Hewitt (pno) (HYPERION CDA 67440)

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

GERSHWIN: Summertime, from Porgy & Bess - Kathleen Battle (sop), Orch of St Luke's/André Previn (DG 437 787)

PEEL: In summertime on Bredon - Thomas Allen (bar), Geoffrey Parsons (pno) (EMI CDM 5 67428)

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

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

TRADITIONAL: O Jesulein Suss, o Jesulein mild - Chanticleer (Teldec 94563)

TRADITIONAL: In dulci jubilo - Chanticleer (Teldec 94563)

ANDERSON: A Christmas Festival - BBC Concert Orch/Leonard Slatkin (Naxos 8.559381)

CORRETTE: Christmas Symphony No 3 - La Fantasia/Rien Voskuilen (Brilliant Classics 95569BR)

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)

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

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

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NZSO: Messiah

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

HANDEL: Messiah

Michael Fowler Centre, Wellington (RNZ)

HILL: String Quartet No 6 in G, Kids (1) - Dominion Quartet (Naxos 8.572097)

With Bill McGlaughlin (WFMT)

RNZ Concert's musical nightcap

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

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

RESPIGHI: Three Botticelli Pictures - Orpheus Chamber Orch (DG 437 533)

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

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

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

CANNABICH: Symphony No 49 in F - Nicolaus Esterházy Sinfonia/Uwe Grodd (Naxos 8.55434)

SCHUMANN: Fantasy Pieces Op 12 - Marc-André Hamelin (pno) (Hyperion CDA 67120)

1:00 approx CURTIS: Christmas Rush, Concert March - RTE Concert Orch/Gavin Sutherland (Naxos 8.572744)

HAYDN: Symphony No 88 in G - London Mozart Players/Jane Glover (ASV CD DCA 677)

BERWALD: Quartet in Eb for piano & wind - members of the Gaudier Ensemble (Hyperion CDA 66834)

HANDL: Mirabile mysterium - Chanticleer (Teldec 94563)

PSATHAS: To Yelasto Paidi, from View from Olympus - Michael Houstoun (pno), Pedro Carneiro (perc), New Zealand SO/Marc Taddei(Rattle RAT-DV 015)

2:00 approx STRAUSS: Oboe Concerto in D - Richard Woodhams (ob), Philadelphia Orch/Wolfgang Sawallisch (EMI CDC 5 56149)

TRESEDER: Tomorrow shall be my dancing day - ORA/Suzi Digby (ORA )

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

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

FAURÉ: Nocturne No 4 in Eb Op 36 - Richard Mapp (pno) (RNZ UB65)

3:00 approx SHOSTAKOVICH: Piano Concerto No 1 in C minor Op 35 - Ronald Brautigam (pno), Peter Masseurs (tpt), Royal Concertgebouw Orch/Riccardo Chailly (Decca 433 702)

BECK: Sinfonia in A Op 1/3 - NZSO CO/Donald Armstrong (Naxos 8.554071)

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

SULLIVAN: The Tempest Op 1 - BBC Phil/Richard Hickox (Chandos CHAN 9859)

THOMSON: O my deir hert - Handel & Haydn Society Chorus/Grant Llewellyn (Avie AV 2078)

4:00 approx ELGAR: Serenade for Strings Op 20 - ASMF/Neville Marriner (ASV CD DCA 518)

DVORÁK: String Quartet No 8 in E - Prague String Quartet (DG 429 193)

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

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

RUTTER: Et misericordia, from Magnificat - Patricia Forbes (sop), Cambridge Singers, City of London Sinfonia/John Rutter (Collegium COLCD 114)

5:00 approx BACH: Magnificat in D BWV243 - Robin Blaze (countertenor), Paul Agnew (ten), Neal Davies (bass)/Paul McCreesh (Archiv 469 531)

LALO: Norwegian Fantasy - Philippe Graffin (vln), Ulster Orch/Thierry Fischer (HYPERION CDA 67294)

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

FARQUHAR: Prospero Dreaming - Gunter Herbig (gtr) (Naxos 8.572185)

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

SCARLATTI: Keyboard Sonata in G Kk146 - Angela Hewitt (pno) (Hyperion CDA 68184)

RICHTER: Sinfonia a quattro in Bb (1) - New Dutch Academy CO/Simon Murphy (PENTATONE PTC 5186 028)

Specially chosen favourites for a classical summer morning

BACH: Brandenburg Concerto No 5 in D BWV1050 (3) - Emmanuel Pahud (fl), Christine Schornsheim (hpschd), Berlin Baroque Soloists/Rainer Kussmaul (vln/dir) (EMI 5 57111)

DVORÁK: Serenade in D minor for wind instruments Op 44 (1) - ASMF/Neville Marriner (Philips 400 020)

MOZART: Piano Concerto No 20 in D minor K466 (2) - Nikolai Lugansky (pno), Netherlands Radio CO/Lev Markiz (Challenge CC 72043)

FAURÉ: Sanctus, from Requiem Op 48 - Johannette Zomer (sop), Stephan Genz (bar), La Chapelle Royale,/Philippe Herreweghe (Harmonia Mundi HMC 90 1771)

DEBUSSY arr Lenski: Bilitis - Catherine Bowie (fl), Sharon Joy Vogan (pno) (RNZ UB38)

BACH: Sheep may safely graze, from Cantata No 208 - Magdalena Kozená (mezzo), Musica Florea/Marek Stryncl (cello/dir) (Archiv 457 367)

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

HANDEL: Arrival of the Queen of Sheba, from Solomon - L'Arpeggiata/Christina Pluhar (Erato 9029 5811693)

7.00

RAMEAU: Danse Des Sauvages, from Les Indes Galantes - Les Musiciens du Louvre/Marc Minkowski (Archiv 477 5578)

RAMEAU: Chaconne, from Les Indes galantes - Les Musiciens du Louvre/Marc Minkowski (Archiv 477 5578)

SCHUBERT: Impromptu in F minor D935/4 - Maria Joao Pires (pno) (DG 457 550)

FAURÉ: Pie Jesu, from Requiem Op 48 - Johannette Zomer (sop), Stephan Genz (bar), La Chapelle Royale,/Philippe Herreweghe (Harmonia Mundi HMC 90 1771)

LISZT: Hungarian Rhapsody No 2 in D minor - London SO/Antal Dorati (MERCURY 432 015)

PIAZZOLLA arr Voirpy: Café 1930, from Histoire du Tango - Rachel McLarin (alto sax), Saxcess(Private - Saxcess 2003A)

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

PADILLA: A siolo flasiquiyo - Rose Ensemble (ROSE 6)

BRAHMS orch Parlow: Hungarian Dance No 5 in G minor - London SO/Neeme Järvi (Chandos CHAN 8885)

8.00

Beauty Spot:

ALBINONI: Oboe Concerto in D minor Op 9/2 (2) - Frank de Bruine (ob), Academy of Ancient Music/Christopher Hogwood (Decca 458 129)

DEBUSSY: Poissons d'or, from Images - Cécile Ousset (pno) (Berlin Classics 1345 BC)

DUPARC: L'Invitation au Voyage; Chanson Triste; Phidylé (1) - Felicity Lott (sop), Swiss Romande Orch/Armin Jordan (Aeon AECD 0314)

BIZET: Carmen Suite (1) - New Zealand Guitar Quartet (Ode CDMANU 5153)

ALBÉNIZ arr Köster: Spanish Songs Op 232 (1) - South West German CO/Tilmann Köster (PROFIL PH 07073)

MOZART: Trio in Eb K498, Kegelstatt (3) - Matthias Glander (cl), Felix Schwartz (vla), Daniel Barenboim (pno) (EMI 3 44643)

ANONYMUS: Miri it is while sumer ilast - Dufay Collective (Chandos CHAN 9396)

BODY: Carol to St Stephen - 1992 NZ National Youth Choir/Karen Grylls (Manu CD MANU 1412)

VIVALDI: Concerto in G minor for strings RV156 - Berlin Baroque Soloists/Rainer Kussmaul (dir) (AVI 855 3060)

9.00

PIZZETTI: Concerto dell'estate (3) - Dimitris Kitsos (ob), Nikolos Dimopoulos (fl), Kosmas Papadopoulos (cl), Thessaloniki State SO/Myron Michailidis (Naxos 8.572013)

HAYDN: Piano Trio in G HobXV/25, Gypsy - Beaux Arts Trio (Philips 422 831)

MOZART: Piano Concerto No 21 in C K467 - Murray Perahia (pno/dir), English CO (CBS M13K 42055)

10.00

VIVALDI: Flute Concerto in F RV433, La Tempesta di Mare - Emmanuel Pahud (fl), Australian CO/Richard Tognetti (dir) (EMI 3 47212)

BACH: Cantata No 82, Ich habe genug - John Shirley-Quirk (bass), Rachel Lord (ob), ASMF/Neville Marriner (Decca 476 2684)

CHOPIN: Three Waltzes Op 64 (2) - Peter Jablonski (pno) (Decca 448 645)

BEETHOVEN: Violin Concerto in D Op 61 - Vadim Repin (vln), Vienna Phil/Riccardo Muti (DG 477 6596)

11.00

BOULANGER: Pie Jesu - Magali Léger (sop), Carolyn Shuster Fournier (org)(LIGIA LIDI 0109206-09)

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

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

Carey McDonald takes you to summer music festivals around the world

WEBER: Clarinet Quintet in Bb Op 34 - Jörg Widmann (cl), Armida Quartet (EBU )

FAURÉ: Elegy Op 24 - Bruno Philippe (cello), Beatrice Berrut (pno) (EBU )

TRADITIONAL: Piano Concerto in G - Francesco Piemontesi, City of Granada Orchestra/Pablo Heras-Casado (EBU )

TRADITIONAL: Song about Saint Jack, Patron of the Kingdom of Poland; Nova Casa; Cantate Jubilate; In te Domine speravi; Magnificemus in cantico - soloists, Il Tempo Baroque Ensemble/Agata Sapiecha (EBU )

WEBER: Cello Sonata No 1 in E minor Op 38 - Bruno Philippe (cello), Beatrice Berrut (pno) (EBU )

TRADITIONAL: Cello Sonata in G minor Op 19 (3) - Bruno Philippe (cello), Beatrice Berrut (pno) (EBU )

Rick Young presents afternoon music to get you from A to B

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

BOCCHERINI: Guitar Quintet in D G448, Fandango - Giangiacomo Pinardi (gtr), Europa Galante (Virgin 5 45607)

GRANADOS: The maiden & the nightingale, from Goyescas - Kate Royal (soprano), Academy of St Martin in the Fields/Edward Gardner (EMI 394419)

FALLA: Nights in the Gardens of Spain - Alicia de Larrocha (pno), London Phil/Rafael Frühbeck de Burgos (Decca 410 289)

3.00

TORELLI: Sinfonia in D for trumpet G4 - Thomas Reiner (tpt), Southwest German CO/Sebastian Tewinkel (Naxos 8.570501)

FOOTE: Serenade for Strings Op 25 - London Octave/Kypros Markou (DUTTON CDLX 7238)

BACH: Trio Sonata in G BWV1038 - Jed Wentz (fl), Igor Ruhadze (vln), Job ter Haar (cello), Michael Borgstede (hpschd) (Brilliant Classics 93814)

CHOPIN: Concert Rondo in F Op 14, Krakowiak - Jan Lisiecki (pno), NDR Elbphilharmonie Orch/Krzysztof Urbanski (DG 947 96824)

4.00

WOLF-FERRARI: Serenata, from The Jewels of the Madonna, Suite - BBC Phil/Gianandrea Noseda (Chandos CHAN 10511)

BRITTEN: Simple Symphony Op 4 - English CO/Benjamin Britten (London 425 160)

FARR: A Horizon from Owhiro Bay - Henry Wong Doe (pno) (Rattle RAT D046)

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

BRAHMS orch Brahms: Liebeslieder Waltzes, selections from Op 52 & 65 - Swedish CO/Thomas Dausgaard (BIS SACD 1756)

COPLAND: Cuban Dance - New Philharmonia/Aaron Copland (CBS MK 42429)

5.00

FINZI arr Ashmore: Five Bagatelles Op 23 (1) - Robert Plane (cl), Northern Sinfonia/Howard Griffiths (Naxos 8.553566)

BEETHOVEN: Rondo in C Op 51/1 - Mikhail Pletnev (pno) (DG 457 493)

IMAMOVIC: Sarajevo Nights - New Zealand Guitar Quartet (Ode CDMANU 5153)

SCHUBERT: String Quartet No 13 in A minor D804, Rosamunde (4) - New Zealand String Quartet (RNZ UB63)

DUKAS: The Sorcerer's Apprentice - Swiss Romande Orch/Ernest Ansermet (Decca 458 595)

SATIE: Je te veux - Yoshikazu Mera (countertenor), Masayuki Kino (vln), Japan Phil/Shigeo Genda (BIS CD 949)

HAYDN: Symphony No 26 in D minor, Lamentation - BBC Phil/Nicholas Kraemer (BBC Music BBC MM 307)

6.00

HANDEL arr Pluhar: Sinfonia, from Alcina - L'Arpeggiata/Christina Pluhar (Erato 9029 5811693)

RAVEL: Alborada del Gracioso, from Miroirs - Julien Brocal (pno) (Rubicon RCD 1008)

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

MOZART: String Quartet No 6 in Bb K159 - Coull Quartet (SOMM SOMMCD 049)

FALLA: Ritual Fire Dance, from El Amor Brujo - Angèle Dubeau (vln), La Pietà (Analekta AN 2 8723)

With Bill McGlaughlin (WFMT)

RNZ Concert gives you the best seat in the house

Los Angeles Philharmonic: Bernstein & Beethoven

John Holiday (countertenor), Julianna Di Giacomo (soprano), Jennifer Johnson Cano (mezzo), Michael Konig (tenor), Craig Colclough (bass-baritone), Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra and Chorus

BERNSTEIN: Chichester Psalms

BEETHOVEN: Symphony No 9 in D minor, Choral

BEETHOVEN: String Quartet in F minor Op 95, Serioso

Walt Disney Concert Hall, Los Angeles (WFMT)

RNZ Concert's musical nightcap

WEBER: Clarinet Concerto No 1 in F minor Op 73 - Sabine Meyer (cl), Dresden State Orch/Herbert Blomstedt (EMI 5 67988)

HILL: String Quartet No 4 in C minor - Dominion Quartet (Naxos 8.572097)

CHOPIN: Nocturnes Op 55 - Claudio Arrau (pno) (Philips 416 442)

MOZART: Oboe Concerto in C K314 - Douglas Boyd (ob), CO of Europe/Paavo Berglund (ASV CD COE 808)

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

SAINT-SAËNS: Cello Concerto No 1 in A minor Op 33 - Shauna Rolston (cello), Calgary Phil/Mario Bernardi (CBC Records SMCD 5153)

HOWELLS: A spotless rose - Choir of New College Oxford/Edward Higginbottom (CRD 3455)

GRIEG: Norwegian Folksongs Op 66, excerpts - Richard Farrell (pno) (Atoll ACD 208)

RAVEL: String Quartet in F - Emerson String Quartet (DG 427 320)

1:00 approx VICTORIA: Magnificat on the eighth tone - The Sixteen/Harry Christophers (CORO COR 16088)

STRAUSS: Ein Heldenleben Op 40 - Rainer Honeck (vln), Vienna Phil/Christian Thielemann (DG 474 192)

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

2:00 approx BRAHMS: Ballades Op 10 - Cédric Tiberghien (pno) (HARMONIA MUNDI HMC 90 1943)

SUK: Serenade in Eb for strings Op 6 - Czech Phil/Jirí Belohlávek (Chandos CHAN 9063)

WILLIAMS: Schindler's List theme - Ben Baker (vln), Julian Dyson (pno) (Ben Baker BBCD 01)

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

3:00 approx BEETHOVEN: Cello Sonata No 3 in A Op 69 - Zuill Bailey (cello), Simone Dinnerstein (pno) (TELARC CD 80740)

GRUBER: Silent Night - Chanticleer (Teldec 94563)

BARBER: Music for a scene from Shelley Op7 - New Zealand SO/Andrew Schenck (Stradivari SCD 8012)

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

4:00 approx DELIUS arr Matthews: A Village Romeo & Juliet, Suite - Royal Scottish National Orch/David Lloyd-Jones (DUTTON CDLX 7264)

RHEINBERGER: Mass in Eb Op 109 - Phoenix Bach Choir, Kansas City Chorale/Charles Bruffy (Chandos CHSA 5055)

CANNABICH: Symphony No 51 in D - Nicolaus Esterházy Sinfonia/Uwe Grodd (Naxos 8.55434)

HANDEL: Comfort ye my people, from Messiah - Howard Crook (ten), English Concert/Trevor Pinnock (Archiv 423 630)

5:00 approx MOZART: Divertimento in D K136 - Freiburg Baroque Orch/Petra Müllejans (vln/dir) (HARMONIA MUNDI HMC 90 1809)

JENKINS: Sonata in 3 parts No 6 in C major, Z 795 - Ensemble Masques/Olivier Fortin (hpschd/dir) (Analekta AN 2 9905)

SCHUBERT: Impromptu in Bb D935/3 - Alfred Brendel (pno) (Philips 420 840)

VIVALDI: Concerto in C for two flutes - Jed Wentz (fl/dir), Marion Moonen (fl), Musica ad Rhenum (Challenge CC 72044)

STATHAM: Pastorale - Puertas Quartet (Atoll ACD 881)

TRADITIONAL: There is no rose - Voices New Zealand/Karen Grylls (Trust MMT 2052)

SATIE orch Debussy: Gymnopédie No 3 - Saint Louis SO/Leonard Slatkin (TELARC SACD 60655)

FIELD: Piano Concerto No 3 in Eb H32 (2) - John O'Conor (pno), Scottish CO/Charles Mackerras (TELARC CD 80370)

Specially chosen favourites for a classical summer morning

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

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

GLASS: The Windcatcher (1) - Philip Glass Ensemble Woodwinds (ORANGE MOUNTAIN MUSIC 6)

SCHUBERT: Notturno in Eb D897 - Augustin Dumay (vln), Frédéric Lodéon (cello), Jean-Philippe Collard (pno) (EMI 3 65295)

LILBURN: Three Preludes - Margaret Nielsen (pno) (RNZ )

GLASS: The Windcatcher (3) - Philip Glass Ensemble Woodwinds (ORANGE MOUNTAIN MUSIC 6)

SAINT-SAËNS: Danse macabre - CBSO/Louis Frémaux (EMI 3 82233)

7.00

DVORÁK: Serenade in E for strings Op 22 (2) - CO of Europe/Alexander Schneider (asv CD COE 801)

MOZART: Piano Sonata No 10 in C K330 (1) - Mikhail Pletnev (pno) (DG 477 5788)

HAYDN: Violin Concerto in A HobVIIa/3 (3) - Simon Standage (vln), English Consort/Trevor Pinnock (dir) (Archiv 427 316)

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)

GIBBONS: Galliard, for 6 viols - Phantasm (Avie AV 0032)

ELGAR: Chanson de matin Op 15/2 - Julian Lloyd Webber (cello), Royal Phil/James Judd (Philips 462 588)

BEETHOVEN arr Druzecky: Septet in Eb Op 20 (4) - Sabine Meyer Wind Ensemble (EMI CDC 5 56817)

BEETHOVEN: Romance No 1 in G Op 40 - Gil Shaham (vln), Orpheus CO (DG 449 923)

8.00

Beauty Spot:

BERNSTEIN: The Lord is my shepherd, from Chichester Psalms - Lawrence Zazzo (countertenor), Rachel Masters (harp), Jonathan Brown (org), Choir of Clare College, Cambridge, Wallace Collection/Timothy Brown (Brilliant Classics 9087)

FIELD: Nocturne No 3 in Ab - John O'Conor (pno) (Telarc CD 80290)

KANENGISER: African Suite - Los Angeles Guitar Quartet, Tim Timmermans (djembe) (Sony SK 60274)

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

ROSSINI: Voglio morire - L'Arpeggiata/Christina Pluhar (Virgin 6 94577)

FAURÉ: Pavane - New Zealand SO/James Sedares (UNIVERSAL 99072)

CHOPIN: Andante Spianato & Grande Polonaise in Eb Op 22 - Janusz Olejniczak (pno), Warsaw National Phil/Tadeusz Strugala (SONY SK 87739)

WILLIAMS: Devil's Galop - New London Orch/Ronald Corp (HYPERION CDA 66868)

9.00

BERLIOZ: Les Nuits d'été (1) - Stella Doufexis (mezzo), German State Phil of Rhineland-Palatinate/Karl-Heinz Steffens (Berlin Classics 030 0523 BC)

BERLIOZ: Roman Carnival, Overture - Dresden State Orch/Colin Davis (RCA 09026 68790)

TCHAIKOVSKY: The Seasons Op 37b (12) - Ilya Rachkovsky (pno) (Naxos 8.570787)

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

VASKS: Little Summer Music - Vadim Gluzman (vln), Angela Yoffe (pno) (BIS CD 1392)

RODRIGO: Concierto de Aranjuez - Pablo Sainz Villegas (guitar), New Zealand SO/Alexander Shelley (RNZ 2017)

SCHUBERT: Piano Quintet in A D667, Trout - Emil Gilels (pno), Norbert Brainin (vln), Peter Schidlof (vla), Martin Lovett (cello), Rainer Zepperitz (dbass) (DG 499 746)

BERLIOZ: La Belle Voyageuse Op 2/4 - Véronique Gens (sop), Lyon National Opera Orch/Louis Langrée (Virgin 5 45422)

BACH: Italian Concerto in F BWV971 - Alicia de Larrocha (pno) (Philips 456 886)

MENDELSSOHN: Symphony No 4 in A Op 90, Italian - Orch of the 18th Century/Frans Brüggen (Philips 456 267)

Carey McDonald takes you to summer music festivals around the world

FAURÉ: Dance Preludes - Deltachamber Soloists (EBU )

RAVEL: Symphony No 31 in D, Paris - City of Granada Orchestra/Pablo Heras-Casado (EBU )

BOULANGER: D'un Soir Triste; D'un Matin de Printemps - Wanderer Trio (EBU )

BEETHOVEN: An die ferne Geliebte Op 98 - Mark Padmore (tenor), Kristian Bezuidenhout (fpno) (EBU )

MERULA: Six Moments Musicaux, D780 - Till Fellner (pno) (EBU )

ZEMLINSKY: Two movements for String Quintet - Zemlinsky Quartet, Josef Kluson (vla) (EBU )

Rick Young presents afternoon music to get you from A to B

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

DOWLAND: The most sacred Queen Elizabeth, her galliard - Paul O'Dette (lute) (Auvidis Tempo A 6259)

MOZART: Piano Trio No 1 in G K496 - Maria Joao Pires (pno), Augustin Dumay (vln), Jian Wang (cello) (DG 449 208)

DVORÁK: Polonaise, from Rusalka - Czech Phil/Václav Neumann (SUPRAPHON 110624)

FRANCISQUE arr Grandjany: Three Lute Dances (1) - Nancy Allen (harp) (EMI CDM 7 69070)

FRANCISQUE arr Grandjany: Three Lute Dances (2) - Nancy Allen (harp) (EMI CDM 7 69070)

FRANCISQUE arr Grandjany: Three Lute Dances (3) - Nancy Allen (harp) (EMI CDM 7 69070)

3.00

SCHUMANN arr Mahler: Symphony No 3 in Eb Op 97, Rhenish (2) - Leipzig Gewandhaus Orch/Riccardo Chailly (Decca 478 0037)

BACH arr Boothby: Trio Sonata in G BWV530 - Purcell Quartet (Chandos CHAN 0654)

RACHMANINOV: Prelude No 5 in G Minor, Op 23 - Colin Horsley (pno) (Atoll ACD 442)

MENDELSSOHN: Violin Concerto in E minor Op 64 - Nikolaj Znaider (vln), Israel Phil/Zubin Mehta (RCA Red Seal 82876 69216)

4.00

SULLIVAN: Poor wandering one - Malvina Major (sop), New Zealand SO/William Southgate (KIWI CD SLC 221)

VILLA-LOBOS: Popular Brazilian Suite - Pepe Romero (gtr) (Philips 420 245)

BRAHMS: Variations & Fugue on a Theme by Handel Op 24 - Jonathan Plowright (pno) (BIS SACD 2047)

VAUGHAN WILLIAMS: The Wasps, Aristophanic Suite, Overture - BBC SO/Leonard Slatkin (Warner 2564 61552)

EFTESTØL: Dance to your Daddy - Christopher Herrick (org) (HYPERION CDA 67317)

HAYDN: String Quartet in Eb Op 33/2, Joke - Lindsay String Quartet (ASV CD DCS 236)

DANZI: Fantasy on Là ci darem la mano, from Don Giovanni - Andreas Ottensamer (cl), Potsdam Kammerakademie (DG 481 4711)

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

6.00

SCARLATTI: Keyboard Sonata in A Kk537 - Murray Perahia (pno) (Sony SK 62785)

KREISLER: Marche miniature viennoise - Ben Baker (vln), Julian Dyson (pno) (Ben Baker BBCD 01)

BOYCE: Symphony No 8 in D minor - English Concert/Trevor Pinnock (dir) (Archiv 419 631)

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

SAINT-SAËNS: Wedding Cake, Caprice-Valse Op 76 - Davide Cabassi (pno), Swiss-Italian Orch/Howard Griffiths (Berlin Classics 0300426 BC)

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

With Bill McGlaughlin (WFMT)

RNZ Concert gives you the best seat in the house

Auckland Arts Festival 2018: Neil Finn & the Auckland Philharmonia Orchestra

Out of Silence

Neil Finn, chorus & band, Auckland Philharmonia Orchestra

Songs from the new album Out of Silence, and other favourite Finn songs.

Silo Park, Auckland (RNZ)

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

STRAVINSKY: Three movements from Petrushka (3) - Haochen Zhang (pno) (HARMONIA MUNDI HMU 90 7506)

HIGDON: Snake River, from All Things Majestic - Nashville Symphony Orchestra/Giancarlo Guerrero (Naxos 8.559823)

RNZ Concert's musical nightcap

DEBUSSY: Cello Sonata in D minor - Gautier Capuçon (cello), Frank Braley (piano) (ERATO 9341582)

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

BRAHMS arr Grainger: Cradle Song, Après un rêve, Nell - Piers Lane (pno) (HYPERION CDA 67279)

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

GLUCK: Dance of the Blessed Spirits - Royal Liverpool Phil/Charles Groves (EMI CDZ 7 62526)

BEETHOVEN: Piano Trio No 1 in Eb Op 1/1 - Florestan Trio (HYPERION CDA 67393)

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

HAYDN: Keyboard Sonata No 59 in Eb HobXVI/49 - Alfred Brendel (pno) (Philips 416 643)

DELIUS: Walk to the Paradise Garden - Symphony Nova Scotia/Georg Tintner (CBC Records SMCD 5134)

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

1:00 approx DVORÁK: Four Romantic Pieces Op 75 - James Ehnes (vln), Eduard Laurel (pno) (Analekta FL 2 3191)

STRAVINSKY: The Firebird - Boston SO/Seiji Ozawa (EMI CDC 747017)

FARR: Three Etudes (1) From Duggan - Jeremy Fitzsimons (marimba) (Trust MMT 2058)

2:00 approx WAGNER: Siegfried Idyll - Berlin German Opera Orch/Christian Thielemann (DG 469 008)

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

FIELD: Rondo in Ab - John Khouri (fpno)(ENTR'ACTE ESCD 6503)

3:00 approx GRIEG: Peer Gynt Suite No 2 - Barbara Hendricks (sop), Oslo Phil Chorus & Orch/Esa-Pekka Salonen (SONY MLK 64064)

GOLDMARK: Rustic Wedding Symphony - Los Angeles Phil/Jesús López-Cobos (Decca 476 8743)

RIMSKY-KORSAKOV arr Rachmaninov: Flight of the bumblebee, from Tsar Saltan - Colin Horsley (pno) (Atoll ACD 442)

4:00 approx CLARKE: Viola Sonata - Philip Dukes (vla), Sophia Rahman (pno) (Naxos 8.557934)

HUMMEL: Bassoon Concerto in F - Klaus Thunemann (bsn), ASMF/Neville Marriner (Philips 432 081)

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

5:00 approx VAUGHAN WILLIAMS: Fantasia on a Theme by Thomas Tallis - Philadelphia Orchestra/Eugene Ormandy (RCA Victor 09026 61724)

KORNGOLD: Cello Concerto in C Op 37, Deception - Zuill Bailey (cello), Linz Bruckner Orch/Caspar Richter (ASV CD DCA 1146)

MENDELSSOHN: Rondo capriccioso in E Op 14 - Mikhail Pletnev (pno) (DG 459 634)

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

BORODIN: In the Steppes of Central Asia - Royal Phil/Ole Schmidt (REGISC 1215)

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

BACH arr Yang: Violin Sonata No 1 in G minor BWV1001 (4) - Xuefei Yang (gtr) (EMI 6 79018)

BRAHMS orch various: Hungarian Dance No 6 in D - Scottish CO/Joseph Swensen (LINN CKD 224)

Specially chosen favourites for a classical summer morning

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

SCHUMANN: Arabeske in C Op 18 - Leon McCawley (pno) (Avie AV 0029)

DVORÁK: Czech Suite Op 39 (5) - Malaysian Phil/Claus Peter Flor (BIS SACD 1856)

YSAYE: Sonata in E minor for solo violin Op 27/4 (1) - Thomas Zehetmair (vln)(ECM 1835 (472 6872))

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)

PIAZZOLLA: Milonga del ángel - Gryphon Trio (Analekta AN 2 9857)

GERSHWIN: New York Rhapsody - Wayne Marshall (pno), Hollywood Bowl Orch/John Mauceri (Philips 434 274)

7.00

HAYDN: Violin Concerto in A HobVIIa/3 (3) - Simon Standage (vln), English Consort/Trevor Pinnock (dir) (Archiv 427 316)

SCHUBERT: Impromptu in Ab D935/2 - John O'Conor (pno) (TELARC CD 80337)

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

DEBUSSY: Piano Trio in G (4) - Te Koki Trio (Rattle RAT D069 2017)

KATS-CHERNIN: Eliza's Aria, from Wild Swans Concert Suite - Nicola Sweeney (vln), Sarah Nicolls (pno) (Signum SIGCD 058)

ANONYMUS: Miri it is while sumer ilast - Dufay Collective (Chandos CHAN 9396)

HONEGGER: Pastorale d'été - London Phil/Vladimir Jurowski (LPO 58)

MOZART: Piano Concerto No 8 in C K246, Lützow (3) - Vladimir Ashkenazy (pno), London SO/István Kertész (Decca 443 576)

8.00

Beauty Spot:

PUCCINI: - Montserrat Caballé (sop), London Symphony Orchestra (EMI 5 55095 )

RESPIGHI: Ancient Airs & Dances Suite No 1 (2) - Sinfonia 21/Richard Hickox (Chandos CHAN 9415)

TELEMANN: Trumpet Concerto in D - Friedemann Immer (tpt), Cologne Musica Antiqua/Reinhard Goebel (vln/dir) (Archiv 419 633)

PURCELL: - Milan Giuseppe Verdi SO/Riccardo Chailly (Decca 476 2830 )

LISZT: Concert Study No 3 in Db, Un Sospiro - David James (pno) (RNZ UB48)

GRIEG: Morning, from Peer Gynt Suite No 1 - Vienna Phil/Herbert von Karajan (Decca 460 250)

LISZT arr Herbert: Liebestraum No 3 in Ab - Philadelphia Orch/Eugene Ormandy (SONY MLK 39450)

BURTON: Sonatina - Alexa Still (fl), Susan DeWitt Smith (pno) (Koch International 1915393)

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

9.00

BACH: Brandenburg Concerto No 2 in F BWV1047 - Duilio Galfetti (vln), Gabriele Cassone (natural tpt), Maurice Steger (recorder), Emiliano Rodolfi (ob), I Barocchisti/Diego Fasolis (Arts 47715)

MOZART: Piano Concerto No 23 in A K488 - Maria Joao Pires (pno), Salzburg Mozarteum Orch/Frans Brüggen (DG 477 6607)

TCHAIKOVSKY: Suite No 4 in G Op 61, Mozartiana (1) - Scottish CO/José Serebrier (ASV CD DCA 719)

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

10.00

PIAZZOLLA arr Desyatnikov: Verano porteño - Gidon Kremer (vln/dir), Kremerata Baltica (nonesuch 79568)

BRAHMS: Clarinet Quintet in B minor Op 115 - Sabine Meyer (cl), Alban Berg Quartet (EMI 5 56759)

10.00

HAYDN: Symphony No 6 in D, Le Matin - Freiburg Baroque Orch/Petra Müllejans (dir) (HARMONIA MUNDI HMX 296 1767)

ALBÉNIZ: Rondeña, from Iberia - Alicia de Larrocha (pno) (Philips 456 883)

RAVEL: Mother Goose - Berlin Phil/Simon Rattle (EMI 2 64197)

Carey McDonald takes you to summer music festivals around the world

MOZART: Oboe Quartet in F, K370 - Eva Steinaa (ob), Eskaer Trio (EBU )

BRAHMS: Three Romances for Oboe and Piano Op 94 - Eva Steinaa (ob), Charlotte Thaning (pno) (EBU )

RACHMANINOV: Am See, D746; Mein Stern; Feldeinsamkeit Op 86/2; Mondnacht Op 39/5; Erinnerung - Marlis Petersen (sop), Stephan Matthias Lademann (pno) (EBU )

MOZART: Une larme, theme and variations for cello and strings - Enrico Dindo (cello, dir), RAI National SO (EBU )

LUTOSLAWSKI: Ave Maria - Enrico Dindo (cello, dir), RAI National SO (EBU )

SCHUMANN: Fantasy in C Op 17 - Marc-André Hamelin (pno) (EBU )

SCHUMANN: Forest Scenes Op 82, excerpts - Marc-André Hamelin (pno) (EBU )

Rick Young presents afternoon music to get you from A to B

MAHLER: Symphony No 1 in D, Titan - Concertgebouw Orch, Amsterdam/Leonard Bernstein (DG 427 303)

3.00

HOLST: Jupiter, the Bringer of Jollity, from The Planets Suite - Hallé Orch/Mark Elder (HYPERION CDA 67270)

BEETHOVEN: Piano Sonata No 26 in Eb Op 81a, Les Adieux - Jonathan Biss (pno) (ONYX 4082)

VIVALDI: Violin Concerto in G minor RV317 - Sarah Chang (vln), Orpheus CO (EMI 3 94431)

ANONYMUS arr Rayborn: Ben pode Santa Maria - Florata (ASV CD GAU 144)

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

4.00

SAINT-SAËNS: Suite for cello & orchestra Op 16 - Johannes Moser (cello), Stuttgart Radio SO/Fabrice Bollon(Hänssler CD 93.222)

FAURÉ: La mer est infinie, from L'Horizon chimérique Op 118 - Jonathan Lemalu (bbar), Roger Vignoles (pno) (EMI 5 75203)

MOZART: String Quartet No 22 in Bb K589, Prussian - Hagen Quartet (DG 423 108)

BRAHMS: Symphony No 4 in E minor Op 98 (3) - National Arts Centre Orchestra/Pinchas Zukerman (Analekta AN 2 8782)

5.00

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

HIGDON: Viola Concerto (3) - Roberto Díaz (viola), Nashville Symphony Orchestra/Giancarlo Guerrero (Naxos 8.559823)

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

COPLAND: Prairie Night, from Billy the Kid - Saint Paul CO/Hugh Wolff (Teldec 77310)

HAYDN: Piano Trio in E HobXV/28 (3) - Beaux Arts Trio (Philips 420 790)

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

6.00

HANDEL: Concerto Grosso in G Op 3/3 - Academy of Ancient Music/Richard Egarr (dir) (HARMONIA MUNDI HMU 90 7415)

PADEREWSKI: Nocturne in Bb Op 16/4 - Stephen Hough (pno) (Virgin VC 7 90732)

ABT: Ständchen, from Regensburger Liederkranz - Die Singphoniker (CPO 999 470)

TARTINI arr Kreisler: Violin Sonata in G minor, Devil's Trill - James Ehnes (vln), Eduard Laurel (pno) (FLEURS DE LYS FL 2 3159)

BACH: Cello Concerto in A minor Wq170 (1) - Raphael Wallfisch (cello), Scottish Ensemble/Jonathan Morton (NIMBUS NI 5848)

CHABRIER: Fête Polonaise, from Le Roi malgré lui - Vienna Phil/John Eliot Gardiner (DG 447 751)

With Bill McGlaughlin (WFMT)

RNZ Concert gives you the best seat in the house

Wellington Jazz Festival 2018: Anita Schwabe

Wellington jazz pianist Anita Schwabe and her quartet impress with swinging sounds from her 2018 album, Eat Your Greens.

St. Peters, Wellington (RNZ)

KARLOWICZ: Violin Concerto in A Op 8 - Dorota Anderszewska (vln), Montpellier National Orch/Friedemann Layer (Accord 476 9827)

PHILIPS: Cantabant Sancti - Tudor Consort/Peter Walls (Naxos 8.555056)

RNZ Concert's musical nightcap

ALBÉNIZ: Almería, from Iberia Book 2 - Marc-André Hamelin (pno)(HYPERION CDA 67476/7)

TELEMANN: Concerto in A minor for two flutes & violone - Emmanuel Pahud, Jacques Zoon (fls), Klaus Stoll (violone), Berlin Baroque Soloists/Rainer Kussmaul (vln/dir)/Rainer Kussmaul (vln/dir) (EMI 5 57397)

MOZART: Symphony No 40 in G minor K550 - Symphony Nova Scotia/Georg Tintner (Naxos 8.557233)

SCHUBERT: Arpeggione Sonata in A minor D821 - Gautier Capuçon (cello), Frank Braley (piano) (ERATO 9341582)

PÄRT: Tabula Rasa - Tasmin Little (vln), Robert Aldwinckle (pno), Bournemouth Sinfon/Richard Studt (EMI CD EMX 2221)