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Sunday 24 August 2025 Rātapu 24 Here-turi-kōkā 2025

  • 12:00 AM. Music Through the Night

    Wolf, Hugo: Italian Serenade - Formosa Quartet (EMI 3 66557)

    Haydn, Franz Joseph: Keyboard Sonata No 50 in D HobXVI/37 - Leon McCawley (pno) (Somm SOMM 0602)

    Rautavaara, Einojuhani: Apotheosis - New Zealand SO/Pietari Inkinen (Naxos 8.570069)

    Saint-Saëns, Camille: Fantasy in A Op 124 - Dawn Harms (vln), Carolyn Mills (harp) (Atoll ACD 199)

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

    Psathas, John: Island Songs (1) - New Zealand Chamber Soloists (Atoll ACD 542)

    1:00 approx

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

    Respighi, Ottorino: Three Botticelli Pictures - Lausanne CO/Jesús López-Cobos (Telarc CD 80309)

    Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus: Variations in C on Ah, vous dirai-je, maman K265 - Diedre Irons (pno) (RNZ UA45)

    Edwards, Ross: Puro e tranquillo, from Veni Creator Spiritus (1) - Tasmanian SO/Richard Mills (ABC Classics ABC 476 227)

    Vivaldi, Antonio: Quanto magis generosa, from Juditha triumphans RV644 - Yo-Yo Ma (cello), Katherine McGillivray (viola d'amore), Amsterd/Ton Koopman (Sony SK 90916)

    2:00 approx

    Beethoven, Ludwig van: Octet in Eb Op 103 - Paris-Bastille Wind Octet (HARMONIA MUNDI HMN 91 1583)

    Chopin, Frédéric: Nocturne in C# minor Op posth - Claudio Arrau (pno) (Philips 416 442)

    Tartini, Giuseppe: Violin Concerto in Bb D117 - Adrian Chandler (vln/dir), La Serenissima (Avie AV 2154)

    Fauré, Gabriel: Nocturnes Op 33 (1) - Michael Houstoun (pno) (Rattle RAT D075)

    Vaughan Williams, Ralph: Carol, from Suite for viola & orchestra (2) - Helen Callus (vla), New Zealand SO/Marc Taddei (ASV CD DCA 1181)

    Schubert, Franz: Symphony No 2 in Bb D125 (3) - CO of Europe/Claudio Abbado (DG 423 652)

    3:00 approx

    Wagner, Richard trans Liszt: Liebestod, from Tristan & Isolde - Stephen de Pledge (pno) (Champs Hill CHRCD 093)

    Brahms, Johannes: String Quintet No 1 in F Op 88 - New Zealand String Quartet, Maria Lambros (vla) (Naxos 8.573455)

    Dussek, Jan Ladislav: Harp Sonata in C minor - Erica Goodman (harp) (BIS CD 319)

    Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus: Symphony No 36 in C K425, Linz (4) - Prague Philharmonia/Jirí Belohlávek (HARMONIA MUNDI HMC 90 1891)

    O'Cahan, Rory Dall arr Thile, Mehldau: Tabhair dom do Lámh - Chris Thile (mandolin), Brad Mehldau (piano) (Nonesuch 5048202)

    4:00 approx

    Sierra, Roberto: Folias - Manuel Barrueco (gtr), Galicia SO/Victor Pablo Pérez (KOCH KIC CD 7597)

    Dvořák, Antonín: Piano Quartet No 2 in Eb Op 87 (1) - Renaud Capuçon (vln), Lida Chen (vla), Gautier Capuçon (cello), Walter Delahunt (pno) (EMI 4 76871)

    Tchaikovsky, Pyotr Ilyich: The Voyevoda Op 78 - Royal Liverpool Phil/Vasily Petrenko (Naxos 8.570568)

    Biddington, Eric: Festival Dance - Mark Hobson (cl), Sarah Masters (cl), Gretchen Dunsmore (cl), Gloria Streat (bass cl) (MANU CD MANU 1558)

    Young, Kenneth: Lux Aeterna - New Zealand SO/Kenneth Young (Atoll 502164)

    Boulanger, Nadia: Three Pieces for cello & piano - Nicolas Altstaedt (cello), José Gallardo (pno) (Naxos 8.572105)

    5:00 approx

    Handel, George Frideric: Concerto in F HWV335a - English Chamber Orchestra/Raymond Leppard (Philips 422 949)

    Saint-Saëns, Camille: Fantasy in A Op 124 - Skaila Kanga (harp), Kenneth Sillito (vln) (Chandos CHAN 8621)

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

    Rachmaninov, Sergei: Margaritki Op 38/3 - Simon Trpceski (pno) (EMI 557943)

    Bridge, Frank arr Parkin: Spring song - Sheku Kanneh-Mason (cello), The Heath Quartet, Gary Pomeroy (viola), Oliver Heath (violin), Sara Wolstenholme (violin), Chris Murray (cello) (Decca 4850241)

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

    Shore, Howard: The Forest (1) - Miloš Karadaglić (guitar), National Arts Centre Orch/Alexander Shelley (Decca 4851525)

    Dring, Madeleine arr Setchell: Caribbean Dance - Martin Setchell (org) (Pipeline Press PP2)

    Vivaldi, Antonio: Four Seasons, Summer (3) - Alfia Bakieva (violin), & Le Concert des Nations/Jordi Savall (Alia Vox AVSA9958)

  • 6:00 AM. Mornings

    with Carey McDonald

    Bach, Johann Sebastian: Lobet den Herrn, alle Heiden BWV230 - Berlin Vocalconsort/Marcus Creed (Harmonia Mundi HMC 90 2079)

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

    Willan, Healey: I Beheld her Beautiful as a Dove - St John's Choir Elora (Naxos 8.557037)

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

    Walton, William: What God hath done, is rightly done, from The Wise Virgins Suite - London Phil/Bryden Thomson (Chandos CHAN 8871)

    Walker, Lucy: O Sing to the Lord - St Martin's Voices/Andrew Earis (Resonus Classics RES10361)

    Bach, Johann Sebastian: Cantata No 101, Nimm von uns Herr - Yukari Nonoshita (sop), Robin Blaze (countertenor), Gerd Türk (ten), Peter Kooy (bass), Bach Collegium Japan, Concerto Palatino /Masaaki Suzuki (BIS SACD 1481)

    Gjeilo, Ola: The Ground - Phoenix Chorale, Ola Gjeilo (pno), Harrington String Quartet/Charles Bruffy (Chandos CHSA 5100)

    Rutter, John: Kyrie, from Mass of the Children - Joanne Lunn (sop), Roderick Williams (bar), Cambridge Singers, Cantate Youth Choir, City of London Sinfonia/John Rutter (Collegium COLCD 129)

    Jenkins, Karl: Ave verum corpus - Simon Keenlyside (bar), Bryn Terfel (bass-baritone), London SO/Barry Wordsworth (DG 4775563)

    Howells, Herbert: Magnificat & Nunc dimittis (St Paul's Service) - Auckland Cathedral Singers, Matthew Harris (org) (Corellia COR 1007)

  • 7:30 AM. Hymns on Sunday

    with Robyn Jaquiery

  • 8:00 AM. Mornings

    with Carey McDonald

    Palestrina, Giovanni Pierluigi da trans Stokowski: Adoramus te - Brussels Phil/Richard Egarr (GLOSSA GCDSA 922209)

    Bach, Johann Sebastian: Ich ruf zu dir Herr Jesu Christ, Chorale Prelude BWV 639 - Víkingur Ólafsson (piano) (DG 4835022)

    Colombier, Michel: Emmanuel - Branford Marsalis (sop-sax), English CO/Andrew Litton (Sony G010000506271B)

    Purcell, Henry: Chaconne in G minor Z730 - Scottish CO/Jaime Laredo (dir) (REGISC 1160)

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

    Debussy, Claude: Rêverie - Jean-Efflam Bavouzet (pno) (Chandos CHAN 10467)

    Anonymous arr Claude Lapalme: Belle rose du printemps - Karina Gauvin (soprano), Valérie Milot (harp), Étienne Lafrance (double bass), Molinari Quartet, Pentaèdre, Claude Lapalme/Claude Lapalme (ATMA ACD22827)

    Brahms, Johannes: Feldeinsamkeit Op 86/2 - Andrew Joyce (cello), Rae de Lisle (pno) (Atoll ACD280)

    Geminiani, Francesco: Concerto Grosso in E minor Op 3/3 - Europa Galante/Fabio Biondi (dir/vln) (OPUS 111 OPS 30-172)

    Buxtehude, Dietrich: Membra Jesu nostri No 1, BuxWV 75 "Ad pedes" - Göteborg Baroque (Propirus Records PRCD2095)

    9.00

    Haydn, Franz Joseph: String Quartet No 1 in C, Op 9 (1) - London Haydn Quartet (Hyperion CDA67611)

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

    Tabakova, Dobrinka: On the South Downs (III) - Natalie Clein (cello), Truro Cathedral Choir, BBC Concert Orchestra (Regent REGCD530)

    Groven, Eivind: Symphony No 1 Op 26 "Towards the Mountains" (II) Allegro - Kristiansand Symphony Orchestra/Peter Szilvay (Naxos 8573871)

    Finzi, Gerald: Let us garlands bring - Stephen Varcoe (bar), City of London Sinfonia/Richard Hickox (Chandos CHAN 8743)

  • 10:00 AM. Days

    with Maria Mo

    Smetana, Bedrich: Skocná, from The Bartered Bride - Vienna Phil (DG 419 768)

    Liszt, Franz: Les jeux d'eau à la Villa d'Este - François-René Duchâble (pno) (Virgin 3 63278)

    Raff, Joachim: Symphony No 10 in F minor Op 213, Zur Herbstzeit (3) - Philharmonia Hungarica/Werner Andreas Albert (CPO 999 536)

    Mendelssohn, Fanny: String Quartet in Eb - Lafayette String Quartet (CBC Records MVCD1149)

    Mozart, Leopold: Sinfonia in F major: Andante-Allegro assai - NZSO CO/Donald Armstrong (NAXOS 8553347)

    Mercury, Freddie: Bicycle Race - Royal Phil/Louis Clark (BCI Music 205)

    11.00

    Bach, Johann Sebastian: Aria variata in A minor BWV989 - Víkingur Ólafsson (piano) (DG 4835022)

    Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus: Symphony No 41 in C K551, Jupiter - Freiburg Baroque Orch/René Jacobs (HARMONIA MUNDI HMC 90 1958)

    Vaughan Williams, Ralph: Silent Noon, from The House of Life - Ian Bostridge (ten), Julius Drake (pno) (EMI CDC 5 56830)

    12.00

    Grieg, Edvard: Symphonic Dances on Norwegian motifs Op 64 (1) - Estonian National SO/Paavo Järvi (Virgin 3 44722)

    Jeffes, Simon: Perpetuum Mobile - Penguin Cafe Orchestra (Virgin 811487)

    Offenbach, Jacques: La Vie Parisienne, Overture - Philharmonia/Neville Marriner (Philips 411 476)

    Tchaikovsky, Pyotr Ilyich trans Pletnev: Adagio, from Sleeping Beauty, excerpts (10) - Mikhail Pletnev (pno) (Philips 456 931)

    Bach, Johann Sebastian arr Moriarty: Brandenburg Concerto No 3 in G BWV1048 (3) - New Zealand Guitar Quartet (Rattle RAT D071 2017)

    Montero, Gabriela: Improvisation on Pachelbel's Canon - Gabriela Montero (pno) (EMI 5 14838)

    Handel, George Frideric: Trio Sonata in Bb Op 2/3 - London Baroque (HARMONIA MUNDI HMC 90 1379)

    Vieuxtemps, Henri: Viola Sonata in Bb Op 36 (3) - Timothy Ridout (viola), Ke Ma (piano) (Champs Hill CHRCD130)

    McHugh, Jimmy arr Riley/Althouse: I can't give you anything but love - Claire Caldwell (pno), Haddon Smith (dbass), Patrick Tanielu (perc), Graduate Choir/Terence Maskell (Atoll ACD 105)

    1.00

    Fisher, Salina: Rainphase - New Zealand SO/Gemma New (RNZ )

    Shostakovich, Dmitri: 5 Pieces for 2 Violins and Piano - Natalia Lomeiko (violin), Yuri Zhislin (violin/viola), Sarah Watkins (piano) (RNZ 45396)

    Tomkins, Thomas: When David heard - The Gesualdo Six (RNZ )

    Respighi, Ottorino: Fountains of Rome - Auckland Phil/Giordano Bellincampi (RNZ )

    Scriabin, Alexander: Piano Sonata No 4 in F# minor Op 30 - Tony Yan Tong Chen (pno) (RNZ )

    Paganini, Niccolò: Caprice No 13 in Bb, from 24 Caprices Op 1 - Robert Ashworth (viola) (RNZ )

    Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus: Horn Concerto No 4 in Eb K495 - Samuel Jacobs (horn), New Zealand SO/Edo de Waart (RNZ )

    Sibelius, Jean: Symphony No 6 in D minor Op 104 - Auckland Philharmonia/Okko Kamu (RNZ )

    Palestrina, Giovanni Pierluigi da: Sanctus and Benedictus, from Missa Papae Marcelli - The Tudor Consort/Michael Stewart (RNZ Tudor Consort 2022-09-03)

  • 3:00 PM. The Musical Omnivore

    with David Morriss

    Mendelssohn, Felix: Calm Sea & Prosperous Voyage Overture – Vienna Phil/Carl Schuricht (rec 1954) (Decca 475 6074) 

    Beethoven, Ludwig van: Calm Sea and Prosperous Voyage – Bach Society of Minnesota, Minnesota Orch/Stanislaw Skrowaczewski (Brilliant Classics 95510) 

    Nielsen, Carl: An Imaginary Journey to the Faroe Islands – Danish Radio SO/Herbert Blomstedt (EMI 5 69758) 

    Schubert, Franz: Winterreise D911 – Peter Schreier (ten), Sviatoslav Richter (pno) (rec 1985) (Philips 416 289)  

    Debussy, Claude: Salut printemps – Nadine Sautereau (sop), RTF Choir, Paris Opera Orch/Manuel Rosenthal (Warner 0190295736750)

  • 5:00 PM. RNZ Concert Afternoon

    Brahms, Johannes: Symphony No 2 in D Op 73 (3) - London Phil/Vladimir Jurowski (LPO 43)

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

    Saint-Saëns, Camille: Phaéton - Royal Phil/Christian Badea (TELARC CD 80274)

    Donizetti, Gaetano: Spirto gentil, from La Favorita - Luciano Pavarotti (ten), Teatro Comunale Orch of Bologna/Richard Bonynge (Decca 417 011)

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

    Lennon, John arr Philippe Maniez: Blackbird - Valentine Michaud (sax), Gabriel Michaud (perc) (Mirare MIR716)

    Lilburn, Douglas: Seventeen Short Pieces for guitar (14-17) - Gunter Herbig (gtr) (Naxos 8.572185)

    Williams, John arr Obstarczyk: Hedwig's Theme, from Harry Potter - Five Sax, Mariam Vardzelashvili (pno), Rupert Struber (perc) (Orlando OR 0016)

    Handel, George Frideric: Let the bright seraphim, from Samson - Renée Fleming (sop), David Blackadder (tpt), Orch of the Age of Enlightenment/Harry Bicket (Decca 475 547)

  • 6:00 PM. Worlds of Music

    with Trevor Reekie

    Meyer, Edgar: Second Time Around - Mark O'Connor (vln), Yo-Yo Ma (cello), Edgar Meyer (dbass) (Sony SK 66782)

  • 7:00 PM. Made in New Zealand

    Cowan, Claire: Celebrations, from Hansel and Gretel - New Zealand SO/Hamish McKeich (Private P002363)

    Dubois, Théodore: Toccata in G, from 12 New Pieces - Kemp English (org) (MANU CD MANU 5005)

    Young, Kenneth: Dance - New Zealand SO/Kenneth Young (TRUST MMT 2027)

    Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus: Piano Sonata No 3 in Bb K281 - Sharon Joy Vogan (piano) (RNZ UB34)

    Traditional arr Dawson: Ain'-a that good news! - Graduate Choir/Terence Maskell (Atoll ACD 105)

    8.00

    Weber, Carl Maria von: Silvana, Overture - New Zealand SO/Antoni Wit (Naxos 8.570296)

    Phillpot, J.H.: A Song of Flowers - Oliver Sewell (tenor), David Barnard (piano) (RNZ 2021-02-12DMc)

    Beethoven, Ludwig van: String Quartet in C Op 59/3, Razumovsky - New Zealand String Quartet (Atoll ACD 402)

    Farr, Gareth: From the Depths Sound the Great Sea Gongs (1) - Auckland Phil/Miguel Harth-Bedoya (Universal 99172)

    Rameau, Jean-Philippe: Les Indes galantes - NZ Barok (Atoll ACD 813)

  • 9:00 PM. Sound Lounge

    BBC Proms 2025: Late Night - Boulez and Berio

    BERIO: Sequenza V

    BOULEZ: Dialogue de l'ombre double

    BERIO: Recital I (for Cathy)

    Sarah Aristidou (soprano), Jérôme Comte (clarinet), IRCAM (live electronics), Ensemble intercontemporain/Pierre Bleuse

    Royal Albert Hall, London 23/07/25 (BBC)

    Young, Anthony: Firmament - Luca Manghi (flutes), Gemma Pilchen (oboe), Peter Scholes (clarinets), Simon Williams (horn), Sam Brough (bassoon) (RNZ)

    Tansman, Alexandre: Four Nocturnes - Jian Liu (piano) (RNZ)

    Jelleyman, Reuben: Designs - Stroma/Hamish McKeich (RNZ 2018)

  • 11:00 PM. New Music Dreams

    with Ryan Smith
    Chuck Johnson: Balsams (album) - Chuck Johnson (pedal steel guitar, electronics) (VDSQ TW-V 21)
    Chuck Johnson: Mica, Mound of Shards - Chuck Johnson (pedal steel guitar, electronics) (Sruti Music)

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