Schedule for Thursday 1 January 2026

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12:00 AM. Music Through the Night

Schubert, Franz: Rondo in A D951 - Nelson Freire, Martha Argerich (piano duet) (DG 477 8570)
Rameau, Jean-Philippe: Les Indes galantes - NZ Barok (Atoll ACD 813)
Liszt, Franz: Transcendental Study No 11, Harmonies du soir - Luu Hong Quang (piano) (RATTLE RATD152)
Corelli, Arcangelo: Violin Sonata in A Op 5/6 - Andrew Manze (violin), Richard Egarr (harpsichord) (HARMONIA MUNDI HMU 90 7298.99)
Bach, Johann Sebastian arr Tarkmann: Concerto for cor anglais, strings & continuo - Albrecht Mayer (cor anglais), English Concert/Julian Podger (dir) (Decca 478 1517)
Bowater, Helen: Pepetuna - Sharon Joy Vogan (piano), Horomona Horo (taonga pūoro) (Atoll ACD700)
1:00 approx
Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus: Variations in G on Unser dummer Pöbel meint K455 - Diedre Irons (piano) (RNZ UA42)
Hofmann, Leopold: Symphony in F (Badley F1) - Northern Chamber Orchestra/Nicholas Ward (vln/dir) (Naxos 8.553866)
Bassi, Luigi: Concert Fantasia - Julian Bliss (clarinet), Julien Quentin (piano) (EMI 5 85639)
Mathias, William: Improvisations Op 10 - Ingrid Bauer (harp) (MASTER PERFORMERS MP 010)
Villette, Pierre: Three Motets - BBC Singers/Stephen Jackson (BBC Music MM 85)
2:00 approx
Fauré, Gabriel: Valse Caprice No 1 in A Op 30 - Michael Houstoun (piano) (Rattle RAT D075)
St Gregory of Nareg arr/orch Shoujounian: The Fowl - Isabel Bayrakdarian (soprano), Elmer Iseler Singers & Chamber Orchestra/Raffi Armenian (CBC Records SMCD 5215)
Ravel, Maurice: Gaspard de la Nuit - Artur Pizarro (piano) (LINN CKD 290)
O'Carolan, Turlough: Carolan's Farewell - Carolyn Mills (harp) (Atoll ACD 919)
Respighi, Ottorino: Ancient Airs & Dances Suite No 3 - Orpheus Chamber Orchestra (DG 437 533)
Debussy, Claude arr Johan Smith: Doctor Gradus Ad Parnassum, from Children's Corner - Johan Smith (guitar) (Naxos 8.574442)
3:00 approx
Mendelssohn, Felix: String Quartet No 1 in Eb Op 12 (4) - New Zealand String Quartet (Naxos 8.570001)
Brahms, Johannes: Clarinet Sonata in F minor Op 120/1 - Marie Ross (clarinet), Petra Somlai (piano) (Centaur CRC3760)
Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus reconst Wilby: Concerto in D for violin, piano & orchestra (2) - Midori (violin), Christoph Eschenbach (piano/director), North German Radio (SONY SK 89488)
Chopin, Frédéric: Nocturne in E Op 62/2 - Dina Yoffe (piano) (NIFC NIFCCD 012)
Oswald, James & O'Carolan, Turlough: When She Cam Ben, She Bobbit/Kitty's Wishes - Les Musiciens de Saint-Julien & François Lazarevitch (flute) (Alpha Classics Alpha234)
4:00 approx
Haydn, Franz Joseph: Keyboard Sonata No 53 in E minor HobXVI/34 - Tessa Birnie (piano) (Chartreuse TB 6)
Koehne, Graeme: Way Out West - Diana Doherty (oboe), Sinfonia Australis/Mark Summerbell (ABC 980 046)
Field, John: Piano Sonata in A Op 1/2 - John O'Conor (piano) (TELARC CD 80290)
Vaughan Williams, Ralph: Romance - Jordan Bak (viola), Richard Uttley (piano) (Delphian DCD34317)
Chopin, Frédéric: Scherzo No 3 in C# minor Op 39 - Michael Houstoun (piano) (TARTAR CD TRL 069)
Delage, Maurice: Four Hindu Poems - Sabine Devieilhe (soprano), Les Siècles/François-Xavier Roth (Erato 9029576772)
Schumann, Robert: Piano Concerto in A minor Op 54 (2) - Hélène Grimaud (piano), Camerata Salzburg/Giovanni Guzzo (DG 4865917)
5:00 approx
Mozetich, Marjan: Fantasia... sul linguaggio perduto - I Musici de Montréal/Yuli Turovsky (Chandos CHAN 9748)
Ibert, Jacques: Six harp pieces (6) - Lavinia Meijer (harp) (Channel Classics CCS SA 28908)
Rota, Nino: Bassoon Concerto - Christopher Millard (bsn), CBC Vancouver Orchestra/Mario Bernardi (CBC SMCD 5185)
Tchaikovsky, Pyotr Ilyich: Danse caractéristique, from Piano Pieces Op 72 - Evgenia Rubinova (piano) (Genuin GEN24880)
Steinberg, Ben: Dance, from Suite for Flute, Viola and Harp - Trio Lyra (CBC MVCD1161)
Fauré, Gabriel: Nocturne No 11 in F# minor Op 104/1 - Richard Mapp (piano) (RNZ UB66)
Carr, Ale arr Fredrik Schøyen Sjölin arr Rune Tonsgaard Sørensen arr Frederik Øland: Stormpolskan - Danish String Quartet, Rune Tonsgaard Sørensen (violin), Frederik Øland (violin), Fredrik Schøyen Sjölin (cello), (workarran (DG 4875884)
Hill, Alfred arr Stiles: Berceuse - New Zealand Piano Quartet (HILL RECORDS 001)
Satie, Eric orch Debussy: Gymnopédie No 3 - Montreal Symphony Orchestra (Decca 421 527)
6:00 AM. Setlling the Score: Your Choice

with Carey McDonald
Clarke, Jeremiah: Prince of Denmark's March - Wynton Marsalis (trumpet), English Chamber Orchestra/Anthony Newman (SONY SK 60804)
Bach, Johann Sebastian: Concerto for two violins in D minor BWV1043 (II) - Amandine Beyer (violin/director) Gli Incogniti (Harmonia mundi HMM90276970)
Lauridsen, Morten: O magnum mysterium - Polyphony/Stephen Layton (Hyperion SACDA 67449)
Rossini, Gioachino: String Sonata No 2 in A - members of Serenata of London (ASV CD DCA 767)
Brahms, Johannes: Symphony No 3 in F Op 90 (3) - London Philharmonic/Marin Alsop (Naxos 8.557430)
Grainger, Percy: Handel in the Strand - BBC Philharmonic/Richard Hickox (Chandos CHAN 9584)
7.00
Schubert, Franz: Octet in F D803 (3) - Vienna Octet (Decca 421155)
Bach, Johann Sebastian: Ei! wie schmeckt der Coffee süsse, from Coffee Cantata BWV211 - Ursula Langmayr (soprano), Eric Lamb (flute), Martin Rummel (cello) (Atoll ACD 916)
Marianelli, Dario: Mrs Darcy, from Pride and Prejudice - Jean Yves Thibaudet (piano), English Chamber Orchestra (Universal 987310)
Hill, Katy & Hill, Chris: Seabird - Libera/Sam Coates (Invisible Hands)
Grieg, Edvard: Holberg Suite (1) - Estonian National Symphony Orchestra/Paavo Järvi (Virgin 3 44722)
Vivaldi, Antonio: Four Seasons, Autumn (1) - Alan Loveday (violin), ASMF/Neville Marriner (Decca 466 232)
Monteverdi, Claudio: Pur ti miro, from L'incoronazione di Poppea - Nuria Rial (soprano), Philippe Jaroussky (countertenor), L'Arpeggiata, Christina Pluhar (theorbo/director) (Virgin 2 36140)
Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus: Clarinet Concerto in A K622 (2) - Martin Fröst (basset clarinet), Amsterdam Sinfonietta/Peter Oundjian (BIS SACD 1263)
Saint-Saëns, Camille: The Swan, from Carnival of the Animals - Jacqueline du Pré (cello), Osian Ellis (harp) (EMI 5 65955)
8.00
Handel, George Frideric: Hallelujah Chorus, from Messiah - The Sixteen & Orchestra/Harry Christophers (Coro COR 16066)
Holst, Gustav: Jupiter, the Bringer of Jollity, from The Planets Suite - London Symphony Orchestra/Richard Hickox (REGISC 1200)
Verdi, Giuseppe: Va pensiero, from Nabucco - Auckland Opera Chorus, Auckland Philharmonia/Brian Law (KIWI CD SLC 234)
Rodrigo, Joaquín: Concierto de Aranjuez (2) - Sharon Isbin (guitar), New York Philharmonic/José Serebrier (warner 2564 60296)
Zimmer, Hans; Gerrard, Lisa: Now We Are Free, from the film Gladiator - Lisa Gerrard (vocals), Hans Zimmer (synthesizer), Lyndhurst Orchestra/Gavin Greenaway (Decca 467094)
Schumann, Robert: Träumerei, from Kinderszenen Op 15 - Stephen de Pledge (piano) (Champs Hill CHRCD 093)
Bizet, Georges: Au fond du temple saint, from The Pearl Fishers - Amitai Pati (tenor), Benson Wilson (baritone), Somi Kim (piano) (RNZ)
7:00 AM. Settling the Score: Your Choice

Auckland Philharmonia
PROKOFIEV: Troika, from Lieutenant Kije Suite
(RNZ)
Cowan, Claire: The Food People, from Hansel and Gretel - New Zealand Symphony Orchestra/Hamish McKeich (Private P002363)
Shostakovich, Dmitri: Waltz, from Jazz Suite No 2 - Philadelphia Orchestra/Mariss Jansons (EMI CDC 5 55601)
Korngold, Erich Wolfgang: Marietta's Song, from Die tote Stadt - Renée Fleming (soprano), English Chamber Orchestra/Jeffrey Tate (Decca 458 858)
Smetana, Bedřich: Vltava, from Má Vlast - Czech Philharmonic/Jiří Bělohlávek (Decca 4833187)
Gjeilo, Ola: The Ground - Phoenix Chorale, Ola Gjeilo (piano), Harrington String Quartet/Charles Bruffy (Chandos CHSA 5100)
Ponchielli, Amilcare: Dance of the Hours - ASMF/Neville Marriner (EMI CD EMX 2169)
10:00 AM. Setlling the Score: Your Choice

with Maria Mo
Lilburn, Douglas: Drysdale Overture - New Zealand Symphony Orchestra/James Judd (Naxos 8.557697)
Grieg, Edvard: Piano Concerto in A minor Op 16 (1) - Stephen Hough (pno), Bergen Phil/Andrew Litton (Hyperion CDA 67824)
Saint-Saëns, Camille: Mon coeur s'ouvre à ta voix - Olga Borodina (mezzo), José Cura (tenor), London Symphony Orchestra/Colin Davis (Warner 2564 696896)
Khachaturian, Aram Illich: Adagio of Spartacus & Phrygia, from Spartacus - Auckland Philharmonia/Miguel Harth-Bedoya (Universal 99172)
Mendelssohn, Felix: String Quartet No 2 in A minor Op 13 (3) Intermezzo - New Zealand String Quartet (Naxos 8.570002)
Verdi, Giuseppe: Bella figlia dell'amore, from Rigoletto - Neil Shicoff (tenor), Brigitte Fassbaender (mezzo), Edita Gruberova (soprano), Renato Bruson (baritone), St Cecilia Academy Orchestra, Rome/Giuseppe Sinopoli (Philips 412 592)
1.00
Bach, Johann Sebastian: Prelude & Fugue in Eb BWV552, St Anne - Gillian Weir (org) (Priory PRCD 753)
Gershwin, George: Rhapsody in Blue - Leonard Bernstein (piano/director), New York Philharmonic/Leonard Bernstein (Sony SM3K 47158)
Dvořák, Antonín: Piano Quintet in A Op 81 (3) - Piers Lane (piano), Goldner String Quartet (Hyperion CDA 67805)
Wagner, Richard: The Mastersingers of Nuremberg, Prelude - Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, Amsterdam/Riccardo Chailly (Decca 448 155)
2:00 PM. Settling the Score 2025

Monteverdi, Claudio: Deus in adiutorium, from Vespers of 1610 - Gabrieli Consort & Players/Paul McCreesh (Archiv 477 6147)

Haydn, Franz Joseph: Cello Concerto No 1 in C HobVIIb/1 (3) - Steven Isserlis (cello/director), Bremen German Chamber Philharmonic (Hyperion CDA 68162)

Handel, George Frideric: Lascia ch'io pianga, from Rinaldo - Angela Gheorghiu (soprano), Royal Opera House, Covent Garden Orchestra/Ion Marin (EMI 5 57264)

Davis, Oliver: Infinite Ocean (1) - Benjamin Baker (violin), Royal Philharmonic/Paul Bateman (Signum SIGCD590)

Chopin, Frédéric: Etude in E Op 10/3, Tristesse - Yunchan Lim (piano) (Decca 4870122)

Perkins, Andrew: Nga Manu o te Ngahere (Birds of the forest) - Kathryn Moorhead (flute), Peter Scholes (clarinet), Ashley Brown (cello) (RNZ 2023)

Beethoven, Ludwig van: Piano Concerto No 5 in Eb Op 73, Emperor (2 and 3) - Leif Ove Andsnes (piano/director), Mahler Chamber Orchestra (Sony 88843 05886)
3:00 PM. Settling the Score: Your Choice

Handel, George Frideric: La Réjouissance, from Music for the Royal Fireworks - Collegium 1704/Václav Luks (Note 1 Music)

Paganini, Niccolò: Violin Concerto No 1 in D Op 6 (3) - Hilary Hahn (violin), Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra/Eiji Oue (DG 477 6232)

Lauridsen, Morten: Agnus Dei, from Lux aeterna - Britten Sinfonia, Polyphony/Stephen Layton (Hyperion SACDA 67449)

Jennings, Janet: The Leading Violinist, from Pictures at the Waikato Museum - Liam Wooding (piano) (Atoll ACD221)

Saint-Saëns, Camille: Air & Dance Bacchanale, from Samson & Delilah - Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra/Lorin Maazel (SONY SK 53979)

Shostakovich, Dmitri: Cello Sonata in D minor Op 40 (3) Largo - Alexander Chaushian (cello), Yevgeny Sudbin (pno) (BIS SACD1858)

4.00

Rimsky-Korsakov, Nikolai: Scheherazade (3) The Young Prince & the Young Princess - Kees Hulsmann (violin), London Symphony Orchestra /Charles Mackerras (TELARC CD 80208)

Casals, Pablo: Sardana - Sheku Kanneh-Mason (cello), Guy Johnston (cello), City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra cellos (Decca 483 2948)

Arntsen, Bjørn: String Quartet (2) - Towha (Atoll ACD889)

Prokofiev, Sergei: Piano Concerto No 3 in C Op 26 (3) - Martha Argerich (piano), Berlin Philharmonic/Claudio Abbado (Philips 456 700)

Reinhardt, Django: Nuages - Django Reinhardt & Stephane Grappelli (EMI 790560)

Morricone, Ennio: Gabriel's Oboe, from The Mission - Ennio Morricone & his orchestra (EMI 557804)

Pärt, Arvo: Spiegel im Spiegel - Vadim Gluzman (violin), Angela Yoffe (piano) (BIS CD 1392)

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

5.00

Rimsky-Korsakov, Nikolai: Flight of the bumblebee, from Tsar Saltan - Swiss Romande Orchestra/Ernest Ansermet (Decca 458 595)

Berlioz, Hector: Villanelle, from Les nuits d'été - Bernarda Fink (mezzo), Berlin Deutsches Symphony Orchestra/Kent Nagano (HARMONIA MUNDI HMC 90 1932)

Palmer, Georgina: A day in the village - Rakuto Kurano (violin), Mark Menzies (piano) (Georgina Palmer)

Vollenweider, Andreas: Wanja the Wanderer - Andreas Vollenweider and friends (Columbia COL 486878)

Beethoven, Ludwig van: Symphony No 9 in D minor Op 125, Choral (4) - Measha Brueggergosman (soprano), Kelley O'Connor (mezzo), Frank Lopardo (tenor), René Pape (bass), Cleveland Chorus & Orchestra/Franz Welser-Möst (DG 477 7132)

Costa, Paolo arr Paliotti: Serenata napoletana - Pene Pati (tenor), Il Pomo d'Oro/Antonello Paliotti (Warner Classics 2173272780)

Farquhar, David: Ring Round the Moon (6) - New Zealand Symphony Orchestra/Kenneth Young (Continuum CCD 1073)

Bach, Johann Sebastian: Concerto in D minor for two violins BWV1043 (1) - Nigel Kennedy (vln/director), Daniel Stabrawa (violin), Berlin Philharmonic (EMI 5 57016)

6.00

Litolff, Henry: Concerto Symphonique No 4 in D minor Op 102 (2) - Peter Donohoe (piano), Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra/Andrew Litton (Hyperion CDA 66889)

Puccini, Giacomo: Che gelida manina, from La Bohème - Luciano Pavarotti (tenor), Berlin Philharmonic/Herbert von Karajan (Decca 475 6816)

Sibelius, Jean: Symphony No 5 in Eb Op 82 (3) - New Zealand Symphony Orchestra/Pietari Inkinen (Naxos 8.572227)

Molter, Johann Melchior: Trumpet Concerto in D MWV4/13 - Otto Sauter (tpt), Cappella Istropolitana/Nicol Matt (Brilliant Classics 93137)

Bizet, Georges: Votre toast...Toréador, en garde, from Carmen - Bryn Terfel (bbar), London Symphony Orchestra/Barry Wordsworth (DG 474 438)

Vaughan Williams, Ralph: The Lark Ascending - Amalia Hall (violin), Auckland Philharmonia/Tobias Ringborg (RNZ)

Grieg, Edvard: Morning Mood, from Peer Gynt - New Zealand Symphony Orchestra/James Sedares (UNIVERSAL 99072)

Schubert, Franz trans Maisky: Litanei auf das Fest Allerseelen D343 - Mischa Maisky (cello), Daria Hovora (piano) (DG 449 817)

Westlake, Nigel: Penguin ballet, from Antarctica - Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra/David Porcelijn (ABC Classics 462 017)
7:00 PM. Settling the Score: Your Choice

Handel, George Frideric: I know that my Redeemer liveth, from Messiah - Kiri Te Kanawa (soprano), Chicago Symphony Orchestra/Georg Solti (Decca 425 016)
Rimsky-Korsakov, Nikolai: Quintet in Bb for piano & winds (1) - Nash Ensemble (CRD 3409)
Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus: Symphony No 29 in A K201 (1) - Prague Chamber Orchestra/Charles Mackerras (TELARC CD 80165)
Lilburn, Douglas: Willow Song - Michael Houstoun (piano) (Rattle RAT D040)
Rachmaninov, Sergei arr A Dubensky: Vocalise Op 34/14 - Anna Moffo (soprano), American Symphony Orchestra/Leopold Stowkowski (RCA GD87831)
Mendelssohn, Felix: Violin Concerto in E minor Op 64 (3) - Yehudi Menuhin (violin), London Symphony Orchestra/Rafael Frühbeck de Burgos (EMI CDZ 7 62519)
Farr, Gareth: Waipoua - Mary Scott (clarinet), New Zealand Symphony Orchestra/Kenneth Young (TRUST MMT 2021)
Meyer, Edgar; Marshall, Mike: Short trip home - Joshua Bell (violin), Edgar Meyer (double bass), Sam Bush (mandolin), Mike Marshall (guitar) (Sony SK 60864)
8:00 PM. Music Alive

with Clarissa Dunn
NZSO: Four Seasons
Pekka Kuusisto (violin), New Zealand SO/Pekka Kuusisto
FARRENC: Symphony No 3 in G minor Op 36
VIVALDI: Four Seasons
(RNZ)
10:00 PM. Settling the Score: Your Choice

Bach, Johann Sebastian trans Stokowski: Fugue in G minor BWV578 - Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra/José Serebrier (Naxos 8.557883)

Tchaikovsky, Pyotr Ilyich: Symphony No 6 in B minor Op 74, Pathétique (2) - Vienna Philharmonic/Valery Gergiev (Philips 475 6197)

Schubert, Franz: String Quintet in C D956 (2) - Vogler Quartet, Daniel Müller-Schott (cello) (PROFIL PH 05051)

Godard, Benjamin: Angels guard thee, from Jocelyn - Kenneth McKellar (tenor), session orchestra/Peter Knight (ABC 456 366)

Farquhar, David: Ring Round the Moon - New Zealand Symphony Orchestra/Kenneth Young (Continuum CCD 1073)

Haydn, Franz Joseph: String Quartet in Bb Op 76/4, Sunrise - New Zealand String Quartet (RNZ)

Vaughan Williams, Ralph: Fantasia on a Theme by Thomas Tallis - New Zealand Symphony Orchestra/Gemma New (RNZ)

Ravel, Maurice: Piano Concerto in G (2) - Jean-Yves Thibaudet (piano), Montreal Symphony Orchestra (Decca 452 448)

Mahler, Gustav: Adagietto, from Symphony No 5 in C# minor - Berlin Philharmonic/Simon Rattle (EMI 557385)

Beethoven, Ludwig van: Piano Trio No 7 in Bb Op 97, Archduke (3) - Florestan Trio (Hyperion CDA67369)