Schedule for Saturday 17 January 2026

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12:00 AM. Music Through the Night

Borodin, Alexander orch Drew: Nocturne, from String Quartet No 2 in D - I Musici de Montréal/Yuli Turovsky (Chandos CHAN 9484)
Poulenc, Francis: Three Novelettes - Michael Houstoun (piano) (Rattle RAT D075)
Bach, Johann Sebastian: Orchestral Suite No 3 in D BWV1068 (1) - Zefiro Baroque Orchestra/Alfredo Bernardini (Arcana A 400)
Young, Kenneth: The Enchanted Dance Hall - Woolston Brass/David Gallaher (Woolston Brass CDWB 3896340/01)
Granados, Enrique: Spanish Dances Op 37 Book 1 - Thomas Rajna (piano) (CRD 3321)
Beck, Franz Ignaz: Sinfonia in A Op 1/3 - NZSO Chamber Orchestra/Donald Armstrong (Naxos 8.554071)
1:00 approx
Langford, Alan: Four Pieces - Royal Ballet Sinfonia/David Lloyd-Jones (ASV CD WHL 2121)
Malipiero, Gian Francesco: Sinfonia del mare - Moscow Symphony Orchestra/Antonio de Almeida (Naxos 8.570878)
Beethoven, Ludwig van: Violin Sonata No 5 in F Op 24, Spring (2) - Wilma Smith (violin), Michael Houstoun (piano) (RNZ UA62)
Telemann, Georg Philipp: Trio Sonata in Eb - Simon Standage (violin/director), Micaela Comberti (violin), Collegium Musicum 90 (Chandos CHAN 0525)
2:00 approx
Norman, Philip: Peter Pan, excerpts - Orchestra Wellington/Kenneth Young (RNZB 1999A)
Hummel, Johann Nepomuk: Variations in F Op 97 - Christopher Hinterhuber (piano), Gävle Symphony Orchestra/Uwe Grodd (Naxos 8.557845)
Mussorgsky, Modest: Reverie - Mikhaïl Rudy (piano) (Calliope CAL 4687)
Gershwin, George: Three Preludes - Nikki Chooi (violin), Stephen de Pledge (piano) (Atoll ACD 615)
Traditional arr Vaughan Williams: Loch Lomond - Chanticleer (Warner Classics 2564683247)
3:00 approx
Geminiani, Francesco: Sonata No 3 in F for 2 violins - Purcell Quartet (Hyperion CDA 66264)
Stamitz, Carl Philipp: Symphonie Concertante in C for two violins - Richard Friedman (violin), Steven Smith (violin), London Festival Orchestra/Ross Pople (ASV CD DCA 650)
Beethoven, Ludwig van: Piano Sonata No 14 in C# minor, Moonlight (3) - Tessa Birnie (piano) (ABC Classics 476 6479)
Dvořák, Antonín: String Quartet No 10 in Eb Op 51 (4) Finale: Allegro Assai - New Zealand String Quartet (Atoll ACD 703)
Herschel, William: Symphony No 14 in D - London Mozart Players/Matthias Bamert (Chandos CHAN 10048)
Handel, George Frideric: Waft her, angels, through the skies, from Jephtha - Mark Padmore (tenor), English Concert/Andrew Manze (Harmonia Mundi HMU 90 7422)
4:00 approx
Bach, Johann Sebastian: Aria variata in A minor BWV989 - Víkingur Ólafsson (piano) (DG 4835022)
Pärt, Arvo: Fratres - Moray Welsh, Alastair Blayden, Michael Stirling (cellos) (SONY SK 61753)
Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus: Symphony No 21 in A K134 - Danish Radio Sinfonietta/Adam Fischer (dacapo 6.220541)
Sibelius, Jean: Dance-Intermezzo Op 45/2 - New Zealand Symphony Orchestra/Pietari Inkinen (Naxos 8.570763)
Hayes, Martin: Peggy's Dream - Martin Hayes (fiddle), and The Common Ground (Faction 2023)
Dowland, John arr Bergeron/Dagher/Slattery: Come again, Sweet Love - Michael Slattery (tenor), La Nef (Atma ACD2 2650)
Schubert, Franz: An die Musik D547 - Daniel Hope (violin), Christoph Israel (piano) (DG 4839482)
5:00 approx
Saint-Georges, Joseph Bologne Chevalier de: L'amant anonyme - Tafelmusik Baroque Orchestra/Jeanne Lamon (dir) (Tafelmusik Media TMK1032CD)
Chopin, Frédéric: Piano Concerto No 1 in E minor Op 11 (2) - Lang Lang (piano), Vienna Philharmonic/Zubin Mehta (DG 477 7449)
Haydn, Franz Joseph: Symphony No 46 in B - Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment/Franz Brüggen (Philips 473 015)
Smith, Ryan: Suikinkutsu - Hannah Darroch (flute), Robyn Jaquiery (piano) (RNZ )
Maxwell Davies, Peter arr Tennant: Farewell To Stromness - Los Angeles Guitar Quartet (Sony SK 60274)
Verdi, Giuseppe: Va pensiero, from Nabucco - Mormon Tabernacle Choir, Utah Symphony Orchestra/Julius Rudel (Decca 425 431)
Mascagni, Pietro arr I Salonisti: Cavalleria Rusticana, Intermezzo - I Salonisti (London 458 382)
Gershwin, George: Summertime, from Porgy & Bess - The Black Quartet (Private P001452)
6:00 AM. Summer Mornings

Rameau, Jean-Philippe: Sarabande, from Suite in A - Alexandre Tharaud (piano) (Harmonia Mundi HMX 290 8379.81)
Piazzolla, Astor: Concerto for bandoneón, strings & percussion (2) - James Crabb (accordion), Australian Chamber Orchestra/Richard Tognetti (vln/dir) (Chandos CHAN 10163)
Franck, César: Violin Sonata in A (4) - Jan Tawroszewicz (violin), Diedre Irons (piano) (RNZ UB59)
Francoeur, François: Cello Sonata in E - Zuill Bailey (cello), Simone Dinnerstein (piano) (DELOS DE 3326)
7.00
Sibelius, Jean: Alla marcia, from Karelia Suite - New Zealand Symphony Orchestra/James Sedares (Universal 99072)
Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus: Piano Sonata No 7 in C K309 (1) - Maria Joao Pires (piano) (DG 431 760)
Saint-Saëns, Camille: Bassoon Sonata in G Op 168 (2) - Ursula Leveaux (bassoon), Ian Brown (piano) (Hyperion CDA 67431/2)
Tchaikovsky, Pyotr Ilyich: Violin Concerto in D Op 35 (3) - Nicola Benedetti (violin), Czech Philharmonic/Jakub Hrusa (Decca 476 409)
Dankworth, John: Picture of Jeannie - Emma Johnson (clarinet), John Lenehan (piano) (Naxos 8.57224)
Schumann, Robert arr Mahler: Symphony No 3 in Eb Op 97, Rhenish (4) - Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra/Riccardo Chailly (Decca 478 0037)
Milhaud, Darius: Brazileira, from Scaramouche - Stephen Coombs (piano), Artur Pizarro (piano) (Hyperion CDA 67014)
8.00
Debussy, Claude orch Ravel: Danse - Quebec Symphony Orchestra/Yoav Talmi (Atma SACD 2 2377)
Bach, Johann Sebastian: Erbarme Dich, from St Matthew Passion - Anderson & Roe Piano Duo (Steinway & Sons STNS30033)
Gershwin, George: Cuban Overture - Rochester Philharmonic/Jeff Tyzik (HARMONIA MUNDI HMU 80 7441)
Telemann, Georg Philipp: Concerto in A for flute, violin & cello (4) - Rachel Brown (flute), Jane Coe (cello), Collegium Musicum 90/Simon Standage (vln/dir) (Chandos CHAN 0580)
Kaihau, Erima Maewa: Haere Ra - Sarah Court (mezzo), Oliver Sewell (tenor), Robert Tucker (baritone), Bruce Greenfield (piano) (RNZ 2021-02-12DMc)
Ravel, Maurice: String Quartet in F (3) - New Zealand String Quartet (Atoll ACD 399)
Dvořák, Antonín: Serenade in E for strings Op 22 (4) - English Chamber Orchestra/Rafael Kubelík (Brilliant Classics 94081)
Schubert, Franz arr Strauss: Waltz in Gb, Kupelwieser Waltz - Aurélien Pontier (piano) (Warner Classics 5419763349)
9.00
Mendelssohn, Felix: Piano Sextet in D Op 110 (4) - Dalia Ouziel (piano), Gil Sharon (violin), Ron Ephrat (viola), Liisa Tamminen (viola), Alexander Hülshoff (cello) Jean Sassen (double bass) (Brilliant Classics 94205)
Rossini, Gioachino: Overture, from The Barber of Seville - New Zealand Symphony Orchestra/William Southgate (Continuum NZSO 100)
Rachmaninov, Sergei: Rhapsody on a theme of Paganini - Earl Wild (piano), Royal Philharmonic/Jascha Horenstein (Chandos CHAN 7114)
Handel, George Frideric: Ombra mai fu, from Xerxes - Andreas Scholl (countertenor), Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment/Roger Norrington (Decca 4661962)
Herman, Yaron: Ode to Nearness - Yaron Herman (piano) (Naive 3616847187513)
10:00 AM. Summer Days

Southam, Anne: Fiddle Creek - Christina Petrowska Quilico (piano) (Centrediscs CMCCD 14109)
Brahms, Johannes: Piano Concerto No 1 in D minor Op 15 (3) - Cédric Tiberghien (piano), BBC Symphony Orchestra/Jiri Belohlávek (HARMONIA MUNDI HMC 90 1977)
Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus: Symphony No 20 in D K133 - Prague Chamber Orchestra/Charles Mackerras (TELARC CD 80217)
11.00
Tchaikovsky, Pyotr Ilyich: Suite No 4 in G Op 61, Mozartiana (4) - Scottish Chamber Orchestra/José Serebrier (ASV CD DCA 719)
Strauss, Richard: Don Quixote - Lynn Harrell (cello), David Greenlees (viola), Royal Liverpool Philharmonic/Gerard Schwarz (RLPO LIVE RLCD 403)
Berlioz, Hector trans Matheson: Villanelle, from Les nuits d'été - Benjamin Bernheim (tenor), Carrie-Ann Matheson (piano) (DG )
12.00
Haydn, Franz Joseph: Symphony No 94 in G, Surprise (4) - Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, Amsterdam/Colin Davis (Philips 434 153)
Vivaldi, Antonio: Cello Concerto in Bb RV423 - Yo-Yo Ma (cello), Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra/Ton Koopman (Sony SK 90916)
Schumann, Robert: Des Sennen Abschied from Lieder-Album für die Jugend Op 79 - Ian Bostridge (ten), Saskia Giorgini (piano) (Pentatone PTC5187162)
Vaughan Williams, Ralph: Five Variants of Dives & Lazarus - Hallé Orchestra/Mark Elder (Hallé CD HLL 7540)
Handel, George Frideric: Concerto Grosso in D minor Op 3/5 - Concerto Copenhagen/Lars Ulrik Mortensen (CPO 777 488)
Kreisler, Fritz: Liebesfreud - Ben Baker (violin), Robert Thompson (piano) (CHAMPS HILL CHRCD096)
Colombier, Michel arr Geddes: La grande bagarre, from Astérix et le coup de Menhir - Hungarian National Orchestra (Playtime )
1.00
Schumann, Robert: Three Romances Op 94 - Bede Hanley (oboe), Stephen De Pledge (piano) (RNZ )
Mendelssohn, Felix: Symphony No 4 in A Op 90, Italian - Auckland Philharmonia/Giordano Bellincampi (RNZ )
Panufnik, Andrzej: Piano Trio Op 1 - NZTrio (RNZ )
Graham, Peter: On Shoulders of Giants - Brass Whanganui/Bruce Jellyman (RNZ 45840)
Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus: Sonata in D for piano duet K381 - Duo Enharmonics: Nicole Chao and Beth Chen (piano duo) (RNZ 44836)
Psathas, John: Zahara for Saxophone and Orchestra - Valentine Michaud (saxophones), Orchestra Wellington/Marc Taddei (RNZ OW 2023-06-03)
Anonymous: Whakawātea, tribute to kapa haka pioneers - Ngā Tūmanako (RNZ )
3:00 PM. Summer Afternoons

Bach, Johann Sebastian: Keyboard Concerto No 1 in D minor BWV1052 (1) - Murray Perahia (piano/director), ASMF (Sony SK 89245)
Ravel, Maurice: Introduction & Allegro - Vanessa McKeand (harp), Carol Wincenc (flute), David Campbell (clarinet), Allegri String Quartet (Virgin VC 7 90721)
Shostakovich, Dmitri: Festive Overture Op 96 - New Zealand Symphony Orchestra/Christopher Lyndon-Gee (Naxos 8.553126)
Chopin, Frédéric: Barcarolle in F# Op 60 - Hélène Grimaud (piano) (DG 00289 477 5325)
Dvořák, Antonín: Largo, from Symphony No 9 in E minor, From the New World - Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra/Andris Nelsons (BR Media 900 116)
Debussy, Claude: Children's Corner - Pascal Rogé (piano) (Decca 458 595)
Haydn, Franz Joseph: String Quartet in C Op 76/3, Emperor - Alban Berg Quartet (EMI CDC 5 56166)
Saint-Saëns, Camille: Symphony No 3 in C minor Op 78, Organ (4) - Anthony Newman (organ), Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra/Lorin Maazel (SONY SK 53979)
Vivaldi, Antonio: Concerto in G minor for two cellos RV531 - Yo-Yo Ma (cello), Jonathan Manson (cello), Amsterdam Baroque Or/Ton Koopman (Sony SK 90916)
5:00 PM. Inside Out

with Nick Tipping
6:00 Inside Out continued
7:00 PM. Opera

Met Opera 2026: Andrea Chénier by Giordano
Giordano, Umberto: Andrea Chénier
Piotr Beczała (Andrea Chénier), Sonya Yoncheva (Maddalena de Coigny), Igor Golovatenko (Carlo Gérard), Nancy Fabiola Herrera (Countess di Coigny), Siphokazi Molteno (Bersi), Brenton Ryan (L'Incredibile), Maurizio Muraro (Mathieu), Guriy Gurev (Roucher), Olesya Petrova (Madelon), Alexander Birch Elliott (Fléville), Tony Stevenson (Abbé), Christopher Job (Fouquier-Tinville), Jeongcheol Cha (Dumas), Richard Bernstein (Schmidt), Ben Strong (Major-Domo), Metropolitan Opera Chorus & Metropolitan Opera Orchestra/Daniele Rustioni
Metropolitan Opera House, New York 13/12/25 (Met Opera)
Chopin, Frédéric: Piano Sonata No 3 in B minor Op 58 (2) - Lang Lang (piano) (DG 477 5976)
Brahms, Johannes: Piano Quartet No 1 in G minor Op 25 (4) - Nash Ensemble (ONYX 4029)
10:00 PM. Summer Evenings

Bach, Johann Sebastian arr Siloti: Prelude, from Prelude & Fugue No 10 BWV855 - James Rhodes (piano) (Signum Classics SIGCD 153)
Brahms, Johannes: String Quartet No 3 in Bb Op 67 (3) - New Zealand String Quartet (Naxos 8.573454)
Harvey, Richard: Concerto Antico (3) - John Williams (guitar), London Symphony Orchestra/Paul Daniel (Sony SK 68337)
Beethoven, Ludwig van: Quintet in Eb for piano & winds Op 16 - Daniel Barenboim (piano), Hansjörg Schellenberger (oboe), Larry Comb (ERATO 4509 96359)
Copland, Aaron: At the river, from Old American Songs, Set 2 - Bryn Terfel (baritone), London Symphony Orchestra/Barry Wordsworth (DG 474 438)
Vaughan Williams, Ralph: Fantasia on a Theme by Thomas Tallis - Orpheus Chamber Orchestra (DG 419 191)
Tchaikovsky, Pyotr Ilyich: Piano Concerto No 1 in Bb minor Op 23 - Alice Sara Ott (piano), Munich Philharmonic/Thomas Hengelbrock (DG 477 8779)
Traditional arr Leon: Down In Yon Forest - Andreas Scholl (countertenor), Stacey Shames (harp), Edin Karamazov (lute), Orpheus Chamber Orchestra (Decca 468 499)
Fauré, Gabriel: Nocturne No 8 in Db Op 84 - Richard Mapp (piano) (RNZ UB66)