Sunday 25 January 2026 Rātapu 25 Kohi-tātea 2026

• 12:00 AM. Music Through the Night

  Dvořák, Antonín: Romance in F minor Op 11 - Arabella Steinbacher (violin), Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra/Marek Janowski (PENTATONE PTC 5186 353)

  Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus: Piano Sonata No 16 in C K545, For Beginners - András Schiff (piano) (Philips 456 925)

  Bach, Johann Sebastian: The Art of Fugue, excerpts - Vesa-Matti Leppänen (vln, dir), New Zealand Symphony Orchestra (RNZ NZSO 2022-03-17)

  Mendelssohn, Felix: Piano Trio No 2 in C minor Op 66 (1) - Florestan Trio (Hyperion CDA 67485)

  Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus: Piano Sonata No 3 in Bb K281 (2) - John Chen (piano) (RNZ UB13)

  1:00 approx

  Chopin, Frédéric: Ballade No 4 in F minor Op 52 - Krystian Zimerman (piano) (DG 423 090)

  Tchaikovsky, Pyotr Ilyich: The Tempest Op 18 - Detroit Symphony Orchestra/Neeme Järvi (Chandos CHAN 9454)

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

  Rachmaninov, Sergei arr A Bax: Vocalise Op 34/14 - Alessio Bax (piano) (SIGNUM SIGCD 264)

  2:00 approx

  Messner, Joseph: Rondo giocoso Op 54 - Salzburg Mozarteum Orchestra/Ivor Bolton (OEHMS OC 734)

  Beethoven, Ludwig van: Piano Sonata No 14 in C# minor, Moonlight - Michael Houstoun (piano) (Rattle RAT D048)

  Fauré, Gabriel: Nocturne No 1 in Eb minor Op 33/1 - Richard Mapp (piano) (RNZ UB65)

  Novello, Ivor arr Tunick: We'll gather Lilacs - Ben Heppner (tenor), London Philharmonic/Jonathan Tunick (RCA 09026 63508)

  3:00 approx

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

  Ritchie, Anthony: Double Concerto for bass clarinet & cello Op 93 - Andrew Uren (bass cl), Katherine Hebley (cello), Auckland Chamber Orchestra/Peter Scholes (Atoll ACD 129)

  Brahms, Johannes: Ballades Op 10 (2) - Richard Farrell (piano) (Atoll ACD 208)

  Naderman, Françcois-Joseph: Etude fantastique in F - Masumi Nagasawa (harp) (ETCETERA KTC 1341)

  Victoria, Tomas Luís de: Ne timeas Maria - The Sixteen/Harry Christophers (CORO COR 16088)

  4:00 approx

  Sibelius, Jean: Pohjola's Daughter - Moscow Philharmonic/Vassily Sinaisky (Brilliant Classics 9212)

  Strauss, Richard: String Sextet, from Capriccio - members of Bamberg Symphony Orchestra/Karl Anton Rickenbacher (Koch 1687482)

  Haydn, Franz Joseph: Symphony No 51 in Bb - Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment/Franz Brüggen (Philips 473 015)

  Stamitz, Johann: Orchestral Trio in A Op 1/2 (3) - New Zealand Chamber Orchestra/Donald Armstrong (vln/dir) (Naxos 8.553213)

  Burleigh, Harry: Southland Sketches (3) - Calefax (Pentatone PTC5187046)

  Handel, George Frideric arr Pluhar: Where'er you walk, from Semele - Nuria Rial (soprano), L'Arpeggiata/Christina Pluhar (Erato 9029 5811693)

  Rachmaninov, Sergei: Vocalise Op 34/14 - Murray Khouri (clarinet), Rosemary Barnes (piano) (Continuum CCD 1014)

  Ellington, Duke: It Don't Mean A Thing - The Black Quartet (Private P001452)

  5:00 approx

  Prokofiev, Sergei: Lieutenant Kijé Suite - Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra/Paavo Järvi (TELARC SACD 60683)

  Beethoven, Ludwig van: Symphony No 7 in A Op 92 (2) - Scottish Chamber Orchestra/Charles Mackerras (Hyperion CDS 44301/5)

  Saint-Saëns, Camille: Septet in Eb Op 65 - Nash Ensemble (Hyperion CDA 67431/2)

  Parry, Hubert: Jerusalem - National Band of New Zealand, New Zealand Symphony Orchestra/James Judd (RNZ NZSO 2022-05-18)

  Scarlatti, Domenico: Keyboard Sonata in A Kk212 - Murray Perahia (piano) (Philips 456 922)

  McGonigal, Dominic: Ave Maris Stella Takes Flight - Choir of Canterbury Cathedral, Sam Corkin (saxophone)/David Newsholme (Signum SIGCD766)

  Traditional arr Dragon: Shenandoah - Virginia Symphony/JoAnn Falletta (Albany TROY 589)

• 6:00 AM. Summer Mornings

  Monteverdi, Claudio: Laudate Dominum SV 272a - I Fagiolini, The English Cornett & Sackbut Ensemble/Robert Hollingworth (Decca 483 1654)

  Koehne, Graeme: Divertissement (1) - Australian String Quartet (ABC Classics 442 347)

  Byrd, William: Sing Joyfully - Voices of Ascension/Dennis Keene (DELOS DE 3174)

  Martinaitis, Algirdas: Alleluia - Estonian Philharmonic Chamber Choir/Paul Hillier (Harmonia Mundi HMU 80 7391)

  Einaudi, Ludovico: Passaggio - Angèle Dubeau (violin/director), La Pietà (Analekta AN28738)

  Vanhal, Johann Baptist: Missa Pastoralis in G - Mary Enid Haines (soprano), Nina Scott Stoddart (mezzo), Colin Ainsworth (tenor), Steven Pitkanen (bass), Voices New Zealand Chamber Choir, Aradia Ensemble/Uwe Grodd (Naxos 8.55508)

  Schubert, Franz: Piano Quintet in A D667, Trout (2) - Anne-Sophie Mutter (violin), Daniil Trifonov (piano), Hwayoon Lee (viola), Maximilian Hornung (cello), Roman Patkoló (double bass) (DG 479 7570)

  Jackson, Ashley: River Jordan - Ashley Jackson (harp, vocals) (Decca 7572822)

  Anonymous: O gloriosa Dei genitrix - Tapestry (DABRINGHAUS & GRIMM MDG 344 1193)

  Bach, Johann Sebastian: Flute Sonata in Eb BWV1031 (1) - Andrea Oliva (flute), Angela Hewitt (piano) (Hyperion CDA 67897)

  Lotti, Antonio: Laudate Dominum - Barbara Christina Steude (soprano), Annekathrin Laabs (soprano), Saxon Vocal Ensemble, Batzdorf Court Ensemble/Matthias Jung (CPO 777 180)

  Rutter, John: A Gaelic blessing - Polyphony, Bournemouth Sinfonietta/Stephen Layton (Hyperion CDA 66947)

• 7:30 AM. Hymns on Sunday

  with Robyn Jaquiery

• 8:00 AM. Summer Mornings

  Mendelssohn, Fanny: String Quartet in Eb (4) - Quatuor Ébène (EMI 4 64546)

  Torelli, Giuseppe: Sonata in D for trumpet & orchestra - Niklas Eklund (baroque trumpet), Drottningholm Baroque Ensemble/Nils-Erik Sparf ( 8.553531)

  Brahms, Johannes: Piano Pieces Op 118 (4) - John Chen (piano) (RNZ UB13)

  Garoto, Anibal Augusto Sardinha: Desvairada - Mike Marshall (mandolin), Chris Thile (mandolin) (Sugarhill 913967)

  Berlioz, Hector: Overture, from Benvenuto Cellini - New York Philharmonic/Pierre Boulez (SONY SM3K 64103)

  Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus: Trio No 4 in Eb, Kegelstatt (3) - Gidon Kremer (violin), Nancy Green (cello), Valery Afanassiev (piano) (DG 415 483)

  Lalo, Édouard: Guitarre Op 28 - Akiko Suwanai (violin), Philharmonia (Philips 475 6189)

  Puccini, Giacomo: O mio babbino caro, from Gianni Schicchi - Richard Stoltzman (clarinet), Slovak Philharmonic (RCA 09026 68817)

  9.00

  Hamilton, David: Elysian Fields - New Zealand Symphony Orchestra/Kenneth Young (TRUST MMT 2037)

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

  Beethoven, Ludwig van: Fantasy in G minor Op 77 - Jonathan Biss (piano) (Onyx 4094)

  Catrin Finch & Aoife Ní Bhriain: Woven - Catrin Finch (harp), Aoife Ní Bhriain (violin) (bendigedig BENDI11)

  Bach, Johann Sebastian: Keyboard Concerto No 4 in A BWV1055 (1) - András Schiff (piano/director), Chamber Orchestra of Europe (Decca 425 676)

• 10:00 AM. Summer Days

  Tchaikovsky, Pyotr Ilyich: Polonaise, from Eugene Onegin - St Cecilia National Academy Orchestra, Rome/Antonio Pappano (EMI 3 70065)

  Saint-Saëns, Camille: Caprice on Danish & Russian Airs - Nash Ensemble (Hyperion CDA 67431/2)

  Copland, Aaron: Billy the Kid - San Francisco Symphony Orchestra/Michael Tilson Thomas (RCA 09026 63511)

  Tiersen, Yann: Porz Goret - Angèle Dubeau (violin), La Pietà (Analekta AN28748)

  11.00

  Handel, George Frideric: Saul, Act 1 Sinfonia - English Concert/Trevor Pinnock (org/dir) (Archiv 447 279)

  Franck, César: Symphony in D minor Op 48 - Montreal Metropolitain Orchestra/Yannick Nézet-Séguin (Atma ACD 2 2647)

  Gjeilo, Ola: Dreamsong, from Dreamweaver - Ola Gjeilo (piano), Grace Davidson (soprano), Duncan Riddell (violin), Grace Davidson (violin), Royal Holloway Choir, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra/Rupert Gough (Decca 4854635)

  12.00

  Bach, Carl Philipp Emanuel: Cello Concerto in A Wq172 (1) - Steven Isserlis (cello/director), Bremen German Chamber Philharmonic (Hyperion CDA 68162)

  Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus arr Ólafsson: Adagio, from String Quintet No 4 in G minor K516 - Víkingur Ólafsson (piano) (DG 4860525)

  Debussy, Claude: String Quartet in G minor Op 10 (1) - New Zealand String Quartet (Atoll ACD 399)

  Glass, Philip: Symphony No 3 (3) - Stuttgart Chamber Orchestra/Dennis Russell Davies (nonesuch 7559 79581)

  Schumann, Robert arr Lionel Tertis: Three Romances Op 28 (2) - Timothy Ridout (viola), Frank Dupree (piano) (Harmonia Mundi HMM90537677)

  Grandjany, Marcel: Rhapsody - Judy Loman (harp) (Naxos 8.554347)

  Dobel, Heinrich: No 3, Gigue I & II in A, from Sonatas for Strings (Appendix) - Ensemble Castelkorn, Josef Žák (violin) (Flora )

  Bernasconi, Andrea: Coro. Le tenebre vinte, from L'Huomo - Ensemble 1700/Dorothee Oberlinger (DHM )

  1.00

  Falla, Manuel de: Four Spanish Pieces - Lorelle McNaughton (piano) (RNZ 2020)

  Saint-Saëns, Camille: Piano Concerto No 2 in G minor Op 22 - Louis Schwizgebel (piano), Auckland Philharmonia/Samy Rachid (RNZ 2024-09-12TD)

  Harris, Ross: Cento - New Zealand Symphony Orchestra/Eduardo Strausser (RNZ )

  Tin, Christopher trans Matt Conaway II: Sogno di Volare, from Civilisation VI - Supertonic, Royal New Zealand Airforce Band/David Gallaher (RNZ 45606)

  Bach, Johann Sebastian arr Max Reger: Chromatic Fantasia & Fugue in D minor BWV903 - Isabelle Demers (organ) (RNZ )

  Beethoven, Ludwig van arr Mitropoulos: String Quartet in C# minor Op 131 - Orchestra Wellington strings/Marc Taddei (RNZ )

  Luscombe, Harry: Pohutakawa - Amelia Berry (soprano), David Barnard (piano) (RNZ 44533)

• 3:00 PM. The Musical Omnivore

  with David Morriss

  A summer series of highlights from 2025

  Bach and Leipzig - his predecessors and successors

  Morungen, Heinrich von: Lanc bin ich geweset verdaht - Robert Weinkauf (vocalist), Susanne Ansorg (flute) (Raumklang RK69301) 

  Rhau, Georg: Gelobet seist du Jesu Christ – Capella de la Torre/Katharina Bäuml (DHM 88875010742)

  Galliculus, Johannes: Joseph lieber, Joseph mein –  Dresden Kreuzchor/Roderich Kreile  (Berlin Classics 1658 BC)

  Calvisius, Sethus: Freut euch und jubiliert – Dresden Kreuzchor, Cappella Sagittariana/Roderich Kreile  (Berlin Classics 1658 BC) 

  Schein, Johann Hermann: Suite, from Banchetto Musicale – Ensemble Doulce Mémoire (Dorian DOR 90262)

  Michael, Tobias: Unser Trübsal, die zeitlich und leichte ist – Chamber Choir Josquin des Préz/Ludwig Böhme (Carus CAR83342) 

  Knüpfer, Sebastian: Suite in D Minor - Kirchheimer DübenConsort/Jörg-Andreas Bötticher (Passacaille PAS1081)

  Schelle, Johann: Cantata Christus, der ist mein Leben – Carolyn Sampson, Rebecca Outram (sop), Robin Blaze (counterten), James Gilchrist (ten), Peter Harvey (bass), King's Consort & Choir/Robert King (Hyperion CDA 67260)

  Kuhnau, Johann: Tristis est anima mea –  Chamber Choir Josquin des Préz/Ludwig Böhme (Carus CAR83342)

  Graupner, Christoph:  Gigue in C – Geneviève Soly (hpschd) (Analekta FL 2 3164)

  Telemann, Georg Philipp: Cantata Ich weiss, dass mein Erlöser lebt (1) – Helmut Krebs (ten), Southwest German Radio Orch/Fritz Werner (rec 1957) (Erato 2584-61402)

  Bach, Johann Sebastian: Dir, dir Jehova BWV452 – Helmut Walcha (org), St Thomas’s Choir Leipzig/Karl Straube (rec 1927) (Archiv 00289 483 9949)

  Bach, Johann Sebastian: Cantata No 67, Halt im Gedächtnis Jesum Christ (1) – St Thomas’s Choir Leipzig, Leipzig Gewandhaus Orch/Karl Straube (rec 1931) (Bach-Archiv Leipzig)

  Bach, Johann Sebastian: Cantata No 117, Sei Lob und Ehr dem höchsten Gut (excerpts) – Lotte Wolf-Matthäus (mezzo), Gert Lutze (ten), St Thomas’s Choir Leipzig, Leipzig Gewandhaus Orch/Günther Ramin (rec 1949) (Leipzig Classics 001800 2BC)

  Bach, Johann Sebastian: Cantata No 54, Widerstehe doch der Sünde (1) – Marga Höffgen (contralto), Leipzig Gewandhaus Orch/Kurt Thomas (rec 1959) (Leipzig Classics 001812 2BC)

  Bach, Johann Sebastian: Cantata No 33: Allein zu dir, Herr Jesu Christ – Julia Hamari (mezzo),  Peter Schreier (ten), Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau (bass), Munich Bach Choir & Orch/Karl Richter (rec 1976-77) (DG 00289 483 9068)

  Wagner, Richard: Magic Fire Music, from Die Walküre - Hans Hotter (bbar), Vienna Phil/Georg Solti (Decca 421 313)

• 5:00 PM. Summer Afternoons

  Handel, George Frideric: Music for the Royal Fireworks, La Réjouissance - Le Concert des Nations/Jordi Savall (Auvidis Fontalis ES 9903)

  Bach, Johann Sebastian: Concerto in C minor BWV981 - Alexandre Tharaud (piano) (HARMONIA MUNDI HMX 290 8379.81)

  Traditional arr Hart: The Broom Of Cowdenknowes - Stella Dickinson (oboe), Capital Virtuosi/Paul Hart (ASV CDWHL 2118)

  Barber, Samuel: Overture, from School for Scandal Op 5 - Atlanta Symphony Orchestra/Yoel Levi (TELARC CD 80632)

  Brahms, Johannes: String Quintet No 2 in G Op 111 (3) - New Zealand String Quartet, Maria Lambros (viola) (Naxos 8.573455)

  Rachmaninov, Sergei: Piano Concerto No 1 in F# minor Op 1 (3) - Simon Trpceski (piano), Royal Liverpool Philharmonic/Vasily Petrenko (Avie AV 2191)

  Walton, William arr Palmer: Troilus & Cressida Symphonic Suite: IV. Finale - City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra/Mirga Gražinytė-Tyla (DG 4861547)

  Horo, Horomona: Aranga (Arise) - Horomona Horo (Taonga pūoro) (Atoll ACD700)

• 6:00 PM. Worlds of Music

  with Trevor Reekie

  Iglesias, Alberto transcr Antoine Bareil: Soy Marco, from Talk to Her - Angèle Dubeau (violin), La Pietà (Analekta AN28733)

  Williams, John arr Marc Ouellette: Chairman's Waltz, from Memoirs of a Geisha - Angèle Dubeau (violin), La Pietà (Analekta AN28733)

• 7:00 PM. Made in New Zealand

  Tchaikovsky, Pyotr Ilyich: Andante Cantabile, from String Quartet No 1 - David Chickering (cello), New Zealand Symphony Orchestra/James Sedares (RNZ UB22)

  McLeod, Jenny: Cambridge Suite - New Zealand Symphony Orchestra/Kenneth Young (RNZ UC25)

  Elgar, Edward: Romance Op 62 - Preman Tilson (bsn), New Zealand Symphony Orchestra/James Judd (Naxos 8.557577)

  Hamilton, David: A Waltz for Those Who Don't Dance, from Imagined Dances II - Archi D'amore Zelanda (Atoll ACD218)

• 7:30 PM. Fearful Symmetries

  A series of eleven documentaries celebrating each decade of the 20th century and the first decade of the 21st century. Roger Smith and a selection of experts survey musical landmarks and innovative movements in the arts, including theatre, literature, visual arts, fashion and architecture. (RNZ 2001)
  (8) 1970-1979: The Decade that Taste Forgot? (radio-only)

• 9:00 PM. Sound Lounge

  Harris, Ross: Symphony No 6, Last Letter - Fiona Campbell (mezzo), Auckland Phil/Giordano Bellincampi (Naxos 8.573994)

  Norris, Michael: Matauranga (Rerenga) - Alistair Fraser (taonga pūoro), Michael Norris (electronics), New Zealand SO/Carlos Kalmar (RNZ)

  Taylor, David Grahame: Sur/face - Naoto Segawa (marimba), New Zealand String Quartet (RNZ/Bickerton)

  Holmes, Leonie: This Watershed Time - The King's Singers, Voices New Zealand/Karen Grylls (RNZ 2017)

  Chung, Cadence: Mahuika as a boy - Herbert Zielinski (tenor), Antonia Grant (violin), Isabelle Faulkner (violin), Fiona Quinn (viola), Benjamin Carter (cello), Cadence Chung (glockenspiel) (Private)

  Zhan, Xiaole: Creation Myth (mock-up) - Xiaole Zhan (voice) Various (Private)

  Farquhar, David: Five Scenes - Gunter Herbig (guitar) (Naxos 8.573765)

  Paperghost: The Maryland Goatman; My Soul the Comet to Take - Zach Webber (voice, electronics) (Sonorous Circle 2015)

  Smith, Paul: Logos - Paul Smith (electronics) (Rattle D087)

• 11:00 PM. New Music Dreams

  with Ryan Smith

  Sketches for Albinos: Days of Being Wild and Kind (album) - Matthew Collings (Nothings66 N66CD 002)

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