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Saturday 04 May

12:00 AM. Music Through the Night

Vivaldi, Antonio: Violin Concerto in Bb RV359 - Simon Standage (vln), Academy of Ancient Music (Decca 475 7693)

Haydn, Franz Joseph: Trio in D for keyboard, flute & cello HobXV/16 (1) - Uwe Grodd (fl), Martin Rummel (cello), Christopher Hinterhuber (pno) (Naxos 8.572667)

Dvořák, Antonín: Serenade in E for strings Op 22 (5) - Strings of the Philharmonia/Christopher Warren-Green (dir) (Chandos CHAN 6526)

Franck, César: Symphony in D minor Op 48 (2) - Champs-Elysées Orch/Philippe Herreweghe (Harmonia Mundi HMC 90 1771)

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

Tippett, Michael: Concerto for double string orchestra (3) - Scottish CO/Michael Tippett (Virgin VC 7 90701)

Brahms, Johannes arr Geringas: Wiegenlied Op 49/4 - Alexander Ivashkin (cello), Tamás Vesmás (pno) (RNZ UB56)

1:00 approx

Holst, Gustav: Hammersmith Op 52 - North Texas Wind Symphony/Eugene Migliaro Corporon (GIA Publications CD655)

Vaughan Williams, Ralph: On Wenlock Edge - Mark Padmore (ten), Schubert Ensemble, Alison Dods (vln) (Chandos CHAN 10465)

Chopin, Frédéric: Piano Sonata No 3 in B minor Op 58 (1) - Michael Houstoun (pno) (RNZ UA35)

Offenbach, Jacques arr Bonynge: Le Papillon, Suite - English Concert Orch/Richard Bonynge (Decca 421 818)

2:00 approx

Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus: Sonata in D for two pianos K448 - Murray Perahia (pno), Radu Lupu (pno) (CBS MK 39511)

Grieg, Edvard: Elegiac Melodies Op 34 - Bergen Phil/Ole Kristian Ruud (BIS SACD 1491)

Andrès, Bernard: Prelude No 6, from Preludes Vol 2 - Carolyn Mills (harp) (Atoll ACD 917)

Barber, Samuel: Essay No 1 for orchestra Op12 - New Zealand SO/Andrew Schenck (Stradivari SCD 8012)

Schumann, Robert: Humoreske in Bb Op 20 (6) - Tony Chen Lin (piano) (Rattle RATD080)

Whitacre, Eric: Her sacred spirit soars - Polyphony/Stephen Layton (Hyperion CDA67543)

3:00 approx

Telemann, Georg Philipp: Partita No 2 in G, from Die Kleine Cammer-Music - Paul Goodwin (ob), Nigel North (lute), Susan Sheppard (cello), John Toll (hpschd) (HARMONIA MUNDI HMU 90 7152)

Lilburn, Douglas: Symphony No 2 - New Zealand SO/James Judd (Naxos 8.555862)

Verdi, Giuseppe: Ah, fors'è lui, from La Traviata - Kiri Te Kanawa (sop), Florence May Festival Orch/Zubin Mehta (Philips 442 440)

Beethoven, Ludwig van: String Quartet in C Op 59/3, Razumovsky (4) - New Zealand String Quartet (Atoll ACD 402)

Paderewski, Ignacy Jan: Nocturne in Bb Op 16/4 - Stephen Hough (pno) (Virgin VC 7 90732)

Bach, Johann Sebastian: Cantata No 51, Jauchzet Gott in allen Landen (1) - Emma Kirkby (sop), English Baroque Soloists/John Eliot Gardiner (Philips 411 458)

4:00 approx

Elgar, Edward: Three Bavarian Dances - New Zealand SO/James Judd (Naxos 8.557577)

Boccherini, Luigi: Flute Quintet in C G439 - Jean-Pierre Rampal (fl), Régis Pasquier (vln), Bruno Pasquier (vla), Roland Pidoux, Mathilde Sternat (cellos) (SONY SK 62679)

Rimsky-Korsakov, Nikolai: Overture on Russian Themes Op 28 - Malaysian Phil/Kees Bakels (BIS CD 1577)

Schubert, Franz: Piano Sonata No 21 in Bb D960 (1) - Alfred Brendel (pno) (Philips 420 644)

Bernstein, Leonard: Glitter and Be Gay, from Candide - Dawn Upshaw (sop), session orchestra/Eric Stern (Elektra 979345)

5:00 approx

Korngold, Erich Wolfgang: Marietta's Song, from Die tote Stadt - Yo-Yo Ma (cello), Kathryn Stott (piano) (Sony 19439822372)

Haydn, Franz Joseph: Keyboard Concerto in D HobXVIII/11 - Martha Argerich (pno), Württemberg CO/Jörg Faerber (DG 439 864)

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

Strauss, Richard: Suite in Bb for winds Op 4 (1) - François Leleux (ob), Ensemble Paris-Bastille (SONY 88697 74869)

Byrd, William: Pavana, The Earle of Salisbury - Tessa Birnie (pno) (WALSINGHAM 3WAL 80432)

Ritchie, John: Whimsies (1) Full Fathom Five - Matthew Marshall (gtr) (Rattle D097)

Satie, Eric: Gymnopédie No 2 - Yitkin Seow (pno) (Hyperion CDA 66344)

Lauridsen, Morten: O nata lux, from Lux aeterna - Polyphony/Stephen Layton (Hyperion SACDA 67449)

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