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Hymns on Sunday, 8 June 2025

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Hymns for the Feast of Pentecost today, including plainchant from the 9th century (Veni, Creator Spiritus) and the contemporary hymn Spirit of God, rest on your people by UK hymn writer Bernadette Farrell. Audio

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Sunday 08 June

12:00 AM. Music Through the Night

Handel, George Frideric: Trio Sonata in F Op 2/4 - London Baroque (HARMONIA MUNDI HMC 90 1379)

Fauré, Gabriel: Nocturne No 13 in B minor Op 119 - Richard Mapp (pno) (RNZ UB66)

Vaughan Williams: The Lark Ascending - Wilma Smith (vln), New Zealand SO/James Sedares ( )

Debussy, Claude: Images, Book 2 - Simon Trpceski (pno) (EMI 500272)

Myers, Stanley: Cavatina, from The Deer Hunter - The Black Quartet (Private P001452)

Simones, Moises arr Aragón: El manisero - Sarah Willis (horn), Jorge Aragón (pno), Harold Madrigal Frías (tpt), Havana Lyceum Orch/José Antonio Méndez Padrón (ALPHA ALPHA578)

1:00 approx

Rachmaninov, Sergei: Symphony No 2 in E minor Op 27 (3) - New Zealand SO National Youth Orchestra/Pietari Inkinen (RNZ 2011)

Bach, Johann Sebastian: Partita No 3 in A minor BWV827 - András Schiff (pno) (ECM 4766991)

Liadov, Anatol: Eight Russian Folksongs Op 58 - Krasnoyarsk SO/Ivan Shpiller (Brilliant Classics 94077)

Chopin, Frédéric: Mazurkas Op 59 (1) - Michael Houstoun (pno) (RNZ UA26)

Vivaldi, Antonio: Concerto in G minor for two violins & cello - Nigel Kennedy (vln/dir), Daniel Stabrawa (vln), Olaf Maninger (cello), members of Berlin Phil (EMI 5 57859)

2:00 approx

Dvořák, Antonín: String Quartet No 10 in Eb Op 51 (2) Dumka - New Zealand String Quartet (Atoll ACD 703)

Rubbra, Edmund: A Tribute Op 56 - BBC National Orch of Wales/Richard Hickox (Chandos CHAN 9538)

Beethoven, Ludwig van: Piano Sonata No 8 in C minor Op 13, Pathétique (2) - Michael Houstoun (pno) (Rattle RAT D048)

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

Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus arr Wendt: The Magic Flute, excerpts - Mozart Ensemble of the Vienna Volksoper (NIMBUS NI 5576)

Bjørklund, Terje: Arctic Lines (6) Sami Song - Ola Asdahl Rokkones (alto saxophone), Arktisk Filharmoni/Per Kristian Skalstad (LAWO LWC1263)

3:00 approx

Arnold, Malcolm: Prelude & Romance - Mark Bebbington (pno) (SOMM SOMMCD 062)

Hill, Alfred: String Quartet No 5 in Eb, Allies - Dominion Quartet (Naxos 8.572446)

Bach, Johann Sebastian: Concerto in D minor BWV974 - Víkingur Ólafsson (piano) (DG 4835022)

Lilburn, Douglas: Festival Overture - New Zealand SO/James Judd (Naxos 8.557697)

Horner, James Orch. Claude Lemay: My Heart Will Go On, from Titanic - Angèle Dubeau (violin), La Pietà (Analekta AN28733)

4:00 approx

Ries, Ferdinand: Piano Concerto in C minor Op 115 (1) - Christopher Hinterhuber (pno), Bournemouth SO/Uwe Grodd (Naxos 8.572088)

Haydn, Franz Joseph: Symphony No 86 in D (1) - Berlin Phil/Herbert von Karajan (DG 419 741)

Vaughan Williams, Ralph: Phantasy Quintet - Nash Ensemble (Hyperion CDA 67313)

Farr, Gareth: Te Parenga - Patrick Barry (cl), NZSO CO/Marc Taddei (Trust MMT 2036)

Farrenc, Louise: Variations brillantes Op 15 - Konstanze Eickhorst (pno) (CPO 999 879)

Brahms, Johannes arr Quatuor Agate: String Quartet No 3 in Bb Op 67 (2) - Quatuor Agate (Appassionato APP003)

5:00 approx

Strauss, Richard: Violin Sonata in Eb Op 18 (1) - Augustin Dumay (vln), Louis Lortie (pno) (Onyx 4096)

Hadar, Yosef arr Tom Hodge: Evening of Roses - Sheku Kanneh-Mason (cello), City of Birmingham SO/Mirga Gražinyte-Tyla (Decca 483 2948)

Clementi, Muzio: Keyboard Sonata in C Op 34/1 (1) - Howard Shelley (pno) (Hyperion CDA 67814)

Glick, Srul Irving: Old Toronto Klezmer Suite - Angèle Dubeau (vln), La Pietà (Analekta AN28721)

Merula, Tarquinio: Cíaccona, from Canzoni libro terzo Op 12 - Australian Brandenburg Orchestra/Paul Dyer (ABC Classics ABC 4763828)

Pierné, Gabriel: Canzonetta Op 19 - Murray Khouri (cl), Rosemary Barnes (pno) (Continuum CCD 1014)

Traditional: King of the Blind - The Curious Bards (Harmonia Mundi HMN916105)

Liszt, Franz: Etude No. 1 Preludio - Luu Hong Quang (pno) (RATTLE RATD152)

Vivaldi, Antonio: Concerto Grosso in B minor RV580 (1) - Avi Avital (mandolin), Il Giardino Armonico/Giovanni Antonini (DG 4863459)

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