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Hymns on Sunday, 30 November 2025

30 Nov 2025

The season of Advent begins today – a time of waiting and expectation leading up to Christmas. Sing along to favourite Advent hymns including O come, Emmanuel and Come, thou long-expected Jesus. Audio

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Tuesday 02 December

10:00 AM. Days

with Nick Tipping

Adams, John: Short Ride in a Fast Machine - Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra/Marin Alsop (Naxos 8.559031)

Brahms, Johannes orch Juon: Hungarian Dance No 4 in F# minor - Stuttgart Radio Symphony Orchestra/Georges Prêtre (Forlane 16770)

Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus: Piano Sonata No 10 in C K330 - Lang Lang (piano) (DG 477 5976)

Boccherini, Luigi: Cello Concerto in D G483 - Sol Gabetta (cello), Cappella Gabetta/Andrés Gabetta (Decca 4832473)

Costa, Yamandu: Nina - Jan Lundgren (piano), Costa Yamandu (guitar) (ACT Music 9990)

11.00

Beethoven, Ludwig van: Leonore Overture No 2 - Swedish Chamber Orchestra/Thomas Dausgaard (SIMAX PSC 1184)

Poulenc, Francis: Sinfonietta - Orchestre de Picardie/Edmon Colomer (Calliope CAL 9748)

Rota, Nino: Sonata for flute & harp - Emmanuel Pahud (flute), Anneleen Lenaerts (harp) (Warner Classics 9029551471)

Williams, John: Escapades - 1. Closing in, from Catch Me if You Can - Jess Gillam (saxophone), BBC Concert Orchestra/Jessica Cottis (Decca 4834862)

12.00

Schubert, Franz: String Quartet No 13 in A minor D804, Rosamunde (2) - Alban Berg Quartet (EMI CDC 7 47333)

Bellini, Vincenzo: Casta diva, from Norma - Maria Callas (soprano), La Scala Chorus & Orchestra, Milan/Tullio Serafin (EMI 557062)

Gounod, Charles: Ah! Je veux vivre, from Roméo et Juliette - Maria Callas (soprano), Orchestre National De La Radiodiffusion Francaise/Georges Prêtre (EMI 62725)

Puccini, Giacomo: Vissi d'arte, from Tosca - Maria Callas (soprano), La Scala Orchestra, Milan/Victor de Sabata (EMI 557062)

Handel, George Frideric: Harp Concerto in Bb HWV294 - Marisa Robles (harp), ASMF/Iona Brown (Decca 425 723)

Evans, Bill arr Distler: Since We Met - Jean-Yves Thibaudet (piano) (Decca 455 512)

Wu Man: Green (Vincent's Tune) - Silk Road Ensemble (Sony 88875181012)

Stravinsky, Igor: Infernal Dance, from The Firebird - Chicago Symphony Orchestra/Pierre Boulez (DG 459 064)

Parker, Ross Charles, Hughie: We'll Meet Again - Yo-Yo Ma (cello), Kathryn Stott (piano) (Sony 19439822372)

1.00

Berlioz, Hector: Overture, from Roman Carnival - New Zealand Symphony Orchestra/Brett Mitchell (RNZ)

Spohr, Louis: Sonata concertante in Eb Op 114 (2) - Andrew Beer (violin), Ingrid Bauer (harp) (RNZ 2025-08-31)

Grieg, Edvard: Holberg Suite - Auckland Philharmonia/Andrew Beer (vln, dir) (RNZ)

Prokofiev, Sergei: Piano Sonata No 3 in A minor Op 28 - Henry Meng (piano) (RNZ)

Utting, Craig: Creepy Cat, from Fit 4 Piano Etudes - Henry Meng (piano) (RNZ)

Morricone, Ennio arr PO Riwai Hina: Gabriel's Oboe, from The Mission - Amy Clough (oboe), Royal New Zealand Airforce Band/David Gallaher (RNZ 2024-11-10)

Lilburn, Douglas: Allegro for Strings - Auckland Philharmonia strings (RNZ)

Reinhardt, Django Bernie, BEN & Pinkard, Maceo Reinhardt, Django; Grappelli, Stephane: Nuages, Sweet Georgia Brown, Minor Swing - Justine Cormack (violin), James Bush (cello), Simon Martyn-Ellis (guitar) ()

Paganini, Niccolò: Caprice in A minor Op 1/24 - Yuka Eguchi (violin), Kemp English (piano) (RNZ)

Rachmaninov, Sergei: Rhapsody on a theme of Paganini - Inon Barnatan (piano), Auckland Philharmonia/Alan Buribayev (RNZ)

Artley, Chris: I sing of a maiden - The Graduate Choir New Zealand/Terence Maskell (RNZ)

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