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Summer encore: The Big Sing Finale
One of the highlights of 2025, the Big Sing Finale brought together 24 top secondary school choirs, with nearly 1000 young singers gathering in Dunedin to sing their hearts out. Catch up on the performances here.
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Hymns on Sunday, 28 December 2025
Hymns on Sunday Summer Requests starts today – throughout January you can hear listener choices. Favourite hymns in this week’s programme include Be thou my vision, Stuart Townend’s setting of Psalm 23 The Lord’s my shepherd, and Guide me, O thou great redeemer. Audio
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Summer Brass from the NZSO
Acclaimed Australian conductor and trumpeter Yoram Levy showcases the power and precision of the NZSO brass and percussion musicians in music to stir the soul and ignite the holiday spirit.
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Christmas Day Church Service
Celebrate Christmas Day with an ecumenical service of readings, reflections and prayers brought to you by representatives of some of Wellington's central city churches, and carols sung by Porirua choir Pacific Connection. Video, Audio
Programmes
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Music Alive
Clarissa Dunn takes you to the best seat in the house for live concerts featuring local and international artists.
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Three to Seven
Bryan Crump brings you a mix of the fresh and the familiar from school’s out to dinner time and beyond.
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Inside Out
Nick Tipping brings you classic recordings and modern masterpieces from the world of jazz.
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Mornings
Andrew Clark (Monday - Thursday) and Carey McDonald (Friday - Sunday) have all you need to start your day.
Presenters
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Robyn Jaquiery
Station: Concert
Programme: Hymns on Sunday
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David Morriss
Station: Concert
Programme: The Musical Omnivore
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Clarissa Dunn
Station: Concert
Programme: Music Alive
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Carey McDonald
Station: Concert
Programme: Mornings
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Nick Tipping
Station: Concert
Programme: Inside Out
Wednesday 31 December
10:00 AM. Summer Days
Strauss II, Johann: Overture, from Die Fledermaus - Vienna Philharmonic/Herbert von Karajan (DG 419 616)
Purcell, Henry arr Balsom: Excerpts, from The Fairy Queen - Alison Balsom (trumpet), English Concert/Trevor Pinnock (EMI 440329)
Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus: Piano Concerto No 9 in Eb K271, Jeunehomme - Alfred Brendel (piano), Vienna Philharmonic/Charles Mackerras (Decca 478 2116)
11.00
Brahms, Johannes: Horn Trio in Eb Op 40 - Barry Tuckwell (horn), Itzhak Perlman (violin), Vladimir Ashkenazy (Decca 414 128)
Rodrigo, Joaquín: Concierto de Aranjuez - John Williams (guitar), Christine Pendrill (cor anglais), Philharmonia/Louis Frémaux (CBS M2K 44791)
Schubert, Franz: Impromptu in Gb D899/3 - Tessa Birnie (piano) (WALSINGHAM 3WAL 80432)
12.00
Dvořák, Antonín: Carnival Overture - New Zealand Symphony Orchestra/Asher Fisch (RNZ NZSO 2023-03-31)
Martinů, Bohuslav: Promenades - Lenka Kozderková-Simková (flute), Adéla Stajnochrová (violin), Monika Knoblochová (harpsichord) (Supraphon SU 3805)
Adams, John: Short Ride in a Fast Machine - San Francisco Symphony Orchestra/Michael Tilson Thomas (SFS MEDIA SFS 0053)
Debussy, Claude: Soirée dans Grenade, from Estampes - Michael Houstoun (piano) (RNZ UA23)
Price, Florence: Symphony No 3 in C minor (2) - Philadelphia Orchestra/Yannick Nezet-Seguin (DG 4862029)
Meyer, Edgar; Thile, Chris: Look Away - Joshua Bell (violin), Edgar Meyer (double bass), Chris Thile (mandolin) (SONY 88697 55436)
Mendelssohn, Fanny: Epilog (13) from Das Jahr - Lauma Skride (pno) (Sony 88697030162)
Loesser, Frank: What Are You Doing New Year's Eve - Nancy Wilson, James Moody (tenor) (MCG)
1.00
Haydn, Franz Joseph: Symphony No 5 in A - Camerata/Anne Loeser (RNZ Camerata 2019)
Rachmaninov, Sergei: Cello Sonata in G minor Op 19 - Matthias Balzat (cello), Laurence Matheson (piano) (RNZ MMF 2023)
Panufnik, Andrzej: Piano Trio Op 1 - NZTrio (RNZ)
Kodály, Zoltán: Háry János Suite - Jenő Lisztes (cimbalom), Auckland Philharmonia Orchestra/Gilbert Varga (RNZ)
Liszt, Franz: Après une lecture de Dante, from Years of Pilgrimage Book II, Italy - Tony Yan Tong Chen (piano) (RNZ)
Scott, Clement arr Madeleine Pierard: Pō Atarau: Now is the Hour - Phillip Rhodes (baritone), Whānau London Voices (Whānau London Voices Royal Albert Hall, London)
