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Summer encore: Tim Finn: from the Enz to the Opera
Listen to a popular interview with Split Enz co-founder Tim Finn talking about his debut opera Ihitai Avei’a - Star Navigator: the story of the Tahitian navigator Tupaia, who guided Captain James Cook to Aotearoa. Audio
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Hymns on Sunday, 11 January 2026
11 Jan 2026In this week's Summer Hymn Requests, you can hear a recording of The Lord's My Shepherd from Queen Elizabeth II's Diamond Jubilee service in 2012, there's a song by English composer John Rutter, and Harvard University Choir sings the American gospel hymn In the sweet by and by. Audio
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Summer encore: Bodies of Water - Don McGlashan
23 Nov 2025Watch / Listen / Read: New Zealand music icon Don McGlashan (The Mutton Birds, The Front Lawn, Blam Blam Blam) talks about how rivers, lakes, inlets, and seas have shaped him and his career as an artist in this charming Lilburn Lecture. Video, Audio
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Summer encore: 2025 National Concerto Finals
4 Jan 2026Listen to these popular recordings of three finalists under the age of 25 performing a piano concerto of their choice with the Christchurch Symphony Orchestra, recorded by RNZ Concert.
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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Bryan Crump
Station: Concert
Programme: Three to Seven
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Andrew Clark
Station: Concert
Programme: Mornings
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Carey McDonald
Station: Concert
Programme: Mornings
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Nick Tipping
Station: Concert
Programme: Days
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David Morriss
Station: Concert
Programme: The Musical Omnivore
Wednesday 14 January
12:00 AM. Music Through the Night
Beethoven, Ludwig van: Romance No 2 in F Op 50 - Arthur Grumiaux (violin), Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, Amsterdam/Bernard Haitink (Philips 426 064)
Haydn, Franz Joseph: Variations in F minor HobXVII/6 - Tessa Birnie (piano) (Chartreuse TB 6)
Liszt, Franz arr Baril: Mephisto Waltz No 1 - Angèle Dubeau (violin), La Pietà (Analekta AN 2 8723)
Pilati, Mario: Sonata for flute & piano (1) - Luca Manghi (flute), David Kelly (piano) (Atoll ACD 882)
Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus: Serenade No 7 in D K250, Haffner (8) - Arvid Engegard (violin), Salzburg Camerata Academica/Sandor Vegh (Capriccio 67 207)
Beethoven, Ludwig van: Piano Concerto No 1 in C Op 15 (2) - Diedre Irons (piano), Christchurch Symphony Orchestra/Marc Taddei (Trust MMT 2050)
1:00 approx
Schubert, Franz: Symphony No 9 in C D944, Great (1) - New Zealand Symphony Orchestra/Jerzy Maksymiuk (RNZ UA92)
Byrd, William: Mass for five voices - Cardinall's Musick/Andrew Carwood (ASV CD GAU 206)
Vaughan Williams, Ralph: Symphony No 5 in D (1) - Atlanta Symphony Orchestra/Robert Spano (TELARC CD 80676)
Satie, Eric: Gnossienne No 2 - Michael Houstoun (piano) (Rattle RAT D075)
Bach, Johann Sebastian: Viola da gamba Sonata No 2 in D BWV1028 - Althea Ifeka (oboe d'amore), Katharine May (harpsichord) (OBOE CLASSICS CC 2013)
2:00 approx
Edwards, Ross: Blackwattle Caprices - Aleksandr Tsiboulski (guitar) (Naxos 8.570949)
Glick, Srul Irving: Divertimento for String Orchestra - Thirteen Strings of Ottawa/Brian Law (CBC Records MVCD 1046)
Brahms, Johannes: Clarinet Sonata in Eb Op 120/2 (3) - Marie Ross (clarinet), Petra Somlai (piano) (Centaur CRC3760)
Toscanini, Arturo: Minuettino Berceuse - David Vine (piano) (RNZ UC18)
Fauré, Gabriel: Nocturne No 7 in C# minor Op 74 - Richard Mapp (piano) (RNZ UB66)
Delibes, Léo: Les norvégiennes - Jeremy Filsell (piano), women's voices of Vasari Singers/Jeremy Backhouse (GUILD GMCD 7199)
3:00 approx
Strauss, Richard: Violin Sonata in Eb Op 18 (2) - Ben Baker (violin), Robert Thompson (piano) (Champs Hill CHRCD096)
Debussy, Claude: Suite bergamasque - John Chen (piano) (ABC 4766834)
Albinoni, Tomaso: Concerto in C Op 10/3 - Andrew Skidmore (cello), Collegium Musicum 90/Simon Standage (dir) (Chandos CHAN 0769)
Fauré, Gabriel: Nocturne No 12 in E minor Op 107 - Richard Mapp (piano) (RNZ UB66)
Stamitz, Carl Philipp: Symphony in D, The Hunt - London Mozart Players/Matthias Bamert (Chandos CHAN 9358)
Lambert, Frank: She is far from the land - Thomas Allen (baritone), Malcolm Martineau (piano) (Hyperion CDA 67290)
4:00 approx
Tsabropoulos, Vassilis: Three pieces after Byzantine hymns - Anja Lechner (cello), Vassilis Tsabropoulos (piano) (ECM 1888 (981 9613))
Sibelius, Jean: Violin Concerto in D minor Op 47 (2) - Anne-Sophie Mutter (violin), Staatskapelle Dresden/André Previn (DG 447 895)
Grieg, Edvard: Peer Gynt Suite No 2 - Barbara Hendricks (soprano), Oslo Philharmonic Chorus & Orchestra/Esa-Pekka Salonen (SONY MLK 64064)
Scarlatti, Domenico: Keyboard Sonata in C Kk159 - Terence Dennis (piano) (RNZ UB39)
Higdon, Jennifer: Viola Concerto (1) - Roberto Díaz (viola), Nashville Symphony Orchestra/Giancarlo Guerrero (Naxos 8.559823)
Victoria, Tomas Luís de: Regina caeli in five parts - The Sixteen/Harry Christophers (CORO COR 16088)
Kreisler, Fritz: Liebesleid - Pinchas Zukerman (violin), Marc Neikrug (piano) (Philips 416 158)
Traditional: The Maids of Mourne Shore - Carolyn Mills (harp) (Atoll ACD 919)
5:00 approx
Liszt, Franz: Concerto in the Hungarian Style S714 - Janina Fialkowska (piano), Calgary Philharmonic Orchestra/Hans Graf (CBC SMCD5202)
Rodrigo, Joaquín: Concierto de Aranjuez (2) - Sharon Isbin (guitar), New York Philharmonic/José Serebrier (warner 2564 60296)
Gershwin, George: Rhapsody in Blue - Asher Fisch (pno, cond), New Zealand Symphony Orchestra (RNZ NZSO 2023-03-31)
Lilburn, Douglas: Four Canzonas (1) - Gunter Herbig (guitar) (Naxos 8.572185)
Zemtsov, Mikhail: Tango Suite (3) - Dana Zemtsov (violin), Anna Fedorova (piano), Borys Fedorov (viola), Mikhail Zemtsov (viola), Nicholas Schwartz (double bass) (Channel Classics CCS44523)
Gluck, Christoph Willibald von: Che farò senza Euridice? - Anne Sofie von Otter (mezzo), English Concert/Trevor Pinnock (dir) (Archiv 449 206)
Saint-Saëns, Camille: The Swan, from Carnival of the Animals - The Kanneh-Masons (Decca 4851156)
Morel, Jorge: Danza Brasilera - John Couch (guitar) (John Couch JB 1000)