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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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Nick Tipping
Station: Concert
Programme: Days
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David Morriss
Station: Concert
Programme: Evenings
Tuesday 13 January
12:00 AM. Music Through the Night
Saint-Saëns, Camille: Havanaise - James Ehnes (violin), Quebec Symphony Orchestra/Yoav Talmi (Analekta FL 2 3151)
Brahms, Johannes: Intermezzi Op 117 - Michael Houstoun (piano) (Rattle RATD131)
Chopin, Frédéric: Scherzo No 2 in Bb minor Op 31 - Simon Trpceski (piano) (EMI 375586)
Korngold, Erich Wolfgang: Piano Trio in D Op 1 (2) - NZTrio (Rattle RAT-D121)
Rachmaninov, Sergei: Cello Sonata in G minor Op 19 (4) - Steven Isserlis (cello), Stephen Hough (piano) (Hyperion CDA 67376)
Psathas, John: Jettatura - Tony Yan Tong Chen (piano) (Rattle RAT-D112)
1:00 approx
Debussy, Claude: Pour le Piano - John Chen (piano) (ABC 4766834)
Sibelius, Jean: Symphony No 7 in C Op 105 - Leningrad Philharmonic/Yevgeny Mravinsky (MELODIYA 74321 25189)
Holst, Gustav: Hammersmith Op 52 - North Texas Wind Symphony/Eugene Migliaro Corporon (GIA Publications CD655)
McBeth, Gordon: All on a Summer's Day - Jenny Wollerman (soprano), David Barnard (piano) (RNZ 2021-05-04)
Gates, Keith: Sonatina for flute & piano - Judy Hand (flute), Keith Gates (piano) (Summit Records DCD 254)
2:00 approx
Dvořák, Antonín: Serenade in E for strings Op 22 (2) - New Zealand Symphony Orchestra/James Sedares (UNIVERSAL 99072)
McLeod, Jenny: Little Symphony - New Zealand Symphony Orchestra/Kenneth Young (Continuum CCD 1073)
Michio, Miyagi arr Kondonassis: Haru no umi - Yolanda Kondonassis (harp) (TELARC CD 80488)
Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus: Overture, from Idomeneo & Ballet Music - Auckland Philharmonia/Roy Goodman (Atoll ACD 883)
Chopin, Frédéric: Mazurkas Op 63 - Michael Houstoun (piano) (TARTAR CD TRL 069)
Whitacre, Eric: Sing gently - Virtual Choir 6, Sam Glicklich (piano) (Unquiet 2020)
3:00 approx
Halvorsen, Johan: Passacaglia after Handel - Natalia Lomeiko (violin), Yuri Zhislin (viola) (Naxos 8.572522)
Telemann, Georg Philipp: Overture in G, Nations Old & New - NZ Barok (Atoll ACD 813)
Loeillet De Gant, Jean Baptiste: Recorder Sonata in D minor Op 2/3 - Daniel Rothert (recorder), Vanessa Young (cello), Ketil Haugsand (harpsichord) (Naxos 8.572023)
Schubert, Franz: Allegretto in C minor D915 - Tessa Birnie (piano) (ABC Classics 476 6479)
Farr, Gareth: Taheke - Bridget Douglas (flute), Carolyn Mills (hrp) (Atoll ACD 709)
Cherubini, Luigi: Dei tuoi figli la madre, from Medea - Maria Callas (soprano), Teatro alla Scala/Tullio Serafin (Warner Classics 2564634083)
4:00 approx
Mahler, Gustav: Excerpts, from Rückert-Lieder - Christa Ludwig (mezzo), Philharmonia/Otto Klemperer (EMI CDM 7 69499)
Marcello, Alessandro: Oboe Concerto in D minor - John Abberger (oboe), Tafelmusik/Jeanne Lamon (dir) (Analekta AN 2 9811)
Debussy, Claude: Jeux - Cleveland Orchestra/Pierre Boulez (DG 439 896)
Schramm, Paul: Dancing, from Impressions of Java & Bali - Boyd Owen (tenor), Bruce Greenfield (piano) (RNZ 2021-05-04)
Haydn, Franz Joseph: Symphony No 94 in G, Surprise (2) - Les Musiciens du Louvre/Marc Minkowski (Naive 5176)
Ernesaks, Gustav: Mu isamaa on minu arm - The King's Singers (Signum SIGCD607)
Bach, Johann Sebastian: Aria, from Goldberg Variations, BWV988 - Rachel Podger (violin), Brecon Baroque (Chanel CCSSA44923)
Smith, Ryan: Suikinkutsu - Hannah Darroch (flute), Robyn Jaquiery (piano) (RNZ)
5:00 approx
Vivaldi, Antonio: Concerto in D for two violins RV511 - Simon Standage (vln/director), Micaela Comberti (violin), Collegium Musi (Chandos CHAN 0528)
Shostakovich, Dmitri: Jazz Suite No 1 - Philadelphia Orchestra/Mariss Jansons (EMI CDC 5 55601)
Beethoven, Ludwig van: Piano Trio No 4 in Bb Op 11 - Trio Wanderer (Harmonia Mundi HMC 90 2100)
Halvorsen, Johan: Concert Caprice on Norwegian Melodies - Natalia Lomeiko (violin), Yuri Zhislin (violin) (Naxos 8.572522)
Chaminade, Cécile arr Kreisler: Serenade espagnole - Christian Ferras (violin), Jean-Claude Ambrosini (piano) (Brilliant Classics 93791)
Whitacre, Eric: The Sacred Veil (3) - Voces8, Christopher Glynn (piano), Emma Denton (cello) (Decca 4853970)
Ravel, Maurice: The fairy garden, from Mother Goose Suite - BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra/Ilan Volkov (BBC Music BBC MM 300)
Thomas, William: The Dying Lover - Robert Tucker (baritone), David Barnard (piano) (RNZ 2021-02-12DMc)