Christmas
HANDEL arr Rutter: Joy to the World
Performed by The Graduate Choir NZ, and the Auckland Philharmonia Orchestra conducted by Hamish McKeich at the APO's Celebrate Christmas concert, Holy Trinity Cathedral, 12 December 2020. Audio
GAUNTLETT arr Rutter: Once in Royal David's City
Performed by soprano Amelia Berry, The Graduate Choir NZ, and the Auckland Philharmonia Orchestra conducted by Hamish McKeich at the APO's Celebrate Christmas concert, Holy Trinity Cathedral, 12… Audio
REGER: Mariä Wiegenlied
Performed by soprano Amelia Berry and the Auckland Philharmonia Orchestra conducted by Hamish McKeich at the APO's Celebrate Christmas concert, Holy Trinity Cathedral, 12 December 2020. Audio
TCHAIKOVSKY: Scherzo from Symphony No 1 in G minor Op 13, "Winter Daydreams"
Performed by the Auckland Philharmonia Orchestra conducted by Hamish McKeich at the APO's Celebrate Christmas concert, Holy Trinity Cathedral, 12 December 2020. Audio
LAURIDSEN: O nata lux, from Lux aeterna
Performed by The Graduate Choir NZ conducted by Terence Maskell at the APO's Celebrate Christmas concert, Holy Trinity Cathedral, 12 December 2020. Audio
BIZEL: Jeux d'enfants
Performed by the Auckland Philharmonia Orchestra conducted by Hamish McKeich at the APO's Celebrate Christmas concert, Holy Trinity Cathedral, 12 December 2020. Audio
MOZART: Exsultate, Jubilate K165
Performed by soprano Amelia Berry, and the Auckland Philharmonia Orchestra conducted by Hamish McKeich at the APO's Celebrate Christmas concert, Holy Trinity Cathedral, 12 December 2020. Audio
HANDEL: Pifa, from Messiah
Performed by the Auckland Philharmonia Orchestra conducted by Hamish McKeich at the APO's Celebrate Christmas concert, Holy Trinity Cathedral, 12 December 2020. Audio
PRAETORIUS: Es ist ein Ros' entsprungen
Performed by The Graduate Choir NZ conducted by Terence Maskell at the APO's Celebrate Christmas concert, Holy Trinity Cathedral, 12 December 2020. Audio
BACH: Cantata No 147, Herz und Mund und Tat und Leben, excerpts
Performed by soprano Amelia Berry, The Graduate Choir NZ, and the Auckland Philharmonia Orchestra conducted by Hamish McKeich at the APO's Celebrate Christmas concert, Holy Trinity Cathedral, 12… Audio
Celebrate Christmas 2020 - complete concert
Soprano Amelia Berry and The Graduate Choir NZ join the Auckland Philharmonia Orchestra conducted by Hamish McKeich for the orchestra's annual Celebrate Christmas concert, Holy Trinity Cathedral… Audio
Ardern's Christmas message: 'Take time to relax, reflect'
Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern has acknowledged those separated from loved ones and working through the holidays in her Christmas message.
In the year of Covid lockdowns, a Christmas Day Mass from Auckland’s Cathedral Of St Patrick & St Joseph
The 2020 Christmas Day church service from the Catholic Cathedral Of St Patrick & St Joseph in Auckland features Bishop Michael Gielen and the cathedral's choir and vocal ensemble. Audio
Spending Christmas in managed isolation
5700 New Zealanders will spend christmas day on their own, in managed isolation. One of them is Georgia Mahaffie who recently returned home from New York. Audio
Gray Bartlett, Carson Taare and Mark Dennison - Christmas songs
Gray Bartlett, Carson Taare and Mark Dennison perform live Christmas songs throughout the show. Audio
The Season Of Yule
Eleanor Tremeer is usually ou sci-fi geek - but tonight she's geeking out on midwinter and solstice traditions from throughout the world. Audio
Music Feature: Russell McMurray's Christmas song collection
Russell McMurray's compiled a list of Christmas favourites with a new twist and some new ones that you might not have heard before. Kicking off the session is a version of the Little Drummer Boy, with… Audio
The world's first ever Christmas song for dogs
It's nothing new to see Christmas songs entering the music charts at this time of the year, but a UK company recently recorded a world first with the release of 'Raise the Woof' - a Christmas song… Video, Audio
Battles continue for NZ Long Covid sufferers
As the Covid year got longer, we heard about Long Covid, and the people who get through the illness phase okay, but for whom health issues still linger. Entrepreneur Jenene Crossan was one of those… Audio
My Xmas Song: Emma G, 'You Can Count On Me This Christmas'
Washington DC-based Kiwi artist Emma G has remained busy as always in 2020, despite everything that has been going on around her. Emma's new song, 'You Can Count On Me This Christmas' is her 10th… Audio
