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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
28 Dec 2025Hymns 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
25 Dec 2025Acclaimed 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
25 Dec 2025Celebrate 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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Clarissa Dunn
Station: Concert
Programme: Music Alive
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Robyn Jaquiery
Station: Concert
Programme: Hymns on Sunday
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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: The Musical Omnivore
Tuesday 30 December
12:00 AM. Music Through the Night
Bruch, Max: Ave Maria Op 61 - Han-Na Chang (cello), Philharmonia/Leonard Slatkin (EMI 5 57052)
Hummel, Johann Nepomuk: Variations on a theme by Gluck Op 57 - Georgina Zellan-Smith (piano) (ZELLAN RECORDS ZRCD 1002)
Dvořák, Antonín: String Quartet No 12 in F Op 96, American (1) - Tokyo String Quartet (Harmonia Mundi HMU 80 7429)
Hill, Alfred: String Quartet No 5 in Eb, Allies (3) - Dominion Quartet (Naxos 8.572446)
Haydn, Franz Joseph: Keyboard Sonata No 46 in E HobXVI/31 - Lang Lang (piano) (TELARC CD 80524)
Psathas, John: Aria, from Three Psalms - Michael Houstoun (piano), New Zealand Symphony Orchestra/Marc Taddei (Rattle RAT-DV 015)
1:00 approx
Chopin, Frédéric: Grand duo concertante on themes from Meyerbeer's - Andreas Brantelid (cello), Marianna Shirinyan (piano) (EMI 6 87742)
Richter, Franz Xaver: Flute Concerto in E minor - Barthold Kuijken (flute), Tafelmusik/Jeanne Lamon (dir) (SONY SK 48045)
Brahms, Johannes: Intermezzi Op 117 - Michael Houstoun (piano) (Rattle RATD131)
Mackay, Alice Forrester: The Tui - Jenny Wollerman (soprano), David Barnard (piano) (RNZ 2021-05-04)
Grieg, Edvard: Gade Op 57/2 To Spring Op 43/6 - Katya Apekisheva (piano) (QUARTZ QTZ 2061)
2:00 approx
Frederick The Great: Flute Sonata in C - Rachel Brown (flute), Collegium Musicum 90 (Chandos CHAN 0541)
Stamitz, Carl Philipp: Symphonie Concertante in C for two violins - Richard Friedman (violin), Steven Smith (violin), London Festival Orchestra/Ross Pople (ASV CD DCA 650)
Dittersdorf, Karl Ditters von: Symphony in D, (7) - Failoni Orchestra/Uwe Grodd (Naxos 8.553975)
Farr, Gareth: Piano Trio, Ahi (1) - NZTrio (Trust MMT 2066)
Ritchie, John: Partita for brass quintet - New Zealand Brass Quintet (Kiwi SLD 72)
Dowland, John arr Bergeron, Dagher, Slattery: Time stands still - Michael Slattery (tenor), La Nef (Atma ACD2 2650)
3:00 approx
Fisher, Salina: Kintsugi - NZTrio (Rattle RAT-D121)
Beethoven, Ludwig van: Piano Sonata No 14 in C# minor, Moonlight - Tessa Birnie (piano) (ABC Classics 476 6479)
Purcell, Henry: Chaconne in G minor Z730 - Cologne Musica Antiqua/Reinhard Goebel (dir) (Archiv 453 418)
Bach, Johann Sebastian: Concerto in D minor for two violins BWV1043 (2) - Donald Armstrong (vln/director), Andrew Thomson (violin), NZSO Chamber Orchestra (RNZ UB11)
Vaughan Williams, Ralph: The Lark Ascending - Nicola Benedetti (violin), London Philharmonic/Andrew Litton (Classic FM CFMFW43)
Schutz, Heinrich: Selig sind die Toten SWV391 - Vox Luminis, Bart Jacobs (organ)/Lionel Meunier (Ricercar RIC153)
4:00 approx
Schumann, Robert: Three Romances Op 94 - Douglas Boyd (oboe), Maria Joao Pires (piano) (DG 439 889)
Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus: Violin Concerto No 5 in A K219, Turkish (3) - Isabelle Faust (violin), Il Giardino Armonico/Giovanni Antonini (Harmonia Mundi HMC 90 2230-31)
Chaminade, Cécile: 6 Romances sans paroles Op 76 - Mark Viner (piano) (Piano Classics PCL10164)
North, Alex: Concerto for piano & orchestra (2) - Sara Davis Buechner (piano), John Taber (trumpet), New Zealand Symphony Orchestra/James Sedares (KOCH 3-7225)
Villa-Lobos, Heitor: Bachianas Brasileiras No 5 (1) Aria - Jeremias Fliedl & Württembergisches Kammerorchester Heilbronn & Emmanuel Tjeknavorian (Berlin Classics 0303274BC)
Vaughan Williams, Ralph: Along the field - Ruby Hughes (soprano), Manchester Collective (BIS BIS2628)
Kreisler, Fritz: Marche miniature viennoise Toy Soldier's March (1) - Tine Thing Helseth (trumpet), Kathryn Stott (piano) (EMI 4 16471)
Myers, Stanley: Cavatina, from The Deer Hunter - The Black Quartet (Private P001452)
5:00 approx
Smetana, Bedřich: Vyšehrad, from Má Vlast - Czech Philharmonic/Jiří Bělohlávek (Decca 4833187)
Chopin, Frédéric: Piano Concerto No 2 in F minor Op 21 (2) - Vladimir Ashkenazy (piano), London Symphony Orchestra/David Zinman (Decca 466 462)
Haydn, Michael: Symphony No 4 in Bb - Slovak Chamber Orchestra/Bohdan Warchal (CPO 999 591)
Brahms, Johannes: Waltz in Ab Op 39/15 - Richard Farrell (piano) (Atoll ACD 208)
Schubert, Franz: Entr'acte No 5, from Rosamunde D797 - Orpheus Chamber Orchestra (DG 437 782)
Vivaldi, Antonio: Vedro con mio diletto - Jakub Józef Orliński (countertenor) , Il Pomo d'Oro/Maxim Emelyanychev (Erato 9029563374)
Kaihau, Erima Maewa: Haere Ra - Sarah Court (mezzo), Oliver Sewell (tenor), Robert Tucker (baritone), Bruce Greenfield (piano) (RNZ 2021-02-12DMc)
