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Hymns on Sunday, 18 January 2026
Listener requests in this week's programme include Take my gifts by New Zealand hymn writer Shirley Murray, What a friend we have in Jesus, and there's a gentle rendition of John Rutter's The Lord bless you and keep you by the Cambridge Singers. Audio
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Summer encore: Growing demand for giant pianos
12 Feb 2025Listen to a popular interview with Adrian Mann, who's Otago-based piano business is expanding in more ways than one! A decade ago, Mann built an extra-long grand piano. Now he's getting orders from overseas to build more. Video, Audio
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Summer encore: Tim Finn: from the Enz to the Opera
27 Jun 2025Listen 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
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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David Morriss
Station: Concert
Programme: The Musical Omnivore
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Carey McDonald
Station: Concert
Programme: Mornings
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Nick Tipping
Station: Concert
Programme: Days
Tuesday 20 January
12:00 AM. Music Through the Night
Chopin, Frédéric: Nocturnes Op 55 - Maria Joao Pires (piano) (DG 477 6607)
Smetana, Bedřich: Vltava, from Má Vlast - New Zealand Symphony Orchestra/James Sedares (RNZ UB22)
Schumann, Robert: Symphony No 3 in Eb Op 97, Rhenish (1) - Champs-Elysées Orchestra/Philippe Herreweghe (HARMONIA MUNDI HMC 90 1972)
Elgar, Edward: Three Bavarian Dances - New Zealand Symphony Orchestra/James Judd (Naxos 8.557577)
Czerny, Carl: Andante & Polacca - Hermann Baumann (horn), Leonard Hokanson (piano) (Philips 416 816)
Corelli, Arcangelo: Adagio, from Concerto Grosso in G minor Op 6/8 (3) - The Black Quartet (Private P001452)
1:00 approx
Liadov, Anatol: Eight Russian Folksongs Op 58 - Krasnoyarsk Symphony Orchestra/Ivan Shpiller (Brilliant Classics 94077)
Schubert, Franz: String Trio in Bb D581 - Beethoven String Trio (PRAGA PRD 250 240)
Schubert, Franz: Violin Sonatina in D D384 - Robin Wilson (violin), Kemp English (piano) (ODE CD MANU 5082)
Lilburn, Douglas: Tribute to Kendrick Smithyman, from Salutes to Seven Poets - Donald Maurice (viola), Richard Mapp (piano) (Atoll ACD 413)
Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus: Church Sonatas, in F K224; in Eb K67; in C K328 - Martin Haselböck (organ/director), Vienna Akademie (Capriccio 71 064)
2:00 approx
Brahms, Johannes: Variations on an Original Theme Op 21/1 - Tessa Birnie (piano) (ABC Classics 476 6479)
Zipoli, Domenico: Sonata Trio - Ensemble Louis Berger (Argentina)/Ricardo Massun (K617 K617 141)
Roussel, Albert: Bacchus & Ariadne, Suite No 2 - New Zealand Symphony Orchestra National Youth Orchestra 2008/Jacques Lacombe ( (RNZ) CTD888)
Handel, George Frideric: Let their celestial concerts, from Samson - Choir of St Paul's Cathedral, English Chamber Orchestra/Barry Rose (Philips 412 629)
3:00 approx
Schumann, Robert: Kinderszenen Op 15 - Stephen de Pledge (piano) (Champs Hill CHRCD 093)
Vejvanovský, Pavel Josef: Sonata Paschalis - Ars Antiqua Austria/Gunar Letzbor (dir) (SYMPHONIA SY 96151)
Telemann, Georg Philipp: Oboe Sonata in Bb - Sarah Francis (oboe), London Harpsichord Ensemble (REGISC 1240)
Traditional arr Rutter: O Waly Waly - Christopher Fritzsche (countertenor), Chanticleer (TELDEC 4509 96515)
4:00 approx
Wirén, Dag: Serenade for Strings - Swedish Chamber Orchestra/Petri Sakari (Caprice CAP 21513)
Vivaldi, Antonio: Trio Sonata in D minor RV63, La Follia - L'Estravagante (Naïve OP 30535)
Schnittke, Alfred arr Spivakov/Milman: Suite in the Old Style - Tapiola Sinfonietta/Ralf Gothóni (BIS CD 1437)
Brahms, Johannes: Intermezzo in E minor Op 116/5 - Michael Houstoun (piano) (Rattle RATD131)
La Rocca, Frank: Pie Jesu, from Requiem for the Forgotten - The Benedict XVI Choir, The Benedict XVI Orchestra, John Ramseyer & Richard Sparks (Cappella Records )
Schutz, Heinrich: Erbarm dich mein o Herre Gott SWV 447 - Yetzabel Arias (soprano), Ricercar Consort/Philippe Pierlot, (Mirare MIR736)
Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus: Batti, batti, o bel Masetto, from Don Giovanni - Emmanuel Pahud (flute), Andreas Ottensamer (basset horn), Potsdam Chamber Academy (DG 481 4711)
5:00 approx
Dvořák, Antonín: Overture, from In Nature's Realm - Ulster Orchestra/Vernon Handley (Chandos CHAN 7123)
Bach, Johann Sebastian: Overture, from Orchestral Suite No 2 in B minor BWV1067 - Isabelle Faust (violin), Berlin Academy for Early Music/Bernhard Forck (Harmonia Mundi HMM90233536)
Wagner, Richard: Siegfried Idyll - Vienna Symphony/Wolfgang Sawallisch (Philips 422 480)
Glazunov, Alexander: Spanish Serenade Op 20/2 - Alexander Ivashkin (cello), Ingrid Wahlberg (piano) (MANU CD MANU 1426)
Cavalli, Pietro Francesco: Sanctus, from Missa 1660 - Stéphanie Revidat (soprano), Anne Magouët (soprano); Pascal Bertin (alto), Paulin Bündgen (alto); Martial Pauliat (tenor), Vincent Bouchot (tenor), Renaud Brès (bass), Renaud Delaigue (bass), Galilei Consort/Benjamin Chénier (Château de Versailles Spectacles CVS006)
Byrd, William: Mass for four voices 5. Agnus Dei - Tallis Scholars/Peter Philips (Gimell 454 895)
Debussy, Claude: Rêverie - Philippe Entremont (piano) (SONY MLK 64065)
Psathas, John: Fragments, from View from Olympus - Michael Houstoun (piano), Pedro Carneiro (percussion), New Zealand Symphony Orchestra/Marc Taddei (Rattle RAT-DV 015)