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Conductor Adam Johnson
Canadian conductor Adam Johnson is in New Zealand to conduct this year's NZSO National Youth Orchestra. Audio
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Hymns on Sunday, 29 June 2025
29 Jun 2025It’s the middle of winter, and we’re celebrating the season in this week’s programme with some carols of the snowy variety: it’s the perfect time of year to sing In the Bleak Midwinter! Audio
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Tim Finn: from the Enz to the Opera
27 Jun 2025Ahead of the debut broadcast in Aotearoa, Tim Finn talks to RNZ Concert about his opera "Ihitai Avei’a - Star Navigator": the story of the Tahitian navigator Tupaia, who guided Cook to Aotearoa. Audio
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Live Jazz: Heather Webb - Parallax
27 Jun 2025Webb's music explores the connections between music and science by weaving improvised jazz with the structure of the universe. New compositions see Matariki star cluster data converted into music, and a musical interpretation of Einstein's wave-particle duality. 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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Nick Tipping
Station: Concert
Programme: Days
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Carey McDonald
Station: Concert
Programme: Mornings
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Andrew Clark
Station: Concert
Programme: Mornings
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David Morriss
Station: Concert
Programme: Evenings
Wednesday 02 July
12:00 AM. Music Through the Night
Wagner, Richard: Tannhäuser, Prelude to Act 3 - BBC Phil/Edward Downes (BBC Music BBC MM 257)
Chopin, Frédéric: Mazurkas Op 24 - Frederic Chiu (pno) (HARMONIA MUNDI HMX 290 7352.53)
Rittler, Philipp Jakob arr Herbert Walser-Breuß: Ciaccona - Rolf Lislevand (lute, baroque guitar), Concerto Stella Matutina (Sony 19075827802)
Barber, Samuel: Adagio for Strings - New Zealand SO/Andrew Schenck (Stradivari SCD 8012)
Satie, Eric: Je te veux; Caresse - Bojan Gorisek (pno) (LTM LTMCD 2501)
Handel, George Frideric: Trio Sonata in B minor Op 2/1 - London Baroque (HARMONIA MUNDI HMC 90 1379)
Young, Kenneth: Three Sad Waltzes - Matthew Marshall (gtr) (Rattle D097)
1:00 approx
Rodrigo, Joaquin: A la busca del más allá - London Phil/Enrique Bátiz (EMI CDC 7 49542)
Chaminade, Cecile: 6 Romances sans paroles Op 76 - Mark Viner (pno) (Piano Classics PCL10164)
Goodwin, Ron: Theme from The Trap - New Zealand SO/Ron Goodwin (Marco Polo 8.223518)
Leclair, Jean-Marie: Flute Sonata in F Op 2/2 - Adrian Butterfield (baroque vln), Jonathan Mason (vla da gamba), Laurence Cummings (hpschd) (Naxos 8.572866)
Rota, Nino: Trombone Concerto in C - David Bremner (tbn), New Zealand SO/James Judd (RNZ NZSO 2022-05-18)
2:00 approx
Haydn, Franz Joseph: Symphony No 84 in Eb - London Mozart Players/Jane Glover (ASV CD DCA 677)
Liszt, Franz: Prélude - Leslie Howard (pno) (Hyperion CDA 67187)
Fauré, Gabriel: Pelléas & Mélisande, Concert Suite - Czech Phil/Serge Baudo (SUPRAPHON SU 3899)
Paine, Bruce: Dream Weaving - Gunter Herbig (gtr) (Naxos 8.573765)
Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus: Piano Quartet No 2 in Eb K493 (2) - Péter Nagy (pno), Members of New Zealand String Quartet (NZ String Quartet 2006)
Bach, Johann Sebastian: Violin Concerto in G minor BWV1056 (2) - Isabelle Faust (violin), Berlin Academy for Early Music/Bernhard Forck (Harmonia Mundi HMM90233536)
3:00 approx
Andrès, Bernard: Preludes Vol 2, extracts - Carolyn Mills (harp) (Atoll ACD 917)
Avison, Charles: Concerto Grosso in A Op 9/3 - Avison Ensemble/Pavlo Beznosiuk (dir) (DIVINE ART DDA 21211)
Southam, Anne: Fiddle Creek - Christina Petrowska Quilico (piano) (Centrediscs CMCCD 14109)
Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus: Symphony No 40 in G minor K550 - New Zealand SO/Nicholas McGegan (Private - NZSO 2006B)
Schubert, Franz: String Quintet in C D956 (4) - Emerson String Quartet, Mstislav Rostropovich (cello) (DG 459 151)
4:00 approx
Arne, Thomas: Symphony No 4 in C minor - Hanover Band/Graham Lea-Cox (ASV CD GAU 216)
Bach, Johann Sebastian: Preludes & Fugues, Nos 6 & 20, from the Well-Tempered Clavier, B - Hélène Grimaud (pno) (DG 477 7978)
Cannabich, Christian: Symphony No 49 in F - Nicolaus Esterházy Sinfonia/Uwe Grodd (Naxos 8.55434)
Dowland, John: Fantasia No 7 - Matthew Marshall (gtr) (RNZ UA16)
Waldteufel, Émile: The Skaters, Waltz - New York Phil (Michele Records )
Saint-Saëns, Camille: Fantasy in A Op 124 - Jean-Pierre Rampal (fl), Marielle Nordmann (harp) (SONY SK 44552)
5:00 approx
Brahms, Johannes: Clarinet Quintet in B minor Op 115 (1) - Sabine Meyer (cl), Alban Berg Quartet (EMI 5 56759)
Beethoven, Ludwig van: Andante in F WoO57, Andante favori - Mikhail Pletnev (pno) (DG 457 493)
Rossini, Gioachino: Bassoon Concerto in Bb (1) - Jaakko Luoma (bassoon), Tapiola Sinfonietta/Janne Nisonen, concertmaster (Ondine ODE13242)
Massenet, Jules: Meditation, from Thaïs - Robin Wilson (vln), Kemp English (pno) (MANU CD MANU 5006)
Respighi, Ottorino: Three Botticelli Pictures - Lausanne CO/Jesús López-Cobos (Telarc CD 80309)
Hasted, Derek: Celebration Suite (1) - Bruce Paine (gtr) (PRIVATE RECORDING BNP 02 CD)
Wonder, Stevie: Overjoyed - Calefax Reed Quintet (Pentatone PTC5187046)
Traditional arr Sheku Kanneh-Mason: Blow the wind southerly - Sheku Kanneh-Mason (cello) (Decca 4850241)