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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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Bryan Crump
Station: Concert
Programme: Three to Seven
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David Morriss
Station: Concert
Programme: Evenings
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Nick Tipping
Station: Concert
Programme: Inside Out
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Carey McDonald
Station: Concert
Programme: Mornings
Wednesday 21 January
3:00 PM. Summer Three to Seven
Haydn, Franz Joseph: Symphony No 78 in C minor (4) - Orpheus Chamber Orchestra (DG 429 218)
Chopin, Frédéric: Mazurkas Op 59 - Ingrid Fliter (piano) (EMI 5 14899)
Corigliano, John: Voyage - Paul Edmund-Davies (flute), I Fiamminghi/Rudolf Werthen (TELARC CD 80503)
Wagner, Richard: Dawn & Siegfried's Rhine Journey - Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, Amsterdam/Riccardo Chailly (Decca 448 155)
Vieuxtemps, Henri: Violin Concerto No 5 in A minor Op 37, Grétry - Shlomo Mintz (violin), Israel Philharmonic/Zubin Mehta (Brilliant Classics 94070)
Schubert, Franz arr Tarkmann: Danksagung an den Bach, from Die schöne Müllerin D795 - Klaus Florian Vogt (tenor), Ensemble Acht (cpo 555549-2)
Traditional: The lark in the clear air - Carolyn Mills (harp) (Atoll ACD 919)
4.00
Farrenc, Louise: Symphony No 3 in G minor Op 36 - 1. Adagio - Allegro - North German Radio Philharmonic/Johannes Goritzki (CPO 999 603)
Mendelssohn, Felix: Symphony No 4 in A Op 90, Italian (3) - Vienna Philharmonic/John Eliot Gardiner (DG 459 156)
Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus: Symphony No 25 in G minor K183 - London Mozart Players/Jane Glover (ASV CD DCA 717)
Brahms, Johannes: String Quintet No 2 in G Op 111 (4) - New Zealand String Quartet, Maria Lambros (viola) (Naxos 8.573455)
Bach, Johann Sebastian arr Yang: Violin Sonata No 1 in G minor BWV1001 (2) - Xuefei Yang (guitar) (EMI 6 79018)
Dvořák, Antonín: Symphony No 6 in D Op 60 (4) - Royal Scottish National Orchestra/Neeme Järvi (Chandos CHAN 8530)
5.00
Handel, George Frideric: Concerto a due cori No 2 in F HWV333 (1) - Tafelmusik Baroque Orchestra/Jean Lamon (vln/dir) (Tafelmusik Media 1011CD)
Scharwenka, Philipp: Suite for Violin & Piano in G Minor Op 99 (2) - Amalia Hall (violin), Christopher Park (piano) (Atoll ACD232 )
Chopin, Frédéric: Andante Spianato & Grande Polonaise in Eb Op 22 (2) - Janusz Olejniczak (piano), Warsaw National Philharmonic/Tadeusz Strugala (SONY SK 87739)
Wagenaar, Johan: Romantic Intermezzo Op 13 - North West German Philharmonic/Antony Hermus (CPO 777479)
Bennett, Richard Rodney: Murder on the Orient Express - BBC Philharmonic/Rumon Gamba (Chandos CHAN 9867)
Sibelius, Jean: King Christian II, Suite (3) - New Zealand Symphony Orchestra/Pietari Inkinen (Naxos 8.570068)
Beethoven, Ludwig van: String Quartet in F Op 18/1 (2) - Tokyo String Quartet (HARMONIA MUNDI HMU 90 7436.37)
6.00
Britten, Benjamin: Simple Symphony Op 4 - English Chamber Orchestra/Benjamin Britten (London 425 160)
Corelli, Arcangelo: Concerto Grosso in G minor Op 6/8 - Pavlo Beznosiuk (violin/director), Avison Ensemble (Linn CKD 411)
Smith, Alice Mary ed Graham-Jones: Symphony in A minor (2) - London Mozart Players/Howard Shelley (Chandos CHAN 10283)
Albéniz, Isaac: Almería, from Iberia Book 2 - Marc-André Hamelin (piano) (Hyperion CDA 67476/7)
Traditional: Klezmer Dances, Suite - Los Angeles Guitar Quartet, Leo Chelyapov (clarinet) (Sony SK 60274)
