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Hymns on Sunday, 2 November 2025
Hymns for All Saints' Day and Reformation Day in this week's programme, and a beautiful arrangement for brass band of Handel Parker’s tune ‘Deep Harmony’. Audio
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Bill Bailey: "Comedy, in its essence, is music"
3 Nov 2025The British comedian talks with RNZ Concert's Nick Tipping about the universal languages of comedy and music.
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New ensemble, familiar names
29 Oct 2025The newly-formed piano trio Korimako has its debut concert in Wellington next week. And while the ensemble may be new, the names are familiar - established musicians Helene Pohl (violin), Rolf Gjelsten (cello) and Michael Endres (piano). Audio
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Bringing fresh air to the wind scene
23 Oct 2025New Zealand has a brand new wind band. RNZ Concert speaks with its musical director, Tom Chester. 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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David Morriss
Station: Concert
Programme: The Musical Omnivore
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Bryan Crump
Station: Concert
Programme: Three to Seven
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Andrew Clark
Station: Concert
Programme: Mornings
Thursday 06 November
12:00 AM. Music Through the Night
Dvořák, Antonín: Largo from Symphony No 9 in E minor, From the New World - New Zealand Symphony Orchestra/Victor Yampolsky (KIWI CD SLC 215)
Maroufi, Javad: Armenian Rhapsody - Amir Farid (piano) (Move Records MD 3380)
Dale, Rebecca: Radiance for Cello & Orchestra - Raphaela Gromes (cello), German Symphony Orchestra Berlin /Anna Rakitina (Sony 19802932902)
Bolter, Norman: Lakes - Peter Maunder (trombone), Helen Webby (harp) (Atoll ACD 115)
Rossini, Gioachino: String Sonata No 2 in A - members of Serenata of London (ASV CD DCA 767)
Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus: Piano Concerto No 17 in G K453 (2) - Leif Ove Andsnes (piano/director), Norwegian Chamber Orchestra (EMI 500281)
Respighi, Ottorino: The Birth of Venus, from Three Botticelli Pictures - New Zealand Symphony Orchestra/Andrew Schenck (Stradivari SCD 8013)
1:00 approx
Merlin, José Luis: Suite del Recuerdo - Bruce Paine (guitar) (PRIVATE RECORDING BNP 02 CD)
Handel, George Frideric: Concerto Grosso in D minor Op 6/10 - Avison Ensemble/Pavlo Beznosiuk (dir) (LINN CKD 362)
Bach, Carl Philipp Emanuel: Rondo in A Wq58/1 - Tessa Birnie (piano) (Walsingham 3WAL 80432)
Respighi, Ottorino: Ancient Airs & Dances Suite No 2 - Lausanne Chamber Orchestra/Jesús López-Cobos (TELARC CD 80309)
Parry, Hubert: Lord, let me know mine end, from Songs of Farewell - Tenebrae/Nigel Short (Signum SIGCD 267)
2:00 approx
Bach, Johann Sebastian: Lute Suite in E minor BWV996 - Lutz Kirchhof (lute) ( S2K 45858)
Boulanger, Lili: Les Sirènes - Calliope, Women's Choir/Régine Theodoresco (Calliope CAL 9374)
Strauss, Richard: Macbeth Op 23 - Detroit Symphony Orchestra/Antal Dorati (Decca 410 146)
Poulenc, Francis: Three Novelettes - Michael Houstoun (piano) (Rattle RAT D075)
Brescianello, Giuseppe Antonio: Sinfonia No 1 in D (2) - NZ Barok (Atoll ACD 813)
Abramian, Edouard: Concert Scherzo for Violin & Piano - Nikolay Madoyan (violin), Armine Grigoryan (piano) (Naxos 8574535)
3:00 approx
Brahms, Johannes: String Quintet No 1 in F Op 88 - New Zealand String Quartet, Maria Lambros (viola) (Naxos 8.573455)
Haydn, Franz Joseph: Keyboard Sonata No 60 in C HobXVI50 (1) - Paul Lewis (piano) (Harmonia Mundi HHM 902371)
Fauré, Gabriel: Berceuse in D Op 16 - Yan Pascal Tortelier (violin), Toulouse Capitole Orchestra/Michel Plasson (EMI 3 97722)
Ballard, Sarah: Āśā-bandha - Hannah Darroch (flute), Andrew Crooks (piano) (Private 2020)
Korngold, Erich Wolfgang arr Gilles Ouellet: Marian and Robin - Angèle Dubeau (violin), La Pietà (Analekta AN28733)
4:00 approx
Holst, Gustav: A Moorside Suite - Royal Ballet Sinfonia/Gavin Sutherland (Naxos 8.557753)
Chopin, Frédéric: Fantasy in F minor Op 49 - David James (piano) (RNZ UB48)
Hofmann, Leopold: Symphony in Bb (Badley Bb1) - Northern Chamber Orchestra/Nicholas Ward (vln/dir) (Naxos 8.553866)
Messager, André: Solo de concours - Murray Khouri (clarinet), Rosemary Barnes (piano) (Continuum CCD 1014)
Bach, Johann Sebastian trans Williams: Chaconne, from Violin Partita No 2 in D minor BWV1004 - John Williams (guitar) (CBS MK 44518)
Schmelzer, Johann Heinrich: Ciaconna in A from Serenada in Mascara - Ensemble Stravaganza, Domitille Gilon (violin) Thomas Soltani (organ)/Thomas Soltani (NoMadMusic NMM116D)
5:00 approx
Goodall, Howard: The Seasons, Autumn - Bozidar Vukotic (cello), Marianna Szymanowska (harp), Tippett Quartet (EMI 6 88626)
Kodály, Zoltán: Adagio - Sarah-Jane Bradley (viola), Anthony Hewitt (piano) (Naxos 8.572533)
Haydn, Franz Joseph: Symphony No 73 in D, The Hunt - Austro-Hungarian Haydn Orchestra/Adam Fischer (NIMBUS NI 5652/5)
Vivaldi, Antonio arr Anonymous: Ho nel petto un cor sì forte, from Giustino - Franziska Fleischanderl (salterio), Il Dolce Conforto (Christophorus CHR77471)
Traditional: Odessa Bulgar - Daniel Hope (violin), Benjamin Günst (violin), Jenö Lisztes (cimbalom), Omar Massa (bandoneon), Stephane Logerot (bass), Joscho Stephan (guitar) (DG 4864994)
Lilburn, Douglas: Willow Song - Michael Houstoun (piano) (Rattle RAT D040)
Pachelbel, Johann: Canon in D - NZSO Chamber Orchestra/Donald Armstrong (dir) (RNZ UB12)
Kreisler, Fritz: Tambourin chinois - Barnabás Kelemen (violin), Zoltán Kocsis (piano) (BMC MBC CD 250)