King Charles and Queen Camilla. Photo: Chris Jackson / POOL / AFP
RNZ Concert's Bryan Crump marks Kings Birthday with a sonic montage of music and soundbites from the RNZ website and our archive Ngā Taonga Sound and Vision, all linked in some way to King Charles III, or to royalty in general.
If you'd like to know more about each of the soundbites from the archives, you'll find a link to that item's page on the Ngā Taonga website, along with its reference number.
These are the musical tracks and the soundbites in the order in which they play in the recording above.
Bell ringers celebrate the birth of Prince Charles on November 14th 1948: Ngā Taonga Sound and Vision 147707
Students of Lawrence District High School, Otago, shout "three cheers" for the new prince. Mobile broadcasting Unit, November 1948: Ngā Taonga Sound and Vision 5826
Music: Handel; Zadok the Priest. Choir of Kings College Cambridge, Academy of Ancient Music, conducted by Stephen Cleobury.
Savage, Co-founder and chair of "New Zealand Republic" speaking on RNZ National Queens Birthday Monday, June 2017 (RNZ Website)
Not everyone's a fan. An (anti) royal protest. Photo: SEBASTIEN BOZON / AFP
Music: Matlock/Lydon/Cook/Jones; God save the Queen (Sung by Nouvelle Vague)
Morning Report item on activist Dun Mihaka objecting to a photograph of his bare backside protest against Prince Charles in 1983, being used in a British car ad. July 1988: Ngā Taonga Sound and Vision 56997
Prince Charles is introduced to a Youth Rally in Auckland during a visit in 1970: Ngā Taonga Sound and Vision 24118
Music: Age Pryor; King of You All (sung by Age Pryor and Tessa Rain
Music: Jarryl Wirth; Charlie's Getting Married at Last (sung by Men of Harlich)
Morning Report item on Kiri Te Kanawa preparing to sing at the wedding of Prince Charles and Lady Diana Spencer, 1981: Ngā Taonga Sound and Vision 24540
King Charles; maybe he'll be listening in? Photo: Apple Music
Music: Handel; Let the Bright Seraphim. Kiri Te Kanawa (soprano) Crispian Steel Perkins (trumpet) English Chamber Orchestra.
Footage of the Prince and Princess of Wales visit to Waitangi, including Sir Kingi Ihaka's waiata "Nau mai! Piki mai!. A joint live broadcast by Radio Northland and the Maori broadcasting team, Te Reo o Aotearoa: Ngā Taonga Sound and Vision 47577
Prince Charles, Prince of Wales, and Diana, Princess of Wales, visit the Bay of Islands, New Zealand, 29th April 1983. (Photo by John Shelley Collection/Avalon/Getty Images) Photo: Getty Images
Australian broadcaster and writer Clive James remembers Princess Diana during an interview with Kim Hill, May 2015 (RNZ Website)
Music: Tavener; Song for Athene. Choir of Kings College Cambridge.
Prince Charles speaks at a state banquet given in his honour in Wellington in 1981: Ngā Taonga Sound and Vision 17443
Music: Hank Snow; I'm Moving On (sung by Elvis Presley).
RNZ News reader Marama Te Pole, reads bulletin on death on Queen Elizabeth II, from RNZ Checkpoint, September 8th 2022 (RNZ Website).
Music: Billy Joel; And so it Goes (sung by the Kings Singers)
Morning Report item by Taranaki reporter Robin Martin on royal fan Barbara Larsen, getting ready for the coronation of King Charles III. May 2023 (RNZ Website)
Music: Walton; Crown Imperial March, Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra, Andrew Litton.
Music: Joel Little/Ella Yelich-O'Connor; Royals (sung by Lorde).
Even a King deserves a hug. Charles is embraced by members of the Black Ferns rugby team. Photo: AFP
