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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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David Morriss
Station: Concert
Programme: Evenings
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Andrew Clark
Station: Concert
Programme: Mornings
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Nick Tipping
Station: Concert
Programme: Days
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Bryan Crump
Station: Concert
Programme: Three to Seven
Thursday 22 January
6:00 AM. Summer Mornings
Elgar, Edward: La Capricieuse Op 17 - Itzhak Perlman (violin), Samuel Sanders (piano) (EMI CDC 7 49604)
Vivaldi, Antonio: Double Concerto in D minor RV540 - Yo-Yo Ma (cello), Ton Koopman (organ), Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra/Ton Koopman (Sony SK 90916)
Yared, Gabriel Adapt. Antoine Bareil: Convento di Sant'Anna, from The English Patient - Angèle Dubeau (violin), La Pietà (Analekta AN28733)
Scarlatti, Domenico: Keyboard Sonata in A Kk537 - Murray Perahia (piano) (Sony SK 62785)
Philips, Peter: Conceptio tua - Tudor Consort/Peter Walls (Naxos 8.555056)
Corelli, Arcangelo: Concerto Grosso in F Op 6/12 - Pavlo Beznosiuk (violin/director), Avison Ensemble (Linn CKD 411)
Traditional arr Casals: Song of the Birds - Sheku Kanneh-Mason (cello), City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra cellos/Mirga Gražinytė-Tyla (Decca 483 2948)
Puccini, Giacomo arr MIKHASHOFF: Vissi d'arte, from Tosca - Jean-Yves Thibaudet (piano) (Decca 475 7668)
Quentin, Jean-Baptiste: Largo, from Violin Sonata Op 2/10 - Anna Besson (baroque flute), Myriam Rignol (baroque cello) & Jean Rondeau (Alpha )
7.00
Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus: Horn Concerto No 4 in Eb K495 (3) - Claire Briggs (horn), Royal Liverpool Philharmonic/Stephen Kovacevich (EMI 3 82227)
Anonymous arr Lislevand: La perra mora - Rolf Lislevand (lute), Marco Ambrosini (viola d amore), Thor Harald Johnsen (lute), Michael Behringer (clavichord), David Mayoral (percussion), Bjørn Kjellemyr (colascione), Giovanna Pessi (harp)/Rolf Lislevand (dir) (ECM 2088 (476 3317))
Debussy, Claude orch Busser: La soirée dans Grenade, from Estampes - Quebec Symphony Orchestra/Yoav Talmi (Atma SACD 2 2377)
Clementi, Muzio ed Spada: Symphony No 3 in G, The Great National (1) - Philharmonia/Francesco d'Avalos (ASV CD DCS 322)
Falla, Manuel de: Jota, from Seven Popular Spanish Songs - Umberto Clerici (cello), Karin Schaupp (guitar) (ABC Classics 4816812)
Schumann, Robert: Piano Quintet in Eb Op 44 (1) - Dora Schwarzberg (violin), Renaud Capuçon (violin), Nora Romanoff-Schwarzberg (viola), Mark Drobinsky (cello), Martha Argerich (piano) (EMI 4 76871)
Hill, Alfred: Symphony No 6 in Bb, Celtic (3) - Melbourne Symphony Orchestra/Wilfred Lehmann (marco polo 8.220345)
Haydn, Franz Joseph: Keyboard Sonata No 37 in E HobXVI/22 (2) - Marc-André Hamelin (piano) (Hyperion CDA 67882)
Beethoven, Ludwig van: Octet in Eb Op 103 (3) - Sabine Meyer Wind Ensemble (EMI CDC 5 56817)
8.00
Schubert, Franz: Symphony No 5 in Bb D485 (4) - Chamber Orchestra of Europe/Claudio Abbado (DG 423 654)
Mendelssohn, Felix: Songs without Words Op 85/4 Andante sostenuto - Andreas Ottensamer (clarinet), Yuja Wang (piano) (DG 4836069)
Wolf-Ferrari, Ermanno: Intermezzo, from The Jewels of the Madonna - New Zealand Symphony Orchestra/James Sedares (UNIVERSAL 99072)
Waxman, Franz: Cafe Waltzes, from Hotel Berlin - Hollywood Bowl Orchestra/John Mauceri (Philips 438 685)
Tchaikovsky, Pyotr Ilyich: Piano Concerto No 1 in Bb minor Op 23 (3) - Ayako Uehara (piano), London Symphony Orchestra/Rafael Frühbeck de Burgos (EMI 3 59606)
Albinoni, Tomaso: Oboe Concerto in D minor Op 9/2 (2) - Frank de Bruine (oboe), Academy of Ancient Music/Christopher Hogwood (Decca 458 129)
9.00
Milhaud, Darius: Suite Op 157b - Gabriela Demeterová (violin), Ludmila Peterková (clarinet), Markéta Cibulková (piano) (Supraphon SU34812131)
Grieg, Edvard: Symphonic Dances on Norwegian motifs Op 64 (4) - Estonian National Symphony Orchestra/Paavo Järvi (Virgin 3 44722)
Handel, George Frideric: Concerto Grosso in A Op 6/11 - English Concert/Trevor Pinnock (dir) (Archiv 410 899)
Canteloube, Joseph arr Armenian: Lo Fïolairé, from Songs of the Auvergne - Karina Gauvin (soprano), Canadian Chamber Ensemble/Raffi Armenian (CBC Records SMCD 5224)
Satie, Eric: Gnossienne No 5 - Bruce Liu (piano) (DG 4865044)
Elgar, Edward: Chanson de matin Op 15/2 - Nigel Kennedy (violin), Peter Pettinger (piano) (Chandos CHAN 8380)