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Festive fare from RNZ Concert
RNZ Concert gives you the gift of music from around the world to soundtrack your summer festive season. Listen to classical concerts celebrating Christmas and the New Year in New Zealand. Here is what you can listen to, and when:
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Making music by the waves
15 Dec 2025Edith Salzmann, Music Director of the Akaroa Music Festival, talks to RNZ Concert. Audio
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Barbershop and beyond
16 Dec 2025Porirua choir Pacific Connection caps off a stellar year with its debut album. Audio
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VIDEO: Christmas Carols from the NZSO
22 Dec 2025Orchestral ornaments: Ensembles from the New Zealand Symphony Orchestra perform seasonal songs including 'The Nutcracker', 'The First Noël' and 'Adorar al Niño' (Adore the Child). (VIDEO)
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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Carey McDonald
Station: Concert
Programme: Mornings
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David Morriss
Station: Concert
Programme: The Musical Omnivore
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Robyn Jaquiery
Station: Concert
Programme: Hymns on Sunday
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Nick Tipping
Station: Concert
Programme: Days
Tuesday 23 December
3:00 PM. Summer Three to Seven
Dvořák, Antonín: String Quintet in Eb Op 97 (2) - Simon Rowland-Jones (viola), Chilingirian Quartet (Chandos CHAN 9046)
Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus: Piano Concerto No 14 in Eb K449 (1) - Maria Joao Pires (piano), Vienna Philharmonic/Claudio Abbado (Philips 456 928)
Gauntlett, Henry John arr Mann & Cleobury: Once in Royal David's City - Choir of King's College, Cambridge/Stephen Cleobury (King's College KGS0033)
McLeod, Jenny: Cambridge Suite - New Zealand Symphony Orchestra/Kenneth Young (RNZ UC25)
Britten, Benjamin: Simple Symphony Op 4 - Orpheus Chamber Orchestra (DG 423 624)
Psathas, John: The Desert - John Psathas, Joseph Callwood, Nick Tipping (MiFilms 173495)
Elgar, Edward: Pomp & Circumstance March No 4 - New Zealand Symphony Orchestra/James Judd (Naxos 8.557273)
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Ries, Ferdinand: Piano Concerto in D Op 120, Pastoral (3) - Christopher Hinterhuber (piano), Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra/Uwe Grodd (Naxos 8.572088)
Mendelssohn, Felix: String Symphony No 10 in B minor - London Festival Orchestra/Ross Pople (Hyperion CDA 66561/3)
Puccini, Giacomo: Preludio Sinfonico in A - Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra/Riccardo Chailly (Decca 410 007)
Davis, Oliver: Infinite Ocean (5) - Benjamin Baker (violin), Royal Philharmonic/Paul Bateman (Signum SIGCD590)
Gruber, Franz Xaver: Silent Night (Po Marie) - Graduate Choir/Terence Maskell (Atoll ACD 308)
Schubert, Franz: Symphony No 2 in Bb D125 (1) - Chamber Orchestra of Europe/Claudio Abbado (DG 423 652)
Ellington, Edward Kennedy "Duke" arr Hyman: In a Sentimental Mood - Jean-Yves Thibaudet (piano) (Decca 460 811)
Matteis Jr., Nicola: Fantasia in A minor for solo violin - In Mo Yang (violin) (DG 40265)
5.00
Beethoven, Ludwig van: Sextet in Eb Op 71 (4) - members of the Chamber Orchestra of Europe (ASV CD COE 807)
Vivaldi, Antonio: Concerto in F for multiple instruments RV574 - Freiburg Baroque Orchestra/Gottfried von der Goltz (dir) (OPUS 111 OP 30283)
Leslie, Kenneth Arr Stuart Calvert: Cape Breton Lullaby - Toronto Children's Chorus/Elise Bradley (Marquis 81439)
Bach, Johann Sebastian: Flösst, mein Heiland, from Christmas Oratorio BWV248 - Kathleen Battle (soprano), George Randall Ellis III (oboe), Charles Curtis (cello), Anthony Newman (organ) (Sony SK 62035)
Traditional: Highland Battle: The March -They Mend their Pace - The Battle Begins - The Height of the Battle - The Preparation for a Retreat - The Chief is Killed - The Retreat - The Lamentation for the Chief - The Curious Bards (Harmonia Mundi HMN916105)
Brahms, Johannes: Double Concerto in A minor Op 102 (3) - Gil Shaham (violin), Jian Wang (cello), Berlin Philharmonic/Claudio Abbado (DG 469 529)
Cossart, Leland A: Suite Op 19 (3) - Holland Wind Players/Jeroen Weierink (Ars Produktion FCD368407)
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Moore, James: Where We'll Never Grow Old, gospel song - Anonymous 4 (Harmonia Mundi 467400)
Preisner, Zbigniew: Greetings from Pamalican - Leszek Mozdzer (piano) (EMI CDC 5 56971)
Ferrandini, Giovanni Battista: Christmas Symphony - New Zealand Symphony Orchestra/Marc Taddei (Trust MMT 2043)
Arensky, Anton: Variations on a theme by Tchaikovsky Op 35a - Russian State Symphony Orchestra/Valeri Polyansky (Chandos CHAN 10086)
Monti, Vittorio: Czárdás - Greg Knowles (cimbalom), English Chamber Orchestra/Kennedy (vln/dir) (EMI 5 10568)
Mozart, Leopold: Sinfonia di caccia in G major - NZSO Chamber Orchestra/Donald Armstrong (NAXOS 8553347)
