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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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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)
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David Bowie: The Odyssey of a Changeling
29 Dec 2013This music-rich, six-part audio series offers an overview of the many roles or manifestations of David Bowie's personality, as conveyed through the instant medium of rock & roll. Perfect summer listening, whatever the weather! 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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Carey McDonald
Station: Concert
Programme: Mornings
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Bryan Crump
Station: Concert
Programme: Three to Seven
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Nick Tipping
Station: Concert
Programme: Inside Out
Tuesday 23 December
10:00 AM. Summer Days
Lalo, Édouard: Scherzo in D minor - Royal Philharmonic/Yondani Butt (ASV CD DCA 709)
Hespe, George: The Three Musketeers: D'Artagnan, Soldier of Fortune - National Youth Brass Band of New Zealand/Nigel Weeks (Trust MMT 2049)
Mussorgsky, Modest: A Night On Bare Mountain - Vienna Philharmonic/Gustavo Dudamel (DG 479 6297)
Bach, Johann Sebastian: English Suite No 2 in A minor BWV807 - Ivo Pogorelich (piano) (DG 415 480)
de Bousset, Jean-Baptiste Drouard: La Nuit De Noel - Maîtrise Saint-Pierre-Aux-Liens De Bulle, François Delor (organ)/André Corboz (ERATO 245641)
Warlock, Peter arr Lane: Bethlehem Down - Royal Ballet Sinfonia/Gavin Sutherland (Naxos 8.557753)
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Elfman, Danny: Overture, from The Nightmare before Christmas - Studio Orchestra (WALTDISNEY 476935)
Liszt, Franz: Totentanz - Nelson Freire (piano), Dresden Philharmonic/Michel Plasson (Berlin Classics 018 5942 BC)
Tchaikovsky, Pyotr Ilyich: Piano Concerto No 1 in Bb minor Op 23 - Alice Sara Ott (piano), Munich Philharmonic/Thomas Hengelbrock (DG 477 8779)
Manz, Paul: E'en so, Lord Jesus, quickly come - Gloucester Cathedral Choir/Andrew Nethsingha (Avie AV 2122)
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Offenbach, Jacques arr Baril: Allegro con fuocu, from Overture to Orpheus in the Underworld - Angèle Dubeau (violin), La Pietà (Analekta AN 2 8723)
Elfman, Danny: Christmas Eve Montage, from The Nightmare before Christmas - Studio Orchestra (WALTDISNEY 476935)
Berlioz, Hector: Pandaemonium - Epilogue sur la Terre, from La Damnation de Faust - Stuart Burrows (Faust), Donald McIntyre (Méphistophélès), Tanglewood Festival Chorus, Boston Symphony Orchestra/Seiji Ozawa (Deutsche Grammophon 453 019-2)
Britten, Benjamin: Nicolas and the Pickled Boys, from Saint Nicolas, Op 42 - Anthony Rolfe Johnson (ten), Harry Briggs (treble), Corydon Singers, English Chamber Orchestra/Matthew Best (HYPERION CDH55378)
Hague, Albert: You're A Mean One Mr. Grinch - Coral Egan (JUSTINTIME 440197)
Elgar, Edward: Romance Op 62 - Preman Tilson (bsn), New Zealand Symphony Orchestra/James Judd (Naxos 8.557577)
Hess, Nigel: The Love, from Piano Concerto - Lang Lang (piano), London Chamber Orchestra/Christopher Warren-Green (DG 4779014)
Vivaldi, Antonio: Concerto in G minor for strings RV156 - Berlin Baroque Soloists/Rainer Kussmaul (dir) (AVI 855 3060)
Brahms, Johannes orch Dvorák: Hungarian Dance No 21 in E minor - Royal Philharmonic/Rafael Kubelík (EMI CDZ 7 62608)
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Bach, Johann Sebastian: Concerto in C minor for oboe & violin BWV1060 - Liu-Yi Retallick (violin), Bede Hanley (oboe), Auckland Philharmonia/Benjamin Morrison (vln, director) (RNZ)
Rachmaninov, Sergei: Symphonic Dances Op 45 - Auckland Philharmonia/Chloé van Soeterstède/Chloé van Soeterstède (RNZ)
Booth, Stephen: Descent to Hell - Steven Booth (baritone), Soomin Kim (piano) (RNZ 2025-07-02)
Liszt, Franz: Hungarian Rhapsody No 2 in C# minor S244 - Jenő Lisztes (cimbalom) (RNZ)
Riniker, David: Three pieces from Velvet Valves - Arna Morton (violin), Alexander Morton (horn), Liam Wooding (piano) (RNZ)
Mahler, Gustav: Adagietto, from Symphony No 5 in C# minor - Auckland Philharmonia/Giordano Bellincampi ()
Bewley, Jack: Apokalypsis - Wellington Brass Band/David Bremner (RNZ 2025-07-05)
Debussy, Claude: Reverie for flute and harp - Melanie Lançon (flute), Ingrid Bauer (harp) (RNZ)
Palestrina, Giovanni Pierluigi da: Beata es, Virgo Maria - The Tudor Consort/Michael Stewart (RNZ Tudor Consort 2022-09-03)
