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NZTrio: Magnifique
Violinist Amalia Hall and pianist Somi Kim are joined by cellist Matthias Balzat at the Auckland Town Hall Concert Chamber for a performance that spans from French Romantic elegance to contemporary New Zealand landscapes.
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John Psathas: can't stop composing
26 Jan 2026John Psathas talks with RNZ Concert ahead of performances of his music at this year's Aotearoa New Zealand Festival of the Arts. He's also formed his own chamber music ensemble. Video, Audio
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Auckland Philharmonia - Fantastique
26 Jan 2026Experience a supernatural musical journey with the Auckland Philharmonia, led by French conductor Pierre Bleuse's New Zealand debut featuring Berlioz’s Symphonie Fantastique; with renowned Kiwi pianist Sylvia Jiang for Franz Liszt’s diabolical Totentanz.
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Hymns on Sunday, 25 January 2026
25 Jan 2026Harvest hymns, hymns sung in school assembly, and a hymn that became particularly meaningful to a listener after the Christchurch earthquakes in 2010 and 2011 - all in this week's hymn request programme. 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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Bryan Crump
Station: Concert
Programme: Three to Seven
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Clarissa Dunn
Station: Concert
Programme: Music Alive
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Carey McDonald
Station: Concert
Programme: Mornings
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Nick Tipping
Station: Concert
Programme: Inside Out
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David Morriss
Station: Concert
Programme: Evenings
Thursday 29 January
12:00 AM. Music Through the Night
Copland, Aaron: An Outdoor Overture - Colorado Symphony/Andrew Litton (BIS SACD 2164)
Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus: Piano Sonata No 4 in Eb K282 - Sharon Joy Vogan (piano) (RNZ UB32)
Peri, Jacopo: Cruda morte. Sospirate aure celesti 'Euridice', from Le Lagrime d'Orfeo - Ensemble Pygmalion (Harmonia mundi HMM90228687)
Mortelmans, Lodewijk: Spring Idyll - BRTN Philharmonic, Brussels (Discover DICD 920 100)
Fauré, Gabriel: Nocturne No 5 in Bb Op 37 - Richard Mapp (piano) (RNZ UB65)
Prokofiev, Sergei: Symphony No 5 in Bb Op 100 (2) - London Symphony Orchestra/Gianandrea Noseda (LSO Live LSO0379D)
1:00 approx
Raff, Joachim: Overture, from Macbeth - Slovak State Philharmonic/Urs Schneider (MARCO POLO 8.22363)
Bach, Johann Sebastian: Violin Partita No 3 in E BWV1006 - Rachel Podger (violin) (Channel Classics CCS 14498)
Lauridsen, Morten: Nocturnes - Morten Lauridsen (piano), Polyphony/Stephen Layton (Hyperion CDA 67580)
Brahms, Johannes: Clarinet Quintet in B minor Op 115 (3) - James Campbell (clarinet), New Zealand String Quartet (Naxos 8.573454)
Lilburn, Douglas: A Song of Islands - New Zealand Symphony Orchestra/John Hopkins (KIWI CD SLD 100)
2:00 approx
Telemann, Georg Philipp: Overture in G, Burlesque de Don Quixotte - Jeanne Lamon (violin/director), Tafelmusik (FLEURS DE LYS FL 2 3138)
Tchaikovsky, Pyotr Ilyich: Elegy in G - Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra/Neeme Järvi (BIS SACD 1458)
Farr, Gareth: Taheke (2) - Bridget Douglas (flute), Carolyn Mills (hrp) (Atoll ACD 709)
Grieg, Edvard: Lyric Suite Op 54 - Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra/Neeme Järvi (DG 427 807)
Merk, Joseph: Fantasy on Verdi's Ernani Op 31 - Martin Rummel (cello), Roland Krüger (piano) (Naxos 8.572759)
Kokai, Rezso: Sonatina, from Quartettino - Roeland Hendrikx Ensemble (Antarctica AR045)
3:00 approx
Delius, Frederick arr Fenby: Violin Concerto - Philippe Djokic (violin), Symphony Nova Scotia/Georg Tintner (CBC Records SMCD 5134)
Benda, Georg: Sonata in F - Tessa Birnie (piano) (WALSINGHAM 3WAL 80432)
Handel, George Frideric: Sonata (Concerto) in five parts in Bb - Simon Standage (violin), English Concert/Trevor Pinnock (dir) (Archiv 415 291)
Chopin, Frédéric: Prelude in C# minor Op 45 - Peter Frankl (piano) (ASV CD DCA 781)
Cui, Shi-Guang: Shandong Folk Suite - Shanghai Quartet (Delos DE 3308)
4:00 approx
Schubert, Franz: Symphony No 2 in Bb D125 (2) - Chamber Orchestra of Europe/Claudio Abbado (DG 423 652)
Soler, Antonio: Keyboard Sonata No 87 in G minor - Terence Dennis (piano) (RNZ UB39)
Bach, Johann Sebastian transcr Stokowski: Passacaglia & Fugue in C minor BWV582 - Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra/José Serebrier (Naxos 8.557883)
Young, Kenneth: Three Sad Waltzes - Matthew Marshall (guitar) (Rattle D097)
Debussy, Claude: Prélude à l'après-midi d'un faune - Lyon National Orchestra/Jun Märkl (Naxos 8.570759)
Albéniz, Isaac: El puerto, from Iberia - Peter Donohoe (piano) (Chandos CHAN20293)
5:00 approx
Allegri, Gregorio ed Rutter: Miserere mei, Deus - Choir of St John's College, Cambridge/Andrew Nethsingha (Chandos CHSA 5085)
Holland, Dulcie: Piano Trio - Eggner Trio (ABC Classics ABC 4817995)
Haydn, Franz Joseph: Symphony No 2 in C - Hanover Band/Roy Goodman (Hyperion CDA 66524)
Pärt, Arvo: Hymn to a great city - Michael McHale (piano) (Louth CMS LCMS 901)
Holst, Gustav: Fantasia on the 'Dargason', from Suite No 2 for Military Band Op 28/2 - North Texas Wind Symphony/Eugene Migliaro Corporon (GIA Publications CD655)
Brahms, Johannes: Intermezzo in Bb minor Op 117/2 - Michael Houstoun (piano) (Rattle RATD131)
Traditional: Mes Belles Amourettes - Latitude 37 (ABC Classics ABC 4818575)
Lennon, John arr Philippe Maniez: Blackbird - Valentine Michaud (saxophone), Gabriel Michaud (percussion) (Mirare MIR716)
Shostakovich, Dmitri: Waltz, from Jazz Suite No 2 - Daniel Hope (violin), Zurich Chamber Orchestra (DG 4864994)