RNZ Concert gives you the gift of music from around the world to soundtrack your summer festive season.
As well as seasonal music sprinkled across the day, Music Alive presents several special concerts celebrating Christmas and the New Year in New Zealand. Here is what you can listen to, and when:
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The O Antiphons with the BBC Singers
On-air: 8 pm Wednesday 17 December 2025
Tonightβs broadcast marks a specific point in the countdown to Christmas. In the liturgical calendar, December 17th is the traditional start of the 'O Antiphons', the seven ancient titles for Christ that are sung before the Magnificat in the final days of Advent. To mark the occasion, we head to St Paul's, Knightsbridge in London for a performance that reimagines this ancient tradition through a purely contemporary lens.
The BBC Singers, conducted by Sofi Jeannin, present a sequence by British composer Cecilia McDowall with settings by eight other distinctive female voices from around the world. Accompanying the choir is organist Ashley Grote.
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Celebrate Christmas with Auckland Philharmonia
On Air: 8pm Thursday 18 December 2025
Tenor Emmanuel Fonoti-Fuimaono joins The Graduate Choir New Zealand and the Auckland Philharmonia f
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