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08 February 2026

Farr, Gareth: Kembang Suling - Hannah Darroch (flute), Justin DeHart (percussion) (RNZ)

Takemitsu, Toru: Between Tides - Ghost Trio (RNZ 2025-08-17)

Bewley, Jack: Apokalypsis - Wellington Brass Band/David Bremner (RNZ 2025-07-02)

Cresswell, Lyell: Piano Concerto No 3 - Stephen De Pledge (piano), New Zealand Symphony Orchestra/Gemma New (RNZ)

Shaw, Caroline: In manus tuas - Hannah Collins (cello) (Sono Luminus DSL 92211)

Sound Lounge: Mystic George Gurdjieff - composer of electric guitar music?

13 Jul 2019

Gurdjieff is remembered as one of the great mystics of the early 20th century. But he also composed! Gunter Herbig explains why he chose electric guitar to interpret Gurdjieff's music. Read more Video

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From dark to light - Mike Hogan's Matariki Suite

29 Jun 2019

In his Matariki Suite for solo guitar Mike Hogan follows the transition of the Matariki star cluster from dark to light. Read more

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Sound Lounge: Tabea Squire explains how she turned the 'Ao' in Aotearoa into music

22 Jun 2019

Tabea Squire explains how the multiple meanings of the Maori word Ao inspired her orchestral work of the same name. Read more Video
New Music Dreams: Vampyr (1932)

16 Jun 2019

Tune in to New Music Dreams after the 11pm news on Sunday 16 June to listen to an electronic re-imagining of the soundtrack to the 1932 horror film Vampyr while watching the film here . Read more Video
Sound Lounge: Lyell Cresswell's new string quartet album

16 Jun 2019

Music for String Quartet is is an excellent new collection of Lyell Cresswell's quartets from the 1980s to the early 2000s performed by Scotland's Red Note Ensemble. Read more
Salina Fisher named 2019 NZSM Composer-in Residence

8 Jun 2019

Award-winning New Zealand composer and violinist Salina Fisher will be the Creative New Zealand Composer-in-Residence for 2019 at Victoria University of Wellington's New Zealand School of Music—Te… Read more Video

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Sound Lounge: Louise Webster's Violin Concerto - In hollowed bone I hear the seas roar

1 Jun 2019

Child psychiatrist, paediatrician, violinist and composer Louise Webster talks about her Violin Concerto. Read more Video
Sound Lounge: Welcome to the 25-speaker SoundDome

25 May 2019

Five NZ composers have created new electroacoustic works for the custom-built SoundDome, a 25-loudspeaker instrument designed for composing with 3D space. The works have been released by Rattle on a… Read more Video
Alex TAYLOR: Flute Concerto

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18 May 2019

The world première performance by Abigail Sperling and the Auckland Chamber Orchestra conducted by Peter Scholes in the Raye Freedman Arts Centre, Auckland, 25 November 2018. Read more Video, Audio

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Ben HOADLEY: Turakirae

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18 May 2019

The world première performance by Peter Scholes (clarinet and director) and the Auckland Chamber Orchestra in the Raye Freedman Arts Centre, Auckland, 25 November 2018. Read more Video, Audio

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Sound Lounge: Four composers represent NZ at World Music Days Festival, Estonia

11 May 2019

Alex Taylor, Tristan Carter, Nick Snowball and Simon Eastwood make the long journey to Tallinn to represent NZ at the the 9-day annual ISCM World Music Days contemporary music festival.

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Sound Lounge: John Rimmer at 80

4 May 2019

We celebrate John Rimmer's 80th year with a few handpicked works from his long and varied career as a composer. Read more Video, Audio