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Listen to music and performing arts interviews here when it suits you, as broadcast at 4pm most days:
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Conductor Adam Johnson
30 Jun 2025Canadian conductor Adam Johnson is in New Zealand to conduct this year's NZSO National Youth Orchestra. Read more Audio
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Tim Finn: from the Enz to the Opera
27 Jun 2025Ahead of the debut broadcast in Aotearoa, Tim Finn talks to RNZ Concert about his opera "Ihitai Avei’a - Star Navigator": the story of the Tahitian navigator Tupaia, who guided Cook to Aotearoa. Read more Audio
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Written in the stars
26 Jun 2025Jazz composer and guitarist Heather Webb talks about the astronomy behind her new work, Parallax - Music from Outer Space. Read more Audio
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Moment of Calm: Steam, wind and (just a little) speed.
25 Jun 2025Bryan Crump turns to the power of nostalgia (and overcomes a bit of wind noise) to bring you a steam driven Sonic Moment of Calm. Read more Audio
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David Squire's farewell NZ Youth Choir tour
25 Jun 2025David Squire and Ivan Zhang from the New Zealand Youth Choir speak to RNZ Concert ahead of the choir's latest overseas tour, the last David will lead as the the ensemble's director. Read more Audio
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Keeping music in the family
24 Jun 2025The woman she's named after took a while to find her ideal match, but Arabella Steinbacher knew what she wanted by the time she was three. Read more Audio
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Natania Ngawhau: from the farm to the Big Apple
23 Jun 2025Natania Ngawhau is getting ready to move herself and her trombone to Manhattan for a Masters degree in orchestral performance. Read more Audio
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A Stellar Sonic Tonic
RNZ Concert marks Matariki 2025 with a Stellar Sonic Tonic of historical sounds and (mostly) heavenly music. Read more Audio
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Matariki on RNZ Concert
20 Jun 2025From Ché-Fu and his band The Kratez performing with the Auckland Philharmonia to a family-friendly NZSO concert the kids can sign along to, and a Stellar Sonic Tonic, RNZ Concert has something for… Read more Audio
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Patricia Hurley - Viva Opera!
19 Jun 2025Patricia Hurley's book Viva Opera! A Journey Through Italy draws on her lifelong passion for all things opera and her experience introducing tourists and singers to Italy's many opera meccas. Read more Audio
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Moment of Calm: Fernanda's Birds
18 Jun 2025This week's Sonic Moment of Calm was sent to us by a listener in Otago. Read more Audio
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Children are the future of singing
18 Jun 2025Ahead of its Matariki concert, artistic director, Elise Bradley talks about the New Zealand Children’s Choral Academy. Read more Audio
02 July 2025
with Bryan Crump
Respighi, Ottorino: Ancient Airs & Dances Suite No 1 (4) - Sinfonia 21/Richard Hickox (Chandos CHAN 9415)
Kreisler, Fritz: Schön Rosmarin - James Ehnes (vln), Eduard Laurel (pno) (FLEURS DE LYS FL 2 3159)
Franck, César: Symphony in D minor Op 48 (2) - Chicago SO/Pierre Monteux (RCA GD 86805)
Sarasate, Pablo de: Concert Fantasy on Gounod's Faust - Gil Shaham (vln), Jonathan Feldman (pno) (DG 463 483)
Palestrina, Giovanni Pierluigi da trans Stokowski: Adoramus te - Brussels Phil/Richard Egarr (GLOSSA GCDSA 922209)
Haydn, Franz Joseph: Keyboard Sonata No 47 in B minor HobXVI/32 - Paul Lewis (pno) (Harmonia Mundi HMM 902371)
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Vivaldi, Antonio: Four Seasons, Summer (3) - Alfia Bakieva (violin), & Le Concert des Nations/Jordi Savall (Alia Vox AVSA9958)
Dvořák, Antonín: American Suite in A Op 98b (2) - Royal Phil/Antal Dorati (Decca 430 702)
Lunn, John: Downton Abbey, Suite - London Chamber Orch/Alastair King (Decca 278114)
Marcello, Alessandro: Oboe Concerto in D minor (2) - Jess Gillam (saxophone), BBC Concert Orchestra/Richard Balcombe (Decca 4834862)
Brahms, Johannes: String Quartet No 3 in Bb Op 67 (3) - Takács Quartet (Hyperion CDA 67552)
Bach, Johann Sebastian: Et resurrexit, from Mass in B minor BWV246 - Katherine Watson (sop), Tim Mead (cntrtenor), Reinoud Van Mechelen (tenor), André Morsch (baritone), Les Arts Florissants/William Christie (Harmonia Mundi HAF890529394)
Schubert, Franz trans Liszt: Die Post, from Winterreise - Jorge Bolet (pno) (Decca 414 575)
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Beethoven, Ludwig van: Symphony No 2 in D Op 36 (3) - Royal Flemish Phil/Philippe Herreweghe (PENTATONE PTC 5186 314)
Fasch, Johan Friedrich: Lute Concerto in D minor (1) - Michael Dücker (lute), Cologne Musica Antiqua/Reinhard Goebel (dir) (Archiv 447 644)
Strauss II, Johann: Tritsch-Tratsch Polka - New Zealand SO/William Southgate (Continuum NZSO 100)
Strauss, Richard: Capriccio, Introduction to the Final Scene - Barry Tuckwell (horn), Royal Phil/Vladimir Ashkenazy (Decca 430 370)
Dvořák, Antonín: String Quartet No 10 in Eb Op 51 (4) - Alban Berg Quartet (EMI 5 57013)
Schumann, Robert arr Auer: Vogel als Prophet, from Forest Scenes Op 82 - Joshua Bell (vln), Samuel Sanders (pno) (Decca 417 891)
Kodály, Zoltán: Intermezzo for String Trio - Trio Lirico (Audite AUDITE97815)
Grieg, Edvard: Piano Concerto in A minor Op 16 (2) - Leif Ove Andsnes (pno), Berlin Phil/Mariss Jansons (EMI 3 94399)
Granda, Chabuca arr Flórez: Fina estampa - Juan Diego Flórez (ten), Juan Diego Flórez (bongos), David Gálvez (gtr) (Decca 475 6932)
Aikman, James: Concerto for Saxophone & Orchestra (2) - Taimur Sullivan (sax), St Petersburg State SO/Vladimir Lande (Naxos 8.55972)
Brahms, Johannes: Sapphische Ode Op 94/4 - Andrew Joyce (cello), Rae de Lisle (pno) (Atoll ACD280)
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Suk, Josef: Serenade in Eb for strings Op 6 (1) - Czech Phil/Jirí Belohlávek (Chandos CHAN 9063)
Haydn, Franz Joseph: Symphony No 91 in Eb - Freiburg Baroque Orch/René Jacobs (HARMONIA MUNDI HMC 90 1849)
Brouwer, Leo: Canción de Cuna (Berceuse), from Two Cuban Popular Songs - Miloš Karadaglić (gtr) (Decca 7779637)
Albinoni, Tomaso: Oboe Concerto in D minor Op 9/2 (2) - Gordon Hunt (ob/dir), Norrköping SO (BIS CD 5017)
Leslie, Kenneth Arr Stuart Calvert: Cape Breton Lullaby - Toronto Children's Chorus/Elise Bradley (Marquis 81439)
Weiss, Silvius Leopold: Fantasia in C Minor - Magdalena Hoffmann (harp) (Deutsche Grammophon 4865911)
Handel, George Frideric: Zadok the Priest - Choir of King's College Choir, Cambridge/Stephen Cleobury (EMI 2 28944)
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