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In it for the long hall
10 Sep 2025Waikato-raised saxophonist Simon Brew talks about coming home to manage a music venue in the heart of Cambridge. Read more Audio
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Pasifika singing - it's time to talk
9 Sep 2025Pasifika singers are an increasingly big part of the New Zealand choral scene. Will Kingi and Enyah Talamaivao are part of a Choirs Aotearoa gathering which recognises that role, but will also explore… Read more Video, Audio
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Anapela Polata’ivao and Stacey Leilua: From Tinā to opera
8 Sep 2025Anapela Polata’ivao and Stacey Leilua bring a Kiwi Samoan perspective to directing the action in NZ Opera's latest production, Jonathan Dove's "The Monster in the Maze".
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Mika Cornelius: turning mushrooms into music
5 Sep 2025Universal Veil is a new work by composer and sound designer Mika Cornelius. It's inspired by the world of fungi and their life cycles. Read more Video, Audio
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Duo Enharmonics plays Mendelssohn
4 Sep 2025Pianists Beth Chen and Nicole Chao (Duo Enharmonics) with be performing a two-piano concerto by Felix Mendelssohn this weekend, with the Wairua Sinfonietta. Read more Audio
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CANZ Composer Workshop 2025
3 Sep 2025Jessie Leov is one of the organisers of the 2025 CANZ Composer Workshop. She talks with RNZ Concert's David Morriss about what the workshop involves, and her own experience of taking part. Read more Audio
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Mahler's big bang
2 Sep 2025Mahler's Sixth Symphony asks for a percussion instrument so unusual, the New Zealand Symphony Orchestra made its own. RNZ Concert followed the construction and testing of Mahler's hammer and block. Read more Video, Audio
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Fellowship of the strings
1 Sep 2025Antipodes Quartet is the first ensemble to take part in the Fellowship Programme, which is facilitated and mentored by New Zealand String Quartet, Chamber Music New Zealand and Adam Chamber Music… Read more Audio
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Mt Eden Chamber Music Festival - keeping it local
28 Aug 2025Violinist Simeon Broom grew up in Mt Eden and had the vision of creating a local festival there along the lines of the European festivals he'd played in. The Festival is celebrating 10 years this… Read more Audio
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Shona Murray: 'Music goes with so many things'
27 Aug 2025Music educator and choral conductor Shona Murray talks with RNZ Concert's Bryan Crump about secondary school choral festival The Big Sing and its beginnings, and the essential role of music in our… Read more Video, Audio
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Antony Hermus: a man with a mission
26 Aug 2025"I always say, 'Everyone loves classical music, only some don't know about it yet', and I feel it is my mission to let people know about it." Dutch conductor Antony Hermus talks with RNZ Concert. Read more Audio
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Twenty years in charge of The Realm
25 Aug 2025Jazz drummer Greg Crayford is getting ready to lead celebrations of two decades of his jazz residency at Wellington bar The Realm. Read more Audio
11 March 2026
with Bryan Crump
Françaix, Jean: Quartet for flute, oboe, clarinet & bassoon (1) - members of the Aulos Wind Quintet (MUSICA MUNDI 310 022)
Hadar, Yosef: Evening of Roses - Sheku Kanneh-Mason (cello), City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra/Mirga Gražinyte-Tyla (Decca 483 2948)
Traditional: Jota Carvalhesa - Brigada Victor Jara (Farol Musica)
Berlioz, Hector: Queen Mab Scherzo, from Romeo & Juliet - London Symphony Orchestra/Colin Davis (Philips 438 307)
Rameau, Jean-Philippe: Les Cyclopes - Víkingur Ólafsson (piano) (DG 4837701)
Mendelssohn, Felix: Cello Sonata No 2 in D Op 58 (1) Allegro assai vivace - Sol Gabetta (cello), Bertrand Chamayou (piano) (Sony 19439934002)
Schumann, Robert: Symphony No 3 in Eb Op 97, Rhenish (5) - Champs-Elysées Orchestra/Philippe Herreweghe (HARMONIA MUNDI HMC 90 1972)
Tailleferre, Germaine: Concertino - Gillian Benet (harp), Women's Philharmonic/JoAnn Falletta (Koch 37169)
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Liszt, Franz: Transcendental Study No 5, Feux follets - David James (piano) (RNZ UB48)
Bach, Johann Sebastian: Concerto in D minor for two violins BWV1043 (1) - Isabelle Faust (violin), Bernhard Forck (violin), Berlin Academy for Early Music/Bernhard Forck (Harmonia Mundi HMM90233536)
Smetana, Bedřich: Sárka, from Má Vlast - Czech Philharmonic/Jiří Bělohlávek (Decca 4833187)
Richter, Max: Of the sky, from Hamnet motion picture soundtrack - Max Richter (piano/keys), Grace Davidson (soprano), Vicky Lester harp), Sam Wilson (percussion), London Voices, Tenebrae (Decca 7892919)
Spohr, Louis: Concertante No 1 in G for violin & harp WoO 13 (2) - María Dueñas (violin), Volker Kempf (harp), Vienna Symphony Orchestra/Manfred Honeck (DG 4863512)
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Grusin, Dave: Memphis Stomp, from The Firm - Daniil Trifonov (piano) (DG 4865756)
Stanford, Charles Villiers: Symphony No 3 in F minor Op 28, Irish (2) - Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra/David Lloyd-Jones (Naxos 8.570355)
Kats-Chernin, Elena: Russian Rag - Sydney Alpha Ensemble (ABC Classics ABC 4817995)
Purcell, Henry: Chaconne in G minor Z730 - Les Violons du Roy/Bernard Labadie (ATMA ACD22600)
Stamitz, Carl Philipp: Clarinet Concerto No 6 in Bb (2) - Paul Meyer (clarinet), Kurpfälz Chamber Orchestra/Paul Meyer (CPO 555415-2)
Kats-Chernin, Elena: Re-invention No 4 for Tenor Recorder, from Re-inventions - Genevieve Lacey (recorder), Flinders Quartet (ABC Classics ABC4813573)
Fasch, Johan Friedrich: Concerto in D for trumpet & two oboes FWV L/D1 - Il Gardellino (Accent ACC 24252)
Sibelius, Jean: The Dryad Op 45/1 Dance-Intermezzo Op 45/2 (2) - New Zealand Symphony Orchestra/Pietari Inkinen (Naxos 8.570763)
Rossini, Gioachino: Petit caprice (Style Offenbach), from Péchés de vieillesse - Mariam Batsashvili (piano) (Warner Classics)
Haydn, Franz Joseph: String Quartet in G Op 77/1 (1) Allegro moderato - Maxwell Quartet (Linn Records CKD 741)
Monteverdi, Claudio: Damigella tutta bella, from Canzonette - Nuria Rial (soprano), Philippe Jaroussky (countertenor), L'Arpeggiata, Christina Pluhar (theorbo/director) (Virgin 2 36140)
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Giraud, Hubert arr Wilhelm Kaiser-Lindemann: Sous le ciel de Paris - 12 Cellists of the Berlin Philharmonic (EMI 6085012)
Mayer, Emilie: Cello Sonata in A - Raphaela Gromes (cello), Julian Riem (pno) (Sony 19802932902)
Corea, Chick Arr for Clarinet & Double Bass by Fröst & Dubé: Armando's Rhumba - Martin Fröst (clarinet), Sébastien Dubé (dbass) (Sony)
Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus: Piano Trio No 6 in G K564 (2) - Daniel Barenboim (piano), Michael Barenboim (violin), Kian Soltani (cello) (DG 4837506)
Fauré, Gabriel: Nocturne No 1 in Eb minor Op 33/1 - Richard Mapp (piano) (RNZ UB65)
Respighi, Ottorino: The Dove, from The Birds - Orpheus Chamber Orchestra (DG 437 533)
Bach, Johann Sebastian: Lobet den Herrn, alle Heiden BWV230 - Berlin Vocalconsort/Marcus Creed (Harmonia Mundi HMC 90 2079)
Three to Seven
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