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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
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Marborough Civic Orchestra celebrates 10th anniversary
22 Aug 2025The Blenheim-based orchestra is marking a decade of music making with a gala concert this weekend. Read more Audio
09 March 2026
with Bryan Crump
Vivaldi, Antonio: Violin Concerto in A minor RV356 (3) - Pekka Kuusisto (violin/director), Virtuosi Di Kuhmo (Ondine ODE9392)
Brahms, Johannes: Symphony No 2 in D Op 73 (3) - Scottish Chamber Orchestra/Charles Mackerras (TELARC CD 80450)
Fauré, Gabriel: Nocturne No 10 in E minor Op 99 - Richard Mapp (piano) (RNZ UB66)
Farrenc, Louise: Symphony No 2 in D Op 35 (4) - North German Radio Philharmonic/Johannes Goritzki (CPO 999 820)
3MA: 3MA - 3MA - Rajery (valiha), Ballaké Sissoko (kora), Driss El Maloumi (oud) (Contrejour 200002)
Zimmer, Hans: The Village, from The Thin Red Line - City of Prague Philharmonic Orchestra/James Fitzpatrick (Silva Screen 2007)
Campion, Thomas: The Peaceful Western Wind - Shannon Mercer (soprano), Ensemble Masques/Olivier Fortin (hpschd/dir) (Analekta AN 2 9905)
Suk, Josef: Fantastic Scherzo Op 25 - Buffalo Philharmonic/JoAnn Falletta (Naxos 8.572323)
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Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus: Serenade No 10 in Bb K361, Gran Partita (7) - Ensemble Intercontemporain/Pierre Boulez (Decca 478 0316)
Glazunov, Alexander: Saxophone Quartet Op 109 (1) - Aurelia Saxophone Quartet (Challenge Classics CC72039)
Duruflé, Maurice: Trois Danses Op 6 (3) - Sinfonia of London/John Wilson (Chandos CHSA5252)
Viseur, Gus: Flambee Montalbanaise - Gus Viseur (accordion), Guss Viseur Orchestra (Music Club 972909)
Bach, Johann Sebastian: Keyboard Concerto No 6 in F BWV1057 (3) - Raphael Alpermann (harpsichord), Christoph Huntgeburth (recorder), Xenia Löffler (recorder), Berlin Akademie für Alte Musik/Stephan Mai (dir) (Harmonia Mundi HMC 90 1876)
Mendelssohn, Felix: Kyrie And Heilig, from Die Deutsche Liturgie - NZ Secondary Schools Students Choir 2009-2010/Andrew Withington (Private 2575)
Glennie, Evelyn: A Little Prayer - Evelyn Glennie (marimba) (RCA 60242-2-RC)
Elgar, Edward: Nursery Suite (1) - New Zealand Symphony Orchestra/James Judd (Naxos 8.557166)
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Villoldo, Angel: El Choclo - Jane Curry (guitar) (Private 1713)
Grieg, Edvard: Piano Concerto in A minor Op 16 (2) - Stephen Hough (piano), Bergen Philharmonic/Andrew Litton (Hyperion CDA 67824)
Shostakovich, Dmitri: Folk Feast, from The Gadfly - Philadelphia Orchestra/Riccardo Chailly (Decca 452 597)
Byrd, William: Fantasia in six parts (2) - Phantasm (Linn Records CKD372)
Vivaldi, Antonio: Concerto in C minor for strings RV119 - Venice Baroque Orchestra/Andrea Marcon (dir) (Archiv 474 5092)
Viardot, Pauline: Hai Luli! - Yo-Yo Ma (cello), Kathryn Stott (piano) (Sony 19802822812)
Williams, John: Hedwig's Theme, from the Harry Potter films - studio Orchestra/John Williams (Warner 793 086)
Debussy, Claude: Piano Trio in G (4) - Bertrand Chamayou (piano), Renaud Capuçon (violin), Edgar Moreau (cello) (Erato 9029577396)
Albinoni, Tomaso: Sinfonia in G minor - Collegium Musicum 90/Simon Standage (dir) (Chandos CHAN 0602)
Sibelius, Jean: Ballade, from Karelia Suite - Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra/Neeme Järvi (DG 447 760)
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Handel, George Frideric: Air and variations, 'The Harmonious Blacksmith', from Keyboard Suite No 5 in E HWV430 - Murray Perahia (piano) (Sony SK 62785)
Estacio, John: A Farmer's Symphony - Edmonton Symphony Orchestra/Mario Bernardi (CBC Records SMCD5232)
Scheibe, Mark: Hochzeit, from Der Dummling - Boreas Quartett Bremen (audite)
York, Andrew: Evening Dance - Slava Grigoryan (guitar), Leonard Grigoryan (guitar) (ABC 472824)
Brahms, Johannes: Horn Trio in Eb Op 40 (1) - Natalia Lomeiko (violin), Yuri Zhislin (viola), Ivan Martin (piano) (Orchid Classics ORC100098)
Tchaikovsky, Pyotr Ilyich: Piano Concerto No 2 in G Op 44 (3) - Mikhail Pletnev (piano), Philharmonia/Vladimir Fedoseyev (Virgin VC 7 91202)
Dvořák, Antonín: Slavonic Dance Op 46 No 8 in G minor - Atlanta Symphony Orchestra/Yoel Levi (TELARC CD 80497)
Traditional: Maria - Marco Beasley (voice), L'Arpeggiata/Christina Pluhar (Virgin 6 94577)
Three to Seven
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