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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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Riding a Mexican Wave into the studio
29 Nov 2024Blair Latham from the jazz group Fire Waltz, talks about being awarded this year's SOUNZ Jazz Recording Project, and the role Mexico plays in his musical life. Read more Video, Audio
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Playing for the love of music
28 Nov 2024Rowena Cullen talks about being part of the ongoing success of Wellington City Orchestra. Read more Audio
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Realising a dying man's wish: recording Matt Dibble's 24 Preludes & Fugues
27 Nov 2024When his close friend Matt Dibble died suddenly, Jon Hargreaves was determined to realise Matt's dream to have his preludes and fugues recorded by the pianist Freddy Kempf. Read more Video, Audio
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A galaxy of great film scores
26 Nov 2024A new documentary gives film critic Dan Slevin an opportunity to rave about movie composer John Williams. Read more Audio
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New Zealand Youth Choir: The Firefly Wakens
25 Nov 2024The New Zealand Youth Choir is preparing for a major overseas tour in 2025, which will include a couple of significant choral competitions. And coming up soon, there are going to be some pre-Christmas… Read more Audio
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Christian Tetzlaff and the beauty of playing "ugly"
21 Nov 2024Violinist Christian Tetzlaff tells RNZ Concert's Clarissa Dunn artistry always trumps technique. Read more Video, Audio
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Beer plays the blues
20 Nov 2024Auckland Philharmonia's Concertmaster, Andrew Beer, is soloist for the New Zealand premiere next week of Wynton Marsalis' Violin Concerto. Read more Audio
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Jane Austen: her day began with music
Dr Kirstine Moffat, Associate Professor in the English Programme at the University of Waikato, discusses her lifelong passion for Jane Austen's novels and explores the significant role music played in… Read more Audio
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Music on the brain: a stroke survivor's symphonic memoir
18 Nov 2024In November 2021, Andrew Stopps suffered two life-altering strokes, but it was music that fuelled his recovery. Now, the musician has composed a symphonic memoir that has captured the attention of New… Read more Audio
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Ruby Solly: (Pū)oro Exhibition
15 Nov 2024Ruby Solly demonstrates the pūtangitangi (small Māori instruments made of clay) she's created for an exhibition this weekend. Read more Video, Audio
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Brass bands: "like a family"
14 Nov 2024British-born trumpeter, teacher and conductor Vickie van Uden talks about embracing the brass music whanau of Christchurch. Read more Video, Audio
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The complex work of a conductor
13 Nov 2024Vasily Petrenko returns to Aotearoa to conduct New Zealand Symphony Orchestra concerts in Wellington and Auckland. He talks with RNZ Concert's David Morriss about the complex job of a conductor, which… Read more Audio
01 October 2025
with Bryan Crump
Poulenc, Francis: Trio for oboe, bassoon and piano (3) - Adrian Wilson (ob), Peter Whelan (bsn), Tim Horton (pno) (NIMBUS NI 6121)
Bacalov, Luis arr Redford/Bell: Il Postino - Joshua Bell (vln), instrumental ensemble (SONY 88697 55436)
Smith, Alice Mary ed Graham-Jones: Symphony in A minor (1) - London Mozart Players/Howard Shelley (Chandos CHAN 10283)
Rachmaninov, Sergei: Lilacs Op 21/5 - Colin Horsley (pno) ( )
Fauré, Gabriel arr Parkin: Elegy Op 24 - Sheku Kanneh-Mason (cello), Hannah Roberts (cello), Chris Murray (cello), Robert Max (cello), Desmond Neysmith (cello), Josephine Knight (cello), Caroline Dearnley (cello), Ashok Klouda (cello), Rowena Calvert (cello), Nicholas Trygstad (cello) (Decca 4850241)
Reicha, Anton: Finale: Allegretto, from Wind Quintet in Eb Op 88 No 2 - Berlin Philharmonic Wind Quintet (BIS CD 1802)
Beck, Franz Ignaz: Sinfonia in Eb Op 3/4 - Toronto CO/Kevin Mallon (Naxos 8.570799)
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Prokofiev, Sergei arr Tamás Batiashvili: Montagues & Capulets, from Romeo & Juliet - Lisa Batiashvili (vln), Chamber Orch of Europe/Yannick Nézet-Séguin (DG 479 8529)
Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus: Piano Concerto No 17 in G K453 (3) - Vladimir Ashkenazy (pno/dir), Padua & Venice Orch (OCTAVIA OVCL 00170)
Bach, Johann Sebastian: Chorale Prelude, Von Gott will ich nicht Lassen - Gillian Weir (org) (PRIORY PRCD 800)
Raum, Elizabeth: Apollo, from Pantheon - Erica Raum (vln), David Hoyt (hrn), Janet Scott-Hoyt (pno) (Arktos CD 950)
Haydn, Franz Joseph: Sinfonia Concertante in Bb HobI/105 (2) - István Engl (ob), Lászlo Baranyai (bsn), Igor Ozim (vln), Zóltan Rácz (cello), Philharmonia Hungarica/Antal Dorati (Decca 425 935)
Beethoven, Ludwig van arr Müller-Schott: Romance No 1 in G Op 40 - Daniel Müller-Schott (cello), Australian CO (Orfeo C 080 031)
Tavener, John: Exhortation - The Sixteen/Harry Christophers (UNIVERSAL 476 3160)
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Hofmann, Leopold: Oboe Concerto in G (3) - Stefan Schilli (ob), Nicolaus Esterházy Sinfonia/Béla Drahos (Naxos 8.553979)
Marx, Joseph: Quartetto in modo classico (2) - Thomas Christian Ensemble (CPO 777 066)
Brahms, Johannes: Intermezzo in Ab Op 76/3 - Michael Houstoun (piano) (Rattle RATD131)
Saint-Saëns, Camille: Air & Dance Bacchanale, from Samson & Delilah - Berlin Phil/Gustavo Dudamel (DG 479 0069)
Kapsberger, Johannes Hieronymus: Canarios - Australian Brandenburg Orchestra/Paul Dyer (ABC Classics ABC 4763828)
Bach, Carl Philipp Emanuel: Viola da gamba Sonata in C Wq136 (1) - André Lislevand (viola da gamba), Emil Duncumb (fortepiano) (Arcana A549)
Dvořák, Antonín: Violin Sonatina in G Op 100 (2) - James Ehnes (vln), Eduard Laurel (pno) (Analekta FL 2 3191)
Bloch, Ernest: Prelude - Braimah Kanneh-Mason (violin), Alinka Rowe (viola), Sheku Kanneh-Mason (cello), Ayla Sahin (violin) (Decca 4850241)
Reznicek, Emil von: Overture, from Donna Diana - ASMF/Neville Marriner (Philips 456 576)
Edwards, Ross: First Maninya, from Guitar Concerto (1) - Karin Schaup (guitar), Tasmanian SO/Richard Mills (ABC Classics ABC 476 227)
Rodgers & Hammerstein: Climb Ev'ry Mountain, from The Sound of Music - Joyce DiDonato (mezzo-soprano), Maida Vale Singers, The John Wilson Orchestra (EMI 319301)
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Delibes, Leo: Flower Duet from Lakmé - Renée Fleming (sop), Susan Graham (mezzo), Philharmonia Orch (Decca 478 0125)
Schumann, Robert: String Quartet in F Op 41/2 - Hagen Quartet (DG 449 214)
Strauss, Richard arr anon: Waltzes, from Der Rosenkavalier (second sequence) - Leipzig Gewandhaus Orch/Herbert Blomstedt (Decca 475 6550)
Tartini, Giuseppe: Violin Concerto in Bb D117 (4) - Adrian Chandler (vln/dir), La Serenissima (Avie AV 2154)
Kaska, Kevin: Majestic Journey - Adam Frey (euphonium), New Zealand SO/Bruce Hangen (Naxos 8.570538)
Debussy, Claude: Mouvement, from Images, Book 1 - Simon Trpceski (pno) (EMI 500272)
Tailleferre, Germaine: Flute Sonata No 2 (1) - Ransom Wilson (fl), Christopher O'Riley (pno) (Etcetera KTC 1073)
ORIGINAL DIXIELAND JAZZ BAND: Tiger Rag - Sabine Meyer (cl), Wolfgang Meyer (cl), Bamberg Symphony big band/Ingo Metzmacher (EMI CDC 5 56652)
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