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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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Harmony in the hay
1 Oct 2024Canturbury ceramic artist and gallery owner John Allan talks about turning an old hay shed into a music venue. Read more Audio
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Hope out of hate
30 Sep 2024Singers from the Wellington Youth Choir talk about their upcoming concert where they'll be performing a work composed in response to the 1998 murder of Matthew Shepard, a young gay American man. Read more Video, Audio
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Keeping it in the family
27 Sep 2024Visiting cellist Sterling Elliot can thank his mother for his stellar career, although he initially wanted to play the violin. Read more Video, Audio
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Alexandra through the looking glass
26 Sep 2024Alexandra Hope Watson is many things, from daredevil plane pilot to mathematician, but perhaps her greatest love is writing musicals. Read more Video, Audio
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Moment of Calm: Calling the faithful
25 Sep 2024The sound of the minarets of Istanbul Read more Audio
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The sound of one hand playing
25 Sep 2024Pianist Jian Liu only needs one hand for his next gig, but he's working twice as hard. Read more Video, Audio
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A violinist of many colours
24 Sep 2024Violinist Tristan Carter talks to Bryan Crump about his multifaceted musical career. Read more Video, Audio
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Salina Fisher makes waves across the Pacific
23 Sep 2024One of America's top choreographers is basing her latest ballet on music by New Zealander Salina Fisher.
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Gemma's New Season
20 Sep 2024Artistic Advisor and Principal Conductor, Gemma New, talks with Bryan Crump about the New Zealand Symphony Orchestra's programme for next year. Read more Video, Audio
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Composer's parting gift
19 Sep 2024The dying composer Lyell Cresswell's gift to his pianist friend Stephen De Pledge was a new concerto. Now De Pledge finally gets to perform it. Read more Audio
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Moment of Calm: Another log on the fire
18 Sep 2024Get a little cosy for this week's Moment of Calm Read more Audio
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String quartet heads for outer space
18 Sep 2024The Auckland Philharmonia and Auckland Stardome are combining forces for a new musical and astronomy show: "Strings under the Stars". Read more Audio
03 October 2025
with Bryan Crump
Glazunov, Alexander: Symphony No 1 in E Op 5, Slavyanskaya (2) - Russian State SO/Valeri Polyansky (Brilliant Classics 93565)
Macdowell, Edward Alexander: Witches' Dance Op 17/2 - Stephen Prutsman (pno), Ireland National SO/Arthur Fagen (Naxos 8.559049)
Mendelssohn, Felix: Octet in Eb Op 20 (3) - James Ehnes (vln), members of Seattle Chamber Music Society (ONYX 4060)
Ruiz De Ribayaz: Españoletas - Gianluigi Trovesi (cl), L'Arpeggiata/Christina Pluhar (Alpha 512)
Copland, Aaron: Zion's Walls, from Old American Songs Set 2 - Thomas Hampson (bar), Saint Paul CO/Hugh Wolff (Teldec 77310)
Handel, George Frideric: Chaconne in G major, HWV435 - Murray Perahia (pno) (Sony SK 62785)
Fauré, Gabriel: En Prière - Dawn Harms (vln), Carolyn Mills (harp) (ATOLL ACD199)
Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus: Oboe Concerto in C K314 - François Leleux (ob), Bavarian Radio SO/Colin Davis (BR Media 900 710)
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Offenbach, Jacques: Barcarolle, from The Tales of Hoffmann - London Phil/David Parry (X5 105)
Kurano, Rakuto: Fantail in Tokyo - Mark Menzies (vln), Tomas Hurnik (cello), Rakuto Kurano (piano) (KURANO PromoFantail)
Donizetti, Gaetano: Bella siccome un angelo, from Don Pasquale - Dmitri Hvorostovsky (baritone), Philharmonia/Ion Marin (Philips 4757643)
Brahms, Johannes: Intermezzo in E Op 116/8 - Michael Houstoun (piano) (Rattle RATD131)
Dvořák, Antonín: Bagatelles Op 47 (3) - Quartetto Gelato (Linus 70055)
Walton, William: Viola Concerto in C minor Op 25 (3) - Helen Callus (vla), New Zealand SO/Marc Taddei (ASV CD DCA 1181)
Cherney, Brian: Music for a Summer Wedding (3) - Trio Lyra (CBC MVCD1161)
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Reicha, Anton: Wind Quintet in Eb Op 88/2 (2) - Academia Wind Quintet of Prague (Hyperion CDA 66268)
Boyce, William: Symphony No 6 in F - English Concert/Trevor Pinnock (dir) (Archiv 419 631)
Bi-Guang Tang transcr Wang Jian-zhong: Liuyang River - Yun-Yi Qin (pno) (Naxos 8.572341)
Ravel, Maurice: Pavane for a Dead Princess - Cleveland Orch/Pierre Boulez (DG 471 614)
Copland, Aaron: Down a Country Lane - Saint Paul CO/Hugh Wolff ( )
Traditional arr Isata Kanneh-Mason: Ar Lan y Môr - The Kanneh-Masons (Decca 4871265)
Debussy, Claude orch Busser: La soirée dans Grenade, from Estampes - Quebec SO/Yoav Talmi (Atma SACD 2 2377)
Ključo, Merima: Sevdah - Merima Kljuco (accordion) (World Village 450012)
Vejvanovský, Pavel Josef: Sonata No 2 in six parts - Ars Antiqua Austria/Gunar Letzbor (dir) (SYMPHONIA SY 96151)
Holst, Gustav: A Fugal Overture - London Festival Orch/Ross Pople (ASV CD DCA 782)
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Field, John: Piano Sonata in Eb Op 1/1 (1) - John O'Conor (pno) (TELARC CD 80290)
Haydn, Franz Joseph: Sinfonia Concertante in Bb HobI/105 - Toru Yasunaga (vln), Georg Faust (cello), Jonathan Kelly (ob), Stefan Schweigert (bsn), Berlin Phil/Simon Rattle (EMI 3 94237)
Radiohead arr Metcalfe & Ryan: Street Spirit - Miloš Karadaglić (guitar), 12 ensemble (Decca 7779637)
Grainger, Percy: Mock Morris - BBC Phil/Richard Hickox (Chandos CHAN 9584)
Fauré, Gabriel: Agnus Dei, from Requiem Op 48 - Corydon Singers, English CO/Matthew Best (Hyperion CDA 67070)
Ibert, Jacques: Six harp pieces (5) - Lavinia Meijer (harp) (Channel Classics CCS SA 28908)
Rameau, Jean-Philippe: Les Trois Mains, from Suite in A - Alexandre Tharaud (piano) (Harmonia Mundi HMX 290 8379.81)
Bowen, York: Oboe Sonata Op 85 (3) Finale - Allegro giocoso - Melinda Maxwell (ob), Michael Dussek (pno) (Dutton CDLX7129)
Three to Seven
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