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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
04 March 2026
with Bryan Crump
Wirén, Dag: Serenade for Strings (3) - Swedish Chamber Orchestra/Petri Sakari (Caprice CAP 21513)
Binge, Ronald: The Watermill - Trevor Bremner (cornet), Wellington Brass Band/David Bremner (Private BATB 1947)
Dvořák, Antonín: Czech Suite Op 39 (2) - Detroit Symphony Orchestra/Antal Dorati (Decca 414 370)
Brahms, Johannes: Rhapsody in G minor Op 79/2 - Hélène Grimaud (piano) (DG 477 5719)
Marini, Biagio: Sonata sopra La Monica - Harmonia Urbis, Marco Silvi (harpsichord) (Stradivarius STR37295)
Cowan, Claire: Theatre and Chanel, from the feature documentary film Jean Cocteau - Claire Cowan, studio ensemble (Claire Cowan Music)
Korngold, Erich Wolfgang: Straussiana - Sinfonia of London/John Wilson (Chandos CHSA5220)
Schubert, Franz: Violin Sonatina in D D384 - Wilma Smith (violin), Michael Houstoun (piano) (RNZ UA64)
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Mendelssohn, Felix: Song without Words Op 62/6, Spring Song - Christian Li (violin), James Baillieu (piano) (Decca 4853987)
Vejvanovský, Pavel Josef: Balletti in five parts - Ars Antiqua Austria/Gunar Letzbor (dir) (SYMPHONIA SY 96151)
Chopin, Frédéric: Waltz in Db Op 64/1, Minute - Lang Lang (piano) (Sony 19075862332)
Saint-Saëns, Camille: Mon coeur s'ouvre à ta voix, from Samson & Delilah - Grace Bumbry (mezzo), Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra/Janos Kulka (DG 477 5250)
Boyer, Antoine: Tango - Fiona Monbet (violin), Pierre Cussac (accordion), Antoine Boyer (guitar), Damien Varaillon (dbass) (Fo Feo Productions 6785769)
Charles, John: Wellington Chase, from motion-picture Goodbye Pork Pie - Bruno Lawrence (drums), Geoff Murphy (trumpet), , Terry Crayford (piano), Andy Brown (double bass) (WEA z22005)
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Caccini, Giulio: La spagnoletta - Latitude 37 (ABC Classics 476 4525)
Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus: Overture, Die Entführung aus dem Serail (K384) - Kölner Akademie/Michael Alexander Willens (BIS BIS2062)
Tchaikovsky, Pyotr Ilyich: Pezzo Capriccioso in B minor Op 62 - Johannes Moser (cello), Orchestre de la Suisse Romande/Andrew Manze (Pentatone PTC5186570)
Hugo, Adèle: Châtiments - Sandrine Piau (soprano), Orchestre Victor Hugo/Jean François Verdier (Alpha ALPHA1086)
Rachmaninov, Sergei: Moment Musical in C Op 16/6 - Andrei Gavrilov (piano) (EMI 5 85779)
Williams, John: With Malice Toward None, from Lincoln - Randy Kerber (piano) (Sony 88725446852)
Bach, Johann Sebastian: Prelude, from Violin Partita No 3 in E BWV1006 - Rachel Podger (violin) (Channel Classics CCS 14498)
Lilburn, Douglas: Suite for orchestra (5) - New Zealand Symphony Orchestra/John Hopkins (KIWI CD SLD 100)
Mouráo-Ferreira, Oulman: Maria Lisboa - Mariza (World Connection 943028)
Richter, Franz Xaver: Flute Concerto in E minor (1) - Barthold Kuijken (flute), Tafelmusik/Jeanne Lamon (dir) (Sony SK 48045)
Bizet, Georges: Nocturne, from Carmen Suite No 2 - Royal PO/Mark Ermler (Tring TRP 002)
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Beethoven, Ludwig van: Violin Sonata No 2 in A Op 12/2 (1) - Fedor Rudin (violin), Boris Kusnezow (piano) (Fuga Libera FUG838)
Bach, Carl Philipp Emanuel: Cello Concerto in Bb Wq171 - Raphael Wallfisch (cello), Scottish Ensemble/Jonathan Morton (NIMBUS NI 5848)
Psathas, John: Happy Tachyons - Stephen Gosling (piano), Jeremy Fitzsimons (percussion) (TRUST MMT 2047)
Einaudi, Ludovico: Golden Butterflies - Federico Mecozzi (violin), Ludovico Einaudi (piano), Redi Hasa (cello) (Decca 7744515)
Chopin, Frédéric: Waltz in C# minor Op 64/2 - Eric Lu (piano) (DG 4868297)
Grainger, Percy: Harvest Hymn - BBC Philharmonic/Richard Hickox (Chandos CHAN 9493)
Dvořák, Antonín Stephan Koncz: Humoresque - Philharmonix (Decca 3565344)
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