Bryan Crump
A decade of Canterbury Nor'westers
Ten years after Bill Vail helped found it, in an effort to rejuvenate the Christchurch brass scene, Nor'west Brass is still blowing strong. Bill Vail and fellow band member Nic Scott speak with RNZ… Audio
Didgeridoo virtuoso tours NZ with Brodsky String Quartet
Australian didgeridoo virtuoso William Barton talks to Bryan Crump ahead of his tour of Aotearoa with the Brodsky String Quartet. Video, Audio
Remembering Phil Broadhurst
Mike Booth and Ben McNicoll from the Auckland Jazz Orchestra talk about the band's tribute album to the late Kiwi jazz great, Phil Broadhurst – a project that was four years in the making. Audio
Maksim Mrvica: Classical music's gateway drug
Pianist Maksim Mrvica straddles the world of classical and pop music, but once he was a music purist. Video, Audio
Moment of Calm: where chickens come home to roost
We turn chicken for this week's sonic Moment of Calm. Audio
Two servings of Sibelius in concerto competition final
RNZ Concert's Bryan Crump catches up with the three young musicians performing at the National Concerto Competition final this Saturday in Christchurch. Audio
Taking the piano into the great outdoors
Joe Dobson is the brains behind Undergrand, a 'pop-up piano' project which is featuring in the Auckland Arts Festival. Video, Audio
New Zealand Songbook He Iere Waiata: "Everyone who likes to sing can have a go"
Arne Herrmann from Choirs Aotearoa talks about the New Zealand Song Book He Iere Waiata, a new online resource enabling Kiwis to learn how to sing some of their favourite songs in harmony. Audio
Moment of Calm: Nothing sticky about this wicket
At a safe distance are there many things more calming that a summer game of cricket? Here's a bit of one for your listening pleasure. Audio
Folk singing jazz
Lithuanian musician Simona Smirnova is in Aotearoa for concerts with NZ jazz musicians. She came in to the RNZ studio to talk with Bryan Crump and demonstrate her instrument, the kanklés. Video, Audio
Aivale Cole: back with the old gang
Wellington-born Samoan singer Aivale Cole is back into full-time singing, and back in Aotearoa to perform in the Auckland Festival gig The O.Gs, a celebration of the first wave of Pasifika opera… Video, Audio
Callum Allardice thinks big
Jazz guitarist and composer Callum Allardice has gone seriously big band for his new album, Cinematic Light Orchestra. Video, Audio
Listening at the water's edge
This week's listener request on RNZ Concert's Three to Seven takes us for a winter walk after dark. Audio
Moment of Calm: Slow Train Coming - and going
This week's sonic Moment of Calm is a slow train passing. Audio
Beyond words: remembering 15 March 2019
Moroccan singer Oum is coming to Aotearoa to help the NZSO commemorate the fifth anniversary of the Christchurch mosque attacks. Audio
Multiple futures, multiple flutes
NZ-born, US-based flute player Tessa Brinckman talks to Bryan Crump about her new album, Take Wing, Roll Back. Audio
Buzz Newton and the mouthpiece of destiny
RNZ Concert's Three to Seven celebrates the euphonium with one of best euphonium players in the business: New Zealander Buzz Newton. Video, Audio
Farming to the beat of his own drum
Former Wellington Percussionist, Jeremy Fitzsimons, is now based on the family farm in the Kauaeranga Valley near Thames. Bryan Crump paid him a visit. Audio
Farming to the beat of his own drum
Former Wellington Percussionist, Jeremy Fitzsimons, is now based on the family farm in the Kauaeranga Valley near Thames. Bryan Crump paid him a visit.
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