Music
TOMASI: Fanfares Liturgiques
NZSO Brass Ensemble conducted by Yoram Levy.
Recorded 5 December 2025, Michael Fowler Centre, Wellington by RNZ Concert Audio
BARBER: Mutations from Bach
NZSO Brass Ensemble conducted by Yoram Levy.
Recorded 5 December 2025, Michael Fowler Centre, Wellington by RNZ Concert Audio
BACH arr Mowat: Brandenburg Concerto No 3 in G BWV1048
NZSO Brass Ensemble conducted by Yoram Levy.
Recorded 5 December 2025, Michael Fowler Centre, Wellington by RNZ Concert Audio
The Panel with Ed McKnight and Verity Johnson, Part 2
In part two, a music lecturer says streaming platform Spotify is ghosting local music, as listener stats plummet. Jesse Austin-Stewart joins the panel. Finally, a 92 year-old Te Awamutu local has… Audio
Stoicism wins the day
Australian born, Oamaru-based composer and music teacher Nikolai Valov takes this year's Composer Aotearoa! Open Prize for his setting of the William Henley poem, Invictus. Video, Audio
CMNZ: Piers Lane - Chopin Nocturnes
Acclaimed pianist Piers Lane performs the complete Nocturnes by Frédéric Chopin in this comprehensive recital. Presented by Chamber Music New Zealand as part of Te Ahurei Toi o Tāmaki Auckland Arts… Audio
Auckland Town Hall Organ Trust & The Graduate Choir NZ
Organ soloist James Flores and the Graduate Choir New Zealand, conducted by Terence Maskell, present a diverse programme from the Auckland Town Hall. Accompanied by organist Soomin Kim, the evening… Audio
NZ Live: Jorydn with a Why is in Studio A
It's time for NZ Live and today we feature an artist who's all set to provide the soundtrack to your summer; it's Jordyn with a Why. Jordyn released her debut album 'Hibiscus Moon, Love & Justice'… Audio
Genre-defying, Grammy-winning soprano Julia Bullock
Julia Bullock is a Grammy Award-winning American classical soprano who'll be performing in New Zealand early next year as part of the Auckland Arts Festival. Audio
Morning Report Essentials for Friday 5 December 2025
Holidaymakers travelling with Air New Zealand in the lead-up to Christmas could find themselves caught out by cabin-crew strikes, despite Monday's planned industrial action being called off; An… Audio
Bush poet celebrating 125 years of Banjo Paterson with one-man show
Gregory is touring a one-man show to mark 125 years since Paterson's 1901 Boer War lecture series in New Zealand and Australia. Audio
Bringing Pixie Williams' voice back to vinyl
Blue Smoke was first released in 1949, when it arguably made Pixie Williams New Zealand's first pop star. Now seventy seven years later, Holiday Records is bringing Pixie back to vinyl. Here to tell… Audio
Spotify Wrapped has ghosted NZ music again
You don't need to look closely at the list of the top 100 streamed songs in Aotearoa to notice the lack of local content, writes Jesse Austin-Stewart.
Global dance music festival coming to NZ
About 20,000 people are expected to attend the one-day, three-stage festival that's being called a milestone by promoters.
A very Latin Mass
Morag Atchison and Jono Palmer look forward to performing Martín Palmeri’s Misatango. Audio
Bookmarks with American singer songwriter Santigold
Time for bookmarks now, the feature where an interesting person shares their favourite cultural picks with us and today we're joined by American singer and songwriter Santigold She's headlining this… Audio
Music Critic: New music from FOAP
Zac Arnold is with Jesse to share two new tunes: Heart Goes Blank - Fazed on a Pony Levitating The Knife - T. G. Shand Audio
First live show for new Christchurch stadium revealed
The brand new One New Zealand Stadium is due to open in April, and the following month, a dance and light extravaganza will take over.
Linkin Park are coming to New Zealand
The rock band, which formed in California in 1996, was last in New Zealand in 2013.
