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Kian Soltani and three reasons to love Dvorak
21 Oct 2025Ahead of playing it with the NZSO, cellist Kian Soltani talks about his favourite concerto. Read more Video, Audio
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Back on the bass line
20 Oct 2025Jonathan Le Cocq is bringing the theorbo to an imaginative Auckland Philharmonia baroque concert later this month. Read more Audio
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Ascending the Everest of the cello
17 Oct 2025Inbal Megiddo talks to RNZ Concert about her recording of all six of J S Bach's cello suites. Read more Audio
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Moment of Calm: Songs of the Seagulls
16 Oct 2025Can a seagull sing a Moment of Calm? Listen and decide. Read more Audio
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Ten thousand for a talented tenor
16 Oct 2025Lawyer and arts supporter Jim Stevenson loved the sound of the tenor voice. Now a trust set up after his death is looking to support talented singers make the leap from study to a professional career.
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Pulling the strings
15 Oct 2025Wellington Youth Orchestra principal cellist Tomos Christie and prinicipal viola Solace Ward speak to RNZ Concert ahead of the orchestra's big gig in the Michael Fowler Centre. Read more Audio
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Viva Voce turns 40
14 Oct 2025The Auckland chamber choir Viva Voce has reached its fifth decade, founder and Music Director John Rosser talks to RNZ Concert ahead of the birthday celebrations. Read more Audio
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A touch of the modern
13 Oct 2025French conductor Pierre Bleuse chats with RNZ Concert ahead of directing the Auckland Philharmonia in a deliberately diabolical programme. Read more Audio
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Unwrapping Beethoven's Seventh Symphony
10 Oct 2025Audiences at Opus Orchestra's next concerts get to delve deep into one of Beethoven's best-loved works. Read more Audio
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Opera in the cathedral
9 Oct 2025Wellington Cathedral of St Paul is staging a production of Noye's Fludde - Benjamin Britten's community opera retelling the story of Noah and the Ark. RNZ Concert talks with the director, Jacqui… Read more Audio
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Moment of Calm: Dusk at a country station.
9 Oct 2025The South Island has Cass, the North has Ormondville. Read more Audio
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An envoy from Moomin Valley
8 Oct 2025Finnish violinist Pekka Kuusisto talks about his gigs with the NZSO and his family's connection with the creator of a beloved series of children's books.
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22 October 2025
with Bryan Crump
Chopin, Frédéric: Etude in Gb Op 25/9, Butterfly Wings - Yunchan Lim (piano) (Decca 4870122)
Makaroff, Nina: Butterfly - National Youth Choir of Great Britain/Tom Bullard (NYCGB 2018)
Beethoven, Ludwig van: Variations on Bei Männern welche Liebe fühlen - Yo-Yo Ma (cello), Emanuel Ax (piano) (CBS MK 42121)
Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus: Eine kleine Nachtmusik (1) - Moscow Soloists/Yuri Bashmet (onyx 4037)
Rachmaninov, Sergei: Prelude No 12 in G# Minor, Op 32 - Colin Horsley (piano) (Atoll ACD 442)
Smith, Alice Mary ed Graham-Jones: Symphony in A minor (1) - London Mozart Players/Howard Shelley (Chandos CHAN 10283)
Ries, Ferdinand: Swedish National Airs with Variations Op 52 - Christopher Hinterhuber (piano), Gävle Symphony Orchestra/Uwe Grodd (Naxos 8.557844)
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Debussy, Claude arr Amsterdam Guitar Trio: Menuet, from Petite Suite - Amsterdam Guitar Trio (NEWTON 880 2093)
Auber, Daniel: Overture, from Crown Diamonds - Estonian National Symphony Orchestra/Neeme Järvi (Chandos CHAN20318)
Britten, Benjamin: Dawn, from Four Sea Interludes, Peter Grimes - New Zealand Symphony Orchestra/Myer Fredman (Naxos 8.553107)
Dębicz, Aleksander: Recipe - Aleksander Dębicz (piano), Łukasz Kuropaczewski (guitar) (Warner 9029513743)
Saint-Saëns, Camille: Piano Quartet in Bb Op 41 (3) - Nash Ensemble (Hyperion CDA 67431/2)
Sennhofer, Ernst arr Thomas: Dankeschön - Die Singphoniker (CPO 999 470)
Bach, Johann Sebastian: Keyboard Concerto No 4 in A BWV1055 (1) - András Schiff (piano/director), Chamber Orchestra of Europe (Decca 425 676)
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Yamada, Kōsaku: Overture in D - New Zealand Symphony Orchestra/Takuo Yuasa (Naxos 8.55535)
Tchaikovsky, Pyotr Ilyich: Dances from The Oprichnik - BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra/Alpesh Chauhan (Chandos CHSA5331)
Traditional arr Greenberg: Joli bois - Suzie Leblanc (soprano), David Greenberg (violin), Chris Norman (flute), Chants d'Acadie (Atma ACD 2 2330)
Dvořák, Antonín: Slavonic Dance Op 46 No 3 in A flat major - Atlanta Symphony Orchestra/Yoel Levi (TELARC CD 80497)
Hamilton, David: String Quartet No 3, Quartetto Piccolo (2) Helter-Skelter - Jade String Quartet (Rattle RATD138)
Gabrieli, Giovanni: Sonata octavi toni in 12 parts - Gabrieli Players/Paul McCreesh (Archiv 453 427)
Satie, Eric orch Debussy: Gymnopédie No 1 - Montreal Orchestra (Decca 473 862)
Beach, Amy: Scherzo, from Piano Concerto in C# Minor Op 45 - Danny Driver (piano), BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra/Rebecca Miller (Hyperion CDA 68130)
Douglas, Brian: Music for Strings - Prague City PO/Gavin Sutherland (WHITE LINE CD WHL 2144)
Granda, Jorge arr Flórez: Bello durmiente - Juan Diego Flórez (tenor), Juan Diego Flórez (bongos), David Gálve (Decca 475 6932)
Bliss, Arthur: Pastoral - Emma Johnson (clarinet), Malcolm Martineau (piano) (ASV CD DCA 891)
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Bizet, Georges: Roma, Suite for Orchestra No 3 (4) - Paris Orchestra/Paavo Järvi (VIRGIN 628613)
Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus: Sonata in D for two pianos K448 - Louis Lortie, Hélène Mercier (piano duo) (Chandos CHAN 9162)
Debussy, Claude: Doctor Gradus Ad Parnassum, from Children's Corner - Béla Fleck (banjo), Joshua Bell (violin), Gary Hoffman (cello) (Sony SK89610)
Beethoven, Ludwig van: Piano Sonata No 31 in Ab Op 110 (1) - Yevgeny Sudbin (piano) (BIS 2208)
Cosma, Vladimir: Concerto for euphonium (3) - Adam Frey (euphonium), New Zealand Symphony Orchestra/Bruce Hangen (Naxos 8.570538)
Bolzoni, Giovanni: Minuet - Detroit Symphony Orchestra/Neeme Järvi (CHANDOS CHAN 9227)
Grieg, Edvard: Ave Maris stella - The Sixteen/Harry Christophers (UCJ 476 6295)
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