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Copying scores in a digital age
17 Apr 2025Taran Plamondon talks about balancing his life as a horn player with working in music publishing. Read more Audio
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Moment of Calm: Ataturk Cove
16 Apr 2025The gentle roll of the waves beneath an Anzac Day memorial forms this week's sonic Moment of Calm. Read more Audio
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Reuben Brown's busy year
16 Apr 2025Bryan Crump catches up with the 2025 New Zealand Assistant Conductor-in-Residence, Reuben Brown; which means being an assistant conductor for not one, but three orchestras. Read more Audio
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Ashley Jackson's water music
15 Apr 2025African American harpist Ashley Jackson has made water the unifying theme of her new album. Read more Audio
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Classics from the East
14 Apr 2025Zoe Li is preparing for the debut concert of the Eastern Echoes Ensemble, bringing Chinese classical music to Aotearoa. Read more Audio
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Turns out you can beat a trumpet
11 Apr 2025Richard Marshall, one of the UK's top cornet players, is in Christchurch to perform with Addington Brass. Read more Audio
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Moment of Calm: Ready to Rumble
10 Apr 2025Let the gentle rumble of distant thunder induce you into slumber. Read more Audio
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Trifonov does Rachmaninov
10 Apr 2025Russian-born keyboard genius Daniil Trifonov takes on the "Rach 3" with the New Zealand Symphony Orchestra. Read more Audio
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Celebrating Music Therapy Week 2025
9 Apr 2025Renata Kuswanto talks with RNZ Concert's David Morriss about her work as a Neurologic Music Therapist at Southern Music Therapy in Christchurch. Read more Audio
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Taking her own musical medicine
7 Apr 2025Pauline Grogan's advocacy for the use of music for people in care became far more personal after she suffered two strokes herself. Read more Audio
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Keeping score at the movies
4 Apr 2025Dr Dan Golding talks about his part in a movie music podcast turned live show that's coming to the Aotea Centre with help from the Auckland Philharmonia. Read more Video, Audio
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Song cycle on a downward spiral
3 Apr 2025New Zealand-born, German-based tenor Jonathan Abernethy is back in Aotearoa singing a Schubert masterpiece about a bloke who went down a rabbit hole. Read more Audio
21 April 2025
with Bryan Crump
Khachaturian, Aram: Masquerade, Suite (1) - Scottish National Orch/Neeme Järvi (Chandos CHAN 2023)
Haydn, Franz Joseph: String Quartet in C Op 76/3, Emperor (7) - Alban Berg Quartet (EMI CDC 5 56166)
Weber, Carl Maria von: Bassoon Concerto in F Op 75 (2) - Karen Geoghegan (bsn), BBC Phil/Juanjo Mena (Chandos CHAN 10748)
Gounod, Charles: Sanctus, from Messe Solennelle - Jessye Norman (sop), Ambrosian Singers, Royal Phil/Alexander Gibson (Philips 422 893)
Dalal: Eos - Angèle Dubeau (vln), La Pietà (Analekta AN28748)
Rachmaninov, Sergei: Prelude No 5 in G Major, Op 32 - Colin Horsley (pno) (Atoll ACD 442)
Strauss, Richard: Serenade in Eb for winds Op 7 - Britten Sinfonia/Nicholas Cleobury (EMI CD EMX 2238)
Prokofiev, Sergei: Symphony No 1 in D Op 25, Classical - Atlanta SO/Yoel Levi (Telarc CD 80289)
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Bach, Johann Sebastian transcr Wind: Recorder Concerto in G (1) - Erik Bosgraff (recorder), Ensemble Cordevento (Brilliant Classics 94296)
Williams, John: Donnybrook Fair, from Far and Away - Anne-Sophie Mutter (vln), The Recording Arts Orchestra of Los Angeles/John Williams (DG 4797553)
Grainger, Percy: Irish Tune from County Derry - Sydney SO/Stuart Challender (ABC Classics 472 610)
Greg Anderson, Elizabeth Joy Roe: Grand Scherzo on Cosi fan tutte - I. Eccovi il medico: Allegro - Anderson & Roe Piano Duo (Steinway & Sons STNS 30022)
Couperin, François: Sixième Concert (5) - Douglas Boyd (ob), Harold Lester (hpschd), Richard Lester (cello) (ASV CD DCA 656)
Southam, Anne: Fiddle Creek - Christina Petrowska Quilico (piano) (Centrediscs CMCCD 14109)
Grieg, Edvard orch Debussy: Ingrid's Lament, from Peer Gynt Suite No 2 Op 55 - Saint Louis SO/Leonard Slatkin (TELARC SACD 60655)
Lamb, Joseph: Bohemian Rag - The Black Quartet (Private P001452)
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Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus: Eine kleine Nachtmusik (4) - Swedish CO/Petter Sundkvist (Naxos 8.557023)
Rameau, Jean-Philippe: The Entrance of Polyhymnia, from Les Boréades - Ensemble Pygmalion/Raphaël Pichon (Harmonia Mundi HMM902288)
Sainz de la Masa, Regino: Zapateado - Bruce Paine (gtr) (PRIVATE RECORDING BNP 02 CD)
Franck, César trans Delsart: Violin Sonata in A (4) - Mischa Maisky (cello), Martha Argerich (pno) (DG 471 346)
Gouvy, Louis Théodore: Symphony No 5 in Bb Op 30 (4) - German Radio Phil/Jacques Mercier (CPO 777 379)
Portman, Rachel: Suite, from Mona Lisa Smile - Session orchestra (Epic 90737)
Mendelssohn, Felix: Piano Trio No 1 in D minor Op 49 (1) - Florestan Trio (Hyperion CDA 67485)
Schmitt, Florent: Andantino - Murray Khouri (cl), Rosemary Barnes (pno) (Continuum CCD 1014)
Elgar, Edward: Sospiri Op 70 - Nigel Kennedy (vln), Peter Pettinger (pno) (Chandos CHAN 8380)
Murcia, Santiago de / Coll, Martin y arr Pluhar: Romanesca - L'Arpeggiata/Christina Pluhar (Alpha 512)
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Tchaikovsky, Pyotr Ilyich: Rose Adagio, from Sleeping Beauty - BBC Phil/Vassily Sinaisky (BBC Music BBC MM 100)
Rodrigo, Joaquin: Concierto andaluz - Los Angeles Guitar Quartet, Delaware SO/David Amado (Telarc TEL 31754)
Traditional: Cherry Ripe - Tommy Reilly (harmonica), Skaila Kanga (harp) (Chandos CHAN 6643)
Stolz, Robert: Don't Ask Me Why, from The Song is Over - Jonas Kaufmann (ten), Berlin Radio SO/Jochen Rieder (Sony 88843 08771)
Lilburn, Douglas: Tribute to Kendrick Smithyman, from Salutes to Seven Poets - Donald Maurice (vla), Richard Mapp (pno) (Atoll ACD 413)
Hoffstetter, Roman attr Haydn: Serenade, from String Quartet in F Op 3/5 - Orpheus CO (DG 437 782)
Isaac, Heinrich: Innsbruck, ich muss dich lassen - La Capella Reial de Catalunya, Hesperion XXI/Jordi Savall (Alia Vox AVSA 9922)
Donaldson, Walter: Love me or leave me - Nina Simone (voice, piano) (Bethlehem 820403)
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