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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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13 November 2025
with Bryan Crump
Kats-Chernin, Elena: Dance of the Paper Umbrellas - Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra/Benjamin Northey (HUSH 013)
Beethoven, Ludwig van: Symphony No 7 in A Op 92 (4) - West-Eastern Divan Orchestra/Daniel Barenboim (DG 4838242)
Bach, Johann Sebastian arr Martin Fröst, Jonas Nordberg: French Suite No 5 in G BWV816 (3) - Martin Fröst (clarinet), Jonas Nordberg (theorbo) (Sony 19802814742)
Fauré, Gabriel: Piano Quartet No 1 in C minor Op 15 (2) - Trio Wanderer, Antoine Tamestit (viola) (HARMONIA MUNDI HMC 90 2032)
Zádor, Jenő: Hungarian Capriccio - Budapest Symphony Orchestra/Mariusz Smolij (Naxos 8.572548)
Schubert, Franz: Die Forelle D550 - Bryn Terfel (baritone), Malcolm Martineau (piano) (DG 449 190)
Brahms, Johannes orch Parlow: Hungarian Dance No 6 in D - Seattle Symphony Orchestra/Gerard Schwarz (Naxos 8.572770)
Haydn, Franz Joseph: Trumpet Concerto in Eb HobVIIe/1 - Alison Balsom (trumpet), Bremen German Chamber Philharmonic (EMI 2 16213)
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Joplin, Scott arr Crespo: Pineapple Rag - German Brass/Enrique Crespo (EMI CDC 7 49170)
Mendelssohn, Felix: String Quintet No 1 in A Op 18 (1) - Sharon Quartet, Petra Vahle (viola) (Brilliant Classics 94205)
Dittersdorf, Karl Ditters von: Symphony in A (5) - Failoni Orchestra/Uwe Grodd (Naxos 8.553975)
Berlioz, Hector: L'ile inconnue, from Les nuits d'été - Karen Cargill (mezzo), Scottish Chamber Orchestra/Robin Ticciati (Linn CKD 421)
Hotman, Nicolas: Chaconne - Les Kapsber'girls (Alpha ALPHA761)
Debussy, Claude: Poissons d'or, from Images - Stephen Hough (piano) (Hyperion CDA68139)
Dvořák, Antonín: Slavonic Dance Op 46 No 2 in E minor - Atlanta Symphony Orchestra/Yoel Levi (TELARC CD 80497)
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Champagne, Claude: Danse villageoise - Orchestre Symphonique De Quebec/Yoav Talmi (Analekta 23156)
Handel, George Frideric: Solomon - Overture - English Baroque Soloists/John Eliot Gardiner (Philips 432 193)
Harle, John: Rant! - Jess Gillam (saxophone), BBC Concert Orchestra/Jessica Cottis (Decca 4834862)
Grainger, Percy: The Merry King - Royal Northern College of Music Wind Orchestra/Clark Rundell (Chandos CHAN 9549)
Lawson, Chad: for such a gaze of wonder - Esther Yoo (violin), Chad Lawson (piano) (Decca 4858972)
Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus: Piano Trio No 3 in Bb K502 (1) - Maria Joao Pires (piano), Augustin Dumay (violin), Jian Wang (cello) (DG 449 208)
Grieg, Edvard: Elegiac Melodies Op 34 (2) - NZSO Chamber Orchestra (RNZ UA02)
Paganini, Niccolò arr Hunsberger: Moto perpetuo in C Op 11 - Wynton Marsalis (trumpet), Eastman Wind Ensemble/Donald Hunsberger (Sony SK 60804)
Lama, Gaetano arr Paliotti: Reginella - Pene Pati (tenor), Il Pomo d'Oro/Antonello Paliotti (Warner Classics 2173272780)
Powell, Mel arr Walden: Clarinade - Sabine Meyer (clarinet), Wolfgang Meyer (clarinet), Bamberg Symphony big band/Ingo Metzmacher (EMI CDC 5 56652)
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Haydn, Franz Joseph: Keyboard Concerto in D HobXVIII/11 (1) - Leif Ove Andsnes (piano/director), Norwegian Chamber Orchestra (EMI CDC 5 56960)
Brahms, Johannes: Clarinet Sonata in F minor Op 120/1 - Jon Manasse (clarinet), Jon Nakamatsu (piano) (HARMONIA MUNDI HMU 90 7430)
Marini, Biagio: Sonata in 4 parts - Jörgen van Rijen (trombone), members of Amsterdam Combattimento Consort/Jan Willem de Vriend (dir) (Channel Classics CCS SA 26708)
Respighi, Ottorino: Aria, from Suite for flute & string orchestra - Sinfonia 21/Richard Hickox (Chandos CHAN 9415)
Traditional: Cancion de Cuna - Kathleen Battle (soprano), Grover Washington Jr (sop sax), Romero Lu (SONY SK 89464)
Shostakovich, Dmitri: Waltz, from Jazz Suite No 2 - Philadelphia Orchestra/Mariss Jansons (EMI CDC 5 55601)
Dukas, Paul: Alla Gitana - Murray Khouri (clarinet), Rosemary Barnes (piano) (Continuum CCD 1014)
Field, John: Piano Sonata in Eb Op 1/1 (2) - John O'Conor (piano) (Telarc CD 80290)
Three to Seven
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