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From Belgium to Samoa via Aotearoa
18 Apr 2024Belgian classical crossover pianist Daniel Verstappen is coming to Auckland for a cultural crossover gig with Samoan New Zealander Dr Opeloge Ah Sam. Joe Harrop from the Black Quartet is the middle… Read more Video, Audio
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Moment of Calm: Cats on the keyboard
17 Apr 2024Listen to an Impromptu for Piano, by George the Cat. Read more Audio
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Embrace the music and dance
17 Apr 2024Ahead of the Royal NZ Ballet's epic Aotearoa tour performing Swan Lake, the company's executive director chooses some of his favourite music. Read more Video, Audio
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To the World's Edge and beyond
16 Apr 2024Young gifted and heading overseas, Bryan Crump speaks to talented musicians Madeleine Xiao and Lorna Zhang, joint winners of ROSL Pettman scholarships to study beyond Aotearoa in 2024. Read more Audio
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Classical and kapa haka combine to honour Māori Battalion
15 Apr 2024Bryan Crump talks with musicians involved in the Orpheus Choir's next concert on 20 April, which features Karl Jenkins' "The Armed Man" and a work by Takerei Komene, "E Kiwi E". It's the world… Read more Video, Audio
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Takerei Komene
15 Apr 2024Composer Takerei Komene talks with Bryan Crump about his composition "E Iwi E". The work will be premiered in the Orpheus Choir's concert on 20 April. Audio
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Gemma New: A licence to thrill
11 Apr 2024RNZ Concert host Bryan Crump catches up with the NZSO's Artistic Advisor and Principal Conductor, Gemma New. Read more Video, Audio
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Moment of Calm: On the Waterfront
10 Apr 2024We're just above the low tide mark for this week's sonic Moment of Calm. Read more Audio
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The mobile music therapist
10 Apr 2024Bryan Crump speaks to Emily Hunt about her musical therapy caravan, taking musical medicine to children around the Porirua and Kapiti districts. Read more Audio
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More Mana for the NZ String Quartet
9 Apr 2024Young violinist Mana Waiariki makes the jump to arts administration. Read more Audio
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Settling into the director's chair
8 Apr 2024Matthew Kereama is NZ Opera's Friedlander Resident Artist for 2024. Read more Audio
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Global warning
5 Apr 2024Percussionist Jacob Nissly and composer Adam Schoenberg are in the country for the NZSO performance of Adam's percussion concerto, "Losing Earth", which was written for Jacob. Read more Audio
01 July 2025
with Bryan Crump
Bach, Johann Sebastian: Sinfonia, from Cantata No 26 - Accademia Bizantina/Ottavio Dantone (DECCA 4782718)
Schumann, Robert: Symphony No 1 in Bb Op 38, Spring (3) - Champs-Elysées Orch/Philippe Herreweghe (HARMONIA MUNDI HMC 90 1972)
Mouton, Jean: Nesciens mater - Voces8/Barnaby Smith (Decca 4871438)
Saint-Saëns, Camille: Wedding Cake, Caprice-Valse Op 76 - Heini Kärkkäinen (pno), Tapiola Sinfonietta/Jean-Jacques Kantorow (BIS CD 1470)
Fanshawe, David: Serenata, Mother & Child - City of Prague PO/Gavin Sutherland (WHITELINE CD WHL 2149)
Marianelli, Dario: Dawn, from Pride and Prejudice - Jean-Yves Thibaudet (pno) (Silvascreen 111309)
Rossini, Gioachino: La Cenerentola, Overture - ASMF/Neville Marriner (Philips 412 893)
Ravel, Maurice: Daphnis & Chloé, Suite No 2 - Bavarian Radio SO/Mariss Jansons (SONY 88697 12363)
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Mascagni, Pietro: Cavalleria Rusticana, Intermezzo - BBC Concert Orch/Barry Wordsworth (Decca 473 862)
Price, Florence Beatrice: Andante cantabile, from Symphony No 4 in D minor (2) - Fort Smith Symphony/John Jeter (Naxos 8.559827)
Dett, Robert Nathaniel: Magnolia Suite: Part II, No. 5 The Place Where the Rainbow Ends - Denver Oldham (piano) (New World NW 367)
Richardson, Alan: Roundelay - Murray Khouri (cl), Rosemary Barnes (pno) (Continuum CCD 1014)
Tchaikovsky, Pyotr Ilyich: Sérénade mélancolique in B minor - James Ehnes (vln), Sydney SO/Vladimir Ashkenazy (ONYX 4076)
Macdowell, Edward Alexander: Piano Concerto No 2 in D minor (2) - Stephen Prutsman (pno), Ireland National SO/Arthur Fagen (Naxos 8.559049)
Monteverdi, Claudio: Toccata, from L'Orfeo - L'Arpeggiata, Christina Pluhar (theorbo/dir) (Virgin 2 36140)
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Haydn, Franz Joseph: Keyboard Concerto in F HobXVIII/3 (3) - Leif Ove Andsnes (pno/dir), Norwegian CO (EMI CDC 5 56960)
Prokofiev, Sergei: Death of Tybalt, from Romeo & Juliet - NHK SO (Decca 458 190)
Castello, Dario: Sonata No 4 - Jörgen van Rijen (tbn), members of Amsterdam Combattimento Consort/Jan Willem de Vriend (dir) (Channel Classics CCS SA 26708)
Mendelssohn, Felix: String Quartet No 6 in F minor Op 80 (2) - New Zealand String Quartet (Naxos 8.570001)
Tchaikovsky, Pyotr Ilyich arr Grainger: Waltz of the Flowers, from The Nutcracker - Piers Lane (pno) (Hyperion CDA 67279)
Schubert, Franz trans Maisky: Litanei auf das Fest Allerseelen D343 - Mischa Maisky (cello), Daria Hovora (pno) (DG 449 817)
Bach, Carl Philipp Emanuel: Keyboard Concerto in A minor Wq1 (3) - Miklos Spanyi (harpsichord/director), Concerto Armonico/Péter Szüts (dir) (BIS BISCD707)
Debussy, Claude: Dialogue du vent et de la mer, from La Mer - Cleveland Orch/Pierre Boulez (DG 439 896)
Ritchie, John: Concertino in A for clarinet & strings (2) - Marina Sturm (cl), NZSO Chamber Orch/Donald Armstrong (vln/dir) (TRUST MMT 2040)
Françaix, Jean: Quintet No 2 for flute, string trio & harp (4) - Valérie Milot (harp), François Vallières (vla), Raphaël Dubé (cello), Jocelyne Roy (fl), Antoine Bareil (vln) (Analekta AN 2 9985)
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Gershwin, George / Donaldson, Will arr Ryden: Rialto Ripples - Stefano Bollani (pno), Leipzig Gewandhaus Orch/Riccardo Chailly (Decca 478 2739)
Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus: Concertone in C for two violins K190 - Julia Fischer (vln), Gordan Nikolic (vln), Netherlands CO/Yakov Kreizberg (PENTATONE PTC 5186 098)
Tchaikovsky, Pyotr Ilyich arr I Salonisti: None but the lonely heart Op 6/6 - I Salonisti (London 458 382)
Traditional: A set of 3 Scottish Airs: The Lads of Elgin (reel), The Highland - The Curious Bards (Harmonia Mundi HMN916105)
Mayer, Emilie: Symphony No. 5 in F minor IV. Finale Allegro vivace - Berlin Chamber SO/Jurgen Bruns (Dreyer Gaido CD21015)
Liszt, Franz: Consolation No 3 in Db - Lang Lang (pno) (SONY 88697 89140)
Horo, Horomona: Aranga (Arise) - Horomona Horo (Taonga pūoro) (Atoll ACD700)
Mancini, Henry: Moon River, from Breakfast at Tiffany's - Royal Philharmonic Pops Orchestra/Henry Mancini (Denon 590172)
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