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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
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Listener Request: Audrey's pipe dream
5 Apr 2024The pipes were calling for our listener Audrey, but she wasn't calling for the pipes. Read more Audio
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Liszt, Dante and nursery rhymes
4 Apr 2024Young, gifted and into the classics as well as classical music. Bryan Crump talks with the pianist Otis Prescott-Mason. Read more Video, Audio
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Moment of Calm: Calming like a Kaka.
3 Apr 2024Maybe a bit on the raucous side, but still, we think there's something calming about a bit of Kaka cacophony. Read more Audio
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Bringing a bit of Guarneri to Canterbury
3 Apr 2024German-born Tobi Widemann talks to Bryan Crump about the art of violin making. Read more Audio
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Island life with a classical twist
2 Apr 2024Tania Frazer and Amalia Hall are bringing a new chamber music festival to Waiheke Island. Read more Audio
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New community, same credo
28 Mar 2024Julian Raphael talks about bringing the spirit of community singing to Taranaki, where participation is key (even if you're slightly off). Read more Video, Audio
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Moment of Calm: The hissing of late summer lawns
27 Mar 2024As we slip into autumn we invite you to relax to the sound of late summer. Read more Audio
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The very talented Mr Carter
27 Mar 2024NZ pianist and cellist Benjamin Carter has won a scholarship to study music at London's Royal College of Music, and no, he hasn't decided which instrument to specialise in. Maybe he never will. Read more Video, Audio
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Inmo Yang and the Korean trifecta
26 Mar 2024Brilliant young Korean violinist Inmo Yang is bringing the music of Korean composer Unsuk Chin to Auckland. Read more Video, Audio
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Sacred, profane and profound
25 Mar 2024Organist and Music Director of St Paul's Cathedral Wellington, Michael Stewart, who is also Music Director of The Tudor Consort, talks about Holy Week, his busiest time of the year. Read more Video, Audio
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Maria Grenfell: Music for both sides of the Tasman
22 Mar 2024Ahead of the performance of her orchestral work "Stealing Tutunui", the Australasian composer Maria Grenfell drops by RNZ's Christchurch Studio to chat with Concert host Bryan Crump. Read more Video, Audio
01 July 2025
with Bryan Crump
Verdi, Giuseppe: Soldiers' Chorus, from Il Trovatore - St Cecilia National Academy Chorus & Orch, Rome/Carlo Franco (Decca 417 721)
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)
Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus: Horn Concerto No 3 in Eb K447 (1) - Jacek Muzyk (horn), Polish Radio Amadeus CO/Agnieszka Duczmal (Naxos 8.570419)
Komitas: Chinar es - Anja Lechner (cello), François Couturier (pno) (ECM 2367)
Holst, Gustav: A Moorside Suite - North Texas Wind Symphony/Eugene Migliaro Corporon (GIA Publications)
Wagner, Richard: Wach auf! Es nahet gen den Tag, from Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg - Bayreuth Festival Chorus & Orch/Wilhem Pitz (DG 429169)
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Puccini, Giacomo: Gira la cote, from Turandot - Royal Opera House, Covent Garden Chorus & Orch/Lamberto Gardelli (EMI CDM769054)
Verdi, Giuseppe: Va pensiero, from Nabucco - La Scala Chorus & Orch, Milan/Claudio Abbado (DG 459 064)
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)
Albinoni, Tomaso: Violin Concerto in F Op 9/10 - Andrew Manze (vln), Academy of Ancient Music/Christopher Hogwood (Decca 458 129)
Bernard, Emile: Divertissement Op 36 (1) Andante - Allegro - Holland Wind Players/Jeroen Weierink (Ars Produktion FCD368407)
Macdowell, Edward Alexander: Piano Concerto No 2 in D minor (2) - Stephen Prutsman (pno), Ireland National SO/Arthur Fagen (Naxos 8.559049)
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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)
Handel, George Frideric: Concerto Grosso in C, Alexander's Feast (4) - Simon Standage (vln), Micaela Comberti (vln), Anthony Pleeth (cello), English Concert/Trevor Pinnock (hpschd/dir) (Archiv 415 291)
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)
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)
Sarasate, Pablo de: Scottish Airs Op 34 - Tianwa Yang (vln), Navarra SO/Ernest Martínez Izquierdo (Naxos 8.572276)
Powell, John: Test Drive, from How To Train Your Dragon - Anna Lapwood (organ) (Sony G010004942280W)
Offenbach, Jacques: Allegro con fuocu, from Overture to Orpheus in the Underworld - Angèle Dubeau (vln), La Pietà (Analekta AN 2 8723)
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Liszt, Franz: Consolation No 3 in Db - Lang Lang (pno) (SONY 88697 89140)
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)
Strauss, Richard: Suite in Bb for winds Op 4 (1) - Royal Liverpool PO/Gerard Schwarz (RLPO LIVE RLCD 401P)
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)
Gershwin, George / Donaldson, Will arr Ryden: Rialto Ripples - Stefano Bollani (pno), Leipzig Gewandhaus Orch/Riccardo Chailly (Decca 478 2739)
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