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Listen to music and performing arts interviews here when it suits you, as broadcast at 4pm most days:
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Beefing up the recorder sound
15 Oct 2024Recorder soloist and ensemble director Simon Borutzki talks about the difference a bit of bass makes. Read more Video, Audio
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Cameron Pearce: Progression
11 Oct 2024The Christchurch-based composer and trumpeter has just released a new album for brass ensemble on Rattle Records. He talks with RNZ Concert's Andrew Clark about the inspiration behind the project. Read more Audio
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Soprano Sumi Jo: Part 2
10 Oct 2024South Korean soprano Sumi Jo was in New Zealand earlier this year to judge the semi-finals and final of the Lexus Song Quest. She spoke with RNZ Concert's Clarissa Dunn about her singing career. Audio
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Soprano Sumi Jo on her life and music
9 Oct 2024South Korean soprano Sumi Jo was in New Zealand earlier this year to judge the semi-finals and final of the Lexus Song Quest. She spoke with RNZ Concert's Clarissa Dunn about her singing career. Read more Video, Audio
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Dancers to join bassist at Wellington Jazz Festival
7 Oct 2024Nick Tipping talks with bassist and singer esperanza spalding, who's making her Aotearoa debut at this year's Wellington Jazz Festival. In a Festival first, she'll be joined by two dancers from the… Read more Audio
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Sounds of the Sanctuary: getting close to nature with the NZSQ
4 Oct 2024New Zealand String Quartet violist Gillian Ansell talks with RNZ Concert's Andrew Clark about Sounds of the Sanctuary, the quartet's flagship programme in their 2024 season. It's coming to the Nelson… Read more Audio
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The versatile Sherry Shelton
3 Oct 2024Organist, pianist, harpist and singer Sherry Shelton has a concert coming up in Bluff this Saturday. Read more Audio
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Moment of Calm: Spring Sunrise
2 Oct 2024Capturing the sound of a near perfect Spring morning. Read more Audio
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Sending the music back home
2 Oct 2024Young Christchurch-raised composer Eva Bedggood talks about her latest work, which NZTrio is about to premiere in her home town. Read more Audio
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Harmony in the hay
1 Oct 2024Canturbury ceramic artist and gallery owner John Allan talks about turning an old hay shed into a music venue. Read more Audio
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Hope out of hate
30 Sep 2024Singers from the Wellington Youth Choir talk about their upcoming concert where they'll be performing a work composed in response to the 1998 murder of Matthew Shepard, a young gay American man. Read more Video, Audio
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Keeping it in the family
27 Sep 2024Visiting cellist Sterling Elliot can thank his mother for his stellar career, although he initially wanted to play the violin. Read more Video, Audio
19 February 2026
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Pearce, Cameron: Apricity - Ingrid Jensen (trumpet), Cameron Pearce (trumpet), Barrett Hocking (trumpet), Scott Taitoko (trombone), Pablo Ruiz- Henao (tuba) (Rattle RATJ1056)
Tchaikovsky, Pyotr Ilyich: Nocturne in D minor Op 19/4 - Alexander Kniazev (cello), Moscow Chamber Orchestra/Constantine Orbelian (warner 2564 62061)
Vivaldi, Antonio: Mi vuoi tradir, lo sò, from La verita in cimento RV739 - Paul-Antoine Bénos-Djian (countertenor), Pablo Valetti (violin/director), Café Zimmermann (Alpha ALPHA1195)
Brahms, Johannes: Piano Pieces Op 119 (4) - Emanuel Ax (piano) (SONY SK 69284)
Holmès, Augusta: Les amours d'Angélique et de Médor, Dans la forêt (2) Roland furieux - Staatsphilharmonie Rheinland-Pfalz/Michael Francis (CPO 555593-2)
Theodorakis, Mikis: Zorba's Dance - Danae Dörken (piano), Kiveli Dörken (piano) (Berlin Classics 0302969BC)
Traditional, Bulgarian: Sborenka - Hesperion XXI and friends/Jordi Savall (dir) (Alia Vox AVSA 9898)
Hummel, Johann Nepomuk: Oberon's Magic Horn Op 116 - Christopher Hinterhuber (piano), Gävle Symphony Orchestra/Uwe Grodd (Naxos 8.557845)
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Respighi, Ottorino: Ancient Airs & Dances Suite No 3 (1) - Orpheus Chamber Orchestra (DG 437 533)
Albinoni, Tomaso: Violin Concerto in Bb Op 9/1 - Andrew Manze (violin), Academy of Ancient Music/Christopher Hogwood (Decca 458 129)
Farrenc, Louise: Piano Quintet No 1 in A minor (2) - Schubert Ensemble of London (ASV CD DCA 1122)
Chabrier, Emmanuel: Scherzo-Valse, from Suite pastorale - Ulster Orchestra/Yan Pascal Tortelier (Chandos CHAN 8852)
Strauss II, Johann: Csárdás, from Die Fledermaus - Renée Fleming (soprano), English Chamber Orchestra/Jeffrey Tate (Decca 458858)
Lee III, James: Awashoha, from Quintet for Clarinet & String Quartet - Anthony McGill (clarinet), Pacifica Quartet (Cedille)
Rosseter, Philip: Galliard - Michael Butten (guitar) (First Hand Records)
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Bizet, Georges: Votre toast...Toréador, en garde, from Carmen - Teddy Tahu Rhodes (baritone), Cantillation, Sinfonia Australis/Antony Walker (ABC 476227)
Jaëll, Marie: Romance - Manon Galy (vln), Célia Oneto Bensaid (piano) (La Boîte à Pépites BAP12D)
Strauss, Richard: Suite in Bb for winds Op 4 (1) - Netherlands Wind Ensemble/Edo de Waart (Philips 438 733)
Albrechtsberger, Johann Georg: Trombone Concerto in Bb (1) - Jörgen van Rijen (trombone), Amsterdam Combattimento Consort/Jan Willem de Vriend (dir) (Channel Classics CCS SA 26708)
Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus: String Duo in G K423 (2) Adagio - Luka Ispir (violin), Léo Ispir (cello) (Erato 2173276986)
Kreisler, Fritz arr Rachmaninov: Liebesfreud - Sergei Rachmaninov (piano) (RCA 88697 48971)
Shostakovich, Dmitri: Jazz Suite No 1 (3) - Philadelphia Orchestra/Mariss Jansons (EMI CDC 5 55601)
Granados, Enrique: Excerpts, from Zambra, from Spanish Dances Op 37 - Saffire, The Australian Guitar Quartet (ABC Classics 476 701)
Brahms, Johannes: In stiller nacht, from Deutsche Volkslieder - The von Trapps (Heinz Records HNZ014)
Kondo, Koji: Legend of Zelda, Suite - London Philharmonic/Andrew Skeet (X5 Music Group X5CD 114)
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Elgar, Edward: Soliloquy for oboe & orchestra - Albrecht Mayer (oboe), Bamberg Symphony Orchestra/Jakub Hrusa (DG 4836622)
Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus: Divertimento in Bb K254 - Maria Joao Pires (piano), Augustin Dumay (violin), Jian Wang (cello) (DG 449 208)
Weber, Carl Maria von: Clarinet Concerto No 1 in F minor Op 73 (3) - Andreas Ottensamer (clarinet), Berlin Philharmonic/Mariss Jansons (DG 4836069)
Bach, Johann Sebastian: Bourrées I & II, from Cello Suite No 3 in C BWV1009 - Jan Vogler (cello) (sony 88697 892572)
Ravel, Maurice: Jeux d'eau - François-Xavier Poizat (piano) (Aparte)
Massenet, Jules: Orchestral Suite No 1 (1) - New Zealand Symphony Orchestra/Jean-Yves Ossonce (Naxos 8.553124)
Warbeck, Stephen: Theme from Shakespeare in Love - Cincinnati Pops Orchestra/Erich Kunzel (TELARC CD 80551)
Monteverdi, Claudio: Sinfonie & Moresca - L'Arpeggiata, Christina Pluhar (theorbo/director) (Virgin 2 36140)
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