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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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Michael Norris thinks big
3 Feb 2026Composer Michael Norris talks about his latest work, SoundCathedral. Read more Audio
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Back where the korimako sings
2 Feb 2026UK composer, keyboard player and conductor Howard Moody is back to conduct his fourth Opera in a Days Bay garden.
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A big instrument in a small room
30 Jan 2026Australian double bass player Phoebe Russell is one of the stars of this year's Adam International Chamber Music Festival in Nelson. Read more Audio
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Around the world for a song
29 Jan 2026Jessica Kinney has moved to New Zealand from the UK to take up a brand new job managing artistic planning and outreach for ChoirsNZ. Read more Video, Audio
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Moment of Calm: Pacific Waves.
29 Jan 2026We begin 2026 with a swell Moment of Calm. Read more Audio
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New Zealand's loss, Wales' gain
28 Jan 2026Top New Zealand brass player Kyle Lawson is taking up a plum position in Wales, as principal cornet with the Cory Band. Read more Video, Audio
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National Youth Opera Aotearoa debuts in Napier
27 Jan 2026Co-founder Alice Sip talks about a new company for young opera singers. Read more Audio
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John Psathas: can't stop composing
26 Jan 2026John Psathas talks with RNZ Concert ahead of performances of his music at this year's Aotearoa New Zealand Festival of the Arts. He's also formed his own chamber music ensemble. Read more Video, Audio
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Five Fabulous Classical Concert Videos
22 Dec 2025Watch some great local classical music performances, including The Four Seasons, operatic arias including te reo Māori, Moroccan singer OUM and orchestra, opera star Joyce DiDonato, and the world… Read more Video
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VIDEO: Christmas Carols from the NZSO
20 Dec 2025As the year winds down, the New Zealand Symphony Orchestra musicians perform a selection of seasonal songs including 'The Nutcracker', 'The First Noël' and 'Adorar al Niño' (Adore the Child). (VIDEO)
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David Langrish's white Christmas
19 Dec 2025Three to Seven's final interview of 2025 is quite possibly its coolest. Read more Video, Audio
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Chris Lam Sam, Music Education Animateur
18 Dec 2025Chris Lam Sam brings the magic of orchestral music to school children around the country. Read more Video, Audio
05 March 2026
with Bryan Crump
Villa-Lobos, Heitor: Chôros No 1 - Pepe Romero (guitar) (Philips 432 102)
Stravinsky, Igor: Russian Dance, from Petroushka - Orchestre de Paris/Klaus Mäkelä (Decca 4870146)
Filtsch, Carl: Premières pensées musicales Op 3 (3) - Alexandra Dariescu (piano) (Signum SIGCD895)
Vivaldi, Antonio: Concerto in G minor for strings RV156 - Berlin Baroque Soloists/Rainer Kussmaul (dir) (AVI 855 3060)
Hovhaness, Alan: Alleluia & Fugue Op 40b - I Fiamminghi/Rudolf Werthen (TELARC CD 80503)
Auber, Daniel: C'est l'histoire amoureuse, from Manon Lescaut - Joan Sutherland (soprano), Swiss Romande Orchestra/Richard Bonynge (Decca 475 8743)
Wolf-Ferrari, Ermanno: Idillio-concertino in A Op 15 (1) - Andrea Tenaglia (oboe), Rome Symphony Orchestra/Francesco La Vecchia (Naxos 8.572921)
Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus: Piano Trio No 6 in G K564 - Daniel Barenboim (piano), Michael Barenboim (violin), Kian Soltani (cello) (DG 4837506)
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Dumanoir, Guillaume: Overture, from Suite in F - Le Concert des Nations/Jordi Savall (Auvidis Fontalis ES 9903)
Beethoven, Ludwig van trans Liszt: Symphony No 1 in C Op 21 (3) - Idil Biret (piano) (IBA 8.571252)
Respighi, Ottorino: La Primavera, from Three Botticelli Pictures - Orpheus Chamber Orchestra (DG 437 533)
Franck, César: Prelude, from Prelude, Fugue & Variation Op 18 - Xenon Saxophone Quartet (GWK GWK163)
Davis, Oliver: Air, from The Elements - Hanke Brothers (Signum SIGCD590)
Salinas, Horacio arr Tennant: Fiesta II. Tarantella - Los Angeles Guitar Quartet, Ara Tokatlian (panpipes) (Sony SK 60274)
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Haydn, Franz Joseph: Keyboard Sonata No 53 in E minor HobXVI/34 (3) - Alfred Brendel (piano) (Philips 456 727)
Bonis, Mel: Salomé Op 100 - Toulouse Capitole Orchestra/Leo Hussain (Bru Zane BZ2006)
Erőd, Ivan: Allegro vivace, from Piano Trio No 1 Op 67 - Mithras Trio (Linn CKD733)
Copland, Aaron: Cuban Dance - New Philharmonia/Aaron Copland (CBS MK 42429)
Moore, Alecia B; Busbee, Mike: Wild Hearts Can't Be Broken - Raphaela Gromes (cello), German Symphony Orchestra Berlin /Anna Rakitina (Sony 19802932902)
Dvořák, Antonín arr Burghauser: Waltzes Op 54 (3) - Prague Philharmonia/Jakub Hrusa (SUPRAPHON SU 3867)
Glass, Philip: Opening - Angèle Dubeau (violin), La Pietà (Analekta AN28755)
Handel, George Frideric: No, piu soffrir non voglio, from Alessandro - Simone Kermes (soprano), Lautten Compagney, Berlin (Berlin Classics 001642)
Schumann, Robert: Widmung - Lise de la Salle (piano) (Naive V 5267)
Matteis Jr., Nicola: Diverse bizzarrie sopra la Vecchia Sarabanda - Louise Ayrton (violin), Le Consort (Alpha Classics ALPHA1011)
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Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus arr Franz Anton Hoffmeister: Oboe Quartet in F K370 - Andrea Mogavero (flute), Trio Quodlibet (Da Vinci C00837)
Rodrigo, Joaquín: Fantasia para un gentilhombre - Craig Ogden (guitar), BBC Philharmonic/Sachio Fujioka (Chandos CHAN 9604)
Infante, Manuel: Tirana et Seguedille, from Musiques d'Espagne - Bernardo Santos (piano), Martim Almeida (piano) (Da Vinci Classics C00873)
Bach, Johann Sebastian arr by Antoine Torunczy: Nun komm, der Heiden Heiland - D!ssonanti (Incises INC006)
Brahms, Johannes: Symphony No 1 in C minor Op 68 (3) - Scottish Chamber Orchestra/Charles Mackerras (Telarc CD 80450)
Vinter, Gilbert: Hunter's Moon - David Pyatt (horn), London Philharmonic/Nicholas Braithwaite (LYRITA SRCD 316)
Waller, Fats: Sweet & Slow - Nigel Kennedy (violin), Rolf Bussalb (12-string guitar), Rolf Bussalb (acoustic guitar), Yaron Stavi (double bass), Krzysztof Dziedzic (drums) (Sony 88765447272)
Gershwin, George: Let's call the whole thing off, from Shall we dance - Patti Austin (vocal), Gregory Hines (vocal), Hollywood Bowl Orchestra/John Mauceri (Philips 434 274)
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