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LIVE: The Big Sing 2025
The top 24 secondary school choirs, selected from over 200 across the motu, are on stage for The Big Sing Finale. You can watch live video of all the performances as they happen, here:
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Antony Hermus: a man with a mission
26 Aug 2025"I always say, 'Everyone loves classical music, only some don't know about it yet', and I feel it is my mission to let people know about it." Dutch conductor Antony Hermus talks with RNZ Concert. Audio
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Twenty years in charge of The Realm
25 Aug 2025Jazz drummer Greg Crayford is getting ready to lead celebrations of two decades of his jazz residency at Wellington bar The Realm. Audio
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András Fejér - last man sitting
20 Aug 2025Cellist András Fejér, the last remaining original member of the Takács Quartet, speaks to RNZ Concert ahead of the ensemble's 50th anniversary tour of New Zealand. Video, Audio
Programmes
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Music Alive
Clarissa Dunn takes you to the best seat in the house for live concerts featuring local and international artists.
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Three to Seven
Bryan Crump brings you a mix of the fresh and the familiar from school’s out to dinner time and beyond.
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Inside Out
Nick Tipping brings you classic recordings and modern masterpieces from the world of jazz.
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Mornings
Andrew Clark (Monday - Thursday) and Carey McDonald (Friday - Sunday) have all you need to start your day.
Presenters
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Nick Tipping
Station: Concert
Programme: Days
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Bryan Crump
Station: Concert
Programme: Three to Seven
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David Morriss
Station: Concert
Programme: The Musical Omnivore
Thursday 28 August
7:30 PM. Music Alive
Auckland Philharmonia (Live): Premier Series - Love Stories
GLINKA: Russlan & Ludmilla
TCHAIKOVSKY: Romeo & Juliet, Fantasy Overture
WAGNER arr Henk de Vlieger: Die Meistersinger Overture
Auckland Philharmonia/Antony Hermus
Town Hall, Auckland 28/08/25 (RNZ)
Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus: Oboe Quartet in F K370 - Robert Orr (ob), Wilma Smith (vln), Amanda Verner (vla), Matthias Balzat (cello) (RNZ MMF 2023)
Rachmaninov, Sergei: Etude-tableau in C minor Op 39/1 - Michael Houstoun (pno) (TRUST MMT 2028)
Rachmaninov, Sergei: Etude-tableau in A minor Op 39/2 - Michael Houstoun (pno) (TRUST MMT 2028)
Rachmaninov, Sergei: Etude-tableau in D Op 39/9 - Michael Houstoun (pno) (TRUST MMT 2028)