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Moment of Calm: A piano at the station.
This week's Sonic Moment of Calm features pianist Lorraine Sampson taking the edge out of communiting life in a busy Auckland railway station. Read more Audio
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Getting epic among the rhododendrons
18 Feb 2026Malcolm Barr talks to RNZ Concert about the latest large-scale collaboration between Hamilton City Brass and Hamilton Festival Chorus in the city's gardens. Read more Audio
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Good production values
17 Feb 2026Nathan Graves talks to RNZ Concert about the art of selling music. Read more Audio
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Dancing on the lawn
16 Feb 2026Rachael Griffiths-Hughes is the music director of a Hamilton Arts Festival outdoor dance performance. Read more Audio
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In love's Domain
13 Feb 2026Michaela Cadwgan is one of the stars of this weekend's Valentine's Day edition of Opera in the Park in the Auckland Domain. Read more Audio
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At the limits of Artificial Intelligence
12 Feb 2026Composer Sophie Burbery is doing a PhD on AI creativity and feminism. Read more Audio
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The best seat in the house
11 Feb 2026Pianist and vocal coach Rosemary Barnes is the "official accompanist" at this year's Nicholas Tarling Aria Competition on at the Due Drop Events Centre in Manukau this Sunday. Read more Audio
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Jumping in the deep end
10 Feb 2026Conductor Giordano Bellincampi has chosen the Auckland Philharmonia to play his first ever performance of a lush, late romantic tone poem. Read more Audio
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Taking a ride with Disney
9 Feb 2026Gregory Camp put in plenty of field work while researching for his latest book on the music in Disney theme parks. Read more Audio
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A celebration of things ebony and ivory
5 Feb 2026Hong Xu is the Artistic Director of the New Zealand International Piano Festival. Read more Audio
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Moment of Calm: Bell song
4 Feb 2026Few sounds of Aotearoa are as lovely as the distinctive peel of the Korimako, which gained the songbird its European name, the bellbird. Read more Audio
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A world of possibilities through music
4 Feb 2026Polish-born pianist Krzysztof Jablonski is in Aotearoa for the New Zealand International Piano Festival. Read more Audio
20 February 2026
with Bryan Crump
Bernard, Emile: Divertissement Op 36 (2) Allegro Vivace - Holland Wind Players/Jeroen Weierink (Ars Produktion FCD368407)
Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus: Overture, from La Clemenza di Tito - Dresden State Orchestra/Colin Davis (RCA 74321 56698)
Saint-Saëns, Camille: Piano Trio No 1 in F Op 18 (4) - Rembrandt Trio (Dorian DOR 90187)
Sibelius, Jean: Finlandia - Hallé Orchestra/John Barbirolli (EMI 5 65056)
Chopin, Frédéric: Etude in Ab Op 10/10 - Yunchan Lim (piano) (Decca 4870122)
Traditional arr Leon: Barbara Allen - Andreas Scholl (countertenor), Edin Karamazov (lute), Stacey Shames (harp), Orpheus Chamber Orchestra (Decca 468 499)
Elliott, Tamsin/Elazhary, Tarek: Out Of Nowhere - Tamsin Elliott (accordion), Tarek Elazhary (oud), and friends (Penny Fiddle Records Penny Fiddle Records)
Gipps, Ruth: Horn Concerto Op 58 - Ben Goldscheider (hn), Philharmonia Orchestra/Lee Reynolds (Willowhayne Records WHR068)
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Khachaturian, Aram Illich: Introduction - Dance of the nymphs, from Spartacus - Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra/Kirill Karabits (ONYX 4063)
Ravel, Maurice: Une barque sur l'ocean, from Miroirs - Julien Brocal (piano) (Rubicon RCD 1008)
Rebel, Jean-Féry: Les Caractères de la Danse - Ensemble Meridiana (Chandos CHAN0812)
Fauré, Gabriel: Berceuse in D Op 16 - Andreas Brantelid (cello), Bengt Forsberg (piano) (BIS BIS2220)
Merlin, José Luis: Suite del recuerdo (4) - Bruce Paine (guitar) (PRIVATE RECORDING BNP 02 CD)
Gershwin, George: They all laughed, from Shall we dance - Patti Austin (vocal), Hollywood Bowl Orchestra/John Mauceri (Philips 434 274)
Salerno, Nicola: Tango del Mare - Quartetto Gelato (Linus 70055)
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Rameau, Jean-Philippe: Overture, from Naïs - Les Talens Lyriques/Christophe Rousset (OISEAU-LYRE 455 293)
Mussorgsky, Modest orch Gamley: The Great Gate of Kiev, from Pictures at an Exhibition - men of the BBC Symphony Chorus, BBC Symphony Orchestra/Leonard Slatkin (Warner 2564 61954)
Dvořák, Antonín: Cypresses (12) - Panocha Quartet (SUPRAPHON SU 4048)
Anonymous: Amen Hayr Surb - Lilit Tonoyan (violin), Davit Melkonyan (cello) (Kaleidos Musikeditionen)
Bach, Johann Sebastian: Orchestral Suite No 4 in D BWV1069 (4) - Bach Collegium Japan/Masaaki Suzuki (dir) (BIS SACD 1431)
Järveläinen, Hanna: Neitsy äitix muuttun - Lumen valo (Sigillum LVCD07)
Bruch, Max: Violin Concerto No 1 in G minor Op 26 (3) - Daniel Hope (violin), Royal Stockholm Philharmonic/Sakari Oramo (DG 477 9301)
Traditional; Stevens, James arr Chowhan: Star of the County Down/Lady D'Arbanville - Julian Lloyd Webber (cello), Catrin Finch (harp), Steáfán Hannigan (uilleann pipes) (EMI 3 59488)
Mendelssohn, Felix; Moscheles, Ignaz: Fantaisie & Variations on a Theme by Weber (3) - MultiPiano Ensemble, Rundfunk-Sinfonieorchester Berlin/Ivor Bolton (Hyperion CDA68459)
Goodwin, Ron arr Jeremy Jackman: What kind of things do The King's Singers sing? - The King's Singers (Signum SIGCD912)
Dett, Robert Nathaniel: Magnolia Suite: Part II, No. 5 The Place Where the Rainbow Ends - Denver Oldham (piano) (New World NW 367)
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Spohr, Louis: Clarinet Concerto No 2 in Eb Op 57 (2) Adagio - Julian Bliss (clarinet), ASMF/Kenneth Sillito (EMI 379786)
Schubert, Franz: Symphony No 8 in B minor D759, Unfinished - Swedish Chamber Orchestra/Thomas Dausgaard (BIS SACD 1656)
Schumann, Robert arr Lewin: Träumerei, from Kinderszenen Op 15 - Miloš Karadaglić (guitar) (Decca 4851525)
Debussy, Claude: Jeux de vagues, from La Mer - Los Angeles Philharmonic/Carlo Maria Giulini (DG 419 473)
Boccherini, Luigi: Cello Sonata in C minor (2) - Steven Isserlis (cello), Maggie Cole (harpsichord) (Hyperion)
Sibelius, Jean: Pan & Echo Op 53 - New Zealand Symphony Orchestra/Pietari Inkinen (Naxos 8.570763)
Elgar, Edward: Cantique in C Op 3/1 - Thomas Trotter (Organ of Salisbury Cathedral) (Regent Records)
O'Connor, Mark: Caprice For Three - Mark O'Connor (violin), Yo-Yo Ma (cello), Edgar Meyer (double bass) (Sony SK 66782)
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