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Matariki on RNZ Concert
20 Jun 2025From Ché-Fu and his band The Kratez performing with the Auckland Philharmonia to a family-friendly NZSO concert the kids can sign along to, and a Stellar Sonic Tonic, RNZ Concert has something for… Read more Audio
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Patricia Hurley - Viva Opera!
19 Jun 2025Patricia Hurley's book Viva Opera! A Journey Through Italy draws on her lifelong passion for all things opera and her experience introducing tourists and singers to Italy's many opera meccas. Read more Audio
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Moment of Calm: Fernanda's Birds
18 Jun 2025This week's Sonic Moment of Calm was sent to us by a listener in Otago. Read more Audio
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Children are the future of singing
18 Jun 2025Ahead of its Matariki concert, artistic director, Elise Bradley talks about the New Zealand Children’s Choral Academy. Read more Audio
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Kapa Haka for everyone
17 Jun 2025Rawi Pere is one of the leaders of a Matariki project teaching Kapa Haka to beginners - Māori and non-Māori - which will perform publicly in Kerikeri this weekend. Read more Audio
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Classical, but not as he pictured it
16 Jun 2025Documentary maker Sebastian Kerebs goes behind the scenes to cover a series of Wellington classical music concerts aimed at people who don't usually go to classical music concerts. Read more Video, Audio
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Michael Norris and the technology of composing
13 Jun 2025Ahead of the latest concert by the new music group, Stroma, its co-founder, composer Michael Norris talks to RNZ Concert about the growing role of technology in creativity.
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Writing the book of the Kiwi classical guitar
12 Jun 2025Matthew Marshall is about to embark on another tour of New Zealand and beyond, but he's also writing a history of the classical guitar in Aotearoa. Read more Audio
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From Wellington to Wells
12 Jun 2025Young Wellington tenor Herbert Zelenski is off to the UK to take up the position of Choral Scholar at Wells Cathedral. Read more Audio
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Moment of Calm: In pleasent pastures.
12 Jun 2025As we approach midwinter, Bryan Crump goes back through his field recordings to find some summer sounds. Read more Audio
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Alice Morgan's Matariki homecoming
11 Jun 2025Christchurch raised, Sydney-based saxophonist Alice Morgan is back in town as soloist in a concert of New Zealand music. Read more Video, Audio
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Teenage counter-tenor Samuel Mataele
10 Jun 2025Brilliant young countertenor Samuel Mataele talks about his love of all things operatic ahead of his debut with the Manukau Symphony Orchestra. Read more Audio
12 December 2025
with Bryan Crump
Dompierre, François: Les Beautés du diable - Angèle Dubeau (violin), La Pietà (Analekta AN 2 8723)
Bach, Johann Sebastian: Keyboard Concerto No 4 in A BWV1055 (3) - Robert Woolley (harpsichord), Jane Rogers (viola), Helen Gough (cello), members of the Purcell Quartet (Chandos CHAN 0636)
Shannon, Heather: Cradle - Heather Shannon (piano) (private)
Byrd, William: Mass for four voices 4. Sanctus & Benedictus - Tallis Scholars/Peter Philips (Gimell 454 895)
Brahms, Johannes: Clarinet Quintet in B minor Op 115 (3) - James Campbell (clarinet), New Zealand String Quartet (Naxos 8.573454)
Rachmaninov, Sergei: Piano Concerto No 4 in G minor Op 40 (1) - Nikolai Lugansky (piano), City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra/Sakari Oramo (WARNER 2564 61946)
Strauss I, Johann: Radetzky March - Johann Strauss Orchestra of Vienna/Willi Boskovsky (EMI 5 65052)
Tchaikovsky, Pyotr Ilyich: Variations on a Rococo Theme Op 33 - Pablo Ferrández (cello), Swedish Chamber Orchestra/Martin Fröst (Sony 19802898632)
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Gershwin, George: Embraceable You - Joshua Bell (violin) London Symphony Orchestra (Sony)
Vejvanovský, Pavel Josef: Serenada - Ars Antiqua Austria/Gunar Letzbor (dir) (SYMPHONIA SY 96151)
Chopin, Frédéric: Ballade No 2 in F Op 38 - Andrei Gavrilov (piano) (Philips 456 787)
Wesley, Samuel Sebastian: Symphony in Bb (2) - London Mozart Players/Matthias Bamert (Chandos CHAN 9823)
Dushkin, Samuel Arr Pochin & Morgan: Sicilienne - Nicola Benedetti (violin), Plínio Fernandes (guitar), Samuele Telari (accordion), Thomas Carroll (cello) (Decca 4871577)
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Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus: Symphony No 39 in Eb K543 (3) - Prague Chamber Orchestra/Charles Mackerras (TELARC CD 80203)
Chabrier, Emmanuel: Paysage, from Dix pièces pittoresques - Angela Hewitt (piano) (Hyperion SACDA 67515)
Davis, Joshua Prieto, Yuniet Lombida: Rondo alla Mambo - Sarah Willis (horn), Havana Lyceum Orchestra/José Antonio Méndez Padrón (ALPHA ALPHA578)
Tchaikovsky, Pyotr Ilyich: Symphony No 6 in B minor Op 74, Pathétique (2) - Rotterdam Philharmonic/Yannick Nézet-Séguin (DG 479 0835)
Silvestrov, Valentin: Postludium No 3, from Three Postludes - Anja Lechner (cello), Silke Avenhaus (piano) (ECM 1776)
Mendelssohn, Felix: Symphony No 5 in D Op 107, Reformation (1) - Berlin Philharmonic/Herbert von Karajan (DG)
Ritchie, John: Suite No 2 for string orchestra, Aquarius (3) - NZSO Chamber Orchestra/Donald Armstrong (TRUST MMT 2040)
Handel, George Frideric: For unto us a child is born, from Messiah - Dunedin Consort & Players/John Butt (LINN CKD 285)
Meyer, Edgar: Death by triple fiddle - Joshua Bell (violin), Sam Bush (violin), Mike Marshall (violin), Edgar Meyer (double bass) (SONY SK 60864)
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Maroufi, Javad: Armenian Rhapsody - Amir Farid (piano) (Move Records MD 3380)
Weber, Carl Maria von: Clarinet Concerto No 1 in F minor Op 73 - Sabine Meyer (clarinet), Dresden State Orchestra/Herbert Blomstedt (EMI 5 67988)
Traditional: Suda sangue - Barbara Furtuna (Virgin 6 94577)
Rheinberger, Josef Gabriel: Suite for organ, violin & cello Op 149 (3) - Christopher Herrick (organ), Paul Barritt (violin), Richard Lester (cello) (Hyperion CDA 66883)
Rameau, Jean-Philippe: Les Cyclopes - Raphaël Feuillâtre (guitar) (DG 4864073)
Vivaldi, Antonio: Violin Concerto in D RV204 - Rachel Podger (violin), Arte Dei Suonatori (Channel Classics CCS 19598)
Bizet, Georges: Au fond du temple saint, from The Pearl Fishers - Sol3 Mio, City of Prague Orchestra/Paul Bateman (Decca 375 7602)
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