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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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Young soprano Sarah Mileham
7 Jun 2024Winner of this year's Nicholas Tarling Aria Competition, Sarah Mileham will be performing in Manukau Symphony Orchestra's next concert as part of her prize. Read more Audio
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Hector meets Hector
6 Jun 2024What if 19th-century composer Hector Berlioz met 21st-century Chinese New Zealander Hector Wong? Poet, composer and playwright Cadence Chung has written a new play, Hector, which imagines just that… Read more Audio
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Remembering John Charles and his music
5 Jun 2024Ryan Smith talks with Bryan Crump about the contribution of composer John Charles to New Zealand film music. Charles died in early May at the age of 83, and is particularly remembered for his… Read more Video, Audio
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Mozart's Sister: the lost story of 'the other Mozart'
4 Jun 2024A film that’s screening in the Doc Edge Festival this year is exploring the intriguing possibility that Maria-Anna Mozart, sister of Wolfgang, may have had a larger part in her brother’s composing… Read more Video, Audio
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The Global Jukebox: sharing the music of many cultures
31 May 2024Dr Patrick Savage, Science Officer for The Global Jukebox project, talks with Bryan Crump about the free, interactive online database of coded songs from more than a thousand cultures around the… Read more Audio
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Interpreting the landscape of classical music
30 May 2024Rachel Leach - composer, music educator and animateur - is in New Zealand to present a series of children's concerts with the New Zealand Symphony Orchestra. Read more Video, Audio
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Sanctuary: Soundscapes by Kodama 木
29 May 2024Sound artist and experimental musician Gabriel Byrne has created a soundscape to be listened to at three green spaces in Wellington, as part of this year's Loemis Festival. Read more Audio
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Fergus Byett: composing for choirs
28 May 2024Fergus Byett, Choirs Aotearoa's 2024 Composer-in-Residence, talks with Bryan Crump about what he loves about writing music when there's words involved. Read more Audio
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Rodger Fox: a tribute to the champion of New Zealand jazz
28 May 2024Nick Tipping, host of RNZ’s jazz show Inside Out, pays tribute to NZ jazz great Rodger Fox who has died at the age of 71. Read more Audio
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The Countess and the Page
27 May 2024Emma Pearson and Hanna Hipp, two of the lead roles in NZ Opera's season of Le Comte Ory, join Bryan Crump to talk about the production and their characters. Read more Audio
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New platform for Pacific choirs to showcase their talents
23 May 2024There's a new choral competition in town: the Musika Moana Choir Competition. Helen Tupai, one of organisers of the competition, talks with Bryan Crump. Read more Audio
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The amazing sound of the recorder: from sopranino to baroque bass
23 May 2024Recorder specialist Kamala Bain brings a selection of her instruments into the RNZ Concert studio, from the little sopranino recorder to the baroque bass recorder, and gives us a taste of what a… Read more Audio
25 August 2025
with Bryan Crump
Handel, George Frideric: Arrival of the Queen of Sheba, from Solomon - Symphony of Harmony & Invention/Harry Christophers (Coro COR 16025)
Haydn, Franz Joseph: String Quartet in C Op 76/3, Emperor (1) - Alban Berg Quartet (EMI CDC 5 56166)
Weber, Carl Maria von: Clarinet Concerto No 1 in F minor Op 73 (1) - Charles Neidich (cl), Orpheus CO (DG 435 875)
Bach, Carl Philipp Emanuel: Viola da gamba Sonata in C Wq136 (1) - André Lislevand (viola da gamba), Emil Duncumb (fortepiano) (Arcana A549)
Mendelssohn, Felix: Symphony No 1 in C minor Op 11 (3) - Chamber Orch of Europe/Yannick Nézet-Séguin (DG 4797337)
Shore, Howard: Tatiana, from Concertino from Eastern Promises - Nicola Benedetti (vln), Greg Knowles (cimbalom), Bournemouth SO/Kirill Karabits (Decca 4783529)
Traditional arr Leon: Down In Yon Forest - Andreas Scholl (countertenor), Stacey Shames (harp), Edin Karamazov (lute), Orpheus CO (Decca 468 499)
Brahms, Johannes: Variations on a theme by Haydn Op 56a - Berlin Phil/Claudio Abbado (DG 435 349)
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Brahms, Johannes: Hungarian Dance No 1 in G minor - Kyung-Wha Chung (vln), Philip Moll (pno) (Decca 417289)
Weill, Kurt: Symphony No 2 (3) - Konzerthausorchester Berlin/Joana Mallwitz (DG 4865670)
Schumann, Robert: Piano Quartet in Eb Op 47 (2) - RCO Chamber Soloists: Vesko Eschkenazy (vln), Henk Rubingh (vla), Gregor Horsch (cello), Emanuel Ax (pno) (RCO 17001)
Horovitz, Joseph: Rumpole of the Bailey - National SO/Debbie Wiseman (MCI MPMCD2 004)
Liadov, Anatol: The Enchanted Lake - Krasnoyarsk SO/Ivan Shpiller (Brilliant Classics 94077)
Handel, George Frideric: Eternal Source of Light Divine, from the Birthday Ode for Queen - Kathleen Battle (sop), Wynton Marsalis (tpt), Orch of St Luke's/John Nelson (SONY SK 89464)
Beethoven, Ludwig van: Six Variations on an original theme in G - Olli Mustonen (pno) (Decca 452 206)
Kanengiser, William/York, Andrew: Mbira, from African Suite - Los Angeles Guitar Quartet (Sony SK 60274)
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Glazunov, Alexander: Spanish Serenade Op 20/2 - Alexander Ivashkin (cello), Ingrid Wahlberg (pno) (MANU CD MANU 1426)
Bach, Johann Sebastian: Keyboard Concerto No 1 in D minor BWV1052 (1) - Sophie Gent (vln), Louis Creac'h (vln), Fanny Paccoud (vla), Antoine Touche (cello), Thomas de Pierrefeu (bass), Evolène Kiener (bsn)/Jean Rondeau (hpschd/dir) (Erato 90 29488846)
Arriaga, Juan Crisóstomo: Symphony in D (4) - Le Concert des Nations/Jordi Savall (Auvidis Fontalis ES 9903)
Schubert, Franz: Piano Sonata No 16 in A minor D845 (4) - Maria Joao Pires (pno) (DG 477 8107)
Grieg, Edvard: March of the Trolls, from Lyric Suite Op 54 - Bergen Phil/Ole Kristian Ruud (BIS SACD 1291)
Bach, Johann Sebastian arr Andrew Davis: Liebster Jesu, wir sind hier BWV731 - BBC Phil/Andrew Davis (Chandos CHAN20400)
Dvořák, Antonín: Serenade in E for strings Op 22 (2) - CO of Europe/Alexander Schneider (asv CD COE 801)
Avison, Charles: Concerto Grosso in Bb Op 3/4 - Pavlo Beznosiuk (vln/dir), Avison Ensemble (Naxos 8.557905-06)
Kroll, William: Banjo & Fiddle - Tasmin Little (vln), Piers Lane (pno) (EMI CD EMX 2196)
Whitlock, Percy: Scherzo, from 5 Short Pieces - Gillian Weir (org) (KOSS KC 1013)
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Chopin, Frédéric: Polonaise in Ab Op 53, Heroic - Lang Lang (piano) (Sony 19075862332)
Dvořák, Antonín: Violin Sonata in F Op 57 - Pavel Sporcl (vln), Petr Jiríkovsky (pno) (SUPRAPHON SU 3884)
Zeihrer, Carl Michael: Metropolitan Op 438 - Munich Radio Orch/Patrick Hahn (BR Classik 900854)
Walton, William: Passacaglia, Death of Falstaff; Touch her sweet lips & part, fro - ASMF/Neville Marriner (EMI CDC 7 47842)
Roussel, Albert: Serenade Op 30 (2) - Skaila Kanga (harp), ASMF Chamber Ensemble (Chandos CHAN 8621)
Anonymous: Chacona - Ensemble Caprice/Matthias Maute (Analekta AN 2 9957)
Brahms, Johannes: Waltz in Ab Op 39/15 - Richard Farrell (pno) (Atoll ACD 208)
Trad: Fionnghuala - Gli Scapoli/Reza Aghamir (Philips 462 448)
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