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Pianist John Chen
3 Jul 2025Pianist John Chen is back in Aotearoa touring an all-French recital for Chamber Music New Zealand. He spoke with Bryan Crump about his love of this repertoire, and his life in Uganda where he's Deputy… Read more Audio
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Singing for a living
1 Jul 2025Canterbury-raised tenor Oliver Sewell returns to Aotearoa to sing in Auckland Philharmonia's Opera in Concert performance of Verdi's La Traviata. Read more Audio
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NZ Opera appoints its first Chorusmaster Laureate
1 Jul 2025Congratulations to composer, conductor and music historian Michael Vinten on his recent appointment as Chorusmaster Laureate. Read more Video, Audio
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Conductor Adam Johnson
30 Jun 2025Canadian conductor Adam Johnson is in New Zealand to conduct this year's NZSO National Youth Orchestra. Read more Audio
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Tim Finn: from the Enz to the Opera
27 Jun 2025Ahead of the debut broadcast in Aotearoa, Tim Finn talks to RNZ Concert about his opera "Ihitai Avei’a - Star Navigator": the story of the Tahitian navigator Tupaia, who guided Cook to Aotearoa. Read more Audio
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Written in the stars
26 Jun 2025Jazz composer and guitarist Heather Webb talks about the astronomy behind her new work, Parallax - Music from Outer Space. Read more Audio
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Moment of Calm: Steam, wind and (just a little) speed.
25 Jun 2025Bryan Crump turns to the power of nostalgia (and overcomes a bit of wind noise) to bring you a steam driven Sonic Moment of Calm. Read more Audio
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David Squire's farewell NZ Youth Choir tour
25 Jun 2025David Squire and Ivan Zhang from the New Zealand Youth Choir speak to RNZ Concert ahead of the choir's latest overseas tour, the last David will lead as the the ensemble's director. Read more Audio
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Keeping music in the family
24 Jun 2025The woman she's named after took a while to find her ideal match, but Arabella Steinbacher knew what she wanted by the time she was three. Read more Audio
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Natania Ngawhau: from the farm to the Big Apple
23 Jun 2025Natania Ngawhau is getting ready to move herself and her trombone to Manhattan for a Masters degree in orchestral performance. Read more Audio
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A Stellar Sonic Tonic
RNZ Concert marks Matariki 2025 with a Stellar Sonic Tonic of historical sounds and (mostly) heavenly music. Read more Audio
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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
21 August 2025
with Bryan Crump
Respighi, Ottorino: Ancient Airs & Dances Suite No 2 (2) - Lausanne CO/Jesús López-Cobos (TELARC CD 80309)
Hérold, Ferdinand arr Martin: Clog Dance, from La fille mal gardée - Grimethorpe Colliery Band/Peter Parkes (Chandos CHAN 4542)
Taktakishvili, Otar arr David Bruce: Didavoi Nana, from Mingrelian Songs - Avi Avital (mandolin), Between Worlds, Rustavi Ensemble (DG 4867537)
Gade, Niels: Violin Sonata No 1 in A Op 6 (1) - Christina Åstrand (vln), Per Salo (pno) (DACAPO 8.226066)
Saint-Saëns, Camille: Mon coeur s'ouvre à ta voix, from Samson and Delilah - Olga Borodina (mezzo), José Cura (ten), London SO/Colin Davis (Warner 2564 696896)
Selma, Bartolemeo di: Vestiva hi colli - Hille Perl (viola da gamba), Andrew Lawrence-King (harp), Lee Santana (lute) (DHM 05472 77502)
Albéniz, Isaac: Eritaña, from Iberia Book 4 - Marc-André Hamelin (pno) (Hyperion CDA 67476/7)
Vaughan Williams, Ralph: Fantasia on a Theme by Thomas Tallis - Atlanta SO/Robert Spano (TELARC CD 80676)
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Debussy, Claude orch Büsser: Menuet, from Petite Suite - Ulster Orch/Yan Pascal Tortelier (Chandos CHAN 8756)
Schubert, Franz: Auf dem Wasser zu singen D774 - Louis Schwizgebel (pno) (Aparte AP 067)
Beethoven, Ludwig van arr Schmitt: Symphony No 1 in C Op 21 (3) - Albion Ensemble (SOMM SOMMCD 070)
Haydn, Franz Joseph: Oboe Concerto in C HobVIIg/C1 (3) - Alex Wu (oboe), New Zealand Symphony Orchestra/Hamish McKeich (RNZ 45573)
Schmidt, Franz: Piano Quintet in G (3) - Leon Fleisher (pno), Joseph Silverstein (vln), Joel Smirnoff (vln), Michael Tree (vla), Yo-Yo Ma (cello) (Sony SK 48253)
Purcell, Henry: Music for a while, from Oedipus - Karina Gauvin (sop), Les Boréades de Montréal/Francis Colpron (Atma ACD2398)
Cormac McCarthy, Martin Hayes, Brian Donnellan, Kate Ellis & Kyle Sanna: The Boyne Water - Martin Hayes (vln), The Common Ground Ensemble (Faction 2023)
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Kats-Chernin, Elena: Re-inventions (after Bach) (1) for Descant Recorder - Genevieve Lacey (recorder), Flinders Quartet (ABC Classics ABC4813573)
Mendelssohn, Felix: Scherzo, from A Midsummer Night's Dream - London Phil/Andrew Litton (EMI CD EMX 9518)
Avison, Charles: Concerto Grosso in D Op 3/5 - Pavlo Beznosiuk (vln/dir), Avison Ensemble (Naxos 8.557905-06)
Ellisor, Connie: Blackberry Winter (1) - Nashville CO/Paul Gambill (Warner 9 46739)
Yedida, Ronn: Lullabye - Ahn Trio (EMI 557357)
Danzi, Franz: Flute Concerto No 2 in D minor Op 31 (3) Polacca - Andras Adorjan (flute), Munich CO/Hans Stadlmair (Orfeo C003811)
Kern, Jerome: Ol' man river, from Show Boat - Inia Te Wiata (bass), Michael Collins chorus & orch (Columbia 475 545)
Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus: Symphony No 25 in G minor K183 (4) - English CO/Benjamin Britten (Decca 430 495)
Bolcom, William: Three Rags (2) - Ying Quartet (QUARTZ QTZ 2055)
Broadstock, Brenton: In the Sunshine - Tasmanian SO/Benjamin Northey (HUSH 13)
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Makaroff, Nina: Spes - Cantus/Tove Ramlo-Ystad (2L 2015)
Prokofiev, Sergei: Sinfonietta in A Op 5/48 - Bournemouth SO/Kirill Karabits (Onyx 4139)
Fauré, Gabriel: Andante Op 75 - Yo-Yo Ma (cello), Kathryn Stott (piano) (Sony 19802822812)
Smith, John: The Enchanter, Overture - Capella Savaria/Mary Térey-Smith (Dorian DOR 93251)
Chaulk, David: And my soul overflow - National Band of NZ/David Bremner (RNZ )
Massenet, Jules: Meditation, from Thaïs - Johan Dalene (vln), Peter Friis Johansson (pno) (BIS BIS2770)
Berlioz, Hector: Villanelle, from Les nuits d'été - Karen Cargill (mezzo), Scottish CO/Robin Ticciati (Linn CKD 421)
Dove, Jonathan: An Airmail Letter from Mozart, Var IV - Melvyn Tan (pno), London Mozart Players (Signum SIGCD 452)
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