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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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Bluebeard's Castle
9 Aug 2023"It's just an hour, but wow - what an hour!" says Lester Lynch. The US baritone is in New Zealand with UK soprano Susan Bullock to perform Bartok's opera Bluebeard's Castle in an innovative production… Read more Video, Audio
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Arohanui Strings celebrates 13 years of creating change through music
8 Aug 2023The Lower Hutt-based music education programme is marking the occasion with a day of musical celebrations. Programme Director Margaret Guldborg talks with Bryan Crump about what's planned. Read more Audio
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Hine Hōia: A Te Waipounamu take on The Soldier's Tale
7 Aug 2023Ōtautahi Christchurch-based writer and director Juanita Hepi talks with Bryan Crump about the multi-artform work, Hine Hōia, which is touring for Chamber Music New Zealand to five centres around the… Read more Audio
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Slow practice and sushi
4 Aug 2023Amalia Hall is performing Benjamin Britten's Violin Concerto in Orchestra Wellington's next concert. She talks with Bryan Crump about the work, and how she prepares on concert day. Read more Audio
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The evocative sound of the duduk
3 Aug 2023You might know the haunting sound of duduk from movie soundtracks such as Avatar, Dune and Gladiator. Duduk master Arsen Petrosyan joined Three to Seven host Bryan Crump from Armenia to talk about the… Read more Video, Audio
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Happy 80th Birthday, John Cousins!
2 Aug 2023"One of the interesting things about being old(er) is looking back," says the Christchurch composer. He talks about his sonic art and why it's important to him. Read more Audio
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Synthony in the Snow: ice with your EDM
1 Aug 2023The very popular Synthony (electronic dance music played by an orchestra) is heading to Coronet Peak for the next concert. Emma Featherstone will be directing the musicians. Read more Audio
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Crossing musical boundaries
31 Jul 2023André de Ridder is in New Zealand for a series of concerts with the NZSO, conducting everything from the blues (Wynton Marsalis style) to Beethoven, with a serious chunk of John Luther Adams in there… Read more Audio
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Graham Johns: hitting all the right notes
28 Jul 2023NZ-born musician Graham Johns has just retired after 40 years as Section Leader, Percussion, for the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra. Read more Video, Audio
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Sounds of the sitar
27 Jul 2023Purbayan Chatterjee is a master sitar player from Mumbai. He's performing concerts in Wellington and Auckland. Read more Audio
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NZ tunes for recorder players
26 Jul 2023Judith Bell is the mastermind behind Kiwicorder - a free, online resource of New Zealand recorder music. Read more Video, Audio
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Finding the words for The Strangest of Angels
25 Jul 2023Georgia Jamieson Emms is the librettist for an opera based on writer Janet Frame's time spent at Seacliff Psychiatric Hospital. Read more Audio
15 August 2025
with Bryan Crump
Rota, Nino: Trio for Clarinet, Cello and Piano - Aurélien Pascal (cello), Paul Meyer (clarinet), Eric Le Sage (piano) (Alpha Classics ALPHA746)
Grieg, Edvard: Peasant Dance - Oslo Camerata (Naxos)
Sarasate, Pablo de orch Hohn: Romanza andaluza Op 22/1 - Gil Shaham (vln), Orpheus CO (DG 449 923)
Schutz, Heinrich: Selig sind die Toten SWV391 - Vox Luminis, Bart Jacobs (org)/Lionel Meunier (Ricercar RIC153)
Weber, Carl Maria von: Abu Hassan, Overture - New Zealand SO/Antoni Wit (Naxos 8.570296)
Buck, Ole: Estampie (3) - Wood'N'Flutes (Dacapo )
Ravel, Maurice: Sonatine - 2. Mouvement De Menuet - Julien Brocal (pno) (Rubicon RCD 1008)
Vivaldi, Antonio: Concerto in C for two violins RV507 - Nigel Kennedy (vln/dir), Daniel Stabrawa (vln), members of Berlin Phil (EMI 5 57859)
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Bach, J S Bach, Aria from the Goldberg Variations - Carolyn Mills (RNZ)
Berlioz: Harold in Italy (excerpt) - NZSO - James Judd (RNZ)
Mahler: Symphony No 5, 4th Movement (excerpt) - NZSO Edo de Waart (RNZ)
Bach J S: Goldberg Variation No 29 - Carolyn Mills with members of the NZSO (RNZ)
Grainger, Percy: Early one morning - BBC Phil/Richard Hickox (Chandos CHAN 9584)
Schumann, Robert: Fantasy in C Op 17 (3) - Leif Ove Andsnes (pno) (EMI CDC 5 56414)
Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus: Bassoon Concerto in Bb K191 (2) - Jaakko Luoma (bassoon), Tapiola Sinfonietta/Janne Nisonen, concertmaster (Ondine ODE13242)
Dvořák, Antonín: Czech Suite Op 39 (5) - Prague Philharmonia/Jakub Hrusa (SUPRAPHON SU 3867)
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Sibelius, Jean: Intermezzo, from Karelia Suite - Lahti SO/Osmo Vänskä (BIS CD 918)
Joachim, Joseph: Romanze Op 2/1 - Daniel Hope (vln), Sebastian Knauer (pno) (DG 477 9301)
Mathieu, André: Laurentienne No 2 - Alain Lefèvre (piano) (Analekta AN29275)
Darzins, Emils: Valse mélancolique - Detroit SO/Neeme Järvi (CHANDOS CHAN 9227)
Anonymous arr Marek Pasieczny: Pokarekare ana - Jane Curry, Owen Moriarty (gtrs) (Naxos 8.579041)
Bach, Johann Sebastian: Concerto in C minor for oboe & violin BWV1060 (2) - Allan Vogel (ob), Hilary Hahn (vln), Los Angeles CO/Jeffrey Kahane (DG 474 199)
Scarlatti, Domenico: Keyboard Sonata in D Kk29 - Murray Perahia (pno) (Sony SK 62785)
Barber, Samuel: Canzonetta for oboe & strings - Stéphane Rancourt (ob), Royal Scottish National Orch/Marin Alsop (Naxos 8.559135)
Previn, André: I Want Magic! from A Streetcar Named Desire - Renée Fleming (sop), Metropolitan Opera Orch (Decca 460567)
Sauter, Eddie: Clarinet à la King - Sabine Meyer (cl), Wolfgang Meyer (cl), Bamberg Symphony big band/Ingo Metzmacher (EMI CDC 5 56652)
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Debussy, Claude: Rondes de printemps, from Images for Orchestra - Royal Scottish National Orch/Stéphane Denève (Chandos CHSA 5102)
Beau, Luise Adolpha le: Piano Concerto in D minor Op 37 - Katia Tchemberdji (piano), Berlin Chamber SO/Jurgen Bruns (Dreyer Gaido CD21015)
Traditional: A Set of 3 Airs from Ireland & Scotland, Lady Herriot Hopes (ree - The Curious Bards (Harmonia Mundi HMN916105)
Gershwin, George arr Heifetz: It ain't necessarily so, from Porgy & Bess - Anne-Sophie Mutter (vln), André Previn (pno) (DG 471 500)
Delibes, Leo: Lakmé, Entr'acte to Act 3 - Toulouse Capitole Chorus & Orch/Michel Plasson (EMI 5 56569)
Statham, Keith: Romance No 1 - Puertas Quartet (Atoll)
Debussy, Claude: Clair de Lune - John Chen (piano) (ABC)
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