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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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Beethoven: A never ending journey of discovery
11 Feb 2025Pianist Haochen Zhang talks with RNZ Concert's Bryan Crump ahead of his New Zealand debut, playing Beethoven's Emperor Concerto with the Auckland Philharmonia. Read more Video, Audio
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Musical fusion at the Hannah Playhouse
10 Feb 2025Bridget Douglas from the contemporary classical ensemble Stroma, and Nick Tipping from the Jazz band The Jac are looking forward to merging into one band, just for one night. Read more Video, Audio
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A pirate of the high Cs
7 Feb 2025Tenor Zachary McCulloch talks to Bryan Crump ahead of his performance in this year's Opera in a Days Bay Garden, playing Gualtiero in Bellini’s "Il Pirata" (The Pirate). Read more Video, Audio
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Moment of Calm: All aboard.
RNZ Concert host Bryan Crump invites you on a relaxing train journey without having to move a finger - apart from the clicking on the link. Read more Audio
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New Zealand Youth Choir goes to Waitangi
5 Feb 2025RNZ Concert host Bryan Crump talks with soprano Tess Dalgety-Evans ahead of the choir's performances at the Treaty Grounds on Waitangi Day. Read more Audio
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Classical sax education
4 Feb 2025Saxophonist Michael Jamieson talks to Bryan Crump about encouraging more sax players to go classical. Read more Video, Audio
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Writing for children is never child's play
31 Jan 2025As SOUNZ seeks submissions from composers for this year's work for Orchestra Wellington and the children's ensemble Arohanui Strings, we speak to the man who wrote last year's composition: South… Read more Audio
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Bringing the bass
30 Jan 2025RNZ Concert's Bryan Crump catches up with NZ double bass player Louis van der Mespel on a trip home from the Netherlands. Read more Audio
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Hooked on Opera
29 Jan 2025John Drummond, former music professor at Otago University, composer and broadcaster, talks about his book Habitation of Dreams: A Life in Opera. Read more Audio
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Grace writes notes for the Auckland Philharmonia
28 Jan 2025RNZ's Bryan Crump talks with Grace Wellik, the Auckland Philharmonia's Young Composer-in-Residence for 2025, and Evie Dwyer-Leech, who's part of the orchestra's Learn & Participate team. Read more Audio
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Opera: It's a family affair
27 Jan 2025Rising star, tenor Jordan Fonoti-Fuimaono, has been awarded this year's Dame Malvina Major Foundation Scholarship. Read more Audio
03 April 2025
with Bryan Crump
Augustín Bardi: Gallo ciego - London Tango Quintet (Untuned Sky )
Cheng-Qian Xue: Miao Mountain Morning - Shanghai Quartet (Delos DE 3308)
Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus: Piano Sonata No 12 in F K332 (3) - Alfred Brendel (pno) (Philips 468 048)
Ólafur Arnalds arr Gerard Cousins: Tomorrow's song - Gerard Cousins (guitar) (Prima Classic PRIMA052)
Meyer, Edgar: Short trip home - Joshua Bell (vln), Edgar Meyer (dbass), Sam Bush (mandolin), Mike Marshall (gtr) (Sony SK 60864)
Fasch, Johan Friedrich: Violin Concerto in A - Veronika Skuplik (vln), La Stravaganza Cologne (CPO 777 015)
Tárrega, Francisco: Recuerdos de la Alhambra - Norbert Kraft (gtr) (Naxos 8.5544)
Hummel, Johann Nepomuk: Variations in F Op 97 - Christopher Hinterhuber (pno), Gävle SO/Uwe Grodd (Naxos 8.557845)
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Schubert, Franz trans Maisky: An die Musik D547 - Mischa Maisky (cello), Daria Hovora (pno) (DG 449 817)
Talbot, Joby: The Flower Garden Part 2, from Alice's Adventures in Wonderland - Royal Phil/Christopher Austin (Signum SIGCD 327)
Weber, Carl Maria von: Ruler of the Spirits, Overture - New Zealand SO/Antoni Wit (Naxos 8.570296)
Chaplin, Charlie arr Williams: Smile, from Modern Times - Itzhak Perlman (vln), Boston Pops Orch/John Williams (SONY SK 60773)
Wagner, Richard: Morgenlich leuchtend im rosigem Schein - Jonas Kaufmann (ten), Prague Phil/Marco Armiliato (Decca 478 6029)
Bach, Carl Philipp Emanuel: Oboe Concerto in Bb Wq164 (3) - Machiko Takahashi (fl), Concertgebouw CO/Roland Kieft (Brilliant Classics 93988)
Bach, Johann Sebastian arr Boëls: Cello Suite No 6 in D BWV1012 (1) - Pascal Boëls (gtr) (Calliope CAL 9385)
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Dvořák, Antonín: American Suite in A Op 98b (5) - Prague Phil/Jakub Hrusa (SUPRAPHON SU 3882)
Rota, Nino: Toccata, from Bassoon Concerto - Christopher Millard (bsn), CBC Vancouver Orch/Mario Bernardi (CBC SMCD5185)
Rameau, Jean-Philippe: Les Trois Mains, from Suite in A - Alexandre Tharaud (piano) (Harmonia Mundi HMX 290 8379.81)
Wolf-Ferrari, Ermanno: Susanna's Secret, Overture - BBC Phil/Gianandrea Noseda (Chandos CHAN 10511)
Beethoven, Ludwig van: Symphony No 4 in Bb Op 60 (3) - Swedish CO/Thomas Dausgaard (SIMAX PSC 1180)
Shankar, Anoushka: Pacifica - Anoushkar Shankar (sitar), ensemble (Leiter 2024)
Berlioz, Hector: Rêverie & Caprice - Chantal Juillet (vln), Montreal SO (Decca 458 143)
Grieg, Edvard: Piano Concerto in A minor Op 16 (3) - Richard Farrell (pno), Hallé Orch/George Weldon (Atoll ACD 208)
Childs, David: Salve Regina - Madeleine Pierard (sop), New Zealand Youth Choir/Karen Grylls (TRUST MMT 2048)
Westlake, Nigel: Penguin ballet, from Antarctica - Tasmanian SO/David Porcelijn (ABC Classics 462 017)
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Tchaikovsky, Pyotr Ilyich: Dumka Op 59 - Lang Lang (pno) (TELARC CD 80524)
Haydn, Franz Joseph: Cello Concerto No 2 in D HobVIIb/2 - Daniel Müller-Schott (cello/dir), Australian CO (Orfeo C 080 031)
Valente, Antonio: Gagliarda napolitana - Daniel Hope (violin) & Friends (DG 477 8094)
Marianelli, Dario: Mrs Darcy, from Pride and Prejudice - Jean Yves Thibaudet (pno), English CO (Universal 987310)
Gluck, Christoph Willibald von: Dance of the Blessed Spirits, from Orpheus & Euridice - Orpheus CO (DG 437 782)
Biddington, Eric: Pastorale - Gretchen La Roche (cl), Julie Downard (pno) (Manu CD MANU 1558)
Fain, Sammy: A Certain Smile - Ted Greene (gtr) (Art of Life AL1011-2)
Three to Seven
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