Bryan Crump
Neutronium
Neutronium comes up in Star Wars, Star Trek and many of the Marvel Comics. It's a hypothetical substance made purely of neutrons. Jan Eldridge, Associate Professor of Physics at the University of… Audio
Crossing musical boundaries
André 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… Audio
Graham Johns: hitting all the right notes
NZ-born musician Graham Johns has just retired after 40 years as Section Leader, Percussion, for the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra. Video, Audio
Sounds of the sitar
Purbayan Chatterjee is a master sitar player from Mumbai. He's performing concerts in Wellington and Auckland. Audio
NZ tunes for recorder players
Judith Bell is the mastermind behind Kiwicorder - a free, online resource of New Zealand recorder music. Video, Audio
Finding the words for The Strangest of Angels
Georgia Jamieson Emms is the librettist for an opera based on writer Janet Frame's time spent at Seacliff Psychiatric Hospital. Audio
Antman
Marvel's Antman can shrink down to the size of an ant but still pack the punch of Mike Tyson. The McDiarmid Institute's Dr Mike Price discusses the difficulties of making this a reality. Audio
Classical music in unexpected places
This year’s Classical on Cuba festival includes performances in a furniture store! Elliot Vaughan is Artistic Director. Audio
"I've always just loved her music"
New Zealand flutist Alexa Still has released Wish, an album of music by composer Valerie Coleman. Audio
Aural hygiene at the dentist
Sounds at a dentist's surgery can sometimes set your teeth on edge, so when Bryan Crump heard the mellifluous tones of a clarinet as he walked past, he had to find out more. Audio
RNZ Music Pocket Edition 19 July 2023
Bristol punk group IDLES return their grammy nomination rock album to Auckland this week. Bryan Crump speaks to a global ambassador for Indian Classical music. And Maggie Tweedie interviews USA-based… Audio
Calla: Patterns of Remedy
Composer, electronic musician and operatic soprano, Calla Knudson, talks with Bryan Crump about her latest album. Audio
Tony Chen Lin and the Sonoro Quartet
Pianist Tony Chen Lin is performing Schumann's Piano Quintet in Eb with the Sonoro Quartet around the country for Chamber Music New Zealand. Audio
Axonite
Axonite is a 'thinking' material that can replicate and spread across the cosmos to feed. The MacDiarmid Institute's Professor Bill Williams discusses whether this sort of material is scientifically… Audio
DSO performs 'Manaaki'
The Dunedin Symphony Orchestra has two concerts coming up this weekend, part of the city's Puaka Matariki Festival. Included in the programme is 'Manaaki', a composition by Phil Brownlee and Ariana… Video, Audio
Manjit Singh
Our sister station, RNZ Concert, focusses mainly on Western Classical Music. But there's another classical music tradition, that's growing in strength and popularity here - music from India. This… Audio
Maamaloa Brass Band
Kalino Pongi is Music Director of the Maamaloa Brass Band, a Tongan community band based in Auckland. He talks with Bryan Crump. Audio
"It's a work that audiences can relate to"
Jonathan Griffith tells Bryan Crump why 'The Armed Man: A Mass for Peace' is so special. The US-based conductor is in New Zealand to lead two free performances of Karl Jenkins' popular choral work. Audio
"It never feels like I'm working"
Tabla player Manjit Singh shares his love of music through his job: he runs the Rhythm School of Indian Music in Auckland and teaches a course on the Indian Classical tradition at the University’s… Audio
Nth Metal
Nth Metal is a hyper-conductive metal that negates gravity. It features heavily in DC comics, but how does it stack up in the real world Professor Penny Brothers gives Bryan Crump her scientific take… Audio
