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In 'Breath of the Birds' Dame Gillian Whitehead discusses the origin of taonga puoro, their revival, and how she has used traditional Māori musical instruments in her compositions. Read more Audio, Gallery

'Fame without fortune is a burden for any performer’. In the 2020 Lilburn Lecture, Karyn Hay explores the realities of an artist's life in NZ. Read more Audio, Gallery

Ryan Smith explores the music, atmospheres and sounds that inhabit the shadowy world of horror films. From the scores of early silent German expressionist cinema to 21st century Hollywood and Japanese… Read more Audio

New Zealand composer Dorothy Quita Buchanan pioneered the Composers-in-Schools scheme in the 1970s, and has been an active violinist, pianist, teacher and publisher throughout her career. Read more Video, Audio

Brian Kay, conductor, broadcaster and ex-King's Singer, presents a selection of some of his favourite non-sacred music for the festive season. Read more Audio

John Drummond looks at famous pieces of piano music as windows into the world in which they were created. A composer cannot help but reflect the world he lives in, his understanding of life, his… Read more Audio

John Drummond looks at famous pieces of piano music as windows into the world in which they were created. A composer cannot help but reflect the world he lives in, his understanding of life, his… Read more Audio

John Drummond looks at famous pieces of piano music as windows into the world in which they were created. A composer cannot help but reflect the world he lives in, his understanding of life, his… Read more Audio

Indra Hughes presents an overview of Beethoven's five Piano Concertos. Read more Audio

Peter Shaw looks at Richard Strauss's final years and in particular his 'Four Last Songs' - today one of the most popular works in the classical repertoire. Read more Audio

On Christmas Day, 1959, Douglas Lilburn moved into 22 Ascot Terrace, Thorndon, Wellington - just a stone's throw from where he had been living on Tinakori Road, right opposite the Botanical Gardens… Read more Audio, Gallery

Bali, the Gamelan and Walter Spies The second of two programmes by Elric Hooper and Des Wilson. Read more Audio