Music Alive

Ed Ware, a New Zealand percussionist resident in New York, talks to Tim Dodd about his career and about the work 'Cavernous Ruins'. Audio

Ian Rosenbaum talks to Tim Dodd about 'Karekurenai' by his friend and colleague Andy Akiho. Audio

The news that Grace Jones is coming here in March hit the nation with considerable force. Fanboy Grant Smithies got to talk to her in 2011. She was 'utterly charming'. Read more Video

Six ensembles from secondary schools throughout New Zealand compete for top honours in the final. Read more Audio

Six ensembles from secondary schools throughout New Zealand compete for top honours in the final. Read more Audio

Andrew Goodwin performs the aria "Ich eile, die Lehren" from the cantata "Bringet dem Herrn Ehre seines Namens", with Helene Pohl (violin), Rolf Gjelsten (cello), Douglas Mews (harpsichord) Audio

Monique Lapins plays Bach's Violin Concerto in A minor, a piece inspired by the concertos by Vivaldi, with a small orchestra led by Dene Olding. Audio

Ian Rosenbaum plays the Cello Suite No 5 in C minor by Bach in a version transcribed for marimba. Audio

Gillian Ansell and Irina Morozova take the solo "viola da braccio" parts in the Brandenburg Concerto No 6. Accompanying them, two violinists: Monique Lapins and Justine Cormack, cellist Ashley Brown… Read more Audio

Andrew Goodwin sings the aria "Ich traue seiner Gnaden" from the cantata "In allem meinen Taten" by Bach, with Helene Pohl (violin), Rolf Gjelsten (cello), Douglas Mews (harpsichord). Audio

Andrew Goodwin sings the aria "Woferne du den edlen Frieden" from the cantata "Jesu, nun sei gepreiset" by Bach, with Rolf Gjelsten (cello), Joan Perarnau Garriga (d bass), Douglas Mews (harpsichord).

Andrew Goodwin sings the aria, "Herr, so weit die Wolken gehn" from the cantata "Gott, wie dein Name, so ist auch dein Ruhm", with Monique Lapins, Helene Pohl (violins), Rolf Gjelsten (cello), Douglas… Read more Audio