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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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The rogue diva
27 Feb 2026Australian soprano Sarahlouise Owens talks about her one-woman tribute to the free-spirited singer who became one of opera's first global stars. Read more Audio
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Keeping the beat in more ways than one
26 Feb 2026Riki Gooch-Pirihi, one of the country's finest drummers, looks forward to the debut of his Chamber Music NZ commissioned work, Ā mua. Read more Audio
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Moment of Calm: In the churchyard
25 Feb 2026This week's "sonic" Moment of Calm finds peace in a rural cemetery. Read more Audio
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Andrea Lam: creating musical moments
25 Feb 2026Australian pianist Andrea Lam talks with RNZ Concert ahead of her concert with the Auckland Philharmonia on Thursday evening when she'll be performing Mendelssohn's First Piano Concerto. Read more Audio
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Rob Ruha Goes Symphonic
24 Feb 2026Rob Ruha talks with RNZ Concert ahead of his debut performance with the New Zealand Symphony Orchestra. Read more Audio
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Start them early
23 Feb 2026Charlotte Talbot talks about using the classics in her music and movement classes for pre-school children and their parents. Read more Audio
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Moment of Calm: Down by the Lake.
21 Feb 2026A bonus Sonic Moment of Calm for the weekend, recorded on the shores of Lake Taupo. Read more Audio
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Twenty-five years of Morning Melodies
20 Feb 2026Daniel Clarke, director of Auckland Live, speaks with RNZ Concert ahead of the first gig of the 25th season of the popular daytime concerts in the North Shore suburb of Takapuna. Read more Audio
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Equal opportunities at the keyboard
19 Feb 2026Rhonda Boyle reckons it's time pianists with small hands got a fair go. Read more Audio
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Moment of Calm: A piano at the station.
This week's Sonic Moment of Calm features pianist Lorraine Sampson taking the edge out of communiting life in a busy Auckland railway station. Read more Audio
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Getting epic among the rhododendrons
18 Feb 2026Malcolm Barr talks to RNZ Concert about the latest large-scale collaboration between Hamilton City Brass and Hamilton Festival Chorus in the city's gardens. Read more Audio
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Good production values
17 Feb 2026Nathan Graves talks to RNZ Concert about the art of selling music. Read more Audio
02 March 2026
with Bryan Crump
Mendelssohn, Felix: String Quartet No 4 in E minor Op 44/2 (2) - New Zealand String Quartet (Naxos 8.570001)
Scarlatti, Domenico: Keyboard Sonata in C Kk132 - Terence Dennis (piano) (RNZ UB39)
Debussy, Claude: Par les rues et par les chemins, from Ibéria - Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra/Jesús López-Cobos (TELARC CD 80574)
Dvořák, Antonín: Serenade in D minor for wind instruments Op 44 (3) - ASMF/Neville Marriner (Philips 400 020)
Gál, Hans: Variations on a popular Viennese tune Op 9 - Karin Adam (violin), Christoph Stradner (cello), Doris Adam (piano) (Camerata CMCD 28149)
Telemann, Georg Philipp: Furcht und Hoffnung (Aria), from Orpheus Act 3 - Dorothee Mields (soprano), L'Orfeo Barockorchester (DHM G010003181267S)
Fernández, Oscar Lorenzo: Batuque, from Reisado do Pastoreio - Minas Gerais Philharmonic Orchestra/Fabio Mechetti (Naxos 8574412)
Smetana, Bedřich: Vyšehrad, from Má Vlast - Czech Philharmonic/Jiří Bělohlávek (Decca 4833187)
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Brahms, Johannes orch Brahms & Dvorák: Hungarian Dance No 19 in B minor - London Philharmonic/Marin Alsop (Naxos 8.557429)
Schumann, Clara arr Nicholas Daniel: 3 Romances Op 22 (1) - Nicholas Daniel (oboe), Julius Drake (piano) (Chandos CHAN20295)
Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus: Piano Concerto No 8 in C K246, Lützow (1) - Vladimir Ashkenazy (piano), London Symphony Orchestra/István Kertész (Decca 443 576)
Andre Caplet: Nihawend, from Suite Persane - Oslo Kammerakademi (LAWO LWC1271)
Kreisler, Fritz: Caprice viennois - Anne-Sophie Mutter (violin), Lambert Orkis (piano) (DG 471 500)
Traditional arr Danish String Quartet: As I Walked Out - Danish String Quartet (ECM 4875884)
Cormac McCarthy, Martin Hayes, Brian Donnellan, Kate Ellis & Kyle Sanna: The Boyne Water - Martin Hayes (violin), The Common Ground Ensemble (Faction 2023)
Khachaturian, Aram Illich: Lezginka, from Gayaneh - Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra/Kirill Karabits (ONYX 4063)
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Bach, Johann Sebastian arr Gwilt: Trio Sonata in C BWV529 (3) - London Baroque (BIS CD 1345)
Vaughan Williams, Ralph arr Greaves: Fantasia on Greensleeves - London Symphony Orchestra/André Previn (EMI 3 82157)
Schumann, Robert: Symphony No 1 in Bb Op 38, Spring (3) - Champs-Elysées Orchestra/Philippe Herreweghe (HARMONIA MUNDI HMC 90 1972)
Liszt, Franz: Hungarian Rhapsody No 10 in E S244 - Nelson Freire (piano) (Philips 456 781)
Stamitz, Johann: Orchestral Trio in F Op 1/3 (4) - New Zealand Chamber Orchestra/Donald Armstrong (vln/dir) (Naxos 8.553213)
Whitacre, Eric: All Seems Beautiful to Me - Voces8/Eric Whitacre (Decca 4853970)
Handel, George Frideric: Bourée & Hornpipe, from Water Music Suite No 1 in F - Tafelmusik/Jeanne Lamon (dir) (SONY SK 68257)
Schubert, Franz: Piano Trio No 2 in Eb D929 (2) - Florestan Trio (Hyperion CDA 67347)
Herschel, William: Symphony No 13 in D (1) - London Mozart Players/Matthias Bamert (Chandos CHAN 10048)
Grieg, Edvard arr Bertrand/Amoyel: Arietta Op 12/1 Erotikon Op 43/5 - Emmanuelle Bertrand (cello), Pascal Amoyel (piano) (HARMONIA MUNDI HMC 90 1986)
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Chopin, Frédéric: Ballade No 2 in F Op 38 - Cédric Tiberghien (piano) (HARMONIA MUNDI HMC 90 1943)
Wolf-Ferrari, Ermanno: Cor Anglais Concertino in Ab Op 34 - William Moriconi (cor anglais), Rome SO/Francesco La Vecchia (Naxos 8.572921)
Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus: Rondo in C K373 - Julia Fischer (violin), Netherlands Chamber Orchestra/Yakov Kreizberg (PENTATONE PTC 5186 098)
Grøndahl, Agathe Backer: 4 Sketches Op 19 (2) - Marie-Catherine Girod (piano) (Mirare MIR574)
Peterson, Clara Gottshalk: Staccato polka - Marie-Catherine Girod (piano) (Mirare MIR574)
Shankar, Anoushka: Pacifica - Anoushkar Shankar (sitar), ensemble (Leiter 2024)
Locke, Matthew: Fantazie, from Suite No. 4 in B flat - The Flat Consort for my cousin Kemble: Suite No. 4 in B flat, III. Fantazie (Linn CKD737)
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