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Jazz supergroup ldvf to perform at Wellington festival
25 Sep 2025Recently-formed ensemble ldvf is coming to this year's Wellington Jazz Festival in October. RNZ Concert's Nick Tipping catches up with the quartet's drummer, NZ musician Myele Manzanza. Read more Audio
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From Wellington to Warsaw
24 Sep 2025Young Wellington singer Francesca Fagan is off to Poland to take part in the finals of the Stanisław Jopek International Singing Competition - she's one of only eight international finalists, and the… Read more Video, Audio
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Chloe Chua: "the most important competition is to compete with yourself"
23 Sep 2025Rising violin star Chloe Chua will be performing Tchaikovsky's Violin Concerto with the Auckland Philharmonia this Thursday. She came into the studio to chat with RNZ Concert's David Morriss. Read more Video, Audio
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Chamber music in the heart of the Waipā District
22 Sep 2025There's a brand new chamber music festival taking place in the Waikato town of Cambridge this weekend. RNZ Concert talks with one of the Artistic Directors, bassoonist Todd Gibson-Cornish. Read more Audio
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The unstoppable Yura Lee
19 Sep 2025Visiting musician Yura Lee hasn't been able to decide between the violin or the viola, so she plays both. Read more Audio
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Jane Bulpin and the art of symphonic logistics
18 Sep 2025Ahead of her departure for the UK, Jane Bulpin looks back on her work as Director: Orchestral Delivery with the NZSO. Read more Video, Audio
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Moment of Calm: Blackbirds at Dawn.
17 Sep 2025Blackbirds usually don't sing in the dead of night, but they were singing a great song early one Dunedin morning. Read more Audio
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Working through the break
17 Sep 2025New Zealand String Quartet violinist Peter Clark talks with RNZ Concert part way through the quartet's latest tour. Read more Audio
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Putting Te Reo into the libretto
16 Sep 2025Ahead of its broadcast on RNZ Concert, director Kawiti Waetford talks about Toiere, a show mixing opera with Te Reo Māori. Read more Video, Audio
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Dressed for success
15 Sep 2025Hawke's Bay tenor Lila Crichton talks about his latest gig, singing for this year's World of WearableArt show in Wellington. Read more Video, Audio
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Composing in a changing climate
12 Sep 2025This year’s SOUNZ Tarling Trust Orchestral Commission winner Joshua Pearson dedicates his prize to highlighting the vulnerability of Pasifika nations to climate change. Read more Video, Audio
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You can't beat a cornetto
11 Sep 2025Danny Lucin is a go-to man when it comes to playing the cornetto in Australia and New Zealand. He and conductor Michael Stewart talk with RNZ Concert ahead of a performance of the early 17th century… Read more Video, Audio
29 September 2025
with Bryan Crump
Bach, Johann Sebastian: Brandenburg Concerto No 1 in F BWV1046 (1) - European Brandenburg Ensemble/Trevor Pinnock (dir) (Avie AV 2119)
Thomas, Ambroise: O vin, dissipe la tristesse, from Hamlet - Simon Keenlyside (bar), Munich Radio Orchestra/Ulf Schirmer (SONY 828768 84822)
Chopin, Frédéric: Impromptu No 1 in Ab Op 29 - François-René Duchâble (pno) (ERATO 4509 94692)
Debussy, Claude: Cello Sonata in D minor - Gautier Capuçon (cello), Frank Braley (piano) (ERATO 9341582)
Holst, Gustav: Chaconne, from Suite No 1 for Military Band Op 28/1 - Royal Northern College of Music Wind Orch/Timothy Reynish (Chandos CHAN 9697)
Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus: Andante in C for flute & orchestra K315 - Sharon Bezaly (fl), Ostrobothnian CO/Juha Kangas (BIS SACD 1539)
Tailleferre, Germaine: Concertino - Gillian Benet (harp), Women's Phil/JoAnn Falletta (Koch 37169)
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Elgar, Edward: Salut d'Amour Op 12 - Nigel Kennedy (vln), Steven Isserlis (cello), Peter Pettinger (pno) (Chandos CHAN 8380)
Dvořák, Antonín: Slavonic Dance Op 46 No 3 in A flat major - Israel Phil/István Kertész (Decca 425 087)
Jenkins, John: Sonata in 3 parts No 6 in C major, Z 795 - Ensemble Masques/Olivier Fortin (hpschd/dir) (Analekta AN 2 9905)
Colombier, Michel: Emmanuel - Branford Marsalis (sop-sax), English CO/Andrew Litton (Sony G010000506271B)
Haydn, Franz Joseph: String Quartet in C Op 76/3, Emperor (1) - Alban Berg Quartet (EMI CDC 5 56166)
McGlashan, Don: Opening, from Dean Spanley - New Zealand SO/Marc Taddei (Mana 531802)
Strauss, Richard: Suite in Bb for winds Op 4 (3) - Royal Liverpool PO/Gerard Schwarz (RLPO LIVE RLCD 401 P)
Lilburn, Douglas: Music Box No 1 - Michael Houstoun (pno) (Rattle RAT D040)
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Anonymous: Saltarello - Amsterdam Loeki Stardust Quartet (Oiseau-Lyre 444 537)
Brahms, Johannes: Violin Sonata No 3 in D minor Op 108 (2) - Christian Tetzlaff (vln), Lars Vogt (pno) (EMI 5 57525)
Fasch, Johan Friedrich: Lute Concerto in D minor (3) - Michael Dücker (lute), Cologne Musica Antiqua/Reinhard Goebel (dir) (Archiv 447 644)
Piazzolla, Astor arr Bragato: Invierno porteño, from Four Seasons in Buenos Aires - Gryphon Trio (Analekta AN 2 9857)
Farrenc, Louise: Overture No 2 Op 24 - North German Radio Phil/Johannes Goritzki (CPO 999 820)
Byrd, William: Agnus Dei, from the Mass for four voices - Voces8 (Signum Classics SIGCD 283)
Sibelius, Jean: Dance-Intermezzo Op 45/2 - New Zealand SO/Pietari Inkinen (Naxos 8.570763)
Clementi, Muzio ed Spada: Symphony No 3 in G, The Great National (1) - Rome SO/Francesco La Vecchia (Naxos 8.573112)
Kreisler, Fritz: Liebesfreud - James Ehnes (vln), Eduard Laurel (pno) (FLEURS DE LYS FL 2 3159)
Debussy, Claude: La plus que lente - Stephen Hough (piano) (Hyperion CDA68139)
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Respighi, Ottorino: Il Cucu, from The Birds - London SO/Antal Dorati (MERCURY 432 007)
Handel, George Frideric: Suite from Il Pastor Fido - Tafelmusik/Jeanne Lamon (dir) (SONY SK 68257)
Mercury, Freddie: Bicycle Race - Royal Phil/Louis Clark (BCI Music 205)
Chopin, Frédéric: Nocturne in E Op 62/2 - Nelson Goerner (pno) (WIGMORE HALL LIVE WHLIVE 0039)
Mozart, Leopold: Sinfonia in F major: Andante-Allegro assai - NZSO CO/Donald Armstrong (NAXOS 8553347)
Tarrega, Francisco: Gran Vals - Mats Bergström (gtr) (Naxos 8.572365)
Ireland, John: Her Song - Julian Lloyd Webber (cello), John Lenehan (pno) (Naxos 8.572902)
Juan Hidalgo: Esperar, Sentir, Morir - Mina Kanaridis (sop), Australian Brandenburg Orchestra/Paul Dyer (ABC Classics ABC 4763828)
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