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Cameron Pearce: Progression
11 Oct 2024The Christchurch-based composer and trumpeter has just released a new album for brass ensemble on Rattle Records. He talks with RNZ Concert's Andrew Clark about the inspiration behind the project. Read more Audio
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Soprano Sumi Jo: Part 2
10 Oct 2024South Korean soprano Sumi Jo was in New Zealand earlier this year to judge the semi-finals and final of the Lexus Song Quest. She spoke with RNZ Concert's Clarissa Dunn about her singing career. Audio
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Soprano Sumi Jo on her life and music
9 Oct 2024South Korean soprano Sumi Jo was in New Zealand earlier this year to judge the semi-finals and final of the Lexus Song Quest. She spoke with RNZ Concert's Clarissa Dunn about her singing career. Read more Video, Audio
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Dancers to join bassist at Wellington Jazz Festival
7 Oct 2024Nick Tipping talks with bassist and singer esperanza spalding, who's making her Aotearoa debut at this year's Wellington Jazz Festival. In a Festival first, she'll be joined by two dancers from the… Read more Audio
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Sounds of the Sanctuary: getting close to nature with the NZSQ
4 Oct 2024New Zealand String Quartet violist Gillian Ansell talks with RNZ Concert's Andrew Clark about Sounds of the Sanctuary, the quartet's flagship programme in their 2024 season. It's coming to the Nelson… Read more Audio
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The versatile Sherry Shelton
3 Oct 2024Organist, pianist, harpist and singer Sherry Shelton has a concert coming up in Bluff this Saturday. Read more Audio
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Moment of Calm: Spring Sunrise
2 Oct 2024Capturing the sound of a near perfect Spring morning. Read more Audio
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Sending the music back home
2 Oct 2024Young Christchurch-raised composer Eva Bedggood talks about her latest work, which NZTrio is about to premiere in her home town. Read more Audio
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Harmony in the hay
1 Oct 2024Canturbury ceramic artist and gallery owner John Allan talks about turning an old hay shed into a music venue. Read more Audio
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Hope out of hate
30 Sep 2024Singers from the Wellington Youth Choir talk about their upcoming concert where they'll be performing a work composed in response to the 1998 murder of Matthew Shepard, a young gay American man. Read more Video, Audio
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Keeping it in the family
27 Sep 2024Visiting cellist Sterling Elliot can thank his mother for his stellar career, although he initially wanted to play the violin. Read more Video, Audio
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Alexandra through the looking glass
26 Sep 2024Alexandra Hope Watson is many things, from daredevil plane pilot to mathematician, but perhaps her greatest love is writing musicals. Read more Video, Audio
31 July 2025
with Bryan Crump
Handel, George Frideric: Music for the Royal Fireworks (3) - Tafelmusik Baroque Orchestra/Jean Lamon (vln/dir) (Tafelmusik Media 1011CD)
Schumann, Robert: Piano Quintet in Eb Op 44 (4) - Menahem Pressler (pno), Emerson String Quartet (DG 445 848)
Boyer, Antoine: Tango - Fiona Monbet (violin), Pierre Cussac (accordion), Antoine Boyer (guitar), Damien Varaillon (bass) (Fo Feo Productions 6785769)
Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus: Piano Quartet No 2 in Eb K493 (3) - Sonnerie (ASV CD GAU 212)
Mendelssohn, Felix: Intermezzo, from A Midsummer Night's Dream - Orpheus CO (DG 437 782)
Schubert, Franz: An Sylvia D891 - Benjamin Appl (baritone), Munich Radio Orchestra/Oscar Jockel (BR Klassik 900346)
Kats-Chernin, Elena: Russian Rag - Sydney Alpha Ensemble (ABC Classics ABC 4817995)
Brahms, Johannes: Variations on an Original Theme Op 21/1 - Andreas Boyde (pno) (Oehms OC 586)
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Assad, Sergio: Spanish Impressions (3) - Rafael Aguirre Miñarro (gtr) (Naxos 8.572916)
Chaminade, Cécile: Flute Concertino - Sharon Bezaly (fl), Hague Residentie Orch/Neeme Järvi (BIS SACD 1679)
Dvořák, Antonín: Piano Trio No 4 in E minor Op 90, Dumky (6) - Ogen Trio (OGEN OG 0010)
Hovhaness, Alan: Khrimian Hairig - Lars Ranch (tpt), Berlin Radio SO/Gerard Schwarz (Naxos 8.559294)
Charpentier, Marc-Antoine: Depuis le jour, from Louise - Renée Fleming (sop), English CO/Jeffrey Tate (Decca 458858)
Debussy, Claude: Arabesque No 2 - Angela Hewitt (pno) (Hyperion CDA 67898)
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Respighi, Ottorino: Ancient Airs & Dances Suite No 1 (2) - Orpheus Chamber Orch (DG 437 533)
Dowland, John arr Grainger: Now, o now, I needs must part - Piers Lane (pno) (Hyperion CDA 67279)
Traditional: A Set of 3 Irish Airs: Mary O'Neill; The Lads of Dunse; Port Pat - The Curious Bards (Harmonia Mundi HMN916105)
Haydn, Michael: Symphony No 5 in A (1) Allegro molto - Slovak CO/Bohdan Warchal (CPO 999 591)
Marianelli, Dario: Mrs Darcy, from Pride and Prejudice - Jean Yves Thibaudet (pno), English CO (Universal 987310)
Vivaldi, Antonio: Bassoon Concerto in F RV489 - Klaus Thunemann (bsn), I Musici (PENTATONE PTC 5186 154)
Beethoven, Ludwig van: Symphony No 1 in C Op 21 (3) - Orchestre Revolutionnaire et Romantique/John Eliot Gardiner (Archiv 439 900)
Head, Michael: The estuary - Jonathan Lemalu (bbar), Roger Vignoles (pno) (EMI 5 75203)
Barbella, Emanuele: Mandolin Concert in D - Avi Avital (mandolin), Il Giardino Armonico/Giovanni Antonini (DG 4863459)
Valente, Antonio: Gagliarda napolitana - Daniel Hope (violin) & Friends (DG 477 8094)
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Debussy, Claude arr Ferdinando Ronchini & Alexandre Roelens: Clair de lune - Laura van der Heijden (cello), Jâms Coleman (piano) (Chandos CHAN20274)
Mendelssohn, Fanny: Piano Trio in D minor Op 11 - Dartington Piano Trio (Hyperion CDA 66331)
Smith, Alice Mary ed Graham-Jones: Andante - Angela Malsbury (cl), London Mozart Players/Howard Shelley (Chandos CHAN 10283)
Garner, Erroll arr Barley: Misty - Viktoria Mullova (vln) (Philips 464 184)
Strayhorn, Billy arr & orch Henderson: You're the One - Lena Horne (voc), Joshua Redman (sax), City of Birmingham SO/Simon Rattle (EMI 5 57014)
Tchaikovsky, Pyotr Ilyich: Swan Lake Suite, Op. 20: Scéne - London Phil/David Parry (X5 105)
Davis, Oliver: Infinite Ocean (1) - Benjamin Baker (vln), Royal Phil/Paul Bateman (Signum SIGCD590)
Traditional: Joka - Sondorgo (World Village 260063)
Three to Seven
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