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2023 Michael Hill winner returns to New Zealand
22 Oct 2024Jenny Jin, the winner of the 2023 Michael Hill International Violin Competition is back in Aotearoa to perform with the Auckland Philharmonia and tour for Chamber Music New Zealand. Read more Video, Audio
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Continuing the legacy of Rodger Fox
21 Oct 2024As well as making music, the late great Rodger Fox helped to make musicians. Bryan Crump talks with two jazz performers picking up Rodger's legacy of running workshops for young musicians. Read more Audio
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Two concertos for the price of one concert
18 Oct 2024A new clarinet concerto by NZ composer Ross Harris, and one by jazz great Artie Shaw form a double bill when British soloist Julian Bliss joins the Christchurch Symphony Orchestra this weekend. Read more Video, Audio
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Auckland Philharmonia: a hero's orchestra
17 Oct 2024Chief Executive Diana Weir shares some highlights from the orchestra's 2025 Season with Bryan Crump. Read more Audio
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Moment of Calm: Taking you to the river
16 Oct 2024This week's Sonic Moment of Calm takes you to the river. The Tongariro River to be exact. Read more Audio
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Moving while you're sitting down
16 Oct 2024Heleen du Plessis leads her cello ensemble in a joint concert with the Dunedin City Jazz Orchestra, designed to make you feel like dancing. Read more Audio
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Beefing up the recorder sound
15 Oct 2024Recorder soloist and ensemble director Simon Borutzki talks about the difference a bit of bass makes. Read more Video, Audio
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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
15 December 2025
with Bryan Crump
Schumann, Robert: Dein Angesicht Op 127/2 - Ian Bostridge (ten), Julius Drake (pno) (EMI cdc556575)
Elgar, Edward: May Song - New Zealand Symphony Orchestra/James Judd (Naxos 8.557577)
Haydn, Franz Joseph: String Quartet in C Op 76/3, Emperor (1) - Alban Berg Quartet (EMI CDC 5 56166)
Field, John: Piano Sonata in C minor Op 1/3 (1) - John O'Conor (piano) (TELARC CD 80290)
Hawes, Patrick: Rain - English Chamber Orchestra/Patrick Hawes (Black Box BBM 1081)
Beethoven, Ludwig van: Symphony No 8 in F Op 93 (3) - Orchestre Revolutionnaire et Romantique/John Eliot Gardiner (Archiv 439 900)
Rutter, John: What sweeter music - Elora Festival Singers (Naxos 8.554179)
Fauré, Gabriel: Masques & Bergamasques - Orpheus Chamber Orchestra (DG 449 186)
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Biber, Heinrich Ignaz Franz von: Sonata No 7 in G (4) - Bojan Čičić (violin), The Illyria Consort (Delphian DCD34334)
Schubert, Franz: Violin Sonatina in D D384 (3) - Marc Coppey (cello), Peter Laul (piano) (Aeon AECD 1095)
Borodin, Alexander: Symphony No 2 in B minor (2) - Berlin Philharmonic/Simon Rattle (EMI 5 17582)
Traditional: Sonias promenad - Väsen (Northside NSD7100)
Bach, Johann Sebastian: Allegro, from Cantata No 146 - Accademia Bizantina/Ottavio Dantone (DECCA 4782718)
Barrios Mangoré, Agustín: Maxixe - Thibaut Garcia (guitar) (Erato 5419772617)
d'Ambruis, Honoré: Le doux silence de nos bois - Lea Desandre (soprano), Thomas Dunford (theorbo) (Erato 5419775146)
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Praetorius, Michael: Es ist ein Ros entsprungen - The King's Singers (Signum SIGCD497)
Dvořák, Antonín: String Quartet No 12 in F Op 96, American (2) - Tokyo String Quartet (Harmonia Mundi HMU 80 7429)
Bizet, Georges: Habanera, from Carmen Suite - London Philharmonic/David Parry (X5 105)
Khachaturian, Aram Illich: Aysha's Monologue, from Gayaneh - Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra/Kirill Karabits (ONYX 4063)
Bach, Carl Philipp Emanuel: Oboe Concerto in Bb Wq164 (3) - Machiko Takahashi (flute), Concertgebouw Chamber Orchestra/Roland Kieft (Brilliant Classics 93988)
Gesualdo, Carlo: Tenebrae factae sunt - Nordic Voices (Chandos CHAN 0763)
Brahms, Johannes trans Joachim: Hungarian Dance No 7 in A - Anne-Sophie Mutter (violin), Lambert Orkis (piano)/Günter Hermanns (DG 471 500)
Tippett, Michael: Concerto for double string orchestra (3) - Scottish Chamber Orchestra/Michael Tippett (Virgin VC 7 90701)
Elgar, Edward: Pomp & Circumstance March No 2 - New Zealand Symphony Orchestra/James Judd (Naxos 8.557273)
Chopin, Frédéric: Fantasy-Impromptu in C# minor Op 66 - Angela Hewitt (piano) (Hyperion CDA 67371/2)
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Traditional arr Rutter: Wexford Carol - Paul McMahon (tenor), Cantillation (ABC Classics 472 044)
Hummel, Johann Nepomuk: Bassoon Concerto in F - Jaakko Luoma (bassoon), Tapiola Sinfonietta/Janne Nisonen (Ondine ODE13242)
Edwards, Ross: Marimba Dances (3) - Evelyn Glennie (marimba) (RCA RD 60557)
Purcell, Henry: Sonata in 3 parts No 5 in A minor, Z 794 - Ensemble Masques/Olivier Fortin (hpschd/dir) (Analekta AN 2 9905)
Sibelius, Jean: Symphony No 1 in E minor Op 39 (3) - New Zealand Symphony Orchestra/Pietari Inkinen (Naxos 8.572305)
Gossec, François-Joseph: Gavotte in D - Hubert Laws (flute), Philharmonia Virtuosi of New York, Philharmonia Virtuosi/Richard Kapp (Sony MK37216)
Ibert, Jacques: Concerto for cello & wind instruments (1) - Adele Bitter (cello), Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin (EDA EDA48)
Williams, John: Finale, from Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back - London Symphony Orchestra (Walt Disney D0027429M5)
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