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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
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Dancing on the lawn
16 Feb 2026Rachael Griffiths-Hughes is the music director of a Hamilton Arts Festival outdoor dance performance. Read more Audio
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In love's Domain
13 Feb 2026Michaela Cadwgan is one of the stars of this weekend's Valentine's Day edition of Opera in the Park in the Auckland Domain. Read more Audio
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At the limits of Artificial Intelligence
12 Feb 2026Composer Sophie Burbery is doing a PhD on AI creativity and feminism. Read more Audio
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The best seat in the house
11 Feb 2026Pianist and vocal coach Rosemary Barnes is the "official accompanist" at this year's Nicholas Tarling Aria Competition on at the Due Drop Events Centre in Manukau this Sunday. Read more Audio
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Jumping in the deep end
10 Feb 2026Conductor Giordano Bellincampi has chosen the Auckland Philharmonia to play his first ever performance of a lush, late romantic tone poem. Read more Audio
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Taking a ride with Disney
9 Feb 2026Gregory Camp put in plenty of field work while researching for his latest book on the music in Disney theme parks. Read more Audio
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A celebration of things ebony and ivory
5 Feb 2026Hong Xu is the Artistic Director of the New Zealand International Piano Festival. Read more Audio
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Moment of Calm: Bell song
4 Feb 2026Few sounds of Aotearoa are as lovely as the distinctive peel of the Korimako, which gained the songbird its European name, the bellbird. Read more Audio
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A world of possibilities through music
4 Feb 2026Polish-born pianist Krzysztof Jablonski is in Aotearoa for the New Zealand International Piano Festival. Read more Audio
17 March 2026
with Bryan Crump
Wallen, Errollyn: Dances III-V, from Dances for Orchestra - BBC Concert Orch; John Andrews/John Andrews (Resonus Classics RES10358)
Dvořák, Antonín arr Carmelo Patti: Slavonic Dance Op 46 No 1 - Milano Saxophone Quartet (Ambiente ACD3064)
Viardot-Garcia, Pauline arr Anne-Sophie Bertrand: Serenade - Anne-Sophie Bertrand (harp) (Pentatone 5187497)
Yamada, Kōsaku: Variations on Kono-michi - Manuela Wiesler (flute), Noriko Ogawa (piano) (BIS CD 1059)
Grieg, Edvard: Elegiac Melodies Op 34 (1) - NZSO Chamber Orchestra (RNZ UA02)
Pulkkinen, Ari: Angry Birds Theme - Angèle Dubeau (violin), La Pietà (Analekta AN28734)
Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus: Clarinet Quintet in A K581 (3) - Martin Fröst (clarinet), Vertavo String Quartet (BIS SACD 1263)
Brahms, Johannes: Variations on a theme by Haydn Op 56a - London Philharmonic/Marin Alsop (Naxos 8.557430)
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Bach, Johann Sebastian: Goldberg Variations, Variation 13 - Víkingur Ólafsson (piano) (DG 4864553)
Humperdinck, Engelbert: Children's prayer, from Hänsel & Gretel - New York Philharmonic/Leonard Bernstein (SONY MLK 62617)
Sieber, Ignazio: Recorder Sonata No 8 in G minor (4) Allemanda. Allegro - Tabea Debus (recorder), La Serenissima/Adrian Chandler (vln/dir) (Signum SIGCD918)
Beethoven, Ludwig van: Piano Sonata No 28 in A Op 101 (1) - Murray Perahia (piano) (SONY SK 93043)
Stamitz, Johann: Orchestral Trio in A Op 1/2 (4) - New Zealand Chamber Orchestra/Donald Armstrong (vln/dir) (Naxos 8.553213)
Chopin, Frédéric: Piano Concerto No 1 in E minor Op 11 (3) - Benjamin Grosvenor (piano), Royal Scottish National Orch//Elim Chan (Decca 4850365)
Haydn, Franz Joseph: Piano Trio in E minor HobXV/12 (3) - Trio Ernest (Aparté AP341)
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Grøndahl, Agathe Backer arr Jarle Storløkken: Three Morceaux Op 15 (3) Humoresque - Tine Thing Helseth (trumpet), tenThing (LAWO LWC1280)
Kanengiser, William; York, Andrew: African Suite - Los Angeles Guitar Quartet, Tim Timmermans (djembe) (Sony SK 60274)
Brescianello, Giuseppe Antonio: Sinfonia No 1 in D (2) - NZ Barok (Atoll ACD 813)
Mendelssohn, Felix: Octet in Eb Op 20 (3) - Daniel Hope (violin), members of Chamber Orchestra of Europe (DG 477 6634)
Renié, Henriette: Danse des Lutins - Judy Loman (harp) (Naxos 8.554347)
Ticheli, Frank: There Will Be Rest - Voces8 (Decca)
Pachelbel, Johann: Canon in D - Les Violons du Roy/Bernard Labadie (ATMA ACD22600)
Ewald, Victor: Brass Quintet No 2 in Eb Op 6 (3) - Gomalan Brass Quintet (CPO 555680-2)
Bach, Johann Sebastian: Orchestral Suite No 1 in C BWV1066 (3) - Bach Collegium Japan/Masaaki Suzuki (dir) (BIS SACD 1431)
Schubert, Franz: Piano Sonata No 13 in A D664 (1) - Mitsuko Uchida (piano) (Philips 470 265)
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Gabrieli, Giovanni ed Jones: Canzon XII in 8 parts - Philip Jones Brass Ensemble (Argo 417 468)
Dove, Jonathan: Flute Concerto, The Magic Flute Dances - Emily Beynon (flute), BBC Welsh National Orchestra/Bramwell Tovey (Chandos CHAN 10718)
Vaughan Williams, Ralph: Three Shakespeare Songs: II. The cloud-capp'd towers - The King's Singers, Grace Davidson (soprano), Victoria Meteyard (soprano) (Signum)
Smith, John: Overture, from The Enchanter - Capella Savaria/Mary Térey-Smith (Dorian DOR 93251)
Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus: Piano Concerto No 19 in F K459 (3) - Nikolai Lugansky (piano), Netherlands Radio Chamber Orchestra/Lev Markiz (Challenge CC 72043)
Delibes, Léo: Pizzicati, from Sylvia Suite - New Philharmonia Orchestra/Sir Charles Mackerras (Warner 2067772)
Lilburn, Douglas: Drysdale Overture - New Zealand Symphony Orchestra/James Judd (Naxos 8.557697)
Dvořák, Antonín: American Suite in A Op 98b (5) - Royal Philharmonic/Antal Dorati (Decca 430 702)
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