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Tonga's bold new brass adventure
29 Jul 2025NZSO trombonist and Wellington Brass music director Dave Bremner talks about his latest project, helping to set up a National Youth Brass Band in Tonga. Read more Audio
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Mixing opera and politics
28 Jul 2025Brian Castles-Onion and Madeleine Pierard talk to RNZ Concert ahead of Wellington Opera's production of Verdi's "A Masked Ball". Read more Audio
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Soprano Felicity Tomkins
25 Jul 2025New Zealand opera singer Felicity Tomkins talks with RNZ Concert's Andrew Clark about some of her career highlights so far, and 'Opera in the Cathedral': a showcase of outstanding young emerging… Read more Audio
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From Siberia to the South Pacific
24 Jul 2025Russian-born cellist Lev Sivkov talks about his latest tour of New Zealand playing chamber music and the solo role in Britten's Cello Symphony. Read more Audio
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Moment of Calm: Bird song in the big city
23 Jul 2025As a big Aussie city sleeps, a rubbish truck passes by while a bird sings. Read more Audio
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Clearing a path through the noise
22 Jul 2025Icelandic composer and techno musician Ólafur Arnalds talks to RNZ Concert ahead of a one-off gig at Auckland's Power Station. Read more Video, Audio
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Charlotte Naden: professional bassoonist, free time fiddler
21 Jul 2025Kiwi bassoon player Charlotte Naden talks about her "hobby" which will soon see her playing the fiddle at this year's Royal Edinburgh Military Tattoo. Read more Video, Audio
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Bringing opera to the people
18 Jul 2025Zane Berghuis talks to RNZ Concert about his work in opera outreach. Read more Audio
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When musical worlds combine
18 Jul 2025Singer and composer Geneva AM and arranger and double bass player Eric Scholes talk about turning a waiata into a striking piece of classical chamber music. Read more Video, Audio
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Moment of Calm: By the billabong
16 Jul 2025RNZ Concert host Bryan Crump is down by a billabong for this week's "Sonic" Moment of Calm. Read more Audio
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Winds in Wellington
16 Jul 2025Ahead of this year's National Concert Band Festival, its coordinator James Bevin talks with RNZ Concert's Bryan Crump. Read more Video, Audio
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Late starter, strong finisher
15 Jul 2025Abhinath Berry didn't start having regular piano lessons until his mid/late teens. Now he's on the cusp of a professional career. Read more Video, Audio
29 August 2025
with Bryan Crump
Sibelius, Jean: Alla marcia, from Karelia Suite - Lahti SO/Osmo Vänskä (BIS CD 918)
Bach, Johann Sebastian: Flute Sonata in E BWV1035 (4) - Andrea Oliva (fl), Angela Hewitt (pno) (Hyperion CDA 67897)
Rachmaninov, Sergei: Romance in G minor for string quartet - Orava Quartet (DG 4816874)
Debussy, Claude: Les soirs illuminés par l'ardeur du charbon - John Chen (piano) (ABC 4766834)
Harvey, Richard: Contredanse, from Concerto Antico - John Williams (gtr), London SO/Paul Daniel (Sony SK 68337)
Hasselmans, Alphonse: Mazurka Op 31 - Susan Drake (harp) (Hyperion CDA 66340)
Witt, Friedrich: Flute Concerto in G Op 8 (1) - Patrick Gallois (fl/dir), Sinfonia Finlandia (Naxos 8.572089)
Martinu, Bohuslav: Concerto in D for two violins & orchestra - Sarah Nemtanu (vln), Deborah Nemtanu (vln), Marseille PO/Lawrence Foster (Pentatone PTC5186658)
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Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus: Horn Concerto No 3 in Eb K447 (3) - Lin Jiang (horn), West Australian SO/Barry Tuckwell (ABC Classics 476 5745)
Dvořák, Antonín: String Quartet No 8 in E (1) - Prague String Quartet (DG 429 193)
Kats-Chernin, Elena: Eliza's Aria - Nicola Sweeney (vln), Sarah Nicolls (pno) (Signum SIGCD 058)
Saint-Saëns, Camille: Allegro Appassionato Op 43 - Johannes Moser (cello), Stuttgart Radio SO/Fabrice Bollon (Hänssler CD 93.222)
Clementi, Muzio ed Spada: Symphony No 4 in D (3) - Rome SO/Francesco La Vecchia (Naxos 8.573112)
Kosma, Joseph arr Robertson: Autumn Leaves - The King's Men (Kings College KGS 0023)
Chopin, Frédéric: Piano Sonata No 3 in B minor Op 58 (4) - Lang Lang (pno) (DG 477 5976)
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Telemann, Georg Philipp: Concerto in A for flute, violin & cello (1) - Emmanuel Pahud (fl), Rainer Kussmaul (vln/dir), Georg Faust (cello), Berlin Baroque Soloists (EMI 5 57397)
Bowen, York: Allegretto Op 105 - Chloë Hanslip (vln), Danny Driver (pno) (Hyperion CDA 67991)
Davis, Joshua: Rondo alla Mambo - Sarah Willis (horn), Havana Lyceum Orch/José Antonio Méndez Padrón (ALPHA ALPHA578)
Dvořák, Antonín: Serenade in D minor for wind instruments Op 44 (1) - ASMF/Neville Marriner (Philips 400 020)
Valente, Antonio: Gagliarda napolitana - Daniel Hope (violin) & Friends (DG 477 8094)
Schumann, Robert arr Pablo Ferrández and Julien Quentin: Träumerei, from Kinderszenen Op 15 - Pablo Ferrández (cello), Julien Quentin (piano) (Sony 19802898632)
Boccherini, Luigi: Guitar Quintet in D G448, Fandango (4) - Giangiacomo Pinardi (gtr), Europa Galante (Virgin 5 45607)
Liszt, Franz: Etude No. 8 Wilde Jagd - Luu Hong Quang (pno) (RATTLE RATD152)
Mendelssohn, Felix: String Quintet No 1 in A Op 18 (1) - Sharon Quartet, Petra Vahle (vla) (Brilliant Classics 94205)
Bach, Johann Sebastian: Cantata No 29, Wir danken dir, Gott (1) - Gent Collegium Vocale/Philippe Herreweghe (HARMONIA MUNDI HML 590 8363.65)
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Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus: Fantasia in D minor K397 - Andrei Gavrilov (pno) (Philips 456 787)
Haydn, Franz Joseph: Symphony No 92 in G, Oxford - Berlin Phil/Simon Rattle (EMI 3 94237)
Arlen, Harold: Over the Rainbow, from The Wizard of Oz - Anne Akiko Meyers (vln), Akira Eguchi (pno) (KOCH KIC CD 7762)
Schubert, Franz trans Maisky: An die Musik D547 - Mischa Maisky (cello), Daria Hovora (pno) (DG 449 817)
Rodgers, Richard arr STERN orch WARNER: He Was Too Good To Me, from Simple Simon - Dawn Upshaw (soprano), Orchestra of St Luke's/Eric Stern (Nonesuch 7559 79406)
Goodwin, Ron: Milford Sound, from New Zealand Suite - New Zealand SO/Ron Goodwin (Marco Polo 8.223518)
Young, Kenneth: Homage to Ravel - Jian Liu (piano) (Rattle RATD149)
Traditional: Spagnoletta - Australian Brandenburg Orchestra/Paul Dyer (ABC Classics ABC 4763828)
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