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Listen to music and performing arts interviews here when it suits you, as broadcast at 4pm most days:
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Ascending the Everest of the cello
17 Oct 2025Inbal Megiddo talks to RNZ Concert about her recording of all six of J S Bach's cello suites. Read more Audio
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Moment of Calm: Songs of the Seagulls
16 Oct 2025Can a seagull sing a Moment of Calm? Listen and decide. Read more Audio
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Ten thousand for a talented tenor
16 Oct 2025Lawyer and arts supporter Jim Stevenson loved the sound of the tenor voice. Now a trust set up after his death is looking to support talented singers make the leap from study to a professional career.
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Pulling the strings
15 Oct 2025Wellington Youth Orchestra principal cellist Tomos Christie and prinicipal viola Solace Ward speak to RNZ Concert ahead of the orchestra's big gig in the Michael Fowler Centre. Read more Audio
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Viva Voce turns 40
14 Oct 2025The Auckland chamber choir Viva Voce has reached its fifth decade, founder and Music Director John Rosser talks to RNZ Concert ahead of the birthday celebrations. Read more Audio
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A touch of the modern
13 Oct 2025French conductor Pierre Bleuse chats with RNZ Concert ahead of directing the Auckland Philharmonia in a deliberately diabolical programme. Read more Audio
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Unwrapping Beethoven's Seventh Symphony
10 Oct 2025Audiences at Opus Orchestra's next concerts get to delve deep into one of Beethoven's best-loved works. Read more Audio
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Opera in the cathedral
9 Oct 2025Wellington Cathedral of St Paul is staging a production of Noye's Fludde - Benjamin Britten's community opera retelling the story of Noah and the Ark. RNZ Concert talks with the director, Jacqui… Read more Audio
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Moment of Calm: Dusk at a country station.
9 Oct 2025The South Island has Cass, the North has Ormondville. Read more Audio
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An envoy from Moomin Valley
8 Oct 2025Finnish violinist Pekka Kuusisto talks about his gigs with the NZSO and his family's connection with the creator of a beloved series of children's books.
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Aotearoa Jazz Orchestra debut
7 Oct 2025John Rae and Oscar Lavën talk to RNZ Concert ahead of what they hope will be a pivotal moment in the history of New Zealand jazz. Read more Audio
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Four players for the Four Last Songs
6 Oct 2025NZTrio's Amalia Hall talks about performing a pared-back arrangement of Strauss's Four Last Songs with the soprano Emma Pearson. Read more Audio
26 November 2025
with Bryan Crump
Chopin, Frédéric: Etude in E minor Op 25/5, Wrong Note - Yunchan Lim (piano) (Decca 4870122)
Ritchie, John: Partita for brass quintet (2) - NZ Chamber Brass (Private - NZCB 2007A)
Beethoven, Ludwig van: String Quartet in D Op 18/3 (1) - Gewandhaus Quartet (NCA 60139)
Traditional: Maria - Marco Beasley (voice), L'Arpeggiata/Christina Pluhar (Virgin 6 94577)
Saint-Saëns, Camille: Air & Dance Bacchanale, from Samson & Delilah - Berlin Philharmonic/Gustavo Dudamel (DG 479 0069)
Klezmer-ish: September Sun - Klezmer-ish (Private 2020)
Cossart, Leland A: Suite Op 19 - Holland Wind Players/Jeroen Weierink (Ars Produktion FCD368407)
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Schubert, Franz trans Maisky: An die Musik D547 - Mischa Maisky (cello), Daria Hovora (piano) (DG 449 817)
Ridout, Godfrey: Fall Fair - Edmonton Symphony Orchestra/Uri Mayer (CBC Records SMCD 5069)
Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus: Piano Sonata No 5 in G K283 (1) - Diedre Irons (piano) (TRUST MMT 2041)
Williams, John: Reunion, from Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker - Los Angeles Master Chorale, session orchestra/John Williams (Walt Disney Records 8743994)
Tsabropoulos, Vassilis: Three pieces after Byzantine hymns (1) - Anja Lechner (cello), Vassilis Tsabropoulos (piano) (ECM 1888 (981 9613))
Whitacre, Eric: The Sacred Veil (3) - Voces8, Christopher Glynn (piano), Emma Denton (cello) (Decca 4853970)
Bach, Johann Sebastian orch Bantock: Wachet auf, ruft uns die Stimme BWV645 - BBC Philharmonic/Leonard Slatkin (Chandos CHAN 9835)
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Haydn, Franz Joseph: Symphony No 78 in C minor (4) - Orpheus Chamber Orchestra (DG 429 218)
Avison, Charles: Concerto Grosso No 6 in D (2) - Café Zimmermann (Alpha 031)
Brett, Mary: Horses of the Dawn - Oliver Sewell (tenor), Bruce Greenfield (piano) (RNZ 2021-02-12DMc)
Widor, Charles-Marie: Toccata, from Symphony No 5 in F minor - Huw Williams (organ) (Guild GMCD 7304)
Ewald, Victor: Brass Quintet No 3 in Db Op 7 (4) - Gomalan Brass Quintet (cpo 555680-2)
Liszt, Franz: Consolation No 3 in Db - Isata Kanneh-Mason (piano) (Decca 4871265)
Saint-Saëns, Camille: Romance in Eb Op 67 - Steven Isserlis (cello), North German Radio Symphony Orchestra/Christoph Eschenbach (RCA 09026 63518)
Mendelssohn, Felix: Symphony No 4 in A Op 90, Italian (3) - Vienna Philharmonic/John Eliot Gardiner (DG 459 156)
Rozman, Anže, Talve, Kara, Zimmer, Hans, Christie, Andrew James: Hatzegopteryx Courtship - Studio orchestra (Lakeshore Records LKS36415)
Smith, Alice Mary ed Graham-Jones: Symphony in C minor (3) - London Mozart Players/Howard Shelley (Chandos CHAN 10283)
Granda, Chabuca arr Flórez: Fina estampa - Juan Diego Flórez (tenor), Juan Diego Flórez (bongos), David Gálvez (guitar) (Decca 475 6932)
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Richter, Franz Xaver: Flute Concerto in E minor (3) - Barthold Kuijken (flute), Tafelmusik/Jeanne Lamon (dir) (SONY SK 48045)
Price, Florence Beatrice: Violin Concerto No 1 in D - Er-Gene Kahng (violin), Janacek Philharmonic/Ryan Cockerham (Albany TROY1706)
Mathieu, André: Été Canadien - Alain Lefèvre (piano) (Analekta AN29275)
Dvořák, Antonín: String Sextet in A Op 48 (2) - Christian Tetzlaff (violin), Florian Donderer (violin), Isabelle van K (AVI 8553207)
Childs, David: Weep no more - Toronto Children's Chorus/Elise Bradley (Marquis 81439)
Hovhaness, Alan: Prayer of St Gregory - Charles Butler (trumpet), Seattle Symphony Orchestra/Gerard Schwarz (DELOS DE 3700)
Purcell, Henry: An Evening Hymn, from Harmonia Sacra - Emma Kirkby (soprano), Anthony Rooley (lute), Richard Campbell (viola da gamba)/Christopher Hogwood (org/dir) (Decca 460 583)
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