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The bassoonist connecting Indigenous America with Aotearoa
10 Nov 2023Her Yakama ancestry had already inspired bassonist Jacqui Wilson to record an album of music by fellow Indigenous Americans, Taika Waititi inspired her to do the same with music by Māori. Read more Video, Audio
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Leilani Aaron Woodmore: Inside the mind of a young composer
9 Nov 2023Only 16 and already winning awards. Leilani Aaron Woodmore talks with Bryan Crump about writing the 2023 Compose Aotearoa Competition winning piece for choir which sets Te Reo Maori and Te Reo Hawai'i… Read more Video, Audio
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The sweet sound of Saxcess
8 Nov 2023Thirty years after she founded it, it looks like Debbie Rawson's quartet Saxcess has lived up to its name. Read more Audio
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In praise of Wozzeck, opera's original anti-hero
7 Nov 2023Baritone Julien Van Mellaerts convinces Bryan Crump he can't afford to miss Orchestra Wellington's performance of Berg's opera Wozzeck, in which Van Mellaerts will be singing the title role. Read more Audio
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World Choir Games: Eight months and counting
As choral festivals go, they don't come much bigger than the World Choir Games, and Aucklander John Rosser is right in the thick of it. Read more Audio
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Eliza Boom: From Gospel to German
3 Nov 2023Soprano Eliza Boom is fast establishing herself as a specialist of German repertoire based in Munich. She's back home in Aotearoa to sing some of it this month. Read more Audio
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Big Band tour hits funding pothole
2 Nov 2023He's planning to take his big band to the USA early next year, but Creative NZ's decision to reject his funding application has left Rodger Fox with a $90,000 hole he has to fill by the end of the… Read more Video, Audio
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'Wallpaper music' front and centre
1 Nov 2023She'd only been composing for a few years, but her big band work Dream Within A Dream was good enough to win Louisa Williamson the 2023 APRA Best Jazz Composition Award. Read more Video, Audio
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Plenty of symphony for Pasifika harmony
31 Oct 2023Helen Tupai's Signature Choir broke new ground when the Pasifika group sang Pasifika songs arranged and performed with the New Zealand Symphony Orchestra last year. This month, they're taking the show… Read more Video, Audio
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King for a decade - so far
30 Oct 2023New Zealand baritone Chris Bruerton talks to Bryan Crump about the joys of being a member of one of the best known classical singing groups in the world, The King's Singers. Read more Video, Audio
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Keeping Auckland in tune: the Lewis Eady story
27 Oct 2023Kay Eady speaks with Bryan Crump about Preludes & Feuds, the history she's written on the Lewis Eady music business. Read more Audio
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Classical music: it's not a museum
26 Oct 2023Award winning Kiwi-Samoan violinist Hayden Afele-Nickel talks to Bryan Crump about getting classical music out of the museum and into the lives of all New Zealanders. Read more Audio
11 August 2025
with Bryan Crump
Ross, James: The Swilkie - James Ross (piano), The Maxwell Quartet (Phenotypic Recordings 2024)
Schubert, Franz: Symphony No 5 in Bb D485 (1) - Orch of the 18th Century/Frans Brüggen (Philips 446 100)
Mendelssohn, Fanny: Allegro molto in C minor - Heather Schmidt (pno) (Naxos 8.570825)
Dvořák, Antonín: String Quintet in Eb Op 97 (2) - Simon Rowland-Jones (vla), Chilingirian Quartet (Chandos CHAN 9046)
Beethoven, Ludwig van: Cello Sonata No 1 in F Op 5/1 (3) - Pieter Wispelwey (cello), Dejan Lazic (pno) (Channel Classics CCS SA 22605)
Cavalli, Francesco: Passacaglia, from Canzona à 3 (4) - Latitude 37 (ABC Classics ABC 4818575)
Kodály, Zoltán: Dances of Galánta - Budapest Festival Orch/Iván Fischer (Philips 462 824)
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Albéniz, Isaac: Tango, from España Op 165 - Alicia de Larrocha (pno) (Decca 433 926)
Lully, Jean-Baptiste: Chaconne in G - Cologne Musica Antiqua/Reinhard Goebel (vln/dir) (Archiv 453 418)
Stolz, Nolan: Lincoln Highway Suite (5) - Brno Philharmonic Orchestra/Mikel Toms (Ablaze 42)
Charles Chaplin/José Padilla Sánchez/Leo Daniderff: Themes from films 'Limelight', 'City Lights', and 'Modern Times' - Lisa Batiashvili (vln), Berlin Radio SO/Nikoloz Rachveli (DG 4838586)
Debussy, Claude: Fêtes, from Nocturnes - Concertgebouw Orch, Amsterdam/Bernard Haitink (Philips 400 023)
Anonymous arr Lislevand: La perra mora - Rolf Lislevand (lute), Marco Ambrosini (viola d amore), Thor Harald Johnsen (lute), Michael Behringer (clavichord), David Mayoral (percussion), Bjørn Kjellemyr (colascione), Giovanna Pessi (harp)/Rolf Lislevand (dir) (ECM 2088 (476 3317))
Prokofiev, Sergei: Toccata in D minor Op 11 - Martha Argerich (pno) (DG 461 858)
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Fasch, Johan Friedrich: Concerto in D FWV L/D3 (3) - Il Gardellino (Accent ACC 24252)
Joplin, Scott arr Crespo: Pineapple Rag - German Brass/Enrique Crespo (EMI CDC 7 49170)
Zimmer, Hans: No Time for Caution, from Interstellar, film - Session Orchestra/Gavin Greenaway (WaterTower Music WTM 39546)
Klengel, Julius: Hymn for twelve cellos Op 57 - Sheku Kanneh-Mason (cello), Desmond Neysmith (cello), Robert Max (cello), Chris Murray (cello), Ben Davies (cello), Nicholas Trygstad (cello), Jo Cole (cello), Ashok Klouda (cello), Rowena Calvert (cello), Josephine Knight (cello), Caroline Dearnley (cell (Decca 4850241)
Strauss, Richard: Suite in Bb for winds Op 4 (4) - Royal Liverpool PO/Gerard Schwarz (RLPO LIVE RLCD 401 P)
Traditional arr Euwe de Jong: Rosas das rosas e Fror das Frores - Lauren Armishaw (soprano), Elsbeth de Jong (viola), Euwe de Jong, Sybolt de Jong (harmoniums) (Private (Armishaw) )
Debussy, Claude: Violin Sonata in G minor (1) - Renaud Capuçon (violin), Bertrand Chamayou (piano) (Erato 9029577396)
Dvořák, Antonín: Piano Quintet in A Op 81 (4) - Piers Lane (pno), Goldner String Quartet (Hyperion CDA 67805)
Walton, William: Sheep may safely graze, from The Wise Virgins Suite - London Phil/Bryden Thomson (Chandos CHAN 8871)
Traditional: The Maids of Mourne Shore - Carolyn Mills (harp) (Atoll ACD 919)
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Vivaldi, Antonio: Lute Concerto in D RV93 (2) - Manuel Barrueco (gtr), Galicia SO/Victor Pablo Pérez (KOCH KIC CD 7597)
Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus: Symphony No 29 in A K201 - Prague CO/Charles Mackerras (TELARC CD 80165)
Woodforde-Finden, Amy: Kashmiri Love Song - Julian Lloyd Webber (cello), John Lenehan (pno) (EMI 3 59488)
Yifrashewa, Girma: Elita - Rebeca Omordia (piano) (SOMM SOMMCD0688)
Kreisler, Fritz: Sicilienne & Rigaudon, in the style of Francoeur - Akiko Suwanai (vln), Philharmonia (Philips 475 6189)
Barber, Samuel arr Parkin: Sure on This Shining Night - Sheku Kanneh-Mason (cello), Isata Kanneh-Mason (piano) (Decca 4851630)
Porter, Cole: In the Still of the Night - Jessye Norman (sop), Boston Pops/John Williams (Philips 422 893)
Three to Seven
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