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Listener Request: Audrey's pipe dream
5 Apr 2024The pipes were calling for our listener Audrey, but she wasn't calling for the pipes. Read more Audio
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Liszt, Dante and nursery rhymes
4 Apr 2024Young, gifted and into the classics as well as classical music. Bryan Crump talks with the pianist Otis Prescott-Mason. Read more Video, Audio
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Moment of Calm: Calming like a Kaka.
3 Apr 2024Maybe a bit on the raucous side, but still, we think there's something calming about a bit of Kaka cacophony. Read more Audio
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Bringing a bit of Guarneri to Canterbury
3 Apr 2024German-born Tobi Widemann talks to Bryan Crump about the art of violin making. Read more Audio
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Island life with a classical twist
2 Apr 2024Tania Frazer and Amalia Hall are bringing a new chamber music festival to Waiheke Island. Read more Audio
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New community, same credo
28 Mar 2024Julian Raphael talks about bringing the spirit of community singing to Taranaki, where participation is key (even if you're slightly off). Read more Video, Audio
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Moment of Calm: The hissing of late summer lawns
27 Mar 2024As we slip into autumn we invite you to relax to the sound of late summer. Read more Audio
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The very talented Mr Carter
27 Mar 2024NZ pianist and cellist Benjamin Carter has won a scholarship to study music at London's Royal College of Music, and no, he hasn't decided which instrument to specialise in. Maybe he never will. Read more Video, Audio
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Inmo Yang and the Korean trifecta
26 Mar 2024Brilliant young Korean violinist Inmo Yang is bringing the music of Korean composer Unsuk Chin to Auckland. Read more Video, Audio
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Sacred, profane and profound
25 Mar 2024Organist and Music Director of St Paul's Cathedral Wellington, Michael Stewart, who is also Music Director of The Tudor Consort, talks about Holy Week, his busiest time of the year. Read more Video, Audio
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Maria Grenfell: Music for both sides of the Tasman
22 Mar 2024Ahead of the performance of her orchestral work "Stealing Tutunui", the Australasian composer Maria Grenfell drops by RNZ's Christchurch Studio to chat with Concert host Bryan Crump. Read more Video, Audio
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Listener request: A touch of Iceland in the Mackenzie
22 Mar 2024This week's Three to Seven listener request came from the Mackenzie Country, but there was more than a hint of Iceland about it. Read more Audio
19 December 2025
with Bryan Crump
Handel, George Frideric: Concerto Grosso in C, Alexander's Feast (4) - Simon Standage (violin), Micaela Comberti (violin), Anthony Pleeth (cello), English Concert/Trevor Pinnock (hpschd/dir) (Archiv 415 291)
Glennie, Evelyn: A Little Prayer - Evelyn Glennie (marimba) (RCA 60242-2-RC)
Schubert, Franz: Symphony No 3 in D D200 (3) - Chamber Orchestra of Europe/Claudio Abbado (DG 423 653)
Giddens, Rhiannon: Build A House - Rhiannon Giddens (voice, banjo), Yo-Yo Ma (cello), Francesco Turrisi (percussion) (Nonesuch)
McLeod, Jenny: Rock Sonata No 1 (3) - Stephen de Pledge (piano) (Atoll ACD223)
Hovhaness, Alan: Symphony No 60, To the Appalachian Mountains (4) - Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra/Gerard Schwarz (Naxos 8.559294)
Sieber, Ignazio: Recorder Sonata No 8 in G minor (4) Allemanda. Allegro - Tabea Debus (recorder), La Serenissima/Adrian Chandler (vln/dir) (Signum SIGCD918)
Saint-Georges, Joseph Bologne Chevalier de: Symphony Concertante in G Op 13 - Jiri Zilak (violin), Jan Motlik (viola), Pilsen Radio Symphony Orchestra/Frantisek Preisler jnr (Avenira AV 9988)
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Bach, Johann Sebastian: Orchestral Suite No 3 in D BWV1068 (5) - English Concert/Trevor Pinnock (Archiv 423 492)
Beethoven, Ludwig van: Cello Sonata No 2 in G minor Op 5/2 (3) - Adrian Brendel (cello), Alfred Brendel (piano) (Philips 475 379)
Traditional arr Sullivan: It came upon a midnight clear - Choir of Merton College Oxford, Alexander Little (organ)/Benjamin Nicholas (Delphian DCD34192)
Psathas, John: Piano Quintet (3) - Amalia Hall (violin), Robert Ashworth (viola), New Zealand Chamber Soloists (Atoll ACD 542)
Chabrier, Emmanuel: Fête Polonaise, from Le Roi malgré lui - Detroit Symphony Orchestra/Neeme Järvi (CHANDOS CHAN 9227)
Monteverdi, Claudio: Sì dolce è 'l tormento - Philippe Jaroussky (countertenor), L'Arpeggiata, Christina Pluhar (theorbo/director) (Virgin 2 36140)
Vaughan Williams, Ralph orch Jacob: English Folk Song Suite - III. Folk songs from Somerset - Royal Liverpool Philharmonic/James Judd (Naxos 8.572304)
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Rummel, Joseph: Rondo Turque - Berlin Recorder Orchestra/Simon Borutzki (Klanglogo 2018)
Cavalli, Pietro Francesco: Kyrie, from Missa 1660 - Stéphanie Revidat (soprano), Anne Magouët (soprano); Pascal Bertin (alto), Paulin Bündgen (alto); Martial Pauliat (tenor), Vincent Bouchot (tenor), Renaud Brès (bass), Renaud Delaigue (bass), Galilei Consort/Benjamin Chénier (Château de Versailles Spectacles CVS006)
Tailleferre, Germaine: La nouvelle Cythere (3) Galop - Brillaner Duo (Pan Classics PC10225)
Schumann, Robert: Fantasy in C Op 17 (2) - Marc-André Hamelin (piano) (Hyperion CDA 67166)
Dvořák, Antonín: Leave me alone Op 82/1 - Andrew Joyce (cello), Rae de Lisle (piano) (Atoll ACD280)
Crouch, Shawn: Lullaby - Chanticleer (Warner Classics 2564683247)
Humperdinck, Engelbert: Overture, from Hansel & Gretel - ASMF/Neville Marriner (Philips 456 576)
Dowland, John: Fantasia No 7 - Matthew Marshall (guitar) (RNZ UA16)
Schubert, Franz: Piano Sonata No 13 in A D664 (1) - Mitsuko Uchida (piano) (Philips 470 265)
Marais, Marin: March, air & tambourin pour les Matelots - Le Concert des Nations/Jordi Savall (Auvidis Fontalis ES 9903)
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Boccherini, Luigi: String Quartet in G G223, La Tiranna (2) - Ensemble 415 (HARMONIA MUNDI HMC 90 1334)
Rodrigo, Joaquín: Concierto andaluz - Los Angeles Guitar Quartet, Delaware Symphony Orchestra/David Amado (Telarc TEL 31754)
Bach, Johann Sebastian: Cantata No 150, Nach dir, herr, verlanget mich (7) - Gillian Keith (soprano), Daniel Taylor (countertenor), Charles Daniels (tenor), Stephen Varcoe (bass), Monteverdi Choir, English Baroque Soloists/John Eliot Gardiner (Soli Deo Gloria SDG 131)
Shostakovich, Dmitri: Tahiti Trot Op 16 - Philadelphia Orchestra/Mariss Jansons (EMI CDC 5 55601)
Guerrero, Francisco: Di Perra Mora - La Capella Reial de Catalunya, Hespèrion XXI/Jordi Savall (Alia Vox AV 9834)
Grainger, Percy: The Lads of Wamphray March - Royal Northern College of Music Wind Orchestra/Clark Rundell (Chandos CHAN 9549)
Beethoven, Ludwig van: Piano Sonata No 8 in C minor Op 13, Pathétique (3) - Michael Houstoun (piano) (Rattle RAT D048)
Gibbons, Orlando: The Silver Swan - Phantasm (Avie AV 0032)
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