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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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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
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From Mozart to the marimba
3 Oct 2025Freelance percussionist Naoto Segawa talks about the march that put him on the road to becoming a professional musician. Read more Video, Audio
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Seeking brass in pocket
2 Oct 2025The Christchurch music institution, Woolston Brass, is fundraising to rebuild its quake damaged bandrooms. Read more Video, Audio
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Moment of Calm: For whom the bell tolls.
1 Oct 2025There's something soothing about the sound of a town hall clock on a Sunday morning. This one is in Auckland. Read more Audio
08 December 2025
with Bryan Crump
Howell, Dorothy: Three Divertissements (3) - BBC Concert Orchestra/Rebecca Miller (Signum SIGCD763)
Charpentier, Marc-Antoine: Kyrie, from Messe de Minuit - Ensemble Correspondances, Jordan Mouaïssia (tenor), Etienne Bazola (baritone)/Sébastien Daucé (Harmonia mundi HMM902707)
Villa-Lobos, Heitor: Bachianas Brasileiras No 5 (1) Aria - Jeremias Fliedl & Württembergisches Kammerorchester Heilbronn & Emmanuel Tjeknavorian (Berlin Classics 0303274BC)
Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus: Serenade No 10 in Bb K361, Gran Partita (5) - members of Orchestra of St Luke's/Charles Mackerras (TELARC CD 80359)
Britten, Benjamin: String Quartet No 2 in C Op 36 (2) - Emerson String Quartet (Decca 4815204)
Massenet, Jules: Orchestral Suite No 7 (4) - National Philharmonic/Richard Bonynge (Decca 430 636)
Mendelssohn, Felix: String Quartet No 1 in Eb Op 12 (2) - New Zealand String Quartet (Naxos 8.570001)
Bach, Johann Sebastian: Violin Concerto in E BWV1042 - Akiko Suwanai (vln/director), Chamber Orchestra of Europe (Philips 475 6934)
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Joplin, Scott arr Kunzel: The Entertainer - William Tritt (piano), Keith Lockhart (piano), Cincinnati Pops Orchestra/Erich Kunzel (TELARC CD 80112)
Haydn, Franz Joseph: Symphony No 92 in G, Oxford (4) - Freiburg Baroque Orchestra/René Jacobs (HARMONIA MUNDI HMC 90 1849)
Williams, Grace Mary: Penillion (1) - Ray Allan (trumpet), Royal Philharmonic/Charles Groves (Lyrita SRCD 323)
Traditional: Hop High Ladies / June Apple Reel - Apollo's Fire (Avie AV2396)
Rossini, Gioachino: Overture, from The Barber of Seville - ASMF/Neville Marriner (Philips 412 893)
Traditional: Jockie leaped over the dyke (Balcarres Lute Book) - Ronn McFarlane (lute) (Dorian 790257)
Zelenka, Jan Dismas: Sonata No 3 in Bb for oboe, violin & bassoon (2) - Theo Plath (bassoon), Armand Djikoloum (oboe), Olivier Stankiewicz (oboe), continuo (Challenge Classics CC72977)
Pollack, Lew arr Gale: That's a-plenty - BonaNZa Trombone Quartet (RATA RT 011)
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Lilburn, Douglas: Bagatelle No 5 - Dan Poynton (piano) (Trust MMT 2068-69)
Bach, Johann Sebastian: Erbarme Dich, from St Matthew Passion - Lisa Batiashvili (vln/director), François Leleux (oboe d'amore), Chamber Orchestra of Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra (DG 479 2479)
Erwin, Ralph: Ich küsse ihre Hand, Madame - Jonas Kaufmann (tenor), Czech National Symphony Orchestra/Jochen Rieder (Sony 19658811552)
Albinoni, Tomaso: Concerto No 4 in G in six parts Op 2/8 - La Serenissima/Adrian Chandler (dir) (Avie AV 2106)
Gershwin, George / Donaldson, Will arr Ryden: Rialto Ripples - Stefano Bollani (piano), Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra/Riccardo Chailly (Decca 478 2739)
Ešenvalds, Ēriks: Stars - Choir of Pembroke College, Cambridge, Anna Lapwood (organ) (Sony 19658831402)
Sainz de la Masa, Regino: Zapateado - Bruce Paine (guitar) (PRIVATE RECORDING BNP 02 CD)
Brahms, Johannes: Piano Quartet No 2 in A Op 26 (4) - Nash Ensemble (ONYX 4045)
Grieg, Edvard orch Sitt: Norwegian Dances Op 35 (1) - Estonian National Symphony Orchestra/Paavo Järvi (Virgin 3 44722)
Handel, George Frideric: Air and variations, 'The Harmonious Blacksmith', from Keyboard Suite No 5 in E HWV430 - Murray Perahia (piano) (Sony SK 62785)
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Mussorgsky, Modest: Gopak, from Soronchinsky Fair - Detroit Symphony Orchestra/Neeme Järvi (CHANDOS CHAN 9227)
Bruch, Max: Concerto in E minor for clarinet & viola Op 88 - Paul Meyer (clarinet), Gérard Caussé (viola), Lyon Opera Orchestra/Kent Nagano (Erato 2292-45483)
Dalza, Joan Ambrosio: Calata ala spagnola - Piffaro (Archiv 453 441)
Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus: Fragment in Eb K370b - Sarah Willis (horn), Havana Lyceum Orchestra/José Antonio Méndez Padrón (ALPHA ALPHA578)
Psathas, John: Island Songs (3) - New Zealand Chamber Soloists (Atoll ACD 542)
Bartók, Béla: Concerto for Orchestra (5) - Cleveland Orchestra/George Szell (SONY MHK 63124)
Grandval, Marie: Deux pièces - Luigi Magistrelli (clarinet), Claudia Bracco (piano), Il Cenacolo della Chimera (VDE-Gallo GALLO CD-1355)
Rodgers & Hammerstein: If I loved you, from Carousel - Sierra Boggess (soprano), Julian Ovenden (bass-baritone), The John Wilson Orchestra (EMI 319301)
Three to Seven
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