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Shan Liu: From YouTube tutorials to concert recitals
15 Dec 2023At age 13, Shan Liu is the youngest winner so far of the Lewis Eady National Junior Piano Competition. Less than five years ago, he couldn't even read music. Read more Video, Audio
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Paul Weaver's second wind
Paul Weaver is in the middle of peak Christmas singing season, but it's a miracle he can sing at all. Read more Audio
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Songs of the turf
13 Dec 2023Dr Kimberly Cannady talks to Bryan Crump about her exploration of Iceland's historic turf houses, and how houses made of sods of earth affect the music made in them. Read more Video, Audio
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Preparing for the mother of all drum circles
12 Dec 2023Demetrius Savai'inaea is hoping to attract thousands of would-be percussionists to Auckland's Aotea Square next March for the mother of all drumming sessions. Read more Video, Audio
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Berlioz: Addicted to music, not drugs
Hector Berlioz was born 220 years ago on 11 December 1803. Was he the original protagonist of the musical rock 'n' roll lifestyle? Bryan Crump talks with Berlioz scholar Hugh Macdonald. Read more Video, Audio
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Christmas at the cathedral
8 Dec 2023"It's the most wonderful time of the year!" goes the popular Christmas song. David Morriss finds out what the lead-up to Christmas is like for Wellington Cathedral Music Director, Michael Stewart. Read more Audio
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Taking a walk on the dark side
7 Dec 2023It's been a good year for the brilliant young musician Henry Meng. First he placed second in the National Concerto Competition, now he's just won the Todd Young Composer Award for 2023. Read more Video, Audio
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Recording the magic, and making some of his own
6 Dec 2023Adrian Hollay is one of the talented behind-the-scenes people who bring you the wonderful recordings and live broadcasts made by RNZ Concert. He's also just released his own album of music. Read more Audio
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Cultivating the space where the art gets in
5 Dec 2023Bryan Crump speaks with pianist Antonio Pompa-Baldi ahead of his stint judging and performing in the Lewis Eady International Piano Festival. Read more Video, Audio
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Music professor hands over the baton
4 Dec 2023Peter Adams, a stalwart of the Dunedin music scene, is retiring as Music Professor at Otago University after more than 30 years with the institution. Read more Audio
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Auckland composer on capital assignment
1 Dec 2023Aucklander Eve de Castro-Robinson is Orchestra Wellington's Composer-in-Residence for 2024, and she won't even have to move south. Read more Video, Audio
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They're dancing to our music here
30 Nov 2023They met at Auckland Univesity, before heading off to opposite ends of the planet. Now composer Celeste Oram and conductor Tianyi Lu are collaborating on a new ballet in Switzerland. Read more Video, Audio
17 December 2025
with Bryan Crump
Kreisler, Fritz: Liebesfreud - Kyung-Wha Chung (violin), Philip Moll (piano) (Decca 417289)
Bizet, Georges: Carillon, from L'Arlésienne Suite No 1 - Ulster Orchestra/Yan Pascal Tortelier (Chandos CHAN 6693)
Fiala, Josef: Oboe Concerto in Bb (1) - Ingo Goritzki (oboe), Polish Chamber Philharmonic/Wojciech Rajski (Claves CD 50-9018)
Falla, Manuel de: Asturiana, from Seven Popular Spanish Songs - Dawn Harms (violin), Carolyn Mills (harp) (Atoll ACD 199)
Milano, Francesco da arr Lislevand: Canon, La Spagna - 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))
Holst, Gustav: Fantasia on the 'Dargason', from Suite No 2 for Military Band Op 28/2 - Royal Northern College of Music Wind Orchestra/Timothy Reynish (Chandos CHAN 9697)
Tchaikovsky, Pyotr Ilyich: Romeo & Juliet, Fantasy Overture - Russian National Orchestra/Mikhail Pletnev (PENTATONE PTC 5186 384)
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Ford, Ann: No 2, Duetto Siciliana, from Instructions for Playing on the Musical Glasses in C - La Rêveuse/Benjamin Perrot (dir) (Harmonia Mundi HMM905380)
Beethoven, Ludwig van: Piano Trio No 4 in Bb Op 11 (1) - Peter Schmidl (clarinet), Friedrich Dolezal (cello), Erich Binder (pno (Decca 414 576)
Lilburn, Douglas: Suite for orchestra (5) - New Zealand Symphony Orchestra/John Hopkins (KIWI CD SLD 100)
Amirov, Fikret Nazirova, Elmira: Piano Concerto after Arabian themes (3) - Farhad Badalbeyli (piano), Royal Philharmonic/Dmitry Yablonsky (Naxos 8.572666)
Vejvanovský, Pavel Josef: Balletti in five parts - Ars Antiqua Austria/Gunar Letzbor (dir) (SYMPHONIA SY 96151)
Stanford, Charles Villiers: Beati quorum via, from Three Latin Motets Op 38 - Choir of Trinity College, Cambridge/Richard Marlow (dir) (Conifer CDCF 155)
Chopin, Frédéric: Impromptu No 1 in Ab Op 29 - Angela Hewitt (piano) (Hyperion CDA 67371/2)
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Pierpoint, James: Jingle Bells - Graduate Choir/Terence Maskell (Atoll ACD 308)
Crusell, Bernhard Henrik: Clarinet Concerto No 1 in Eb Op 1 (3) - Michael Collins (cl/director), Swedish Chamber Orchestra (CHANDOS CHSA 5187)
Dring, Madeleine arr Setchell: Caribbean Dance - Martin Setchell (organ) (Pipeline Press PP2)
Goulet, Maxime: Coffee-Infused Chocolate, from Symphonic Chocolates - Prague FILMharmonic Orchestra/Adam Klemens (Maxime Goulet 2014)
Goss, Stephen: The Albéniz Concerto (1) - Xuefei Yang (guitar), Barcelona Symphony Orchestra/Eiji Oue (EMI 6 98361)
Handel, George Frideric: Lascia ch'io pianga, from Rinaldo - Collegium Musicum 90/Simon Standage (Chandos CHAN 0650)
Foulds, John: Music-Pictures Group 6 Op 81, Gaelic Melodies - Kathryn Stott (piano) (BIS CD 933)
Haugen, Gjermund: Tjønneblomen - Danish String Quartet (ECM 4815746)
Traditional Danish: Minuet No 60 - Danish String Quartet (ECM 4815746)
Ravel, Maurice: Pavane for a Dead Princess - Philadelphia Orchestra/Eugene Ormandy (SONY MLK 64067)
Anonymous: Ninna nanna alla Napoletana - Philippe Jaroussky (countertenor), L'Arpeggiata/Christina Pluhar (Virgin 6 94577)
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Weiner, Leó: String Trio in G minor Op 6 (2) - Trio Boccherini (BIS BIS2107)
Brahms, Johannes: Clarinet Sonata in Eb Op 120/2 - Jon Manasse (clarinet), Jon Nakamatsu (piano) (HARMONIA MUNDI HMU 90 7430)
Kats-Chernin, Elena: Russian Rag - Sydney Alpha Ensemble (ABC Classics ABC 4817995)
Bach, Johann Sebastian: Sinfonia, from Cantata No 42, Am Abend aber desselbigen Sabbats - Bach Collegium Japan/Masaaki Suzuki (BIS SACD1611)
Dvořák, Antonín: Piano Trio No 4 in E minor Op 90, Dumky (1) - Ogen Trio (OGEN OG 0010)
Martin y Soler, Vicente: Sinfonia - Le Concert des Nations/Jordi Savall (Auvidis Fontalis ES 9903)
Berlioz, Hector: The Shepherds' Farewell, from The Childhood of Christ, Op. 25 - Choir of Merton College Oxford, Oxford Philharmonic Orchestra/Benjamin Nicholas (Delphian DCD34192)
Kelly, Victoria: Requiem (2) He Taurere - Anika Moa (voice), choir & ensemble (Private P002915)
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