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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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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
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Catching them when they're young
We tend to focus on the masters, but every musician has to start somewhere. And that's when Christopher Norton comes to the fore. Read more Video, Audio
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A child of the counter-revolution
27 Nov 2023Stephen Diaz had to base himself in Europe to become a professional countertenor, but that doesn't stop him from coming back to Aotearoa when he can. Read more Audio
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Thabani Gapara: The accidental Aotearoan
24 Nov 2023Zimbabwe-born saxophone player Thabani Gapara is embracing the opportunities afforded him by his adopted homeland. Read more Audio
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A hundred years of Disney scores
23 Nov 2023The Walt Disney Company turned a hundred last month. Cultural historian Dr Malcolm Cook talks to Bryan Crump about the role music's played in the company's success. Read more Video, Audio
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The second coming of Matilda The Musical
22 Nov 2023A brand new production of Tim Minchin's awarding-winning show is returning to Auckland next year. Bryan Crump talks with director Grant Meese. Read more Audio
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