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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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Briar Prastiti
18 Aug 2023The current Composer-in-Residence at Lilburn House in Wellington talks with Bryan Crump about the importance of her Greek heritage, how she approaches composing and what she does to relax. Read more Audio
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Alan Brown: making waves
17 Aug 2023Ondulation is the latest album from Tāmaki Makaurau-based composer, keyboard player and performer Alan Brown. It's inspired by – and features – an electronic instrument called the Ondomo. Read more Audio
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Celebrating 150 years of UC in music
16 Aug 2023Mark Menzies, Head of Performance at Canterbury University's School of Music, talks with Bryan Crump about how the School is marking the University's 150th anniversary. Read more Audio
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'The fundamental thing about performing music is your passion for it'
15 Aug 2023"The fundamental thing about performing music is your passion for it and your sense of ownership of it, and that you're really expressing something that feels very true to you." Scottish pianist… Read more Audio
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The David Garrett vibe: innovation combined with tradition
14 Aug 2023German violinist David Garrett doesn't confine himself to "the bubble of classical music" for inspiration. As a crossover artist, he's performed pieces by Metallica, Queen and Coldplay, alongside… Read more Video, Audio
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The Adventures of Pat the Pātētē
11 Aug 2023Mezzo-soprano Catrin Johnsson is the narrator for a new work by Waikato composer Janet Jennings. It's a musical story about courage, guardianship and the environment around us. Read more Audio
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Manukau Songs: A Choral Symphony
10 Aug 2023Manukau Symphony Orchestra is celebrating its 30th anniversary this year. Their next concert includes a work by David Hamilton commissioned especially to mark the occasion. Read more Audio
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Bluebeard's Castle
9 Aug 2023"It's just an hour, but wow - what an hour!" says Lester Lynch. The US baritone is in New Zealand with UK soprano Susan Bullock to perform Bartok's opera Bluebeard's Castle in an innovative production… Read more Video, Audio
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Arohanui Strings celebrates 13 years of creating change through music
8 Aug 2023The Lower Hutt-based music education programme is marking the occasion with a day of musical celebrations. Programme Director Margaret Guldborg talks with Bryan Crump about what's planned. Read more Audio
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Hine Hōia: A Te Waipounamu take on The Soldier's Tale
7 Aug 2023Ōtautahi Christchurch-based writer and director Juanita Hepi talks with Bryan Crump about the multi-artform work, Hine Hōia, which is touring for Chamber Music New Zealand to five centres around the… Read more Audio
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Slow practice and sushi
4 Aug 2023Amalia Hall is performing Benjamin Britten's Violin Concerto in Orchestra Wellington's next concert. She talks with Bryan Crump about the work, and how she prepares on concert day. Read more Audio
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The evocative sound of the duduk
3 Aug 2023You might know the haunting sound of duduk from movie soundtracks such as Avatar, Dune and Gladiator. Duduk master Arsen Petrosyan joined Three to Seven host Bryan Crump from Armenia to talk about the… Read more Video, Audio
18 December 2025
with Bryan Crump
Debussy, Claude: Suite bergamasque (4) - Jean-Efflam Bavouzet (piano) (Chandos CHAN 10467)
Grieg, Edvard: Holberg Suite (1) - Serenata of London (IMP PCDS 2)
Cambini, Giuseppe Maria Gioacchino: Quintet No 2 in D minor (3) - Pentaèdre (Atma Classique ACD22847)
Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus: Concerto in F for three pianos K242 (1) - Katia Labèque, Marielle Labèque, Semyon Bychkov (piano trio), Berlin Philharmonic/Semyon Bychkov (Philips 426 241)
Ramírez, Ariel: Alfonsina y el mar - Lucilla Galeazzi (voice), L'Arpeggiata, Christina Pluhar (dir) (Erato 0709502)
Biber, Heinrich Ignaz Franz von: The Annunciation, from The Mystery Sonatas - John Holloway (violin), Tragicomedia (Virgin VCD 7 90838)
Chaminade, Cécile: Concert Piece for piano & orchestra Op 40 - Danny Driver (piano), BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra/Rebecca Miller (Hyperion CDA 68130)
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Mendelssohn, Felix: Song without Words Op 19/1 - Denis Kozhukhin (piano) (Pentatone PTC5186734)
Boccherini, Luigi: Cello Concerto in D G483 (1) - Sol Gabetta (cello), Cappella Gabetta/Andrés Gabetta (Decca 4832473)
Tchaikovsky, Pyotr Ilyich: Waltz, from Sleeping Beauty - New Zealand Symphony Orchestra/Varujan Kojian (KIWI CD SLC 222)
Strauss, Richard: Wiegenlied Op 41/1 - Renée Fleming (soprano), Houston Symphony Orchestra/Christoph Eschenbach (RCA 09026 68539)
Scriabin, Alexander: Prelude No 5 in D Op 11 - Jae Hong Park (piano) (Decca 4876798)
Dvořák, Antonín: Serenade in D minor for wind instruments Op 44 (4) - Nash Ensemble (CRD 3410)
Rozman, Anže, Talve, Kara, Zimmer, Hans, Christie, Andrew James: Hatzegopteryx Courtship - Studio orchestra (Lakeshore Records LKS36415)
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Grimsdottir, Bara: I will praise her and laud - Hljómeyki/Bernhardur Wilkinson (Iceland Music Centre SMK 23)
Talbot, Joby: The Flower Garden Part 2, from Alice's Adventures in Wonderland - Royal Philharmonic/Christopher Austin (Signum SIGCD 327)
Traditional arr Baker: Tarantella - Aquarelle Guitar Quartet (Chandos CHAN 10609)
Haydn, Franz Joseph: Symphony No 85 in Bb, La Reine (2) - Lower Austria Tonkünstler Orchestra/Kristjan Järvi (PREISER PR 90765)
Allegri, Lorenzo: Canario - L'Arpeggiata/Christina Pluhar (Virgin 6 94577)
Bosmans, Henriëtte: Nuit calme - Raphaela Gromes (cello), Julian Riem (piano) (Sony 19658710712)
Fasch, Johan Friedrich: Bassoon Concerto in C - Sergio Azzolini (bsn), La Stravaganza Cologne (CPO 777 015)
Paine, Bruce: Finchdean - Bruce Paine (guitar) (PRIVATE RECORDING BNP CD 04)
Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus: Symphony No 40 in G minor K550 (4) - English Chamber Orchestra/Daniel Barenboim (EMI CD EMX 2074)
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Rameau, Jean-Philippe: Contredance, from Les Boréades - Les Musiciens du Louvre/Marc Minkowski (Archiv 477 5578)
Glazunov, Alexander: Oriental Rhapsody - Montreal Symphony Orchestra (Decca 452 482)
Gage, Rikirangi: Hai ō mō Apanui - Matakāinga Artists (Te Matatini 2022)
Saint-Saëns, Camille: Prière - Emmanuelle Bertrand (cello), Pascal Amoyel (piano) (HARMONIA MUNDI HMC 90 1962)
Hidalgo, Juan: Esperar, Sentir, Morir - Mina Kanaridis (soprano), Australian Brandenburg Orchestra/Paul Dyer (ABC Classics ABC 4763828)
Schubert, Franz: Impromptu in Ab D899/4 - Maria João Pires (piano) (DG 457550)
Grieg, Edvard: Holberg Suite (4) - NZSO Chamber Orchestra/Donald Armstrong (dir) (RNZ UB11)
Wilson, Brian: Our Prayer - The Beach Boys (Capitol 791029)
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