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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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Soprano Felicity Tomkins
25 Jul 2025New Zealand opera singer Felicity Tomkins talks with RNZ Concert's Andrew Clark about some of her career highlights so far, and 'Opera in the Cathedral': a showcase of outstanding young emerging… Read more Audio
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From Siberia to the South Pacific
24 Jul 2025Russian-born cellist Lev Sivkov talks about his latest tour of New Zealand playing chamber music and the solo role in Britten's Cello Symphony. Read more Audio
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Moment of Calm: Bird song in the big city
23 Jul 2025As a big Aussie city sleeps, a rubbish truck passes by while a bird sings. Read more Audio
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Clearing a path through the noise
22 Jul 2025Icelandic composer and techno musician Ólafur Arnalds talks to RNZ Concert ahead of a one-off gig at Auckland's Power Station. Read more Video, Audio
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Charlotte Naden: professional bassoonist, free time fiddler
21 Jul 2025Kiwi bassoon player Charlotte Naden talks about her "hobby" which will soon see her playing the fiddle at this year's Royal Edinburgh Military Tattoo. Read more Video, Audio
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Bringing opera to the people
18 Jul 2025Zane Berghuis talks to RNZ Concert about his work in opera outreach. Read more Audio
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When musical worlds combine
18 Jul 2025Singer and composer Geneva AM and arranger and double bass player Eric Scholes talk about turning a waiata into a striking piece of classical chamber music. Read more Video, Audio
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Moment of Calm: By the billabong
16 Jul 2025RNZ Concert host Bryan Crump is down by a billabong for this week's "Sonic" Moment of Calm. Read more Audio
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Winds in Wellington
16 Jul 2025Ahead of this year's National Concert Band Festival, its coordinator James Bevin talks with RNZ Concert's Bryan Crump. Read more Video, Audio
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Late starter, strong finisher
15 Jul 2025Abhinath Berry didn't start having regular piano lessons until his mid/late teens. Now he's on the cusp of a professional career. Read more Video, Audio
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Perianes plays French and Spanish masterpieces
14 Jul 2025Distinguished Spanish pianist Javier Perianes is in New Zealand for concerts with the New Zealand Symphony Orchestra and the Auckland Philharmonia. Read more Video, Audio
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Hamilton Flute Festival
11 Jul 2025It's all about the flute in Hamilton this weekend. RNZ Concert's Andrew Clark speaks with the festival's founder, Kathryn Orbell. Read more Video, Audio
03 December 2025
with Bryan Crump
Mendelssohn, Felix: A Midsummer Night's Dream, Intermezzo - London Philharmonic/Andrew Litton (EMI CD EMX 9518)
Anonymous: Je vous dis que je vous aime - Les Kapsber'girls (Alpha ALPHA761)
Smyth, Ethel: String Quintet in E Op 1 (1) - Mannheim String Quartet, Joachim Griesheimer (cello) (CPO 999 352)
Ravel, Maurice: Laideronnette, Empress of the Pagodas, from Mother Goose Suite - BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra/Ilan Volkov (BBC Music BBC MM 300)
Ritchie, John: Suite No 1 for string orchestra (1) - NZSO Chamber Orchestra/Donald Armstrong (TRUST MMT 2040)
Schumann, Robert: Symphony No 1 in Bb Op 38, Spring (3) - Orchestre Révolutionnaire et Romantique/John Eliot Gardiner (Archiv 457 591)
Chopin, Frédéric: Waltz in Ab Op 42 - Alice Sara Ott (piano) (DG 477 8095)
Rutter, John: Suite Antique - Christopher D Lewis (harpsichord), John McMurtery (flute), West Side Chamber Orchestra/Kevin Mallon (Naxos 8.573146)
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Debussy, Claude: Beau soir - Pablo Ferrández (cello), Julien Quentin (piano) (Sony 19802898632)
Brahms, Johannes: Symphony No 2 in D Op 73 (3) - Chamber Orchestra of Europe/Yannick Nézet-Séguin (DG 4866000)
Statham, Keith: Suite for flute & string quartet (4) - Ariana Lis (flute), Puertas Quartet (Atoll ACD 881)
Evans, Bill arr Distler: Song for Helen - Jean-Yves Thibaudet (piano) (Decca 455 512)
Weber, Carl Maria von: Bassoon Concerto in F Op 75 (2) - Karen Geoghegan (bsn), BBC Philharmonic/Juanjo Mena (Chandos CHAN 10748)
Vaughan Williams, Ralph: Silent Noon, from The House of Life - Benjamin Appl (baritone), James Baillieu (piano) (SONY 88985393032)
Strauss II, Johann: Overture, from Die Fledermaus - Vienna Philharmonic/Willi Boskovsky (Decca 421 170)
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Krommer, Franz: Allegro (3) Partita 'Concerto for 2 horns' - Josef Triebensee Ensemble/Jeroen Weierink (ETCETERA KTC 1141)
Rameau, Jean-Philippe: Naïs, Suite (8) - Orchestra of the 18th Century/Frans Brüggen (GLOSSA GCD C 81106)
Hespe, George: The Three Musketeers: D'Artagnan, Soldier of Fortune - National Youth Brass Band of New Zealand/Nigel Weeks (Trust MMT 2049)
Haydn, Franz Joseph: Overture, from Il mondo della luna - Chamber Orchestra of Europe/Claudio Abbado (DG 4778117)
Lalo, Édouard: Guitarre Op 28 - Akiko Suwanai (violin), Philharmonia (Philips 475 6189)
Bhattacharya, Debashish: Chahat (Longing) - Debashish Bhattacharya (slide guitar) (Riverboat 330053)
Grainger, Percy: Dreamery - BBC Philharmonic/Richard Hickox (Chandos CHAN 9584)
Handel, George Frideric: Harp Concerto in Bb HWV294 (1) - Maxine Eilander (harp), Tafelmusik/Jeanne Lamon (dir) (Analekta AN 2 9811)
Traditional arr Jarkko Riihimäki: Evening song - Lisa Batiashvili (violin), Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra/Nikoloz Rachveli (DG 4838586)
Foster, Stephen Collins arr Ungar/Mason/Alpher: Hard times, come again no more - Thomas Hampson (baritone), Mark Rust, Garrison Keillor (vocals), Molly Mason (dbass/vocalist), Jay Ungar (violin), Tony Trischka (banjo), David Alpher (piano) (EMI 3 82225)
Nazareth, Ernesto: Resignação - Australia Ensemble (Tall Poppies TP266)
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Prokofiev, Sergei: Toccata in D minor Op 11 - Martha Argerich (piano) (DG 461 858)
Dove, Jonathan: Flute Concerto, The Magic Flute Dances - Emily Beynon (flute), BBC Welsh National Orchestra/Bramwell Tovey (Chandos CHAN 10718)
Abreu, José Gomes de arr Silvetti: Tico Tico No Fubá - Daniel Barenboim (piano), Robert Kassinger (double bass), Cyro Baptista (percussion) (Teldec 3984 21482)
Bach, Carl Philipp Emanuel: Keyboard Sonata in G Wq62/19 - Mikhail Pletnev (piano) (DG 459 614)
Stamitz, Johann: Orchestral Trio in A Op 1/2 (2) - New Zealand Chamber Orchestra/Donald Armstrong (vln/dir) (Naxos 8.553213)
Saint-Saëns, Camille: Phaéton - Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra/Lorin Maazel (SONY SK 53979)
Hahn, Reynaldo: Le rossignol des lilas À Chloris - Susan Graham (mezzo), Roger Vignoles (piano) (Sony SK 60168)
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