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APO makes change ahead of concert
1:00 PM.The Auckland Philharmonia Orchestra has made a change ahead of Thursday's Pathétique concert featuring works by Ligeti and Tchaikovsky. Concert Master Andrew Beer tells us what to expect. Read more Audio
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On tour with the NZ Guitar Quartet
1:00 PM.Fresh from tours to China and Australia the New Zealand Guitar Quartert is gearing up for a tour of their home soil. They chat to David Morriss about their repertoire, travels and working closely… Read more Audio
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Big Sing gets even bigger
The Big Sing’s National Director John Rosser and former competitor Te Ohorere Williams talk with David Morriss about this year's regional competitions.
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Michael Hill International Violin Competition - what the judges are looking for
1:00 PM.The six finalists have been found for the Michael Hill International Violin Competition, but what are the judges looking for? Judge James Ehnes gives us some insight. Read more Audio
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Daybreak Book Corner: Tales from the Opera
8:45 AM.Alexander McCall Smith, Kate Atkinson and Jeanette Winterson are just some of the writers taking inspiration from the world of opera in the collection of short stories Midsummer Nights, Tales from the… Read more Audio
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Rako Pasefika - putting Rotuma on the map
1:30 PM.Rako Pasefika is a performing arts group, based in Fiji, representing the small Pacific island of Rotuma. They're currently Artists in Residence in Auckland as part of the Pacific Dance Festival. Read more Audio, Gallery
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Review: Brodsky Quartet
1:00 PM.Brodsky Quartet returns to New Zealand with a new member. Elizabeth Kerr was at the Michael Fowler Centre last night. Read more Audio
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Kiwi soprano performs Bic Runga's first classical piece
10:35 AM.Acclaimed New Zealand soprano Anna Leese is set to perform Bic Runga's first classical piece during a three-centre concert tour with Tākiri Ensemble . Read more Video, Audio
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Stabat Mater
1:00 PM.Brian Kay looks at the various ways composers have set the words of the Stabat Mater Read more Audio
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University of Auckland's new "virtual organ"
1:50 PM.Associate Professor James Tibbles, renowned organist and historic keyboards expert, has been instrumental in creating a virtual organ for his students at the University of Auckland School of Music… Read more Audio
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Jessica Chiccehitto Hindman: Milli Vanilli on the violin
11:06 AM.Jessica Chiccehitto Hindman thought she'd achieved a lifelong dream when she landed a job as a professional violinist but she was unwittingly part of a musical sham. Read more Audio
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Bringing the electric feel to Auckland
12:00 PM.Cynthia Millar, specialist performer on the ondes martenot, brings her electrifying performance to Auckland this week. We look back to her last visit to NZ in 2003. Read more Video, Audio
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Musical events a major focus of Auckland Writers Festival
1:00 PM.Auckland Writers Festival director Anne O’Brien previews this year’s programme. Read more Audio
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Medical professionals use their passion for music to raise money for cancer research
1:00 PM.Trio Pohádka is a group of Auckland chamber musicians who also happen to be doctors and medical researchers. They are expanding their brief to give concerts to raise money for cancer research to… Read more Audio
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Climbing the Everest of the Harpsichord
1:00 PM.Michael Stewart – Director of Music at the Wellington Cathedral of St Paul and well-known organist - nears the end of his harpsichord challenge: this week he will give the nineteenth concert in his… Read more Audio
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Grammy winners Silk Road in NZ for the first time
Risk, learning and sharing remain fundamental to the joy for both players and audiences of the Grammy winning ensemble Silkroad, says Jeffrey Beecher, co-artistic director. Silkroad play Auckland… Read more Video, Audio
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A vibrant, funny, and fast-moving show that had the audience laughing and gasping with wonder
1:00 PM.Komische Oper Berlin and 1927 present Mozart's opera The Magic Flute at Auckland Arts Festival. Read more Audio
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Best of Berlioz: Five fantastique faves
1:25 PM.Dr Inge van Rij, Associate Professor (Musicology) at the New Zealand School of Music, shares some of her favourite pieces by Berlioz to mark 150 years since the composer’s death. Read more Video, Audio
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Manukau Symphony to premiere radical Warwick Blair work
12:00 AM.A new orchestral work by Wawrick Blair comes with the explicit instruction from its composer “no conductor”. Instead, each player is asked to play each note to their own interpretation of when it… Read more Audio
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Audience erupts with joy as CSO reopens the Christchurch Town Hall
1:00 PM.The Christchurch Symphony Orchestra's Phoenix concert launched their concert season and the restored Town Hall in fine style. Read more Audio
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The story behind the sound of the rebuilt Christchurch Town Hall
1:00 PM.Zoe George talks with David Morriss about the significance of the reopening of the Christchurch town hall. Sir Harold Marshall discusses his design of the hall's world class acoustics. We hear… Read more Audio
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Auckland Festival puts Waiata Māori at the heart of their program
2:00 PM.Two Auckland Festival shows in March put waiata Māori front and centre - a free sing-along event in Aotea Square called Tira, and another called Tōku Reo Waiata. The brains behind the shows, Tama… Read more Video, Audio
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RNZB star dancer Abigail Boyle to go out on a high
12:45 PM.Royal New Zealand Ballet’s principal ballerina Abigail Boyle has announced her retirement after more than 13 years. Abigail's swan song will be in the new work Artemis Rising created specially for her… Read more
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James Crabb - Accordion virtuoso
9:06 AM.Scottish born James Crabb is widely regarded as one of the world's leading ambassadors of the classical accordion. Crabb was professor of classical accordion at the Royal Danish Academy of Music… Read more Audio