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12:10 PM.Singers from the 'Opera in a Days Bay Garden' production of Mozart's The Marriage of Figaro being performed in Wellington next weekend. Audio

3:20 PM.Is this the last weekend of Summer. Bob explains. Audio

1:05 PM.Reviews the Auckland Philharmonia Orchestra's performance under Eckehard Stier from last night at the Auckland Town Hall with pianist Eugene Mursky. Audio

12:40 PM.Experimental music contributor looks at new releases from Carlos Giffoni, Rhys Chatham, and 'Glands of External Secretion'. Audio

12:25 PM.New Zealand documentary film-maker with 2 films being shown in the 2010 Documentary Edge Film Festival which opens in Auckland tonight. Audio

1:10 PM.Contributing composer and type-setter of Sunrise Music Trust's new collection of New Zealand piano pieces 'Take Flight'. Audio

12:30 PM.The new Executive Director of the Associated Board of the Royal Schools of Music, who's visiting New Zealand from Britain. Audio

1:00 PM.Royal New Zealand Ballet choreographer discusses his work A Song in the Dark premiering in Dunedin tomorrow night in the company's 'From Here to There'. Audio

12:40 PM.Our New Zealand music contributor looks at a recently released CD of Lyell Cresswell's work performed by the NZSO on the NAXOS label. Audio

12:15 PM.Russian virtuoso pianist who'll debut with the Auckland Philharmonia Orchestra tomorrow night, and appears with the Southern Sinfonia in Dunedin next Saturday. Audio

1:00 PM.Paris based New Zealand composer whose work will be performed next week as part of the 10th Paris Oboe Festival. Audio

12:40 PM.Jazz contributor talks about pianist Dave Grusin. Audio

12:15 PM.New York based British installation artist who's in New Zealand as part of the NZ International Arts Festival with his work of 'Solid Light'. Audio

1:23 PM.Part 4 of 'He Ara Puoro - A Pathway of Song' . Audio

1:10 PM.Asia:NZ Foundation's Director of Culture talks about the Chinese Lantern Festival held in Auckland and Christchurch over the next 2 weeks. Audio

12:44 PM.Talks about the Ukrainian Bandura - harp/zither/lute instrument dating back to the 6th century. Audio

12:13 PM.Auckland Philharmonia composer in residence talks about his recent trip to the Winnipeg New Music Festival where he was Distiguished Guest Composer. Audio

1:00 PM.Director and choreographer of Wellington's 'Crows Feet Dance Collective' talks about their new show How to be a Domestic Goddess.. Audio

12:40 PM.UK writer and director of 'Between the Devil and the Deep Blue Sea' which comes to New Zealand next month with the New Zealand International Arts Festival. Audio

12:15 PM.Member's of the German orchestra that's currently touring New Zealand. Audio

1:10 PM.Triple strung harpist who's returned for a nationwide tour of New Zealand from his new home in the UK. Audio

12:41 PM.Reviews of the 2 recently published books; Bruce Russells 'Left Handed Blows' and Nick Bollinger's '100 Essential New Zealand Albums'. Audio

12:15 PM.Organiser of the St Andrews on the Terrace 'Season of Concert's' which will run alongside the NZInternational Arts Festival in Wellington next month. Audio

12:07 PM.The Minister of Arts Culture and Heritage explains the new changes to Creative New Zealand. Audio

1:15 PM.Producer Robbie Ellis accompanies Wellington's Fringe Festival Parade. Audio