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1:00 PM.Julia Waite, co-curator of Gordon Walters: New Vision, a major retrospective of art by one of New Zealand’s foremost modern artists at Auckland Art Gallery, plays five pieces of music to illustrate… Read more Audio, Gallery

12:00 PM.Julia Waite has an overview of the sixty year career of contemporary artist Gordon Walters and it’s International Cat Day so our ballet feature by Jean Françaix is “The Ladies of the Night”, subtitled… Read more

12:00 PM.Upbeat begins a series of Tuesday Proms matinee broadcasts starting today with BBC New Generation Artists the Calidore String Quartet and pianist Javier Perianes.

And we have the second part of our… Read more

1:20 PM.Violinist, teacher and former NZSO Concertmaster Wilma Smith led the judging panel for the 2018 NZCT Chamber Music Contest National Final this year along with Klara Kollektiv (clarinettist Anna… Read more Audio

12:00 PM.The 2018 BBC Proms arrive today on RNZ Concert: we preview what’s in store for RNZ Concert listeners. We feature the winners of the NZCT Chamber Music Contest Te Ahi Kaa from Northland and speak with… Read more

1:00 PM.Violinist Manu Berkeljon and clarinet player Anna McGregor are Kiwi components of Swedish based chamber music trio Klara Kollektiv. The ensemble formed in 2017 and is coming to the end of a regional… Read more Audio

12:00 PM.New Zealand clarinetist Anna McGregor and fellow Kiwi violinist Manu Berkeljon from the Swedish based Klara Kollectiv discuss their tour and judging the NZCT Chamber Music Contest this weekend. And we… Read more

1:00 PM.US based Kiwi violist Tim Deighton brings his talent home to perform the world premiere of Anthony Ritchie’s Viola Concerto No 2 with Dunedin Symphony Orchestra. He discusses his award winning… Read more Audio

12:00 PM.Kiwi violist Tim Deighton talks world premieres and teaching, we listen to Debussy and Ravel in our feature series History through The Piano and the UK is to hold its first Vaughan Williams festival.

1:30 PM.The NZ International Film Festival is in its 50^th year in Auckland and has a rich history of screening - among many other genres – movies focused on music.

Shaun D Wilson and Festival director Bill… Read more Audio

1:00 PM.A live orchestra will accompany a screening of silent film The General as part of the New Zealand International Film Festival. Conductor Peter Scholes explains how the APO adds something special to… Read more Audio

12:00 PM.The APO adds a soundtrack to classic silent film The General for the NZIFF, we hear Chopin’s contribution to history through the piano, and Bill Gosden gives us his musical picks for the International… Read more

1:00 PM.Is it an orchestral concert or a rock gig? Fans should expect both when they flock to hear New Zealand Symphony Orchestra and Kiwi Rock band the Phoenix Foundation. Read more Audio

12:00 PM.Gareth Farr adds his flair to the Phoenix Foundation’s music for the NZSO to perform, we continue exploring history through the piano and we find out about a new scientific advance that may help those… Read more

1:10 PM.Lexus Song Quest 2018 winner Joel Amosa talks about the importance of his Samoan culture in his ability to perform at the top level. Joel won New Zealand's top singing prize on Saturday night in… Read more Audio

1:00 PM.Hear the other winning performances from the Grand Final of the Lexus Song Quest 2018: Most Promising Singer: Filipe Manu, Runner-up: Eliza Boom Read more Audio

We mark the passing of Polish trumpeter Tomasz Stanko, a prominent figure in avant-garde and free jazz who has died at the age of 76.

Lexus Song Quest winner Joel Amosa talks about singing for his… Read more

12:10 PM.Sue Paterson NZOM, one of the most influential people in New Zealand Arts Management, has died after a long battle with cancer. Paterson was Executive Director of the biennial New Zealand Festival and… Read more Audio

1:00 PM.Former NZSO National Youth Orchestra Principal Bassoonist Todd Gibson-Cornish is back as the soloist for The Firebird concerts this week. Read more Video, Audio

1:00 PM.The Heath Quartet, one of Britain’s most exciting chamber ensembles, performed Gareth Farr’s new commission Te Kōanga, meaning Spring or planting season last night at the Michael Fowler Centre… Read more Audio

1:00 PM.Chief Conductor of the Perth Symphony Orchestra Jessica Gethin is on a flying visit to conduct the Auckland Philharmonia Orchestra and singer Michael Bolton tonight. She discusses how she has made her… Read more Audio

12:00 AM.Orchestra Wellington’s concert master and soloist Amalia Hall discusses working in foreign countries and learning the music of Bartók. Read more Audio

11:36 AM.The Minister for Arts, Culture and Heritage gives her first speech about the importance of art in NZ, we get the lowdown on The Elixir of Love and RNZB’s new show Dancing with Mozart exploring the… Read more

12:00 PM.Do you ever hear a piece of classical music that you recognise but don’t know the name of? Zoë George explores tunes you know you knew. Read more Video, Audio

1:00 PM.The internationally renowned viol consort Phantasm is in New Zealand for the first time, touring for Chamber Music NZ. Upbeat talks to its founder and musical director Laurence Dreyfus. Read more Audio