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1:00 PM.Luke di Somma, guest conductor of the Christchurch Symphony Orchestra talks about working with arranger Pablo Ruiz Henao, also the orchestra's Principal Bass Trombone, on the concert Mad Men and… Read more Audio

1:29 PM.Elizabeth Kerr reviews visiting French ensemble Les Talens Lyriques led by harpsichordist Christophe Rousset. Les Talens Lyriques has just completed a tour of the country for Chamber Music New… Read more Audio

1:03 PM.Puppeteer Peter Wilson talks about his children's theatre company Little Dog Barking which is in demand across the world. He works with composers using music as a key to provide emotional depth. Peter… Read more Audio

1:30 PM.Wellington Jazz Festival Artistic Director Shelagh Magadza talks about the international line-up for this year's June event in the capital. The big names to listen out for Wayne Shorter and Karin… Read more Audio

1:00 PM.Tomorrow is Record Store Day: a worldwide celebration of the unique culture surrounding independent record shops. Roger Marbeck and Gin Halligan from the classical and jazz hub that is Marbecks in… Read more Audio

1:25 PM.Marie Ross is one of the top players internationally of historical clarinets from different eras, from the beginnings of the instrument in the Baroque period through the late Romantic. She talks about… Read more Audio

1:00 PM.British violinists Clio Gould and Jonathan Morton discuss their work with members of The Pettman National Junior Academy at the University of Auckland. The couple have been doing masterclasses with… Read more Audio

1:40 PM.Juliette Sivertsen goes behind the scenes at the Founders Theatre to discover how its closure has impacted the musical theatre and artistic communities in the Waikato. Read more Audio

1:20 PM.Royal New Zealand Ballet Artistic Director Francesco Ventriglia on the world premiere of The Wizard of Oz ballet, which he created. The story based on L. Frank Baum's story features music by Francis… Read more Audio

1:00 PM.Laurel Devenie and Kelly Johnson from Company of Giants talk about Rangitahua: the Stopping Off Place. The Whangarei based theatre collective created the work to complement the exhibition Kermadec… Read more Audio

1:30 PM.New Zealand born organist Katherine Dienes-Williams is the first woman to hold the most senior musical post in a Church of England cathedral. The accomplished organist is home on holiday with her… Read more Audio

1:00 PM.Hamilton based conductor Repert d'Cruze is helping develop classical music in the Waikato; he's set up a Sistema programme for children and is involved in a orchestral trust to foster music… Read more Audio

1:44 PM.Peter Hoar reviews last week's Degenerate concert by Auckland Philharmonia Orchestra, with guest violinist Michael Barenboim and guest conductor Johannes Fritzsch. The concert featured works by… Read more Audio

1:26 PM.Violinist Haihong Liu and cellist Robert Ibell from the Aroha Quartet dip their toes in the world of Argentinian tango by Astor Piazzolla. The Tango Ballet Suite programme is beautifully planned… Read more Audio

1:00 PM.Dan Shanan, the founder of Doc Edge Film Festival introduces the 2016 event which features some of the best music documentaries on offer this year. The festival opens with Be Here Now which follows… Read more Audio

12:40 PM.One of the big cliches about this little country of ours is our Tall Poppy Syndrome - the famous Clobbering Machine that reduces our so-called betters to the mundane and ordinary. To which critic Iain… Read more Audio

1:42 PM.2016 marks the 400th anniversary of William Shakespeare's death. Wellington chamber choir Nota Bene will perform The Cloud-capped Towers, a concert imagining Shakespeare in the Land of the Long White… Read more Audio

1:26 PM.Nick Bollinger reviews a tribute to gospel-blues man Blind Willie Johnson. Audio

1:02 PM.Christophe Rousset is the founder of French baroque ensemble Les Talens Lyriques about to undertake a tour of the country for Chamber Music New Zealand. The internationally renowned harpsichordist… Read more Audio

1:30 PM.Tecwyn Evans is back with the Dunedin Symphony Orchestra for the start of its 50th anniversary celebrations. He conducts Ode to Joy this weekend. Along with Beethoven's final Symphony the concert… Read more Audio

1:06 PM.Scottish violinist Nicola Benedetti is back playing with the New Zealand Symphony Orchestra. This time, she performs Brahms' Double Concerto for Violin and Cello with German cellist Leonard… Read more Video, Audio

1:48 PM.New Zealand composer and instrument builder Phil Dadson takes us on a meander through his latest sound walk along the new Te Whau Pathway in Kelston. Sounding the Whau combines the sounds of nature… Read more Audio

1:08 PM.Naxos Record label founder German entrepreneur Klaus Heymann discusses being a world leader in digital music streaming and looks ahead to how we will consume, purchase and listen to music in the… Read more Video, Audio