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2:40 PM.British violinist talks about his experiences nurturing the hotbed of talent and creativity at the Australian National Academy of Music, his new post as Principal Artistic Partner with Canadian… Read more Audio

2:21 PM.Auckland composer, music editor and emerging writer discusses his new play Jesus Christ Part II, the process of editing another composer's music for series' like Spartacus and Ash vs The Evil Dead… Read more Audio

2:07 PM.Artistic Director of Auckland's Silo Theatre tells us about their 2016 programme, described as a collection of work that 'celebrates the anarchic, the wild and the beautiful fight in us all to survive… Read more Audio

2:32 PM.Newly appointed NZSO Music Director talks about next year's vibrant programme, the novels he's been reading, the musical medicine he gives orchestras, and wonders what Beethoven might think if he was… Read more Audio

2:01 PM.Crown Law presents concerts celebrating 800 years since the seal of the Magna Carta. Senior Crown Counsel Paul Rishworth and Merran Cooke discuss the effect on human rights of this founding document. Audio

2:40 PM.Mezzo soprano Sarah Castle is guest soloist for the Auckland Philharmonia Orchestra's Christmas concerts this weekend. She talks about basing herself in Manchester, an increasingly artistic city… Read more Audio

2:30 PM.Kenneth Young introduces Jack Spiers 'The Islands' in this last edition of Resound for 2015, bringing back musical treasures from our vaults. Audio

2:00 PM.Conductor Nicholas McGegan talks about Handel's Messiah, the oldest piece of music to have been in performance continuously ever since it was written in 1743. McGegan is "an expert in 18th-century… Read more Audio

2:35 PM.Executive producer and flutist Uwe Grodd and oboist Alison Dunlop discuss two of their new CD releases on the Naxos label, and their upcoming performances of Handel's Messiah with Auckland Choral. Audio

2:05 PM.NZ composer previews the NZ Festival production of his work 'Relict Furies' which premiered to great acclaim at the Edinburgh International Festival. It gives voice to World War I's New Zealand… Read more Audio

2:36 PM.Recently announced Artistic Director of Dunedin's Fortune Theatre. Audio

2:03 PM.New Zealand violinist performing Vivaldi's Four Seasons with the Hawkes Bay Orchestra this Saturday. Audio

2:35 PM.Peter Walls, the Music Director of Opus Orchestra gathers together the 90 voices of two combined choirs and four soloists to bring to life Handel's Messiah in Hamilton and Rotorua this weekend. Peter… Read more Audio

2:25 PM.Jazz reviewer John Kliem looks back at live recordings made by Miles Davis in Osaka 40 years ago on 1st February, 1975. Many fans are unfamiliar with this "late electric" period, normally described as… Read more Audio

2:00 PM.Wellington born pianist Fiona McCabe has a very busy and stimulating life as accompanist to singers and instrumentalists including a recent stint with the Sydney Symphony Orchestra performing music so… Read more Audio

2:48 PM.Music director of the Auckland Symphony Orchestra tells us a bit about their Christmas Concert at the Auckland Town Hall this Friday night. Audio

2:25 PM.Composer and artist discuss their LP/book collaboration I stayed a minute being released by Rattle Records this Thursday. Audio

2:10 PM.25-year old Singaporean violinist and winner of the 2016 Gisborne International Music Competition tells us about his experience of the competition, his background and what's next for him. Audio

2:00 PM.NZTrio violinist and one of the judges of the 2016 Gisborne International Music Competition Justine talks about the exciting finals that took place on Saturday. Audio

2:55 PM.Sydney Symphony Principal Bassoon and co-adjudicator of 2015 Gisborne International Music Competition updates us on this year's event. Audio

2:45 PM.Kenneth Young explores 'Aurum' by Simon Eastwood which features in tonight's Resound programme on RNZ Concert. Audio

2:35 PM.Mezzo soprano and tenor performing in BachMusica's upcoming Auckland performance of Bach's Christmas Oratori. Audio

2:00 PM.Conductor and adjudicator of the 2015 Todd NZSO Young Composer Competition reviews this year's event. Audio

2:49 PM.David Lawrence from Wellington theatre company The Bacchanals present A Christmas Karel Capek ... a show for all the misanthropes who can't be bothered with Christmas. The company creates a robot to… Read more Audio

2:30 PM.Pianist and Composer Kevin Field talks about his latest album "The A List" which he recorded in New York with some of the top jazz artists in the States. Audio