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2:05 PM.Marc Taddei the Music Director of Orchestra Wellington looks ahead to the Orchestra's final concert of 2015. He conducts the premiere of Karlo Margetic's Piano Concerto with Michael Houstoun and Emma… Read more Audio

2:40 PM.Organists Michael Stewart and Richard Apperley come to the end of their year-long Bach Project. The Wellington Cathedral of St Paul Music Director and Assistant have been celebrating the 330th… Read more Audio

2:20 PM.Simon reveals the instruments he abhors: what are they and would they be on your list of most hated instrument? Audio

2:00 PM.Director Nina Nawalwalo talks about her new work Marama which premieres at Auckland Festival 2016. Marama incorporates illusion, dance and puppetry and features five actors from five parts of the… Read more Audio

2:40 PM.Playwright and actor Carl Bland discusses his new play Te Po. Part of the World Premiere Season at the New Zealand Festival and Auckland Arts Festival 2016, the play uses the opposites love and death… Read more Audio

2:21 PM.Discusses and plays music featuring New Zealand bassist Paul Dyne. Audio

2:00 PM.Competition manager Mark La Roche talks to Eva about the 5-day event which culminates in the finals this Saturday. Audio

2:43 PM.Peter Hoar reviews the recent Auckland concert of this NZSO mini-tour featuring works by Walton, Vaughan Williams and Stravinsky. Audio

2:08 PM.Mezzo-soprano Wendy Dawn Thompson, tenor David Hamilton and bass Martin Snell talk to Eva ahead of their performances of Handel's Messiah touring the country with various orchestras and choirs over… Read more Audio

2:30 PM.After announcing her retirement last month, opera singer Malvina Major releases a 2 CD set retrospective of her career, Ovation: The Very Best of Malvina Major. Audio

2:20 PM.Kenneth Young explores Peter Adams' Sonata for Clarinet and Viola. Audio

2:00 PM.Dutch artist and City Gallery Wellington curator discuss collaborative exhibition looking at the influence of New Zealand Artist Julian Dashper Audio

2:30 PM.Organiser and co-adjudicator of the Young Brass Musician of the Year competition previews this weekend's final. Audio

2:00 PM.Conductor of tonight's Settling the Score concert with the Auckland Philharmonia Orchestra. RNZ Concert's annual countdown of the most popular classical works as voted by listeners. Audio

2:30 PM.Actor Ray Henwood goes back to his Welsh beginnings as he brings the memories of poet Dylan Thomas to the stage in the one-man show A Child's Christmas in Wales. It's been described as "one of the… Read more Audio

2:00 PM.Jazz composer and pianist Phil Broadhurst talks about his new album Panacea - the third instalment in his Dedication Trilogy. Audio

2:35 PM.Cellist Andrew Smith and pianist Alfredo Oyaguez Montero discuss the concert of Spanish Cello Music they are presenting in New Zealand. Audio

2:20 PM.Wellington vocalist and producer Anna Edgington talks about SHE - a collective of female producers, musicians, audio visual artists and song writers who are showcasing the work of women in electronic… Read more Audio

2:00 PM.Bradley Wood (piano) and Lauren Bennett (violln) are the winners of the 2015 PETTMAN/ Royal Overseas League Arts Scholarship decided at the Gallagher Concert Hall at the University of Waikato last… Read more Audio

2:30 PM.Swedish cellist Jakob Koranyi chats to Eva about playing Walton's Cello Concerto with the NZSO and his experiences playing in international cello competitions. Audio

2:05 PM.With 20,000 tickets already booked, Artistic Director of the temporary Globe replica Dr Miles Gregory talks about what could become the single most important Shakespeare event in New Zealand history. Audio

2:40 PM.Our regular Upbeat Visual Arts contributor David Alsop talks about the recent passing of Wellington Art Dealer Peter McLeavey. Audio

2:20 PM.Richie Williams one of the original players in The Ukulele Orchestra of Great Britain talks about his early years playing electric guitar in Liverpool and the success of the UOGB thirty years since… Read more Audio

2:00 PM.Pianist Michael Houstoun talks about winning the Tui Award for Best Classical Album at the New Zealand Music Awards for his recording of the Complete Beethoven Sonatas on the Rattle label. Audio

2:40 PM.Las Vegas singer Rick Michel and young Australian artist Liam Burrows pay tribute to Frank Sinatra who would have turned 100 next month with a show at the Civic Theatre. Audio