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2:40 PM.Nigel Swinn's photographs of Teina Pora, Louise Nicholas and four prisoners are the focus of an exhibition at the University of Auckland's Gus Fisher Gallery marking 800 years since the signing of… Read more Audio

2:30 PM.Benjamin Henson is a London born stage director plying his trade in Auckland. His new show Not Psycho, uses Hitchcock's classic film to blur the lines between the real and the non-real, but also ask… Read more Audio

2:00 PM.Ross Harris has just returned from Turkey and the world premiere of The Gallipoli Symphony; a work that's been a decade in the making and involved 11 composers from New Zealand and Australia. The New… Read more Audio

2:40 PM.Organist Timothy Noon has an exciting new job at the historic Exeter Cathedral. Aucklanders will be able to hear Timothy Noon before he departs playing great Organ works with Bach Musica. Audio

2:00 PM.New Zealand String Quartet is taking music to the people with its Russian Icons tour, visiting art galleries and new centres. At some concerts the audience will choose the music for the second half… Read more Audio

2:40 PM.John Rosser is chair of the New Zealand Choral Federation. The Big Sing Festival is the highlight of his year seeing literally hundreds of young singers bursting with energy and superb vocal ability… Read more Audio

2:20 PM.Trevor Thwaites runs instrument supplier KBB's music festival. Hundreds of dedicated performers make his job an invigorating experience musically and personally. Audio

2:00 PM.Choreographer Liam Scarlett is a hot property in international ballet. He's been commissioned by The Royal New Zealand Ballet to create a new Midsummer Night's Dream using Mendelssohn's glorious… Read more Audio

2:30 PM.Simon Over is the new Principal Guest Conductor of the Southern Sinfonia. He's enticed fellow Brit, the supremely gifted clarinettist Michael Collins to a date in Dunedin where they'll perform music… Read more Audio

2:00 PM.Grace Kim has been praised for her rich hypnotic playing. She says Spanish composer Manuel de Falla's Nights in the Gardens of Spain suits her temperament very well - romantic, passionate, fiery at… Read more Audio

2:40 PM.Composer John Elmsly has just begun his tenure as the Composer-in-Residence at Te Kōkī New Zealand School of Music. John studied electronic music composition at Victoria University with Douglas… Read more Audio

2:20 PM.Auckland fine art film curator Mark Williams has commissioned six film makers to respond to the poetry of Whanganui artist Joanna Margaret Paul: a film-maker, poet, photographer and painter, never… Read more Audio

2:00 PM.The Oxford Scholars Members of the Choir of Magdalen College, Oxford talk about the choir's annual visit to sing in Christchurch despite the lack of a Cathedral. Audio

2:40 PM.Jim Pinckney presides over the latest EP from Auckland piano prodigy Aron Ottignon. Audio

2:20 PM.Simon explores the jazz fusion work of Weather Report and Frank Zappa. Audio

2:01 PM.NZ Soprano and tenor preview Wunderlust Opera in concert production of Mozart's Cosi Fan Tutte. Audio

2:45 PM.Long-time student of recently deceased singing teacher Sister Mary Winefride, reflects on her eight decade career. Audio

2:25 PM.Peter reviews recent releases including Concerti by Michael Houstoun and the Rodger Fox Big Band, and The Last Rose of Summer by New Zealand violinist Ben Baker. Audio

2:00 PM.LA based NZ violinist performing in Christchurch with Gretchen la Roche and Flavio Villani as part of the Christopher's Classics series. Audio

2:45 PM.Music Director of the Choir of Wellington Cathedral of St Paul previews concert marking the 100th Anniversary of the Battle of Chunuk Bair. Audio

2:30 PM.Violinist Shweta Iyer, cellist Bethany Angus and pianist Claudia Tarrant-Matthews. Audio

2:00 PM.New Zealand pianist Michael Houstoun confides how much the music of J.S Bach resonates with him as he prepares for his Chamber Music New Zealand  tour Inspired by Bach Audio

2:40 PM.David Burchell from City Choir Dunedin and composer David Hamilton discuss reworking NZ folk songs for choir and brass band in their Sea & Land concert at Knox Church on Saturday. Audio

2:20 PM.NZ tenor James Benjamin Rodgers fronts up on the vagaries of life as freelance opera singer in New York; he's very busy with engagements in New Zealand. Audio

2:00 PM.NZ Trio cellist Ashley Brown talks about performing Chris Cree Brown's new work commemorating the horrific battles in Gallipoli at Q theatre this Sunday. Audio