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2:21 PM.The Music Director of Auckland's Cantorum Choir conductor previews their first concert for 2015. Audio

2:01 PM.Auckland based singer performing with the Auckland Chamber Orchestra. Audio

2:45 PM.Camille Wells is the featured soloist for Sunday's St Matthew's Chamber Orchestra, performing 'Down a River of Time': an oboe concerto by American composer Eric Ewazen. Audio

2:20 PM.Philip Ball writes on all sorts of science-related topics, including theories of colour, invisibility, and music. Eva catches up with him ahead of his talks at the Auckland Writers Festival and for… Read more Audio

2:00 PM.'Fallout: The Sinking of the Rainbow Warrior' is a new play by Bronwyn Elsmore. Last Tapes Theatre Company along with the Large Group are mounting a production in Auckland this month, directed by… Read more Audio

2:42 PM.Soprano Anna Hoetjes joins the Christchurch Symphony Orchestra, the Consortia University of Canterbury Chamber Choir, and a host of soloists this weekend, for Bach's 'Magnificat'. She previews… Read more Audio

2:20 PM.Simon looks at Macedonian-born musician Nikola Kodjabashia, and his album 'Reveries of the Solitary Walker'. Audio

2:00 PM.British violinist Anthony Marwood returns to our stages over the next week, performing Benjamin Britten's Violin Concerto with the New Zealand Symphony Orchestra. His connection to New Zealand goes… Read more Audio

2:42 PM.Emily St John Mandel's latest novel 'Station Eleven' recently won the prestigious Arthur C. Clarke Award for Science Fiction. She visits the Auckland Writers Festival this week, and tells Eva about… Read more Audio

2:23 PM.David looks at recent goings-on in the New Zealand arts scene, including the Auckland Festival of Photography, and Simon Denny's presence in Venice. Audio

2:01 PM.Ilyich Rivas might be only 21, but he's already worked with a number of world-class orchestras including the Atlanta Symphony, London Philharmonic, and Stuttgart Radio Symphony Orchestra. This week… Read more Audio

2:40 PM.Rosalyn Anderson was part of the original team of repetiteurs for Jirí Kylián's 'Soldiers' Mass' with the Netherlands Dance Theatre. She's currently working with the Royal New Zealand Ballet, who… Read more Audio

2:20 PM.Elizabeth reviews Chamber Music New Zealand's 'Composer Connections' series. Audio

2:00 PM.Concerto Auckland' is a new concert series, run by Auckland University's Pettman National Junior Academy of Music. Allan Badley is Head of Music at Auckland University, and he tells David Morriss what… Read more Audio

2:48 PM.Review of the NZ Opera staging of Rossini's La Cenerentola Audio

2:27 PM.New Zealand singer discusses two of her recent CD releases: Songs of Death and Desire by Jack Body, and Aroha Ahava with Jonathan Besser. Audio

4:00 PM.In this week's episode: Eva speaks to 'La Cenerentola' director Lindy Hume and designer Dan Potra about their staging for NZ Opera, after the great Swedish trombonist and Christian Lindberg shares his… Read more Audio

2:40 PM.Christchurch Symphony Orchestra Music Director previews their Baroque Festival taking place over three concerts in the next two weeks. Audio

2:20 PM.Shakespeare Scholar and Alice Griffin Fellow at the University of Auckland. Read more Audio

2:45 PM.Lynn reports from the Venice Biennale which opens this weekend. Audio

2:30 PM.Peter reviews last night's Auckland Philharmonia Orchestra concert featuring conductor Eivind Gulberg Jensen. Audio

2:00 PM.New Zealand conductor recently announced as Music Director of the Hamilton Philharmonic Orchestra in Ontario, Canada. Read more Audio