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Hymns for the Third Sunday in Advent (Gaudete Sunday) include John Rutter's Angels' Carol, Rejoice! Rejoice at Christmas time by New Zealand hymn writer Bill Wallace, and Tell out, my soul, which is a paraphrase of the Magnificat. Audio

NZ singer Rhonda Browne gets her first role with English National Opera, singing Buttercup in Gilbert and Sullivan's HMS Pinafore. Video, Audio

Marcus Norman, manager of the Christchurch music venue The Piano, chats about next year's International pianist recital series. Audio

Enjoy all the elegance and grandeur of an evening out in 17th-century Europe. This NZSO concert features courtly music by some of the most masterful composers of the baroque era, which popularised a lead voice supported by harmony.

Roger Horrocks has written a musical memoir, a history and a collection of philosophies woven around our human attempts to turn noise into expression. Audio

It's the Second Sunday of Advent, and we look towards Christmas with a carol by Shirley Murray and Jillian Bray; Hawkes Bay choir The Linden Singers perform People look East; and there’s an atmospheric recording in Westminster Abbey of Let all mortal flesh keep silence. Audio

Diedre Irons talks with RNZ Concert's Bryan Crump ahead of a performance of Beethoven's 3rd Piano Concerto this weekend.  Audio

Shiver me timbers! Nino Raphael has created an interactive musical inspired by Margaret Mahy's much-loved children's book. Audio

Celebrated New Zealand musician and song writer Don McGlashan talks about the impact that bodies of water have on his music and life as an artist.

Undeterred, with The Runaways and then Joan Jett and the Blackhearts, Jett went on the release 'I Love Rock 'n' Roll', 'Crimson and Clover' and 'I Hate Myself for Loving You' - a series of worldwide smash hits.

The season of Advent begins today – a time of waiting and expectation leading up to Christmas. Sing along to favourite Advent hymns including O come, Emmanuel and Come, thou long-expected Jesus. Audio

Wellington multi-instrumentalist Oscar Laven's new album is a chance for each musician to express their own individual voice - under the title 'Elegant Calamity'. Audio

Opera superstar, multi-Grammy and Olivier Award-winning American mezzo-soprano Joyce DiDonato makes her New Zealand debut, singing with the New Zealand Symphony Orchestra. WATCH here.

Fans soaked up the nostalgia of hearing 1990 album, Bossanova, followed by 1991’s Trompe le Monde in full on a glorious weekend of music in Auckland.

Songwriter Shayne Carter and NZSO conductor Hamish McKeich talk about Carter's first album with a symphony orchestra. Audio

The US progressive rock band's New Zealand dates offered an enthralling two-hour show that included a few classics, and a tribute to Ozzy Ozbourne.

Tenor Simon O'Neill pays tribute to the great New Zealand bass-baritone Sir Donald McIntyre, who died earlier this month.  Video, Audio

New Zealand music icon Don McGlashan (The Mutton Birds, The Front Lawn, Blam Blam Blam) talks about how rivers, lakes, inlets, and seas have shaped him, his life, and his career as an artist. Video, Audio

Marking Christ the King Sunday this week with hymns including Crown him with many crowns and Rejoice, the Lord is King. Audio

The 'Murder on the Dancefloor' star, whose 'kitchen disco' videos reached a new audience during covid lockdowns will serve her glossy disco pop to fans in Hamilton and Christchurch in February next year.

Watch the NZSO with exciting UK saxophonist Jess Gillam showing off the vast expressive range of the saxophone. Plus, the world premiere of a new NZ composition, all conducted by Gemma New.

Not yet 30, Jess Gillam has many musical firsts to her name. But she's never played the saxophone part in Rachmaninov's Symphonic Dances - until now.  Video, Audio

Former RNZB Principal Dancer Pauline Tronson-Germon shares some of her favourite pieces of ballet music - all from roles she has danced - and the memories that come along with them. Audio

After more than two decades at the heart of the Hawkes Bay choral scene, Joe Christensen is stepping down as music director of Hastings Choral.  Audio