Features

A video of 23-year-old Richard Taylor performing Bach outside a Kapiti Coast shopping centre has racked up more than 22,000 views in 36 hours.

Hymns of thankfulness in today's selection, along with some season-appropriate harvest hymns, presented by Robyn Jaquiery. Audio

When it comes to what you wear underneath your clothes, rules are a thing of the past. Sonia Sly finds out more in the latest episode of My Heels are Killing Me. Audio

We celebrate John Rimmer's 80th year with a few handpicked works from his long and varied career as a composer.

Confident sheep and beef farmers are out-bidding foresters for land on the North Island's East Coast, while in the South Island, apple harvesting is almost finished in the Nelson-Motueka region. Audio

Pianist Stephen De Pledge premières short pieces by seven NZ composers inspired by JS Bach's Partita No 3.

Jacinda Ardern's government is running out of chances to be the "transformational" administration it promised to be in the 2017 election campaign, writes Tim Watkin.

Erica Challis takes us through the story and music of the second of Wagners' 'Ring Cycle' operas, ahead of tomorrow night's broadcast from The Met. Audio

This week Nick plays music by Tamara Kuldin, Art Blakey and the Jazz Messengers, Wes Montgomery, and Bunny Berigan, and then features Kind of Blue by Miles Davis.

The best thing you can do for your spine is move often and in lots of different ways, says Auckland physio Stacey Law. Audio

Mary Holm offers insights from conference on retirement income policies at the University of Auckland’s Retirement Policy and Research Centre. Audio

Violinist Wilma Smith put together this group of two established musicians – Wilma herself and viola player Caroline Henbest, and two up-and-coming Kiwi musicians, cellist Alexandra Partridge and pianist Andrew Leathwick.

We're celebrating the release of a brand new documentary on Martin Phillipps and The Chills, with a bunch of Chills covers from some of our favourite musicians. The first two covers are from Anika Moa and Anthonie Tonnon.

Mississippi blues musician Cedric Burnside, roots rockers Larkin Poe. British new-soul band Jungle, live ambient folk-pop from A.U.R.A, fresh pop from Openside, hot new music in Song Crush and SJD picks The Mixtape. Yes!

Two Cents' Worth - At the end of May, the government will be rolling out their new Wellbeing Budget, Can it really make us a happier, healthier nation? Claire Crofton investigates. Audio

Washington D.C. lawyer Philip Greene is no stranger to mixing it up. As well as being a successful lawyer for the US Marine Corps with an office in the Pentagon, he's a cocktail historian. Audio

Widescreen - Dan Slevin recommends you check out one of his favourite annual big screen events.

New Zealand songwriter Aldous Harding teases with cryptic lyrics and a feather-weight feeling on her third album Designer. Kirsten Johnstone speaks to the woman behind the songs. Video, Audio

Here's your soundtrack for Star Wars Day, courtesy of the New Zealand Symphony Orchestra.

'We get great feedback about him. It’s nice he’s doing his music and clearly loving it,' says the Mall manager where busker Richard Taylor plays Bach, folk tunes and Metallica.

Join Tom Scott performing hip hop and future soul songs from @Peace & The Plutonium Noise Symphony in 2014, as well as thr jazzy hip hop of his latest project Avantdale Bowling Club.

Insight - The internet has helped those wanting to spread extremism and in the wake of the Christchurch terrorist attacks anonymous forums have come under scrutiny. Max Towle investigates. Audio

'Choirs on Fridays' continues with the NZ Youth Choir conducted by David Squire singing spiritual music, ancient and contemporary, from New Zealand and around the world.

Versatile double bass player Eric Scholes is playing a concerto by Carl Dittersdorf with NZ Barok this weekend. Audio