Featured Music Stories
Playing Favourites with Kim Hill
On her final Saturday Morning show, the beloved broadcaster chats to long-time colleague Bryan Crump (and surprise guests) about some of her favourite songs. Video, Audio, Gallery
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Thabani Gapara: The accidental Aotearoan
24 Nov 2023Zimbabwe-born saxophone player Thabani Gapara is embracing the opportunities afforded him by his adopted homeland. Audio
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Ahiahi: Justin DeHart & Mark Menzies
27 Nov 2023Listen to percussionist Justin DeHart and violist Mark Menzies perform innovative works by composers from Slovenia, Aotearoa and South Korea in this Asian Composers League concert, Ahiahi, held in Christchurch in 2022.
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A hundred years of Disney scores
23 Nov 2023The Walt Disney Company turned a hundred last month. Cultural historian Dr Malcolm Cook talks to Bryan Crump about the role music's played in the company's success. Video, Audio
RNZ Concert
RNZ Concert is New Zealand’s fine music network. Concert promotes New Zealand music and composition and features live broadcasts of concerts and recitals, as well as international content from other public radio broadcasters, podcasts, and on-demand programmes.
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Catching them when they're young
We tend to focus on the masters, but every musician has to start somewhere. And that's when Christopher Norton comes to the fore. Video, Audio
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A child of the counter-revolution
27 Nov 2023Stephen Diaz had to base himself in Europe to become a professional countertenor, but that doesn't stop him from coming back to Aotearoa when he can. Audio
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Music Alive: Te Kete Waiata
29 Nov 2023LISTEN: This concert is a fusion of jazz songs and te reo Māori, featuring singers Whirimako Black, Allana Goldsmith and Leon Wharekura performing during the 2023 Auckland Arts Festival.
Featured Music Programmes
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Worlds of Music 26 November, 2023
26 Nov 2023Trevor features Hindustani classical music with slide guitarist Debashish Bhattacharya and contemporary Andalusian music from Al-Andalus Ensemble. Audio
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Worlds of Music 19 November, 2023
19 Nov 2023Sounds from Armenia this week with master of the duduk, Djivan Gasparyan, and from India one of the world’s foremost tabla players, Subhasis Bhattacharya. Audio
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Worlds of Music 12 November, 2023
12 Nov 2023This week Trevor plays music from virtuoso oud player Rahim AlHaj and internationally renowned harpist Catrin Finch. Audio
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Worlds of Music 5 November, 2023
5 Nov 2023Music from the world with Romani Balkan brass band Fanfare Ciocărlia and Tokelauan-Tuvaluan singer and dancer Olivia Foa'i. Audio