Featured Music Stories
Searching for Santa Claus
The Christmas song is where songwriting comes closest to the sentimental lingo of greeting cards or advertising slogans, but Nick Bollinger's favourite Christmas tune has an earthier story.
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RNZ Music video premieres
1 minute agoWe've offered you over 60 amazing new music videos by some of the best local artists *first* this year. Check them all out here.
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Hymns on Sunday
29 minutes agoCelebrate the season of Advent today with Shirley Murray's 'Look towards Christmas', and an atmospheric rendition of 'Gabriel's Message' performed by children's choir Gondwana Voices. Audio
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RNZ Music's top 21 NZ albums of the 21st century
less than a minute agoAfter much discussion, here are the top New Zealand albums released in the past 20 years selected by us, for you. What do you think?
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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Daybreak: Send a musical Christmas card
2 minutes agoChristmas is an opportunity to connect to those special people we don't see very often. This year RNZ Concert invites you to send a musical Christmas card.
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Opera on Sunday: Don Giovanni
4 minutes agoMozart's 'Don Giovanni' is given a semi-staged performance by the Auckland Philharmonia Orchestra, a cast of international soloists, NZ Opera Chorus and conductor Giordano Bellincampi.
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New Horizons: Terms of Surrender
about 2 hours agoWilliam Dart features songwriters on both sides of the Atlantic, from the soul-searching of Michael Chapman and M C Taylor to cute and occasionally cutting slices of life from Amy O. Video, Audio
Featured Music Programmes
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Composer Catch-up with David Hamilton
1 day agoDavid Hamilton tells us a bit about himself, what he's been up to recently, and what he thinks of NZ music. Video, Audio
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HAMILTON: The Kingston Flyer
about 11 hours agoPerformed by Auckland Chamber Orchestra conducted by Peter Scholes, Raye Freedman Arts Centre, 23 June 2019. Introduced by David Hamilton with Tim Dodd. Audio
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David HAMILTON: Hine Raukatauri
about 10 hours agoPerformed by flutist Jennifer Mori with the Auckland Chamber Orchestra conducted by Peter Scholes, Raye Freedman Arts Centre, 23 May 2019. Introduced by David… Audio
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David HAMILTON: Canticle 5
about 10 hours agoPerformed by Helen Acheson, Bede Hanley & Sarah Watkins at an Auckland Chamber Orchestra concert, Raye Freedman Arts Centre, 23 May 2019. Introduced by David… Audio
Recent Music Stories
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MOZART: Don Giovanni, Act 1
8 Dec 2019Presented by Auckland Philharmonia Orchestra as its 'Opera in Concert', Auckland Town Hall, 19 July 2019 Video, Audio
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MOZART: Don Giovanni, Act 2
8 Dec 2019Presented by Auckland Philharmonia Orchestra as its 'Opera in Concert', Auckland Town Hall, 19 July 2019 Video, Audio
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Don Giovanni in the time of #MeToo
8 Dec 2019Mozart's Don Giovanni is an opera in which a powerful man takes advantage of and abuses women. Tim Dodd talks to the APO's Music Director Giordano Bellincampi and Artistic Administrator Frances Moore… Audio
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Irish singer and activist Pauline Scanlon
Irish singer songwriter and outspoken advocate Pauline Scanlon is a driving force behind a movement to address gender equality in folk and traditional music. She's one of the headline acts at the… Audio
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'The Rolling Stones were never the same band after Altamont'
8 Dec 2019It's been 50 years since the infamous December 6, 1969 free concert by the Rolling Stones at Altamont. Joel Selvin is the author of the book Altamont: The Rolling Stones, the Hells Angels, and the… Audio
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David HAMILTON: The Ghosts of Wreck Bay
7 Dec 2019Performed by Auckland Chamber Orchestra conducted by Peter Scholes, Raye Freedman Arts Centre, 23 May 2019. Introduced by David Hamilton with Tim Dodd. Audio
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David HAMILTON: Oboe Concertino
7 Dec 2019Performed by Bede Hanley with the Auckland Chamber Orchestra conducted by Peter Scholes, Raye Freedman Arts Centre, 23 May 2019. Introduced by David Hamilton with Tim Dodd. Audio
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David HAMILTON: Hurdy Gurdy
7 Dec 2019Performed by Jennifer Mori, Peter Scholes, Miranda Adams, Sarah Watkins at an Auckland Chamber Orchestra concert, Raye Freedman Arts Centre, 23 May 2019. Introduced by David Hamilton with Tim Dodd. Audio
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David HAMILTON: 2 songs from A Small Garden of Songs
7 Dec 2019Performed by Helen Acheson (soprano), Miranda Adams (violin), Ingrid Bauer (harp) at an Auckland Chamber Orchestra concert, Raye Freedman Arts Centre, 23 May 2019. Introduced by David Hamilton with… Audio
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David HAMILTON: Nix Olympica
7 Dec 2019Performed by Bede Hanley, Peter Scholes, Rachel Guan, Sung-Soo Hong, Sarah Watkins, Raye Freedman Arts Centre, 23 May 2019. Introduced by David Hamilton with Tim Dodd. Audio
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History through the Piano: Europe and the World
7 Dec 2019John Drummond looks at famous pieces of piano music as windows into the world in which they were created. A composer cannot help but reflect the world he lives in, his understanding of life, his… Audio
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The Mixtape - Boh Runga
7 Dec 2019This week's RNZ Mixtape selector is jewellry designer Boh Runga, best known as the flamehaired frontwoman of Stellar*. She shares her tunes with Yadana Saw. Audio
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Nick Bollinger on Rick Bryant and Arthur Baysting
7 Dec 2019Nick Bollinger remembers blue eyed soul man, raconteur Rick Bryant and poet, songwriter, screenwriter and stand up Arthur Baysting, both of whom died earlier this week. Nick and Yadana Saw reflect… Audio
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Worlds of Music Episode 166 features American singer and songwriter Michael Hurley
7 Dec 2019Music from the world, for the world, hosted by Trevor Reekie. Audio
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Angel Olsen on her new album All Mirrors
7 Dec 2019Kirsten Johnstone talks to the singer-songwiter about her acclaimed new album, moving to North Carolina, and maintaining mental health on the road. Audio
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Introducing: Ashley Alexander
7 Dec 2019Auckland musician Ashley Alexander introduces his song 'Nicotine'. Audio
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Nadia Reid introduces us to her new single
Nadia Reid spoke to Charlotte Ryan about the recording process of her new album 'Out Of my Provence' and introduces us to her single 'Best Thing'. Audio
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We premiere the Winning RNZ original Christmas song
6 Dec 2019The winners of Jesse's Christmas song competition, Auckland alt-pop group BEACHWARE have just released their song 'Take Away the Tree'. Band members James McDonald and Josh Nicholas join Jesse… Audio
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Song Crush: Our favourite NZ songs of 2019
6 Dec 2019It was another strong year for music in Aotearoa, from the internationally acclaimed Aldous Harding and Tiny Ruins, to the grass roots DIY acts just bubbling up. The Song Crush team play some of their… Video, Audio
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NZ Live: The Teskey Brothers
6 Dec 2019The Teskey Brothers are in the RNZ studios for NZ Live ahead of their two shows at The Powerhouse in Auckland this weekend. Video, Audio
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NZ Youth Choir 40 years young
6 Dec 2019The New Zealand Youth Choir is marking its 40th anniversary with a special concert and a tour around the Pacific. David Squire discusses the history of the choir and how it’s encouraged young people… Audio
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New music with Grant Smithies
6 Dec 2019Two key songs from American songwriter Bill Callahan's Shepherd In A Sheepskin Vest is a double LP meditation on domesticity and love, and not nearly as boring as that probably sounds. Plus a funk gem… Audio
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Julie London and the music of the sixties
Celebrating the 50th anniversary of the moon landing: we take a trip on a spaceship with Julie London.
A tribute to the inventor of bossa nova, Brazilian guitarist João Gilberto, who died earlier in… Video
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Music 101 Pocket Edition 263: Lontalius/ Bad Religion
5 Dec 2019On this week's Pocket Edition we talk to Lontalius about recording his second album in LA, and Jay from Bad Religion explains how to keep a punk band going for four decades. Audio
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