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Featured Music Stories
Friday Night Live: The Phoenix Foundation
Captured live at The Other's Way Festival in 2016, The Phoenix Foundation rock out on songs from the album 'Give Up Your Dreams' alongside some old favourites. Video, Audio
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Does music makes beer better?
There has been much informal testing of this theory over the centuries, but now a proper scientific study into whether playing sound while beer is brewing changes the way it tastes is underway - in the quietest place in New Zealand. Audio
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Justin Townes Earle: Americana in his blood
Americana/roots musician Justin Townes Earle is visiting New Zealand right now. He talks guns, police and the POTUS with RNZ Music's Kirsten Johnstone. Video, Audio
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The Mixtape: Grant Robertson
Unofficial Minister of Flying Nun (and actual Minister of Finance) Grant Robertson shares stories and songs from a life steeped in Dunedin. He's chosen his favourite Flying Nun tracks ahead of The Others Way Festival next weekend. 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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Richard Strauss - Indian Summer
19 Jun 2014In the last years of his life Richard Strauss composed some of his most extraordinary music. In tonight's BBC Proms concert we'll hear his 'Four Last Songs'. Thomas Goss looks at the background. Audio
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Virtuoso Strings loses funding
7 minutes agoMore than 70 youth from a low decile school area will no longer be able to access free after school music lessons and kai following a funding cancellation.
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Review: APO with organist Benjamin Sheen
7 minutes agoThe APO with the suave conducting of Bertrand de Billy gave a ravishing performance in the Auckland Town Hall last night.
Featured Music Programmes
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PROKOFIEV: Romeo and Juliet
Your free classical podcast this month is ballet music from Romeo & Juliet by Sergei Prokofiev, played by NZSO conducted by Peter Oundjian. Audio
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BARTÓK: Violin Concerto No 2
Your free classical podcast this month is Violin Concerto No 2 by Béla Bartók, played by Amalia Hall and Orchestra Wellington conducted by Marc Taddei. Audio
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RODRIGO: Concierto de Aranjuez
Recorded by RNZ Concert, 5 September 2015, at Michael Fowler Centre, Wellington. Audio
Recent Music Stories
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Review: The Morton Trio
23 Aug 2019The Morton Trio are currently touring New Zealand. Tony Ryan went down to The Piano in Christchurch to find out what makes the group of young kiwi musicians buzz.
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NZ Live: Jan Hellriegel
23 Aug 2019Jan Hellriegel is an Auckland-based singer/songwriter and with her latest album, Sportsman of the Year, she also became an author. It's both a book and a new collection of songs. It is her "Suburban… Audio
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