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New Horizons: SJD & Eyreton Hall
William Dart sizes up two new local releases: the ear-catching miniatures of SJD and the expansive ballads of Eyreton Hall. Video, Audio
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Randy Newman NZ tour announced
Revered singer-songwriter and soundtrack composer Randy Newman will pay three dates in February 2020 on his first trip to NZ. Nick Bollinger had a good chat with him about Lorde and Dark Matter a while back, have a read / listen here: Audio
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VIDEO PREMIERE: Silver Scroll winners Lips are back with ‘Guilty Talk’
less than a minute agoRNZ Music is proud to present the brand new single and video ‘Guilty Talk’ from the duo behind the giant pair of lips on legs, Stephanie Brown and Fen Ikner, who are working on their long-awaited full length debut.
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Aldous Harding, Tiny Ruins and Tom Scott among finalists for the 2019 Silver Scroll
1 minute agoFive top-notch Kiwi songs have made the top five for the 2019 APRA Silver Scroll Award, recognising excellence in songwriting.
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Aotea Centre concert hall to be renamed after Dame Kiri Te Kanawa
11 minutes ago“How very wonderful, it is… a tribute to music, classical music and performing arts. Wonderful,” she says.
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Music Alive: Adam Chamber Music Festival 2019 - Violin Heaven
16 minutes agoSix different violinists with two pianists bring a diverse programme of entertaining music featuring the violin.
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Southern history told through music
1:00 pm todayAnthony Ritchie's ‘From the Southern Marches’ tells the story of Māori, Scots, English and Chinese settlers in Otago and will be performed this week by the City Choir Dunedin with Southern Youth Choir, Dunedin Symphony Orchestra and soloists Emma Fraser, Anna Leese, Manase Latu and Joel Amosa. Audio
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A Beginner's Guide to the BBC Proms
5 Aug 2019As RNZ Concert broadcasts highlights from the 2019 BBC Proms, here's our beginner's guide to what is billed as 'The Greatest Classical Music Festival in the… Video
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RODGERS & HAMMERSTEIN: Some Enchanted Evening - encore
29 Jul 2019Performed by baritone Julien Van Mellaerts and pianist James Baillieu at their concert for Chamber Music New Zealand, Dr John Gallagher Concert Chamber… Audio
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Three theatre songs by GERSWHIN, SHERWIN, and PORTER
29 Jul 2019Performed by baritone Julien Van Mellaerts and pianist James Baillieu at their concert for Chamber Music New Zealand, Dr John Gallagher Concert Chamber… Audio
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SIBELIUS: Säv, säv, susa; Svarta rosor
29 Jul 2019Performed by baritone Julien Van Mellaerts and pianist James Baillieu at their concert for Chamber Music New Zealand, Dr John Gallagher Concert Chamber… Audio
Recent Music Stories
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Using sound to brew better beer
What happens if you play a Viennese waltz or death metal to beer as it brews? Experimenting with musical ways of making better beer. Audio
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Our Changing World for 22 August 2019
Does playing different sounds to fermenting yeast change the taste of beer and osmium, the densest chemical element. Audio
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Music 101 Pocket Edition 248 Aug 22nd 2019
22 Aug 2019On this week's Pocket Edition we host a live session with Sons of Zion, celebrate 50 years since Woodstock, and chat with outlaw country artist Justin Townes Earl. Audio
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Music Critic: Simon Sweetman
22 Aug 2019Music critic Simon Sweetman talks about two new albums T-Bone Burnett The Invisible Light - Acoustic Space and Kate Tempest The Book of Traps and Lessons. Audio
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VIDEO PREMIERE: Silver Scroll winners Lips are back with ‘Guilty Talk’
22 Aug 2019RNZ Music is proud to present the brand new single and video ‘Guilty Talk’ from the duo behind the giant pair of lips on legs, Stephanie Brown and Fen Ikner, who are working on their long-awaited full… Video
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Aldous Harding, Tiny Ruins and Tom Scott among finalists for the 2019 Silver Scroll
22 Aug 2019Five top-notch Kiwi songs have made the top five for the 2019 APRA Silver Scroll Award, recognising excellence in songwriting. Video
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Aotea Centre ASB Theatre to be renamed after Dame Kiri Te Kanawa
21 Aug 2019Auckland’s Aotea Centre ASB Theatre will soon be called Kiri Te Kanawa Theatre.
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First song: Sulfate
21 Aug 2019Peter Ruddell, known better as part of the Wax Chattels has taken the plunge and now also gone out on his own. Sulfate launched back in July with his single Speaking For Others and set off on tour… Audio
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The colourful organ
21 Aug 2019Not many of us would consider the organ to be colourful, but that’s exactly how touring organist Benjamin Sheen describes his instrument of choice. He’s performing with the APO this week and chats… Video, Audio
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The other side of Abbey Road
21 Aug 2019Music commentator Graeme Downes looks at the Beatles' Abbey Road album at fifty - but focuses on the side two medley. Graeme Downes is a musicologist and senior lecturer in the Department of Music at… Audio
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Break up songs part 2: good riddance
20 Aug 2019Last month we played a whole hour of sad break up songs - dedicated to wallowing in while you mourn the one that got away. Today, we kick off the last phase: moving on. Audio
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Nathan King and the twenty years of Silencer
19 Aug 2019It's time to talk about our great kiwi album of the week - can you believe it's been twenty years since Zed dropped Silencer on our airwaves? Audio
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The Sneaky Caribbean Monk Seals live in Christchurch
19 Aug 2019The finals of the Smokefree Rock Quest take place next month in Auckland... where the best high school bands and performers in the country will compete to take out the top prize. Audio
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What makes the BBC Proms so special?
19 Aug 2019Here at RNZ Concert we are in the middle of our BBC Proms season, so we decided to get the inside scoop from BBC Proms Director David Pickard on why the Proms is so special. Video, Audio
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Nashville Babylon Monday 19 August, 2019
19 Aug 2019On this week's Nashville Babylon Mark has a birthday tune for John Lee Hooker, a track from Rory Gallagher's Blues album, a Carter Family cover courtesy of Micah P Hinson, new music from Dana… Audio
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The BBC Proms concert I'm most looking forward to is...
19 Aug 2019RNZ Concert’s Cynthia Morahan goes interstellar at the 2019 BBC Proms
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Finalists announced for coveted Māori songwriting award
19 Aug 2019Some of New Zealand’s best songwriters have been shortlisted for the prestigious Maioha Award at this year’s APRA Silver Scrolls. Video, Audio
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Angelique Te Rauna - ‘Ka Ao’
19 Aug 2019'Ka Ao' by Angelique Te Rauna is a finalist for the 2019 Maioha Award, which recognises the art of contemporary Māori songwriting. Angelique teamed up her uncle Matauranga and Tyna Keelan who won the… Audio
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BRITTEN: Billy Budd
18 Aug 2019Three new recruits join the warship HMS Indomitable, commanded by the scholarly Captain Vere. Gallery
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Musical Chair: Joel Tobeck
18 Aug 2019Kiwi actor Joel Tobeck sits down in the Musical Chair to discuss his role as former All Blacks coach Laurie Mains in the Jonah TV series and share a couple of musical tracks that are very dear to his… Audio
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Andy Zax: Stunning new box set documents entire Woodstock
18 Aug 2019Los Angeles-based producer and archivist, Andy Zax has documented the entire Woodstock festival in a stunning new 38 disc box set, Woodstock -- Back to the Garden - The Definitive 50th Anniversary… Audio
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Jon Pareles: Tales of a teenage Woodstock survivor
18 Aug 2019Celebrated New York Times popular music critic Jon Pareles was one of 400,000 people who actually attended Woodstock. He reflects on his experience as a 15-year-old musical devotee. Audio
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