Classical Music

There’s just one week left to vote in your favourite music for Setting the Score 2019 on Labour Day. Here are few things to keep in mind... Video, Audio, Gallery

Each year RNZ Concert asks its listeners to vote for their Top three favourite pieces of classical music in Settling the Score. Here are five things that will make you a Settling the Score voting pro…

As 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 World'. Video

Black magic, theft, grave digging, gruesome crimes...some of our most famous classical composers led dark and interesting lives. It certainly wasn't all powdered wigs and harpsichord recitals for… Audio

Classical and modern guitarist Gunter Herbig was born in Brazil, grew up in Portugal and Germany, and moved to New Zealand in 1989. A teacher, he was Head of Classical Guitar and Chamber Music at the… Audio

Simon O'Neill is one of the greatest Wagner tenors of our time, singing with the world's most eminent conductors and orchestras. Ahead of a tour with baritone Iain Patterson and pianist Terence… Audio

It's no surprise Hannibal Lecter listened to Bach in prison, classical music has become the kiss of death in film.  Video, Audio

Konzertstueck No.1 for Two Clarinets and Piano, Op 113 by Felix Mendelssohn. Franklin Cohen and Marie Ross on clarinets, and they are joined by Kent Isomura on piano. Audio

Franklin Cohen and guitarist Barkin Sertkaya play Schubert's Sonata for arpeggione and piano in A minor on clarinet and guitar. Audio

Techno Parade for Flute, Clarinet and Piano by contemporary French composer Guillaume Connesson. Performed by Franklin Cohen on clarinet, Eric Lamb, flute and Kent Isomura on piano. Audio

Sonata for Clarinet and Piano, FP 184 by Francis Poulenc - played by clarinettist Franklin Cohen and pianist Kent Isomura. Audio

Franklin Cohen, Eric Lamb, Kent Isomura play Four Waltzes for Flute, Clarinet and Piano by Shostakovich, arranged by Lev Atoumyan. Audio

Franklin Cohen is joined on stage by UoA School of Music staff Martin Rummel, cello, and Kent Isomura - piano to play Beethoven's Trio for clarinet, cello and piano Op 11. Audio

The Grammy Awards - American music's "biggest night of the year" have been bestowed for work released in 2018. Here's a taste of the classical music category winners. Video

The New Zealand Symphony Orchestra performs some of the most popular and beloved works of classical music from composers Schubert, Debussy and Tchaikovsky, and a world premiere by acclaimed NZ…

Listen to New Zealand's favourite classical music for 2018, as voted for by RNZ Concert listeners. Video, Audio

RNZ Concert's Clarissa Dunn is back to dazzle us with her music knowledge. Some listeners love classical music and can hum the pieces but can't name them - that's where Clarissa comes in. Video, Audio

German Canadian virtuoso cellist Johannes Moser has performed with the world's leading orchestras, including the Berliner Philharmoniker, New York and Los Angeles Philharmonics and Chicago and London… Video, Audio

German-Canadian cellist Johannes Moser was in New Zealand in 2018 and performed a recital of Bach Cello Suites. This is his version of the Cello Suite No 3, recorded by RNZ at St. Mary's Church in… Audio