Music

Wellington indie singer/ songwriter Lontalius (Eddie Johnston) releases his fourth album this week, and it's a luxuriously sad delight. We'll hear two songs from that today, followed by an early track… Audio

Performed by semifinalist Lorenz Karls at the 2023 Michael Hill International Violin Competition with Amalia Hall, Gillian Ansell, Robert Ashworth, and Ashley Brown, Auckland Concert Chamber, 8 June… Audio

Performed by semifinalist Aoi Saito at the 2023 Michael Hill International Violin Competition with Amalia Hall, Gillian Ansell, Robert Ashworth, and Ashley Brown, Auckland Concert Chamber, 8 June… Audio

Performed by semifinalist Claire Wells at the 2023 Michael Hill International Violin Competition with Amalia Hall, Gillian Ansell, Robert Ashworth, and Ashley Brown, Auckland Concert Chamber, 8 June… Audio

Baritone Chris Berentson is off to Germany to perform the title role in Lyric Opera Studio Weimar's production of Don Giovanni. Audio

MACEY and Saint Lane are our double musical guests today chatting about their new music. We also chat about the vape law changes and Evie fills us in on the series Couples Therapy NZ Audio

Performed by semifinalist Eva Rabchevska at the 2023 Michael Hill International Violin Competition with Amalia Hall, Gillian Ansell, Robert Ashworth, and Ashley Brown, Auckland Concert Chamber, 7 June… Audio

Performed by semifinalist Gabrielle Depres at the 2023 Michael Hill International Violin Competition with Amalia Hall, Gillian Ansell, Robert Ashworth, and Ashley Brown, Auckland Concert Chamber, 7… Audio

Performed by semifinalist Yeyeong Jin at the 2023 Michael Hill International Violin Competition with Amalia Hall, Gillian Ansell, Robert Ashworth, and Ashley Brown, Auckland Concert Chamber, 7 June… Audio

Nigel Collins explores the intersection between classical and popular music. This episode features music from Brian Eno, Steve Reich and The Beatles. (FINAL) Audio

Geoffrey John Davies talks with Bryan Crump about The Violin Channel, the classical music website he founded. Audio

For Bookmarks today we have comedian, actor and writer Donna Brookbanks. Donna Brookbanks is one of the founding member of the hugely successful improve and comedy show, Snort at Auckland Basement… Audio

Seeing a music legend perform in their prime is an amazing experience so it's no wonder there have been recent advances in holographic concerts. Audio

Having previously explored musical depictions of chickens, goats, cats and dogs on Nine to Noon, this week it behooves Ian Chapman to turn his attention to horses. In doing so he finds… Audio

The NZ Choral Federation's secondary schools choral festival is in 'full sing', with regional rounds taking place throughout the country over the next couple of weeks. Audio

For today's music feature we've got Phoenix Foundation founding member Samuel Flynn-Scott to talk about one of his all time favourite band, Talking Heads. Audio

A young New Zealander, just shy of 21 has defied the odds to be accepted into London's prestigious Royal Academy of Music to study musical theatre. Audio