Music

Auckland Philharmonia Orchestra In Your Neighbourhood concert, featuring their principal clarinet player Jonathan Cohen.  Audio

Jonathan Cohen and his friends from the APO play Mozart's Clarinet Quintet. Audio

The Sleeping Beauty is this year's Opera in Schools touring production. Bryan Crump speaks to performers Ridge Ponini and Alexandra Francis about Cook Islands opera and the role reversal used in this… Audio

For today's music feature we focus in on the career and legacy of Prince. Emerging in the late 1970s as a prodigy musician, he developed a reputation as a prolific virtuoso who wrote, produced… Audio

Bryan Crump speaks to Matthew Ross Audio

The 55th National Concerto Competition took place over the weekend, featuring three of New Zealand's top young pianists. The winner of the career-launching $10,000 first prize was Yuzhang Wu, a year… Audio

Music from the world, for the world, hosted by Trevor Reekie. Audio

William Dart looks back nostalgically 30 years to a Flying Nun compilation of women's music, Shrew'd, and casts an eye over the latest selection of New Tracks from NZ On Air. Audio

This week we’ve communion hymns, a psalm from the Scottish Psalter, and some hymns from writers who are proof that age is no barrier to trying something new. Audio

National Concerto Competition 2023 first place winner Yuzhang Wu.

Performed by Yuzhang Wu (piano) with the Christchurch Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Benjamin Northey in the Douglas Lilburn… Audio

National Concerto Competition 2023 second place winner Henry Meng.

Performed by Henry Meng (piano) with the Christchurch Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Benjamin Northey in the Douglas Lilburn… Audio

National Concerto Competition 2023 third place winner Madeleine Xiao.

Performed by Madeleine Xiao (piano) with the Christchurch Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Benjamin Northey in the Douglas… Audio

On this week’s Nashville Babylon Mark has reggae from Burning Spear, swamp-blues courtesy of Tony Joe White, a live session track from Nadia Reid plus a soul classic from Smokey Robinson. Audio

Both Wes Montgomery and Dexter Gordon would have turned 100 recently. Nick celebrates their centenaries with a look at some of their highlights. Audio

Our guest on the Mixtape is Yaw Asumadu, a Ghanian musician who now reside in Aotearoa - He started 11 piece afro jazz band Ozi Ooza - Who are playing at the Arts Fest next weekend, he picks some… Audio

Classics from Joe Lovano, Anita O'Day, and Miles Davis, and an original from Dunedin bandleader Bill Martin. Audio

Immortal Bangers and Me by Shayne Carter: The legendary musician recounts his experience playing with the New Zealand Symphony Orchestra. Audio