Music
The apocalyptic work getting a rapturous reception
Composer Jack Bewley talks about his brass band work for the end of the world. Video, Audio
Leopard seal song compared to nursery rhymes
Researchers in Australia have found that leopard seals in Antarctica sing under the ice and their songs have similiaries with the way humans sing nursery rhymes to children. The study's lead author… Audio
WIENER: Go Between
Performed by The Betwieners at the NZCT Chamber Music Contest 2025 on 2 August 2025 at the Auckland Town Hall.
Recorded by RNZ Concert
Producer: Emre Ekici
Engineer: Adrian Hollay Audio
PIAZZOLA arr Verhelst: Suite from Maria de Buenos Aires
Performed by Los Piazzolanos at the NZCT Chamber Music Contest 2025 on 2 August 2025 at the Auckland Town Hall.
Recorded by RNZ Concert
Producer: Emre Ekici
Engineer: Adrian Hollay Audio
ROTA: Trio for Flute, Violin, and Piano
Performed by Nino Rota Trio at the NZCT Chamber Music Contest 2025 on 2 August 2025 at the Auckland Town Hall.
Recorded by RNZ Concert
Producer: Emre Ekici
Engineer: Adrian Hollay Audio
DAMASE: Quartet for Flute, Oboe, Clarinet, and Piano
Performed by Les Mousquetaires at the NZCT Chamber Music Contest 2025 on 2 August 2025 at the Auckland Town Hall.
Recorded by RNZ Concert
Producer: Emre Ekici
Engineer: Adrian Hollay Audio
SMETANA: Piano Trio in G minor Op 15, (iii)
Performed by Vzpomĭnka at the NZCT Chamber Music Contest 2025 on 2 August 2025 at the Auckland Town Hall.
Recorded by RNZ Concert
Producer: Emre Ekici
Engineer: Adrian Hollay Audio
BIZET arr Wilberg: Fantasy on Themes from Bizet’s Carmen
Performed by Mérimée Quartet at the NZCT Chamber Music Contest 2025 on 2 August 2025 at the Auckland Town Hall.
Recorded by RNZ Concert
Producer: Emre Ekici
Engineer: Adrian Hollay Audio
BACEWICZ: Quartet for Four Violins
Performed by 4tissimo at the NZCT Chamber Music Contest 2025 on 2 August 2025 at the Auckland Town Hall.
Recorded by RNZ Concert
Producer: Emre Ekici
Engineer: Adrian Hollay Audio
VILLA-LOBOS: Bachianas Brasileiras No 1, (i, iii)
Performed by Fellas with Cellas at the NZCT Chamber Music Contest 2025 on 2 August 2025 at the Auckland Town Hall.
Recorded by RNZ Concert
Producer: Emre Ekici
Engineer: Adrian Hollay Audio
NZCT Chamber Music Contest Final 2025
Performed by the finalists of the Chamber Music Contest 2025 on 2 August 2025 at the Auckland Town Hall.
Recorded by RNZ Concert
MC: Clarissa Dunn
Producer: Emre Ekici
Engineer: Adrian Hollay Audio
Franck, César: Piano Trio No 1 In F# Minor
Performed by the Amalia Hall (violin), Callum Hall (cello), and Somi Kim (piano) at NZTrio - Fantastique concert on 3 August 2025 at the Concert Chamber, Auckland Town Hall.
Recorded by RNZ Concert
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Psathas, John: Angelus
Performed by the Amalia Hall (violin), Callum Hall (cello), and Somi Kim (piano) at NZTrio - Fantastique concert on 3 August 2025 at the Concert Chamber, Auckland Town Hall.
Recorded by RNZ Concert
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Chen, Yi: Tibetan Tunes
Performed by the Amalia Hall (violin), Callum Hall (cello), and Somi Kim (piano) at NZTrio - Fantastique concert on 3 August 2025 at the Concert Chamber, Auckland Town Hall.
Recorded by RNZ Concert
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Shostakovich, Dmitri: Piano Trio No 1 In C Minor
Performed by the Amalia Hall (violin), Callum Hall (cello), and Somi Kim (piano) at NZTrio - Fantastique concert on 3 August 2025 at the Concert Chamber, Auckland Town Hall.
Recorded by RNZ Concert
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Turina, Joaquín: Círculo, Op 91
Performed by the Amalia Hall (violin), Callum Hall (cello), and Somi Kim (piano) at NZTrio - Fantastique concert on 3 August 2025 at the Concert Chamber, Auckland Town Hall.
Recorded by RNZ Concert
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How an AI-generated song ended up on a dead artist's Spotify page
Blaze Foley is a cult country music artist, who died in the 1980s, so how did a new song end up on his official Spotify page?
Hymns on Sunday, 3 August 2025
Arthur Sullivan was the music half of the successful theatrical partnership, Gilbert and Sullivan. Alongside those catchy songs from Pirates of Penzance and HMS Pinafore, he also wrote hymn tunes. You… Audio
Nashville Babylon: 2 August 2025
On this week's show there's weighty blues from Slim Harpo and Lightnin' Slim, Scottish soul from the Fleets, rockabilly the Stray Cats plus a classic cut from Bonnie Raitt. Audio
The Mixtape: Mike McRoberts
The host of RNZ100: A Century of Stories joins us to share six favourite songs, and reflect on 40 years of broadcasting, from leading RNZ's sports department aged 24, to reporting from warzones and… Audio
