Music
APO: Sibelius Violin Concerto - Viktoria Mullova
Performed by Viktoria Mullova with the Auckland Philharmonia Orchestra, conducted by Vladimir Ashkenazy. Audio
Country music star John Grenell dies at age of 78
One of New Zealand's best known country singers, John Grenell, has died aged 78. Audio
Remembering John Hore Grenell with Brendan Dugan
Brendan Dugan remembers the late country musician John Hore Grenell, of Whitecliffs, Canterbury. Audio
Music Critic: Tony Stamp
Today RNZ's own Tony Stamp talks about music from Te Kahureremoa. Audio
Opera singer needed professional help after Covid-19
You can't be an opera singer unless you have an impressive pair of lungs - and know how to use them.
But Auckland-born soprano Christina Orjis had to get professional help to learn how to breathe… Audio
Bookmarks with Chris Parkin
Our guest on bookmarks today is businessman and philanthropist Chris Parkin. This year marks 10 years since he established the Parkin Drawing Prize, in which the winner is awarded $25,000. Audio
Music with Jess Fu: Aridni Orca, The Beths, Fazerdaze
Music reviewer Jess Fu joins Kathryn to look at a new solo project, Aridni Orca, by Indira Force - formerly of the Christchurch band Doprah. Auckland band, The Beths, has released their second single… Audio
CMNZ: Cornerstones - Viktoria Mullova Trio
Mullova is known the world over as a violinist of exceptional versatility and musical integrity. She is joined by husband Matthew Barley and New Zealand's Stephen De Pledge in performing Schubert’s…
Music feature: The Art of Broadway Orchestration
For today's Music Feature we're exploring the Art of Broadway Orchestration with Auckland University musicologist Gregory Camp. Audio
Thank you for the music, from Porirua to Harvard: Jess Jenkins
A young Porirua violist has been selected to study at an Ivy League university in the US. Former Tawa College student Jess Jenkins has been accepted at Harvard, from over ten thousand applications… Audio
Judah Kelley
Judah Kelley is a Dunedin musician - and an oceanographer - lately she's been combining both passions using the sounds of the ocean to make music. Audio
Filipe Manu wins opera's Lexus Song Quest
Filipe Manu has won the Lexus Song Quest, Aotearoa's most prestigious opera competition. '
Manu won a $20,000 cash prize, plus a $27,000 study scholarship and international travel worth up to $3000.
…Interview - Giordano Bellincampi on Il Trovatore
Giordano Bellincampi talks to Tim Dodd about Verdi's opera 'Il Trovatore' and the Auckland Philharmonia Orchestra's semi-staging of the opera in the Auckland Town Hall. Audio
The Esoteric Florence
In a programme themed around esoterica, William Dart checks out the new album from the often esoteric Florence + The Machine. Audio
Auckland Philharmonia - Il Trovatore
The Auckland Philharmonia's Opera in Concert for 2022, performed in Auckland Town Hall, 16 July 2022. Audio
Hymns on Sunday, 24 July 2022
There's a focus this week on hymns that are inspired by the psalms, including All people that on earth do dwell (Psalm 100), and I to the hills will lift mine eyes, from Psalm 121. Audio
Rosa ELLIOTT: Forest Song
The world premiere performance given by NZ Secondary Students' Choir, NZ Youth Choir and Voices NZ conducted by David Squire, Holy Trinity Cathedral, Auckland, 23 July 2022. Audio
ORFF: Carmina Burana, Nos 24 - 25
Performed by the combined Choirs Aotearoa: NZ Secondary Students' Choir, NZ Youth Choir, Voices NZ conducted by Karen Grylls, Holy Trinity Cathedral, Auckland, 23 July 2022. Audio
ORFF: Carmina Burana, Nos 20 - 21
Performed by the combined Choirs Aotearoa: NZ Secondary Students' Choir, NZ Youth Choir, Voices NZ with soloist Natasha Te Rupe Wilson (soprano) conducted by Karen Grylls, Holy Trinity Cathedral… Audio
ORFF: Carmina Burana, Nos 15 - 17
Performed by the combined Choirs Aotearoa: NZ Secondary Students' Choir, NZ Youth Choir, Voices NZ with soloists Natasha Te Rupe Wilson (soprano) and James Harrison (baritone) and Nota Bella girls'… Audio
