Music Alive

Taking its title from Richard Strauss's late masterpiece, written in mourning for the destroyed Munich National Theatre, this concert also includes performances of two other works that riff on the… Read more Audio

Violinist Monique Lapins plays some of her favourites. Read more Audio

The Adam Chamber Music Festival shifts to Nelson Cathedral for the traditional and atmospheric celebration of the music of Johann Sebastian Bach. Read more Audio

The very special guests at the 2024 Adam Chamber Music Festival, the Takács Quartet have the stage to themselves with a little help from a couple New Zealand String Quartet members. Read more Audio

Percussionist Justin DeHart plays a vibrant recital which includes works from Aotearoa by Rosa Elliott, Philip Brownlee, Mark Menzies, John Psathas, and Gareth Farr. Read more Audio

Mozart's gorgeous Clarinet Quintet and Shostakovich's trenchant Second String Quartet make for a bracing contrast in this programmme. Read more Audio

Two works from the 21st Century and one of the 20th's most transcendent, Olivier Messian's Quartet for the End of Time. Read more Audio

New Zealand Secondary Students' Choir 2022 Tour, recorded at St Mary's Pro-Cathedral, Christchurch on 14 July 2022. Read more Audio

Soprano Jenny Wollerman and pianist Jian Liu perform the world premiere of a major song cycle by Jenny McLeod, written in 2003. Read more Audio

A variety of brilliant artists bring us a programme featuring the music of Schumann, Janáček, Piazzolla, Monti, and Florence Price. Read more Audio

Hungarian pianist Dénes Várjon treats us to a programme that puts his beloved Bartók in amongst music by Beethoven, Liszt and Chopin. Read more Audio

Music by Max Bruch, Dame Gillian Whitehead and Bela Bartok provide us with the fascinating ways that composers use song and dance in their music. Read more Audio