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30 November 2025

Ritchie, Anthony: You! Who? - Tessa Romano (mezzo), Terence Dennis (piano) (RNZ)

Ligeti, György: Concert Românesc - Auckland Philharmonia/Giordano Bellincampi (RNZ)

Fisher, Salina: Mata-Au - Benjamin Baker (violin), Amanda Verner (viola), Matthias Balzat (cello) (RNZ MMF 2023)

Natarajan, Sai: We Long for an Adventure - New Zealand Symphony Orchestra/James Judd (RNZ)

Psathas, John: Pharoah, Concerto for Timpani and Orchestra - Tomonmi Nozaki (timpani), Orchestra Wellington/Marc Taddei (RNZ OW 2023-10-07)

Tüür, Erkki-Sven: Architectonics V - Absolute Ensemble (CCn'C 01812)

Vasks, Pēteris: Cor Anglais Concerto - Normunds Sne (cor anglais/director), Sinfonietta Riga (WERGO WER 6705)

Tararua: Hinepūkohuraki - Tararua: Ruby Solly (cello, vocals, ngā taonga pūoro), Ariana Tikao (vocals, ngā taonga pūoro), Phil Boniface (double bass), Alistair Fraser (ngā taonga puoro) (Ora Records 2022)

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  • Sound Lounge: Nine NZ composers pay tribute to Lilburn; Virtuosic violinist Jennifer Koh talks about new works written for her

    3 Nov 2018

    Stroma presents Nine Echoes, a major tribute to Douglas Lilburn featuring nine new works written by New Zealand composers, each work responding to one of Lilburn's Nine Short Pieces for piano. In… Read more Video

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  • Sound Lounge: NZ musicians perform Lilburn to celebrate his birthday; pre-Halloween horror synth with Goblin-tribute band Zombi

    27 Oct 2018

    We celebrate Lilburn's birthday with covers of his music by NZ musicians and his Chaconne; Pre-Halloween horror-synth with Goblin-tribute band Zombi ; and in a Relevant Tones episode dedicated to… Read more Video

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  • Sound Lounge: Chris Adams depicts the evocative and turbulent painting Otira Gorge; Aphex Twin's new Collapse EP

    20 Oct 2018

    Chris Adams depicts the evocative and turbulent painting Otira Gorge; Aphex Twin's new EP Collapse. Read more Video

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  • Sound Lounge: Flo Wilson reimagines Norris's Sygyt; Steve Reich's Music for 18 Musicians; Contemporary Haitian composers

    13 Oct 2018

    Flo Wilson's reimagining of Michael Norris's SOUNZ Contemporary Award-winning Sygyt; Steve Reich's beautiful and iconic Music for 18 Musicians; and in Relevant Tones we hear from a selection of… Read more Video

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  • Sound Lounge: First of the 2018 NZSO Composer Sessions; Julius Eastman's provocative Gay Guerilla

    6 Oct 2018

    In Relevant Tones we leave the world of equal-temperament behind and explore various contemporary pieces written for instruments in just intonation. Read more Video

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  • David Long and Phoenix Foundation members take soundtrack awards at the APRA Silver Scroll 2018

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    4 Oct 2018

    Lukasz Buda, Samuel Scott, and Conrad Wedde of The Phoenix Foundation have won Best Original Music in a Series and David Long of the Muttonbirds has won Best Original Music in a Feature Film at the… Read more Video

  • Sound Lounge: Two exclusive tracks from Rhian Sheehan's new album; Leonie Holmes talks about her witch-inspired new work; Joan Tower picks her own favourite works

    29 Sep 2018

    Leonie Holmes talks about her new work Dance of the Wintersmith, a finalist for the 2018 SOUNZ Contemporary Award, where satire, fantasy and the story of a young witch collide; East and West meet in… Read more Video

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  • Sound Lounge: Rosie Langabeer talks about the creation of Occulmente; Caroline Shaw's "Musical Sashimi"; Modern Musical Miniatures

    22 Sep 2018

    Rosie Langabeer talks about the creation of Occulmente; Relevant Tones uncovers why composers enjoy creating mini masterworks under three-minutes long. Read more Video

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  • Sound Lounge: pioneering Kiwi concertos

    15 Sep 2018

    Michael Norris is a finalist in the APRA Silver Scroll Awards in the SOUNZ Contemporary Award category for his new work, Sygyt. He talks to Eva Radich about the work's creation;  The first ever… Read more Video

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  • Sound Lounge: Kyle Gann's modern alternative to Holst's Planets; Michael Norris's electrically charged Volti; Contemporary vinyl releases

    8 Sep 2018

    Comparing his updated version of the Planets to Holst's, Kyle Gann says; "My Planets may be better, may be worse, but their raison d'etre is that they are more suggestive of contemporary astrology… Read more Video

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  • Sound Lounge: Colin Currie plays Xenakis at the Proms; Louise Webster nudges the wind; David Long's McLaren soundtrack gets award nomination

    1 Sep 2018

    Award-winning British percussionist Colin Currie joins forces with dynamic contemporary music specialists, the JACK Quartet, for a programme of 20th- and 21st-century works, including world premieres… Read more Video

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  • Sound Lounge: 2018 SOUNZ Contemporary Award nominees; Japanese woodcuts turned into music; Vasks's spiritual summary of the times

    25 Aug 2018

    Hear how two different composers (Psathas & Rochberg) were inspired by Japanese wooduts (Ukiyo) in their music. Latvian composer Peteris Vasks has contemplated the passing of the twentieth century --… Read more Video

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Sound Lounge

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