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Moment of Calm: Steam, wind and (just a little) speed.
25 Jun 2025Bryan Crump turns to the power of nostalgia (and overcomes a bit of wind noise) to bring you a steam driven Sonic Moment of Calm. Read more Audio
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David Squire's farewell NZ Youth Choir tour
25 Jun 2025David Squire and Ivan Zhang from the New Zealand Youth Choir speak to RNZ Concert ahead of the choir's latest overseas tour, the last David will lead as the the ensemble's director. Read more Audio
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Keeping music in the family
24 Jun 2025The woman she's named after took a while to find her ideal match, but Arabella Steinbacher knew what she wanted by the time she was three. Read more Audio
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Natania Ngawhau: from the farm to the Big Apple
23 Jun 2025Natania Ngawhau is getting ready to move herself and her trombone to Manhattan for a Masters degree in orchestral performance. Read more Audio
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A Stellar Sonic Tonic
RNZ Concert marks Matariki 2025 with a Stellar Sonic Tonic of historical sounds and (mostly) heavenly music. Read more Audio
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Matariki on RNZ Concert
20 Jun 2025From Ché-Fu and his band The Kratez performing with the Auckland Philharmonia to a family-friendly NZSO concert the kids can sign along to, and a Stellar Sonic Tonic, RNZ Concert has something for… Read more Audio
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Patricia Hurley - Viva Opera!
19 Jun 2025Patricia Hurley's book Viva Opera! A Journey Through Italy draws on her lifelong passion for all things opera and her experience introducing tourists and singers to Italy's many opera meccas. Read more Audio
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Moment of Calm: Fernanda's Birds
18 Jun 2025This week's Sonic Moment of Calm was sent to us by a listener in Otago. Read more Audio
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Children are the future of singing
18 Jun 2025Ahead of its Matariki concert, artistic director, Elise Bradley talks about the New Zealand Children’s Choral Academy. Read more Audio
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Kapa Haka for everyone
17 Jun 2025Rawi Pere is one of the leaders of a Matariki project teaching Kapa Haka to beginners - Māori and non-Māori - which will perform publicly in Kerikeri this weekend. Read more Audio
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Classical, but not as he pictured it
16 Jun 2025Documentary maker Sebastian Kerebs goes behind the scenes to cover a series of Wellington classical music concerts aimed at people who don't usually go to classical music concerts. Read more Video, Audio
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Michael Norris and the technology of composing
13 Jun 2025Ahead of the latest concert by the new music group, Stroma, its co-founder, composer Michael Norris talks to RNZ Concert about the growing role of technology in creativity.
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28 August 2025
with Bryan Crump
Haydn, Franz Joseph: Keyboard Concerto in G HobXVIII/4 (3) - Leif Ove Andsnes (pno/dir), Norwegian CO (EMI CDC 5 56960)
Morley, Thomas: Now is the month of maying - Cambridge Singers/John Rutter (Collegium CSCD 500)
Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus: Violin Concerto No 3 in G K216 (3) - James Ehnes (vln/dir), Mozart Anniversary Orch (CBC Records SMCD 5238)
Geoffrey Burgon: Nunc dimittis - The Gesualdo Six, Matilda Lloyd (trumpet)/Owain Park (Hyperion CDA68465)
Hovhaness, Alan: Alleluia & Fugue Op 40b - I Fiamminghi/Rudolf Werthen (TELARC CD 80503)
Poledouris, Basil: Lonesome Dove, theme from the film score - Cincinnati Pops Orch/Erich Kunzel (Telarc CD 80474)
Berlioz, Hector: Beatrice & Benedict, Overture - Scottish CO/Robin Ticciati (Linn CKD 400)
Bach, Johann Sebastian: French Suite No 6 in E BWV817 - Angela Hewitt (pno) (Hyperion CDA 67121/2)
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Humperdinck, Engelbert: Children's prayer, from Hänsel & Gretel - New York Phil/Leonard Bernstein (SONY MLK 62617)
Tchaikovsky, Pyotr Ilyich: Piano Concerto No 2 in G Op 44 (3) - Stephen Hough (pno), Jorja Fleezanis (vln), Anthony Ross (cello), Minnesota Orch/Osmo Vänskä (Hyperion CDA 67711/2)
Metcalfe, John: Silent Westway - Tom Kerstens (gtr), Tom Kerstens' G Plus ensemble (REAL WORLD CDRW 175)
Boccherini, Luigi: Cello Concerto in G G480 (2) - Steven Isserlis (cello/dir), Bremen German Chamber Phil (Hyperion CDA 68162)
Schubert, Franz arr Hazell: Ave Maria - Emmanuel Fonoti-Fuimaono (tenor), Auckland Philharmonia/Stephen Layton (RNZ )
Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus: Clarinet Quintet in A K581 (2) - Paul Dean (cl), Grainger Quartet (MELBA MR 301 122)
Williams, John: Han Solo and the Princess - City of Prague Phil/Paul Bateman (Silva Screen FILM CD 160)
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Farrenc, Louise: Piano Quintet No 2 in E (3) - Schubert Ensemble of London (ASV CD DCA 1122)
D'Indy, Vincent: Symphony in A minor, Italian (2) - Brittany Orch/Lionel Bringuier (TIMPANI 1C 1125)
Morricone, Ennio: Cinema Paradiso - Gil Shaham (vln), Hollywood Bowl Orch/John Mauceri (Philips 454 647)
Grofe, Ferde: Sunrise, from Grand Canyon Suite - Bournemouth SO/William T Stromberg (Naxos 8.559007)
Silvestrov, Valentin: Bagatelle No 1 - Valentin Silvestrov (pno) (ECM 1988 (476 6178))
Higdon, Jennifer: Viola Concerto (3) - Roberto Díaz (viola), Nashville Symphony Orchestra/Giancarlo Guerrero (Naxos 8.559823)
Merlin, José Luis: Joropo, from Suite del recuerdo - Bruce Paine (gtr) (PRIVATE RECORDING BNP 02 CD)
Copland, Aaron: Simple gifts, from Appalachian Spring - Boston Pops Orch/John Williams (Sony MLK 64059)
Grieg, Edvard: The Tryst (Møte), from The Mountain Maid Op 67 - Anne Lamont-Low (mezzo), Terence Dennis (pno) (RNZ UB42)
Frahm, Nils arr Badzura: Ambre - Daniel Hope (vln), Jacques Ammon (pno), Christoph Anacker (dbass), Jane Berthe (harp), Kaiser Quartett (DG 479 6922)
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Glass, Philip: Etude No 15 - Víkingur Ólafsson (piano) (DG 94796918)
Weber, Carl Maria von: Clarinet Concerto No 2 in Eb Op 74 - Emma Johnson (cl), English CO/Gerard Schwarz (ASV CD DCA 659)
Grainger, Percy: Colonial Song, Up-Country Song - Royal Northern College of Music Wind Orch/Timothy Reynish (Chandos CHAN 9549)
Debussy, Claude orch Ravel: Sarabande, from Pour le Piano - Quebec SO/Yoav Talmi (Atma SACD 2 2377)
Edwards, Ross arr Walter: Guitar Dances (3) - Aleksandr Tsiboulski (gtr) (Naxos 8.570949)
Brahms, Johannes: Minnelied Op 71/5 - Andrew Joyce (cello), Rae de Lisle (pno) (Atoll ACD280)
Shostakovich, Dmitri: Waltz, from Jazz Suite No 2 - Philadelphia Orch/Mariss Jansons (EMI CDC 5 55601)
Monbet, Fiona: L'aveu - Fiona Monbet (violin) (Fo Feo Productions 6785769)
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