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12:30 PM.Wellington's Bach Choir and The Queen's Closet join forces this weekend in a concert marking St Cecilia's Day. Read more Audio

12:30 PM.The Royal New Zealand Ballet's Artistic Director Patricia Barker previews the company's 2021 season. Read more Audio

12:30 PM.New Zealand's Assistant Conductor in Residence, Vincent Hardaker, looks forward to the future as he's confirmed in the role for another year. Read more Audio

12:30 PM.Retiring CSO Principal Flute Anthony Ferner reflects on his career. Read more Audio

12:30 PM.New Zealand Chamber Soloists have their first big concert of the year this Sunday, and it's an evening of music with a Hungarian theme. Read more Audio

12:30 PM.Two major Auckland ensembles, the Manukau Symphony Orchestra and Auckland Choral, join together this weekend to celebrate the joy of live music-making including a new commission by Chris Artley. Read more Audio

12:30 PM.Amitai Pati is the first recipient of the inaugural $50,000 Dame Malvina Major Award. Read more Audio

12:30 PM.The Auckland Philharmonia Orchestra 'celebrates local' in next year's concerts. Read more Video, Audio

12:25 PM.World War I links the two cello concertos on a new album released on Rubicon Classics. Gareth Farr composed Chemin des Dames in 2017 for cellist Sébastien Hurtaud after discovering some Great… Read more Video, Audio

12:30 PM.The Tudor Consort's next concert marks the 500th anniversary of one of the most incredible summits to have taken place between two heads of state: the Field of Cloth of Gold meeting of Francis I of… Read more Audio

12:30 PM.New Zealand has recently gained a cornet virtuoso. Harmen Vanhoorne is now living here, and is soloist in Auckland Sinfonietta's next concert. Read more Audio

12:30 PM.What does it take to remove a pipe organ with its thousands of pipes from a heritage listed cathedral?

Michael Fletcher who is Director of Music at Wellington's Sacred Heart Cathedral describes how… Read more Audio

12:30 PM.Connecting with the community is key in Christchurch Symphony Orchestra's 2021 Season. Read more Audio

12:30 PM.If you're in Auckland this weekend, why not 'buy local' and take in a concert at the Mt Eden Chamber Music Festival. Artistic director Simeon Broom talks us through this year's programme. Read more Audio

12:30 PM.The All Girl Big Band takes centre stage at the 2020 Christchurch Big Band Festival. Read more Video, Audio

12:49 PM.The Auckland Philharmonia Orchestra's Reflections concert includes the world premiere performance of Gary Kulesha's Oboe Concerto, with soloist Bede Hanley. Read more Audio

12:30 PM.It's Music Therapy Week: an annual awareness campaign to advocate for vital music therapy services. From workshops by Zoom and tutorials on YouTube, to a caravan roaming the Wellington region to reach… Read more Video, Audio

12:30 PM.New Zealand audiophile label Rattle Records is about to reach the 30-year mark. Founder Steve Garden talks about Rattle's journey. Read more Video, Audio

12:30 PM.“Sometimes just $200 can go so far for a singer who’s… struggling to pay rent and petrol,” says Tayla Alexander, who's launched a foundation (Tayla Made) which offers this practical assistance. Read more Video, Audio

12:30 PM.Top New Zealand choir Voices NZ turns to the world of opera for their next concert tour. Read more Audio

12:33 PM.Seven courses, seven pieces of music. Wellington on a Plate's 'A Sensory Adventure' explores the effects of sound on taste when Rosie Langabeer's compositions are paired with Anastasha Sarlis'… Read more Audio

5:38 PM.Riki Gooch talks about 'conduction', a system of gestures he uses in his new work, Ngā Tuone. Read more Audio

1:17 PM.Prize-winning pianist Lixin Zhang performs an all-Chopin recital in Wellington this Sunday. Read more Audio

12:30 PM.The APO goes to the opera for their next concert, which features a stellar line-up of some of New Zealand's top opera singers. Read more Audio

12:30 PM.Composer Salina Fisher speaks to Nick Tipping about her new work 'Kintsugi' inspired by the Japanese art of repairing broken pottery with gold dust and lacquer. Read more Audio