Classical Music
Calling Home: Filipe Manu in London
Filipe Manu is a New Zealand-Tongan tenor who is currently based in London, where he is part of the Young Artist programme at the world-renowned Royal Opera House. He's Calling Home this morning. Audio
Settling The Score 2020: The Top 100
You voted and now it's time for the big reveal: Here are New Zealand's 100 most popular pieces of classical music for 2020 - and yes, there are some surprises! Video
LIVE VIDEO: NZSO Cadence - Grenfell & Mozart
Conductor Gemma New leads the NZSO in a concert full of rhythm and dance. Clockwerk introduces the different string sections of the Orchestra and Idomeneo is considered one of Mozart’s first great… Video
Christchurch Symphony Orchestra with Michael Houstoun and Anthony Ferner
Michael Houstoun (piano), Anthony Ferner (flute), Christchurch Symphony Orchestra conducted by Holly Mathieson. Audio
My Current Song: Jan Preston - 'Honky Tonk Song'
Jan Preston used her time during lockdown to get into the studio and lay down tracks for her new album, Piano Boogie Woman. Now, on this side of the Tasman, Jan is ready to hit the road for a 20-date… Audio
Orchestra Wellington gets Classical on Cuba Street
Kickstarting live music again, Orchestra Wellington is bringing music back to the inner city through a creative partnership with CubaDupa organisers and WellingtonNZ, which will see twenty ensembles… Audio
Seven fun classical pieces for kids of all ages
Heard enough Baby Shark to last a lifetime? Wishing you could escape into childhood right now? RNZ Concert has the answer. Here are the best pieces of classical music written with children in mind.
Sophy Roberts: The Lost Pianos of Siberia
Sophy Roberts is a travel writer who focuses on remote parts of the world. Her first book, The Lost Pianos of Siberia, charts her incredible search for an instrument in Siberia worthy of a brilliant… Audio
New Year Honours award for arts administrator Scilla Askew
Congratulations to Scilla Askew, whose work in arts administration was recognised in the 2020 New Year Honours. Audio
Settling the Score: Your 100 favorite classical pieces from 2019
New Zealand's top 100 favorite pieces of classical music, as voted for by the RNZ Concert audience and friends in 2019.
Queen and Coldplay are the new Beethoven and Mozart
The likes of ABBA, Queen and Coldplay should now be put on the same pedestal of the world's greatest classical composers according to a new study published in the Psychomusicology: Music, Mind, and… Audio
Settling The Score: Highlights and fun facts 2019
When it comes to RNZ Concert's annual classical music poll, Settling the Score, some years there are no great surprises. But other times there are some big ones...
The Open Ears Project - Week Two
Each episode of The Open Ears Project offers a brief and soulful glimpse into another human life, helping us to hear their favorite music - and each other - differently.
Marc Taddei - Fanfare For The Common Man
Marc Taddei is a classically trained trombonist who is the music director of Orchestra Wellington. On Saturday evening at the Michael Fowler Centre in Wellington the orchestra plays Aaron Copland's… Audio
Settling The Score: voting trends - one week left
There’s just one week left to vote in your favourite music for Setting the Score 2019 on Labour Day. Here are few things to keep in mind... Video, Audio, Gallery
Five things about voting for New Zealand’s most-loved classics
Each year RNZ Concert asks its listeners to vote for their Top three favourite pieces of classical music in Settling the Score. Here are five things that will make you a Settling the Score voting pro…
A Beginner's Guide to the BBC Proms
As RNZ Concert broadcasts highlights from the 2019 BBC Proms, here's our beginner's guide to what is billed as 'The Greatest Classical Music Festival in the World'. Video
Classical music mysteries: 'Case Notes'
Black magic, theft, grave digging, gruesome crimes...some of our most famous classical composers led dark and interesting lives. It certainly wasn't all powdered wigs and harpsichord recitals for… Audio
Gunter Herbig - the music of Mansfield's favourite mystic
Classical and modern guitarist Gunter Herbig was born in Brazil, grew up in Portugal and Germany, and moved to New Zealand in 1989. A teacher, he was Head of Classical Guitar and Chamber Music at the… Audio
Simon O'Neill - New Zealand still home for world's great Wagner tenor
Simon O'Neill is one of the greatest Wagner tenors of our time, singing with the world's most eminent conductors and orchestras. Ahead of a tour with baritone Iain Patterson and pianist Terence… Audio
