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Carnival down under
about 3 hours agoCamryn Nel and Donovan Bixley have turned a children's book into a work for orchestra. Read more Audio
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Stirring the melting pot
13 Mar 2026Collaboration is the name of the game for Indian classical musicians Manjit Singh and Aakash Chacko Binu. Read more Audio
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At home on the podium and the pedals
12 Mar 2026Australian-based conductor Dr Joseph Nolan is directing the music in a revival of Douglas Wright's dance work Gloria, but he also loves to play the organ. Read more Audio
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Moment of Cable Calm
11 Mar 2026Close your eyes and take a relaxing ride in a Wellington tourist attraction. Read more Audio
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Murder on the Dancefloor
11 Mar 2026Choreographer Miranda Manasiadis talks about how she uses David Long's music for her latest dance work. Read more Audio
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Same opera, different story
10 Mar 2026Daisy Evans is the director of NZ Opera's performances of Bluebeard's Castle in the Auckland Arts Festival. Read more Audio
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Philosophy and all that jazz
9 Mar 2026For his latest album, saxophone player and composer Jake Baxendale has set the ancient Chinese text the Tao Te Ching to music.
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Showcasing top young classical talent in Auckland
6 Mar 2026St Matthew's Chamber Orchestra music director Michael Joel talks with RNZ Concert about the ensemble's upcoming Auckland Arts Festival concert, Young & Brilliant. Read more Audio
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Violinist Lorna Zhang
5 Mar 2026RNZ Concert's Bryan Crump talks with Lorna Zhang, one of the three finalists in this year's National Concerto Competition. Read more Audio
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In the pit for Macbeth
5 Mar 2026Violinist Jessica Oddie is part of the small ensemble providing the music for the Royal New Zealand Ballet's latest offering, a co-production with West Australian Ballet. Read more Audio
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Moment of Calm: Morning in Suburbia
4 Mar 2026Before the Summer cicadas really started cranking up, Bryan Crump recorded this Moment of Calm in a Hamilton backyard. Read more Audio
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Cellist Ryan Yeh
4 Mar 2026RNZ Concert's Bryan Crump talks with Ryan Yeh, one of the three finalists in this year's National Concerto Competition. Read more Audio
18 March 2026
with Bryan Crump
Ellington, Duke: It Don't Mean A Thing - Daniel Hope (violin), Joscho Stephan (guitar), Stephane Logerot (dbass) (DG 4864994)
Rimsky-Korsakov, Nikolai: Neapolitan Song Op 63 - BBC Philharmonic/Vassily Sinaisky (Chandos CHAN 10424)
Schumann, Robert: Three Romances Op 94 (1) - Albrecht Mayer (cor anglais), Markus Becker (piano) (Decca 4783564)
Maria Theresia von Paradis: Sicilienne (Arr. for Brass Ensemble by Roger Harvey) - Tine Thing Helseth (trumpet), tenThing (LAWO LWC1280)
Weber, Carl Maria von: Overture, from Euryanthe - New Zealand Symphony Orchestra/Antoni Wit (Naxos 8.570296)
Beethoven, Ludwig van: Violin Concerto in D Op 61 (3) - Isabelle Faust (violin), Prague Philharmonic/Jirí Belohlávek (HARMONIA MUNDI HMC 90 1944)
Debussy, Claude orch Holloway: En blanc et noir - Lyon National Orchestra/Jun Märkl (Naxos 8.572583)
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Mendelssohn, Felix: Perpetuum Mobile in C Op 119 - Martin Jones (piano) (NIMBUS NI 5069)
Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus: Symphony No 39 in Eb K543 (3) - Prague Chamber Orchestra/Charles Mackerras (TELARC CD 80203)
Brahms, Johannes: Clarinet Sonata in F minor Op 120/1 (4) - Marie Ross (clarinet), Petra Somlai (piano) (Centaur CRC3760)
Rodgers, Richard: The Sound of Music, Entr'acte - Hollywood Bowl Orchestra/John Mauceri (Philips 446499)
Kodály, Zoltán: Intermezzo for String Trio - members of the Lyric Quartet (ASV CD DCA 985)
Gluck, Christoph Willibald: J'ai perdu mon Eurydice, from Orphée et Eurydice, Acte III - Reinoud Van Mechelen (tenor), Les Arts Florissants/Paul Agnew (Harmonia mundi HAF890540102)
Dvořák, Antonín transcr Pablo Ferrández: Song to the moon, from Rusalka - Pablo Ferrández (cello), Swedish Chamber Orchestra/Martin Fröst (Sony 19802898632)
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Telemann, Georg Philipp: Overture, from Don Quixote Suite - I Fiamminghi/Rudolf Werthen (Sound of Flanders 9101)
Krommer, Franz: Wind Partita in Eb with two solo horns (2) - Josef Triebensee Ensemble/Jeroen Weierink (ETCETERA KTC 1141)
Hespe, George: The Three Musketeers: D'Artagnan, Soldier of Fortune - National Youth Brass Band of New Zealand/Nigel Weeks (Trust MMT 2049)
Schumann, Robert: Fantasy in C Op 17 (2) - Marc-André Hamelin (piano) (Hyperion CDA 67166)
Grieg, Edvard: Holberg Suite (3) - Estonian National Symphony Orchestra/Paavo Järvi (Virgin 3 44722)
Ravel, Maurice: The fairy garden, from Mother Goose Suite - BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra/Ilan Volkov (BBC Music BBC MM 300)
Glanville-Hicks, Peggy: Etruscan Concerto: I. Promenade - Caroline Almonte (piano), Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra/Richard Mills (ABC Classics ABC 4817995)
Assad, Sérgio: Spanish Impressions (3) - Rafael Aguirre Miñarro (guitar) (Naxos 8.572916)
Debussy, Claude: C'est l'extase, from Ariettes oubliées - Madison Nonoa (soprano), Malcolm Martineau (piano) (Stone Records 5060192781076)
Cowan, Claire: Picasso, from the feature documentary film Jean Cocteau - Claire Cowan, studio ensemble (Claire Cowan Music)
Dinicu, Grigoraș: L'alouette - Roby Lakatos (violin), Lakatos Ensemble (DG 457 879)
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Rautavaara, Einojuhani: Two Serenades (2) - Hilary Hahn (violin), French Radio Philharmonic/Mikko Franck (DG 4839847)
Cras, Jean: Quintet for flute, harp & string trio - Linos Harp Quintet (Hanssler CD93.175)
Smith, Alice Mary ed Graham-Jones: Symphony in C minor (3) - London Mozart Players/Howard Shelley (Chandos CHAN 10283)
Schubert, Franz: String Quartet No 13 in A minor D804, Rosamunde (2) - Takács Quartet (Hyperion CDA 67585)
Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus: Piano Sonata No 13 in Bb K333 (1) - Michael Houstoun (piano) (RNZ UA21)
Waldteufel, Émile: Kamiesch, March Op 5 - Slovak State Philharmonic/Alfred Walter (MARCO POLO 8.223688)
Franchi, Dorothea: Suite for flute & harp - Anthony Ferner (flute), Helen Webby (harp) (Manu CD MANU 2050)
Three to Seven
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