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The Three Bears, just right in 1965
1 Aug 2025On the eve of the 60th NZCT Chamber Music Contest, violinist Miles Golding remembers when he was part of the trio that won the first competition. Read more Video, Audio
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Brotherly love on the tabla
31 Jul 2025Indian classical musician Ustad Fazal Qureshi is in New Zealand for a concert in honour of his brother and fellow tabla player, Ustad Zakir Hussain. Read more Video, Audio
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Moment of Calm - a hotel on wheels
31 Jul 2025Relax with a ride on a sleeper train, at least as far as the edge of town. Read more Audio
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From rock guitar to classical and back again
30 Jul 2025Ahead of her concert with the Auckland Philharmonia, Korean guitarist Jiji talks about being comfortable playing acoustic and electric. Read more Video, Audio
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Tonga's bold new brass adventure
29 Jul 2025NZSO trombonist and Wellington Brass music director Dave Bremner talks about his latest project, helping to set up a National Youth Brass Band in Tonga. Read more Audio
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Mixing opera and politics
28 Jul 2025Brian Castles-Onion and Madeleine Pierard talk to RNZ Concert ahead of Wellington Opera's production of Verdi's "A Masked Ball". Read more Audio
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Soprano Felicity Tomkins
25 Jul 2025New Zealand opera singer Felicity Tomkins talks with RNZ Concert's Andrew Clark about some of her career highlights so far, and 'Opera in the Cathedral': a showcase of outstanding young emerging… Read more Audio
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From Siberia to the South Pacific
24 Jul 2025Russian-born cellist Lev Sivkov talks about his latest tour of New Zealand playing chamber music and the solo role in Britten's Cello Symphony. Read more Audio
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Moment of Calm: Bird song in the big city
23 Jul 2025As a big Aussie city sleeps, a rubbish truck passes by while a bird sings. Read more Audio
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Clearing a path through the noise
22 Jul 2025Icelandic composer and techno musician Ólafur Arnalds talks to RNZ Concert ahead of a one-off gig at Auckland's Power Station. Read more Video, Audio
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Charlotte Naden: professional bassoonist, free time fiddler
21 Jul 2025Kiwi bassoon player Charlotte Naden talks about her "hobby" which will soon see her playing the fiddle at this year's Royal Edinburgh Military Tattoo. Read more Video, Audio
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Bringing opera to the people
18 Jul 2025Zane Berghuis talks to RNZ Concert about his work in opera outreach. Read more Audio
11 February 2026
with Bryan Crump
Lilburn, Douglas: Processional Fanfare - New Zealand Symphony Orchestra/James Judd (Naxos 8.557697)
Fauré, Gabriel: Violin Sonata No 1 in A Op 13 (3) - Anne-Sophie Mutter (violin), Lambert Orkis (piano) (DG 471 500)
Hovhaness, Alan: Symphony No 2, Mysterious Mountain (1) - Royal Liverpool Philharmonic/Gerard Schwarz (TELARC CD 80604)
Debussy, Claude arr Amsterdam Guitar Trio: En bateau, from Petite Suite - Amsterdam Guitar Trio (NEWTON 880 2093)
Georges Bizet: Carmen, WD 31, Act I: Habanera. L'amour est un oiseau rebelle - Eva Zaïcik (mezzo), Orchestre National de Lille /Pierre Dumoussaud (Alpha ALPHA1128)
Villa-Lobos, Heitor: Sexteto Místico - Members of Lontano/Odaline de la Martinez (Lorelt LNT 102)
Haydn, Franz Joseph: Sinfonia Concertante in Bb HobI/105 - István Engl (oboe), Lászlo Baranyai (bsn), Igor Ozim (violin), Zóltan Rácz (cello), Philharmonia Hungarica/Antal Dorati (Decca 425 935)
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Handel, George Frideric: Alla Hornpipe, from Water Music Suite No 2 in D - L'Arte dell'Arco/Federico Guglielmo (dir) (CPO 777 312)
Schubert, Franz: Symphony No 5 in Bb D485 (1) - Scottish Chamber Orchestra/Maxim Emelyanychev (Linn)
Tchaikovsky, Pyotr Ilyich: Nocturne in C# minor Op 19/4 - Viktoria Postnikova (piano) (ERATO 4509 94692)
Beck, Franz Ignaz: Sinfonia in C Op 1/6 - NZSO Chamber Orchestra/Donald Armstrong (Naxos 8.554071)
Saint-Saëns, Camille: Symphony No 1 in Eb Op 2 (2) - Frankfurt Radio Symphony Orchestra/Eliahu Inbal (PentaTone PTC 5186 157)
Scarlatti, Domenico: Ambleto, Act I Scene 8, Nella mia sfortunata prigionia - Roberta Mameli (soprano), Le Concert de l'Hostel Dieu /Franck-Emmanuel Comte (Outhere)
Kaempfert, Bert: Spanish Eyes - Lewis Merthyr Band (BMG 1998)
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Prokofiev, Sergei: Symphony No 1 in D Op 25, Classical (4) - Atlanta Symphony Orchestra/Yoel Levi (TELARC CD 80289)
Waldteufel, Émile: Kamiesch, March Op 5 - Slovak State Philharmonic/Alfred Walter (MARCO POLO 8.223688)
Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus: Oboe Concerto in C K314 (1) - Alexei Ogrintchouk (oboe/director), Lithuanian Chamber Orchestra (BIS SACD 2007)
Bartók, Béla: Andante in A - Suyeon Kang (violin), Stephen De Pledge (piano) (Atoll ACD 818)
Scarlatti, Alessandro: Venere Amore e Ragione - Dorothee Oberlinger (recorder), Ensemble 1700 (Deutsche harmonia mundi 19658813372)
Moore, Alecia B; Busbee, Mike: Wild Hearts Can't Be Broken - Raphaela Gromes (cello), German Symphony Orchestra Berlin /Anna Rakitina (Sony 19802932902)
Márquez, Arturo: La pasión según, from Mascaras - Ina Zdorovetchi (harp), Portland Symphony Orchestra & Eckart Preu (Navona Records NV6575S1)
Brahms, Johannes: Symphony No 4 in E minor Op 98 (3) - National Arts Centre Orchestra/Pinchas Zukerman (Analekta AN 2 8782)
Palestrina, Giovanni Pierluigi da: O Domine Jesu Christe - Cardinall's Musick/Andrew Carwood (GAUDEAMUS CD GAU 333)
Djawadi, Ramin: Mother of Dragons, from Game of Thrones - Czech Film Orchestra & Chorus (Varèse Sarabande 671482)
Dvořák, Antonín: Song to the moon, from Rusalka - Yvonne Kenny (soprano), Melbourne Symphony Orchestra/Vladimir Kamirski (ABC Classics 446 631)
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Bach, Johann Sebastian arr Spindler: Sanfte soll mein Todeskummer, from Easter Oratorio BWV249 - Albrecht Mayer (oboe), Berlin Baroque Soloists (DG 4864183)
Respighi, Ottorino: Rossiniana - Buffalo Philharmonic/JoAnn Falletta (Naxos 8.557711)
Beethoven, Ludwig van: Piano Sonata No 2 in A Op 2/2 (4) - Rafal Blechacz (piano) (DG 477 7453)
Vangelis, Evángelos: Conquest of Paradise (Theme) - Tanglewood Festival Chorus, Boston Pops Orchestra/John Williams (Sony SK62622)
Goodwin, Ron: Milford Sound, from New Zealand Suite - New Zealand Symphony Orchestra/Ron Goodwin (Marco Polo 8.223518)
Boyce, William: Symphony No 4 in F - Aradia Ensemble/Kevin Mallon (Naxos 8.557278)
Finzi, Gerald: Prelude, from Five Bagatelles Op 23 - Michael Collins (clarinet), Michael McHale (piano) (Chandos CHAN 10637)
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