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Moment of Calm: Lovely birdsong, but what is it?
11 Dec 2025Can you identify this mystery bird Bryan Crump recorded outside his front door? Read more Audio
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Things are looking rosy for this Buttercup
10 Dec 2025NZ singer Rhonda Browne gets her first role with English National Opera, singing Buttercup in Gilbert and Sullivan's HMS Pinafore. Read more Video, Audio
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Pianists to star at The Piano in 2026
9 Dec 2025Marcus Norman, manager of the Christchurch music venue The Piano, chats about next year's International pianist recital series. Read more Audio
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Nikki Chooi's jury service
8 Dec 2025Michael Hill International Violin Competion winner in 2013, Nikki Chooi is returning to New Zealand to help select applicants for next year's competition.
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Stoicism wins the day
5 Dec 2025Australian born, Oamaru-based composer and music teacher Nikolai Valov takes this year's Composer Aotearoa! Open Prize for his setting of the William Henley poem, Invictus. Read more Video, Audio
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The music never stops
4 Dec 2025Roger Horrocks has been writing a book about listening. Read more Audio
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Moment of a Calm: The pre-dawn Tui Chorus
3 Dec 2025You have to be up before the crack o' dawn to catch this week's "Sonic" Moment of Calm. Read more Audio
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A very Latin Mass
3 Dec 2025Morag Atchison and Jono Palmer look forward to performing Martín Palmeri’s Misatango. Read more Audio
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Diedre Irons rolls over another Beethoven
2 Dec 2025Diedre Irons talks with RNZ Concert's Bryan Crump ahead of a performance of Beethoven's 3rd Piano Concerto this weekend. Read more Audio
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Living in a Welly Wonderland
1 Dec 2025Wellington Brass music director Dave Bremner talks to RNZ Concert ahead of the band's Christmas concert with Wellington's Signature Choir. Read more Audio
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The Man Whose Mother was a Pirate - The Musical
28 Nov 2025Shiver me timbers! Nino Raphael has created an interactive musical inspired by Margaret Mahy's much-loved children's book. Read more Audio
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David Burchell and another Messiah
27 Nov 2025Conductor David Burchell talks about City Choir Dunedin's upcoming performance of Handel's oratorio this weekend. It's one of the first of many that take place at this time of year, sung by choirs all… Read more Audio
28 January 2026
with Bryan Crump
Davis, Carl: Pride and Prejudice, theme - Royal Philharmonic Orchestra/Carl Davis (Tring 140099)
Schubert, Franz: Violin Sonatina in G minor D408 (4) - Robin Wilson (violin), Kemp English (piano) (ODE CD MANU 5082)
Fasch, Johan Friedrich: Concerto in G FWV L/G11 - Il Gardellino (Accent ACC 24252)
Lecuona, Ernesto Aragón Pierre Solot (piano) Fuga Libera FUG829
Tailleferre, Germaine: Flute Sonata No 2 (3) - Ransom Wilson (flute), Christopher O'Riley (piano) (Etcetera KTC 1073)
Ippolitov-Ivanov, Mikhail: Procession of the Sardar - Borusan Istanbul Philharmonic Orchestra/Sascha Goetzel (PM Classics )
Goodall, Howard: The Seasons, Summer - Bozidar Vukotic (cello), Tippett Quartet, Marianna Szymanowska (harp) (EMI 6 88626)
Mendelssohn, Felix: Violin Concerto in D minor (3) - Kyle Lawson (cornet), Julia Cassells (piano) (Kyle Lawson Music 2025)
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Moren, Bertrand: Southern Stars - Kyle Lawson (cornet), Julia Cassells (piano) (Kyle Lawson Music 2025)
Vittorio, Salvatore Di: Overtura Respighiana - Chamber Orchestra of New York "Ottorino Respighi"/Salvatore di Vittorio (Naxos 8.572333)
Vivaldi, Antonio arr Marnix, Fischer: Cum dederit dilectis suis somnum, from Nisi Dominus RV608 - Nora Fischer (soprano), Marnix Dorrestein (electric guitar) (DG 4816920)
Berlioz, Hector: Sara bathing Op 11 - Les Éléments Choir, Toulouse Capitole Orchestra/Michel Plasson (Warner Classics 9029561444)
Beethoven, Ludwig van: Piano Sonata No 8 in C minor Op 13, Pathétique (3) - András Schiff (piano) (ECM 1942 (476 3100))
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Anonymous: Two Springedans - The Curious Bards (Harmonia Mundi HMM905398)
Bach, Johann Sebastian: Keyboard Concerto No 4 in A BWV1055 (3) - Albrecht Mayer (oboe), Berlin Baroque Soloists (DG 4864183)
Hasted, Derek: Celebration Suite (3) - Bruce Paine (guitar) (PRIVATE RECORDING BNP 02 CD)
Mendelssohn, Felix: Wedding March, from A Midsummer Night's Dream, Op 61 - Freiburger Barockorchester /Pablo Heras-Casado (Harmonia Munid HMM902724)
Jing-Ping Zhang: Harvest Celebration - Shanghai Quartet (Delos DE 3308)
Schubert, Franz: Symphony No 3 in D D200 (2) - Chamber Orchestra of Europe/Claudio Abbado (DG 423 653)
Bruckner, Anton: Symphonic Prelude in C minor - Bamberg Symphony /Jakub Hrůša (DG 4862932)
Dvořák, Antonín: Piano Trio No 3 in F minor Op 65 (2) - Sitkovetsky Trio (BIS SACD 2059)
Piazzolla, Astor arr Philippe Maniez: Los Pajaros Perdidos - Valentine Michaud (saxophone), Gabriel Michaud (percussion) (Mirare MIR716)
Granados, Enrique arr Henry Wood: Spanish Dance No 5 - London Philharmonic/Nicholas Braithwaite (LYRITA SRCD 216)
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Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus: String Quintet No 4 in G minor K516: III. Adagio ma non troppo - Quatuor Ébène, Antoine Tamestit (viola) (Erato 5419721332)
Strauss, Richard: Oboe Concerto in D - Richard Woodhams (oboe), Philadelphia Orchestra/Wolfgang Sawallisch (EMI CDC 5 56149)
Glinka, Mikhael: The Lark - Lixin Zhang (piano) (Rattle RATD084)
Debussy, Claude: Prélude, Cortège & Air de Danse, from L'Enfant prodigue - Royal Scottish National Orchestra/Stéphane Denève (Chandos CHSA 5102)
Farr, Gareth: Piano Trio, Ahi (1) - Ogen Trio (Atoll ACD 108)
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