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Twenty-five years of Morning Melodies
20 Feb 2026Daniel Clarke, director of Auckland Live, speaks with RNZ Concert ahead of the first gig of the 25th season of the popular daytime concerts in the North Shore suburb of Takapuna. Read more Audio
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Equal opportunities at the keyboard
19 Feb 2026Rhonda Boyle reckons it's time pianists with small hands got a fair go. Read more Audio
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Moment of Calm: A piano at the station.
This week's Sonic Moment of Calm features pianist Lorraine Sampson taking the edge out of communiting life in a busy Auckland railway station. Read more Audio
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Getting epic among the rhododendrons
18 Feb 2026Malcolm Barr talks to RNZ Concert about the latest large-scale collaboration between Hamilton City Brass and Hamilton Festival Chorus in the city's gardens. Read more Audio
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Good production values
17 Feb 2026Nathan Graves talks to RNZ Concert about the art of selling music. Read more Audio
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Dancing on the lawn
16 Feb 2026Rachael Griffiths-Hughes is the music director of a Hamilton Arts Festival outdoor dance performance. Read more Audio
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In love's Domain
13 Feb 2026Michaela Cadwgan is one of the stars of this weekend's Valentine's Day edition of Opera in the Park in the Auckland Domain. Read more Audio
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At the limits of Artificial Intelligence
12 Feb 2026Composer Sophie Burbery is doing a PhD on AI creativity and feminism. Read more Audio
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The best seat in the house
11 Feb 2026Pianist and vocal coach Rosemary Barnes is the "official accompanist" at this year's Nicholas Tarling Aria Competition on at the Due Drop Events Centre in Manukau this Sunday. Read more Audio
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Jumping in the deep end
10 Feb 2026Conductor Giordano Bellincampi has chosen the Auckland Philharmonia to play his first ever performance of a lush, late romantic tone poem. Read more Audio
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Taking a ride with Disney
9 Feb 2026Gregory Camp put in plenty of field work while researching for his latest book on the music in Disney theme parks. Read more Audio
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A celebration of things ebony and ivory
5 Feb 2026Hong Xu is the Artistic Director of the New Zealand International Piano Festival. Read more Audio
19 March 2026
with Bryan Crump
Ciortea, Tudor: Joc țigănesc - Alexandra Dariescu (piano) (Signum SIGCD895)
Lully, Jean-Baptiste: Alceste, Act II, Marche en rondeau - Marchez, approchez - Les Épopées, Cyril Auvity (tenor), Nathan Berg (bass-baritone)/Stéphane Fuget (Versaille)
Borenstein, Nimrod: Capriccio Op 107 - Anne-Sophie Bertrand (harp) (Pentatone 5187497)
Haydn, Franz Joseph: Keyboard Concerto in D HobXVIII/11 (3) - Leif Ove Andsnes (piano/director), Norwegian Chamber Orchestra (EMI CDC 5 56960)
Dvořák, Antonín: String Quartet No 8 in E (1) - Prague String Quartet (DG 429 193)
Schubert, Franz: Arpeggione Sonata in A minor D821 (1) - Gautier Capuçon (cello), Frank Braley (piano) (ERATO 9341582)
Mouráo-Ferreira, Oulman: Maria Lisboa - Mariza (World Connection 943028)
Bach, Johann Sebastian: Concerto in D minor for oboe & violin BWV1060 - Vesko Eschkenazy (violin), Alexei Ogrintchouk (oboe), Concertgebouw Chamber Orchestra (Pentatone PTC 5186 460)
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Ravel, Maurice arr Salzedo/Vallières: Sonatine - 2. Mouvement De Menuet - Valérie Milot (harp), Jocelyne Roy (flute), François Vallières (viola) (Analekta AN 2 9985)
Coates, Eric: The Three Elizabeths Suite (1) - East of England Orchestra/Malcolm Nabarro (ASV CD WHL 2053)
Lilburn, Douglas: Piano Sonata (1949) (3) - Margaret Nielsen (piano) (MANU CD MANU 1511)
Donizetti, Gaetano: Cheti, cheti immantinente, from Don Pasquale - Thomas Hampson (baritone), Samuel Ramey (bass), Munich Radio Orchestra/Miguel Gómez-Martínez (Teldec 0630 13149)
Scarlatti, Domenico: Keyboard Sonata in C minor Kk22 - Alim Beisembayev (piano) (Leeds International Piano Competition 2021)
Respighi, Ottorino: Ancient Airs & Dances Suite No 1 (1) - Orpheus Chamber Orchestra (DG 437 533)
Beethoven, Ludwig van: Symphony No 8 in F Op 93 (2) - Scottish Chamber Orchestra/Charles Mackerras (Hyperion CDS 44301/5)
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Zimmer, Hans: Jack Sparrow, from Pirates of the Caribbean - Kian Soltani (cello) (DG)
Prokofiev, Sergei: Toccata in D minor Op 11 - Martha Argerich (piano) (DG 461 858)
Vivaldi, Antonio Arr for Saxophone & String Quartet by Daniel Schnyder: L'Agitata da due venti, from Adelaide RV695 - Daniel Schnyder (saxophone), Archos Quartet (Composers Concordance Records)
Fiocco, Joseph Hector: Arioso & Allegro - Buzz Newton (euphonium), Wellington Brass Band/David Bremner (Rata RT 028)
Traditional arr Euwe de Jong: Rosas das rosas e Fror das Frores - Lauren Armishaw (soprano), Elsbeth de Jong (viola), Euwe de Jong, Sybolt de Jong (harmoniums) (Private (Armishaw))
Locatelli, Pietro: Concerto in G Op 4/9 - Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra/Ton Koopman (dir) (Challenge CC 72134)
Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus: Symphony No 25 in G minor K183 (4) - English Chamber Orchestra/Benjamin Britten (Decca 430 495)
Rak, Štěpán: Remembering Prague - Bruce Paine (guitar) (PRIVATE RECORDING BNP 02 CD)
Traditional: Mary Scott, the Flower of Yarrow - Genevieve Lacey (recorder), James Crabb (accordion) (ABC Classics ABC4811874)
Salzedo, Carlos: Rumba - SHE (Seven Harp Ensemble) (Tall Poppies TP204)
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Rosetti, Francesco Antonio ed Moesus: Bassoon Concerto in Bb (Murray C69) (3) - Albrecht Holder (bsn), New Brandenburg PO/Nicolás Pasquet (Naxos 8.555341)
Cimarosa, Domenico: Concerto in G for two flutes - Mathieu Dufour (flute), Alex Klein (oboe), Czech National Symphony Orchestra/Paul Freeman (Cedille CDR 90000 080)
Rodgers, Richard: A Ship Without A Sail, from Heads Up - Dawn Upshaw (soprano), Orchestra of St Luke's/Eric Stern (Nonesuch 7559 79406)
Bach, Johann Sebastian: Der Geist hilft unsrer Schwachheit auf BWV226 - RIAS Kammerchor, Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin /Hans-Christoph Rademann (Euro Arts Music INternational 8024257400)
Svendsen, Johan: Two Icelandic Melodies (2) - Iceland Symphony Orchestra/Petri Sakari (Chandos CHAN 9028)
Dvořák, Antonín: String Quartet No 12 in F Op 96, American (4) - Simón Bolívar String Quartet (DG 479 0429)
Boyce, William: Symphony No 1 in Bb - NZ Barok (Atoll ACD 813)
Nazareth, Ernesto: Fon-fon! - Australia Ensemble (Tall Poppies TP266)
Three to Seven
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