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NZ Opera appoints its first Chorusmaster Laureate
1 Jul 2025Congratulations to composer, conductor and music historian Michael Vinten on his recent appointment as Chorusmaster Laureate. Read more Video, Audio
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Conductor Adam Johnson
30 Jun 2025Canadian conductor Adam Johnson is in New Zealand to conduct this year's NZSO National Youth Orchestra. Read more Audio
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Tim Finn: from the Enz to the Opera
27 Jun 2025Tim Finn talks to RNZ Concert about his opera "Ihitai Avei’a - Star Navigator": the story of the Tahitian navigator Tupaia, who guided Cook to Aotearoa. Read more Audio
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Written in the stars
26 Jun 2025Jazz composer and guitarist Heather Webb talks about the astronomy behind her new work, Parallax - Music from Outer Space. Read more Audio
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Moment of Calm: Steam, wind and (just a little) speed.
25 Jun 2025Bryan Crump turns to the power of nostalgia (and overcomes a bit of wind noise) to bring you a steam driven Sonic Moment of Calm. Read more Audio
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David Squire's farewell NZ Youth Choir tour
25 Jun 2025David Squire and Ivan Zhang from the New Zealand Youth Choir speak to RNZ Concert ahead of the choir's latest overseas tour, the last David will lead as the the ensemble's director. Read more Audio
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Keeping music in the family
24 Jun 2025The woman she's named after took a while to find her ideal match, but Arabella Steinbacher knew what she wanted by the time she was three. Read more Audio
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Natania Ngawhau: from the farm to the Big Apple
23 Jun 2025Natania Ngawhau is getting ready to move herself and her trombone to Manhattan for a Masters degree in orchestral performance. Read more Audio
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A Stellar Sonic Tonic
RNZ Concert marks Matariki 2025 with a Stellar Sonic Tonic of historical sounds and (mostly) heavenly music. Read more Audio
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Matariki on RNZ Concert
20 Jun 2025From Ché-Fu and his band The Kratez performing with the Auckland Philharmonia to a family-friendly NZSO concert the kids can sign along to, and a Stellar Sonic Tonic, RNZ Concert has something for… Read more Audio
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Patricia Hurley - Viva Opera!
19 Jun 2025Patricia Hurley's book Viva Opera! A Journey Through Italy draws on her lifelong passion for all things opera and her experience introducing tourists and singers to Italy's many opera meccas. Read more Audio
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Moment of Calm: Fernanda's Birds
18 Jun 2025This week's Sonic Moment of Calm was sent to us by a listener in Otago. Read more Audio
10 February 2026
with Bryan Crump
Grieg, Edvard: Holberg Suite (1) - Moscow Soloists/Yuri Bashmet (Onyx 4037)
Gouvy, Louis Théodore: Symphony No 5 in Bb Op 30 (4) - German Radio Philharmonic/Jacques Mercier (CPO 777 379)
Bach, Johann Sebastian: Violin Sonata No 3 in C BWV1005 (4) - Renaud Capuçon (violin) (DG 4868012)
Grenfell, Maria: Rock Hopping - Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra/Benjamin Northey (HUSH 013)
Forrest, Dan: Vanitas vanitatum, from Requiem for the Living - Bel Canto Company/Welborn Young (Hinshaw Music 2013)
Hess, Nigel: Ladies in Lavender - Central Band of the Royal Air Force/Nigel Hess (Chandos CHAN 10767)
Brahms, Johannes: Clarinet Sonata in F minor Op 120/1 (1) - Jon Manasse (clarinet), Jon Nakamatsu (piano) (HARMONIA MUNDI HMU 90 7430)
Gossec, François-Joseph: Symphony in D Op 5/3, Pastorella - Tafelmusik Baroque Orchestra/Jeanne Lamon (dir) (Tafelmusik Media TMK1032CD)
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Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus: Andante in C for flute & orchestra K315 - Julien Beaudiment (flute), Orchestre de l'Opera National de Lyon/Philippe Bernold (Orchid Classics)
Debussy, Claude: Suite bergamasque (4) - Jean-Efflam Bavouzet (piano) (Chandos CHAN 10467)
Britten, Benjamin: Sonetto XXX - Laura van der Heijden (cello), Jâms Coleman (piano) (Chandos CHAN20274)
Viana Da Mota, José: Three impromptus on Portuguese popular motifs - Royal Liverpool Philharmonic/Alvaro Cassuto (Naxos 8.573495)
Sibelius, Jean: Scènes historiques, Suite No 1 Op 25 (2) - New Zealand Symphony Orchestra/Pietari Inkinen (Naxos 8.570068)
Chopin, Frédéric: Nocturne in Eb Op 9/2 - Maria João Pires (piano) (DG 447 096)
Bruckner, Anton: Symphony No 3 in D minor (3) - Vienna Philharmonic/Karl Böhm (Decca 425 760)
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Haydn, Franz Joseph: Trumpet Concerto in Eb HobVIIe/1 (3) - Guy Touvron (trumpet), Prague Chamber Orchestra (LIGIA LIDI 010 5220-10)
Domeniconi, Carlo: Koyunbaba (4) - Matthew Marshall (guitar) (WAIATA 9501)
Copland, Aaron: Long Time Ago, from Old American Songs Set 1 - Thomas Hampson (baritone), Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra/Hugh Wolff (Teldec 77310)
Chaminade, Cécile: Automne - Stephen Hough (piano) (Hyperion CDA 67890)
Pachelbel, Johann: Canon & Gigue in D - Les Violons du Roy/Bernard Labadie (ATMA ACD22600)
Siger: De Trambaan - Siger (Trad Records TRAD021)
Fauré, Gabriel orch Rabaud: Berceuse, from Dolly Suite - Paris Orchestra/Serge Baudo (EMI 5 67523)
Beethoven, Ludwig van: Quintet in Eb for piano & winds Op 16 (3) - Gaudier Ensemble (Hyperion CDA 67526)
Lehar, Franz: Gold & Silver Waltz - Vienna Philharmonic/John Eliot Gardiner (DG 463 185)
Sinigaglia, Leone: Romance for Violin and Orchestra in A Op 29 - Noah Bendix-Balgley (violin), Berlin Philharmonic/Kirill Petrenko (Berlin Phil Media BPHR240484)
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Saint-Saëns, Camille: Clarinet Sonata in Eb Op 167 (1) - Richard Hosford (clarinet), Ian Brown (piano) (Hyperion CDA 67431/2)
Koehne, Graeme: Tivoli Dances - Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra/Richard Mills (ABC Classics 476 6502)
Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus: Se vuol ballare, from The Marriage of Figaro - Bryn Terfel (bbar), English Baroque Soloists/John Eliot Gardiner (DG 449 190)
Handel, George Frideric: Chaconne in G HWV435 - Angela Hewitt (piano) (Hyperion CDA 67736)
Vivaldi, Antonio: Mandolin Concerto in C RV425 (1) - Manuel Barrueco (guitar), Galicia Symphony Orchestra/Victor Pablo Pérez (KOCH KIC CD 7597)
Gade, Niels: Violin Sonata No 1 in A Op 6 (1) - Christina Åstrand (violin), Per Salo (piano) (DACAPO 8.226066)
Lilburn, Douglas: Suite for orchestra (5) - New Zealand Symphony Orchestra/John Hopkins (KIWI CD SLD 100)
Anonymous: Dance of the Hacha - Hespèrion XXI/Jordi Savall (Alia Vox AV 9834)
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