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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
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Opera superstar Joyce DiDonato to perform in New Zealand
26 Nov 2025The Grammy award-winning opera singer talks with RNZ Concert's Clarissa Dunn ahead of concerts in New Zealand with the NZSO. Read more Video, Audio
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Rita Paczian: look Bach, moving forward
25 Nov 2025Rita Paczian talks to RNZ Concert ahead of her final performance with Bach Musica as its director. Read more Video, Audio
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Elaine Kidd: the story comes first
24 Nov 2025British stage director Elaine Kidd talks about her work to bring out the actor in some of New Zealand's up-and-coming singers. Read more Audio
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Shayne Carter's symphonic opus
21 Nov 2025Songwriter Shayne Carter and NZSO conductor Hamish McKeich talk about Carter's first album with a symphony orchestra. Read more Audio
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Remembering Sir Donald
20 Nov 2025Tenor Simon O'Neill pays tribute to the great New Zealand bass-baritone Sir Donald McIntyre, who died earlier this month. Read more Video, Audio
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Moment of Calm: Blackbirds again.
20 Nov 2025There's something to be said for suburbia when the local blackbird is on song. Read more Audio
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Jess Gillam: the soloist taking a back seat
19 Nov 2025Not yet 30, Jess Gillam has many musical firsts to her name. But she's never played the saxophone part in Rachmaninov's Symphonic Dances - until now. Read more Video, Audio
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Joe Christensen: hitting the road singing
17 Nov 2025After more than two decades at the heart of the Hawkes Bay choral scene, Joe Christensen is stepping down as music director of Hastings Choral. Read more Audio
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Ballet music "some of the most beautiful music ever composed"
14 Nov 2025Former RNZB Principal Dancer Pauline Tronson-Germon shares some of her favourite pieces of ballet music - all from roles she has danced - and the memories that come along with them. Read more Audio
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"I never thought of changing to another instrument"
13 Nov 2025German cellist Daniel Müller-Schott talks with RNZ Concert about his affinity with the cello, ahead of his Auckland Philharmonia concert performing Schumann's Cello Concerto. Read more Video, Audio
12 February 2026
with Bryan Crump
Hummel, Johann Nepomuk: Trumpet Concerto in Eb (3) - Tine Thing Helseth (trumpet), Norwegian Chamber Orchestra (SIMAX PSC 1292)
Berlioz, Hector: Villanelle, from Les nuits d'été - Karen Cargill (mezzo), Scottish Chamber Orchestra/Robin Ticciati (Linn CKD 421)
Bach, Johann Sebastian: Violin Partita No 1 in B minor BWV1002 (3) - Renaud Capuçon (violin) (DG 4868012)
Bach, Johann Sebastian: Violin Partita No 1 in B minor BWV1002 (4) - Renaud Capuçon (violin) (DG 4868012)
Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus: Sinfonia Concertante in Eb K297b (2) - Mohamed Saleh (oboe), Kinan Azmeh (clarinet), Mor Biron (bsn), Sharon Polyak (horn), West-Eastern Divan Orchestra/Daniel Barenboim (warner 2564 62791)
Korngold, Erich Wolfgang: Epilogue And Finale, from The Prince & the Pauper - London Symphony Orchestra/André Previn (DG 471 347)
Vaughan Williams, Ralph: Silent Noon, from The House of Life - Benjamin Appl (baritone), James Baillieu (piano) (SONY 88985393032)
Gershwin, George arr Berkowitz: Walking the dog, from Shall we dance - John Fullam (clarinet), Buffalo Philharmonic/JoAnn Falletta (Naxos 8.559750)
Milhaud, Darius: Le Boeuf sur le toit - Stephen Coombs, Artur Pizarro (piano duet) (Hyperion CDA 67014)
Werzowa, Walter (and AI): Scherzo, from Beethoven X: The AI Project - Beethoven Orchestra Bonn/Dirk Kaftan (Modern Recordings 4050538708431)
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Ries, Ferdinand: Piano Concerto in Ab Op 151, Gruss an den Rhein (2) - Christopher Hinterhuber (piano), New Zealand Symphony Orchestra/Uwe Grodd (Naxos 8.557638)
Traditional: Jockie leaped over the dyke (Balcarres Lute Book) - Ronn McFarlane (lute) (Dorian 790257)
Vivaldi, Antonio: Vedro con mio diletto - Jakub Józef Orliński (countertenor) , Il Pomo d'Oro/Maxim Emelyanychev (Erato 9029563374)
Dvořák, Antonín: Slavonic Dance Op 46 No 3 in A flat major - Israel Philharmonic/István Kertész (Decca 425 087)
Dohnányi, Ernst von: Sextet in C Op 37 (4) - Endymion Ensemble (ASV CD DCA 943)
Debussy, Claude: Par les rues et par les chemins, from Ibéria - Royal Scottish National Orchestra/Stéphane Denève (Chandos CHSA 5102)
Abreu, Zequinha de: Tico-Tico no fubá - Guitalian Quartet (Dynamic Italy)
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Champagne, Claude: Danse villageoise - Orchestre Symphonique De Quebec/Yoav Talmi (Analekta 23156)
Poulenc, Francis: Trois mouvements perpétuels - French National Orchestra Soloists (Decca 452 666)
Halvorsen, Johan: Passacaglia after Handel - Luka Ispir (violin), Léo Ispir (cello) (Erato 2173276986)
Raff, Joachim: Abends-Rhapsodie Op 163b - Philharmonia/Francesco d'Avalos (ASV CD DCA 793)
Handel, George Frideric transcr Beyer: Trio Sonata in G minor HWV393 (3) - Sheku Kanneh-Mason (cello), Mariatu Kanneh-Mason (cello), Isata Kanneh-Mason (piano) (Decca 4871265)
Rota, Nino: Piccola offerta musicale - Emmanuel Pahud (flute), Paul Meyer (clarinet), François Meyer (oboe), Gilbert Audin (bassoon), Benoît de Barsony (horn) (Alpha Classics ALPHA746)
Sibelius, Jean: King Christian II, Suite (5) - New Zealand Symphony Orchestra/Pietari Inkinen (Naxos 8.570068)
Rameau, Jean-Philippe: The Entrance of Polyhymnia, from Les Boréades - Ensemble Pygmalion/Raphaël Pichon (Harmonia Mundi HMM902288)
Zemlinsky, Alexander von: Clarinet Trio in D minor Op 3 (3) - Eric Le Sage (piano), Zvi Plesser (cello), Paul Meyer (clarinet) (Alpha ALPHA588)
Andersson, Benny / Ulvaeus, Bjorn Arr Bo Wiget: Gimme! Gimme! Gimme! - Lautten Compagney, Asya Fateyeva & Wolfgang Katschner (dhm)
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Albinoni, Tomaso: Flute Concerto in G - Jed Wentz (flute), Musica ad Rhenum (Brilliant Classics 92687)
Dorothy Howell: Koong Shee - BBC Concert Orchestra/Rebecca Miller (Signum SIGCD763)
Traditional: Fionnghuala - Gli Scapoli/Reza Aghamir (Philips 462 448)
Albéniz, Isaac: Tango, from España Op 165 - Alicia de Larrocha (piano) (Decca 433 926)
Piazzolla, Astor arr Bragato: Milonga del ángel - Les Violons du Roy/Jean-Marie Zeitouni (Atma SACD 2 2399)
Ravel, Maurice: Pavane for a Dead Princess - Anima Eterna/Jos van Immerseel (ZIG ZAG ZZT 060 901)
Bach, Johann Sebastian: Cello Suite No 4 in Eb BWV1010 (3) - Yo-Yo Ma (cello) (SONY 19075854652)
Norton, Christopher: Sonatina (1) - Carol Hohauser (flute), Karen Spiegel-Neumann (piano) (RNZ UA06)
Three to Seven
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