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Supertonic turns 10
10 May 2024It started out as group of friends who wanted to continue singing together after 'ageing out' of Wellington Youth Choir. Ten years later, Supertonic choir is still going strong. RNZ Concert's Andrew… Read more Video, Audio
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The captivating sound of the baroque cello
9 May 2024Virtuoso baroque cellist Mime Yamahiro Brinkmann is joining NZ Barok for a series of concerts featuring three contrasting concertos. She tells RNZ Concert's David Morriss why she loves the period… Read more Video, Audio
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Creating community through collective music making
7 May 2024Congratulations to the New Zealand Ukulele Trust, this year's recipient of the Baysting Prize for Children's Champion at the NZ Children's Music Awards. David Morriss talks with Maria Winder, one of… Read more Video, Audio
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Dirty Work: An Ode to Joy
6 May 2024David Morriss talks with Josh Clark, music director for Indian Ink Theatre Company's latest production, Dirty Work. Read more Audio
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Listen to this! Classical music for all
2 May 2024Conductor and music educator Beth Cohen is passionate about helping people engage and connect with classical music. She talks with David Morriss about the podcast she's created: Listen to this! Read more Audio
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Four Seasons, four string players and a Grand Ballroom
1 May 2024Versatile violinist Cathy Irons talks with David Morriss about her upcoming concert at the Hanmer Springs Hotel, where the Cathy Irons String Quartet will be performing Vivaldi's Four Seasons in the… Read more Audio
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'Suite Stuff' from the Avery organ
30 Apr 2024Organist John Wells is presenting a week-long series of concerts on the historic Avery organ at Ponsonby Baptist Church in Auckland. Read more Audio
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Pianist Liam Wooding
26 Apr 2024Morton Trio pianist Liam Wooding talks with David Morriss about his recent experiences as a Fulbright Scholar in the United States, and the concert of sextets the Trio (and friends) are currently… Read more Audio
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Sarah Watkins: "Music is to be shared"
24 Apr 2024Pianist Sarah Watkins, one of the original members of NZTrio, is joining the ensemble again for their 'Unquiet Dream' concert series. It's the first instalment of NZTrio's 2024 season. Read more Audio
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Nota Bene at 20
23 Apr 2024Ahead of its 20th anniversary concert, Nota Bene's founding music director Christine Argyle and current music director Maaike Christie-Beekman join Bryan Crump to discuss the Wellington chamber… Read more Audio
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"String quartet is such a beautiful, beautiful relationship family"
22 Apr 2024Bryan Crump talks with Monique Lapins, who is leaving the New Zealand String Quartet after eight years, and Peter Clark, who will become the quartet's new second violinist. Read more Video, Audio
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Orchestra students back in school for the holidays
Nicky Fogden-Smith, Coordinator and Course Director of the NZ Secondary Students' Symphony Orchestra, speaks to Bryan Crump ahead of the orchestra's concert in Christchurch. Read more Audio
16 May 2024
with Bryan Crump
Vittorio, Salvatore Di: Overtura Respighiana - CO of New York "Ottorino Respighi"/Salvatore di Vittorio (Naxos 8.572333)
Borodin, Alexander orch Drew: String Quartet No 2 in D (2) - I Musici de Montréal/Yuli Turovsky (Chandos CHAN 9484)
Chopin, Frédéric: Etude in Eb Op 10/11, Arpeggio - Yunchan Lim (piano) (Decca 4870122)
Chopin, Frédéric: Etude in C minor Op 10/12, Revolutionary - Yunchan Lim (piano) (Decca 4870122)
Farrenc, Louise: Symphony No 2 in D Op 35 - III. Scherzo (Vivace) - North German Radio Phil/Johannes Goritzki (CPO 999 820)
Traditional: John Come Kiss Me Now - Apollo's Cabinet (Prima Classic PRIMA036EN)
Haydn, Franz Joseph: Symphony No 91 in Eb (2) - Berlin Phil/Simon Rattle (EMI 3 94237)
Vaughan Williams, Ralph: Phantasy Quintet - Nash Ensemble (Hyperion CDA 67313)
Elgar, Edward: Nursery Suite - I Aubade - New Zealand SO/James Judd (Naxos 8.557166)
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Raum, Elizabeth: Pershing Concerto (3) - John Griffiths (tuba), Orchestra of the Capella of St. Petersburg/Richard Raum (MSR Classics LOG 14342)
Debussy, Claude arr Kondonassis: En Bâteau - Yolanda Kondonassis (harp) (TELARC CD 80488)
Ritchie, John: Snow Goose - Alexa Still (fl), New Zealand SO/James Sedares (KOCH 1988807)
Delibes, Leo: Les norvégiennes - Jeremy Filsell (pno), women's voices of Vasari Singers/Jeremy Backhouse (GUILD GMCD 7199)
Schmidt, Franz: Piano Quintet in G (1) - Leon Fleisher (pno), Joseph Silverstein (vln), Joel Smirnoff (vln), Michael Tree (vla), Yo-Yo Ma (cello) (SONY SK 48253)
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Bach, Johann Sebastian: Brandenburg Concerto No 5 in D BWV1050 (3) - European Brandenburg Ensemble/Trevor Pinnock (dir) (Avie AV 2119)
Holst, Gustav: Intermezzo, from Suite No 1 for Military Band Op 28/1 - Royal Northern College of Music Wind Orch/Timothy Reynish (Chansdos CHAN 9697)
Williams, Charles: Devil's Galop - New London Orch/Ronald Corp (Hyperion CDA 66868)
Tsabropoulos, Vassilis: Three pieces after Byzantine hymns (2) - Anja Lechner (cello), Vassilis Tsabropoulos (pno) (ECM 1888 (981 9613))
Schubert, Franz: String Quartet No 15 in G D887 (3) - New Zealand String Quartet (Trust MMT 2062)
Traditional, Norwegian: Have you by chance seen my wife? - Bendik Hofseth (ten sax), Gli Scapoli/Reza Aghamir (Philips 462 448)
Saint-Saëns, Camille: Tarantella in A minor Op 6 - members of Nash Ensemble (Hyperion 67431/2)
Beethoven, Ludwig van: Symphony No 6 in F Op 68, Pastoral (1) - Tafelmusik/Bruno Weil (Analekta AN 2 9831)
Bartok, Bela arr Horsch & Luca: Three Hungarian Folksongs from Csík Sz35a - Lucie Horsch (recorder), Dani Luca (cimbalom) (Decca 4853192)
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Bach, Johann Christian: Keyboard Concerto No 6 in F Minor WC73 (3) - Sophie Gent (vln), Louis Creac'h (vln), Fanny Paccoud (vla), Antoine Touche (cello), Thomas de Pierrefeu (bass), Evolène Kiener (bsn)/Jean Rondeau (hpschd/dir) (Erato 90 29488846)
Schumann, Robert: Symphony No 4 in D minor Op 120 - Swedish CO/Thomas Dausgaard (BIS SACD 1519)
Strauss, Richard: Morgen! Op 27/4 - Renée Fleming (sop), English CO/Jeffrey Tate (Decca 458858)
Paine, Bruce: Aotearoa Suite - New Zealand Guitar Quartet (Rattle RAT D071 2017)
Torke, Michael: Being, Part 1 - American Modern Ensemble (Ecstatic Records ER092281)
Howell, Dorothy: Humoresque - BBC Concert Orch/Rebecca Miller (Signum SIGCD763)
Kreisler, Fritz: Caprice Viennois - Tasmin Little (vln), Piers Lane (pno) (EMI CD EMX 2196)
Three to Seven
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