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Sanctuary: Soundscapes by Kodama 木
30 May 2024Sound artist and experimental musician Gabriel Byrne has created a soundscape to be listened to at three green spaces in Wellington, as part of this year's Loemis Festival. Read more Audio
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Interpreting the landscape of classical music
30 May 2024Rachel Leach - composer, music educator and animateur - is in New Zealand to present a series of children's concerts with the New Zealand Symphony Orchestra. Read more Video, Audio
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Fergus Byett: composing for choirs
28 May 2024Fergus Byett, Choirs Aotearoa's 2024 Composer-in-Residence, talks with Bryan Crump about what he loves about writing music when there's words involved. Read more Audio
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Rodger Fox: a tribute to the champion of New Zealand jazz
28 May 2024Nick Tipping, host of RNZ’s jazz show Inside Out, pays tribute to NZ jazz great Rodger Fox who has died at the age of 71. Read more Audio
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The Countess and the Page
27 May 2024Emma Pearson and Hanna Hipp, two of the lead roles in NZ Opera's season of Le Comte Ory, join Bryan Crump to talk about the production and their characters. Read more Audio
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A platform for Pacific choirs to showcase their talents
23 May 2024There's a new choral competition in town: the Musika Moana Choir Competition. Helen Tupai, one of organisers of the competition, talks with Bryan Crump. Read more Audio
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The amazing sound of the recorder: from sopranino to baroque bass
23 May 2024Recorder specialist Kamala Bain brings a selection of her instruments into the RNZ Concert studio, from the little sopranino recorder to the baroque bass recorder, and gives us a taste of what a… Read more Audio
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Fulbright Scholar Dr Kira Omelchenko: making musical connections in Aotearoa
22 May 2024RNZ Concert's Bryan Crump talks with Dr Kira Omelchenko. She's a conductor from Kansas, USA, and her interest in indigenous and classical music has brought her to Aotearoa as a Fulbright Scholar. Read more Audio
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The Antipodean Express: A journey by train from New Zealand to Spain
89 days of travel, 33 trains, 19 countries. Greg Hill, former French horn player with the NZSO, has written a book about his journey from his home in Wellington to its antipodes - the furthest point… Read more Audio
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Engaging musically with the community
20 May 2024Hannah Neman is Orchestra Wellington's Marketing & Engagement Manager. She talks with Bryan Crump about what the job involves, and the Orchestra's free Symphony in the Hutt concert that's coming up in… Read more Audio
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Finding the balance between conductor and orchestra
17 May 2024Dutch-Maltese conductor Lawrence Renes is in New Zealand for Auckland Philharmonia's next concert which features star Norwegian trumpeter Tine Thing Helseth. Read more Audio
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Han-Na Chang: 'The day I met Ludwig van Beethoven'
16 May 2024Han-Na Chang began her musical career as a solo cellist, but she's in New Zealand for concerts with the New Zealand Symphony Orchestra as the conductor. She talks with David Morriss about how the move… Read more Video, Audio
03 June 2024
with Bryan Crump
Green, George Hamilton: Triplets - Evelyn Glennie (xylophone), Black Dyke Band (RCA 09026 63234)
Haydn, Franz Joseph: Trumpet Concerto in Eb HobVIIe/1 (3) - Tine Thing Helseth (tpt), Norwegian CO (SIMAX PSC 1292)
Reicha, Anton: Finale: Allegretto, from Wind Quintet in Eb Op 88 No 2 - Berlin Philharmonic Wind Quintet (BIS CD 1802)
Beck, Franz Ignaz: Sinfonia in C Op 1/6 - NZSO Chamber Orch/Donald Armstrong (Naxos 8.554071)
Bottesini, Giovanni: Elégie No 1 in D - Joel Quarrington (dbass), Andrew Burashko (pno) (Analekta AM 2 9931)
Rosetti, Francesco Antonio ed Hofmeister: Bassoon Concerto in Bb (Murray C73) - Albrecht Holder (bsn), New Brandenburg PO/Nicolás Pasquet (Naxos 8.555341)
Kapsberger, Johannes Hieronymus: Avrilla mia - Mina Kanaridis (sop), Australian Brandenburg Orchestra/Paul Dyer (ABC Classics ABC 4763828)
Moszkowski, Moritz: Caprice Espagnol Op 37 - Benjamin Grosvenor (pno) (PRIVATE RECORDING 837 001)
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Parry, Hubert: March, from The Birds - London CO (Decca 276842)
Wagner, Richard: Siegfried Idyll - New Zealand SO/Edo de Waart (RNZ 2017)
Hess, Nigel: Piano Concerto - Lang Lang (piano), London Chamber Orchestra/Christopher Warren-Green (DG 4779014)
Rameau, Jean-Philippe: Naïs, Overture - Les Talens Lyriques/Christophe Rousset (OISEAU-LYRE 455 293)
Chaminade, Cécile Louise Stéphanie: Serenade espagnole - Kyung-Wha Chung (vln), Philip Moll (pno) (Decca 417289)
Rossini, Gioachino: La Danza - José Carreras (ten), English CO (Philips 462 892)
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Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus: Horn Concerto No 3 in Eb K447 (3) - Claire Briggs (horn), Royal Liverpool Phil/Stephen Kovacevich (EMI 3 82227)
Massenet, Jules: Aragonaise; Aubade, from Le Cid - National Phil/Richard Bonynge (Classic CD ISSUE 71)
Arlen, Harold: Marangai (Stormy Weather) - Whirimako Black, Joel Haines, Kevin Haines, Kevin Field, Ron Samson, Kim Paterson, Alan Brown (MAIMUSIC 561411)
Grieg, Edvard: Grieg Piano Concerto in A minor II. Adagio - Murray Perahia (piano), Bavarian Radio SO/Colin Davis (CBS MK 44899)
Bach, Johann Sebastian trans Tarkmann: Concerto for oboe d'amore, strings & continuo (1) - Albrecht Mayer (ob), Trinity Baroque, English Concert/Julian Podger (dir) (Decca 478 1517)
D'Ambruis, Honore: Le doux silence dans nos bois - Julie Roset (sop), Les Musiciens de Saint-Julien/François Lazarevitch (Alpha 1035)
Bedard, Denis: Fantaisie - Kenneth Tse (sop sax), Alan Huckleberry (pno) (Crystal CD 658)
Price, Florence Beatrice: Violin Concerto No 1 in D (2) - Er-Gene Kahng (vln), Janacek Phil/Ryan Cockerham (Albany TROY1706)
Brahms, Johannes: Cello Sonata No 2 in F Op 99 (2) - Boris Pergamenschikow (cello), Lars Vogt (pno) (EMI 5 57526)
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Beethoven, Ludwig van: Symphony No 4 in Bb Op 60 (4) - Leipzig Gewandhaus Orch/Riccardo Chailly (Decca 478 349)
Gretchaninov, Alexander: Piano Trio No 1 - Bekova Sisters (Chandos CHAN 9461)
Mealor, Paul: Ubi Caritas - Thomas Fetherstonhaugh (treble), Tenebrae/Nigel Short (Decca 2781149)
Vivaldi, Antonio: Violin Concerto in F RV284 - Rachel Podger (vln), Arte Dei Suonatori (Channel Classics CCS 19598)
Howard, James Newton transcr Lapwood: Flying, from Peter Pan - Anna Lapwood (organ) (Sony 19658831402)
Trenet, Charles: Vous êtes jolie - Charles Trenet, session ensemble (DISKY DC86677)
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