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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
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From Belgium to Samoa via Aotearoa
18 Apr 2024Belgian classical crossover pianist Daniel Verstappen is coming to Auckland for a cultural crossover gig with Samoan New Zealander Dr Opeloge Ah Sam. Joe Harrop from the Black Quartet is the middle… Read more Video, Audio
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Moment of Calm: Cats on the keyboard
17 Apr 2024Listen to an Impromptu for Piano, by George the Cat. Read more Audio
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Embrace the music and dance
17 Apr 2024Ahead of the Royal NZ Ballet's epic Aotearoa tour performing Swan Lake, the company's executive director chooses some of his favourite music. Read more Video, Audio
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To the World's Edge and beyond
16 Apr 2024Young gifted and heading overseas, Bryan Crump speaks to talented musicians Madeleine Xiao and Lorna Zhang, joint winners of ROSL Pettman scholarships to study beyond Aotearoa in 2024. Read more Audio
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Classical and kapa haka combine to honour Māori Battalion
15 Apr 2024Bryan Crump talks with musicians involved in the Orpheus Choir's next concert on 20 April, which features Karl Jenkins' "The Armed Man" and a work by Takerei Komene, "E Kiwi E". It's the world… Read more Video, Audio
03 May 2024
with Bryan Crump
Sullivan, Arthur: HMS Pinafore, Overture - Scottish CO/Alexander Faris (Nimbus NI 5066)
Falla, Manuel de: Pantomime, from El Amor Brujo - Angèle Dubeau (vln), La Pietà (Analekta AN 2 8723)
Schumann, Robert arr Mahler: Symphony No 3 in Eb Op 97, Rhenish (3) - Leipzig Gewandhaus Orch/Riccardo Chailly (Decca 478 0037)
Denza, Luigi arr Schoenberg: Funiculì-Funiculà - Diabolicus/Dietrich Henschel (Ambrosie AM 137)
Corelli, Arcangelo: Concerto Grosso in Bb Op 6/11 - Pavlo Beznosiuk (vln/dir), Avison Ensemble (Linn CKD 411)
Strauss, Richard: Till Eulenspiegels lustige Streiche Op 28 - Guy Braunstein (vln), Berlin Phil/Gustavo Dudamel (DG 479 1041)
Traditional arr Hazell: Swing low, sweet chariot - Bryn Terfel (bbar), London Voices, London SO/Barry Wordsworth (DG 474 438)
Holst, Gustav: Brook Green Suite - Royal Phil/Barry Wordsworth (Alto ALC 1013)
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Glière, Reinhold: String Sextet in No 3 in C Op 11 (2) Larghetto - members of Berlin Philharmonic String Octet (Dabringhaus & Grimm 308 1196)
Schmidt, Franz: Introduction, Intermezzo & Carnival Music - Budapest SO/Michael Halász (Marco Polo 8.223119)
Suk, Josef: Summer Impressions Op 22b (1) At Noon - Margaret Fingerhut (pno) (Chandos CHAN 9026-7)
Ives, Charles: Country Band March - Orchestra New England/James Sinclair (Koch 37025)
Mendelssohn, Felix: Violin Concerto in E minor Op 64 (3) - James Ehnes (vln), Philharmonia Orch/Vladimir Ashkenazy (ONYX 4060)
Ravel, Maurice: Menuet sur le nom d'Haydn - Trio Ernest (Aparté AP341)
Liszt, Franz: Les jeux d'eau à la Villa d'Este - François-René Duchâble (pno) (Virgin 3 63278)
Smith, Alice Mary ed Graham-Jones: Symphony in A minor (4) - London Mozart Players/Howard Shelley (Chandos CHAN 10283)
Jeffes, Simon: Prelude and Yodel - Penguin Café Orchestra (Virgin 811487)
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Copland, Aaron: Hoe Down, from Rodeo - San Francisco SO/Michael Tilson Thomas (RCA 09026 63511)
Dvořák, Antonín: Piano Trio No 1 in Bb Op 21 (4) - Smetana Trio (SUPRAPHON SU 3927)
Zimmer, Hans: Wilson's Bird of Paradise, from Planet Earth II - studio orchestra (Silva Screen )
Locatelli, Pietro: Concerto in G Op 4/9 - Amsterdam Baroque Orch/Ton Koopman (dir) (Challenge CC 72134)
3MA: Moustique - 3MA - Ballake Sissoko (kora), Driss El Maloumi (oud), Rajery (valiha) (Mad Minute 281268)
Gilkyson, Eliza arr Johnson: Requiem - Craig Hella Johnson (pno/dir), Conspirare (HARMONIA MUNDI HMU 80 7518)
Coleridge-Taylor, Samuel: Legend Op 14 - Lorraine McAslan (vln), London Phil/Nicholas Braithwaite (LYRITA SRCD 317)
Tchaikovsky, Pyotr Ilyich: Souvenir de Florence (4) - Amsterdam Sinfonietta/Candida Thompson (leader) (Channel Classics CCS SA 21504)
Brahms, Johannes: Viola Sonata in F minor Op 120/1 (4) - Yuri Bashmet (vla), Mikhail Muntian (pno) (RCA 09026 63293)
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Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus: Sinfonia Concertante in Eb K297b (3) - Mohamed Saleh (ob), Kinan Azmeh (cl), Mor Biron (bsn), Sharon Polyak (horn), West-Eastern Divan Orch/Daniel Barenboim (warner 2564 62791)
Telemann, Georg Philipp: Overture in G, Burlesque de Don Quixotte - Jeanne Lamon (vln/dir), Tafelmusik (FLEURS DE LYS FL 2 3138)
Hovhaness, Alan: Symphony No 2, Mysterious Mountain (1) - Royal Liverpool Phil/Gerard Schwarz (TELARC CD 80604)
Hamilton, David: Three Spirituals - Viva Voce/John Rosser (VIVA VOCE ACD 901)
Farrenc, Louise: Valse brillante Op 48 - Konstanze Eickhorst (pno) (CPO 999 879)
Traditional: Coisich a Rùin (Walk My Beloved) - Nicola Benedetti (fiddle), Phil Cunningham (accordion), Ewen Vernal (double bass), Éamon Doorley (bouzouki), Tony Byrne (guitar), Julie Fowlis (vocals) (Decca 4786690)
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