Appointment

Brian Kay looks at settings of the Latin text 'Hodie Christus Natus Est', 'Today Christ is born', originally sung as antiphon to the Magnificat at Vespers on Christmas Day (RNZ) Read more Audio

Marking the 100th anniversary of Lilburn's birth, music historian and 2015 Lilburn Research Fellow Chris Bourke discusses the place of local popular music in New Zealand. He considers the ideas… Read more Audio

Roger Flury and Des Wilson discuss the extraordinary life and career of the Russian soprano who survived childhood poverty, disease, the siege of Leningrad, political persecution and even exile to… Read more Audio

Kiwi baritone Phillip Rhodes talks with Kate Lineham about his international career in opera. Read more Audio

Brian Kay presents two programmes of music written for royal occasions in the United Kingdom. Read more Audio

A 1947 Chicago exhibition of William Hogarth's sequence of paintings depicting "A Rake's Progress" inspired Stravinsky to compose an opera. With a clever English libretto by WH Auden & Chester… Read more Audio, Gallery

Brian Kay talks to conductor, composer and arranger Gavin Sutherland who has numerous light music recordings to his credit. Of the three conductors in this series he has the closest relationship to… Read more Audio

Brian Kay presents two programmes of music written for royal occasions in the United Kingdom. Read more Audio

Christine Argyle presents a tribute to a leading NZ piano teacher. Read more Video, Audio

Brian Kay talks to conductor and composer Ronald Corp, whose recordings of light music for Hyperion in the 90s became immensely popular and helped to re-ignite interest in the field of light music. Read more Audio

Lucid dreaming, fantasy and its technical realisation. Since ancient times, the arts have been inspired by dreams. Ryan Smith looks at some famous composers from different eras who have lifted ideas… Read more Video, Audio

Peter Mechen and others remember the life and work of the New Zealand pianist Peter Cooper. Read more Audio