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Christchurch organist Jeremy Woodside is currently based at Wells Cathedral in the UK, & soon moves to a new position at Westminster Abbey. He talks with Margaret Ogilvie (RNZ) Read more Audio

Departing manager of Radio New Zealand Concert Roger Smith shares some personal perspectives and favourite music with David Morriss. Read more Audio

Few British composers have responded as deeply to world events as Michael Tippett. His oratorio A Child of our Time, was an impassioned protest against the persecution and tyranny he saw happening… Read more Audio

Peter Walls takes us through JS Bach's 6-part masterpiece. Read more Audio

In this personal portrait of Benjamin Britten, recorded in 1981, John Amis reflects on how different Britten's output might have been had he never met his lifelong partner, tenor Peter Pears, for whom… Read more Audio

John Amis knew William Walton well and had interviewed him several times before this portrait, recorded in 1981. As a young man Walton was accepted into the home of the illustrious Sitwell family… Read more Audio

Just over a hundred years ago Igor Stravinsky attended the premieres of his controversial ballets The Firebird, Petrushka and The Rite of Spring when they were performed to Paris audiences. And a… Read more Audio

John Amis looks at the colourful and sometimes eccentric Percy Grainger, a world famous pianist, teacher and writer, who today is known mainly for his folk song arrangements. Recorded in 1981 (RNZ). Read more Audio

Peter Hoar discusses the life and work of this Soviet-era composer. Read more Audio

John Ritchie in conversation with Philip Norman. Read more Audio

Kenneth Young talks with the New Zealand composer, former Mozart Fellow and manager of the Resound Project. Read more Audio

Peter Mechen looks at the life and work of Taranaki-born composer Larry Pruden, talks to those who knew him, and learns about the collected edition of Pruden's works being published by Promethean… Read more Audio