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Peter Shaw looks at Richard Strauss's final years and in particular his 'Four Last Songs' - today one of the most popular works in the classical repertoire. Read more Audio

On Christmas Day, 1959, Douglas Lilburn moved into 22 Ascot Terrace, Thorndon, Wellington - just a stone's throw from where he had been living on Tinakori Road, right opposite the Botanical Gardens… Read more Audio, Gallery

Bali, the Gamelan and Walter Spies The second of two programmes by Elric Hooper and Des Wilson. Read more Audio

Bali, the Gamelan and Walter Spies. The first of two programmes by Elric Hooper and Des Wilson. Read more Audio

Clarissa Dunn looks at some of the most intriguing vocal virtuosi from opera singers to yodellers to beat boxers: those artists who’ve taken the vocal instrument to physical and imaginative extremes.

From baby cries to flamenco cante, Clarissa Dunn looks at the extremes of pitch, the mysteries of vibrato and the expression of emotion through the human voice. Read more Audio

Elric Hooper and Des Wilson look at Impressionism and Music, and in particular the work of 'The Two Claudes'. Read more Audio

Julie Sperring looks at the ways a variety of composers have represented the balance between the opposing forces of day and night. Read more Audio

Designer Raymond Boyce made a huge contribution to ballet, opera, puppetry and straight drama after he first came to New Zealand in 1953. In 2015, Peter Mechen talked to Raymond and others who worked… Read more Audio

John Drummond looks at famous pieces of piano music as windows into the world in which they were created. A composer cannot help but reflect the world he lives in, his understanding of life, his… Read more Audio

David Morriss presents an overview of the approaches taken to conducting Beethoven's works, beginning with the earliest music recordings. Read more Audio

The rivalry between Tchaikovsky and Brahms was legendary, and it went beyond mere distaste for one another's musical direction. Thomas Goss explores the uneasy friendship and resulting musical ferment… Read more Audio