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Roger Flury and Des Wilson reflect on the stellar career of the Italian tenor. Read more Video, Audio

Tribute to soprano Lisa Della Casa by Roger Flury and Des Wilson. Read more Video, Audio

How much has changed for New Zealand's female composers in the 125 years since women's suffrage? In the 2018 Lilburn Lecture, acclaimed composer Eve de Castro-Robinson reflects on her own journey as a… Read more Audio, Gallery

Poets and composers were not exempt from military service in WWI and were called up along with everyone else. Inevitably they turned to their craft to attempt to express and come to terms with their… Read more Audio, Gallery

Elric Hooper and Des Wilson look into the life and times of the WWI veteran, one-armed pianist Paul Wittgenstein, remembered for the great works written for him by several major 20th century composers… Read more Audio

Voltaire's 18th century satirical novella takes the central character through a tumultuous series of adventures in a parody of the classic adventure-romance plot, all testing the philosophy of… Read more Audio

Tim Dodd talks with Brian Kay, the original bass in the all-male a cappella group formed in the mid-sixties by six friends at King's College, Cambridge and still going strong. Programme two of two. Read more Audio

Tim Dodd talks with Brian Kay, the original bass in the all-male a cappella group formed in the mid-sixties by six friends at King's College, Cambridge and still going strong. Programme one of two. Read more Audio

Te Ahukaramū Charles Royal tells the story of his journey as a bicultural composer in Aotearoa New Zealand in 'Searching for Voice, Searching for Reo'. Read more Audio

At the time of his 80th birthday Peter Godfrey talked with Des Wilson about his lifetime in music. Read more Audio

Erica Challis takes a look at the instrument Wagner invented especially for his orchestra. Read more Audio

Peter Hoar looks at Benjamin Britten's choice and use of texts. Read more Audio