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Critter of the Week: Brown tree frog / whistling tree frog
20 Dec 2024This week on critter Ellen Rykers is talking about an Australian frog that made itself at home in Aotearoa in the nineteenth century. In 1975, Mr W. Perkins caught some brown tree frogs (also known as… Read more Audio
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Critter of the Week: Sapphire spider fly
13 Dec 2024This week's critter deserves the nickname 'jewel of death'. The sapphire spider fly, Apsona muscaria, is endemic to Aotearoa and is an endoparasite of native spider species like the NZ tunnelweb… Read more Audio
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Composer Profile: Joni Mitchell
8 Nov 2023LISTEN: to a six part audio overview of the life and music of the renowned singer-songwriter Joni Mitchell, presented by Rebecca Blundell, starting with Part One - The Circle Game. Read more Audio
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Composer of the Week: Jenny Mcleod (1941 - 2022)
1 Dec 2022An interview recorded in 2001 between composer Jenny McLeod and RNZ Concert's Tim Dodd on the occasion of her 60th birthday. Read more Audio
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Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827)
24 Aug 2019David Morriss presents an overview of the approaches taken to conducting Beethoven's works, beginning with the earliest music recordings. Read more Audio
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Works written for Mstislav Rostropovich (1927-2007)
27 Apr 2019Robbie Ellis gives an introduction to cellist, teacher, conductor, pianist, commissioner and not to mention composer Mstislav Rostropovich. Read more Audio
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Hector Berlioz
2 Mar 2019Inge van Rij explores the French composer's life and work. Read more Audio
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David Hamilton (b 1955)
14 Dec 2015New Zealand composer David Hamilton talks with Christine Argyle, to mark his 60th birthday. Read more Audio
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Kenneth Young (b 1955)
9 Nov 2015Marking his 60th birthday, Kenneth Young, talks with Roger Smith. Read more Audio
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Lilburn's Legacy - five composers reflect
4 Nov 2015Tim Dodd talks to five New Zealand composers about the influence of Douglas Lilburn and plays examples from their music. Read more Audio
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Anton Bruckner (1824-1896)
26 Oct 2015Bryan Crump was a teenager when he first heard the music of Anton Bruckner. It was Bruckner's Symphony No 4 and Crump's been fascinated ever since. Here he explains why. Read more Audio
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Karl Jenkins (b. 1944)
12 Oct 2015Dr Davinia Caddy introduces music that defies categorisation, which is how Sir Karl Jenkins likes it. Read more Audio
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