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Beer plays the blues
20 Nov 2024Auckland Philharmonia's Concertmaster, Andrew Beer, is soloist for the New Zealand premiere next week of Wynton Marsalis' Violin Concerto. Read more Audio
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Jane Austen: her day began with music
Dr Kirstine Moffat, Associate Professor in the English Programme at the University of Waikato, discusses her lifelong passion for Jane Austen's novels and explores the significant role music played in… Read more Audio
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Music on the brain: a stroke survivor's symphonic memoir
18 Nov 2024In November 2021, Andrew Stopps suffered two life-altering strokes, but it was music that fuelled his recovery. Now, the musician has composed a symphonic memoir that has captured the attention of New… Read more Audio
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Ruby Solly: (Pū)oro Exhibition
15 Nov 2024Ruby Solly demonstrates the pūtangitangi (small Māori instruments made of clay) she's created for an exhibition this weekend. Read more Video, Audio
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Brass bands: "like a family"
14 Nov 2024British-born trumpeter, teacher and conductor Vickie van Uden talks about embracing the brass music whanau of Christchurch. Read more Video, Audio
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The complex work of a conductor
13 Nov 2024Vasily Petrenko returns to Aotearoa to conduct New Zealand Symphony Orchestra concerts in Wellington and Auckland. He talks with RNZ Concert's David Morriss about the complex job of a conductor, which… Read more Audio
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Soprano Breony Bearman finds her second wind
12 Nov 2024The winner of this year's Lockwood NZ Aria competition talks about why she came back to singing after giving it away for a decade. Read more Audio
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Vintage flight for classical tourists
11 Nov 2024Mark Oremland mixes classical music with classic planes. Read more Video, Audio
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James Gardner - These Hopeful Machines
8 Nov 2024Talking with RNZ producer Tim Dodd, James Gardner remembers the six-part series on electronic music that he made in 2013: These Hopeful Machines. You can hear the series in Sound Lounge from Sunday 10… Read more Audio
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The Underwatermelon Man resurfaces online
7 Nov 2024Peter Dasent talks to Bryan Crump about the digital return of the much-loved children's book and album. Read more Video, Audio
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Future Jaw-Clap: the wild years of Wellington jazz
6 Nov 2024Musician and author Daniel Beban has written a book about a group of young musicians who unleashed a new kind of jazz on Wellington. Read more Video, Audio
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Concert for Animals
5 Nov 2024RNZ Concert is offering a Guy Fawkes night radio show of music chosen to be gentle for pets, and people, during fireworks, in collaboration with SPCA. Read more
21 November 2024
with Bryan Crump
Albéniz, Isaac orch Arbós/Surinach: Eritaña, from Iberia Book 4 - Cincinnati SO/Jésus López-Cobos (TELARC 2CD 80470)
Beethoven, Ludwig van: Piano Trio No 2 in G Op 1/2 (4) - Trio Wanderer (Harmonia Mundi HMC 90 2100)
Walton, William: Crown Imperial - Royal Phil/André Previn (TELARC CD 80125)
Goodwin, Ron arr Jeremy Jackman: What kind of things do The King's Singers sing? - The King's Singers (Signum SIGCD912)
Handel, George Frideric: Concerto Grosso in C minor Op 6/8 - Avison Ensemble/Pavlo Beznosiuk (dir) (LINN CKD 362)
Bartok, Bela: Sonata in G minor for solo violin Sz117 (4) - Christian Tetzlaff (vln) (Virgin 545668)
Bach, Johann Sebastian: Violin Partita No 2 in D minor BWV 1004 (2) - Christian Tetzlaff (vln) (Ondine ODE1299)
Brahms, Johannes: Violin Sonata No 2 in A Op 100 (3) - Christian Tetzlaff (vln), Lars Vogt (pno) (EMI 557525)
Reicha, Anton: Finale: Allegretto, from Wind Quintet in Eb Op 88 No 2 - Berlin Philharmonic Wind Quintet (BIS CD 1802)
Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus: Church Sonata in C K336 - Donald Armstrong (vln), Douglas Beilman (vln), Rolf Gjelsten (cello), Douglas Mews (organ), Dale Gold (dbass) (RNZ UB51)
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Morricone, Ennio: Gabriel's Oboe & The Falls, from The Mission - Yo-Yo Ma, Rome Sinfonietta/Ennio Morricone (Sony 693927)
Garoto, Anibal Augusto Sardinha: Desvairada - Mike Marshall (mandolin), Chris Thile (mandolin) (Sugarhill 913967)
Villa-Lobos, Heitor: Bachianas Brasileiras No 8 (3) - Sao Paulo SO/Roberto Minczuk (BIS CD 1400)
Grieg, Edvard: Notturno, from Lyric Suite Op 54 - Malmö SO/Bjarte Engeset (Naxos 8.572403)
Boyce, William: Symphony No 4 in F - Aradia Ensemble/Kevin Mallon (Naxos 8.557278)
Makaroff, Nina: Butterfly - National Youth Choir of Great Britain/Tom Bullard (NYCGB 2018)
Rameau, Jean-Philippe arr Steven Verhelst: Dardanus, Overture - Reinhold Friedrich Brass Quintett (Solo Musica SM438)
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Chabrier, Emmanuel: Scherzo-Valse, from Suite pastorale - Swiss Romande Orch/Neeme Järvi (Chandos CHSA 5122)
Lehar, Franz: Dein ist mein ganzes Herz - Julian Lloyd Webber (cello), Royal Phil/Nicholas Cleobury (Philips 446 050)
Fauré, Gabriel: Piano Quartet No 1 in C minor Op 15 (4) - Trio Wanderer, Antoine Tamestit (vla) (HARMONIA MUNDI HMC 90 2032)
Bach, Johann Sebastian arr Braga: Inventions in two parts, No 8 in F - Camerata Brazil/Henrique Cazes (dir) (EMI 5 56939)
Clarke, Jeremiah: Prince of Denmark's March - Wynton Marsalis (tpt), English CO/Anthony Newman (SONY SK 60804)
Byrd, William: Agnus Dei, from the Mass for four voices - Voces8 (Signum Classics SIGCD 283)
Smith, Alice Mary ed Graham-Jones: Andante - Angela Malsbury (cl), London Mozart Players/Howard Shelley (Chandos CHAN 10283)
Dvořák, Antonín: Piano Trio No 4 in E minor Op 90, Dumky (1) - Ogen Trio (OGEN OG 0010)
Bruckner, Anton: Locus iste - Graduate Choir/Terence Maskell (Atoll ACD 105)
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Bazzini, Antonio: La Ronde des Lutins Op 25 - Christian Li (vln), Timothy Young (pno) (Decca 2020)
Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus: Concerto in C for flute & harp K299 - Sharon Bezaly (fl), Julie Palloc (harp), Ostrobothnian CO/Juha Kangas (BIS SACD 1539)
Chopin, Frédéric: Piano Sonata No 2 in Bb minor Op 35 (1) - Simon Trpceski (pno) (EMI 375586)
Duke, Vernon orch Starobin: Swattin' the Fly - Dawn Upshaw (sop), unnamed orch/Eric Stern (NONESUCH 7559 79531)
Marley, Bob arr The Kanneh-Masons: Redemption Song - The Kanneh-Masons (Decca 4851156)
Mendelssohn, Felix: String Quartet No 1 in Eb Op 12 (2) - New Zealand String Quartet (Naxos 8.570001)
Rameau, Jean-Philippe: Naïs, Suite, Entree des Luteurs et Chaconne - Orch of the 18th Century/Frans Brüggen (GLOSSA GCD C 81106)
Francisque, Antoine arr Grandjany: Three Lute Dances (3) - Nancy Allen (harp) (EMI CDM 7 69070)
O'Connor, Mark: Emily's Reel - Mark O'Connor (vln), Yo-Yo Ma (cello), Edgar Meyer (dbass) (Sony SK 66782)
Three to Seven
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