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Writing for children is never childs play
31 Jan 2025As Sounz seeks submissions from composers for this year's work for the childrens ensemble Arohanui Strings, we speak to the man who wrote last year's; South African born Keith Moss. Read more
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Bringing the bass
30 Jan 2025RNZ Concert's Bryan Crump catches up with NZ double bass player Louis van der Mespel on a trip home from the Netherlands. Read more Audio
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Hooked on Opera
29 Jan 2025John Drummond, former music professor at Otago University, composer and broadcaster, talks about his book Habitation of Dreams: A Life in Opera. Read more Audio
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Grace writes notes for the Auckland Philharmonia
28 Jan 2025RNZ's Bryan Crump talks with Grace Wellik, the Auckland Philharmonia's Young Composer-in-Residence for 2025, and Evie Dwyer-Leech, who's part of the orchestra's Learn & Participate team. Read more Audio
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Opera: It's a family affair
27 Jan 2025Rising star, tenor Jordan Fonoti-Fuimaono, has been awarded this year's Dame Malvina Major Foundation Scholarship. Read more Audio
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RNZ Concert: Summer Season
20 Dec 2024RNZ Concert sounds good this summer. Here are some of our holiday season highlights for you to enjoy on the radio or online in coming days. Read more
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"I find lots of joy in discovering strange and wonderful things"
13 Dec 2024William Dart's long-running music programme on RNZ, New Horizons, is coming to an end after more than four decades, but he'll keep discovering and enjoying new music. Read more Audio
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From the Marae to Moana
12 Dec 2024Pere Wihongi, music director of the Te Reo Māori version of the Disney movie Moana 2, on how Te Reo has shaped her musical life. Read more Video, Audio
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Moment of Calm: Where the flowers bloom the birds sing
11 Dec 2024Immerse yourself in this suburban soundscape of birdsong, both native and exotic. Read more Audio
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Summertime, and the strumming is easy
11 Dec 2024Co-director Dominique Blatti looks forward to next month's Classical Guitar Summer School in Nelson. Read more Video, Audio
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Christmas down under
10 Dec 2024English choral conductor Stephen Layton embraces the heat for a southern hemisphere Christmas. Read more Audio
03 February 2025
with Bryan Crump
Valente, Antonio: Gallarda Napolitana - Hespèrion XXI/Jordi Savall (Alia Vox AV 9820)
Grieg, Edvard: March of the Trolls, from Lyric Pieces Book 5 - Katya Apekisheva (pno) (QUARTZ QTZ 2061)
Tchaikovsky, Pyotr Ilyich: Rose Adagio, from Sleeping Beauty - Russian National Orch/Mikhail Pletnev (DG 457 634)
Ravel, Maurice: String Quartet in F (2) - Jerusalem Quartet (Harmonia Mundi HMM902304)
Haydn, Franz Joseph: The heavens are telling, from The Creation - Sylvia McNair (sop), Michael Schade (ten), Gerald Finley (bar), Monteverdi Choir, English Baroque Soloists/John Eliot Gardiner (DG 459 064)
Foote, Arthur: Suite in E Op 63 - London Octave/Kypros Markou (DUTTON CDLX 7238)
Bacewicz, Grazyna: Concertino - Piotr Plawner (vln), Ewa Kupiec (pno) (Hänssler CD 93.117)
Gabrielli, Domenico: Trumpet Sonata No 4 in D - Thomas Reiner (tpt), Southwest German CO/Sebastian Tewinkel (Naxos 8.570501)
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Strauss, Richard: Capriccio, Introduction to the Final Scene - Barry Tuckwell (horn), Royal Phil/Vladimir Ashkenazy (Decca 430 370)
Monteverdi, Claudio: Vago augelletto, from the 8th book of Madrigals - Nuria Rial (sop), Philippe Jaroussky (countertenor), Cyril Auvit (ten)y (ten), Jan van Elsacker (ten) & Joaõ Fernandes (bass), L'Arpeggiata, Christina Pluhar (theorbo/dir) (Virgin 2 36140)
Rameau, Jean-Philippe: Chaconne, from Les Indes galantes - Les Musiciens du Louvre/Marc Minkowski (Archiv 477 5578)
Wagner, Richard: For Princess Metternich's Album - Terence Dennis (pno) (ODE CD MANU 2038)
Barber, Samuel: Violin Concerto Op 14 (2) - Robert McDuffie (vln), Atlanta SO/Yoel Levi (TELARC CD 80503)
Debussy, Claude: Le matin d'un jour de fête, from Ibéria - Boston Symphony Orchestra/Michael Tilson Thomas (DG 419 473)
Brahms, Johannes: Anklänge Op 7/3 - Anthony Leroy (cello), Sandra Moubarak (pno) (ZIG ZAG 070 202)
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Chabrier, Emmanuel: Danse villageoise, from Suite pastorale - Ulster Orch/Yan Pascal Tortelier (Chandos CHAN 8852)
Bach, Johann Sebastian arr Andrew York: Fugue in G minor BWV578 - Los Angeles Guitar Quartet (DELOS DE 3205)
Monge, De Chucho arr Peña: México lindo - Juan Diego Flórez (ten), Fort Worth SO/Miguel Harth-Bedoya (Decca 475 6932)
Bernstein, Leonard: Make Our Garden Grow, from Candide - Joshua Bell (vln), Philharmonia Orchestra/David Zinman (Sony SK 89358)
Caldara, Antonio: Chiacona Op 2/12 - Four Nations Ensemble (GAUDEAMUS CD GAU 347)
Medtner, Nikolai: Prologue: Andante cantabile 'The Angel', from Stimmungsbilder Op - Jayson Gillham (pno) (ABC Classics ABC4815564)
Tchaikovsky, Pyotr Ilyich: Waltz of the Flowers, from The Nutcracker - London SO/André Previn (EMI 9 67694)
Lilburn, Douglas: Processional Fanfare - New Zealand SO/James Judd (Naxos 8.557697)
Beethoven, Ludwig van: Piano Sonata No 8 in C minor Op 13, Pathétique (3) - Stephen Kovacevich (pno) (EMI 9 65922)
Vivaldi, Antonio: Concerto in Bb for strings RV167 - Venice Baroque Orch/Andrea Marcon (dir) (Archiv 474 5092)
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Gershwin, George / Donaldson, Will arr Ryden: Rialto Ripples - Stefano Bollani (pno), Leipzig Gewandhaus Orch/Riccardo Chailly (Decca 478 2739)
Herzogenberg, Heinrich von: Cello Sonata No 3 Op 94 - Johannes Moser (cello), Paul Rivinius (pno) (Hänssler CD 93.207)
Traditional, Bulgarian: Sborenka - Hesperion XXI and friends/Jordi Savall (dir) (Alia Vox AVSA 9898)
Statham, Keith: Black Swan - Camilla White (ob), Puertas Quartet (Atoll ACD 881)
Chaminade, Cécile: Flute Concertino - Sharon Bezaly (fl), Hague Residentie Orch/Neeme Järvi (BIS SACD 1679)
Haydn, Franz Joseph: Keyboard Sonata No 62 in Eb HobXVI/52 (1) - Rafal Blechacz (pno) (DG 477 7453)
Ó Riada, Sean: Ag Criost an Siol - Michael Londra (ten) (LML Music 194)
Three to Seven
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