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Chloe Chua: "the most important competition is to compete with yourself"
23 Sep 2025Rising violin star Chloe Chua will be performing Tchaikovsky's Violin Concerto with the Auckland Philharmonia this Thursday. She came into the studio to chat with RNZ Concert's David Morriss. Read more Video, Audio
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Chamber music in the heart of the Waipā District
22 Sep 2025There's a brand new chamber music festival taking place in the Waikato town of Cambridge this weekend. RNZ Concert talks with one of the Artistic Directors, bassoonist Todd Gibson-Cornish. Read more Audio
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The unstoppable Yura Lee
19 Sep 2025Visiting musician Yura Lee hasn't been able to decide between the violin or the viola, so she plays both. Read more Audio
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Jane Bulpin and the art of symphonic logistics
18 Sep 2025Ahead of her departure for the UK, Jane Bulpin looks back on her work as Director: Orchestral Delivery with the NZSO. Read more Video, Audio
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Moment of Calm: Blackbirds at Dawn.
17 Sep 2025Blackbirds usually don't sing in the dead of night, but they were singing a great song early one Dunedin morning. Read more Audio
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Working through the break
17 Sep 2025New Zealand String Quartet violinist Peter Clark talks with RNZ Concert part way through the quartet's latest tour. Read more Audio
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Putting Te Reo into the libretto
16 Sep 2025Ahead of its broadcast on RNZ Concert, director Kawiti Waetford talks about Toiere, a show mixing opera with Te Reo Māori. Read more Video, Audio
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Dressed for success
15 Sep 2025Hawke's Bay tenor Lila Crichton talks about his latest gig, singing for this year's World of WearableArt show in Wellington. Read more Video, Audio
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Composing in a changing climate
12 Sep 2025This year’s SOUNZ Tarling Trust Orchestral Commission winner Joshua Pearson dedicates his prize to highlighting the vulnerability of Pasifika nations to climate change. Read more Video, Audio
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You can't beat a cornetto
11 Sep 2025Danny Lucin is a go-to man when it comes to playing the cornetto in Australia and New Zealand. He and conductor Michael Stewart talk with RNZ Concert ahead of a performance of the early 17th century… Read more Video, Audio
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Moment of calm: Ruru in the Rain.
10 Sep 2025Few things are more calming in the evening than the sound of a Ruru calling - unless you're on its menu. Read more Audio
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In it for the long hall
10 Sep 2025Waikato-raised saxophonist Simon Brew talks about coming home to manage a music venue in the heart of Cambridge. Read more Audio
16 December 2025
with Bryan Crump
Bach, Johann Sebastian arr Avital: Violin Concerto in A minor BWV1041 (3) - Avi Avital (mandolin), Potsdam Chamber Academy (DG 479 0092)
Schubert, Franz: Symphony No 6 in C D589, Little (2) - Chamber Orchestra of Europe/Claudio Abbado (DG 423 654)
Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus: Adagio in C K580a - François Leleux (cor anglais), Lisa Batiashvili (violin), Lawrence Power (viola), Sebastian Klinger (cello) (SONY 88697 28585)
Ritchie, John: Concertino in A for clarinet & strings (1) - Marina Sturm (clarinet), NZSO Chamber Orchestra/Donald Armstrong (vln/dir) (TRUST MMT 2040)
Khachaturian, Aram Illich: Adagio of Spartacus & Phrygia, from Spartacus - Bolshoi Symphony Orchestra/Alexander Lazarev (Warner 8573 80438)
Swallow, Steve arr Distler: Hullo, Bolinas - Jean-Yves Thibaudet (piano) (Decca 455 512)
Respighi, Ottorino: Three Botticelli Pictures - Orpheus Chamber Orchestra (DG 437 533)
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Shostakovich, Dmitri: Tarantella, from The Gadfly - Aglika Genova (piano), Liuben Dimitrov (piano) (CPO 999 599)
Bach, Carl Philipp Emanuel: Cello Concerto in Bb Wq171 (3) - Raphael Wallfisch (cello), Scottish Ensemble/Jonathan Morton (NIMBUS NI 5848)
Pujol, Emilio: Grises y soles - Saffire: The Australian Guitar Quartet (ABC Classics 476 701)
Brahms, Johannes: Serenade No 2 in A Op 16 (2) - London Symphony Orchestra/Bernard Haitink (LSO LIVE LSO 0056)
Debussy, Claude: Menuet, from Suite Bergamasque - John Chen (piano) (ABC 4766834)
Reznicek, Emil von: Overture, from Donna Diana - Cincinnati Pops Orchestra/Erich Kunzel (TELARC CD 80116)
Hanmer, Ronald: Pastorale - Queensland Symphony Orchestra/Ronald Hanmer (ABC Classics 472 509)
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Glazunov, Alexander: Symphony No 5 in Bb Op 55 (2) - Royal Scottish National Orchestra/José Serebrier (Warner 2564 61434)
Britten, Benjamin: Suite for violin & piano Op 6 (3) - Isabelle Faust (violin), Alexander Melnikov (piano) (Harmonia Mundi HMM902668)
Pitfield, Thomas: Xylophone Sonata (1) - Peter Donohoe (xylophone) (Naxos 8.557291)
Holst, Gustav: St Paul's Suite (4) - London Festival Orchestra/Ross Pople (ASV CD DCA 782)
Purcell, Henry: Chaconne in G minor Z730 - Scottish Chamber Orchestra/Jaime Laredo (dir) (REGISC 1160)
Traditional: The Unst Boat Song - Bryn Terfel (bass), Patrick Rimes (piano), Archie Churchill-Moss (accordion) (DG 4864884)
Beethoven, Ludwig van: Septet in Eb Op 20 (4) - Nash Ensemble (ASV GLD 4002)
Liszt, Franz arr Herbert: Liebestraum No 3 in Ab - Philadelphia Orchestra/Eugene Ormandy (Sony MLK 39450)
Haydn, Franz Joseph: Symphony No 72 in D (4) - Philharmonia Hungarica/Antal Dorati (Decca 425 925)
Tchaikovsky, Pyotr Ilyich orch Lane: Troika - RTE Concert Orchestra/Gavin Sutherland (Naxos 8.572744)
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Zemtsov, Yevgeni: Melodie im alten Stil - Dana Zemtsov (viola), Cathelijne Noorland (piano) (Channel CCSSA37215)
Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus: Sinfonia Concertante in Eb K297b - Douglas Boyd (oboe), Richard Hosford (clarinet), Robin O'Neill (bsn), Jonathan Williams (horn), Chamber Orchestra of Europe/Alexander Schneider (COE Records CD COS 242)
Moszkowski, Moritz: Trois morceaux Op 87 (2) - Seta Tanyel (piano) (Collins Classics 15192)
Schubert, Franz: Heidenröslein D257 - Ian Bostridge (tenor), Julius Drake (piano) (EMI CDC 5 56347)
Weiner, Leó: Fox Dance from Three Hungarian folk dances - Daniel Hope (violin), Zurich Chamber Orchestra (DG 4864994)
Rossini, Gioachino: Overture, from The Silken Ladder - National Philharmonic/Riccardo Chailly (Decca 400 049)
Prokofiev, Sergei: Dance of the five couples, from Romeo & Juliet - Berlin Philharmonic/Claudio Abbado (DG 453 439)
Lilburn, Douglas: Two Preludes (1951) (1) - Michael Houstoun (piano) (Rattle RAT D040)
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