Recent Music Stories
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OPETAIA FOA'I arr Thomas Goss: Te Hiva
Mana Moana – a symphonic celebration of iconic songs from Tonga, Samoa, Niue, Tokelau, Fiji and the Cook Islands, recorded Live at Wellington’s Michael Fowler Centre in December 2022. Video, Audio
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PROKOVIEV: Romeo and Juliet, selections
1 Dec 2022Performed by the Auckland Philharmonia Orchestra conducted by Giordano Bellincampi at their Premier Series concert 'Star-Crossed Lovers', Auckland Town Hall, 1 December 2022. Audio
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M P HUNKIN arr Thomas Goss: Manu O Le Vaveao
Mana Moana – a symphonic celebration of iconic songs from Tonga, Samoa, Niue, Tokelau, Fiji and the Cook Islands, recorded Live at Wellington’s Michael Fowler Centre in December 2022. Audio
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BACH: Sonata for solo violin No 2 in A minor, III
1 Dec 2022Performed as an encore by James Ehnes at the Auckland Philharmonia Orchestra's Premier Series concert 'Star-Crossed Lovers', Auckland Town Hall, 1 December 2022. Audio
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TRADITIONAL (Cook Islands) arr Thomas Goss: Kua Iti Te Marama
Mana Moana – a symphonic celebration of iconic songs from Tonga, Samoa, Niue, Tokelau, Fiji and the Cook Islands, recorded Live at Wellington’s Michael Fowler Centre in December 2022. Audio
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BERNSTEIN: Serenade
1 Dec 2022Performed by James Ehnes with the Auckland Philharmonia Orchestra conducted by Giordano Bellincampi at their Premier Series concert 'Star-Crossed Lovers', Auckland Town Hall, 1 December 2022. Audio
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QUEEN SALOTE TUPOU III arr Thomas Goss: Siueli 'o e Pasifiki
Mana Moana – a symphonic celebration of iconic songs from Tonga, Samoa, Niue, Tokelau, Fiji and the Cook Islands, recorded Live at Wellington’s Michael Fowler Centre in December 2022. Video, Audio
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BEETHOVEN: Egmont Overture
1 Dec 2022Performed by the Auckland Philharmonia Orchestra conducted by Giordano Bellincampi at their Premier Series concert 'Star-Crossed Lovers', Auckland Town Hall, 1 December 2022. Audio
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T F R SIMANU arr Thomas Goss: Faliu Le La
Mana Moana – a symphonic celebration of iconic songs from Tonga, Samoa, Niue, Tokelau, Fiji and the Cook Islands, recorded Live at Wellington’s Michael Fowler Centre in December 2022. Audio
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Mana Moana - Live at the Michael Fowler Centre
1 Dec 2022A symphonic celebration highlighting the connectedness of our Pacific nations through music.
Performed by Signature Choir and the New Zealand Symphony Orchestra conducted by Brent Stewart. Audio
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Auckland Philharmonia: Star-Crossed Lovers
1 Dec 2022Canadian James Ehnes joins the Auckland Philharmonia for this 2022 season finale, playing Leonard Bernstein's violin concerto inspired by Plato. The concert ends with Prokofiev's ballet music for the… Audio
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Fleetwood Mac's Christine McVie dies at 79
The singer-songwriter, who was behind some of the group's biggest hits, dies after an illness, her family says.
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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. Audio
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Schubert with Dr Graeme Downes
Rock and roll star turned musicologist Graeme Downes gives a masterful breakdown of the enduring brilliance of Schubert's Symphony #9 in C major, and why it’s had a hold on his heart all these years… Audio
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Music with Charlotte Ryan
30 Nov 2022Charlotte plays new local music and features the latest acts to be announced for Womad 2023. Audio
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Orchestra walk-throughs return at APO 4 Kids Christmas
That beautiful Christmas tune - Prokofiev's Troika - and others will be played live this weekend and next by the Auckland Philharmonia Orchestra in their interactive family concert series APO 4 Kids… Audio
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RNZ Concert asking for listener input on the music they play
29 Nov 2022RNZ Concert is putting the word out about a survey they're conducting to gather feedback on the music they play. Host of The Works and Inside Out, Nick Tipping talks to Jesse about their survey. Audio
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Hip hop with Brad 'Sticky' Warrington
28 Nov 2022Hip hop ambassador Brad Warrington aka DJ Sticky Fingaz joins the show to chat about the recent Hip Hop Summit in Christchurch. Audio
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Auckland's St James Theatre restoration now 'do or die', Swarbrick says
28 Nov 2022The future of Auckland's St James Theatre is set to be decided in Parliament, as pleas for its restoration ramp up. Video, Audio
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The Rite of Spring by Stravinsky with Witi Ihimaera
One of our most celebrated authors, Witi Ihimaera, recalls how his life changed when he first heard The Rite of Spring by Stravinsky, as a young boy listening to a record player in Gisborne. And NZSO… Audio
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Blue Smoke: The Main Trunk Line
For nearly 100 years the Main Trunk line was the superhighway of Aoteoroa, taking passengers, livestock, and cargo from Johnsonville to Geraldine and beyond. Countless musicians have heard the… Audio
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Fame singer and actress dies aged 63
The US singer and actress won an Oscar for Best Original singer in 1984.
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Hymns on Sunday, 27 November 2022
27 Nov 2022The season of Advent begins today – a time of waiting and expectation leading up to Christmas. Sing along to favourite Advent hymns including O come, Emmanuel and Come, thou long-expected Jesus. Audio
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