Recent Music Stories
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MAHLER: Symphony No 4 in G
10 Nov 2022From the “ching ching!” of Christmas sleigh bells in the first movement, to the beatified soprano entrance in the finale, Mahler’s Fourth is a picture of the perfect childhood.
Madeleine Pierard… Audio
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Gabriella Smith: Tumblebird Contrails
10 Nov 2022Gabriella Smith's Tumblebird Contrails is a hauntingly evocative work inspired by the hallucinatory sounds of the Pacific Ocean. New Zealand Symphony Orchestra conducted by Miguel Harth-Bedoya.
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Music Critic: Colin Morris
10 Nov 2022Colin Morris talks to Jesse about a new Gregory Porter track, Suzanne and looks behind the scenes at Bonnie Raitt's I Can't Make You Love Me. Audio
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Aotearoa Music Awards winners announced
10 Nov 2022Winners for the 2022 Aotearoa Music Awards have been announced this morning, with L.A.B the big winners for a second year in a row.
RNZ's Music 101 presenter, Charlotte Ryan, talks us through the… Audio
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L.A.B secures spot in history at 2022 Aotearoa Music Awards
10 Nov 2022L.A.B has secured their spot in award history, by taking out the same four Tūī for second year running.
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David GRIFFITHS: Epilogue
9 Nov 2022Performed by Luca Manghi (flute) and Katherine Austin (piano) at the tribute concert: 'Martin Lodge: A Celebration of his Music and Life', Dr John Gallagher Concert Chamber, Hamilton, 9 November 2022.
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Michael WILLIAMS: Luce Viva
9 Nov 2022Performed by Kristin Darragh (contralto) and the New Zealand Chamber Soloists at the tribute concert: 'Martin Lodge: A Celebration of his Music and Life', Dr John Gallagher Concert Chamber, Hamilton… Audio
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Martin LODGE: Oiche Ghealai
9 Nov 2022Performed by the Luca Manghi (alto flute) at the tribute concert: 'Martin Lodge: A Celebration of his Music and Life', Dr John Gallagher Concert Chamber, Hamilton, 9 November 2022. Audio
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Martin LODGE: Summer Music
9 Nov 2022Performed by the New Zealand Chamber Soloists at the tribute concert: 'Martin Lodge: A Celebration of his Music and Life', Dr John Gallagher Concert Chamber, Hamilton, 9 November 2022. Audio
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Martin Lodge: A Celebration of his Music and Life
9 Nov 2022Recorded in the Dr John Gallagher Concert Chamber in Hamilton, 9 November 2022. Audio
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Bookmarks with John Bonning
Today's Bookmarks guest has been working as a doctor for more than three decades, spending many of those years as an emergency physician. He's worked extensively in different EDs throughout Aotearoa… Audio
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Podcast Critic: Elliott Childs
9 Nov 2022Today Elliott Childs talks to Jesse about America's Dead and Significant Others. Audio
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NZ's only drum festival
New Zealand's only drum-dedicated festival kicks off next Friday. It'll explore percussion from many different cultures, like African drumming, Tasmanian leather string drums, and Japanese Taiko… Audio
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Flying Nun Records - a wave of Kiwi music from 1981
9 Nov 2022Canadian music fanatic, record collector, editor and publisher Matthew Goody has just released a book on Flying Nun - it's a labor of love - a comprehensive discography including the bands and the… Audio
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‘The Endless Search for the Next Note’ – Ross Harris on a life devoted to creating music
9 Nov 2022The noted New Zealand composer Ross Harris explores a life devoted to music in his 2022 Lilburn Lecture entitled “The Endless Search for the Next Note.”
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Music Alive: Voice of the Whale
8 Nov 2022Listen to a duo by iconic Polish female composer Grażyna Bacewicz; a piece by Brazilian composer Heitor Villa-Lobos influenced by the sound of a jet taking off; a lost, then rediscovered trio by… Video
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Lou Reed 'Transformer' album turns 50
8 Nov 2022Oh, it's such a perfect day for Lou Reed fans.
The singer's classic album Transformer turns fifty today.
The recording was produced by David Bowie and is best known for its edgy radio hit, 'Walk on… Audio
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Mosgiel brass band celebrates 150 years
The Mosgiel Brass Band celebrated their 150th Anniversary over the weekend. Front and centre was Barbara Cooper, who's been playing in brass bands for 70 years. Barbara speaks to Jesse. Audio
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Blue Smoke: Covers
6 Nov 2022Perhaps thinking of the cover bands of the 1970s, the human jukeboxes and the booze barns and musicians since the 80s have turned away from what they call cover versions. This episode of Blue Smoke… Audio
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Fifty years of Carly Simon's You're So Vain and the mystery man at its heart
Carly Simon's hit 1972 single You're So Vain starts with one of the best opening lines in pop music: "You walked into the party, like you were walking onto a yacht".
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Rapper-singer, former child star Aaron Carter dead at 34
Rapper and former child star Aaron Carter has died at age 34.
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Hymns on Sunday, 6 November 2022
6 Nov 2022The hymns of 20th century hymn writer Fred Kaan have a strong focus on peace, unity and social justice. You can hear some in this week’s programme: For the healing of the nations and O Holy Spirit. Audio
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SJD: The sweet side and the heart side
5 Nov 2022SJD is the musical project of Sean Donnelly, a musician and songwriter from Tamaki Makaurau (Auckland), and currently based in Otepoti (Dunedin), under the Mozart Fellowship at Otago University. SJD… Audio
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Nashville Babylon 5 November 2022
5 Nov 2022On this week's Nashville Babylon Mark has new tracks from Ebony Lamb, Bill Callahan and Bruce Springsteen, classic reggae from Althea and Donna plus Emmylou Harris covering the Beatles. Audio
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