Recent Music Stories
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Music with Jess Fu: Aridni Orca, The Beths, Fazerdaze
27 Jul 2022Music reviewer Jess Fu joins Kathryn to look at a new solo project, Aridni Orca, by Indira Force - formerly of the Christchurch band Doprah. Auckland band, The Beths, has released their second single… Audio
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CMNZ: Cornerstones - Viktoria Mullova Trio
26 Jul 2022Mullova is known the world over as a violinist of exceptional versatility and musical integrity. She is joined by husband Matthew Barley and New Zealand's Stephen De Pledge in performing Schubert’s…
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Music feature: The Art of Broadway Orchestration
For today's Music Feature we're exploring the Art of Broadway Orchestration with Auckland University musicologist Gregory Camp. Audio
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Thank you for the music, from Porirua to Harvard: Jess Jenkins
A young Porirua violist has been selected to study at an Ivy League university in the US. Former Tawa College student Jess Jenkins has been accepted at Harvard, from over ten thousand applications… Audio
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Judah Kelley
25 Jul 2022Judah Kelley is a Dunedin musician - and an oceanographer - lately she's been combining both passions using the sounds of the ocean to make music. Audio
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Filipe Manu wins opera's Lexus Song Quest
Filipe Manu has won the Lexus Song Quest, Aotearoa's most prestigious opera competition. '
Manu won a $20,000 cash prize, plus a $27,000 study scholarship and international travel worth up to $3000.
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Interview - Giordano Bellincampi on Il Trovatore
24 Jul 2022Giordano Bellincampi talks to Tim Dodd about Verdi's opera 'Il Trovatore' and the Auckland Philharmonia Orchestra's semi-staging of the opera in the Auckland Town Hall. Audio
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The Esoteric Florence
24 Jul 2022In a programme themed around esoterica, William Dart checks out the new album from the often esoteric Florence + The Machine. Audio
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Auckland Philharmonia - Il Trovatore
24 Jul 2022The Auckland Philharmonia's Opera in Concert for 2022, performed in Auckland Town Hall, 16 July 2022. Audio
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Hymns on Sunday, 24 July 2022
24 Jul 2022There's a focus this week on hymns that are inspired by the psalms, including All people that on earth do dwell (Psalm 100), and I to the hills will lift mine eyes, from Psalm 121. Audio
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Rosa ELLIOTT: Forest Song
23 Jul 2022The world premiere performance given by NZ Secondary Students' Choir, NZ Youth Choir and Voices NZ conducted by David Squire, Holy Trinity Cathedral, Auckland, 23 July 2022. Audio
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ORFF: Carmina Burana, Nos 24 - 25
23 Jul 2022Performed by the combined Choirs Aotearoa: NZ Secondary Students' Choir, NZ Youth Choir, Voices NZ conducted by Karen Grylls, Holy Trinity Cathedral, Auckland, 23 July 2022. Audio
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ORFF: Carmina Burana, Nos 20 - 21
23 Jul 2022Performed by the combined Choirs Aotearoa: NZ Secondary Students' Choir, NZ Youth Choir, Voices NZ with soloist Natasha Te Rupe Wilson (soprano) conducted by Karen Grylls, Holy Trinity Cathedral… Audio
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ORFF: Carmina Burana, Nos 15 - 17
23 Jul 2022Performed by the combined Choirs Aotearoa: NZ Secondary Students' Choir, NZ Youth Choir, Voices NZ with soloists Natasha Te Rupe Wilson (soprano) and James Harrison (baritone) and Nota Bella girls'… Audio
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ORFF: Carmina Burana, Nos 12 - 14
23 Jul 2022Performed by the combined Choirs Aotearoa: NZ Secondary Students' Choir, NZ Youth Choir, Voices NZ with soloists Oliver Sewell (tenor) and James Harrison (baritone), conducted by Karen Grylls, Holy… Audio
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ORFF: Carmina Burana, Nos 6 - 9
23 Jul 2022Performed by the combined Choirs Aotearoa: NZ Secondary Students' Choir, NZ Youth Choir, Voices NZ, conducted by Karen Grylls, Holy Trinity Cathedral, Auckland, 23 July 2022. Audio
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ORFF: Carmina Burana, Nos 1 - 5
23 Jul 2022Performed by the combined Choirs Aotearoa: NZ Secondary Students' Choir, NZ Youth Choir, Voices NZ with soloist James Harrison (baritone), conducted by Karen Grylls, Holy Trinity Cathedral, Auckland… Audio
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2022 Lexus Song Quest Grand Final, Part Two
Lexus Song Quest 2022 Grand Final - Part Two Audio
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2022 Lexus Song Quest Grand Final
Lexus Song Quest 2022 Grand Final Video, Audio
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Southern Swing
23 Jul 2022Dunedin's music scene is perhaps best known for its eponymous rock sound, but there are some fantastic jazz players in the Edinburgh of the South. Audio
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Sun Ra: Jazz in Silhouette
23 Jul 2022Sun Ra and his Arkestra are best known for their avant-garde explorations into Afro-futurism, but before they went in that direction they were a tight traditional big band, with a sound somewhere… Audio
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The Mixtape: Devin Abrams
23 Jul 2022Our guest on the Mixtape this week is Devin Abrahms, the man behind Pacific Heights. Devin was a founding member of NZ band Shapeshifter and also works as a multi-platinum producer, who is working… Audio
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Introducing: Mo Etc.
23 Jul 2022This week we are introduced to Wellington-based musician Mo.Etc who released her debut album Oceanbed last year – written, recorded, produced entirely by herself. Video, Audio
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