Recent Music Stories
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Music feature: Tami Neilson on Dolly Parton
12 Dec 2023For today's music feature we have two queens of country blended for a fun filled session. Our very own Tami Neilson, and Dolly super fan, is in the studio to talk about the life, times, music and… Audio
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The TAHI 12th December 2023
On today's episode, Banjo of Auckland trance rock band PSYCHOWOLF chats about starting up an independent label. We get into Aotearoa's most searched terms of 2023, and So'omalo wonders why washing… Audio
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The wavy sounds of the Canadian Riviera
11 Dec 2023Nights regular and electronic music enthusiast Paul Berrington introduces Mark Leishman to Vancouver-based label and music collective Mood Hut. Audio
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Berlioz: Addicted to music, not drugs
Hector Berlioz was born 220 years ago on 11 December 1803. Was he the original protagonist of the musical rock 'n' roll lifestyle? Bryan Crump talks with Berlioz scholar Hugh Macdonald. Video, Audio
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Beatles' "confidante's" book published after nearly 50 years
11 Dec 2023Mal Evans was many things to the Beatles, road manager, bodyguard and keeper of their guitar picks, a little weed and a secrets he kept in meticulous notes and diary entries. Now his book has finally… Audio
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Music during surgery, are there benefits?
Music in surgical operating rooms is fairly commonplace, with many believing it calms and focuses the mind. But does it? The question intrigued one musician and medical student so much, he decided to… Audio
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LISZT: Piano Sonata in B minor
10 Dec 2023Played by Otis Prescott-Mason at his recital in the Lewis Eady International Piano Festival, 10 December 2023. Audio
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MOZART: Adagio in B minor K540
10 Dec 2023Played by Otis Prescott-Mason at his recital in the Lewis Eady International Piano Festival, 10 December 2023. Audio
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SCRIABIN: Piano Sonata No 5
10 Dec 2023Played by Otis Prescott-Mason at his recital in the Lewis Eady International Piano Festival, 10 December 2023. Audio
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SCRIABIN: Four Preludes Op 22
10 Dec 2023Played by Otis Prescott-Mason at his recital in the Lewis Eady International Piano Festival, 10 December 2023. Audio
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Sergei BORTKIEWICZ: Lamentations & Consolations, Nos 1-4
10 Dec 2023Played by Otis Prescott-Mason at his recital in the Lewis Eady International Piano Festival, 10 December 2023. Audio
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D SCARLATTI: Keyboard Sonatas in D minor Kk213 & D major Kk214
10 Dec 2023Played by Otis Prescott-Mason at his recital in the Lewis Eady International Piano Festival, 10 December 2023. Audio
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Lewis Eady International Piano Festival 2023: Otis Prescott-Mason
10 Dec 2023Wellington pianist Otis Prescott-Mason performs a recital at the Lewis Eady International Piano Festival 2023. Audio
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End of the Year: Best and the Rest
10 Dec 2023William Dart's annual collection of the best and the rest runs the gamut from Christmas carols and #MeToo protests to the latest hip supergroup and what might be a farewell album from a veteran… Audio
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Worlds of Music 10 December, 2023
10 Dec 2023Kiwi folkies feature in this episode with a live recording from NZ stalwart Paul Ubana Jones, and Gypsy jazz via the Czech Bohemian Forest from Jono Heyes. Audio
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DJ apologises for knocking thousands out of Whamageddon
"I gave it a spin, thinking it would be quite funny... clearly it isn't funny."
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St Andrew's College student Mia Fraser on her viral 'Stairway to Heaven' guitar solo
10 Dec 2023Most of us have watched the viral video from St Andrew's College, Christchurch prizegiving ceremony and the students' cover of Led Zeppelin's Stairway to Heaven. Lead guitarist Mia Frazer joins us to… Audio
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Hymns on Sunday, 10 December 2023
10 Dec 2023In this week’s programme for the Second Sunday of Advent, we look towards Christmas with a carol by Shirley Murray and Jillian Bray; there’s an atmospheric recording in Westminster Abbey of Let all… Audio
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Shan Liu - SCRIABIN: Piano Sonata No 4 in F# Op 30
9 Dec 2023Performed at the Grand Final of the 2023 Lewis Eady National Junior Piano Competition, University of Auckland Music Theatre, 9 December 2023. Audio
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Shan Liu - Christopher NORTON: Corrente, from A New Zealand Partita
9 Dec 2023Performed at the Grand Final of the 2023 Lewis Eady National Junior Piano Competition, University of Auckland Music Theatre, 9 December 2023. Audio
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Shan Liu - BACH: Partita No 3 in A minor BWV827, Corrente
9 Dec 2023Performed at the Grand Final of the 2023 Lewis Eady National Junior Piano Competition, University of Auckland Music Theatre, 9 December 2023. Audio
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Shan Liu - MOZART: Piano Sonata No 14 in C minor K457, 1st movement
9 Dec 2023Performed at the Grand Final of the 2023 Lewis Eady National Junior Piano Competition, University of Auckland Music Theatre, 9 December 2023. Audio
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William Ding - PROKOFIEV: Piano Sonata No 2 D minor Op 14, 3rd mov
9 Dec 2023Performed at the Grand Final of the 2023 Lewis Eady National Junior Piano Competition, University of Auckland Music Theatre, 9 December 2023. Audio
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William Ding - MOZART: Piano Sonata No 1 in C K279, 2nd movement
9 Dec 2023Performed at the Grand Final of the 2023 Lewis Eady National Junior Piano Competition, University of Auckland Music Theatre, 9 December 2023. Audio
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