Bryan Crump
Jane Bulpin and the art of symphonic logistics
Ahead of her departure for the UK, Jane Bulpin looks back on her work as Director: Orchestral Delivery with the NZSO. Video, Audio
Moment of Calm: Blackbirds at Dawn.
Blackbirds usually don't sing in the dead of night, but they were singing a great song early one Dunedin morning. Audio
Working through the break
New Zealand String Quartet violinist Peter Clark talks with RNZ Concert part way through the quartet's latest tour. Audio
Putting Te Reo into the libretto
Ahead of its broadcast on RNZ Concert, director Kawiti Waetford talks about Toiere, a show mixing opera with Te Reo Māori. Video, Audio
Dressed for success
Hawke's Bay tenor Lila Crichton talks about his latest gig, singing for this year's World of WearableArt show in Wellington. Video, Audio
Composing in a changing climate
This year’s SOUNZ Tarling Trust Orchestral Commission winner Joshua Pearson dedicates his prize to highlighting the vulnerability of Pasifika nations to climate change. Video, Audio
You can't beat a cornetto
Danny 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… Video, Audio
Moment of calm: Ruru in the Rain.
Few things are more calming in the evening than the sound of a Ruru calling - unless you're on its menu. Audio
In it for the long hall
Waikato-raised saxophonist Simon Brew talks about coming home to manage a music venue in the heart of Cambridge. Audio
Pasifika singing - it's time to talk
Pasifika singers are an increasingly big part of the New Zealand choral scene. Will Kingi and Enyah Talamaivao are part of a Choirs Aotearoa gathering which recognises that role, but will also explore… Video, Audio
Anapela Polata’ivao and Stacey Leilua: From Tinā to opera
Anapela Polata’ivao and Stacey Leilua bring a Kiwi Samoan perspective to directing the action in NZ Opera's latest production, Jonathan Dove's "The Monster in the Maze".
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Mahler's big bang
Mahler's Sixth Symphony asks for a percussion instrument so unusual, the New Zealand Symphony Orchestra made its own. RNZ Concert followed the construction and testing of Mahler's hammer and block. Video, Audio
Fellowship of the strings
Antipodes Quartet is the first ensemble to take part in the Fellowship Programme, which is facilitated and mentored by New Zealand String Quartet, Chamber Music New Zealand and Adam Chamber Music… Audio
Bryan Crump reports on 2025's The Big Sing
Nearly a thousand choir singers converged on Ōtepoti Dunedin over the last few days as the Big Sing competition finished. Audio
The Big Sing finale in Dunedin
RNZ's own Bryan Crump is the MC for tomorrow night's Gala Concert and joins Mark Leishman. Audio
The Big Sing Gala Concert 2025
The Big Sing Gala Concert 2025, performed at the Dunedin Town Hall on 28 August 2025. Audio
Shona Murray: 'Music goes with so many things'
Music educator and choral conductor Shona Murray talks with RNZ Concert's Bryan Crump about secondary school choral festival The Big Sing and its beginnings, and the essential role of music in our… Video, Audio
Twenty years in charge of The Realm
Jazz drummer Greg Crayford is getting ready to lead celebrations of two decades of his jazz residency at Wellington bar The Realm. Audio
Moment of Calm: Freight train on the tracks
From a distance, a passing freight train can be quite relaxing. Audio
András Fejér - last man sitting
Cellist András Fejér, the last remaining original member of the Takács Quartet, speaks to RNZ Concert ahead of the ensemble's 50th anniversary tour of New Zealand. Video, Audio
