Music

From 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

Gabriella 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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Winners 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

Performed 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

Performed 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

Performed 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

Recorded in the Dr John Gallagher Concert Chamber in Hamilton, 9 November 2022. Audio

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

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

Canadian 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

The 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.”

Listen 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

Oh, 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

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

Perhaps 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