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Listen to this! Classical music for all
2 May 2024Conductor and music educator Beth Cohen is passionate about helping people engage and connect with classical music. She talks with David Morriss about the podcast she's created: Listen to this! Read more Audio
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Four Seasons, four string players and a Grand Ballroom
1 May 2024Versatile violinist Cathy Irons talks with David Morriss about her upcoming concert at the Hanmer Springs Hotel, where the Cathy Irons String Quartet will be performing Vivaldi's Four Seasons in the… Read more Audio
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'Suite Stuff' from the Avery organ
30 Apr 2024Organist John Wells is presenting a week-long series of concerts on the historic Avery organ at Ponsonby Baptist Church in Auckland. Read more Audio
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Pianist Liam Wooding
26 Apr 2024Morton Trio pianist Liam Wooding talks with David Morriss about his recent experiences as a Fulbright Scholar in the United States, and the concert of sextets the Trio (and friends) are currently… Read more Audio
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Sarah Watkins: "Music is to be shared"
24 Apr 2024Pianist Sarah Watkins, one of the original members of NZTrio, is joining the ensemble again for their 'Unquiet Dream' concert series. It's the first instalment of NZTrio's 2024 season. Read more Audio
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Nota Bene at 20
23 Apr 2024Ahead of its 20th anniversary concert, Nota Bene's founding music director Christine Argyle and current music director Maaike Christie-Beekman join Bryan Crump to discuss the Wellington chamber… Read more Audio
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"String quartet is such a beautiful, beautiful relationship family"
22 Apr 2024Bryan Crump talks with Monique Lapins, who is leaving the New Zealand String Quartet after eight years, and Peter Clark, who will become the quartet's new second violinist. Read more Video, Audio
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Orchestra students back in school for the holidays
Nicky Fogden-Smith, Coordinator and Course Director of the NZ Secondary Students' Symphony Orchestra, speaks to Bryan Crump ahead of the orchestra's concert in Christchurch. Read more Audio
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From Belgium to Samoa via Aotearoa
18 Apr 2024Belgian classical crossover pianist Daniel Verstappen is coming to Auckland for a cultural crossover gig with Samoan New Zealander Dr Opeloge Ah Sam. Joe Harrop from the Black Quartet is the middle… Read more Video, Audio
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Moment of Calm: Cats on the keyboard
17 Apr 2024Listen to an Impromptu for Piano, by George the Cat. Read more Audio
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Embrace the music and dance
17 Apr 2024Ahead of the Royal NZ Ballet's epic Aotearoa tour performing Swan Lake, the company's executive director chooses some of his favourite music. Read more Video, Audio
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To the World's Edge and beyond
16 Apr 2024Young gifted and heading overseas, Bryan Crump speaks to talented musicians Madeleine Xiao and Lorna Zhang, joint winners of ROSL Pettman scholarships to study beyond Aotearoa in 2024. Read more Audio
06 May 2024
with Bryan Crump
Herbert, Victor: Serenade for Strings Op 12 (2) - London Octave/Kypros Markou (DUTTON CDLX 7238)
Prokofiev, Sergei: Symphony No 1 in D Op 25, Classical (4) - Atlanta SO/Yoel Levi (TELARC CD 80289)
Bertali, Antonio: Sonata in three parts - Jörgen van Rijen (tbn), members of Amsterdam Combattimento Consort/Jan Willem de Vriend (dir) (Channel Classics CCS SA 26708)
Psathas, John: Century fanfare, Luminous - Auckland Phil/Edvard Tchivzhel (Atoll ACD 100)
Sculthorpe, Peter: Maranoa Lullaby - Anne Sofie von Otter (mezzo), Brodsky Quartet (Challenge CC 72007)
Suesse, Dana arr Huxley: Jazz Nocturne - Peter Mintun (pno), Hot Springs Music Festival SO/Richard Rosenberg (Naxos 8.559647)
Brahms, Johannes: Variations on a theme by Haydn Op 56a - Scottish CO/Charles Mackerras (TELARC CD 80450)
Melua, Katie & Zurab: No Better Magic - Lisa Batiashvili (vln),Lisa Batiashvili (violin), Katie Melua (vocals), Tim Harries (bass (vocal)), Zurab Melua (guitar), Georgian Philharmonic Orchestra (DG 4838586)
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D'Indy, Vincent: Symphony in A minor, Italian (2) - Brittany Orch/Lionel Bringuier (TIMPANI 1C 1125)
Daley, Eleanor: Child with the starry crayon - Toronto Children's Chorus/Elise Bradley (Marquis 81439)
Haydn, Franz Joseph: Sinfonia Concertante in Bb HobI/105 (3) - Toru Yasunaga (vln), Georg Faust (cello), Jonathan Kelly (ob), Stefan Schweigert (bsn), Berlin Phil/Simon Rattle (EMI 3 94237)
Beach, Amy: Piano Quintet in F# Op 67 (2) - Martin Roscoe (pno), Endellion Quartet (ASV CD DCA 932)
Handel, George Frideric: Concerto Grosso in F Op 3/4 (4) - B'Rock (ETCETERA KTC 1383)
Traditional: Danny Boy (Londonderry Air) - Ted Greene (gtr) (Art of Life AL1011-2)
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Piazzolla, Astor: La muerte del Angel - Gryphon Trio (Analekta AN 2 9857)
Debussy, Claude: Fêtes, from Nocturnes - Concertgebouw Orch, Amsterdam/Bernard Haitink (Philips 400 023)
Granados, Enrique arr Miolin: Andaluza, from Spanish Dances Op 37 - Anders Miolin (gtr) (BIS CD 1116)
Psathas, John: Sleeper - Henry Wong Doe (pno) (Rattle 400467)
Burman, Rahul Dev arr Golijov: Aaj Ki Raat - Zakir Hussain (tabla), Kronos Quartet (Nonesuch 7559 79490)
Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus: Laudate Dominum, from Solemn Vespers K339 - Cecilia Bartoli (mezzo), St Cecilia Academy Chorus & Orch, Rome/Myung-Whun Chung (DG 459 146)
Dvořák, Antonín: String Quartet No 7 in A minor (2) - Prague String Quartet (DG 429 193)
Cowan, Claire: The Banquet, from Hansel and Gretel - New Zealand SO/Hamish McKeich (Private P002363)
Sarievsdki, Aleksandar: Zajdi, Zajdi, jasno sonce - Bora Dugic (frula), Slobodan Markovic (org), Slobodan Prodanovic (accordion), Marko Lazovic (vln), Mihailo Blam (dbass), Hesperion XXI/Jordi Savall (dir) (Alia Vox AVSA 9898)
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Beethoven, Ludwig van: Piano Sonata No 15 in D Op 28, Pastoral (2) - Jonathan Biss (pno) (EMI 3 94422)
Coleridge-Taylor, Samuel: Violin Concerto in G minor Op 80 - Anthony Marwood (vln), BBC Scottish SO/Martyn Brabbins (Hyperion CDA 67420)
Holst, Gustav: Nunc dimittis - The Sixteen/Harry Christophers (UNIVERSAL 476 3160)
Adams, John: China Gates - Ralph van Raat (pno) (Naxos 8.559285)
Vivaldi, Antonio: Violin Concerto in D Major, RV 208 "Grosso Mogul": I. Allegro - Chouchane Siranossian (violin), Venice Baroque Orchestra (Alpha Classics ALPHA935)
Gifford, Brenda arr Jessica Wells: Bardju (Footprints) - Ensemble Offspring (ABC Classics ABC 4817995)
Three to Seven
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