Featured Music Stories
NZ Music Month Live in Studio: Phoebe Rings
Auckland dream-pop band Phoebe Rings kicks off NZ Music Month with a live session in our Auckland studio. Audio
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The Chills' Martin Phillipps sells rare Flying Nun vinyl and memorabilia
5 May 2024One of New Zealand's most prominent and influential songwriters, Martin Phillipps from The Chills is selling his music collection, and thousands of rare CDs, DVDs, posters and vinyl are being auctioned on TradeMe. 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. Video, Audio
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The Mixtape: Travelling pianist Mike Howie
27 Apr 2024Mike Howie has travelled the world playing the piano and now runs Auckland wine bar and treasured venue Freida Margolis. Audio
RNZ Concert
RNZ Concert is New Zealand’s fine music network. Concert promotes New Zealand music and composition and features live broadcasts of concerts and recitals, as well as international content from other public radio broadcasters, podcasts, and on-demand programmes.
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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 hotel's Grand Ballroom. Audio
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New Horizons: May Means Music from the Motu
5 May 2024New Zealand Music Month is upon us and William Dart is airing a selection of music from Aotearoa that has given him special pleasure ... from Nathan Haines and Eve de Castro-Robinson, to Pickle Darling, Anna Coddington and Victoria Kelly. Audio
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Hymns on Sunday, 5 May 2024
5 May 2024Hymns from the 12th century to the 20th this week, including Jesu, the very thought of thee (based on a poem by Bernard of Clairvaux) and NZ hymn writer Colin Gibson’s He came singing love. Audio
Featured Music Programmes
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Auckland Philharmonia: Mozart's Clarinet
3 days agoAnnelien Van Wauwe joins the Auckland Philharmonia and conductor Jun Märkl to play Mozart's Clarinet Concerto as Mozart himself was likely to hear it -… Audio
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NZSO Beyond Words - music for the anniversary of the Christchurch Mosque Attacks
15 Mar 2024The New Zealand Symphony Orchestra presents Beyond Word, a commemoration of the fifth anniversary of the Christchurch Mosque attacks with music bringing… Audio
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National Concerto Competition Final 2024
9 Mar 2024The Final of the National Concerto Competition in 2024, which was held at the Christchurch Town Hall. Audio
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Dame Kiri & Friends - The Gala Concert
6 Mar 2024A spectacular gala concert drawn from our archives presented by the Kiri Te Kanawa Foundation in 2006. Dame Kiri Te Kanawa performs with her long-time friend… Audio