Recent Music Stories
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The Sampler - 29 May 2018
29 May 2018Nick Bollinger reviews the first solo work in seven years from former Fur Patrol frontwoman Julia Deans; a set of songs from Courtney Barnett that tell us how she really feels; and a memorial to one… Audio
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When The Day Is Done: the orchestrations of Robert Kirby
29 May 2018Nick Bollinger discusses a set memorialising the work of arranger Robert Kirby. Audio
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Laurence SHERR: Sonata for cello & piano, Mir zaynen do!
29 May 2018Inbal Megiddo (cello) and Jian Liu (piano). Audio
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How quiet classical music can help your waistline
Researchers have discovered listening to quiet classical music can help you make better diet choices. Video, Audio
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1968 - the year NZ music took off
29 May 2018Of the 22 kiwi singles that hit the charts in 1968, 19 of them reached the top 10. This was the first great year for Kiwi pop music says music historian Grant Gillanders. Audio
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Announcing BATTLE OF THE COVER BANDS!
29 May 2018Calling all cover bands! This is your chance to perform a set on RNZ Afternoons! Audio
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Pale Lady perform live
29 May 2018New Zealand music month is almost over - and we can't let it end without a performance from a good old kiwi rock band! Or in this case, a good young kiwi rock band. Audio
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Upbeat for Tuesday 29 May
We discover what listening to soft music does to your waistline, Classic Brits nominees the Ayoub Sisters speak out against music education funding cuts and Pene Pati & Amina Edris on love and opera.
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Nashville Babylon 28 May 2018
28 May 2018On this week's show Mark says happy birthday to John Fogerty, spins classic country from Bobbie Gentry, blues courtesy of Johnny Otis and Bo Diddley, drops a brand new track from Neko Case and plays… Audio
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QUIZ: New Zealand Music Month 2018
28 May 2018How well do you know your New Zealand music? To celebrate NZ Music Month, we've teamed up with Ngā Taonga - NZ's audiovisual archive, to create this (quite challenging!) local music quiz...
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Music: a transcendent form of communication
Music is a transcendent form of communication . It crosses divides between cultures, countries and identities. That’s the background to composer and jazz musician Lucien Johnson’s newly completed PhD… Video, Audio
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Upbeat for Monday 28 May
NZ Tenor Thomas Atkins gains international artistic representation; we explore the international language of music with a focus on Ethio-jazz and music to warm you up on this chilly day.
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'The Exterminating Angel' by Thomas Adès
27 May 2018A surreal fantasy about a dinner party from which the guests can’t escape. Video
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New Horizons: Eleanor Friedberger's Rebound
27 May 2018William Dart takes a listen to Eleanor Friedberger's new album Rebound within the context of her career both as a solo artist and as one half of the brother and sister duo The Fiery Furnaces. Video, Audio
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The NZSO Shed Series salutes Radiohead's Jonny Greenwood
The New Zealand Symphony Orchestra will perform music by Radiohead guitarist Jonny Greenwood in the second of its hit Shed Series in Wellington next week. Following the hit debut of the series… Audio
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Gretchen Parlato: voice as an instrument
27 May 2018Jazz singer is an LA-born, Grammy-nominated singer who is coming to New Zealand with her four-piece band for the Wellington Jazz Festival, playing one concert at the Opera House on the 8th of June. Audio
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Hymns on Sunday, 27 May 2018
27 May 2018Celebrate Trinity Sunday with a selection of the best Trinitarian hymns, including John Marriott's Thou whose almighty word, St Patrick's Breastplate (I bind unto myself today), and Reginald Heber's… Audio
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Sound Lounge: Italy XX Century and Composer Spotlight: Shulamit Ran
26 May 2018Ex pat Italian friends, flutist, Luca Manghi and pianist, Flavio Villani got together to give New Zealander's a taste of flute music by 20th century Italian composers, and our Composer Spotlight is on…
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DVOŘÁK: Te Deum
26 May 2018Jenny Wollerman (soprano), James Clayton (bass), Orpheus Choir, New Zealand School of Music Orchestra conducted by Brent Stewart. Recorded 26 May 2018, Wellington Cathedral of St Paul by RNZ Concert.
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DURUFLÉ: Requiem
26 May 2018Jenny Wollerman (soprano), James Clayton (bass), Orpheus Choir, New Zealand School of Music Orchestra conducted by Kenneth Young. Recorded 26 May 2018, Wellington Cathedral of St Paul by RNZ Concert.
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Leonie HOLMES: Frond
26 May 2018New Zealand School of Music Orchestra conducted by Kenneth Young. Recorded 26 May 2018, Wellington Cathedral of St Paul by RNZ Concert. Audio
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The Mixtape: King Kapisi
Local hip-hop heavyweight King Kapisi was the first hip-hop artist ever to win the Silver Scroll - NZ's most coveted songwriting award - back in 1999. These days he's a father, grandfather, basketball… Video, Audio
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