Bryan Crump
This week's Moment of Calm, out in the country
Bryan Crump goes for an early stroll down a country lane to a one-lane bridge to record this week's Moment of Calm. Audio
Tim Wayne-Wright: loving the air down here
Former King's Singer Tim Wayne-Wright talks to Bryan Crump about giving up the globetrotting life to settle in New Zealand with his partner and young family. Video, Audio
Batt by name, into bats by nature
Musical storytellers Tanya Batt and Peter Forster talk to Bryan Crump about Bat's Incredible: their celebration of mammals from the order Chiroptera. Audio
Elizabeth Lau: natural-born conductor
After a year-long hiatus, the Wairua Sinfonietta is back, performing in Auckland on February 17th. Bryan Crump speaks to founder and conductor, Elizabeth Lau. Audio
Moment of Calm: A bit of wild West Coast.
In case you might be in need of some later, Bryan Crump's Moment of Calm recording for this week, made early one morning at Foxton Beach. Audio
Jennifer Yuan: Auckland Philharmonia Young Composer in Residence
RNZ Concert's Bryan Crump speaks with Jennifer Yuan, the Auckland Philharmonia's Young Composer-in-Residence for 2024, and the orchestra's Evie Dwyer-Leech, who set up the scheme. Audio
Summertime and the listening is easy.
RNZ Concert Listeners show off the view from the radio. Audio
Sergey Malov: Turning the cello on its head - almost
Sergey Malov, winner of the 2011 Michael Hill Violin Competition, is back in the country with a whole lot more strings to his bow. Video, Audio
Bridging continents and generations in the studio
The intercontinental and intergenerational (father and daughter) fusion band India meets Ireland, performs live in the studio and speaks with RNZ Concert host Bryan Crump. Audio
Good Habits play live
Bonnie Schwarz and Pete Shaw are the folk duo Good Habits. They joined Bryan Crump in the studio to make some music, and talk about music making. Audio
Going for Baroque in the South Island.
Cellist Tomas Hurnik talks to Bryan Crump about how he fell in love with New Zealand and period instruments, and how he managed to combine the two. Audio
Young New Zealand embraces wind power
Bryan Crump meets some of the cast and crew of New Zealand Youth Symphonic Winds as the secondary school age band gathers in Wellington for a summer concert series. Audio
They're listening to us here
A request for listeners to show us where they're listening from got responses from around the world, even California, where Tim Morrison likes his classical music with a Kiwi accent. Three to Seven… Audio
It was the Summer of '95
James Donaldson from the Nelson School of the Musical Arts speaks to Bryan Crump about preparing to host the Adam Summer Music School, and remembers how being part of the first school in 1995 changed… Audio
Choose life. Choose an instrument.
Australian classical music broadcaster, musician and writer Ed Le Brocq extolls the virtues of learning an instrument, no matter how late you take it up. Audio
Dunedin conductor dispenses musical medicine
New Zealand born conductor Tecwyn Evans talks about his new role planning the concert schedule for the Aalborg Symphony Orchestra in Denmark. Audio
Shan Liu: From YouTube tutorials to concert recitals
At age 13, Shan Liu is the youngest winner so far of the Lewis Eady National Junior Piano Competition. Less than five years ago, he couldn't even read music. Video, Audio
Paul Weaver's second wind
Paul Weaver is in the middle of peak Christmas singing season, but it's a miracle he can sing at all. Audio
Songs of the turf
Dr Kimberly Cannady talks to Bryan Crump about her exploration of Iceland's historic turf houses, and how houses made of sods of earth affect the music made in them. Video, Audio
Preparing for the mother of all drum circles
Demetrius Savai'inaea is hoping to attract thousands of would-be percussionists to Auckland's Aotea Square next March for the mother of all drumming sessions. Video, Audio