RNZ Concert

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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...

Stations

Opera on Sunday

UP NEXT:

5am

From the New Zealand Collection

6am

Day's End

TOMORROW:

1am

Cadenza (RNZ)

Shows

Get to know more about a special topic or interesting musician.

A two-hour selection of shorter, popular classics that includes well-known opera arias and choruses. The programme also includes a musical component built around a daily theme.

Composer of the Week

Composer of the Week

Tune in on Sunday mornings at 9am or Monday nights at 7pm for a half hour introduction to the week's featured composer. Then, on every weekday morning between 9 and 10 o'clock, we play a selection of the composer’s works chosen to illustrate the...

As your eyelids begin to droop we’ve scheduled music to unwind with. There may be some Delius or Ravel, some partsongs or a piano trio. Day’s End will ease you into slumber. Listen with the lights off.

From the New Zealand Collection

From the New Zealand Collection

Made in New Zealand

Made in New Zealand

A showcase of New Zealand’s finest artists and composers, including unique recordings from the Concert FM archive.

Live concerts featuring local and international artists. If you can’t get to the concert hall tune in to Music Alive. Free entry.

Opera on Sunday

Opera on Sunday

The series includes our annual season from the Metropolitan Opera House, New York as well as new recordings from the world of opera.

Sound Lounge and Kate Mead provide an audio homepage for contemporary music. A balance of hardcore avant garde, atmospheric soundscapes, up to the minute contemporary, early 20th Century … and a brush with art pop.

This weekly programme covers the territory, from the German Lied, the French mélodie, the Spanish canción, the folk song, songs with orchestra and also celebrates remarkable singers from the 1950s to the present day.