Crump's Classical Conversation

Australian composer Dr Natalie Nicolas has been studying the link between music, calm and catharsis; does she have a magic formula? PS: We've got some candidates in the episode details. Try this cathartic music by Max Richter.A calming number by Natalie.Cathartic and calming? Barber’s Adagio for Strings. Go to this episode on rnz.co.nz for more details

Rachel Weston was a child actor, made it to the final of the Mobil Song Quest, and she continues to blaze her own unique trail as a musician in London. Watch a bit of Children of Fire Mountain here.Rachel sings a number from The Sound of Music.Go to this episode on rnz.co.nz for more details

German musician Tanja Tetzlaff explains why she took her cello onto a glacier. Watch Tanja playing on thinning ice here.Go to this episode on rnz.co.nz for more details

World famous in Rotorua, the New Zealand Aria competition is 80 years old. We speak to the woman keeping it going in an age when arts funding is hard to find.Go to this episode on rnz.co.nz for more details

As Indian Kiwis prepare to celebrate one of their biggest festivals of the year we speak to Basant Madhur, Indian classical music trailblazer in Aotearoa.Go to this episode on rnz.co.nz for more details