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Four Seasons, four string players and a Grand Ballroom
Versatile 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
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Listen to this! Classical music for all
2 May 2024Conductor and music educator Beth Cohen is passionate about helping people engage and connect with classical music. She talks with David Morriss about the podcast she's created: Listen to this! Audio
Programmes
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Music Alive
Clarissa Dunn takes you to the best seat in the house for live concerts featuring local and international artists.
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Concert Talk
Interviews, spoken features and podcasts collected from across RNZ Concert.
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Inside Out
Nick Tipping brings you classic recordings and modern masterpieces from the world of jazz.
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New Horizons
A guide to the worlds of rock, pop, country, folk and beyond, hosted by music critic William Dart.
Presenters
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Clarissa Dunn
Station: Concert
Programme: Music Alive
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Carey McDonald
Station: Concert
Programme: Mornings
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Bryan Crump
Station: Concert
Programme: Anzac Day
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Andrew Clark
Station: Concert
Programme: Mornings
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David Morriss
Station: Concert
Programme: Evenings
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Nick Tipping
Station: Concert
Programme: Days
Tuesday 07 May
12:00 AM. Music Through the Night
Adams, John: Century Rolls: II. Manny's Gym - Emanuel Ax (pno), Cleveland Orch/Christoph von Dohnányi (NONESUCH 79607)
Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus: String Quartet No 18 in A K464 (2) - New Zealand String Quartet (NZ String Quartet 2006)
Beethoven, Ludwig van: Symphony No 8 in F Op 93 (4) - Berlin Phil/Herbert von Karajan (DG 415 066)
Schubert, Franz: Arpeggione Sonata in A major - I. Allegro moderato - Gautier Capuçon (cello), Frank Braley (piano) (ERATO 9341582)
Bach, Johann Sebastian: Concerto in D minor for oboe & violin BWV1060 - Vesa-Matti Leppänen (vln, dir), Robert Orr (ob), Bethany Angus (hpchd), New Zealand SO (RNZ NZSO 2022-03-17)
Tchaikovsky, Pyotr Ilyich: Serenade for Strings Op 48 (3) - Moscow Soloists/Yuri Bashmet (Onyx 4037)
Sennhofer, Ernst arr Thomas: Dankeschön - Die Singphoniker (CPO 999 470)
1:00 approx
Larsson, Lars-Erik: Pastoral Suite - Stockholm SO/Stig Westerberg (SWEDISH SOCIETY SCD 1051)
Higdon, Jennifer: Oboe Concerto - James Button (oboe), Nashville Symphony Orchestra/Giancarlo Guerrero (Naxos 8.559823)
Vivaldi, Antonio arr Russell: Cello Sonata No 6 in Bb R46 - David Russell (gtr) (TELARC CD 80559)
Sibelius, Jean: King Christian II, Suite (1) - New Zealand SO/Pietari Inkinen (Naxos 8.570068)
Schumann, Robert: Widmung - Simon O'Neill (tenor), Terence Dennis (piano) (Decca ABC4817865)
Moon, Chloe: Concertino for flute & chamber orchestra - Alexa Still (fl), New Zealand SO/James Sedares (KOCH 1988807)
2:00 approx
Mendelssohn, Felix: The Fair Melusina, Overture Op 32 - Bern SO/Peter Maag (PICKWICK PCD 824)
Brahms, Johannes: Violin Sonata No 2 in A Op 100 - Kyung-Wha Chung (vln), Peter Frankl (pno) (EMI CDC 5 56203)
Schubert, Franz: Adagio in Db D505 - Tessa Birnie (pno) (ABC Classics 476 6479)
Dove, Jonathan: Flute Concerto, The Magic Flute Dances - Emily Beynon (fl), BBC Welsh National Orch/Bramwell Tovey (Chandos CHAN 10718)
Palestrina, Giovanni Pierluigi da: Gloria, from Missa Confitebor tibi Domine - Yale Schola Cantorum/David Hill (Hyperion CDA 68210)
3:00 approx
Beethoven, Ludwig van: Piano Trio No 4 in Bb Op 11 (1) - Peter Schmidl (cl), Friedrich Dolezal (cello), Erich Binder (pno (Decca 414 576)
Fauré, Gabriel: Violin Sonata No 1 in A Op 13 - Wilma Smith (vln), Michael Houstoun (pno) (RNZ UA63)
Mahler, Gustav: Adagietto, from Symphony No 5 in C# minor - New Zealand SO/Victor Yampolsky (KIWI CD SLC 215)
Traditional arr Yoko: Sakura, Variations on a Japanese folk-song - Rachel Gauk (gtr) (BIS CD 969)
Debussy, Claude: La plus que lente - Jean-Efflam Bavouzet (pno) (Chandos CHAN 10467)
Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus: Porgi amor, from The Marriage of Figaro - Renée Fleming (sop), London SO/Georg Solti (Decca 455 760)
4:00 approx
Vaughan Williams: The Lark Ascending - Wilma Smith (vln), New Zealand SO/James Sedares ( )
Holst, Gustav: March, from Suite No 2 for Military Band Op 28/2 - Royal Northern College of Music Wind Orch/Timothy Reynish (Chandos CHAN 9697)
Lauridsen, Morten: Nocturnes - Morten Lauridsen (pno), Polyphony/Stephen Layton (Hyperion CDA 67580)
Bruni, Antonio: Duo Concertante in C Book 4/5 - Natalia Lomeiko (vln), Yuri Zhislin (vla) (Naxos 8.572522)
Tchaikovsky, Pyotr Ilyich: The Voyevoda Op 78 - Royal Liverpool Phil/Vasily Petrenko (Naxos 8.570568)
Purcell, Henry: An Evening Hymn, from Harmonia Sacra - Emma Kirkby (sop), Anthony Rooley (lute), Richard Campbell (viola da gamba)/Christopher Hogwood (org/dir) (Decca 460 583)
5:00 approx
Telemann, Georg Philipp: Viola Concerto in G - Stephen Shingles (vla), ASMF/Neville Marriner (Decca 430 265)
Brahms, Johannes: Ballade in D Op 10/2 - Lars Vogt (pno) (EMI 5 57125)
Boccherini, Luigi: Cello Concerto in G G480 - Yo-Yo Ma (cello), Amsterdam Baroque Orch/Ton Koopman (Sony SK 60680)
Delibes, Leo: Flower Duet from Lakmé - Renée Fleming (sop), Susan Graham (mezzo), Philharmonia Orch (Decca 478 0125)
Elgar, Edward: Serenade for Strings Op 20 (2) - Philharmonia/Andrew Davis (ONYX 4025)
Bach, Johann Sebastian: French Suite No 5 in G BWV816 (1) - Tony Chen Lin (piano) (Rattle RATD080)
Ravel, Maurice: Pavane for a Dead Princess - Katia Labèque, Marielle Labèque (pno duet) (KML 1111)
Lilburn, Douglas arr Farquhar: Desdemona's Song - Matthew Marshall (gtr) (Rattle D097)