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Orchestra students back in school for the holidays
Nicky Fogden-Smith, Coordinator and Course Director of the NZ Secondary Students' Symphony Orchestra, speaks to Bryan Crump ahead of the orchestra's concert in Christchurch. Audio
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From Belgium to Samoa via Aotearoa
18 Apr 2024Belgian classical crossover pianist Daniel Verstappen is coming to Auckland for a cultural crossover gig with Samoan New Zealander Dr Opeloge Ah Sam. Joe Harrop from the Black Quartet is the middle man. Video, Audio
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Embrace the music and dance
17 Apr 2024Ahead of the Royal NZ Ballet's Aotearoa tour performing Swan Lake, the company's executive director chooses some of his favourite music. Video, Audio
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Classical and kapa haka combine to honour Māori Battalion
15 Apr 2024Bryan Crump talks with musicians involved in the Orpheus Choir's next concert on 20 April, which features Karl Jenkins' "The Armed Man" and a work by Takerei Komene, "E Kiwi E". It's the world premiere of their work, a tribute to the 28th Māori Battalion. Video, 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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David Morriss
Station: Concert
Programme: Evenings
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Bryan Crump
Station: Concert
Programme: Three to Seven
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Andrew Clark
Station: Concert
Programme: Mornings
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Nick Tipping
Station: Concert
Programme: Inside Out
Saturday 20 April
6:00 AM. Mornings
Vivaldi, Antonio: Concerto in D minor for strings RV127 - Venice Baroque Orch/Andrea Marcon (dir) (Archiv 474 5092)
Couperin, François arr Thomas Adès: Les baricades mistérieuses - Composers Ensemble/Thomas Adès (EMI 5 57610)
Beethoven, Ludwig van: Triple Concerto in C Op 56 (3) - Itzhak Perlman (vln), Yo-Yo Ma (cello), Daniel Barenboim (pno/dir), Berlin Phil/Daniel Barenboim (EMI CDC 5 55516)
Pärt, Arvo: Silouan's Song (My Soul Yearns After The Lord) - Tallinn CO/Tonu Kaljuste (ECM 1505)
Witt, Friedrich: Symphony in C, Jena (3) - Sinfonia Finlandia/Patrick Gallois (Naxos 8.572089)
Schubert, Franz: Der Wanderer D489 - Jonathan Lemalu (bbar), Roger Vignoles (pno) (EMI 5 75203)
Handel, George Frideric: Air and variations, 'The Harmonious Blacksmith', from Keyboard S - Judy Loman (harp) (Marquis 117)
Nyman, Michael: Trysting Fields - Daniil Grishin (vla), Kremerata Baltica CO/Gidon Kremer (dir/vln) (NONESUCH 287228)
Respighi, Ottorino: La Primavera, from Three Botticelli Pictures - Orpheus Chamber Orch (DG 437 533)
7.00
Gluck, Christoph Willibald von arr Sgambati: Dance of the Blessed Spirits, from Orpheus & Euridice - Jean-Yves Thibaudet (pno) (Decca 475 7668)
Beethoven, Ludwig van: Violin Concerto in D Op 61 (3) - Isabelle Faust (vln), Prague Phil/Jirí Belohlávek (HARMONIA MUNDI HMC 90 1944)
Dvořák, Antonín: Piano Trio No 4 in E minor Op 90, Dumky (1) - Ogen Trio (OGEN OG 0010)
Herbert, Victor: Serenade for Strings Op 12 (5) - London Octave/Kypros Markou (DUTTON CDLX 7238)
Vaughan Williams, Ralph: Love Bade Me Welcome, from Five Mystical Songs - Paul Whelan (bar), Andrea Watson (org), 1999 New Zealand Youth Choir/Karen Grylls (TRUST MMT 2029)
Halvorsen, Johan: Passacaglia after Handel - Julia Fischer (vln), Daniel Müller-Schott (cello) (Orfeo C902161A)
Liszt, Franz: Consolation No 3 in Db - François-René Duchâble (pno) (Virgin 3 63278)
Tubin, Eduard: Valse Triste - Gothenburg SO/Neeme Järvi (BIS CD 337)
Monteverdi, Claudio: Ballo - L'Arpeggiata, Christina Pluhar (theorbo/dir) (Virgin 2 36140)
Mathieu, André: Printemps Canadien - Alain Lefèvre (piano) (Analekta AN29275)
8.00
Locatelli, Pietro: Concerto in F Op 4/12 (1) - La Serenissima/Adrian Chandler (dir) (Avie AV 2154)
Puccini, Giacomo: O mio babbino caro, from Gianni Schicchi - Renée Fleming (sop), London Phil/Charles Mackerras (Decca 467 049)
Chopin, Frédéric: Piano Sonata No 3 in B minor Op 58 (4) - Michael Houstoun (pno) (RNZ UA35)
Vivaldi, Antonio: Four Seasons, Autumn - Giuliano Carmignola (baroque vln), Andrea Marcon (hpschd/dir), V (SONY SK 51352)
Traditional arr Langland: My love is like a red, red rose - Trevor Bremner (cornet), Wellington Brass Band/David Bremner (Private BATB 1947)
Kreisler, Fritz arr Rachmaninov: Liebesfreud - Sergei Rachmaninov (pno) (RCA 88697 48971)
Gershwin, George arr Tunick: Embraceable You - Joshua Bell (vln), London SO/John Williams (Sony SK 60659)
Djawadi, Ramin: Mother of Dragons, from Game of Thrones - Czech Film Orchestra & Chorus (Varèse Sarabande 671482)
Tailleferre, Germaine: Flute Sonata No 2 (2) - Ransom Wilson (fl), Christopher O'Riley (pno) (Etcetera KTC 1073)
MacCunn, Hamish: The Land of the Mountain & the Flood Op 3 - Royal Liverpool Phil/Grant Llewellyn (Argo 436 401)
9.00
Telemann, Georg Philipp: Concerto in Bb for three oboes & three violins - Anthony Robson, Richard Earle, Cherry Forbes (obs), Simon Standage (vln/dir), Micaela Comberti, Catherine Weiss (vlns), Collegium Musicum 90 (Chandos CHAN 0580)
Nielsen, Carl: Helios Overture - South Jutland SO/Niklás Willén (Naxos 8.557164)
Brahms, Johannes: Variations on a theme by Schumann Op 9 - Andreas Boyde (pno) (Oehms OC 585)
Paine, Bruce: Circle Dance - Gunter Herbig (gtr) (Naxos 8.573765)
Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus: Laudate Dominum, from Solemn Vespers K339 - Kathleen Battle (sop), session chorus & orch/Robert Sadin (SONY SK 89464)