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A pirate of the high Cs
Tenor Zachary McCulloch talks to Bryan Crump ahead of his performance in this year's Opera in a Days Bay Garden, playing Gualtiero in Bellini’s "Il Pirata" (The Pirate). Video, Audio
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Hymns on Sunday, 9 February 2025
9 Feb 2025Two very different settings of verses from Romans Chapter 8 this week: “Nothing can separate us from the love of God”. And we’re completing our Summer Hymn Requests with hymns including Abide with me and Will your anchor hold. Audio
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New Zealand Youth Choir goes to Waitangi
5 Feb 2025RNZ Concert host Bryan Crump talks with soprano Tess Dalgety-Evans ahead of the choir's performances at the Treaty Grounds on Waitangi Day. Audio
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Classical sax education
4 Feb 2025Saxophonist Michael Jamieson talks to Bryan Crump about encouraging more sax players to go classical. 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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Three to Seven
Bryan Crump brings you a mix of the fresh and the familiar from school’s out to dinner time and beyond.
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Inside Out
Nick Tipping brings you classic recordings and modern masterpieces from the world of jazz.
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Mornings
Andrew Clark (Monday - Thursday) and Carey McDonald (Friday - Sunday) have all you need to start your day.
Presenters
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Carey McDonald
Station: Concert
Programme: Mornings
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Bryan Crump
Station: Concert
Programme: Three to Seven
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Nick Tipping
Station: Concert
Programme: Days
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David Morriss
Station: Concert
Programme: The Musical Omnivore
Wednesday 12 February
6:00 AM. Mornings
with Andrew Clark
Bach, Johann Sebastian arr Gwilt: Trio Sonata in C BWV529 (1) - London Baroque (BIS CD 1345)
Debussy, Claude: Suite bergamasque (2) - Jean-Efflam Bavouzet (pno) (Chandos CHAN 10467)
Corelli, Arcangelo: Concerto Grosso in F Op 6/9 - Rémy Baudet (vln), Sayuri Yamagata (vln), Richte van der Meer (c/Pieter-Jan Belder (dir) (Brilliant Classics 92403)
Bjarke Falgren & Sönke Meinen: Harvest Song - Bjarke Falgren (violin), Sönke Meinen (guitar) (Neue Meister )
Schubert, Franz: Impromptu in Gb D899/3 - Maria Joao Pires (pno) (ERATO 4509 94692)
Rameau, Jean-Philippe: The Entrance of Polyhymnia, from Les Boréades - Vesa-Matti Leppänen (vln, dir), New Zealand SO (RNZ NZSO 2022-03-17)
Lysenko, Mykola: Shumka, from Rhapsody on Ukrainian Themes No 2, Op 18 (Version for Piano) - Anastasia Rizikov (piano) (Erato )
Dvořák, Antonín: Slavonic Dance Op 46 No 4 in F major - Atlanta SO/Yoel Levi (TELARC CD 80497)
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Johann Strauss I arr Nikoloz Rachveli: Furioso Galop Op 114 - Lisa Batiashvili (vln), Berlin Radio SO/Nikoloz Rachveli (DG 4838586)
Offenbach, Jacques: Barcarolle, from The Tales of Hoffmann - Joan Sutherland (sop), Huguette Tourangeau (mezzo), Swiss Romande Orch/Richard Bonynge (Decca 421866)
Hahn, Reynaldo: Piano Quartet in G, IV Allegro assai - Kaleidoscope Chamber Collective (Chandos )
Kircher, Athanasius: Antidotum Tarantulae - Capella De Ministrers (Licanus )
Joan Manuel Serrat arr Quito Gatto: Mediterráneo - Mariana Flores (soprano), Leandro Marziotte (countertenor) Francisco Fernández-Rueda (tenor), Hugo Oliveira (Baritone), Cappella Mediterranea/Leonardo García Alarcón (Alpha Classics ALPHA412)
Manuel da Falla & Jérémy Jouve: Danse de la Vie Brève (arr for violin and guitar) - Pierre Fouchenneret (violin) & Jérémy Jouve (guitar) (Totem )
Bach, Johann Sebastian: Goldberg Variations, BWV 988: Var. 13 - Víkingur Ólafsson (pno) (DG 4864553)
Benda, Georg: Sloth to thee will I sing - Rufus Müller (ten), Timothy Roberts (fpno) (Hyperion CDA 66649)
Grieg, Edvard: March of the Trolls, from Lyric Suite Op 54 - Malmö SO/Bjarte Engeset (Naxos 8.572403)
Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus: Piano Concerto No 18 in Bb K456 (3) - Christian Zacharias (pno/dir), Lausanne CO (DABRINGHAUS & GRIMM MDG 940 1488)
Gjeilo, Ola: The Lake Isle - Tenebrae, ensemble (Decca )
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Stravinsky, Igor: Tarantella, from Pulcinella (Concert Suite), K34 - Daniel Hope (violin), Zürcher Kammerorchester (DG )
Strauss, Richard: Morgen! Op 27/4 - Andrew Joyce (cello), Julia Joyce (vla), Rae de Lisle (pno) (Atoll ACD280)
Mahler, Gustav: Des Antonius von Padua Fischpredigt, from Das Knaben Wunderhorn - Dietrich Hensche (baritone), Orchestre des Champs-Élysées/Philippe Herreweghe (Harmonia Mundi HMC901920)
Lilburn, Douglas: Symphony No 2 II. Scherzo-Allegro vivace - New Zealand SO/James Judd (NAXOS 8.555862)
Gershwin, George: Prelude No 2 - Somi Kim (piano) (RNZ )
Bernstein, Leonard: Somewhere, from West Side Story - Julian Lloyd Webber (cello), Royal Phil/Nicholas Cleobury (Philips 446 050)
Villa-Lobos, Heitor: Suite populaire brésilienne: No 2, Schottish - Choro - Iwan Tanzil (guitar) (Kreuzberg records )
Auber, Daniel: Marche des rois - Janáček Philharmonic Ostrava /Dario Salvi (Naxos )
Kreisler, Fritz: Tambourin Chinois - Philharmonix (Universal )
Bach, Johann Sebastian: The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book 1, BWV 846-869: Prelude in C sharp - Michael Houstoun (piano) (Rattle )
Bach, Johann Sebastian: The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book 1, BWV 846-869: Fugue in C sharp - Michael Houstoun (piano) (Rattle )
Boccherini, Luigi: Cello Concerto No. 2 in A, G475 "The Frog", III Rondo - Steven Isserlis (cello), Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment (Hyperion )
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Sibelius, Jean: 4 Humoresques, Op 89: No 3, Commodo - James Ehnes (violin), Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra (Chandos )
Bewald, Franz: Septet in B: III Finale: Allegro con Spirito - Berlin Philharmonic Octet (Eterna )
Haydn, Franz Joseph: Symphony No 64 in A, Tempora mutantur - New Zealand SO/Hamish McKeich (RNZ )
Buxtehude, Dietrich: Membra Jesu nostri, Cantata 4, Ad latus - Capella Angelica, Lautten Compagney/Wolfgang Katschner (Raum Klang RK 2403)
Zador, Eugene: Piano Quintet (Arr. for Piano & String Orchestra by Mariusz Smolij): I. Allegro con spirito - Anna Gorecka (piano), Budapest Symphony Orchestra MÁV/Mariusz Smolij (Naxos )