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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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David Morriss
Station: Concert
Programme: Evenings
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Carey McDonald
Station: Concert
Programme: Mornings
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Robyn Jaquiery
Station: Concert
Programme: Hymns on Sunday
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Nick Tipping
Station: Concert
Programme: Inside Out
Wednesday 11 March
12:00 AM. Music Through the Night
Pärt, Arvo: Fratres - NZSO Chamber Orchestra/Donald Armstrong (dir) (RNZ UB12)
Kodály, Zoltán: Adagio - Sarah-Jane Bradley (viola), Anthony Hewitt (piano) (Naxos 8.572533)
Handel, George Frideric: Organ Concerto in F Op 4/5 - Simon Preston (organ), English Concert/Trevor Pinnock (dir) (Archiv 413 465)
Vivaldi, Antonio: Violin Concerto in G minor RV317 - Takako Nishizaki (violin), New Zealand Symphony Orchestraestra National Youth Orchestra/Peter Walls (Naxos 8.572381)
Brahms, Johannes: Intermezzo in Bb minor Op 117/2 - Michael Houstoun (piano) (Rattle RATD131)
Bruch, Max: Kol Nidrei - Maria Kliegel (cello), Ireland National Symphony Orchestra/Gerhard Markson (Naxos 8.550519)
1:00 approx
Chilcott, Robert "Bob": Peace Mass - Philip Ledger (piano), Cotswold Children's Choir/Hilary Tadman-Robins (Cotswold CCC 0401)
Debussy, Claude: Jeux - Cleveland Orchestra/Pierre Boulez (DG 439 896)
Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus: Piano Sonata No 16 in C K545, For Beginners - Sharon Joy Vogan (piano) (RNZ UB33)
Ritchie, Anthony: Symphony No 1, Boum (2) - New Zealand Symphony Orchestra/Kenneth Young (RNZ UA86)
Raum, Elizabeth: Pershing Concerto - John Griffiths (tuba), Orchestra of the Capella of St. Petersburg (MSR Classics LOG 14342)
2:00 approx
Vaughan Williams, Ralph: On Wenlock Edge - Mark Padmore (tenor), Schubert Ensemble, Alison Dods (violin) (Chandos CHAN 10465)
Young, Kenneth: Three Sad Waltzes - Matthew Marshall (guitar) (Rattle D097)
Haydn, Franz Joseph: Symphony No 73 in D, The Hunt - Austro-Hungarian Haydn Orchestra/Adam Fischer (NIMBUS NI 5652/5)
Lilburn, Douglas: Piano Sonatina No 1 - Margaret Nielsen (piano) (EX KIWI SLD 78)
Anonymous: The New Hornpipe - Prisma (Fuga Libera FUG814)
3:00 approx
Torke, Michael: Javelin - Atlanta Symphony Orchestra/Yoel Levi (Argo 452 101)
Chen Gang/He Zhanhao: Butterfly Lovers Concerto - Chen Jie (piano), New Zealand Symphony Orchestra/Carolyn Kuan (Naxos 8.570607)
Bach, Johann Sebastian: Flute Sonata in C BWV1033 - Barthold Kuijken (transverse fl), Ewald Demeyere (harpsichord) (Accent ACC 22150)
Chopin, Frédéric: Scherzo No 1 in B minor Op 20 - Michael Houstoun (piano) (RNZ UA29)
Ellisor, Connie: Blackberry Winter (1) - Nashville Chamber Orchestra/Paul Gambill (Warner 9 46739)
4:00 approx
Poulenc, Francis: Thème varié - Anatol Ugorski (piano) (DANACORD DACOCD 649)
Richter, Franz Xaver: Sinfonia a quattro in Bb - New Dutch Academy Chamber Orchestra/Simon Murphy (PENTATONE PTC 5186 028)
Brahms, Johannes: Two Rhapsodies Op 79 - Martha Argerich (piano) (DG 447 430)
Graham, Peter: Brillante - Adam Frey (euphonium), New Zealand Symphony Orchestra/Bruce Hangen (Naxos 8.570538)
Farr, Gareth: Taheke - Bridget Douglas (flute), Carolyn Mills (hrp) (Atoll ACD 709)
5:00 approx
Sirmen, Maddalena Lombardini: Violin Concerto No 1 in Bb Op 3 - Zefira Valova (violin), Il Pomo d'Oro (Aparté AP291)
Schubert, Franz: Impromptu in C minor D899/1 - John O'Conor (piano) (TELARC CD 80337)
Lully, Jean-Baptiste: Chaconne de l'Amour médecin, from Divertissement Royal - Le Concert des Nations/Jordi Savall (Alia vox)
Telemann, Georg Philipp: Viola Concerto in G - Stephen Shingles (viola), ASMF/Neville Marriner (Decca 430 265)
Bizet, Georges: March, from Jeux d'enfants - New Zealand Symphony Orchestra/Donald Johanos (Naxos 8.553596)
Fauré, Gabriel: Nocturne No 4 in Eb Op 36 - Richard Mapp (piano) (RNZ UB65)
Schmidt, Steffen: The Creation, from Palia (Original Soundtrack) - Studio orchestra, synth (Singularity 6 Corporation)
Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus: Una donna a quindici anni, from Così fan Tutte - Pierre Génisson (clarinet), Concerto Köln/Jakob Lehmann (Erato 5419773233)