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Southern Stars: The 2022 New Zealand Secondary Students' Choir tour concert
Listen to some stellar singing from the 2022 Choir, recorded by RNZ at St Mary's Pro-Cathedral in Ōtautahi/Christchurch as part of their South Island ‘Southern Stars’ tour. Audio
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Writing for children is never child's play
31 Jan 2025As SOUNZ seeks submissions from composers for this year's work for Orchestra Wellington and the children's ensemble Arohanui Strings, we speak to the man who wrote last year's composition: South African-born Keith Moss. Audio
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Hymns on Sunday, 2 February 2025
2 Feb 2025This week’s listener requests include a Brendan Taaffe’s contemporary folk hymn To the hills, a harvest anthem by English composer John Rutter, and Isaac Watt’s well-loved hymn When I survey the wondrous cross. Audio
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Inside Out: Callum Allardice's Elementa
1 Feb 2025Multi-award winning NZ guitarist Callum Allardice's new album 'Elementa' is a combination of his signature cinematic soundscapes, and a small-group intimacy. 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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New Horizons
A guide to the worlds of rock, pop, country, folk and beyond, hosted by music critic William Dart. This long-running programme wrapped up in December 2024, but you can enjoy previous…
Presenters
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Andrew Clark
Station: Concert
Programme: Mornings
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Clarissa Dunn
Station: Concert
Programme: Music Alive
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Nick Tipping
Station: Concert
Programme: Days
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Bryan Crump
Station: Concert
Programme: Three to Seven
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David Morriss
Station: Concert
Programme: Evenings
Tuesday 04 February
12:00 AM. Music Through the Night
Vaughan Williams, Ralph: Fantasia on a Theme by Thomas Tallis - New Zealand SO/James Judd (Naxos 8.555867)
Liszt, Franz: Les jeux d'eau à la Villa d'Este - Alfred Brendel (pno) (Philips 420 837)
Hofmann, Leopold attr Haydn: Flute Concerto in D (1) - Emmanuel Pahud (fl), Haydn Ensemble, Berlin/Hansjörg Schellenberger (EMI CDC 5 56577)
Rubinstein, Anton: Barcarolle in C minor Op 104/4 - Alexander Paley (pno) (marco polo 8.223894)
Hill, Alfred: String Quartet No 3 in A minor, Carnival (4) - Dominion Quartet (Naxos 8.570491)
Beethoven, Ludwig van: Piano Sonata No 31 in Ab Op 110 (1) - Menahem Pressler (pno) (BIS SACD 1999)
1:00 approx
Eller, Heino: Five Pieces for string orchestra - Tallinn CO/Tônu Kaljuste (ECM 1745)
Grieg, Edvard: Lyric Pieces Book 3 - Daniel Propper (pno) (SKARBO DSK 1079)
Milhaud, Darius: Le Boeuf sur le toit - Ulster Orch/Yan Pascal Tortelier (Chandos CHAN 9023)
Smythe, Mark: Moto Mojo - Helen Webby (harp) (Ode CD MANU 5144)
Ries, Ferdinand: Swedish National Airs with Variations Op 52 - Christopher Hinterhuber (pno), Gävle SO/Uwe Grodd (Naxos 8.557844)
2:00 approx
Vivaldi, Antonio: Sonata in Bb for two violins Op 5/5 - Purcell Quartet (Chandos CHAN 0502)
Psathas, John: Muisca (Version for 2 Guitars) - III. El dorado - Jane Curry, Owen Moriarty (gtrs) (Naxos 8.579041)
Strauss, Richard: Till Eulenspiegels lustige Streiche Op 28 - Bavarian Radio SO/Mariss Jansons (BR Media 900 707)
Schumann, Robert: Album for the Young Op 68, Part 1 - Michael Endres (pno) (OEHMS OC 240)
Paredes, Carlos arr Golijov: Cançâo Verdes Anos - Kronos Quartet (Nonesuch 7559 79490)
3:00 approx
Stamitz, Johann: Symphony in Bb - NZSO Chamber Orch/Donald Armstrong (dir) (Naxos 8.553194)
Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus: Piano Concerto No 13 in C K415 - Erin Helyard (fpno), NZ Barok (Atoll ACD 229)
Krebs, Johann Ludwig arr Krebs: Wachet auf - Michael Thompson (tpt), Peter Hurford (org) (Argo 430 208)
Corelli, Arcangelo: Violin Sonata in G minor Op 5/5 - Rémy Baudet (vln), Jaap ter Linden (cello), Mike Fentross (theorbo), Pieter-Jan Belder (hpschd) (Brilliant Classics 92403)
Mussorgsky, Modest arr Liadov: Sorochinsky Fair, Introduction - Russian National Orch/Carlo Ponti (PentaTone PTC 5186 332)
Bolcom, William: Three Rags - Ying Quartet (QUARTZ QTZ 2055)
4:00 approx
Offenbach, Jacques: Les Fées du Rhin, excerpts - Les Musiciens du Louvre/Marc Minkowski (Archiv 477 6403)
Simones, Moises arr Aragón: El manisero - Sarah Willis (horn), Jorge Aragón (pno), Harold Madrigal Frías (tpt), Havana Lyceum Orch/José Antonio Méndez Padrón (ALPHA ALPHA578)
Fauré, Gabriel: Nocturne No 6 in Db Op 63 - Richard Mapp (pno) (RNZ UB65)
Verdi, Giuseppe: Grand March, from Aida - National Band of New Zealand, New Zealand SO/James Judd (RNZ NZSO 2022-05-18)
Bach, Johann Sebastian: French Suite No 2 in C minor BWV813 - Andrei Gavrilov (pno) (DG 445 840)
Skinner, James Scott: The Dean Brig o' Edinburgh - Nicola Benedetti (vln), Phil Cunningham (accordion) (Decca 478 6690)
5:00 approx
Foss, Lukas: Three American Pieces - Itzhak Perlman (vln), Boston SO/Seiji Ozawa (EMI CDC 5 55360)
Biddington, Eric: Romance - Gretchen La Roche (cl), Julie Downard (pno) (MANU CD MANU 1558)
Haydn, Franz Joseph: Violin Concerto in G HobVIIa/4 - Aisslinn Nosky (vln), Handel & Haydn Society/Harry Christophers (Coro COR 16113)
Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus arr Slavinsky: Violin Sonata No 26 in Bb K378 (3) - Alexei Ogrintchouk (ob/dir), Leonid Ogrintchouk (pno) (BIS SACD 2007)
Sondheim, Stephen arr Silberschlag/McKinley: Not while I'm around, from Sweeney Todd - Jeffrey Silberschlag (tpt), Seattle SO/Gerard Schwarz (Naxos 8.559719)
Bach, Wilhelm Friedemann Orch Rondeau: Keyboard Sonata in G Major F7 (II. Lamento) - Sophie Gent (vln), Louis Creac'h (vln), Fanny Paccoud (vla), Antoine Touche (cello), Thomas de Pierrefeu (bass), Evolène Kiener (bsn)/Jean Rondeau (hpschd/dir) (Erato 90 29488846)
Brahms, Johannes: Intermezzo in E Op 116/4 - Michael Houstoun (piano) (Rattle RATD131)