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Hymns on Sunday, 17 March 2024
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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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Bryan Crump
Station: Concert
Programme: Three to Seven
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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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David Morriss
Station: Concert
Programme: Evenings
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Nick Tipping
Station: Concert
Programme: Days
Wednesday 20 March
12:00 AM. Music Through the Night
Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus: Rondo in Eb K371 - Sarah Willis (horn), Havana Lyceum Orch/José Antonio Méndez Padrón (ALPHA ALPHA578)
Merk, Joseph: Fantasy on Verdi's Ernani Op 31 - Martin Rummel (cello), Roland Krüger (pno) (Naxos 8.572759)
Field, John: Piano Sonata in A Op 1/2 (1) - John O'Conor (pno) (TELARC CD 80290)
Dvořák, Antonín: Symphony No 6 in D Op 60 (2) - Swedish CO/Thomas Dausgaard (BIS SACD 1566)
Glazunov, Alexander: Poem Lyrique in Db Op 12 - Russian State SO/Valeri Polyansky (Brilliant Classics 93565)
Brahms, Johannes: String Quartet No 2 in A minor Op 51 (4) - Jerusalem Quartet (Harmonia Mundi HMC 90 2152)
Bossi, Marco Enrico: Giga Op 73 - Gillian Weir (org) (KOSS KC 1013)
1:00 approx
Britten, Benjamin: Hymn to St Cecilia Op 27 - Richard Cross (treble), Choir of King's College, Cambridge/David Willcocks (EMI 5 62796)
Stamitz, Carl Philipp: Double Clarinet Concerto in Bb - Kálmán Berkes (cl/dir), Tomoko Takashima (cl), Nicolaus Esterházy Sinfonia (Naxos 8.553584)
Boccherini, Luigi: Guitar Quintet in D G448 (4) - Rolf Lislevand (gtr), Luz Martin León Tello (castanets), David Mayoral (perc), members of Pulcinella (Ambroisie AM 126)
Lilburn, Douglas: Rondino - Michael Houstoun (pno) (Rattle RAT D040)
Beethoven, Ludwig van: An die ferne Geliebte Op 98 - Simon O'Neill (tenor), Terence Dennis (piano) (Decca ABC4817865)
2:00 approx
Strauss, Franz: Nocturno Op 7 - David Bremner (tbn), Sarah Watkins (pno) (Atoll ACD 109)
Haydn, Franz Joseph: Symphony No 83 in G minor, The Hen - London Mozart Players/Jane Glover (ASV CD DCA 677)
Rak, Štěpán: Remembering Prague - Bruce Paine (gtr) (PRIVATE RECORDING BNP 02 CD)
Bach, Johann Sebastian: Partita No 2 in C minor BWV826 - Martha Argerich (pno) (Philips 456 700)
Wagner, Richard: Dich teure Halle, from Tannhäuser - Jessye Norman (sop), London Phil/Klaus Tennstedt (EMI CDC749759)
3:00 approx
Kodály, Zoltán: Adagio - Sarah-Jane Bradley (vla), Anthony Hewitt (pno) (Naxos 8.572533)
Tartini, Giuseppe: Violin Sonata in G minor Op 1/10 - Locatelli Trio (Hyperion CDA 66430)
Benda, Franz: Violin Concerto in E - Lara Hall (vln), NZ Barok/Peter Walls (Atoll ACD 419)
Brahms, Johannes: Ihr habt nun Traurigkeit, from A German Requiem - Kiri Te Kanawa (sop), Chicago SO & Chorus/Georg Solti (Decca 458 867)
Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus: Trio in Eb K498, Kegelstatt (1) - Matthias Glander (cl), Felix Schwartz (vla), Daniel Barenboim (pno) (EMI 3 44643)
Dvořák, Antonín: Ballad in D minor Op 15/1 - Ivan Zenaty (vln), Antonin Kubalek (pno) (DORIAN DOR 90171)
Floyd, Carlisle: Ain't it a Pretty Night, from Susannah - Renée Fleming (sop), Metropolitan Opera Orch (Decca 460567)
4:00 approx
Tchaikovsky, Pyotr Ilyich orch Taneyev: Do you not hear the nightingale? - Suzanne Murphy (sop), Keith Lewis (ten), Scottish National Orch/Neeme Järvi (Chandos CHAN 8476)
Tubin, Eduard: Meditation - Arvo Leibur (vln), Vardo Rumessen (pno) (BIS CD 541/542)
Tailleferre, Germaine: Flute Sonata No 2 - Ransom Wilson (fl), Christopher O'Riley (pno) (Etcetera KTC 1073)
Sibelius, Jean: Pohjola's Daughter - Lahti SO/Osmo Vänskä (BIS CD 1225)
Vivaldi, Antonio: Concerto in A minor for two violins RV523 - Simon Standage (vln/dir), Micaela Comberti (vln), Collegium Musicum 90 (Chandos CHAN 0528)
5:00 approx
Dett, Robert Nathaniel: In The Bottoms - Denver Oldham (piano) (New World NW 367)
Handel, George Frideric: Waft her, angels, through the skies, from Jephtha - Mark Padmore (ten), English Concert/Andrew Manze (Harmonia Mundi HMU 90 7422)
Albinoni, Tomaso: Oboe Concerto in D Op 7/6 - Stefan Schilli (ob), Stuttgart CO/Nicol Matt (Brilliant Classics 92791)
Debussy, Claude: Ibéria, from Images for Orchestra - Cincinnati SO/Jesús López-Cobos (TELARC CD 80574)
Khachaturian, Aram: Adagio of Spartacus & Phrygia, from Spartacus - Bolshoi SO/Alexander Lazarev (Warner 8573 80438)
Chopin, Frédéric: Nocturnes in F Major Op 15/1 Andante cantabile - Jan Lisiecki (piano) (DG 4860761)
Finzi, Gerald: My spirit sang all day Op 17/3 - Graduate Choir/Terence Maskell (Atoll ACD 105)