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BBC Proms 2017 Week One
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A Beginner's Guide to the BBC Proms
6:00 AM.As RNZ Concert broadcasts highlights from the 2019 BBC Proms, here's our beginner's guide to what is billed as 'The Greatest Classical Music Festival in the World'. Read more Video
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Five fascinating things about violinist Isabelle Faust
10:00 AM.German violinist Isabelle Faust plays a 1704 Stradivarius violin nicknamed "Sleeping Beauty" because it slept for 150 years in an attic before being played again. Read more Video
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The man behind The Proms
1:00 PM.The Proms is underway in the UK, with RNZ Concert broadcasting many concerts over the next six weeks. BBC Proms Director David Pickard talks to us during a rehearsal from the Royal Albert Hall about… Read more Audio