9 Aug 2022

Music feature: Baroque music

From Afternoons, 2:20 pm on 9 August 2022

For today's music feature we're travelling back in time to the 17th Century.

What were people listening to at the time William Shakespeare was publishing his historic works and people were still being burned at the stake?

Well, later this month the New Zealand Symphony Orchestra will be touring the South Island with a programme called "Extravaganza". It's mostly music from the Baroque Period, and in their publicity they're saying: "Enjoy all the pomp and grandeur of a night out in 17th century Europe."

RNZ Concert's Evening presenter David Morriss (who, we're told, is a bit of a Baroque music nut) talks to Jesse.

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RNZ Concert presenter David Morriss

RNZ Concert presenter David Morriss Photo: RNZ / Rebekah Parsons-King

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