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Robyn Bryant's love affair with film music
Robyn Bryant fell in love with film music when she saw the movie Stardust. Now she's just finished the score for one of those rarest of Kiwi flicks, a romance. Video, Audio
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Musical life on a C string
5 May 2025Serenity Thurlow, Principal Viola with the Christchurch Symphony, is stepping centre-stage to perform Bartók's Viola Concerto. Audio
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Hymns on Sunday, 4 May 2025
4 May 2025Two hymns inspired by Psalm 23 ‘The Lord’s My Shepherd’ in this week’s programme. Both from the 1800s, one is by a British professor of music, John Goss, the other is by Joseph Gilmore, an American professor of logic. Audio
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Louisa Williamson's Groundwork
3 May 2025Nick Tipping features Louisa Williamson's sophomore album - a tour de force of jazz composition, showcased by her top-quality band. 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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Mornings
Andrew Clark (Monday - Thursday) and Carey McDonald (Friday - Sunday) have all you need to start your day.
Presenters
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Carey McDonald
Station: Concert
Programme: Mornings
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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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David Morriss
Station: Concert
Programme: Evenings
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Nick Tipping
Station: Concert
Programme: Days
Friday 09 May
10:00 AM. Days
with Nick Tipping
Telemann, Georg Philipp: Conclusion in D, from Tafelmusik - Orch of the Golden Age (Naxos 8.553731)
Rossini, Gioachino: William Tell, Overture - National Phil/Riccardo Chailly (Decca 400 049)
Copland, Aaron: Billy the Kid - Cincinnati Pops Orch/Erich Kunzel (TELARC CD 80339)
McGlashan, Don: Greatest adventure, from Dean Spanley - New Zealand SO (Warner Music 531802)
Berlioz, Hector: Villanelle, from Les nuits d'été - Renée Fleming (sop), Philharmonia Orch (Decca 478 0125)
Holst, Gustav: Suite No 2 for Military Band Op 28/2 - Royal Northern College of Music Wind Orch/Timothy Reynish (Chandos CHAN 9697)
11.00
Mendelssohn, Fanny: Allegro molto in C minor - Heather Schmidt (pno) (Naxos 8.570825)
Dvořák, Antonín: Symphony No 8 in G Op 88 - Oslo Phil/Mariss Jansons (Brilliant Classics 92779)
Glass, Philip: Morning passages, from The Hours - Michael Riesman (pno), Lyric Quartet, Chris Laurence (dbass), studio orch/Nick Ingman (Nonesuch 79693)
Rheinberger, Joseph: Abendlied - Auckland Dorian Choir/Karen Grylls (MANU CD MANU 1516)
12.00
Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus: Horn Concerto No 3 in Eb K447 (3) - Claire Briggs (horn), Royal Liverpool Phil/Stephen Kovacevich (EMI 3 82227)
Pachelbel, Johann arr Los Angeles Guitar Quartet: Variations on Canon in D - Los Angeles Guitar Quartet (DELOS DE 3205)
Bizet, Georges: Symphony in C (2) - City of Birmingham SO/Louis Frémaux (EMI CDM 7 69643)
Schumann, Robert: Piano Quintet in Eb Op 44 (4) - Dora Schwarzberg (vln), Renaud Capuçon (vln), Nora Romanoff-Schwarzberg (vla), Mark Drobinsky (cello), Martha Argerich (pno) (EMI 4 76871)
Waller, Fats: Ain't Misbehavin' - Django Reinhardt (gt), Stéphane Grappelli (vln) (ASV CDAJS2016)
Cherney, Brian: Music for a Summer Wedding (3) - Trio Lyra (CBC MVCD1161)
Bach, Johann Sebastian arr Ma, Thile, Meyer: Wachet auf, ruft uns die Stimme BWV645 - Yo-Yo Ma (cello), Chris Thile (mandolin), Edgar Meyer (bass) (Nonesuch 558933)
Schubert, Franz: Adagio in Db D505 - Tessa Birnie (pno) (ABC Classics 476 6479)
Brahms, Johannes: Wiegenlied Op 49/4 - Angelika Kirchschlager (mezzo), Helmut Deutsch (pno) (SONY SK 64498)
Satie, Eric arr Smith/McLachlan: Gnossienne No 1 - Tommy Smith (sax), Murray McLachlan (pno) (LINN AKD 103)
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Rachmaninov, Sergei: Prelude in Eb Op 23/6 - Michael Houstoun (pno) ( )
Beethoven, Ludwig van: Symphony No 7 in A Op 92 - Auckland Phil/Giordano Bellincampi (RNZ )
Panufnik, Andrzej: Piano Trio Op 1 - NZTrio (RNZ )
Verdi, Giuseppe: Grand March, from Aida - National Band of New Zealand, New Zealand SO/James Judd (RNZ NZSO 2022-05-18)
Haydn, Franz Joseph: Mass No 11 in D minor, Nelson Mass - Carleen Ebbs (cop), Eleanor McGechie (mezzo), John Beaglehole (ten), Isaac Stone (bar), The Tudor Consort, Camerata/Anne Loeser (RNZ Camerata 2022)
Paradis, Maria Theresia von: Sicilienne - Yuka Eguchi (violin), Kemp English (piano) (RNZ )
Pärt, Arvo: Bogoroditse Devo - The Tudor Consort/Michael Stewart (RNZ Tudor Consort 2021-06-26)