Noon
We mark May Day and the start of New Zealand Music Month; Philadelphia is still searching for a principal oboist and we examine research into the value of musical enrichment in early years.
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1pm Fave Jazz Fest Faves with Nick Tipping
The Wellington Jazz Festival is just weeks away. RNZ Concert’s resident Jazz-man Nick Tipping chooses five faves that you can’t miss at the 2018 festival.
RNZ Concert presenter: Nick Tipping Photo: RNZ / Rebekah Parsons-King
2pm
The Berlin Wall has now been down as long as it was up. Beethoven’s 9th symphony, was performed by Leonard Bernstein at Christmas 1989, barely six weeks after the Wall fell, first in West Berlin and two days later in the former East side of the city. His multinational orchestra included musicians from New York, London, Paris, Leningrad, and both East and West Germany. We celebrate another milestone with this classic recording.
The Berlin Wall Photo: AFP