
Classical Pacific
Weekdays 3-6pm on HPR-2
Classical Pacific presents classical music from pre-Renaissance to the current day, locally curated from a Pacific perspective.
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Chamber Music Hawaiʻi’s Jim Moffitt and Tommy Morrison stopped by Morning Café to preview Saturday’s Spring Wind Quintet concert, featuring selections from Mozart’s Harmoniemusik and the Gran Partita.
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Hawaiʻi Public Radio has launched another series of Hawaiʻi Symphony Orchestra broadcasts. John Kalani Zak, host and producer of the HSO broadcasts, gave a preview on Evening Concert with host Craig DeSilva. You can hear the concert broadcasts on Mondays at 8 p.m. following Evening Concert on HPR-2.
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March 22 is World Water Day, established by the United Nations in 1993. Dr. Lum reflects on its significance and evolving themes, including the 2025 focus on glacier preservation. He highlights water’s cultural importance across the Pacific and the role of traditional practices in addressing today’s water conservation challenges.
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Celebrating 500 years of Flora-n-Fauna, the Big Island Singers present three concerts this weekend in the Hilo area. Dr. Nina Buchanan and Music Director Douglas Albertson join Sharene Taba to talk about music, friendship, and community.
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The music of Queen Liliʻuokalani will be celebrated in concerts by the Mana Music Quartet. The concerts will feature the songs of Hawaiʻi’s last monarch in arrangements for string quartet, including her popular Aloha ʻOe.
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Hawaiʻi Symphony Orchestra’s concertmaster Iggy Jang and principal horn Anna Lenhart take the spotlight this weekend. The HSO concert will feature them as soloists performing two beloved works in the violin and horn repertoire.