Cartolina 10 September 2013

Cartolina radio 10 September at 7.30 pm, Plains fm 96.9: Primavera ai Castelli. Cartolina co-producer Denis Walker suggests spring itineraries in the Castelli, the hill towns around Roma. 

He describes also Civita di Bagnoregio and Dante’s tomb in Ravenna. To stay with the spring theme, we play Primavera by Marina Rei and Maledetta primavera by Loretta Goggi.

And don't forget: at 7.15 there's "Made in Italy" every week, always on Plains fm96.9. Buon ascolto!

Cartolina 27 August 2013

27 August: Made in Italy is a new all-in-Italian radio programme, produced in Italy and made available world-wide, that Dante Society and Plains FM 96.9 have brought to you, every Wednesday at 7.15 to 7.30 pm. We meet the team of Italian journalists behind the programme: who they are, how this idea was borne, how they find all the interviewees from the wide range of fields that they cover. Made in Italy is produced in Italy, for Italians living overseas, and for the people who speak Italian all over the world. 

For more information visit www.madeinitalyradio.it

Cartolina 13 August 2014

13 August: Pier Paolo Pasolini is the subject of a multi media exhibition that Cartolina co-producer Denis Walker has visited in Roma. We talk about Pasolini’s activity as a poet, a film director, and a communist philosopher. We play “Supplica a mia madre” and “Canto popolare”, as recorded by Pasolini himself, and we play “A Pa’”, the song dedicated to him by Francesco De Gregori.

Cartolina 2, 16 & 30 July 2014

2 July: Maestro Francesco Pasqualetti is the Italian Conductor for the coming season of La Boheme, and Sharolyn Kimmorley is the Chorus Director. They talk about preparing an opera and about this production. La Boheme is at the CBS Arena on July 15, 16 and 18.

7 July: Maestro Francesco Pasqualetti is the Italian Conductor for the coming season of La Boheme. He talks about his career and about this production.

16 and 21 July: Italian Postcards: Cartolina co-producer Denis Walker, just returned from his Italian winter break, tells about staying in San Lorenzo in Roma, visiting exhibitions, and his discoveries underground.

from the exhibition Terraemota by Ricardo Monachez

30 July: Gianfranco Ugazzi, Secretary General of the Italian Chamber of Commerce in New Zealand, tells about the activities of the ICCNZ, an active link between the business worlds of both Countries.

As usual all programmes are available via internet live or in podcast from http://plainsfm.org.nz

Cartolina producers Wilma Laryn and Denis Walker wish you all: Buon ascolto!

Cartolina 4 & 18 June 2013

4 June: an unsolved murder in a small village of the Italian Alps, and its chronicler. Giulia Depentor, now established in Auck-land, tells the story and her involvement in writing about it. We play a seasonal Autunno, from Vivaldi’s Quattro Stagioni ..

18 June: why study the Italian language? Ivana Bilkova and Lucy Grey are two students from the Christchurch Dante classes. Both have strong feelings about Italy: it’s the places, it’s the language? We listen to their views and their favourite Italian songs. For information on the Dante classes, check www.dante.org.nz/chch

Cartolina 7 & 21 May 2014

Cartolina 7 May and 21 May: Nidi d’Arac is a music group from Salento, the south most part of Apulia. They present century-old folk songs, based on the tradition of the “tarantate”, women bitten by the tarantula, in a modern, almost acoustic style. Their haunting, hypnotic rhythms are unforgettable. The group featured in the last Womad festival.