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Composer of the Week
Sunday to Friday at 9 am
Tune in on Sunday mornings at 9am or Monday nights at 7pm for a half hour introduction to the week's featured composer. The presenters share their great depth of knowledge on the subject, and play musical examples to guide you through. This introductory audio is also available on demand
Then, on every weekday morning between 9 and 10 o'clock, we play a selection of the composer’s works chosen to illustrate the subject.
Audio on Demand
Audio is available for two weeks following the broadcast.
- Composers of the Week - Harmonie Musik
- Presented by Murray Khouri. (duration: 31′06″)
- Houstoun and Chopin Part 1
- New Zealand’s foremost pianist Michael Houstoun talks to Tim Dodd about his approach to playing the music of Fryderyk Chopin. In this first programme, Houstoun outlines the difficulties involved in performing one of Chopin’s easiest pieces, the Prelude in E minor Op 28 No 4, and takes a look at an early Nocturne and the Etudes. (duration: 57′42″)
- Houstoun and Chopin Part 2
- In this programme, Michael Houstoun and Tim Dodd talk about Preludes, Mazurkas, Polonaises and Ballades. (duration: 57′26″)
Harmonie Musik
Murray Khouri takes a look at wind music from the courts of 18th & 19th Century Europe
Sunday 14 March 9am and Monday 15 March 7pm
The programme includes excerpts from the following pieces:
KROMMER: Octet-Partita in F - Chamber Orchestra of Europe (ASV CD COE 812)
HAYDN: Divertimento in G - London Wind Soloists (Testament SBT 1346)
JC BACH: Sinfonia No 1 in Eb - London Wind Soloists (Testament SBT 1345)
MOZART: Cosi fan Tutte - Philharmonia/ Karajan (EMI 7 69 635)
MOZART: Serenade K361, Largo - Orpheus Chamber Orchestra (DG 423 061)
MOZART: Don Giovanni - Netherlands Wind Ensemble (Philips 422 545)
KROMMER: Octet-Partita in F, Op 57 - Chamber Orchestra of Europe (ASV CD COE 812)
LACHNER: Octet in Bb, Scherzo - German Wind Soloists (Marco Polo 8.223356)
GOUNOD: Petite symphonie, mvt 2 - St Paul Chamber Orchestra/ Hogwood (Decca 430 231)
STRAUSS: Serenade for wind inst Op7 - Netherlands Wind Ensemble (Philips 438 733)|
STRAUSS: Suite in Bb, mvt2 - Netherlands Wind Ensemble (Philips 438 733)
STRAUSS: Sonatina in F, mvt 2 - Netherlands Wind Ensemble (Philips 438 733)
Fryderyk Chopin (1810-1849)
The first two weeks of Composer of the Week for 2010 feature Chopin as we celebrate the bicentenary of his birth.
Houstoun and Chopin
Sunday 7 March 9 am and Monday 8 March 7 pm
Two programmes in which the New Zealand pianist, Michael Houstoun, talks to Tim Dodd about his approach to playing Chopin’s music.