Upbeat for Thursday 9 October 2014
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Nicholas McBryde: Arts Festival Dunedin
1:05 PM.Arts Festival Dunedin is back with a new name and a fresh focus. Director Nicholas McBryde talks about the festival's changes and upcoming events. Audio
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Peter Mechen: New Zealand Music
12:38 PM.Peter looks at early String Quartets by New Zealand composers.
Archival audio in this programme was supplied by Ngā Taonga Sound & Vision. Read more Audio -
Nicola Baker and Carl Wells: Horn players
12:15 PM.Schumann's spectacular 4-horn concerto gets an outing tonight with the Auckland Philharmonia Orchestra and featuring their horn section as soloists. Eva catches up with the first and second horn… Read more Audio
12:15 Nicola Baker & Carl Wells
Two of the four horn soloists for tonight's Auckland Philharmonia Orchestra performance
12:40 Peter Mechen
Upbeat contributor on New Zealand music and musicians
1pm Nicholas McBryde
Arts Festival Dunedin director previews this year's events
Music played in this show
BIZET: Carmen, Près des remparts de Séville
Magdalena Kožená (mezzo), Jonas Kaufmann (ten), Berlin Phil / Simon Rattle
EMI 4 40285 2
SCHUMANN: Concert Piece in F for four horns Op 86
Michael Thompson (horn), Martin Owen (horn), Cormac O hAodáin (horn), BBC Phil, David Pyatt (horn) / Charles Mackerras
BBC Music BBC MM 314
HILL: String Quartet No 11
Alex Lindsay String Quartet
RNZ
CARR: String Quartet No 1
Malcolm Latchem Quartet
RNZ
WELLS: String Quartet
New Music Group
RNZ Rec. 1974
SOUTHGATE: String Quartet
Auckland String Quartet
RNZ Rec.1985
HARRIS: Dies Irae, from Requiem for the Fallen
Richard Greager (ten), Horomona Horo (taonga puoro), Voices New Zealand Chamber Choir, New Zealand String Quartet / Karen Grylls
RNZ Rec.28/02/2014