12:15 Ciaran McCabe and Rowena Calvert

Cavaleri Quartet musicians in New Zealand for their Pettman-Royal Overseas League Arts Scholarship tour

12:40 Simon Romanos

Upbeat contributor continues his series on the world's great string quartets

1pm Anthony Young and Claire Scholes

The Committee composer and mezzo-soprano preview this weekend's Shorts and Suites concert

The Committee

Music played in this show

ABBOTT: Flute Concerto No 2
Rohan Smith (fl), SBS Radio & Television Youth Orch / Matthew Krel
St.George

REICH: Different Trains
Kronos Quartet
Nonesuch  979 176 

SHOSTAKOVICH: String Quartet No 8 in C minor Op 110
Simón Bolívar String Quartet
DG  479 0429  

ADÈS: Arcadiana Op12
Calder Quartet
Calder Quartet 2008

ROUSE: Compline
Daniel Alexander (fl), Alicia Lee (cl), Sivan Magen (hp), Calder Quartet
KIC CD 7757

MOZART: String Quartet in F K590
Calder Quartet
Calder Quartet 2008

POULENC: Sextet for piano & winds
Ian Brown (pno), members of Nash Ensemble
Hyperion CDA 67255/6

LOCKWOOD: I give you back
Claire Scholes (mezzo)
RNZ Rec.25/03/13

YOUNG: The Angle of Reflection
Julia Booth, APO/ Hamish McKeich
RNZ Rec.04/04/2009