Upbeat for Friday 22 November 2013
12:15 Alexander Gavrylyuk
Ukranian pianist performing with the Christchurch Symphony Orchestra this weekend
12:40 William Green
Upbeat contributor looks at music composed in response to the Kennedy assassination, 50 years ago today
1pm Timothy Noon
Holy Trinity Cathedral conductor previews tonight's concert and celebrates the Britten Centenary
Music played in this show
LILBURN: Sonatina No 2
Michael Houstoun (pno)
Rattle RAT D040
BERNSTEIN: Fanfare for JFK
The London Phiharmonic Orchestra / Jorge Mester
Koch International 3-7012
SONDHEIM: November 22, 1963 and You Can Close the New York Stock Exchange from Assassins
Victor Garber, Jace Alexander, Jonathan Hadary, Terrence Mann, Lee Wilkof, Greg Germann, Annie Golden, Debra Monk, Eddie Korbich. Original Cast Recording / Paul Gemignani
RCA 260737
STRAVINSKY: Elegy for JFK
Cathy Berberian, Charles Russo, Jack Kreiselman, Paul E. Howland
Col Legno, 1996
LIEBERSON: Remembering JFK (An American Elegy)
Richard Dreyfuss (narrator), National Symphony Orchestra / Christoph Eschenbach
Ondine ODE 1190-2D
BEETHOVEN: String Quartet in F minor Op 95, Serioso
Chiaroscuro Quartet
Aparte AP 051
BRITTEN: Four Sea Interludes, Storm, from Peter Grimes
BBC Phil / Edward Gardner
Chandos CHAN 10658
BRITTEN: Hymn to St Cecilia Op 27
Emma Preston-Dunlop (sop), Gill Ross (sop), Penelope Vickers (contralto), Peter Mitchell (ten), Richard Savage (bass), Monteverdi Choir / John Eliot Gardiner
DG 453 433
HOWELLS: A hymn for St Cecilia
Rupert Gough (org), Choir of Wells Cathedral / Malcolm Archer
Hyperion CDA 67494