Upbeat for Monday 10 March 2014
12:15 Marc Taddei
Conductor previews the New Zealand Symphony Orchestra's Sibelius performance
12:30 Five by Five: Sibelius
We cross live to Wellington's Michael Fowler Centre for the fourth concert in this series
1:30 Peter Mechen
Review of Tales from the Forbidden City
1:45 Renee
Author previews her Writer's Week appearance at the New Zealand Festival
Music played in this show
SZYMANOWSKI: Violin Concerto No 1 Op 35
Nicola Benedetti (vln), London SO / Daniel Harding
DG 987 057
SIBELIUS: Karelia Suite
New Zealand SO / Marc Taddei
RNZ Rec.10/03/2014
SIBELIUS: Symphony No 5 in Eb Op 82
New Zealand SO / Marc Taddei
RNZ Rec.10/03/2014
GAO WEI JIE: Three Songs of Yuan Qu
Xiao Ma (countertenor), Forbidden City Chamber Orchestra / Liu Shun
RNZ Rec.9/03/2014
SQUIRE: Chimaera II
Helene Pohl (vln), Luo Yuan (yangqing)
RNZ Rec.9/03/2014
ZOU HANG: Ten Changes and Five Variables
New Zealand String Quartet, Forbidden City Chamber Orchestra / Liu Shun
RNZ Rec.9/03/2014
NORRIS: Inner Phases
New Zealand String Quartet, Forbidden City Chamber Orchestra / Liu Shun
RNZ Rec.9/03/2014