Upbeat for Wednesday 9 July 2014

12:15 Chenyin Li

Pianist giving a recital at the Wallace National Piano Festival

12:40 Peter Mechen

Upbeat contributor on New Zealand music and musicians

1pm Gavin Rutherford and Jude Gibson

Stars of Arthur Miller's A View from the Bridge at Circa Theatre

1:15 Luke Di Somma

Christchurch Pops Choir music director previews this weekend's concert: Get your groove on

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Music played in this show

BRAHMS: Symphony No 2 in D Op 73
Boston SO / Charles Munch
Sony 88697 68953

DEBUSSY: L'isle joyeuse, and Masques
Chenyin Li (pno),
Genuin GEN 12228

MOZART: Clarinet Concerto in A K622
John McCaw (clarinet), New Philharmonia / Raymond Leppard
Unicorn Herald ‎UNS 239

NIELSEN: Symphony No 5 Op 50
New Philharmonia / Jascha Horenstein
Unicorn Records RHS 300

BRITTEN: I come From the Westland, from Curlew River
Bryan Drake (Traveller) Harold Blackburn (Abbott) John Shirley-Quirk (Ferryman), English Opera Group / Benjamin Britten (conductor)
CD Decca 421 858-2

LISZT: Concerto Pathetique
Louis Kentner and Joan Havill (pianos)
Vox Turnabout TV-S 34444

MOZART: Clarinet Quintet in A K581
Martin Fröst (cl), Vertavo String Quartet
BIS SACD 1263