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Upbeat for Thursday 3 July 2014

  • Maxim Rysanov: Viola

    1:00 PM.Maxim Rysanov is back in Auckland, and tonight plays his viola arrangement of Tchaikovsky's Rococo Variations with the Auckland Philharmonia Orchestra. He's performed them many times, ever since his… Read more Audio

  • Simon Romanos: The Harlem Quartet

    12:40 PM.Simon features the Harlem Quartet, and introduces us to some of their award-winning recordings. They are a string quartet made up of first-place laureates of the Sphinx Competition for Black and… Read more Audio

  • Geoffrey Snedden and Neville Brown: Wellington Town Hall

    12:15 PM.When the Wellington Town Hall closed last year for earthquake strengthening, no-one imagined that the cost would balloon from 43 to 60 million dollars. The Wellington City Council now faces a decision… Read more Audio

12:15 Geoffrey Snedden & Neville Brown

Earthquake Resilience project managers for the Wellington Town Hall walk Eva through the building and its structural issues

Wellington Town Hall
Photo: RNZ

12:40 Simon Romanos

Upbeat contributor on the world's great performers

1pm Maxim Rysanov

Featured viola soloist for tonight's Auckland Philharmonia Orchestra concert

Music played in this show

BIZET: Habanera, from Carmen
Magdalena Kozená (mezzo), Berlin State Opera Chorus and Orchestra/Simon Rattle
EMI 4 40285
4'19"

WYNTON MARSALIS: String Quartet No 1 'At the Octoroon Balls'
Harlem Quartet
White Pine WPM 207
4'08"

LOPEZ-GAVILÁN: Mi Menor Conga (My Little Conga)
Harlem Quartet
White Pine WPM 207
2'55"

ELLINGTON arr CHIHARA: I'm Beginning to See the Light
STRAYHORN: Take the A Train
Harlem Quartet
Albarn Troy 1290
5'25"

MOZART: Larghetto from Clarinet Quintet in A
Sabine Meyer (cl), members of the Vienna String Sextet
EMI 2 15305
6'30"

TCHAIKOVSKY arr RYSANOV: Variations on a Rococo Theme Op 33
Maxim Rysanov (vla), Swedish CO/Muhai Tang
BIS SACD 1843
2'56"

BRAHMS: Trio in Eb for horn/viola, violin and piano Op 40
Maxim Rysanov (vla), Boris Brovtsyn (vln), Katya Apekisheva (pno)
Onyx 4033
2'33"

TABAKOVA: The rose garden by moonlight, from Suite in Old Style
Maxim Rysanov (vla/dir), Lithuanian CO
ECM 2239
3'23"