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Upbeat for Tuesday 5 August 2014

  • Jian Liu: Pianist

    12:15 PM.Wellington-based Chinese pianist performing Ravel's Piano Concerto with Orchestra Wellington this weekend. Audio

  • David Alsop: Visual Arts

    12:44 PM.David looks at happening in the art world around the country and explores how galleries have influenced the way that viewers engage with art. Audio

  • Critic's Chair: ELGAR: The Dream of Gerontius

    1:00 PM.Robert Johnson reviews a recent release of Elgar's The Dream of Gerontius and Symphony No 1. The conductor on the disc, Edo de Waart, is in New Zealand this week with the New Zealand Symphony… Read more Audio

  • Owen Clarke: NZ Navy Band Tour

    1:15 PM.Conductor of the Royal New Zealand Navy Band talks about their current tour. Audio

12:15 Jian Liu

Pianist performing the Ravel Concerto in G with Orchestra Wellington this weekend

Jian Liu

12:40 David Alsop

Upbeat visual arts contributor

Arie Hellendoorn Grounding
Arie Hellendoorn, Grounding, 2014

1pm The Critics Chair

Robert Johnson looks at a recent recording of Elgar's Dream of Gerontius featuring conductor Edo de Waart

Dream of Gerontius Edo de Waart

1:15 Owen Clarke

Conductor of the Royal New Zealand Navy Band talks about their current tour

Navy Band

 

Music played in this show

PUCCINI: Turandot
Luciano Pavarotti (ten), Joan Sutherland (sop), London Phil / Zubin Mehta
Decca 458 202

DEBUSSY: Étude 12 pour les accords
Jian Liu (pno)
RNZ Rec.12/05/2013

RAVEL: Piano Concerto in G, Presto
Martha Argerich (pno), London SO / Claudio Abbado
DG 423 665

STRAVINSKY: Song of the Nightingale
Cleveland Orch / Pierre Boulez
DG 471 197

ELGAR: Symphony No 1 in Ab Op 55
Royal Flemish Phil / Edo de Waart
Pentatone PTC 5186 472

ELGAR: Sanctus Fortis, and Prosificere, anima Christiana, from The Dream of Gerontius
Peter Auty (ten), John Hancock (bar), Collegium Vocale Gent, Royal Flemish Phil / Edo de Waart
Pentatone PTC 5186 472

ELGAR: Praise to the Holiest, from The Dream of Gerontius
Hallé Youth Choir, Choir & Orch / Mark Elder
Hallé CD HLD 7520

POPE: Nightfall in Camp
Colin Clark (tpt), Royal New Zealand Navy Band / Owen Clarke
Royal NZ Navy NAVY 001

VIVALDI: Sposa son disprezzata, from Tamerlano
Cecilia Bartoli (mezzo), György Fischer (pno)
Decca 436 267