Noon
Sir Andrew Davis is stepping down from the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra, we look back at his tenure. Did Dame Kiri’s art auction hit the high notes last night in Auckland? And we play a few of your favourite choral pieces.
Dame Kiri te Kanawa Photo: Supplied
1pm The wicked composer behind the hit musical
Say the word Wicked and most of us think of the Broadway smash hit. The man behind the untold story of the witches of OZ is composer and lyricist Stephen Schwartz. It can be seen as a commentary on the nature of good and evil. Schwartz speaks with Zoë George about spotting talent, what he thinks of other people’s interpretations of his work, and the secret to writing a successful song.
Stephen Schwartz Photo: Ralf Rühmeier
2pm
We continue to sample some favourite choral pieces chosen by you. This hour we hear Alexander Nevsky by Prokofiev.
Portrait of Prokofiev 1934 Photo: Petr Petrovic Konchalovsky, Public Domain
