Noon
The successor has named for King’s Choir Cambridge, we hear about a piano playing burglar and how the German government is significantly increasing their investment in the arts. Plus we look at what’s coming up this weekend.
Photo: 123rf
1pm NZSM & Orpheus work together for the first time
NZSM Orchestra is working with the Orpheus Choir for the first time this weekend to give a performance of the full orchestral version of the Duruflé Requiem, a piece that has been an obsession for conductor Kenneth Young. He’s joined by Orpheus MD Brent Stewart to discuss this momentous occasion.
Kenneth Young Photo: Deborah Rawson
2pm
We round out our favourite performances of violin concertos with Beethoven. Isabelle Faust performs with the Mozart Orchestra and conducted by Claudio Abbado.
Beethoven by Joseph Karl Stieler, 1820 Photo: Public Domain
