Midday
New Zealand Opera announces Perth-based Thomas de Mallet Burgess as its new General Director and we play music inspired by the Football World Cup.
NZ Opera's new General Director Thomas de Mallet Burgess Photo: Patrick Browne
1pm Review: CSO’s Fear and Courage
Virtuoso pianist Nikolay Khozyainov played Prokofiev’s third piano concert with the Christchurch Symphony Orchestra at Wigram Air force Museum. Psycho and Shostakovich’s fifth symphony also featured. Tony Ryan was in the crowd.
Pianist Nikolay Khozyaniov Photo: Arim Almuelle
2pm
We dedicate this hour to the passing of Russian conductor Gennady Rozhdestvensky. We hear him lead Rachmaninov’s Symphony No 2 with the London Symphony Orchestra.
Conductor Gennady Rozhdestvensky Photo: wikicommons
