Midday
We bring you an update from the School of music at the University of Auckland and the Royal Philharmonic appoints Vasily Petrenko as its new MD.
Photo: Fuad Tabba, Auckland University, Wikimedia Commons
1pm Orchestra Wellington's Prophecy
Orchestra Wellington is playing Dvořák’s 6th Symphony, Britten’s Piano Concerto and Janáček’s Taras Bulba, telling the story of a Cossack warrior who prophesies of the rising of a Tsar against whom no nation shall prevail. We talk with pianist Jian Liu and conductor Marc Taddei.
Marc Taddei Music Director Orchestra Wellington Photo: Supplied
2pm
Celebrating 130 years of the Concertgebouw Orchestra in 2018. Today we feature conductors Eugene Jochum and Bernard Haitink
