Midday
Composer, conductor, teacher and artistic director Oliver Knussen has died, aged 66. We mark his varied career. Law firm Russell McVeagh withdraws from sponsoring the New Zealand International Film Festival Gala, and we feature music from New Zealand's Rattle label.
Oliver Knussen Photo: wikicommons
1pm Review: NYO’s Firebird
Last weekend the NZSO National Youth Orchestra had its Firebird concerts in Wellington and Auckland. The group performed Suites 1 and 2 from De Falla’s The Three-Cornered Hat, André Jolivet’s Bassoon Concerto featuring Todd Gibson-Cornish, the world premiere of Josiah Carr’s Redwood, and Stravinsky’s The Firebird. Peter Mechen reviews Friday’s performance.
Todd Gibson-Cornish Photo: supplied
2pm
The cello was named Germany’s instrument of the year for 2018. Throughout the week we're celebrating the instrument with different compositions featuring the cello. Today it's Beethoven’s Cello Sonata in A Op 69 performed by Daniel Müller-Schott and Angela Hewitt.
You can listen to a selection of RNZ recordings featuring the cello on our Music Alive Collections page.
Beethoven by Joseph Karl Stieler, 1820 Photo: Public Domain
