Midday
Chamber Music New Zealand has just announced the retirement of CEO Peter Walls. One of the country’s leading Arts managers, Peter was formerly the CEO of the New Zealand Symphony Orchestra. He is also Music Director of the Opus Orchestra and is renowned for his early music scholarship. He steps down at the beginning of 2019.
Peter Walls CEO of Chamber Music New Zealand announces his retirement Photo: Supplied
1pm Nelson and Dunedin Arts Festival Directors compare strategies
Anndroid featuring at the Otago Festival Photo: Supplied
Festival Artistic Directors Nicholas McBryde and Charlie Unwin discuss the importance of the Dunedin and Nelson Arts festivals to their communities. We find how much emphasis they put on collaboration as opposed to competition and what it takes to maintain a festival long term.
Songs for Nobodies featuring Ali Harper is on in both Nelson and Dunedin festivals Photo: ©DanielleColvinPhotography
1.30 Review: NZSO performs Stravinsky & Rachmaninov
Elizabeth Kerr reviews Music Director Edo de Waart‘s recent performance of Stravinsky and Rachmaninov with the New Zealand Symphony Orchestra, and directly compares his interpretation of Rachmaninov’s Second Symphony today with the Maestro’s rereleased recordings with the Rotterdam Philharmonic forty years ago.
Edo de Waart leads the New Zealand Symphony Orchestra. Photo: Stephen A'Court Photography
2pm
We’re playing quartets this week, but not necessarily just for strings. This afternoon, a recording of Richard Strauss’s early Piano Quartet
