Russian music in Wellington & Bach in Auckland
3.00pm Michael Houstoun (piano), Orchestra Wellington conducted by Marc Taddei play Balakirev, Khachaturian and Tchaikovsky.
7.30pm Curtain Raiser, then five soloists with University of Auckland Chamber Choir, Auckland Philharmonia conducted by Stephen Layton perform Bach and Pärt.
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Piano Concertos - Khachaturian - Piano Concerto
7:00 PM.Khachaturian: Piano Concerto in D flat. Michael Houstoun (piano), Orchestra Wellington/Marc Taddei. Recorded 7 November 2015 at the Michael Fowler Centre, Wellington by RNZ Concert. Audio
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Tchaikovsky: Symphony No 5 in E minor
8:01 PM.Tchaikovsky was now famous and had just completed a successful European tour by the time he wrote the fifth symphony. It seems that providence had smiled on him after years of struggle and self-doubt… Read more Audio
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Curtain Raiser: Bach - Magnificat
7:30 PM.Indra Hughes provides an introduction to the wonderful 'Magnificat', written by J S Bach to celebrate the Christmas of 1723, at the end of his first year as Director of Music at St Thomas's Church in… Read more Audio
3.00 Michael Houstoun (piano), Orchestra Wellington/Marc Taddei
BALAKIREV: Overture on Russian Themes; KHACHATURIAN: Piano Concerto in Db; TCHAIKOVSKY: Symphony No 5 in E minor Op 64 (recorded in Michael Fowler Centre, Wellington by RNZ)
7.30 Curtain Raiser
Indra Hughes introduces Bach’s Magnificat in D
7.50 Bach Collage
Sara Macliver, Taryn Fiebig (sopranos), Helen Charlston (mezzo), Andrew Goodwin (tenor), Christopher Richardson (bass), University of Auckland Chamber Choir, Auckland Philharmonia/Stephen Layton
BACH: Cantata No 51, Jauchzet Gott in allen Landen!;
PÄRT: Berliner Messe; Collage sur B-A-C-H;
BACH: Magnificat in D
(recorded in the Auckland Town Hall by RNZ)