Upbeat for Monday 16 December 2013
12:15 Andrew Joyce
New Zealand Symphony Orchestra Principal cello and adjudicator of this year's National Concerto Competition
12:40 Peter Mechen
Review of the New Zealand Symphony Orchestra's Messiah performance
1pm Gareth Reeves
Actor and star of the Auckland season of 360 - a theatre of recollections
And: read Paul Bushnell's review of Opera Australia's Siegfried here: http://www.radionz.co.nz/concert/programmes/upbeat/collections/opera-australias-ring-cycle/gotterdammerung
Music played in this show
VILLA-LOBOS: Bachianas Brasileiras No 9
Nashville SO / Kenneth Schermerhorn
Naxos 8.557460-62
PROKOFIEV: Concerto for piano and orchestra No 3 in C, Op 26
Andrew Leathwick (pno), Christchurch Symphony Orchestra / Hamish McKeich
RNZ Rec.09/03/2013
SHOSTAKOVICH: Cello Concerto No 1 in Eb Op 107 (1)
Santiago Cañón Valencia (cello), Christchurch Symphony Orchestra / Hamish McKeich
RNZ Rec.09/03/2013
HANDEL: Messiah
Russell Harcourt (countertenor), James Egglestone (ten), Teddy Tahu Rhodes (bar), Orpheus Choir, New Zealand SO, Anna Leese (sop) / Richard Gill
RNZ Rec. 14/12/13
FRANCK: Violin Sonata in A
Renaud Capuçon (vln), Alexandre Gurning (pno)
EMI 5 57497