Upbeat for Wednesday 19 February 2014

12:10 Chloë Hanslip

Violin soloist previews her performances with the Auckland Philharmonia  and Christchurch Symphony Orchestras

12:30 Marc Lebrèche

Canadian actor starring in the New Zealand Festival season of Needles and Opium

12:50 Simon Romanos

Upbeat contributor on the world's great string quartets

1:10 Delaney Davidson and Marlon Williams

Country musicians launch their album Sad but True Volume III with a nationwide tour

Music played in this show

CORIGLIANO: Violin Concerto, The Red Violin
Chloë Hanslip (vln), Royal Phil / Leonard Slatkin
Naxos  8.559302 

BRUCH: Violin Concerto No 1 in G minor Op 26, Finale
Chloë Hanslip (vln), London SO / Martyn Brabbins
Warner 0927 45664

DAVIS/POWELL: Budo
Miles Davis, Gil Evans, Kai Winding, J.J. Johnson, Mike Zwern, Junior Collins, Sandy Siegelstein, Bill Barberm, Lee Konitz, Gerry Mulligan, Al Haig, John Lewis, Joe Shulman, Nelson Boyd, Al McKibbon, Max Roach, Kenny Clarke, Kenny Hagood
CAPITOL 494550

MACGREGOR/MERCER: Moon Dreams
Miles Davis, Gil Evans, Kai Winding, J.J. Johnson, Mike Zwern, Junior Collins, Sandy Siegelstein, Bill Barberm, Lee Konitz, Gerry Mulligan, Al Haig, John Lewis, Joe Shulman, Nelson Boyd, Al McKibbon, Max Roach, Kenny Clarke, Kenny Hagood
CAPITOL 494550

UMEZAKI: (Cycles) what falls must rise
Brooklyn Rider String Quartet, Kojiro Umezaki (shakuhachi & electronics)
IN A CIRCLE RECORDS ICR003

DEBUSSY: String Quartet in G minor op.10
Brooklyn Rider String Quartet
IN A CIRCLE RECORDS ICR003

LJOVA: Culai - The Song (for Romica Puceanu); Love Potion, Expired
Brooklyn Rider String Quartet
MERCURY CLASSICS B0018309

STRAVINSKY: The Rite of Spring, Sacrificial Dance
Christchurch SO / Tom Woods
RNZ Rec.31/08/13

PUCCINI: Senza mamma, from Suor Angelica
Renée Fleming (sop), Giuseppe Verdi Chorus & Orch, Milan / Marco Armiliato
Decca 478 1533