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Marlena Devoe and James Ioelu: Bel Canto prizewinners

1:05 PM.The 2014 Joan Sutherland & Richard Bonynge Bel Canto Awards held in Sydney last weekend were dominated by New Zealand singers, with Auckland soprano Marlena Devoe winning first prize, and… Read more Audio
Chris Gendall: Contemporary Music

12:45 PM.Chris looks at recent uses of the French horn in contemporary repertoire. Audio
Martin Riseley: Violinist

12:15 PM.Violinist Martin Riseley makes his solo debut with the Southern Sinfonia this weekend, performing the Brahms violin concerto. He tells Eva about his current and upcoming performances. Audio

12:15 Martin Riseley

Violin soloist for the Southern Sinfonia's Romantic Masters concert

Martin Riseley

12:40 Chris Gendall

Upbeat new-music contributor

1pm Marlena Devoe & James Ioelu

New Zealand soprano and bass-baritone celebrate their success at Australia's Bel Canto awards

Marlena Devoe James Ioelu

ORAM: Macropsia
New Zealand SO / Hamish McKeich
RNZ Rec.2013

BEETHOVEN: Violin Sonata No 10 in G Op 96, Scherzo
Martin Riseley (vln), Diedre Irons (pno)
Rattle RAT D032

BRAHMS: Violin Concerto in D Op 77
Isabelle Faust (vln), Mahler CO / Daniel Harding
Harmonia Mundi HMC 90 2075

ANDERSON: Imagin'd Corners
City of Birmingham SO / Sakari Oramo
NMC D 121

LIGETI: Hamburg Concerto, Aria, Aksak & Hoketus
Marie Luise Neunecker (horn), Asko Ensemble / Reinbert de Leeuw
Teldec 8573 88263

FEDELE: Duo en resonance
Ensemble Intercontemporain / Pierre Boulez
Stradivarius STR33891

CHEUNG: Fog Mobiles
Saar Berger (hn), Hessicher Radio SO / Matthias Pintscher
EM Medien EMCD-028

MOZART: Dalla sua pace, from Don Giovanni
Kenneth Tarver (tenor), Freiburg Baroque Orch / René Jacobs
Harmonia Mundi HMC 90 1964-66

ROSSINI: Depuis le Jour, from Louise
Marlena Devoe (sop), David Harper (pno)
ABC Classic Rec.2014

VERDI: O tu Palermo, from Sicilian Vespers
James Ioelu (bass), David Harper (pno)
ABC Classic Rec.2014

Upbeat for Thursday 18 September 2014