12:15 Adrian Burnett

Choreographer working with the Royal New Zealand Ballet on their season of Don Quixote

Don Quixote

12:40 Peter Mechen

Upbeat contributor on New Zealand musicians

1pm The Critic's Chair

David Bremner reviews a new CD by trumpeter Alison Balsom

Alison Balsom Paris cover

Music played in this show

HINDEMITH: Ludus tonalis, Praeludium
John McCabe (pno)
Helios CDH 55413

SIBELIUS: Violin Concerto in D minor Op 47, Allegro ma non tanto
Frank Peter Zimmermann (vln), Helsinki Phil / John Storgårds
Ondine ODE 1147

MINKUS: Don Quixote
Sofia National Opera Orch / Nayden Todorov
Naxos 8.557065-66

PSATHAS: Piano Quintet
Stephen Gosling (pno), New Zealand String Quartet
Trust MMT 2047

BORNE: Fantasie Brillante on Bizet's Carmen
Emmanuel Pahud (fl), Rotterdam Phil / Yannick Nézet-Séguin
EMI 4 57814

LILBURN: Prelude, from A Musical Offering
Dan Poynton (pno)
Trust Records MMT 2054

LILBURN: Canzona No 3
Ithaca College Festival Orchestra / Grant Cooper
Kiwi Pacific CD SLD-99

KERN: Ol' Man River, from Showboat
Inia te Wiata (bass), Unnamed Orchestra / Michael Collins
Atoll CD ACD507

SATIE: 3 Gymnopédies
Alison Balsom (tpt), Milos Karadaglic (gtr), Al Cherry (guitar), Grant Windsor (pno), Guy Barker Orchestra / Guy Barker
Warner 2564 632789

RHEINHARDT: Nuages
Alison Balsom (tpt), Milos Karadaglic (gtr), Al Cherry (guitar), Grant Windsor (pno), Guy Barker Orchestra / Guy Barker
Warner 2564 632789

MESSIAEN: Vingt Regards sur l’enfant Jesus
Alison Balsom (tpt), Milos Karadaglic (gtr), Al Cherry (guitar), Grant Windsor (pno), Guy Barker Orchestra / Guy Barker
Warner 2564 632789

PIAZZOLA: Histoire du Tango, Café 1930
Alison Balsom (tpt), Milos Karadaglic (gtr), Al Cherry (guitar), Grant Windsor (pno), Guy Barker Orchestra / Guy Barker
Warner 2564 632789