Upbeat for Thursday 5 March 2015
12:15 Alison MacKay
Bassist and artistic director of Canada's Tafelmusik previews their Auckland Festival performance
12:40 Jennifer Shennan
Review of the Royal New Zealand Ballet's opening night of Don Quixote
12:50 Peter Hoar
Review of the Auckland Philharmonia Orchestra's Water and Light performance
1:10 Gemma New
Conductor of the Christchurch Symphony Orchestra for the National Concerto Competition final
Music played in this show
HANDEL: Alcina
Tafelmusik / Jeanne Lamon (vln/dir)
Analekta FL 2 3137
MARAIS: Alcyone, Tambourin II
Concentus Musicus / Nicholas Harnoncourt
Erato 8573827072
MINKUS: Don Quixote
Sofia National Opera Orch / Boris Spassov
Capriccio 5054
MUSSORGSKY: Dawn on the Moscow River
Auckland PO / Kenneth Young
RNZ Rec.4/03/15
TAKEMITSU: I Hear the Water Dreaming
Katie Zagórski (fl), Auckland PO / Kenneth Young
RNZ Rec.4/03/15
YOUNG: In Paradisum (Into Paradise)
Robert Tucker (bar), Ariana Tikao (taonga pūoro), Graduate Choir, Choir of Holy Trinity Cathedral, Auckland PO / Kenneth Young
RNZ Rec.4/03/15
SZYMANOWSKI: Violin Concerto
Arna Morton (vln), Christchurch SO/ Hamish McKeich
RNZ Rec.8/3/2014
HARRIS: In Memory – Judith Clark
Nicola Melville (pno)
RNZ Rec. 06/02/2015