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Plato’s Cave: Realities of Composing in New Zealand by Philip Norman
18 Dec 2013Philip Norman delivers the inaugural Lilburn Lecture before an audience in Victoria University's Hunter Council Chamber. His subject, Plato's Cave: The Realities of Composing in New Zealand. Read more Audio
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Tackling Tallis
11 Dec 2013Thirty NZ choral singers were invited by the visiting Tallis Scholars to join them to sing Thomas Tallis's famous 40-part motet. Christine Argyle follows them in rehearsal through to performance. Read more Audio
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John Hopkins (1927-2013) a tribute
30 Oct 2013During his six years resident in NZ, the British-born conductor John Hopkins made an enormous contribution to the music scene here. Even after moving to Australia in the 1960s he maintained close… Read more Audio
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Miró's Music
Julie Sperring looks at the paintings of Joán Miró and the music they have inspired. Read more Audio
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Beethoven ReCYCLE (Part 3)
9 Oct 2013Michael Houstoun and Tim Dodd continue their conversation about the Beethoven piano sonatas and Houstoun's approach to performing them. In this final programme, they talk about the 'Moonlight' Sonata… Read more Audio
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Extended interview: The Diabelli Variations
Michael Houstoun talks about Beethoven's Diabelli Variations which he performed in 2012 as preparation for the Beethoven reCYCLE project. Audio
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Extended interview: Memory
Michael Houstoun talks about the challenge of playing all the Beethoven sonatas from memory. Audio
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Extended interview: Selected movements
Tim Dodd and Michael Houstoun look at a few selected movements from sonatas in Houstoun's last wave of concerts: Op 2 No 1, Op 2 No 2 and Op 31 No 3. Audio
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Extended interview: Rhythm and Rubato
Tim Dodd and Michael Houstoun talk about a number of topics related to rhythm, energy and rubato in the Beethoven sonatas. Audio
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Extended interview: The Limited Piano
Michael Houstoun outlines the qualities he desires in a piano for performing Beethoven and he and Tim Dodd tackle the issue of whether the humble piano was sufficient to express Beethoven’s vision… Read more Audio
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Flash Harry
12 Sep 2013John Wells looks at the career of Sir Malcolm Sargent, one of the greatest and most controversial British conductors of the 20th century. Read more Audio
