12pm
Bruch’s well-loved Violin Concerto No 1 in a recent release from violinist Lu Siqing and the Melbourne SO under Benjamin Northey; and songs by Stephan Prock, fresh from the RNZ Classical Chart.
Sojourn (Rattle RAT D076) Photo: Supplied
1pm Haydn Rawstron: Opera in a Canterbury country house
Haydn Rawstron began his Lansdown Festival of Narropera after earthquakes destroyed central Christchurch performance spaces. He turned his home Lansdown House and Garden into a summer opera venue. This summer’s festival ends with Weber’s once popular opera Der Freischütz.
The Golden Room at Lansdown House, Christchurch Photo: Supplied
1.30pm Brilliant young pianist Jason Bae returns
New Zealand’s only Steinway artist Jason Bae returns from his studies at the Royal Academy to give a recital tour of the country. Jason was the youngest ever concerto soloist with the Auckland Philharmonic Orchestra at the Starlight Symphony in the Park. He has a new CD out and a blooming career as one to watch.
Pianist Jason Bae Photo: Kelley Eady Loveridge
2pm Pastoral
Join us for a rural sojourn and the second symphony from our Famous Five series – Beethoven’s Symphony No 6 – as well as other music with a pastoral feel.
Martín Rico Ortega Photo: Wikimedia Commons
