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Han-Na Chang: 'The day I met Ludwig van Beethoven'

16 May 2024

Han-Na Chang began her musical career as a solo cellist, but she's in New Zealand for concerts with the New Zealand Symphony Orchestra as the conductor. She talks with David Morriss about how the move from bow to baton came about. Video, Audio

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Saturday 18 May

12:00 AM. Music Through the Night

Vivaldi, Antonio: Four Seasons, Spring (3) - Sarah Chang (vln), Orpheus CO (EMI 3 94431)

Schumann, Robert arr Mahler: Symphony No 3 in Eb Op 97, Rhenish - Leipzig Gewandhaus Orch/Riccardo Chailly (Decca 478 0037)

Ravel, Maurice: Sonatine - Diedre Irons (pno) (TRUST MMT 2041)

Beethoven, Ludwig van: Romance No 1 in G Op 40 - James Ehnes (violin), Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra/Andrew Manze (Onyx ONYX4167)

Debussy, Claude trans Bauer: La Fille Aux Cheveux De Lin, from Preludes - Ingrid Bauer (harp) (MASTER PERFORMERS MP 010)

1:00 approx

Lilburn, Douglas: Violin Sonata (1950) - Elizabeth Holowell (vln), Dean Sky-Lucas (pno) (Atoll ACD 941)

Haydn, Franz Joseph: Symphony No 85 in Bb, La Reine - London CO/Rosemary Furniss (dir) (SIGNUM SIGCD 175)

Sor, Fernando: Caprice in E Op 50, Le calme - William Carter (gtr) (LINN CKD 380)

Dvorák, Antonin: Songs my mother taught me - Andrew Joyce (cello), Rae de Lisle (pno) (Atoll ACD280)

Price, Florence Beatrice: Violin Concerto No 2 - Er-Gene Kahng (vln), Janacek Phil/Ryan Cockerham (Albany TROY1706)

2:00 approx

Brumel, Antoine: Kyrie, from Missa Et ecce terrae motus - Tudor Consort/Michael Stewart (Organism ORG007)

Adams, John: Berceuse élégiaque - Bournemouth SO/Marin Alsop (Naxos 8.559031)

Beethoven, Ludwig van: Piano Sonata No 12 in Ab Op 26 - Stephen Kovacevich (pno) (EMI CDC 5 56148)

Hill, Alfred: String Quartet No 5 in Eb, Allies (3) - Dominion Quartet (Naxos 8.572446)

Wolf-Ferrari, Ermanno: The Jewels of the Madonna, Suite - BBC Phil/Gianandrea Noseda (Chandos CHAN 10511)

Gounod, Charles arr Saylor: Ave Maria - Jessye Norman (soprano), Fabrice Pierre (harp) (Philips 432 731)

3:00 approx

Bach, Johann Sebastian transcr Liszt: Prelude & Fugue in A minor BWV543 - Hélène Grimaud (pno) (DG 477 7978)

Stamitz, Johann: Symphony in Eb - NZSO Chamber Orch/Donald Armstrong (dir) (Naxos 8.553194)

Khachaturian, Aram: Adagio of Spartacus & Phrygia, from Spartacus - Auckland Phil/Miguel Harth-Bedoya (Universal 99172)

Dubois, Théodore: Toccata in G, from 12 New Pieces - Kemp English (org) (MANU CD MANU 5005)

Glick, Srul Irving: Roselawn Cemetery, from Old Toronto Klezmer Suite - Angèle Dubeau (vln), La Pietà (Analekta AN28721)

Canteloube, Joseph arr Armenian: La Pastoura Als Camps, from Songs of the Auvergne - Karina Gauvin (sop), Canadian Chamber Ensemble/Raffi Armenian (CBC Records SMCD 5224)

4:00 approx

Chopin, Frédéric: Ballade No 4 in F minor Op 52 - Pascal Rogé (pno) (Onyx 4057)

Avison, Charles: Concerto Grosso No 9 in C (4) - Café Zimmermann (Alpha 31)

Farkas, Farenc: Rondo capriccio for violin and wind quintet - Daniel Dodds (vln), Phoebus Quintet (TOCCATA CLASSICS TOCC 0019)

Wirén, Dag: Serenade for Strings - Swedish CO/Petri Sakari (Caprice CAP 21513)

Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus: Variations in C on Ah, vous dirai-je, maman K265 - Diedre Irons (pno) (RNZ UA45)

Elgar, Edward: Sea Slumber-Song, from Sea Pictures Op 37 - Maureen Forrester (contralto), McGill Symphony Orchestra/Richard Hoenich (McGill Records 750028-2)

5:00 approx

Schubert, Franz: Notturno in Eb D897 - Augustin Dumay (vln), Frédéric Lodéon (cello), Jean-Philippe Collard (pno) (EMI 3 65295)

Liszt, Franz: Les Préludes - West-Eastern Divan Orch/Daniel Barenboim (Decca 478 5350)

Dett, Robert Nathaniel: In The Bottoms - Denver Oldham (piano) (New World NW 367)

Hespe, George: The Three Musketeers: D'Artagnan, Soldier of Fortune - National Youth Brass Band of New Zealand/Nigel Weeks (Trust MMT 2049)

Tchaikovsky, Pyotr Ilyich: Symphony No 4 in F minor Op 36 (2) - Bavarian Radio SO/Mariss Jansons (Sony 828767 77182)

Palestrina, Giovanni Pierluigi da: Missa Papae Marcelli - Kyrie - Tallis Scholars/Peter Philips (Gimell CD GIM 994)

Ibert, Jacques: Six harp pieces (5) - Lavinia Meijer (harp) (Channel Classics CCS SA 28908)

Brescianello, Giuseppe Antonio: Sinfonia No 1 in D (2) - NZ Barok (Atoll ACD 813)

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