Noon
We celebrate the birth of a new British prince, a top soprano loses her job with Hamburg State Opera because she’s pregnant, Daniel Barenboim gives back his Echo music award and we continue marking NZ Dance week.
New Zealand School of Dance 50th Anniversary Graduation Season, Wellington, NZ, November 2017. Photo: Stephen A'Court Photography
1pm Five Faves with Victoria Spackman
Te Auaha, the Centre for Creativity has opened its doors to students in Wellington. Victoria Spackman who is Head of the School, shines a light on how the first few months have gone and just how creative the new environment is. She chooses five of her favourite pieces with a classical twist.
Victoria Spackman, director of Te Auaha in Wellington. Photo: Jason Dorday
1.30pm Fisher’s Tupaia celebrates the Pacific navigator
Salina Fisher’s Tupaia has just had its first performances by the NZSO. The work is the first of four pieces commissioned to mark the 250th anniversary of Captain Cook’s first voyage to the Pacific. Salina talks to Clarissa Dunn about the pressures of getting a commission like this and the unusual techniques she’s used in creating the work to celebrate Cook’s Pacific navigator.
Composer Salina Fisher Photo: Supplied
2pm
We continue discovering all the interesting facts about Dvořák’s symphonies. Today we experience Symphony No. 7 performed by the London Symphony Orchestra conducted by Antal Dorati.
Dvořák Photo: wikipedia
