Noon
We discover which Wes Anderson movie Beethoven’s 7th symphony appeared in, and we hear a tune from comedian Brendon Green’s Five Faves in time for the Auckland Comedy Festival.
Comedian Brendon Green Photo: Supplied
1pm Composing music: but is it research?
Dunedin composer Associate Prof Anthony Ritchie has been promoted to the rank of Professor at the University of Otago; one of very few composers to have that title in New Zealand. Tonight he gives his first Professorial lecture 'Composing music: but is it research?'. Eva Radich discovers more.
Anthony Ritchie Photo: Gareth Watkins / Lilburn Trust / Wallace Arts Trust
2pm
We continue celebrating great violinists, with Christian Tetzlaff. The German violinist has a neurological condition that makes playing the violin extremely painful. Upbeat host David Morriss has seen Tetzlaff twice and can testify how incredible he is. We hear him perform Joachim’s Violin Concerto no 2.
Joseph Joachim Photo: Joseph Joachim drawing: Adolph Menzel [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons
