25 May 2018

Upbeat for Friday 25 May

From Upbeat, 11:56 am on 25 May 2018

 

Noon

The successor has named for King’s Choir Cambridge, we hear about a piano playing burglar and how the German government is significantly increasing their investment in the arts. Plus we look at what’s coming up this weekend.

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1pm NZSM & Orpheus work together for the first time

NZSM Orchestra is working with the Orpheus Choir for the first time this weekend to give a performance of the full orchestral version of the Duruflé Requiem, a piece that has been an obsession for conductor Kenneth Young. He’s joined by Orpheus MD Brent Stewart to discuss this momentous occasion.

Kenneth Young

Kenneth Young Photo: Deborah Rawson

2pm

We round out our favourite performances of violin concertos with Beethoven. Isabelle Faust performs with the Mozart Orchestra and conducted by Claudio Abbado.

Beethoven by Joseph Karl Stieler, 1820

Beethoven by Joseph Karl Stieler, 1820 Photo: Public Domain