30 Aug 2018

Upbeat for Thursday 30 August

From Upbeat, 10:42 am on 30 August 2018

 

Midday

Baritone Will King wins the Dame Malvina Major Foundation Wellington Aria Competition, and two obituaries: renowned soprano Inge Borkh, and influential record producer James Mallinson.

Rehearsing the  'Gong Hei' song, Director Sara Brodie choreographs Clinton Fung Yik, David Hwang and William King (chorus of Chinese miners).

Rehearsing the 'Gong Hei' song, Director Sara Brodie choreographs Clinton Fung Yik, David Hwang and William King (chorus of Chinese miners). Photo: RNZ / Lynda Chanwai-Earle

1pm Young gun conductor Lionel Bringuier returns to Auckland

French conductor Lionel Bringuier returns to lead the APO for the third time in tonight’s concert The Prodigal Son. He’s had a meteoric rise in the classical world. Bringuier’s Auckland concert will be live broadcast on RNZ Concert tonight and features cellist Alban Gerhardt.

Lionel Bringuier

Lionel Bringuier Photo: Simon Pauly

2pm

We continue exploring quartets – today, Franck’s monumental String Quartet in D, played by the Fine Arts Quartet

César Franck

César Franck Photo: Pierre Petit, Public Domain