Sunday, 10:30pm – midnight
Graham Wilson presents a program featuring local performances of fine music recorded in venues around the Hunter. The programs are written by Brian Wallace. This month the 2024 Newcastle Music Festival is featured.
JUNE
| 01 | Fanfare – music by Walther, Bach Hovhaness, Messiaen, Drury, Gerhswin, Peeters and Saint-Säens with organist David Drury and trumpeter Andy Fiddes. |
| 08 | Festival Choir in Concert – Christopher Allen directs the Festival Choir in works by Brahms and Orff, with pianists Erin Sweetman and Peter Guy. |
| 15 | Song of the Earth – Genevieve Dickson (mezzo-sporano), Iain Henderson (tenor) and Jonathan Wilson (piano) perform Mahler’s great song cycle using the score for piano and voice arranged by Mahler himself. |
| 22 | A Saxophone in Paris – the Nexas Quartet stands as a trailblazing saxophone ensemble redefining the boundaries of chamber music. On this program they play Debussy, Ravel, Bozza and Decruck. |
| 29 | Festival Chamber Choir in Concert – Christopher Allen directs and all a cappella choir including works by Dupré, Vittoria, Monteverdi, Lotti, Whitacre and Butterley. |
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22 Jun 2025, 1:30am Hunter Rostrum A Saxophone in Paris – the Nexas Quartet stands as a trailblazing saxophone ensemble redefining the boundaries of chamber music. On this program they play Debussy, Ravel, Bozza and Decruck. This concert from the 2024 Newcastle Music Festival was recorded in the Harold Lobb Concert Hall.
22 Jun 2025, 1am Hunter Rostrum Richard Tognetti is soloist with the Australian Chamber Orchestra in this performance from the Harold Lobb Concert Hall.
16 Jun 2025, 11:39am Hunter Rostrum On the third program (15 June) Genevieve Dickson (mezzo-sporano), Iain Henderson (tenor) and Jonathan Wilson (piano) perform Mahler’s great song cycle using the score for piano and voice arranged by Mahler himself. Mahler’s extraordinary music “Song of the Earth” is perhaps the greatest song cycle of the 20th century. It captures the essence of the very human struggle that unites us, and ultimately, the quiet ecstasy of acceptance bringing inner peace.
8 Jun 2025, 2:40pm Hunter Rostrum Recorded at Christ Church Cathedral, this program from the 2024 Newcastle Music Festival features the Festival Choir directed by Christopher Allan with Erin Sweetman and Peter Guy. BRAHMS: “Liebeslieder Waltzes” (with piano 4 hands with Erin Sweetman and Peter Guy) BRAHMS: ‘Wie Lieblich sind deine Wohnungen’ (from German Requiem) ORFF: “Carmina Burana” – first section (movements 1 – 5)
8 Jun 2025, 2:13pm Hunter Rostrum Recorded in 1992 at the Harold Lobb Concert Hall, Alan Hicks plays Mussorgsky's Pictures at a Exhibition.
1 Jun 2025, 11:15am Hunter Rostrum On Hunter Rostrum from Sunday 1 June, Graham Wilson is presenting recordings made at the 2024 Newcastle Music Festival. This program features organist David Drury and trumpeter Andy Fiddes in the resonant acoustic of Christ Church Cathedral.
1 Jun 2025, 12am Hunter Rostrum Scott Thomson plays works for French horn by Gallay, Bach and Strauss. Christina An is the accompanist.
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