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How did New Zealand pianist John Chen end up in Uganda?

14 Jul 2025

The Uganda-based musician is back in Aotearoa touring an all-French recital for Chamber Music New Zealand.

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Wednesday 16 July

10:00 AM. Days

with Nick Tipping

Scarlatti, Domenico: Keyboard Sonata in D Kk29 - Claire Huangci (pno) (Berlin Classics 0300603 BC)

Verdi, Guiseppe: Grand March, from Aida - Philadelphia Orch/Eugene Ormandy (Sony MLK 66710)

Schumann, Robert: Concert Piece in F for four horns Op 86 - Mark Robbins (horn), David Knapp (horn), Scott Wilson (horn), Seattle SO, Robert Bonnevie (horn)/Gerard Schwarz (Naxos 8.57277)

Horrocks, Amy Elsie: Cello Sonata Op 7 - Catherine Wilmers (cello), Jill Morton (piano) (Divine Art DDX21134)

Canteloube, Joseph: Lou boussu, from Songs of the Auvergne - Véronique Gens (sop), Lille National Orch/Jean-Claude Casadesus (Naxos 8.557491)

11.00

Coleridge-Taylor, Samuel: Legend Op 14 - Lorraine McAslan (vln), London Phil/Nicholas Braithwaite (LYRITA SRCD 317)

Rachmaninov, Sergei: Piano Concerto No 3 in D minor Op 30 - Martha Argerich (pno), Berlin Radio SO/Riccardo Chailly (Philips 456 700)

Gershwin, George: I loves you, Porgy, from Porgy & Bess - Kathleen Battle (sop), Orch of St Luke's/André Previn (DG 437 787)

Nyman, Michael: In Re Don Giovanni - Lyric Quartet (Black Box BBM 1020)

12.00

Handel, George Frideric: Hallelujah Chorus, from Messiah - Choir of King's College, Cambridge, ASMF/David Willcocks (EMI 2 28944)

Montero, Gabriela: Improvisation on Handel's Hallelujah - Gabriela Montero (pno) (EMI 5 14838)

Ravel, Maurice: Piano Trio in A minor (4) - Mie Kobayashi (vln), Yoko Hasegawa (cello), Pascal Rogé (pno) (ONYX 4008)

Raum, Elizabeth: Concerto Del Garda (3) - John Griffiths (tuba), Orchestra of the Capella of St. Petersburg/Richard Raum (MSR Classics LOG 14342)

Zipoli, Domenico arr Hunt: Elevazione - Gordon Hunt (ob/dir), Niklass Veltman (cello), Norrköping SO (BIS CD 5017)

Liszt, Franz: Concert Study No 3 in Db, Un Sospiro - David James (pno) (RNZ UB48)

Barber, Samuel: Violin Concerto Op 14 (2) - James Ehnes (vln), Vancouver SO/Bramwell Tovey (ONYX 4016)

Tavener, John: Exhortation - The Sixteen/Harry Christophers (UNIVERSAL 476 3160)

Towner, Ralph: From a Dream - Ralph Towner (gtr), Paul McCandless (sop sax) (Cam Jazz 5025)

1.00

Saint-Saëns, Camille: Introduction and Rondo capriccioso Op 28 - Hayden Chiu (violin), New Zealand Symphony Orchestra/Hamish McKeich (RNZ 45573)

Bach, Johann Sebastian: Brandenburg Concerto No 6 in Bb BWV1051 - Robert Ashworth, Julie Park, Sophia Acheson, Christine Bowie (violas), Auckland Philharmonia (RNZ )

Kodály, Zoltán: Háry János Suite - Jenő Lisztes (cimbalom), Auckland Philharmonia Orchestra/Gilbert Varga (RNZ )

Farr, Gareth: The Horizon from Owhiro Bay - Henry Wong Doe (piano) (RNZ WCMT 2024-07-21)

Shostakovich, Dmitri: Suite from Cheryomushki - Matthew Barley (cello), Stephen De Pledge (pno) (RNZ CMNZ 2022-08-15)

Tchaikovsky, Pyotr Ilyich: Serenade for Strings Op 48 - Orchestra Wellington/Marc Taddei (RNZ )

Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus: Oboe Quartet in F K370 - Robert Orr (ob), Wilma Smith (vln), Amanda Verner (vla), Matthias Balzat (cello) (RNZ MMF 2023)

Poulenc, Francis: Petites Prières de Saint François d'Assise, Nos 2 & 3 - Voices NZ Chamber Choir/Karen Grylls (RNZ )

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