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Episode 15: Katherine Mansfield "The Escape" (11 October 2024)
*Episode 15: Katherine Mansfield "The Escape" (11 October 2024) - Friday 11th October 2024 10am (replays at 10pm on the same day + Sunday 13th October 2024 at 9am) NZ time - Short story reading: "The Escape" (1920) by NZ writer Katherine Mansfield (1888 – 1923) - Interviews with Fiona Samuels (NZ writer/director) and Kate Elliot (NZ actress) on Bliss Film (2011) - Haiku by Avrom Altman (USA), Antonio Sacco (Italy) & rengay by Milan Rajkumar (India), Sherry Grant (NZ) & Zoe Grant (NZ) - 3 Poems by KM - Music: (NZ COMPOSERS) (1) John Psathas: Waiting for The Aeroplane (1990) - Sherry Grant, piano (2) Ross James Carey: Two Katherine Mansfield Poems “There is a Solemn Wind Tonight" & "Sea Song" (2023), composed for and premiered by Tessa Romano (Mezzo soprano) and Sherry Grant (piano) (3) Nigel Keay: "Voices of the Air" (2023), composed for and premiered by Tessa Romano (Mezzo soprano) and Sherry Grant (piano), here performed in Avon, France (where KM died) in a 2023 concert “Katherine Mansfield et la musique, by NZ contralto Kayla Collingwood, French pianist Isabel Dutel with the exceptional participation of French cellist Sébastien Hurtaud. In a version for voice, piano and cello. (4) Po karekare ana - sung by Hayley Westenra (NZ) - News: (1) Bliss: The beginning of Katherine Mansfield film screening on Wednesday 23 October 2024 (5.30pm start to 8pm) Free event at HOME Café, Ground Floor Foyer, National Library of New Zealand in Wellington (2) Avrom Altman haiku book “Flowers of Emptiness: Imaginal Haiku”, purchase here (3) Antonio Sacco haiku book "Haikai writing manual. Practical handbook for composing haiku poems and other poetic genres of japanese origin" (Italian only), purchase here (4) Art exhibition “Now Always Forever” by Cruz Jimenez (NZ) till 12 Oct 2024, more info here - Artwork: “By Twos They Flow” (2024) by Cruz Jimenez (NZ)
October 10, 2024
*Episode 14: Katherine Mansfield "The Wine Blows" (4 October 2024)
- Friday 4th October 2024 10am (replays at 10pm on the same day + Sunday 6th October 2024 at 9am) NZ time - Short story reading: "The Wind Blows" (1915) by NZ writer Katherine Mansfield (1888 – 1923) - Lecture: "Katherine Mansfield and G. I Gurdjieff: A Spiritual Encounter" (Carole M. Cusack, Scholar, Australia) - Haiku by Xenia Tran (Netherlands/Scotland), Christina Chin (Malaysia) & Chad Lee Robinson (USA) - Poems by KM - Music: (NZ COMPOSERS unless othewise specified) (1) Warwick Braithwaite (1896-1971): "Fragment" - Sherry Grant, piano (2) Janet Jennings: “Jangling Memories" (2023), composed for and premiered by Tessa Romano (Mezzo soprano) and Sherry Grant (piano) (3) Michael Norris: In the Rangitaki Valley (2023), composed for and premiered by Tessa Romano (Mezzo soprano) and Sherry Grant (piano) (4) Thomas Goss: Across the Red Sky (2023), composed for and premiered by Tessa Romano (Mezzo soprano) and Sherry Grant (piano) (5) Wind in the Tussock - Phil Garland, vocal - News: Viva Viola! - Julie Park, viola, for tickets visit here - Artwork: "Umbrella Man" - wind sculpture by Whirlwind Design Store (NZ)
October 2, 2024
Episode 12: Sing a Song - Katherine Mansfield "The Singing Lesson" (20 September 2024)
- Friday 20th September 2024 10am (replays at 10pm on the same day + Sunday 22th September 2024 at 9am) NZ time - Short story reading: "The Singing Lesson" (1920) by NZ writer Katherine Mansfield (1888 – 1923) - Lecture: "Katherine Mansfield's Birthplace and the Century Year of the Death" (Cherie Jacobson, Director of Katherine Mansfield House & Garden, NZ) - Music: (1) David Hamilton: Clouds Over Aoraki (2009) (2) Andrew Perkins: 3 Songs - Very Early Spring, The Gulf & The Earth-child in the Grass (2023), composed for and premiered by Tessa Romano (Mezzo soprano) and Sherry Grant (piano) (3) (JAZZ) 25 Dollary Doos performed by NZ saxophonist Frank Talbot,(with Ayrton Foote/piano, Phoebe Johnson/double bass & Hikurangi Schaverien-Kaa/drums) in his debut album Mundane Life Updates - News: (1) Frantastic Four: Friday 20th September at 8pm (doors open at 7pm) at Ponsonby Social Club in Auckland, New Zealand. Saxophonist Frank Talbot explores the evolution of hard bop with Jono Tan, Wil Goodinson and Ben Frater. Tickets available on under the radar or at the door (2) Auckland Youth Orchestra performing Smetana/Strauss/Dvorak and NZ composer Jenny McLeod’s Rock Concerto with pianist Charles Sang (21/22 Sept 2024), book here (3) “Ballades: a Tapestry of Music“ (pianist Flavio Villani performing Bach/Busoni, Chopin, and his own improvised piano solo works), 22 Sept 2024, Auckland Townhall, tickets here - Haiku by Anne Curran (NZ), Peter Free (NZ) and Stephen Bailey (NZ) (“For the Time Being” parallel haiku book available here) - Featured art "Sunrise, Aoraki/Mt Cook" by Craig Potton Photography (NZ) Craig Potton is a New Zealand photographer, environmentalist, businessman, publisher, and founder of the New Zealand publishing company Potton & Burton.
September 19, 2024
