Special

8:30pm Thursday, October 8 on C4

Hosted by Dai Henwood, The Vodafone NZ Music Awards will be a live music spectacular with performances from Ladyhawke, Smashproof with Gin, Midnight Youth, the Mint Chicks and more. Ruby Higgins (NZ Next Top Model contestant), Dave Gibson (Elemeno P), and Karl Steven (Supergroove) will be your backstage hosts, bringing you firsthand exclusive interviews with the winners, plus highlights from the red carpet.

7:30pm Thursday, October 8 on C4

Drew Neemia hosts C4′s red carpet coverage, in the build up to the Vodafone New Zealand Music Awards.

ARTS CHANNEL – Wednesday 7 October, 10.00pm

The most prestigious artists in classical music. UBS Verbier Festival Orchestra. Conductor: Manfred Honeck; Gabor Takacs-Nagy. Beethoven Symphony No.6 in F Major “Pastorale”, Op.68; Wagner: Siegfried Idyll.

ARTS CHANNEL – Wednesday 7 October, 9.00pm

Music by Ross Harris, Joaquin Turina, Paul Schoenfeld. Performed by the NZ Trio comprising Justine Cormack: violin; Sarah Watkin: Piano; Ashley Brown: Cello.

ARTS CHANNEL – Tuesday 6 October, 9.30pm
The most prestigious artists in classical music. Jean-Frederic Neuburger (piano). Beethoven: Piano Sonata No. 29 in B flat Major, Op.106 “Hammerklavier”. Chopin: 5 pieces from Etudes Op.10.

ARTS CHANNEL – Sunday 4 October, 9.30pm

This iconic festival returns with one of its greatest line-ups yet, playing to crowds of 35,000. Featuring Supergrass, Idlewild, Feeder, Snow Patrol, Embrace, Goldie Lookin’ Chain, Babyshambles, The Magic Numbers, Caravan, Roxy Music, Razorlight, Faithless, Travis, and four songs from headliners REM

The Moon Festival is a public holiday in China and an occasion for family reunions. Chinese families like to get together to eat the moon cakes and watch the moon at the Moon Festival night.

A Moon Festival concert will be televised on Stratos and Triangle Television Sunday 4 October at 1:00 to 3:00am

COMEDY CENTRAL – Saturday 3 October, 9.30pm

Comedy Central Presents continues throughout October, showcasing the hottest comedians performing their finest material. Comedy Central Presents premiere two new episodes back to back every Saturday night, so don’t miss out when your favourite comedian hits the stage.

Celebrating the 60th Anniversary of the People’s Republic of China.

Full live coverage of the Anniversary Day Parade in Beijing from CCTV.

Stratos and Triangle Television on Thursday 1 October from 3.00 to 5.00pm

ARTS CHANNEL – Wednesday 30 September, 9.00pm

Polish-Hungarian pianist Piotr Anderszewski is a tremendous international favourite for his strong-minded and deep-thinking interpretations. On the 19th of Dec. 07 in Warsaw Philharmonic Hall he performed two of Bach Partitas, and completed the programme with the works by Szymanowski and Schumann. “The Bach is muscular and technically flawless … Every aspect of Anderszewski`s virtuosity is on display in a performance confirming him a peerless poet of the piano” (Guardian).

Repertoire: Bach: Partita No. 1 in B flat for keyboard, BWV 825; Schumann: Humoreske in B flat, Op.20; Szymanowski: 3 Masques, Op.34; Bach: Partita No. 2 in C minor, BWV 826.