Upbeat for Friday 12 July 2013 Upbeat

Jennifer Shennan and Anne Rowse on the Royal New Zealand Ballet

1:07 PM.Editors of The Royal New Zealand Ballet at Sixty look back on the company's history with Clarissa Dunn. Audio
Dan Beban - outsider music in New Zealand

12:40 PM.Experimental-music contributor looks at some examples of New Zealand outsider music. Audio
French Ambassador Francis Etienne

12:15 PM.French Ambassador to New Zealand previews this weekend's Bastille Day celebrations. Audio

12:15 Francis Etienne

French Ambassador to New Zealand talks about this year's Bastille Day celebrations

Francis Etienne

12:40 Dan Beban

Upbeat experimental-music contributor

1pm Jennifer Shennan and Anne Rowse

Editors of a new book The Royal New Zealand Ballet at Sixty

Royal New Zealand Ballet
John Ashton, Russell Kerr private collection, Alexander Turnbull Library

GESUALDO: Feria Sexta
Hilliard Ensemble / Paul Hillier (dir)
ECM 1422/23

MCPHERSON: Icicle Man Melts
Donald McPherson
Metonymic 012

DR FIL: Nigel Mansel
Longdivision

OMIT: Mind Borrower
SySecular 2012

WITCYST: Untitled
Lifespace 132

TCHAIKOVSKY: Swan Lake
London SO / Michael Tilson Thomas
Sony SB2K 89735

Upbeat for Friday 12 July 2013