Upbeat for Thursday 23 January 2014 Upbeat

12:15 David Lawrence

Star of the Bachannals production of As You Like It

David Lawrence

12:30 Fathe Tesfamarium

Mixit Dance performer previews this weekend's Access Project performances

Mixit Dance

12:40 Simon Romanos

Upbeat contributor looks at the world's great String Quartets

1pm Aidan Lang

Outgoing NZ Opera Artistic Director previews the 2014 season

NZ Opera

STRAVINSKY: Infernal Dance from The Firebird
Toulouse National Orch / Tugan Sokhiev
Naïve V 5192

JEAN-LUC PONTY: Bowing-Bowing
Turtle Island String Quartet
KOCH 3-7500-2

D'RIVERA: Wapango
Turtle Island String Quartet, Paquito D'Rivera (cl)
KOCH KIC CD 7529

BALAKRISHNAN: Skylife
Turtle Island String Quartet
WYNDHAM HILL 01934-11226-2

PUCCINI: La Bohème
Philharmonia / Antonio Pappano
EMI 3 58650

VERDI: La Traviata
La Scala / Antonio Votto
DG 477 5665

Upbeat for Thursday 23 January 2014