Upbeat for Tuesday 15 July 2014

12:15 Lesley Garrett

Soprano playing Mother Abbess in the upcoming New Zealand season of The Sound of Music

12:40 David Alsop

Upbeat visual-arts contributor on some of New Zealand's most successful exports

Humbug – a dialogue between Peter Adsett (artist) and Sam Kebbell (architect). Photo: Sonia Mangiapane

1pm Jane Wrightson

Chief Executive of NZ On Air announces Doc Connect: their new documentary initiative

Music played in this show

COLEMAN: War Orphans
Paul Motian (perc), Carlos Ward (sax), Sam Brown & Paul Metzke (gtrs), Charlie Haden (bass)
ECM 519281

RODGERS/HAMMERSTEIN: Climb Ev’ry Mountain, from The Sound of Music
Original Broadway Cast
CBS 465 730

CAVALLI: O delle mie Speranze, from La Doriclea
Lesley Garrett
EMI 557628

SMITH/BLUE: Escaping
Margaret Urlich
CBS 465652

HARDING: Stop your Tears
Aldous Harding
LYTTELTON promoaldous

PUCCINI: O Soave Fanciulla, from La Bohème
Luciano Pavarotti, Mirella Freni, Rolando Panerai, Berlin Philharmonic / Herbert von Karajan
DECCA 421 245