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Upbeat for Tuesday 15 September 2015

  • David Kelly and Marianne Schultz: 'Miss Donnithorne's Maggot'

    2:40 PM.'Miss Donnithorne's Maggot' is an unusual chamber opera by Peter Maxwell Davies, receiving a performance this weekend by the Auckland Chamber Orchestra and mezzo-soprano Claire Scholes. Eva talks to… Read more Audio

  • New Zealand Guitar Quartet

    2:20 PM.The New Zealand Guitar Quartet are at the tail end of a concert tour, with music by Jack Body, Craig Utting, Clarice Assad and more. Eva speaks to all four quartet members; Jane Curry, John Couch… Read more Audio

  • Ray Chan and Yuri Cho: Gen Y Philharmonic

    2:00 PM.Gen Y Philharmonic is the brainchild of conductor Ray Chan, who's back from studies at London's Royal Academy of Music. He's joined by concertmaster Yuri Cho to tell Eva what makes Gen Y different. Audio

Gen Y philharmonic

Conductor Ray Chan and Concertmaster Yuri Cho talk about Gen Y's first concert String Theory

Gen Y Philharmonic

Gen Y Philharmonic Photo: Supplied

Jane Curry, John Couch, and Owen Moriarty

Three members of the New Zealand Guitar Quartet talk about their current concert tour

Miss Donnithorne's Maggot

Auckland Chamber Orchestra's production of Miss Donnithorne's Maggot

Auckland Chamber Orchestra's production of Miss Donnithorne's Maggot Photo: supplied

Pianist David Kelly and Choreographer Marianne Schulz about the Auckland Chamber Orchestra's production of "Miss Donnithorne's Maggot" by Peter Maxwell Davies. Miss Donnithorne being the real-life inspiration behind Dickens' Miss Haversham.