Upbeat for Tuesday 27 October 2015

2:45 PM.The Tudor Consort performs the 'Officium Defunctorum' by Tomás Luis de Victoria this weekend. Music director Michael Stewart talks about the work and challenges it poses to choirs. Audio

2:30 PM.Composer Patrick Shepherd's latest symphony is titled 'Ex Tenebris Lux', and inspired by a statue bearing that inscription in the Christchurch Art Gallery. He previews the work's premiere performances… Read more Audio

2:00 PM.Finnish clarinet virtuoso Kari Kriikku is back in the country to perform the Kimmo Hakola concerto with the New Zealand Symphony Orchestra. He speaks to Clarissa Dunn about contemporary music, and his… Read more Audio