Upbeat for Friday 26 February 2016
Greg Mildenhall
RNZ Concert Greg Mildenhall reflects on forty-five years in Public Radio Photo: Matt Finn
Radio New Zealand Concert Programmer Greg Mildenhall has been quietly influencing the programmes broadcast on public radio for forty-five years. He says goodbye to listeners and colleagues on Upbeat today.
Virginia Kennard
Orchestra of the Spheres, one of the music groups involved in The Performance Arcade Photo: Supplied
Virginia Kennard is the producer of The Performance Arcade 2016 and Wellington band Orchestra of Spheres is the opening act for the annual mini-festival of free events on the city's waterfront. The event is based on using shipping containers as a venue for live performance and art.
Peter Hoar
Pianist Dejan Lazić Photo: Susie Knoll
Peter Hoar reviews the Auckland Philharmonia Orchestra's Poetry and Power concert featuring Croatian pianist Dejan Lazić playing Brahms' first piano concerto. Conductor Antonio Méndez also conducts Debussy's Images: Ibéria and Ravel's Rapsodie Espagnole.