Upbeat for Thursday 16 March 2017

1:40 PM.Big literary names have been announced for the Auckland Writers Festival, which is being touted as the most expansive in its 18 year history. Detective novelist Scot Ian Rankin, Booker prize winner… Read more Audio

1:25 PM.Classical purists might not enjoy it, but the crowd at last night’s L’Arpeggiata concert soaked it in. Peter Hoar reviews the performance, as part of the Auckland Arts Festival, by the European group… Read more Audio

1:05 PM.Swiss-based violinist Simone Roggen, who has been busy touring the world as a soloist and concertmaster, is back on home soil. This weekend she’s performing Bruch’s violin concert no 1 in G minor with… Read more Audio