Upbeat for Friday 17 March 2017

1:45 PM.As we get older many of us see drawing as something only children do. But its power to communicate and impact on art and the national psyche is something British cartoonist Steve Bell knows only too… Read more Audio

1:25 PM.BBC Broadcaster Dr Paul Oestreicher, originally from Dunedin, has many fond memories of the New Zealand Symphony Orchestra.  He attended a National Orchestra concert in the southern city, and that… Read more Audio

1:05 PM.Expanding audiences for classical music and opera is at the heart of two upcoming events. Next weekend opera is coming to Cuba Street as part of the Cubadupa Festival in the form Stravinsky’s Renard… Read more Audio