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Upbeat for Monday 16 October 2017

  • Previous Episode: Friday, 13 October 2017
  • Next Episode: Tuesday, 17 October 2017
  • Singing for the dispossessed with the GALS

    life and society music
    Composer and conductor Kathleen McGuire.

    1:40 PM.GALS, the Auckland Gay and Lesbian choir is celebrating its 25th anniversary with an event that highlights an important issue for Auckland: homelessness. The choir will perform The Street Requiem… Read more Audio

  • Was it an Ode to Joy?

    music arts
    CSO's 2017 Masterworks series.

    1:20 PM.Tony Ryan joined the sold out crowd at Wigram Airforce Museum on Saturday for the Christchurch Symphony Orchestra’s Ode to Joy featuring Beethoven’s famous 9th Symphony and his less well known Violin… Read more Audio

  • Nĭ Hăo! Chinese Language week kicks off

    history music
    Eva Radich with Chunxaio Lu showing off her Chinese language notes.

    1:00 PM.Today marks the beginning of the third New Zealand Chinese Language Week. So it’s a good time to get a primer on some of the basics. Language teacher Chunxiao Lu has been helping RNZ presenters up… Read more Audio

  • Previous Episode: Friday, 13 October 2017
  • Next Episode: Tuesday, 17 October 2017
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