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Upbeat concluded in 2020, Interviews, spoken features and podcasts from across RNZ Concert are now available at Concert Talk

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  • Sarah Castle

    11 Dec 2015

    Mezzo soprano Sarah Castle is guest soloist for the Auckland Philharmonia Orchestra's Christmas concerts this weekend. She talks about basing herself in Manchester, an increasingly artistic city… Read more Audio

  • Resound for Soundlounge

    11 Dec 2015

    Kenneth Young introduces Jack Spiers 'The Islands' in this last edition of Resound for 2015, bringing back musical treasures from our vaults. Audio

  • Nicholas McGegan

    11 Dec 2015

    Conductor Nicholas McGegan talks about Handel's Messiah, the oldest piece of music to have been in performance continuously ever since it was written in 1743. McGegan is "an expert in 18th-century… Read more Audio

  • Uwe Grodd and Alison Dunlop

    10 Dec 2015

    Executive producer and flutist Uwe Grodd and oboist Alison Dunlop discuss two of their new CD releases on the Naxos label, and their upcoming performances of Handel's Messiah with Auckland Choral. Audio

  • Gareth Farr: Relict Furies

    10 Dec 2015

    NZ composer previews the NZ Festival production of his work 'Relict Furies' which premiered to great acclaim at the Edinburgh International Festival. It gives voice to World War I's New Zealand… Read more Audio

  • Jonathan Hendry

    9 Dec 2015

    Recently announced Artistic Director of Dunedin's Fortune Theatre. Audio

  • Amalia Hall

    9 Dec 2015

    New Zealand violinist performing Vivaldi's Four Seasons with the Hawkes Bay Orchestra this Saturday. Audio

  • Peter Walls

    8 Dec 2015

    Peter Walls, the Music Director of Opus Orchestra gathers together the 90 voices of two combined choirs and four soloists to bring to life Handel's Messiah in Hamilton and Rotorua this weekend. Peter… Read more Audio

  • John Kliem

    8 Dec 2015

    Jazz reviewer John Kliem looks back at live recordings made by Miles Davis in Osaka 40 years ago on 1st February, 1975. Many fans are unfamiliar with this "late electric" period, normally described as… Read more Audio

  • Fiona McCabe

    8 Dec 2015

    Wellington born pianist Fiona McCabe has a very busy and stimulating life as accompanist to singers and instrumentalists including a recent stint with the Sydney Symphony Orchestra performing music so… Read more Audio

  • Peter Thomas

    7 Dec 2015

    Music director of the Auckland Symphony Orchestra tells us a bit about their Christmas Concert at the Auckland Town Hall this Friday night. Audio

  • Eve De-Castro Robinson & Harvey Benge

    7 Dec 2015

    Composer and artist discuss their LP/book collaboration I stayed a minute being released by Rattle Records this Thursday. Audio

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