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Upbeat
A daily music and arts interview programme which ran on RNZ Concert for many years, concluding in 2020.
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Upbeat concluded in 2020, Interviews, spoken features and podcasts from across RNZ Concert are now available at Concert Talk
Latest audio
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Iain Tetley: Cantorum Choir
The Music Director of Auckland's Cantorum Choir conductor previews their first concert for 2015. Audio
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Tama Waipara: NZ Singer
Auckland based singer performing with the Auckland Chamber Orchestra. Audio
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Camille Wells: Oboist
Camille Wells is the featured soloist for Sunday's St Matthew's Chamber Orchestra, performing 'Down a River of Time': an oboe concerto by American composer Eric Ewazen. Audio
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Philip Ball: Science Writer
Philip Ball writes on all sorts of science-related topics, including theories of colour, invisibility, and music. Eva catches up with him ahead of his talks at the Auckland Writers Festival and for… Read more Audio
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Jennifer Ward-Lealand: Fallout
'Fallout: The Sinking of the Rainbow Warrior' is a new play by Bronwyn Elsmore. Last Tapes Theatre Company along with the Large Group are mounting a production in Auckland this month, directed by… Read more Audio
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Anna Hoetjes: Bach Magnificat
Soprano Anna Hoetjes joins the Christchurch Symphony Orchestra, the Consortia University of Canterbury Chamber Choir, and a host of soloists this weekend, for Bach's 'Magnificat'. She previews… Read more Audio
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Simon Romanos: Nikola Kodjabashia
Simon looks at Macedonian-born musician Nikola Kodjabashia, and his album 'Reveries of the Solitary Walker'. Audio
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Anthony Marwood: Violinist
British violinist Anthony Marwood returns to our stages over the next week, performing Benjamin Britten's Violin Concerto with the New Zealand Symphony Orchestra. His connection to New Zealand goes… Read more Audio
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Emily St John Mandel: Canadian Author
Emily St John Mandel's latest novel 'Station Eleven' recently won the prestigious Arthur C. Clarke Award for Science Fiction. She visits the Auckland Writers Festival this week, and tells Eva about… Read more Audio
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David Alsop: Visual Arts
David looks at recent goings-on in the New Zealand arts scene, including the Auckland Festival of Photography, and Simon Denny's presence in Venice. Audio
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Ilyich Rivas: Conductor
Ilyich Rivas might be only 21, but he's already worked with a number of world-class orchestras including the Atlanta Symphony, London Philharmonic, and Stuttgart Radio Symphony Orchestra. This week… Read more Audio
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Rosalyn Anderson: Royal New Zealand Ballet
Rosalyn Anderson was part of the original team of repetiteurs for Jirí Kylián's 'Soldiers' Mass' with the Netherlands Dance Theatre. She's currently working with the Royal New Zealand Ballet, who… Read more Audio
Upbeat
12pm-1pm Music news, talk features and interviews, new releases etc.
1pm-3pm ‘Onstage’ - highlights from RNZ’s recordings of live music performances
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A daily music and arts interview programme which ran on RNZ Concert for many years, concluding in 2020.
Monday to Friday, 12pm-3pm
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