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Upbeat
A daily music and arts interview programme which ran on RNZ Concert for many years, concluding in 2020.
Navigation for Upbeat
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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Christine Argyle - Nota Bene 10th anniversary
Founder and Music Director of Wellington's Nota Bene choir looks back on 10 years of music-making, their recent CD release and her imminent retirement. Audio
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Barbara Luneburg: German Violinist
9 Sep 2014German new-music violinist giving a recital at the New Zealand School of Music. Audio
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Robin Scholes: The Patriach
9 Sep 2014New Zealand film producer talks about her current project 'The Patriarch' directed by Lee Tamahori. Audio
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Philip Miller: South African Composer
8 Sep 2014South African composer and collaborator on William Kentridge's The Refusal of Time at City Gallery Wellington Audio
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Jonathan Hendry: Auckland Theatre Company Review
8 Sep 2014Jonathan Hendry reviews the Auckland Theatre Company's production of Trees Beneath the Lake by Arthur Meek. Audio
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Michael Joel: St Matthew's Chamber Orchestra
8 Sep 2014London-based New Zealand conductor, back home for a concert with St Matthew's Chamber Orchestra. Audio
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Zech Soakai: Slam poet
5 Sep 201417-year-old poet Zech Soakai returns to the fourth year of The Rising Voices Poetry Slam tomorrow evening in the Auckland Town Hall concert chamber. He speaks to Eva about what inspires him. Read more Audio
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Peter Hoar - Auckland Philharmonia Orchestra review
5 Sep 2014Peter reviews last night's Auckland Philharmonia Orchestra performance, which featured percussionist Evelyn Glennie, pianist Stephen de Pledge, and conductor Hans Graf. Audio
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Gillian Ansell: New Zealand String Quartet
5 Sep 2014The New Zealand String Quartet's 'Salon Series' takes them to intimate venues in Taradale, Featherston, Auckland, Christchurch, Geraldine, Dunedin, Blenheim and Wellington. Violist Gillian Ansell is… Read more Audio
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Hayden Chisholm & Arne Birkenstock: 'Sound of Heimat'
5 Sep 2014Twenty five year since the fall of the Berlin Wall the Goethe Institut's German film festival offers 25 films showcasing very different facets of German life, both past and present, across a range of… Read more Audio
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Alex Tsiboulski: Australian guitarist
4 Sep 2014Adelaide based classical guitarist giving performances at the NZSM in Wellington this week. Audio
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Hans Graf
4 Sep 2014Auckland Philharmonia Orchestra Austrian conductor working with the Auckland Philharmonia Orchestra and percussionist Evelyn Glennie this week. 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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