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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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Sarah Foster-Sproull: Footnote Dance
19 Aug 2013NZ Choreographer whose work COLT is being premiered at Footnote Dance Company's Wellington season of Made in Zealand this week. Audio
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Bob Moses - US Jazz Drummer
16 Aug 2013US drummer in the country as a guest of the New Zealand School of Music Jazz Festival. Audio
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Trevor Thwaites - KBB Music Festival
16 Aug 2013Director of Auckland's KBB Music Festival which is celebrating its 30th Anniversary. Audio
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Kyle MacDonald
16 Aug 2013New Zealand radio producer in Britain reports from the Bristol Proms. Audio
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Peter Scholes
16 Aug 2013Auckland Chamber Orchestra Auckland Chamber Orchestra Music Director and wind soloist for this weekend's concert of Vivaldi's Four Seasons. Audio
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Thomas Gaynor: NZ Organist
15 Aug 2013New Zealand organist presenting concerts in Wellington while on study break from Masters Degree in the US. Audio
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Amber Scott and Ty King Wall: Swan Lake
15 Aug 2013Principal Dancers of the Australian Ballet performing the lead roles in Royal NZ Ballet's Upper North Island season of Russell Kerr's Swan Lake. Audio
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Julie Sperring: SOUNZ Update
14 Aug 2013CEO of SOUNZ - the Centre for NZ Music talks about the organisation's expansion to include jazz composers. Audio
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Dame Malvina Major and David Griffiths
14 Aug 2013The Magic Flute Preview of the University of Waikato Conservatorium of Music's performance of Mozart's The Magic Flute. Audio
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Isabella Moore: NZ Soprano
13 Aug 2013Wellington based soprano on her recent Nelson Aria Competition win. Audio
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Peter Mechen: NZSO Review
13 Aug 2013Peter reviews the Wellington performance of the New Zealand Symphony Orchestra's 'Magnificent Mozart' tour. Audio
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Ross Harris and Sally-Anne Russell
13 Aug 2013Symphony No. 5 NZ composer and Australian mezzo-soprano on the Auckland Philharmonia Orchestra's premiere of Harris's 5th Symphony 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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