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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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Sound art beneath an Auckland volcano
28 Mar 2018Auckland producer Tim Dodd goes to a concert with a difference: art music performed in a lava cave under Mt Eden. Read more Audio
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History making Kiwi oboist
27 Mar 2018The ARD International Music Competition is the largest such competition in Germany. In its 66-year history, only one New Zealander has ever won a prize. Upbeat talks with oboist Thomas Hutchinson who… Read more Audio
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Review: Christchurch Symphony Orchestra’s Pathétique
27 Mar 2018Pianist Tony Chen Lin gave a performance of Ravel’s piano concerto with the Christchurch Symphony Orchestra on Saturday in the Garden City. Tony Ryan was at the very special concert that also featured… Read more Audio
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Upbeat for Tuesday 27 March
27 Mar 2018We look back to previous Dame Malvina Major Foundation Arts Excellence Award recipients, Tony Ryan review’s CSO’s Pathétique; We talk to Oboist Thomas Hutchinson & Sir Simon Rattle is the second in… Read more
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Touring with a Steinway
Jonathon Crayford is touring New Zealand with a Steinway Piano. We chat to him live on the road - somewhere in the south Island - to find out how it's going. Audio
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Review: NZ Opera’s Candide
NZ Opera and the Auckland Philharmonia presented a short season of Leonard Bernstein’s Volaire-inspired operetta Candide as part of the Auckland Arts Festival. Was it the best of all possible worlds… Read more Audio
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Upbeat for Monday 26 March
We mark the passing of El Sistema founder Jose Antonio Abreu and hear more reaction to the proposed restructure at Auckland University’s School of Music. Peter Hoar reviews NZ Opera’s Candide and we… Read more
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Conducting in reality, virtually
23 Mar 2018Have you ever wanted to conduct an orchestra? Now’s your chance through virtual reality. Orchestra Wellington and interactive company MIXT join together to give you a unique view conducting… Read more Audio
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Reviews: Auckland Arts Festival
The Auckland Arts Festival comes to a close this Sunday, and has provided a feast of visual, musical and theatrical arts. Justin Gregory reviews the highly anticipated Love Me as I Am – a celebration… Read more Audio
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Changes proposed at Auckland Uni music department
Changes to staff structure are being considered at Auckland University’s School of Music. Associate Professor Eve de Castro-Robinson gives her view on what’s being proposed and what it will mean for… Read more Audio
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Upbeat for Friday 23 March
23 Mar 2018What’s going on at the Royal New Zealand Ballet and Auckland University’s music department? We review the final few performances at the Auckland Arts Festival, and we conduct a symphony orchestra in… Read more
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Talented pianist to make professional debut with CSO
22 Mar 2018Pianist Tony Chen Lin makes his professional debut with the Christchurch Symphony Orchestra this Saturday playing Ravel’s popular Piano Concerto in G. Eva Radich speaks to Tony about recording his… Read more Audio
Upbeat
12pm-1pm Music news, talk features and interviews, new releases etc.
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A daily music and arts interview programme which ran on RNZ Concert for many years, concluding in 2020.
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