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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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The Open Ears Project - Week One
21 Oct 2019Part mixtape, part love-letter. Real people tell us a story about the classical track that means the most to them. Read more
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Co-curator of the NZ Festival of the Arts - Laurie Anderson
20 Oct 2019Visionary, former partner of Lou Reed and Nasa's only artist-in-residence - Laurie Anderson is taking audiences at the 2020 New Zealand Festival of the Arts on A Trip to the Moon, on an out of body… Read more Video, Audio
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The many strings to Amalia Hall's bow
18 Oct 2019Violinist Amalia Hall on performing the Barber Violin Concerto with Orchestra Wellington and her recent concerts with NZTrio. Read more Audio
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Giving them a Haydn
17 Oct 2019Settling the Score: Franz Josef Haydn is a mammoth composer, so how come he's been completely absent from the countdown of New Zealand’s favourite classical music for the past two years? Read more Video
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Dancer Roshanne Wijeyeratne shares her passion for flamenco
Australian dancer Roshanne Wijeyeratne has Sri Lankan heritage but has become a passionate advocate for Andalusian flamenco. She is running flamenco workshops in Auckland before bringing her show Ida… Read more Audio
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This Time it’s Personal: Louis Baker on the music of Chopin
16 Oct 2019NZ soul singer-songwriter Louis Baker still loves the classical music his mum played him as a kid. He’ll be voting in RNZ Concert's classical music countdown Settling the Score, for an old favourite… Read more Audio
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Sing it to my face: understanding each other through song
15 Oct 2019Split into three generational groups (under 30s, 30-60s and over 60s) the participants in this community choral event express what they really think of each other - in song. Read more Audio
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Samuel Jacobs, horn player: Sting, Spectre and Strauss
14 Oct 2019Back with the NZSO after a few years in the UK playing with the Royal Philharmonic, horn player Samuel Jacobs talks with David Morriss about some of the projects he's been involved in. Read more Audio
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Settling The Score: voting trends - one week left
14 Oct 2019There’s just one week left to vote in your favourite music for Setting the Score 2019 on Labour Day. Here are few things to keep in mind... Read more Video, Audio, Gallery
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Jennifer Ward Lealand on the importance of music to her creativity
Actor and director Jennifer Ward-Lealand talks about her earliest memory of music. The New Zealander of the Year 2020 says as a young girl she listened to Violetta’s aria 'Croce e delizia' from… Read more Video, Audio
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This Time its Personal: Drax Project's Shaan Singh on the Bach Cello Suites
10 Oct 2019When Shaan Singh of Wellington indie-pop group Drax Project needs inspiration, he turns to 16th century German composer, Johann Sebastian Bach. Read more Audio
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The duelling guitars
9 Oct 2019Guitar duo Jane Curry and Owen Moriarty have just released a new album. They chat about the recording process, their recent tour with the NZ Guitar Quartet and their nerdy obsession with their nails.
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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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