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Upbeat for Wednesday 7 October 2015

  • Conrad Newport: 'Gifted'

    2:40 PM.Conrad Newport is the director for the Circa Theatre season of 'Gifted': playwright Patrick Evans' work about the strange coexistence of New Zealand authors Frank Sargeson and Janet Frame. Audio

  • Christopher Blake: NZSO 2016

    2:01 PM.The New Zealand Symphony Orchestra has a new Music Director: Edo de Waart. Chief Executive Christopher Blake outlines his inaugural season. Audio

Masterworks and Maestros

NZSO's new Artistic Director Edo de Waart

NZSO's new Artistic Director Edo de Waart Photo: Supplied

Dutch conductor Edo de Waart will begin his tenure as NZSO Artistic Director with a Masterworks series that includes nine major symphonies by Haydn, Mozart, Beethoven, Brahms, Mahler, Elgar and Richard Strauss. NZSO Chief Executive Christopher Blake runs through other highlights of the orchestra's 2016 season.

 

When Frank Sargeson met Janet Frame...

Andrew Laing as Frank Sargeson and Harriet Prebble as Janet Frame in GIFTED at Circa Theatre

Andrew Laing as Frank Sargeson and Harriet Prebble as Janet Frame in GIFTED at Circa Theatre Photo: Supplied

Director Conrad Newport talks about the latest production of Gifted based on the novel of the same name by Patrick Evans.