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Upbeat concluded in 2020, Interviews, spoken features and podcasts from across RNZ Concert are now available at Concert Talk
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Australian living legend Reg Livermore is back on the boards
11 Mar 2018Candide stars one of Australia's real living legends, Reg Livermore. A star there for more than 60 years, is best known as one of the first Frank N Furters in The Rocky Horror Show. Audio
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Laurie Anderson: finding hope in loss
10 Mar 2018Laurie Anderson, pioneer of electronic music, inventor, visual artist, and wife of the late Lou Reed has just released an album with The Kronos Quartet, inspired by the objects she lost in Hurricane… Read more Video, Audio
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Review: NZ Opera’s Tosca
9 Mar 2018Mainlanders Teddy Tahu Rhodes and Simon O’Neill perform together in Christchurch for the first time in 20 years for NZ Opera’s Tosca. But did the leading men of opera in NZ shine? Tony Ryan was at… Read more Audio
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Voice and dance combine for Orpheus
The love story of Orpheus and Eurydice is at the heart of Michael Parmenter’s new opera ballet Orpheus, which brings a cast of 58 to the stage. We meet U.S.tenor Aaron Sheehan and Ex Wellington… Read more Audio
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Review and preview: Art & book festivals in the Capital
9 Mar 2018The New Zealand Festival is in full swing. Standing Room Only’s Lynn Freeman reflects on NZ Festival performances in Wellington this week, and turns the page to the Readers and Writers Festival. Read more Audio
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Upbeat for Friday 9 March
We take a glimpse at the Readers and Writers fest; then we discover what opera ballet is, and did NZ Opera’s Tosca impress Christchurch crowds? We also play music that brings a smile to your dial. Read more
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Nine acts not to miss at WOMAD 2018
8 Mar 2018RNZ Music's resident WOMAD aficionado and host of Worlds of Music,Trevor Reekie helps us discover how WOMAD 2018 will open up our minds and souls to diverse arrays of cultures, music and ideas. Read more Video, Audio
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Kate Sheppard’s influence on music
Yesterday was the 125th anniversary of the suffragette movement in New Zealand, and today is International Women’s Day. Upbeat talks to Esther Stephens and Luke di Somma about their musical That… Read more Audio
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Tugging on the harp strings
8 Mar 2018New Zealand Symphony Orchestra’s principal harpist Carolyn Mills discusses female representation in orchestras, teaching the next generation of girls how to play the harp and whether performing Star… Read more Video, Audio
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Upbeat for Thursday 8 March
We celebrate International Women’s Day with NZSO harpist Carolyn Mills, we discuss the importance of Kate Sheppard’s influence on music, and play a wide selection of music composed, performed and… Read more
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Gareth Farr fabulous at 50
7 Mar 2018Leading Kiwi composer Gareth Farr reached an important milestone recently, he turned 50. He reflects on his most memorable creations, his new work Switzerland, where he gets his inspiration from, how… Read more Video, Audio
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Six classical Kiwi tunes that define NZ
7 Mar 2018What classical Kiwi tune defines New Zealand? Upbeat asks the audience. Read more Video
