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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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Celebrating this glorious lunacy called life
7 Nov 2016Wellington based jazz artist and teacher Bruce Brown discusses his new album Nobody’s Foolin’ Anyone. The L.A. born singer songwriter writes songs that “celebrate the joy of being part of this… Read more Audio
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Settling the Score - Sam Hunt
6 Nov 2016Poet Sam Hunt shared his vote for Settling the Score with David Morriss on RNZ Concert's Classic Afternoons. Read more Audio
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Settling the Score - Gretchen La Roche
6 Nov 2016Clarissa Dunn spoke with Christchurch Symphony Orchestra CEO Gretchen La Roche about her votes in Settling the Score 2016 one of which was Mendelssohn's overture 'Calm Sea and Prosperous Voyage'.
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Settling the Score - Larry Reese
6 Nov 2016The NZSO's Principal Timpanist Larry Reese spoke with Clarissa Dunn about the three works he voted for in Settling the Score 2016. Read more Audio
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Shakespeare live
4 Nov 2016More than 250 students will fill the grounds at the stadium in Wellington next week to be part of Shakespeare & Henry Live at the Stadium! Shakespeare Globe Centre NZ will also be live-streaming the… Read more Audio
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Baroque Bassoonnasaurus
4 Nov 2016What do you call a bassoon that weighs nearly six kilograms and is more than two meters long? “Bassoon-osaurus”, of course. That’s the new name affectionately given to the new baroque contrabassoon… Read more Audio
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New Zealand Aria competition
4 Nov 2016Earlier this week, Frederick Jones was named the winner of the New Zealand Aria competition in Rotorua, taking out the $20,000 Dame Malvina Major Foundation sponsored first prize. It’s the latest in… Read more Audio
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Admiring absurdity
3 Nov 2016Actor and comedian Kura Forrester is part of the new play Perplex, which has its New Zealand debut next week at Silo Theatre. Written by German playwright Marius von Mayenburg, it features an elk… Read more Audio
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Survival of sculpture
3 Nov 2016The 200kg Ferns - an iconic Wellington sculpture - has been missing from the heart of Civic Square since June. It was removed because of metalwork fatigue. Wellington Sculpture Trust’s Sue Elliott… Read more Audio
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Amitai made Adler Fellow
3 Nov 2016New Zealand Tenor Amitai Pati, who won the 2012 Lexus Song Quest and is one third of Sol3 Mio, is one of four new Adler Fellows joining San Francisco Opera in 2017. He explains the road to the… Read more Audio
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50 years of the Frances Hodgkins Fellowship
3 Nov 2016An exhibition to mark 50 years of the Frances Hodgkins Fellowship opens at the Dunedin Public Art Gallery this weekend, featuring works from 49 fellows including the likes of Michael Illingworth… Read more Audio
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Candice Milner in session
2 Nov 2016She’s only 18, but she’s already recorded and released her first album and is about to tour the country for the first time with her country and folk tunes. Candice Milner hails from Lyttelton and… Read more Audio
