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Lexus Song Quest in the Spotlight
International judge Yvonne Kenny has spent the last few weeks working with the 2016 Lexus Song Quest finalists. She explains how hard it was to pick just one winner out of the four very talented… Read more Audio
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Love and Loss
22 Jul 2016Love and Loss was the poignant title for last night's Auckland Philharmonia Orchestra concert featuring the new 6th Symphony from Ross Harris written with poet Vincent O'Sullivan who used a letter… Read more Audio
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Under the Shadow
Iranian born film maker Babak Anvari grew up during the Iran Iraq war of the 1980's. While war raged outside his Tehran home the young boy buried himself in horror movies including those of Roman… Read more Audio
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Virtuoso clarinetist Julian Bliss meets NZTrio
British clarinetist Julian Bliss is touring the whole country with NZTrio, for Chamber Music New Zealand. The centrepiece is Messiaen's Quartet for the End of Time, complemented by a new piece by NZ… Read more Audio
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The fab four continued
The Lexus Song Quest final is this Saturday night in Auckland. Today, finalists soprano Madison Nonoa and tenor Filipe Manu, both from Hamilton tell Eva about dealing with nerves, what they enjoy… Read more Audio
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Telling a true story
Australian mezzo soprano Fiona Campbell is in New Zealand to perform alongside the Auckland Philharmonia in the world premiere of Ross Harris' Symphony No 6 Last Letter. Harris' work tells the true… Read more Audio
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Let me entertain you
Self confessed Wellington based entertainer Michael Nicholas Williams is busy juggling three projects - Upstage a film he wrote, directed and acted in based on what happens behind the scenes in a… Read more Audio
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The fab four
The final four in the Lexus Song Quest was named on the weekend. Baritone Benson Wilson and bass baritone Tavis Gravatt, both from Auckland, tell Eva Radich about their road to the final, their… Read more Audio
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Summer of Love
Sister Corita's Summer of Love is coming to City Gallery. Described as a "Joyous Revolutionary" the Roman Catholic nun captured the civil rights movement, protests against the Vietnam War and condemns… Read more Audio
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Hey Sister!
Mickey Myers first met artist and activist Roman Catholic nun Sister Corita Kent when she was nine. That first interaction sparked a lifetime of mentorship, friendship and creativity. Mickey has… Read more Audio
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Blowing the horn
19 Jul 2016Former NZSO principal horn player Samuel Jacobs is back to solo with the orchestra this week, playing Mozart's Fourth Horn Concerto conducted by Edo de Waart. It's something of a warm-up for his… Read more Audio
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The Art of Etiquette - life drawing classes
In the latest episode Upbeat producer Zoë George gets Virginia Kennard to bare all regarding life drawing classes. What would possess someone to volunteer to be a life drawing model? If you are an… Read more Audio
