RNZ CONCERT. UPBEAT 12/12/2016

What's going on in the world of music and the arts? From the concert hall to the cinema, we talk to musicians, composers, choreographers, dancers, actors, directors and artists - Upbeat finds out what makes them tick.
Weekdays, 1pm-2pm

Chamber festival turns 25
From Upbeat, 1:00 pm on 12 December 2016
The Adam Chamber festival 2017 marks 25 years for the Nelson based music festival. Co-Artistic director Helene Pohl explains what to expect next February, how they managed to attract some big international names, and why this event is so important for chamber music in New Zealand.

Magnificent Messiah?
From Upbeat, 1:20 pm on 12 December 2016
Peter Mechen reviews the New Zealand Symphony Orchestra’s performance of Handel’s Messiah, featuring New Zealand soprano Madeleine Pierard and three Australian soloists with the Tudor Consort and Handel expert Graham Abbott conducting.

How far for creative enlightenment?
From Upbeat, 1:40 pm on 12 December 2016
Film maker Paul Wolffram has been in Papua New Guinea showing his documentary What Lies That Way. It tells the story of Paul returning to the tribe he has got to know over the years, to undertake a psychologically and physically gruelling initiation into the local Buai cult. The four day ritual saw him isolated for four days and nights, with no food or water.

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