23 Jul 2018

Upbeat for Monday 23 July

From Upbeat, 11:17 am on 23 July 2018

Midday

After a tough weekend of competition, the finalists for the 2018 Lexus Song Quest have been found. We find out who made it through to this week’s final in Auckland.

Lexus Finalists 2018 (L-R) Manase Latu, Joe Haddow, Joel Amosa, Eliza Boom, Felipe Manu with Adjudicator Lisa Gasteen

Lexus Finalists 2018 (L-R) Manase Latu, Joe Haddow, Joel Amosa, Eliza Boom, Felipe Manu with Adjudicator Lisa Gasteen Photo: Supplied

1pm Leading the CSO in more ways than one

Christchurch Symphony Orchestra Concertmaster Martin Riseley will lead in more ways than one this weekend for the BECA Artist Series. He’s also the soloist for this performance. He discusses juggling his many jobs, why Mozart's Concerto for Violin in A major is so important to him and what makes the CSO special.

CSO Concertmaster Martin Riseley

CSO Concertmaster Martin Riseley Photo: Supplied

2pm

This week we listen to music inspired by star-crossed lovers. We being with Tchaikovsky’s well-loved Romeo & Juliet Fantasy Overture, performed by the Cleveland Orchestra under Lorin Maazel

Tchaikovsky

Tchaikovsky Photo: By Nikolai Dimitriyevich Kuznetsov [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons