6 Aug 2018

Upbeat for Monday 6 August

From Upbeat, 12:00 pm on 6 August 2018
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12pm BBC Proms preview

The 2018 BBC Proms begin tonight on RNZ Concert: we find out what RNZ Concert listeners can look forward to every night over the next eight weeks. We will also have a matinee concert each Tuesday at 1pm on Upbeat.

 

1pm Chamber Music Contest winners' family celebrate with a haka

Te Ahi Kaa a string quartet of siblings from Northland has won the annual NZCT Chamber Music Contest. Clarissa Dunn speaks with the winning quartet, the head of the judging panel violinist Wilma Smith and we feature their winning performance of Schubert’s Death and the Maiden.

Te Ahi Kaa string quartet and MC Clarissa Dunn

Te Ahi Kaa string quartet and MC Clarissa Dunn Photo: Clarissa Dunn

 

2pm The Ballet: we begin a new series looking at  music written for ballet with Tchaikovsky's The Nutcracker Act I