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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.
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Slice of Kiwi History revisited:
A classic Kiwi book has been modernised thanks to playwright and actor Arthur Meek. Erewhon Revisited revamps the famous Samuel Butler satire about life on a back country sheep station. Meek tells the story through a magic lantern show, a new art form for him, accompanied by a score played live by Eva Prowse.
The importance of curating and celebrating contemporary Maori art:
We are a creative nation. No one knows that better than art historian and contemporary-art curator Ngahiraka Mason. The former Indigenous Curator Māori Art at Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki is now based in Hawaii, but she’s in the country to give talks about the role of Colin McCahon in addressing the differences between Maori and Pakeha, and the importance of curating and celebrating contemporary Maori art.
The Greek tragedy told in song:
The University of Canterbury’s Classics and Music departments are putting on an operatic drama called The Oresteia Experience. It’s based on the Greek playwright Aeschylus’ story of murder and revenge in ancient Greece, set to music by Xenakis. The experience begins in the Teece Museum of Classical Antiquities with Head of Classics Patrick O’Sullivan and Mark Menzies from the School of Music setting the scene before top counter tenor Randall Scotting and chorus sing the visceral score.
From: http://www.radionz.co.nz/concert/programmes/upbeat/20170907