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27 October 2025

with Clarissa Dunn

NZSO: Pinnacle

Berlioz Roman Carnival Overture  
Respighi Fountains of Rome
Rachmaninov Piano Concerto No. 3

Daniil Trifonov (piano), New Zealand SO/Umberto Clerici

Berlioz’s Roman Carnival Overture gives us a taste of Italian festivities, while Respighi’s resplendent Fountains of Rome takes us on a tour of four of the fifty monumental fountains in Rome. Russian pianist Daniil Trifonov was described by The Times as “without question the most astounding pianist of our age”, his rendition of Rachmaninov’s Third Piano Concerto is unforgettable.

(RNZ Michael Fowler Centre, Wellington)

Maxwell Davies, Peter arr Tennant: Farewell to Stromness - Los Angeles Guitar Quartet (Sony SK 60274)

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