Music Alive

"Music should in sounds convey what dying lovers dare not say". Read more Video, Audio

"Now as twilight shades are falling, Lay thee down to sleep my child". Read more Video, Audio

"O night, how I love and adore thee, Why dost thou so short a time stay; My sorrows come crowding back o'er me, When the shades of the night pass away". Read more Video, Audio

"Once the days were sad and lonely, 'Twas before we met; Now I keep some flow'rs before me, Lest I should forget". Read more Video, Audio

Michael Vinten talks to Clarissa Dunn about his project to rediscover early New Zealand Art Songs. Read more Audio

Part One of a concert presenting rediscovered New Zealand Art Songs. Read more Audio

Part Two of a concert presenting rediscovered New Zealand Art Songs. Read more Audio

"Rainbow, stay, Gleam up on gloom, Bright, bright as my dream, rainbow stay!" Read more Video, Audio

"Night lies on the silent highways, Sick my heart, my limbs are weary; Then like gentle balm descendeth, Moon, thou soft light on me dreary." Read more Video, Audio

"My heart's oppress'd, My peace is o'er, I have no rest, no, never more." Read more Video, Audio

"Your grave grey eyes are filled with tears; Your hands are trembling in my own". Read more Video, Audio

"I did but wear my wedding ring, A bare week and day, When a grey ship, a grim ship, It took my love a way". Read more Video, Audio