Marc Taddei
The final movement
Orchestra Wellington continues its final masterpieces series later this month concentrating on music by Richard Strauss. Music Director Marc Taddei discusses Capriccio as well as the other works that… Audio
Karlo MARGETIĆ: Piano Concerto, Melting Furniture
Karlo Margetić: Melting Furniture for piano and orchestra. Video, Audio
Piano Concertos - Khachaturian - Piano Concerto
Khachaturian: Piano Concerto in D flat. Michael Houstoun (piano), Orchestra Wellington/Marc Taddei. Recorded 7 November 2015 at the Michael Fowler Centre, Wellington by RNZ Concert. Audio
SHOSTAKOVICH: Piano Concerto No 2 in F
Recorded 5 September 2015 at the Michael Fowler Centre, Wellington by RNZ Concert. Video, Audio
Piano Concertos - Scriabin - Piano Concerto
Scriabin: Piano Concerto in F# minor. Michael Houstoun (piano), Orchestra Wellington/Marc Taddei. Recorded 8 August 2015 at the Michael Fowler Centre, Wellington by RNZ Concert. Audio
Marc Taddei
Orchestra Wellington Music Director Marc Taddei has a new job to add to his resume. He's just been appointed Music Director of the Vallejo Symphony Orchestra. Located in the San Francisco Bay Area and… Audio
Tchaikovsky: Symphony No 6, 'Pathétique'
The work was premièred with Tchaikovsky on the podium in October of 1893 just nine days before his mysterious death. The Russian title 'Pateticheskaya' means "passionate" or "emotional", implying a… Audio
Marc Taddei
Marc Taddei the Music Director of Orchestra Wellington looks ahead to the Orchestra's final concert of 2015. He conducts the premiere of Karlo Margetic's Piano Concerto with Michael Houstoun and Emma… Audio
Tchaikovsky: Symphony No 5 in E minor
Tchaikovsky was now famous and had just completed a successful European tour by the time he wrote the fifth symphony. It seems that providence had smiled on him after years of struggle and self-doubt… Audio
TCHAIKOVSKY: Symphony No 4 in F minor
The fourth symphony is concerned with fate, a fate that Tchaikovsky felt dealt him a weak nature. Video, Audio
Tchaikovsky: Symphony No 3, 'Polish'
The third symphony is unashamedly cheerful and has at its centre one of the most romantic pieces of music that Tchaikovsky ever wrote. The nickname 'Polish' relates to the finale which draws on… Audio
TCHAIKOVSKY: Symphony No 2, 'Little Russian'
Orchestra Wellington conducted by Marc Taddei. Recorded at the Michael Fowler Centre, Wellington. Audio
PROKOFIEV: Piano Concerto No 3
Michael Houstoun (piano), Orchestra Wellington conducted by Marc Taddei. Recorded 20 June 2015 at the Michael Fowler Centre, Wellington by RNZ Concert. Audio
Leila ADU: Rain as Blessings Fall
The world premiere of Leila Adu's 'Rain as Blessings Fall', written as part of Orchestra Wellington's Composer-in-Residence programme. Audio
TCHAIKOVSKY: Symphony No 1, Winter Daydreams
Tchaikovsky's first attempt at a symphony nearly drove him to a nervous breakdown, but none of that tension found itself into the symphony, instead the idea of winter seems to have been close to his… Audio
Piano Concertos - Rachmaninov - Piano Concerto No 3
Rachmaninov: Piano Concerto No 3 in D minor. Michael Houstoun (piano), Orchestra Wellington/Marc Taddei. Recorded 18 April 2015 at the Michael Fowler Centre, Wellington by RNZ Concert. Audio
GLINKA: Kamarinskaya
Tchaikovsky called Glinka's Fantasy on two Russian Folksongs ‘the acorn from which the oak of Russian music grew'.
Orchestra Wellington/Marc Taddei Audio
Marc Taddei and Michael Houstoun
Orchestra Wellington Orchestra Wellington Music Director and piano soloist preview Saturday's concert. Audio
Marc Taddei and Claire Cowan: Orchestra Wellington
Orchestra Wellington Music Director and Associate Composer-in-Residence launch the 2015 season Audio
The Secret Life of Conductors
The most prestigious and yet misunderstood role in the orchestra must be that of the conductor. Kirsten Johnstone finds out about the art of conducting from some of New Zealand's well known Maestros.
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