Mozart
Sophy Roberts: The Lost Pianos of Siberia
Sophy Roberts is a travel writer who focuses on remote parts of the world. Her first book, The Lost Pianos of Siberia, charts her incredible search for an instrument in Siberia worthy of a brilliant… Audio
Using music as medicine
New research has revealed that music could be prescribed to help us focus, feel happier, relax and overcome sadness. Lyz Cooper is the founder of the British Academy of Sound Therapy and conducted the… Audio
MOZART: The Magic Flute
A sublime fairy tale that moves freely between earthy comedy and noble mysticism.
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MOZART: Don Giovanni, Act 1
Presented by Auckland Philharmonia Orchestra as its 'Opera in Concert', Auckland Town Hall, 19 July 2019 Video, Audio
MOZART: Don Giovanni, Act 2
Presented by Auckland Philharmonia Orchestra as its 'Opera in Concert', Auckland Town Hall, 19 July 2019 Video, Audio
Don Giovanni in the time of #MeToo
Mozart's 'Don Giovanni' is an opera in which a powerful man takes advantage of and abuses women. Tim Dodd talks to the APO's Music Director Giordano Bellincampi and Artistic Administrator Frances… Audio
Queen and Coldplay are the new Beethoven and Mozart
The likes of ABBA, Queen and Coldplay should now be put on the same pedestal of the world's greatest classical composers according to a new study published in the Psychomusicology: Music, Mind, and… Audio
MOZART: Fantasia & Piano Sonata No 14 in C minor
Performed by pianist Tony Chen Lin. Audio
MOZART: String Quartet No 16 in E flat K428
Lazarus String Quartet in concert for Wellington Chamber Music. Audio
History through the Piano: The World of Mozart
John Drummond looks at famous pieces of piano music as windows into the world in which they were created. A composer cannot help but reflect the world he lives in, his understanding of life, his… Audio
MOZART: String Quartet No 1 in G K80/73f
Played by the New Zealand String Quartet. Audio
MOZART: La Clemenza di Tito
Mozart’s opera of vengeance and forgiveness, set during the Roman Empire. Video
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Contrapuntal Mozart
Thomas Goss reveals that deep in the DNA of Mozart's greatest works is a sense of emotion and conflict that comes directly from J.S. Bach. Audio
Don Giovanni by Mozart
Mozart’s score for Don Giovanni teems with the elegance and grace that marks his entire output, which is evident from the first bars of the ravishing overture. Video
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David Walliams' Marvellous Musical Podcast
His children's books have sold more than 25 million copies in just 10 years. As well as being a writer, he's an actor, comedian, talent show judge, and a long-distance swimmer: so is there anything… Audio
A vibrant, funny, and fast-moving show that had the audience laughing and gasping with wonder
Komische Oper Berlin and 1927 present Mozart's opera The Magic Flute at Auckland Arts Festival. Audio
MOZART: Divertimentos - Ensemble Zefiro
Five Divertimentos performed by Ensemble Zefiro in Auckland Town Hall, 18 August 2018. Audio
MOZART: Concerto in Eb for two pianos K365
Michael Houstoun & Tony Chen Lin (pianos), Christchurch Symphony Orchestra conducted by Benjamin Northey Audio
MOZART: Variations on Ah Vous dirai-je, Maman
Played by Douglas Mews (organ) and recorded in Nelson Centre of Musical Arts by RNZ . Audio
MOZART: Overture from Suite in C K 399
Played by Douglas Mews (organ) and recorded in Nelson Centre of Musical Arts by RNZ. Audio