New Zealand Symphony Orchestra
Music feature: Baroque music
For today's music feature we're travelling back in time to the 17th Century. What were people listening to at the time William Shakespeare was publishing his historic works and people were still being… Audio
MUSSORGSKY arr RAVEL: Pictures of an Exhibition
NZSO Sessions 2022: Rhapsody
Israeli-born conductor and pianist Asher Fisch leads the NZSO in a vibrant programme including Gershwin's 'Rhapsody in Blue' and 'American in Paris', Mussorgsky's… Audio
GERSHWIN: American in Paris
NZSO Sessions 2022: Rhapsody Israeli-born conductor and pianist Asher Fisch leads the NZSO in a vibrant programme including Gershwin's 'Rhapsody in Blue' and 'American in Paris', Mussorgsky's… Audio
GERSHWIN: Rhapsody in Blue
NZSO Sessions 2022: Rhapsody Israeli-born conductor and pianist Asher Fisch leads the NZSO in a vibrant programme including Gershwin's 'Rhapsody in Blue' and 'American in Paris', Mussorgsky's… Audio
DVORAK: Carnival Overture Op 92
NZSO Sessions 2022: Rhapsody Israeli-born conductor and pianist Asher Fisch leads the NZSO in a vibrant programme including Gershwin's 'Rhapsody in Blue' and 'American in Paris', Mussorgsky's… Audio
BACH: The Art of Fugue BWV1080, extracts
NZSO Sessions 2022: Art of Fugue
Vesa-Matti Leppänen (violin/director), Alex McFarlane (viola), Andrew Joyce, Rowan Prior (cellos), strings of the New Zealand SO
Recorded at the Michael Fowler… Audio
RAMEAU: Suite from Les Boréades
NZSO Sessions 2022: Art of Fugue
Vesa-Matti Leppänen (vln, dir), New Zealand SO
BACH: Concerto for Violin & Oboe in D minor BWV1060
NZSO Sessions 2022: Art of Fugue
Vesa-Matti Leppänen (vln, dir), Robert Orr (ob), Bethany Angus (hpchd), New Zealand SO Audio
Calling Home: Tecwyn Evans in Kvidinge, Sweden
Auckland-born Tecwyn Evans lives in Kvidinge, which is a locality in Skåne County, Sweden, with his wife, Swedish Soprano Susanna Andersson, and their 19-month-old daughter Ayla. He's Calling Home… Audio, Gallery
A Soldier's Tale tours again
Having a huge new show packed with big names cancelled by a pandemic doesn't come as a surprise to us now, but it did to Igor Stravinsky in 1918. Histoire du Soldat, or The Soldier's Tale, was setting… Audio
Symphony Orchestra's first full post-lockdown show
The New Zealand Symphony Orchestra is back, and performing a selection of favourites in Wellington tonight. The concert, Ngū Kīoro Harikoa Ake, celebrating togetherness - will feature songs from local… Audio
New Zealand Symphony Orchestra performs to live audience again
Live crowds have been wowed by the New Zealand Symphony Orchestra once again, with the musicians returning to the stage at Te Papa yesterday.
The Orchestra's chief executive, Peter Biggs, was in the… Audio
“Comic tour-de-force” makes NZSO debut
Bass-baritone Hadleigh Adams has gone from humble beginnings in Palmerston North to performing with major orchestras around the world. He returns home for the first time in 11 years and will make his… Video, Audio
Kenneth YOUNG: Te Māpouriki
Performed by the NZSO conducted by Jun Märkl, Auckland Town Hall, 18 October 2019 Audio
Star line-up for NZSO 2020 season
The New Zealand Symphony Orchestra has named a star line-up of conductors and guest soloists for its 2020 season. Video, Audio
Orchestra’s Choice for Todd Young Composer references war atrocity
The Orchestra’s Choice for the 2019 Todd Young Composer Awards references the bombing of Guernica and it has a personal connection for the young composer.
Coming up
Exclusive: Radiohead’s Jonny Greenwood
Jonny Greenwood, Radiohead’s lead guitarist-turned-orchestral composer, discusses the wonderful absurdity of being programmed alongside Haydn and Ravel for the NZSO’s Shed Series in Wellington. Video
An Instrumental Voyage
A 55-minute orchestral journey through the history of New Zealand from pre-European times to today is being performed by the NZSO this week, with the help of local school children. Audio
Salina FISHER: Tupaia (première)
New Zealand Symphony Orchestra conducted by Edo de Waart. Audio
Water Music flows south
The New Zealand Symphony Orchestra is heading to Invercargill this week and a couple of the musicians think it’s a great chance to experience something new.