Peter Mechen

Peter Mechen reviews the New Zealand Symphony Orchestra’s performance of Mozart’s Piano Concerto No.24 in C Minor & Elgar’s Symphony No.1 in A-flat conducted by Edo de Waart and featuring pianist… Audio

Peter Mechen reviews Chamber Music New Zealand’s mini-festival QuintEssence. The programme features performances from The New Zealand String Quartet, Grammy-nominated violist James Dunham, The Pettman… Audio

To The Memory of an Angel Audio

Peter Mechen reviews two major concerts from Wellington this past weekend. NZSQ’s Heartland Classics tour and the NZSO under Music Director Edo de Waart performing Strauss and Mahler.  Audio

The distinguished NZ-born violinist, who made a famous recording of Vivaldi's Four Seasons with the Academy of St Martin in the Fields, lived in retirement in London. Peter Mechen and Charlotte Wilson… Video, Audio

In this 1909 symphony for orchestra, choir and soloists, the vast spaces between haze-shrouded vistas and unfathomable depths of the sea become a metaphor for eternity. Presented by Peter Mechen. Audio

When was Lilburn's landmark song-cycle 'Sings Harry' actually first performed? A few years ago, Peter Mechen asked the late Donald Munro to shed some light on the mystery, and also talked with other… Audio

Fifty-five years after recording the country's first classical piano LP Lola Johnson talks with Peter Mechen. Audio

Peter Mechen and others remember the life and work of the New Zealand pianist Peter Cooper. Audio

Peter Mechen looks into the history of Lilburn's song-cycle Elegy on poems by Alistair Te Ariki Campbell. Audio

The NZ pianist and teacher talked with Peter Mechen in 2007 Audio

The Whanganui born pianist had a remarkable career in the UK including performing at almost every Proms between 1940 and 1964. Colin Horsley retired to the Isle of Man and from there talked with Peter… Audio

A tribute to the distinguished NZ pianist who died in 2008, presented by Peter Mechen Video, Audio