Classical Music
TCHAIKOVSKY: Melody In E-Flat From Souvenir D'un Lieu Cher Op 4
Michael Hill International Violin Competition 2023 Audio
BARTOK: Rhapsody No 1
Yuri Tanaka performs at the Michael Hill International Violin Competition. Audio
2023 Michael Hill International Violin Competition - Highlights from Queenstown (part 2 of 6)
Highlights from the 2023 Michael Hill International Violin Competition. Audio
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Sibelus Romance Op 78 No 2
Yeyeong Jenny Jin and pianist Somi Kim perform at the 2023 Michael Hill International Violin Competition in Queenstown. Audio
ERNST: Variations On The Last Rose Of Summer
Yeyeong Jenny Jin performs at the 2023 Michael Hill International Violin Competition in Queenstown. Audio
Orchestra Wellington: Houstoun/Triumph!
New Zealand's best-loved pianist Michael Houstoun brings 2019's epic Orchestra Wellington season to a triumphant close!
Ernst Variations On The Last Rose Of Summer
Yeyeong Jenny Jin performs at the 2023 Michael Hill International Violin Competition in Queenstown Audio
2023 Michael Hill International Violin Competition - Highlights from Queenstown (part 1 of 6)
Hightlights from the first round of the 2023 Michael Hill International Violin Competition. Audio
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Classical:Pop - Episode 7
Nigel Collins explores the intersection between classical and popular music. This episode features music from Andrew Bird, Arcade Fire, Tori Amos and Ryuichi Sakamoto. Audio
Orchestra Wellington: Fanfare for the Common Man
LISTEN: Aaron Copland's Third Symphony, and violinist Amalia Hall performing Samuel Barber's violin concerto, in an American double bill led by music director of Orchestra Wellington Marc Taddei.
APO: Kia Kaha!
This concert from 2020 has an overarching theme of tribute and hope. It is dedicated to all those who lost their lives to COVID-19, the people they left behind and everyone working to eliminate the…
Taking up the baton: British conductor Alice Farnham
British conductor Alice Farnham was once told by a male conductor that women couldn't do the job because their breasts get in the way. She's now been a conductor for three decades, and her newly… Audio
Classical:Pop Episode 6
Nigel Collins explores the intersection between classical and popular music. This episode features music from Fleet Foxes, Johnny Greenwood, Jakob and Joni Mitchell. Audio
NZSO: Bold Worlds
Enjoy the best of British music and two of its biggest names - composer / conductor Sir James MacMillan, and percussionist Colin Currie join the NZSO to celebrate the 2017 British & Irish Lions rugby…
Orchestra Wellington: Transfigured Night
Music by Bach and Beethoven, with a cadenza by Brahms completes this trio from three of the great 'Bs' of classical music. Beloved pianist and NZ classical music personality Diedre Irons is the…