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  • NZSO Goldberg Variations

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    8:00 PM.Vesa-Matti Leppänen (violin/director), Stephen De Pledge (fortepiano), members of New Zealand Symphony Orchestra Recorded 22 July 2020, Michael Fowler Centre, Wellington by RNZ Concert Read more Audio

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  • JS BACH arr Sitkovetsky/Breuer: Goldberg Variations (selection)

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    8:00 PM.Vesa-Matti Leppänen (violin/director), Stephen De Pledge (fortepiano), members of New Zealand Symphony Orchestra. Read more Audio

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7.30 NZSO LIVE: Goldberg Variations with Vesa-Matti Leppänen

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BACH: Goldberg Variations BWV 988

Vesa-Matti Leppänen (violin/director), Stephen De Pledge (fortepiano), New Zealand Symphony Orchestra

Considered “hauntingly beautiful and a work of genius,” by NZSO Concertmaster Vesa-Matti Leppänen, 'Goldberg Variations' was an artistic triumph for Bach. For three centuries the work has been arranged and interpreted for different instruments and ensembles. The NZSO plays JS Bach’s Goldberg Variations with the variations performed on a variety of instruments.

Broadcast live from the Michael Fowler Centre, Wellington by RNZ Concert

You can listen live here, in FM stereo on the radio, or watch the livestreamed video.