Today, as we celebrate 100 years of radio in this country we present a jubilant concert from 2020 that sums up the spirit, diversity and uniqueness of Aotearoa New Zealand.
An exuberant and diverse crowd of young and old packed the Michael Fowler Centre in Wellington for the first concert to a live audience by the New Zealand Symphony Orchestra (or any large ensemble worldwide) since New Zealand's first COVID lockdown began on 26 March 2020.
Ngū Kīoro, Harikoa Ake - Part One
Simon O’Neill, Maisey Rika, Horomona Horo and Eliza Boom Photo: NZSO
FARR: From the Depths Sound the Great Sea Gongs: I. The Invocation of the Sea
BIZET: Les Toréadors, from Carmen Suite No 1
BIZET: Parle-moi de ma mère, from Carmen
BIZET: Danse Bohème, from Carmen Suite No 2
PSATHAS: Tarantismo
Recorded 26 June 2020, Michael Fowler Centre, Wellington by RNZ Concert
Producer: David McCaw
Engineer: Darryl Stack
Ngū Kīoro, Harikoa Ake - Interval Interview
Horomoa Horo, Simon O'Neill, Maisey Rika, Eliza Boom, Clarissa Dunn (RNZ) Jeremy Mayall Photo: RNZ,
Recorded 26 June 2020, RNZ Wellington
Ngū Kīoro, Harikoa Ake - Part Two
Horomona Horo, Maisey Rika, Eliza Boom, Simon O'Neill and NZSO Photo: Latitude Creative
RIKA arr Mayall: Tangaroa Whakamautai
RIKA arr Mayall: Taku Mana
PUCCINI: Si, mi chiamano Mimi, from La Bohème
PUCCINI: O soave fanciulla, from La Bohème
VERDI: Niun mi tema, from Otello
STRAUSS: Der Rosenkavalier, Concert Suite
TOMOANA arr Mayall: Pōkarekare Ana
Recorded 26 June 2020, Michael Fowler Centre, Wellington by RNZ Concert
Producer: David McCaw
Engineer: Darryl Stack
Recorded and first broadcast live to air on 26 June 2020 in Michael Fowler Centre, Wellington by RNZ Concert
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The NZSO presents a free concert in celebration of the enormous effort New Zealanders made to protect the vulnerable and eliminate COVID-19.
Internationally renowned tenor Simon O’Neill and rising star soprano Eliza Boom join the Orchestra for an evening of classics from Bizet’s Carmen, Puccini’s La Bohème and Verdi’s Otello.
A celebration of New Zealand wouldn’t be complete without our own music. Gareth Farr’s From the Depths Sound the Great Sea Gongs and John Psathas’ ecstatic Tarantismo feature, while vocalist Maisey Rika and Taonga Pūoro specialist Horomona Horo perform music from the NZSO’s successful 2019 An Instrumental Voyage Pae Tawhiti, Pae Tata concert.
The full power of the Orchestra will be on show for Richard Strauss’ inspirational Suite from Der Rosenkavalier before all our guest soloists and singers from Voices New Zealand Chamber Choir join the Orchestra for a special finale, the beloved waiata Pōkarekare Ana.
NZSO Harikoa Ake Photo: NZSO
