Nz Composer
Gillian WHITEHEAD: Tūmanako - Journey through an Unknown Landscape
Performed by pianist Modi Deng at the Auckland Philharmonia Orchestra's concert "A Women's Place", Auckland Town Hall, 29 November 2018. Video, Audio
Wide Blows Our Banner by Eve de Castro-Robinson
How much has changed for New Zealand's female composers in the 125 years since women's suffrage? In the 2018 Lilburn Lecture, acclaimed composer Eve de Castro-Robinson reflects on her own journey as a… Audio, Gallery
Anthony RITCHIE: Viola Concerto No 1
Performed by Robert Ashworth and the Auckland Philharmonia Orchestra, conducted by Giordano Bellincampi, at its Premier Series concert, Auckland Town Hall, 1 November 2018. Audio
LIXIN ZHANG: Ocean
Played as an encore by Lixin Zhang himself at the 2018 Wallace International Piano Festival. Audio
Ross HARRIS: Orowaru
Performed by Monique Lapins (violin), Gillian Ansell (viola), Rolf Gjelsten (cello), Hiroshi Ikematsu (double bass), Piers Lane (piano). Video, Audio
Karlo MARGETIĆ: On an imaginary folk song (for solo violin)
Performed by Ioana Cristina Goicea (violin) Audio
Live: Neil Finn and the APO
Neil Finn is joined by the Auckland Philharmonia Orchestra to play his album "Out Of Silence" in its entirety plus some of his older hits at the 2018 Auckland Arts Festival. Video, Audio
Louise WEBSTER: Cries of Kathmandu
Performed by a vocal sextet and string quartet conducted by Tecwyn Evans at the Karlheinz Company Suffrage 125 Celebration Concert, University of Auckland Music Theatre, 23 September 2018. Audio
Janet JENNINGS: A Bird, a Fruit, and a Beast
Performed by mezzo Catrin Johnson and ensemble at the Karlheinz Company Suffrage 125 Celebration Concert, University of Auckland Music Theatre, 23 September 2018. Audio
Dorothy BUCHANAN: Trio Sound
Performed by NZTrio at their concert 'Weave' in the Loft at Q Theatre, 26 September 2018. Introduced by Somi Kim. Video, Audio
Gillian WHITEHEAD: Turanga-nui (première)
New Zealand Symphony Orchestra conducted by Hamish McKeich. Video, Audio
Lyell CRESSWELL: Of Smoke and Bickering Flame
Performed by the Auckland Chamber Orchestra conducted by Peter Scholes at its concert in the Raye Freedman Arts Centre, Auckland, 29 April 2018. Video, Audio
Passio
Richard Davy's "Passio Domini Nostri Jesu Christe" as conceived by Jack Body and elaborated by him and fellow New Zealand composers Gillian Whitehead, Ross Harris, Lissa Meridan, David Farquhar, and… Audio
Eve de CASTRO-ROBINSON: White Interior #1
From Eve de Castro-Robinson's A Zig-Zagged Gaze - a kind of Pictures at an Exhibition - this short piano piece is inspired by an artwork by Jim Speers. Performed as an encore by Henry Wong Doe at an… Audio
Ross HARRIS: Brass Poppies
Brass Poppies is a chamber opera from the productive partnership between composer Ross Harris and librettist Vincent O'Sullivan. It focuses on the disastrous Gallipoli campaign and the fate of the… Video, Audio
The Phoenix Foundation & NZSO - Celebrate!
The Phoenix Foundation performs songs in orchestral arrangements by NZ composers Claire Cowan, Chris Gendall, Gareth Farr & Hamish Oliver. Video, Audio, Gallery
Gareth FARR: Te Kōanga (première)
Heath Quartet, presented by Chamber Music New Zealand. Video, Audio