Nz Composer
Gareth Farr’s new Te Kōanga commission
Tui bird calls heard in the Marlborough Sounds were the inspiration behind Gareth Farr’s new string quartet Te Kōanga premiered by the touring Heath Quartet this week. Audio
Josiah CARR: Redwood
NZSO National Youth Orchestra conducted by Jaime Martín. Video, Audio
The music behind kindness
Interactive online story book Oat the Goat teaches Kiwi kids about kindness, empathy, tolerance and acceptance. Audio
Leonie HOLMES: Frond
New Zealand School of Music Orchestra conducted by Kenneth Young. Recorded 26 May 2018, Wellington Cathedral of St Paul by RNZ Concert. Audio
Janet JENNINGS: In Memoriam
A song cycle for tenor and string quartet performed by Jared Holt & New Zealand String Quartet. Audio
Jack BODY: Three Transcriptions
Recorded for RNZ Concert in Nelson Centre of Musical Arts Audio
Salina Fisher talks about Tupaia
Salina Fisher talks about Tupaia, the Tahitian master navigator who travelled with James Cook to Aotearoa.
Recorded 21 April 2018, Michael Fowler Centre, Wellington by RNZ Concert. Audio
Interval interview - Salina Fisher
Salina Fisher talks to Clarissa Dunn about her first year living in New York. Recorded 21 April 2018, Michael Fowler Centre, Wellington by RNZ Concert. Audio
Ross HARRIS: Face
The world premiere performed by soloists Alison Bell, Henry Choo, Joel Amosa, with Voices NZ Chamber Choir and the Auckland Philharmonia Orchestra conducted by Antony Hermus, Auckland Town Hall, 19… Audio
Leonie HOLMES: This Watershed Time (première)
The King's Singers with Voices New Zealand Chamber Choir conducted by Karen Grylls. Video, Audio
Samuel HOLLOWAY: Corpse and Mirror
Performed by NZTrio at their Loft Series concert in Auckland, 15 August 2017. Video, Audio
Jenny McLEOD: Seascapes
Performed by NZTrio at their Loft Series concert in Auckland, 15 August 2017. Video, Audio
BACH Fantasia; Leonie HOLMES Fantasia
Pianist Stephen De Pledge plays pieces by seven NZ composers, inspired by BACH's Partita No 3 in A minor BWV 827. Video, Audio
BACH Allemande; Chris GENDALL Monolithe Allemand
Pianist Stephen De Pledge plays pieces by seven NZ composers, inspired by BACH's Partita No 3 in A minor BWV 827. Video, Audio
BACH Corrente; Christopher NORTON Corrente
Pianist Stephen De Pledge plays pieces by seven NZ composers, inspired by BACH's Partita No 3 in A minor BWV 827. Video, Audio
BACH Sarabande; Alex TAYLOR Sarabande, Inertia Study
Pianist Stephen De Pledge plays pieces by seven NZ composers, inspired by BACH's Partita No 3 in A minor BWV 827. Video, Audio
BACH Burlesca; Juliet PALMER Burl
Pianist Stephen De Pledge plays pieces by seven NZ composers, inspired by BACH's Partita No 3 in A minor BWV 827. Video, Audio
BACH Scherzo; Celeste ORAM $cher.zo [Two one four-hundred and thirteen dollars forty]
BACH Scherzo; Celeste ORAM $cher.zo [Two one four-hundred and thirteen dollars forty]. Video, Audio
BACH Gigue; Helen BOWATER Gigue – a Pataphor
Pianist Stephen De Pledge plays pieces by seven NZ composers, inspired by BACH's Partita No 3 in A minor BWV 827. Video, Audio
Eve de CASTRO-ROBINSON: Tipping Point
The world première performed by the Auckland Philharmonia Orchestra conducted by Giordano Bellincampi, Auckland Town Hall, 15 February 2018. Audio