Nz Composer
Claude Meurisse HAYDON: Two Songs
"Rainbow, stay, Gleam up on gloom, Bright, bright as my dream, rainbow stay!" Video, Audio
Arnold TROWELL: Three Songs
"Night lies on the silent highways, Sick my heart, my limbs are weary; Then like gentle balm descendeth, Moon, thou soft light on me dreary." Video, Audio
Warwick BRAITHWAITE: Dithyramb
"I will live so that my soul will nobler be". Video, Audio
Erima Maewa KAIHAU: Haere Ra
"This is the hour for us to say good-bye; Soon you’ll be sailing far across the sea". Video, Audio
Claude Meurisse HAYDON: Two Songs
"Oh! hush thee, my baby, the night is be hind us, O'er hilltop and meadow the moon gently beams". Video, Audio
Mary BRETT: Horses of the Dawn
"The soul is free; no bonds of Time nor Space Hedge it a round with fetters forg'd at birth". Video, Audio
Doris A PRENTICE: Three New Zealand Bird Songs
"Tui! Tui throssel sang... May be such a carrilon over Arthur's table rang". Video, Audio
Paul SCHRAMM: Four Songs for Baritone
"They drag their cells with them in blank looks, And stagger, light-deprived pilgrims, in a square, The hunted who suffocate in the stone dungeon, The hunted trampled by a paragraph". Video, Audio
Paul SCHRAMM: Three Jazz Songs
"The angry wind blows, I shiver like a child. The woman’s not coming home again, I swig all the cognac, And fear for her". Video, Audio
Erima Maewa KAIHAU: Three Māori Songs
"Beneath a tree stricken with love I crept, Weary and lost alone I slept". Video, Audio
Jack BEWLEY: Parade
Performed by the National Band of New Zealand conducted by David Bremner in the Dr John Gallagher Concert Chamber, Hamilton, 1 November 2020. Audio
David CHAULK: And My Soul Overflow
Performed by the National Band of New Zealand conducted by David Bremner in the Dr John Gallagher Concert Chamber, Hamilton, 1 November 2020. Audio
VIDEO: National Youth Orchestra Finale
The 2020 National Youth Orchestra performs its Finale concert for the year.
Coming up
PSATHAS: Fragment
Jeremy Fitzsimons (percussion), Michael Houstoun (piano). Recorded 5 December 2020, Michael Fowler Centre, Wellington by RNZ Concert. Audio
Live: Anita Schwabe Sextet
Recorded on 21 November 2020, at St Peter's on Willis, Wellington by RNZ Concert. Video, Audio
Live: Riki Gooch & Ensemble: Ngā Tuone
Recorded on 20 October 2020, at St Peter's on Willis, Wellington by RNZ Concert. Video, Audio
Anthony RITCHIE: Piano Concerto No 3
Stephen De Pledge (piano), New Zealand Symphony Orchestra conducted by Gemma New. Audio
Live: Kevin Field Quintet at 2020 Wellington Jazz Festival
Kevin Field Quintet recorded at 2020 Wellington Jazz Festival. Video, Audio
Live: Blair Latham and The Noveltones at 2020 Wellington Jazz Festival
Blair Latham and The Noveltones - Karla and the Divide, recorded at 2020 Wellington Jazz Festival. Video, Audio
Leonie HOLMES: For Just A Little Moment
Performed by the Auckland Philharmonia Orchestra conducted by Giordano Bellincampi at their Premier Series concert, 'Poetry and Passion', Auckland Town Hall, 12 November 2020. Video, Audio