NZSO
LIVE: NZSO - The Four Seasons
Exciting violinist Pekka Kuusisto performs the Four Seasons by Vivaldi and conducts the Third Symphony by early Romantic composer Louise Farrenc. Watch and listen live from the Michael Fowler Centre… Audio
NZSO: Til Time Shall End
Multi-Grammy Award winner Giancarlo Guerrero conducts the NZSO in two post-war American works, Leonard Bernstein’s Symphony No 2, The Age of Anxiety with pianist Joyce Yang, and Aaron Copland’s… Audio
NZSO Jubilation 2024
James Judd conducts the NZSO in an uplifting programme that invites us to question the range of emotions lurking beneath the music’s smiling surface.
Recorded 30 May 2024 at the Michael Fowler… Audio
NZSO Immerse Festival 2023 – Beethoven 5
André de Ridder conducts the NZSO in two of Beethoven’s most dramatic works written around the same time, both in C minor - his trailblazing Fifth Symphony and the Coriolan Overture. In between you… Audio
NZSO Immerse Festival 2023 – Blues Symphony
André de Ridder conducts the NZSO in George Gershwin’s Rhapsody in Blue and legendary jazz trumpeter Wynton Marsalis’ acclaimed Blues Symphony plus a work by Bryce Dessner.
Recorded at the Michael… Audio
NZSO Immerse Festival 2023 – Become Ocean
André de Ridder conducts the NZSO in John Luther Adam’s Pulitzer Prize-winning masterpiece Become Ocean. And NZSO percussionists perform Tōru Takemitsu’s incredibly atmospheric piece Rain Tree. Audio
NZSO: Requiem
A concert exploring the big questions of life and death through works by John Psathas, Richard Strauss and Mozart - composers who have all grappled with these universal themes in profound and… Audio
NZSO: Heavenly
Mahler’s Fourth - a picture of the perfect childhood - is paired with Gabriella Smith's Tumblebird Contrails, a hauntingly evocative work inspired by the hallucinatory sounds of the Pacific Ocean. Audio
2024 Lexus Song Quest Grand Final
Five finalists sing one song with piano accompaniment and two arias accompanied by the New Zealand Symphony Orchestra. The winner and runner-up are announced live on stage by the International Head… Audio
NZSO Arias Concert 2024
Soprano Eliza Boom and tenor Paul O'Neill perform a selection of arias and scenes from Puccini’s much-loved operas with the New Zealand Symphony Orchestra conducted by José Luis Gómez. Audio
Ngā Tohu o te Taiao / The Signs of Nature
Curated specially for our tamariki, this concert is a journey into the wonders of the natural world and includes a musical retelling of the Māori creation story.
Hosted by Chris Lam Sam and Marcus… Audio
NZSO: Pastoral
The NZSO performs two of Beethoven's best-loved works, Piano Concerto No 5, Emperor; and Symphony No 6, Pastoral with pianist Diedre Irons, and conductor Hamish McKeich.
NZSO: Bach Extended
Three of JS Bach’s great works, alongside pieces by his sons Wilhelm and Carl. Both were heavily influenced by their father, but also pushed the boundaries of what baroque music could achieve.
NZSO: Spectacular
New life springs forth in the much-loved 'Fantasia on a Theme by Thomas Tallis' by Ralph Vaughan Williams, which is paired with the lush and deeply moving Fifth Symphony by Sibelius. And NZ pianist…
NZSO: Spirit
Simon O'Neill and the NZSO on stage with symphony and songs from two of the greatest romantic composers: Gustav Mahler and Richard Strauss live at the Michael Fowler Centre in Wellington.
NZSO: Poem of Ecstasy
Gemma New conducts a programme featuring titans of early twentieth-century romanticism. The programme takes its name from Scriabin’s 1908 Poem of Ecstasy.
Recorded in 2023 at the Michael Fowler… Audio
NZ Symphony Orchestra: Mahler 3
NZ composer Robert Wīremu’s Tahuri koe ki te maunga teitei was written to be paired with Mahler 3, one of the greatest symphonies of all time. Featuring Sasha Cooke with NZSO conducted by Gemma New.
Dame Kiri & Friends - The Gala Concert
A spectacular gala concert drawn from our archives presented by the Kiri Te Kanawa Foundation in 2006. Dame Kiri Te Kanawa performs with her long-time friend and colleague, Frederica von Stade, and… Audio
NZSO: Song of Destiny
A concert of hope, drama and triumph with music by Verdi, Brahms and Dvořák. James Judd conducts the New Zealand Symphony Orchestra and Voices New Zealand. Audio
NZSO: Legacy
Pianist Stephen De Pledge and the New Zealand SO performed this concert as part of the Orchestra's 75th anniversary celebrations. It includes the premiere of a Gillian Whitehead work with a timely… Video, Audio