National Youth Orchestra
KHACHATURIAN: Piano Concerto in D-flat
Shan Liu (piano), NZSO National Youth Orchestra/Tianyi Lu
Recorded in Wellington's Michael Fowler Centre, 5 July, 2024 Audio
LEOV, Jessie: Speculations on a Rainbow
2024 NZSO National Youth Orchestra recorded in Wellington's Michael Fowler Centre, 5 July, 2024 Audio
Shostakovich: Symphony No 7 in C, Leningrad
Performed by NZSO and NZSO National Youth Orchestra conducted by Gemma New. Recorded 11 July 2021, Michael Fowler Centre, Wellington by RNZ Concert. Audio
What impact does a conductor really have on an orchestra?
Norman Lebrecht, the well-known UK musical critic, has recently claimed that the appointment of chief conductors has little impact on the performance of orchestras. Music Director Gemma New joins the… Audio
GLEN DOWNIE: light speckled droplet (première)
NZ Youth Choir & NZSO National Youth Orchestra conducted by James Judd. Recorded 5 July 2019, Michael Fowler Centre, Wellington by RNZ Concert. Video, Audio
SIBELIUS: The Oceanides
NZSO National Youth Orchestra conducted by James Judd. Recorded 5 July 2019, Michael Fowler Centre, Wellington by RNZ Concert. Audio
ELGAR: The Music Makers
Catherine Carby (mezzo), NZ Youth Choir & NZSO National Youth Orchestra conducted by James Judd. Recorded 5 July 2019, Michael Fowler Centre, Wellington by RNZ Concert. Audio
NZ classical artists feature on new international music streaming platform
A number of high profile New Zealand classical music groups are featuring on a new streaming platform that allows classical music lovers to access millions of works from anywhere in the world.
Review: NYO’s Firebird
Last weekend the NYO had its Firebird concerts in Wellington and Auckland. The group performed Suites 1 and 2 from De Falla’s The Three-Cornered hat, André Jolivet’s Bassoon Concerto featuring Todd…
Upbeat for Tuesday 10 July
We mark the passing of contemporary composer Oliver Knussen, Peter Meechen reviews of the NYO’s Firebird performance, and we continue to celebrate the cello.
FALLA: Suites 1 & 2, from The Three Cornered Hat
NZSO National Youth Orchestra conducted by Jaime Martín. Audio
Josiah CARR: Redwood
NZSO National Youth Orchestra conducted by Jaime Martín. Video, Audio
JOLIVET: Bassoon Concerto
Bassoon soloist Todd Gibson-Cornish with NZSO National Youth Orchestra conducted by Jaime Martín. Audio
INTERVIEW: Claudia Tarrant-Matthews and Jaime Martín
NYO Concertmaster Claudia Tarrant-Matthews and conductor Jaime Martín talk to Eva Radich about their youth orchestra experiences. Audio
STRAVINSKY: Suite, from The Firebird (1945 version)
NZSO National Youth Orchestra conducted by Jaime Martín. Audio
Messiaen meditation on the hereafter a first for NZSO and NYO
Dominic Groom reviews a rare performance of Messiaen's last major orchestral work Illuminations of the Beyond. This was a landmark performance for several reasons: the debut here of British maestro… Audio
The right note
Five years ago, 21-year-old Georgia Steel hadn't picked up a viola. Now she's playing it in the National Youth Orchestra. Audio, Gallery
Richard Strauss: Also Sprach Zarathustra
2014 NZSO National Youth Orchestra/Alexander Shelley Audio
Sarah BALLARD: Synergos
World première of NYO Composer in Residence, Sarah Ballard's Synergos, played by 2014 NZSO National Youth Orchestra conducted by Alexander Shelley Video, Audio
