Orchestra Wellington

The Royal New Zealand Ballet opened its nationwide tour of Dancing with Mozart last night in Wellington. The programme included works from George Balanchine, Jiří Kylián and the world premiere of Kiwi… Audio

Pasquale Orchard and Declan Cudd are two of the soloists for Orchestra Wellington's Symphony in the Hutt next week: a popular concert for the Taita community. The pair talk about their addiction to… Audio

We discover that young people do like classical music, we meet two rising stars in opera, we mark NZ Sign Language week by exploring the intricacies of interpreting music into NZSL and we continue…

What’s going on at the Royal New Zealand Ballet and Auckland University’s music department? We review the final few performances at the Auckland Arts Festival, and we conduct a symphony orchestra in…

The 1812 Overture is being performed with real cannons this weekend in Porirua. How do you get the timing right and do they use real cannon balls? Gunner from the Wellington Cannon Society explains… Audio

We explore music that gives you chills, finds out how to time the firing of cannons to the 1812 Overture, Eva Radich speaks to a new duo giving recitals of Italian flute and piano music, and we…

Orchestra Wellington closed its 2017 season with Stravinsky’s The Rite of Spring. Conducted by Marc Taddei the Orchestra offered up a dramatic performance that pleased the crowd. Peter Mechen was at… Audio

Orchestra Wellington has gone for variety in 2018 with a Dvorak Symphony cycle, Verdi’s Requiem, concertos by Mozart, Britten and Bartok, new works by Composers in Residence Michael Norris and Gao… Audio

Beethoven burst his way into uncharted territory with his monumental third symphony. Audio

This ballet score caused a riot in the stalls at its première in Paris in 1913. Audio

Arohanui Strings & Orchestra Wellington conducted by Andrew Atkins Audio

Violinist Suyeon Kang with Orchestra Wellington conducted by Marc Taddei. Audio

Played by Orchestra Wellington conducted by Marc Taddei. Audio

Globe-trotting conductor Marc Taddei returns to the capital to lead Orchestra Wellington in their performance of Stravinsky’s ballet Petrouchka this weekend. The colourful piece is accompanied by new… Audio

Orchestra Wellington’s Invitation to the Dance concert on Saturday continued Music Director Marc Taddei’s focus on Ballet’s Russes impresario Sergei Diaghilev’s commissions with several waltzes by… Audio

Orchestra Wellington conducted by Marc Taddei. Audio

Jian Liu (piano). Audio

Pianist Jian Liu with Orchestra Wellington conducted by Marc Taddei. Audio

Orchestra Wellington conducted by Marc Taddei. Audio

Orchestra Wellington conducted by Marc Taddei. Audio