Tchaikovsky

This work of extreme moods and colours explores life’s frivolities as well as the darkest impulses of obsession, addiction, madness, and self-destruction. Video

Tatiana is a lovesick country girl, and Eugene Onegin is the sophisticated young man who callously spurns her love before realising, too late, what a mistake he’s made. Video

Performed by the Auckland Philharmonia Orchestra, conducted by Vladimir Ashkenazy, at a Premier Series concert, 12 September 2019. Audio

The rivalry between Tchaikovsky and Brahms was legendary, and it went beyond mere distaste for one another's musical direction. Thomas Goss explores the uneasy friendship and resulting musical ferment… Audio

Tchaikovsky’s most ambitious opera contains some of his greatest music and is a powerful study of destructive obsession. Video

Played by Auckland Philharmonia Orchestra conducted by Hamish McKeich at their Premier Series concert, Auckland Town Hall, 27 June 2019. Audio

A double bill from The Metropolitan Opera Video

Played as an encore by the Borodin Quartet at their Chamber Music New Zealand concert in Auckland Town Hall, 16 September 2018. Audio

Played by the Borodin Quartet at their Chamber Music New Zealand concert in Auckland Town Hall, 16 September 2018. Audio

The Auckland Philharmonia Orchestra's 2018 Christmas concert features bass-baritone James Ioelu and the Graduate Choir New Zealand. They are conducted by Hamish McKeich. Audio

Performed by the Auckland Philharmonia Orchestra conducted by Hamish McKeich, Holy Trinity Cathedral, 15 December 2018. Audio

The tale of the ill-timed love between Onegin and the beautiful Tatiana, contains some of Tchaikovsky’s most lyrical and romantic music.

Cellist Andrew Joyce with New Zealand Symphony Orchestra conducted by Hamish McKeich. Audio

New Zealand Symphony Orchestra conducted by Hamish McKeich. Audio

Philip Fowke plays an encore to follow his encores at his recital at the 2016 Fazioli International Piano Recital Series in the Auditorium at Auckland War Memorial Museum Audio

The tale of the ill-timed love between Onegin and the beautiful Tatyana contains some of Tchaikovsky’s most lyrical and romantic music. Video

New Zealand Symphony Orchestra conducted by James Judd. Audio

The composer’s many moods - tender, grand, melancholy - are all given free rein in this opera based on Pushkin’s iconic verse novel, which re-imagines the Byronic romantic anti-hero as the definitive… Video

Played by the Auckland Philharmonia Orchestra, conducted by Rumon Gamba. Auckland Town Hall, 3 May 2017. Audio

The Auckland Philharmonia Orchestra performs its first main subscription series concert for 2017. Titled 'Myths and Legends', it opens with a fanfare by John Rimmer. Guest soloist, the Frank Dupree… Audio