Gareth Farr

As Music 101 begins to wrap up the year, we celebrating some of our favourite Mixtapes of 2023. Audio

Performed by NZTrio at their 21st birthday celebration concert for CMNZ, Auckland Concert Chamber, 10 May 2023. Audio

a significant work of symphonic proportions to celebrate the Māori new year, an opportunity to come together in recognition of a celestial event of uniqueness and beauty.

Ariana Tikao (Taonga Puoro)… Audio

Played by the Goldner String Quartet at their Chamber Music New Zealand concert in Auckland Concert Chamber, 7 June 2022. Audio

Performed by the NZSQ at a concert in Holy Trinity Church, Devonport, Auckland, 2 April 2022. Audio

Marking two years since New Zealand's borders were closed this new composition from Gareth Farr is dedicated to New Zealanders all over the world who were lost or forever changed by the Covid-19… Video, Audio

The classic requiem form is the springboard for a new work that reflects on how Kiwis have been experiencing loneliness, distance, and uncertainty under lockdown and border restrictions. Where Will… Audio

World War I links the two cello concertos on a new album released on Rubicon Classics. Gareth Farr composed Chemin des Dames in 2017 for cellist Sébastien Hurtaud after discovering some Great… Video, Audio

Enjoy a new 'Play Our Part' video from members of the NZSO. Video

Performed by New Zealand Symphony Orchestra conducted by Hamish McKeich Audio

Farr-Out Trio from Northland plays 'Ahi' by Gareth Farr at the 2019 NZCT Chamber Music Contest final. Audio

Composer Gareth Farr describes how he turned the Kiwi spirit of adventure into a symphony. The specially commissioned piece celebrating Sir Edmund Hillary and his ascent of Everest has its world… Audio

Opera by Gareth Farr and Renee Liang, The world première production by Auckland Arts Festival in association with New Zealand Opera at the Waterfront Theatre in Auckland, March 2017. Video, Audio

Kiwi baritone Julien Van Mellaerts is performing the premier of some specially commissioned works about NZ native birds in a fund-raising concert at Wellington's Zealandia tonight. Composer Gareth… Audio

Wilma Smith (violin), Anna Pokorny (cello), Ian Munro (piano). Audio

Written to commemorate the 250th anniversary in 2019 of Captain James Cook's arrival in New Zealand. Performed by the New Zealand Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Miguel Harth-Bedoya, Auckland Town… Video, Audio