Messiaen

An expanded APO filled the stage and the choir seats of the Auckland Town Hall on Saturday night to cap 2019’s Arts Festival with an exhilarating performance of Olivier Messiaen’s sprawling… Audio

Tim Dodd talks to the world's foremost player of the ondes martenot about her career with the instrument. Audio

Graham Abbott introduces Olivier Messiaen's great 'love song' with the help of the soloists, orchestra and conductor of the performance for the Auckland Arts Festival, Auckland Town Hall, 23 March… Audio

Cynthia Millar, specialist performer on the ondes martenot, brings her electrifying performance to Auckland this week. We look back to her last visit to NZ in 2003. Video, Audio

Performed by the Auckland Philharmonia conducted by Andrew Gourlay. Audio

Performed by horn player Stefan Dohr as an encore following his concerto performance of Strauss's Horn Concerto No 1 with the Auckland Philharmonia Orchestra. Auckland Town Hall, 18 May 2017. Audio

Emilly Fan plays Prelude No.8 'Un reflet dans le vent' at the 2016 Wallace National Junior Piano Competition at the University of Auckland Music Theatre. Audio

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

Illuminations of the Beyond expresses Messiaen's dazzlement and ecstatic spirituality in his last composition. Presented by Elizabeth Kerr. Audio