Classical Music

As the year winds down, the New Zealand Symphony Orchestra musicians perform a selection of seasonal songs including 'The Nutcracker', 'The First Noël' and 'Adorar al Niño' (Adore the Child). (VIDEO)

WATCH video of opera superstar, multi-award-winning American mezzo-soprano Joyce DiDonato's New Zealand debut with the New Zealand Symphony Orchestra - Wellington Masterclass and concert performance…

Experience exciting British saxophonist Jess Gillam who joins the NZSO to show off the vast expressive range of the saxophone and enjoy the world premiere of a new NZ composition. Conducted by Gemma…

Exciting Finnish violinist Pekka Kuusisto performs Vivaldi’s The Four Seasons and conducts the Third Symphony by early Romantic composer Louise Farrenc.

Recorded at the Michael Fowler Centre… Audio

The NZSO, Voices New Zealand and four extraordinary singers present Rossini’s Stabat Mater and the world premiere of Kiwi composer Victoria Kelly’s response to that work.

Six impressive young soloists perform music by classical heavyweights Mozart, Tchaikovsky, Mendelssohn, and Richard Strauss, accompanied by the New Zealand Symphony Orchestra. (VIDEO)

Multi-Grammy Award winner Giancarlo Guerrero conducts the NZSO in two post-war American works, Leonard Bernstein’s Symphony No 2, The Age of Anxiety with pianist Joyce Yang, and Aaron Copland’s… Audio

Three of JS Bach’s great works, alongside pieces by his sons Wilhelm and Carl. Both were heavily influenced by their father, but also pushed the boundaries of what baroque music could achieve.

Aaron Copland's Third Symphony, and violinist Amalia Hall performing Samuel Barber's violin concerto, in an American double bill led by music director of Orchestra Wellington Marc Taddei.

New life springs forth in the much-loved 'Fantasia on a Theme by Thomas Tallis' by Ralph Vaughan Williams, which is paired with the lush and deeply moving Fifth Symphony by Sibelius. And NZ pianist…

Simon O'Neill and the NZSO on stage with symphony and songs from two of the greatest romantic composers: Gustav Mahler and Richard Strauss live at the Michael Fowler Centre in Wellington.

NZ composer Robert Wīremu’s Tahuri koe ki te maunga teitei was written to be paired with Mahler 3, one of the greatest symphonies of all time. Featuring Sasha Cooke with NZSO conducted by Gemma New.