Tuesday, 23 February 2021, 6:18 am
Photo
credit: Stephen A'Court
BBC Radio 3,
which has more than two million listeners, will broadcast
six concerts by the
New Zealand Symphony
Orchestra/Te Tira
Pūoro o Aotearoa on its
popular
Afternoon Concert programme this
week.
A Week in New Zealand, broadcast 22-26
February, includes performances of works by New Zealand
composers alongside classical giants Mozart, Beethoven and
more, and New Zealand soloists. The NZSO concerts were
performed in Wellington in 2018 and recorded by RNZ
Concert.
The opportunity for BBC Radio 3 listeners to
enjoy the NZSO follows a push by the national orchestra over
the past year to grow its international and domestic