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Tuesday, 23 February 2021, 6:18 am
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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
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Friday, 11 December, 2020 - 17:49
NZSO launches innovative Festival series and more special events in 2021 The New Zealand Symphony Orchestra will introduce an innovative Festival series and expand its popular and accessible Setting Up Camp tour to more communities in 2021.
The multi-day Festival and Setting Up Camp tours are in addition to an exciting selection of other concerts and special events the national orchestra will present next year.
Renowned international conductors Marin Alsop, Vasily Petrenko, Asher Fisch and James Judd will join New Zealanders Gemma New, Holly Mathieson and NZSO Principal Conductor in Residence Hamish McKeich for the Orchestra’s 2021 Season.
Acclaimed New Zealand pianists Stephen De Pledge and Diedre Irons, soprano Madeleine Pierard, mezzo-soprano Kristin Darragh, tenor Simon O’Neill and bass Paul Whelan are among the soloists confirmed. NZSO Concertmaster Vesa-Matti Leppänen directs a programme which includes Vivaldi’s The Four Season
NZSO Concertmaster
The Four Seasons.
Royal New Zealand Ballet for two productions.
NZSO Chief Executive Peter Biggs says in 2021 the Orchestra will spend more time and reach more communities in every centre it performs in.
“Our goal every year is to bring the greatest music ever written to as many New Zealanders as possible. We’re proud that in 2021 we’ll tour from Kerikeri to Invercargill and perform with some of the best soloists and conductors in the world.
“Our multi-day Festivals in six cities and expansion of our Setting Up Camp tour from six to 15 centres next year will give audiences more choices and allow the NZSO to make deeper connections with more New Zealanders.”