Performed by NZSO, conducted by Antoni Witt, 21 May 2011, Michael Fowler Centre, Wellington. Live recording by Radio New Zealand Concert. Used by kind permission of Radio New Zealand Concert.

BEETHOVEN: 3rd movement from Symphony No. 3 ‘Eroica’

Performed by NZSO, conducted by Matthias Bamert, 22 May 2009, Town Hall, Auckland. Live recording by Radio New Zealand Concert. Used by kind permission of Radio New Zealand Concert.

BEETHOVEN: 2nd movement from Symphony No. 7

Performed by NZSO, conducted by Pietari Inkinen with Madeleine Pierard, Sarah Castle, Simon O’Neill, Jonathan Lemalu, and Auckland Choral Society, 24 September 2011, Town Hall, Auckland. Live recording by Radio New Zealand Concert. Used by kind permission of Radio New Zealand Concert.

BEETHOVEN: Excerpt from the 4th movement of Symphony No. 9 ‘Choral’

HEAR AND FAR: Composer James MacMillan talks about his 2012 work Woman of the Apocalypse

Performed by Takako Nishizaki on solo violin and Capella Istropolitana, conducted by Stephen Gunzenhauser. Used by permission of Naxos – CD 8.550332.

MAHLER 9: Mozart – Excerpt from 1st movement of Violin Concerto No. 4

Performed by London Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Valery Gergiev. Used by kind permission of LSO – SACD LSO0668.

MAHLER 9: Mahler – Excerpt from 4th movement of Symphony No. 9

Performed by NZSO, conducted by Matthias Bamert, 1 October 2005, Town Hall, Auckland. Live recording by Radio New Zealand Concert. Used by kind permission of Radio New Zealand Concert.

NYO: Strauss – Excerpt from Also sprach Zarathustra

Performed by NZSO, conducted by Pietari Inkinen, 13 June 2009, Town Hall, Auckland. Live recording by Radio New Zealand Concert. Used by kind permission of Radio New Zealand Concert.

NYO: Rimsky-Korsakov – The Sea and Sinbad’s Ship from Scheherazade

All nine Symphonies over four days. Beethoven at its best. See nzso.co.nz for concert details. Excerpts taken from RNZ recordings of previous NZSO performances.

Beethoven No. 9. Ode to Joy. Excerpt

A new composition by Sarah Ballard. Commissioned by the NZSO National Youth Orchestra. Concert details at http://www.nzso.co.nz/concerts/concert/nzso-national-youth-orchestra-2014/ 

Synergos Opening - Sarah Ballard

Synergos Ending - Sarah Ballard

An excerpt from the Fourth Movement of Sibelius's Symphony No. 2

04 Sibelius Symphony No. 2 Fourth Movement Excerpt

Excerpt of the NZSO performing Mahler's Symphony No. 5.

Intro to Mahler's Fifth Symphony

First movement of Sibelius' Violin Concerto. Recorded by RNZ and performed by the NZSO in 2006. 

1. Sibelius Violin Concerto In D Minor Op 47 Susanna Malkki

Second movement of Sibelius' Violin Concerto. Recorded by RNZ and performed by the NZSO in 2006. 

2. Sibelius Violin Concerto In D Minor Op 47 Susanna Malkki

Third movement of Sibelius' Violin Concerto. Recorded by RNZ and performed by the NZSO in 2006. 

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