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Meet composer

Xenia Pestova Bennett

 Please tell us about yourself and what you do. I play the piano and a variety of other weird and wonderful keyboards: toy piano, Indian harmonium, a range o...

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Meet composer

Gerald Ginther

Please tell us about yourself and what you do.Instruments played: Flute (FTCL), clarinet, alto saxophone.Cultural historian and teacher.Concert experiences: ...

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New Zealand Shorts

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United by their brevity, this diverse collection of contrasting works showcases the range and vitality of New Zealand composition.

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Composer spaces

John Psathas

In our Composer Spaces series, we ask composers to share a bit about their working environment and to give us a brief insight into their process. This week w...

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Seascapes

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Being an island nation, there is no shortage of New Zealand music inspired by the sea, in all its moods. Gareth Farr’s ‘Te Tai-O-Rehua’ is a dark-hued portra...

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Alchemies

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These three pieces present an ambitious and unique blending of styles and cultural traditions. Philip Brownlee and Ariana Tikao collaborated to create ‘Ko th...

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Place

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Douglas Lilburn’s classic ‘Overture Aotearoa’ begins this programme of four evocative pieces. The urban landscape is represented by Sarah Ballard’s explorato...

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Contraptions

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Maria Grenfell's contrapuntal 'Clockwerk' kicks off this programme inspired by construction, robots, and unusual musical instruments. Jason Long expertly mel...

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Circles

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Starting off this concert inspired by spirals and circles, Michael Norris’s virtuosic Violin Concerto ‘Sama’ takes the motion of dancers in Sufi ceremony as ...

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Light

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Ross Harris's luminous 'There may Be Light' begins this programme of works inspired by ideas of light and light phenomena. Glen Downie's 'Light Speckled Drop...