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Anthony Ritchie symphonies

Below are live recordings of all six of Ritchie's symphonies performed by the Christchurch Symphony Orchestra, the Dunedin Symphony Orchestra, the Auckland P...

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Westlake Symphony Orchestra Recordings

In 2015, SOUNZ facilitated the Westlake Symphony Orchestra Recordings, a project to record and promote New Zealand orchestral works suitable for school and n...

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Orchestral Repertoire ideas

This suggested repertoire list aims to give people a starting point to discovering New Zealand orchestral music that they might enjoy hearing, performing or ...

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Symphonic

SOUNZ Virtual Concert

Jenny McLeod’s vibrant and youthful Little Symphony, written while the composer was still a student, is a response to Stravinsky’s Symphony in C. It is paire...

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Poetry

SOUNZ Virtual Concert

This concert celebrates some of the magnificent works published by Promethean Editions that incorporate words from New Zealand poets.First up is the winner o...

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New Zealand music about war

Below you will find a list of New Zealand music dealing with the subject of war.Works marked with * have full length audio or video available for free stream...

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Height

SOUNZ Virtual Concert

Natalie Hunt’s evocative Only to the Highest Mountain introduces this programme, followed by Gao Ping’s The Mountain which is inspired by the culture and fol...

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2024 NZSO | SOUNZ Tarling Trust Commission

NZSO | SOUNZ Tarling Trust CommissionBriar Prastiti recipient of 2024 NZSO | SOUNZ Tarling Trust CommissionWellington-based composer Briar Prastiti has been ...

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Celeste Oram's 'a loose affiliation of alleluias'

SOUNZ Contemporary Award 2020 finalist

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NZ Composer Sessions

Ngā Huihuinga Hāpai i ngā Kaitoko o Aotearoa

In association with the NZSO, RNZ Concert, SOUNZ Centre for New Zealand Music is proud to announce the selection for the latest 2023 NZ Composer Sessions. Se...