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John Psathas: Ahlan wa Sahlan

Commissioned after consultation with Aotearoa New Zealand’s Muslim community and in light of the fifth anniversary of the tragic Christchurch shootings, Ahlan wa Sahlan is symbolically and emotionally a bridge across divides, a reaching out, an honouring and, above all, an embrace.

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Beyond Words: The Making of Ahlan wa Sahlan

Notable Pictures presents Beyond Words: The Making of Ahlan wa Sahlan

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Gershwin: Rhapsody in Blue

Watch German conductor André de Ridder lead the NZSO for Gershwin's Rhapsody in Blue with pianist Simon Tedeschi

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Opetaia Foa'i & Malcolm Smith: Te Hiva

Watch the NZSO perform this up-tempo smash hit, made famous by International Pacific Artist Te Vaka, by Opetaia Foa'i & Malcolm Smith, arranged by Thomas Goss, Helen Tupai, Jadrah Tupai

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John Psathas: Ahlan wa Sahlan

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Opetaia Foa'i & Malcolm Smith: Te Hiva

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Beyond Words: The Making of Ahlan wa Sahlan

John Psathas: Ahlan wa Sahlan

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Opetaia Foa'i & Malcolm Smith: Te Hiva

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Gershwin: Rhapsody in Blue

Traditional: Hasbi Rabbi/Molla Mamad Jan

Bloch: Schelomo

Bizet: Carmen Suite No. 1 V. Les Toréadors

Meet your NZSO: Lenny Sakofsky

Gareth Farr: Nga Hihi o Matariki

Beyond Words - An expression of peace and unity through music

Traditional: Hasbi Rabbi/Molla Mamad Jan

OUM: Daba

Reza Vali: Funèbre for String Quartet and String Orchestra

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Beyond Words: The Making of Ahlan wa Sahlan

John Psathas: Ahlan wa Sahlan

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Beyond Words: The Making of Ahlan wa Sahlan

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Kyriakos Tapakis: Mantilatos

John Psathas: Ahlan wa Sahlan

Bryce Dessner: Mari

Wynton Marsalis: Blues Symphony

Beethoven: Coriolan Overture Op. 62

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HM Queen Salote Tupou III: Siueli 'o e Pasifiki

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Opetaia Foa'i & Malcolm Smith: Te Hiva

Helen Tupai: Lo’u Fesoasoani

Vaniah Toloa: Tukua (Tagi E)

Malcolm & Panapa Lakatani: Nukututaha

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Opetaia Foa'i & Malcolm Smith: Te Hiva (Encore)

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Chopin: Piano Concerto No. 2, Movement 1

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Saint-Saëns: Cello Concerto No. 1 in A Minor, Op. 33

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