Video Library

Requiem – Dies Irae (subtitled)

Instantly recognisable. Verdi at his terrific best.

Requiem – The Trumpet’s Astonishing Sound

Tuba Mirum Spargens Sonum. Conductor Herbert von Karajan

What a concert opener!

The powerful E minor minimalist chords of John Adams’ ‘Harmonielehre’, performed by the NZSO.

2013: I’m looking forward to…

NZSO Concertmaster Vesa-Matti Leppänen shares

Meeting Bryn Terfel – BBC

A documentary from the ‘Bryn Fest’ at the Royal Festival Hall, London

My Little Welsh Home

Bryn’s affectionate rendition of this evocative folk song

The Whistling Fiend!

Bryn sings the aria from Boito’s opera Mefistofele – Son lo Spirito

Britten’s Music in Film

Wes Anderson, the director of Moonrise Kingdom

Interview with John Adams

The composer talks about Harmonielehre

Bryn Terfel: A Gala Evening with the NZSO

Intermezzo – Cavalleria Rusticana

Serene and heart-wrenchingly beautiful. An all-time favourite

William Tell Overture (finale)

Need we say any more?

The Tristan Chord

Stephen Fry explains how Wagner changed everything

Trailer – Tan Dun Martial Arts Trilogy (with film)

The big orchestra meets the big screen in this awe-inspiring performance.

10 Things You Didn’t Know About The NZSO National Youth Orchestra

Trailer – Tan Dun Martial Arts Trilogy

Prelude, Fugue and Riffs

Conducted by the composer himself, Leonard Bernstein

An American in Paris

Gene Kelly & Leslie Caron dance to the piece in the 1951 film classic

Gershwin plays Rhapsody in Blue

Need we say anything more?

Chorus – Hallelujah

Universally recognisable, the audience traditionally stand

For Unto Us A Child is Born

The Christmas Story. LSO conducted by Sir Colin Davis

Peter and the Wolf

A perennial favourite with children and their families

A Young Person’s Guide to the Orchestra

Simon Rattle introduces this exciting work

Love’s Death

Tristan and Isolde: Prelude & Liebestod

A Little Night Music

Classical Perfection. Eine Kleine Nachtmusik 1st Movement: Allegro

The Great G Minor Symphony

Mozart Symphony No. 40

Meet Colin Currie

The percussionist who has everyone talking

Gustav Holst – The Planets Op.32 Jupiter

Performed by Tokyo City Philharmonic Orchestra with Conductor Taijiro Imori

Mozart’s Jupiter Symphony

Royal Stockholm Philharmonic and Mark Wiggleworth rehearsing Mozart’s Symphony No. 41 Jupiter – 3.25mins

Meet Rosario La Spina

His journey from bricklayer to international opera singer

Nimrod – Enigma Variations

Poignant and instantly recognisable, Sir Georg Solti conducts mvmt 9

Thoughts on Dvorak’s Cello Concerto

Daniel Müller-Schott plays and explains

La Valse – Ravel

Revel in the glorious impresionistic swell

Bryn sings Shenandoah

The traditional American folk song

Bryn Terfel at the Met

As Wotan in the final scene of Die Walküre

Meet Tan Dun

Get to know this Oscar and Grammy-winning composer

Martial Arts Trilogy in Concert

In rehearsal, Adelaide 2012. Music from ‘The Banquet’

Peter Breiner & the NZSO

NZSO Exclusive – NAXOS celebrate their 25th Anniversary with their first digital only release.

Elgar’s Puzzle

The Theme and 1st mvmt of the Enigma Variations

Behind the Scenes 2

The Valkyires on Kim Hill and, …did you say incest?

Behind the Scenes

Meet the cast & find out about Simon’s secret Marmite stash.

A Child of our Time

Michael Tippet’s secular oratorio directed by Colin Davis

Moses Mackay – Bass Soloist

Recently appeared in Rigoletto. See him in this trailer.

Why sing Opera?

Jonathan Lemalu interviewed on TVNZ Frontseat in 2007

According to the Brass Section

Wagner Tubas & Leitmotifs – the Brass know what’s what!

Let there be Leitmotifs!

Why Wagner has more to do with Star Wars than you might think

Concerto for Two Violins

Yehudi Menuhin & David Oistrakh perform in this classic clip

‘A Cosmic Symphony’

Venezuelan conductor Gustavo Dudamel describes Mahler 7

The King’s Symphony

The 2nd mvt of Beethoven 7, used in the final scene of The King’s Speech

Hear Bruckner 5

A majestic work. Lucerne Festival Orchestra, Claudio Abbado conducts

From the Archive…

A 1990′s profile of Simone at the Deutsche Staatsoper in Berlin

Skype Philharmonic?

Simone conducts the Hamburg Phil, with players spread all over the city

The Hamburg Philharmonic

What connects Simone with Tchaikovsky, Brahms and Mahler?

Simon O’Neill in Ashburton

Simon Speaks about his career to Ashbuton TV in 2010

Meet Stephen Hough

Can a home without music = one of the greatest living concert pianists?

Watch Nicola Benedetti play

Mendelssohn’s Violin Concerto in E minor – 1st movement

Trailer – The Valkyrie

Disney’s Apprentice

Buckets & Brooms in a clip that introduced Dukas to the world

New Zealand String Quartet

Visit London and perform another of Lyell Cresswell’s works

What’s a Heckelphone?

Hear the most unsual instrument to be played in Alpine Symphony

Alpine Symphony – Vienna Philharmonic

Watch & listen to the entire work

Strauss – An Alpine Symphony

Learn – the themes that tell the story in Strauss’ masterwork

Jacqueline du Pré plays Elgars Cello Concerto

The woman who restarted it all

Lynn Harrell plays Elgar’s Cello Concerto with NZSO

Matthias Bamert conducts – 2003

Rain Tree Teaser

NZSO Section Principal Percussion Leonard Sakofsky performs

Sasha Cooke at the Met

Sasha Cooke in the Metropolitan Opera’s 2008 telecast of Dr. Atomic

Takemitsu – Rain Tree

Takemitsu’s Raintree is not just about sound… SEE it here.

O hehrstes Wunder!

The legendary Jessye Norman as Sieglinde. Scene one, act three.

Mahler’s Sixth Symphony

Webcast of Mahler’s Sixth Symphony, recorded at the Auckland Town Hall on Saturday 18 June, 2011.