Pictures at an Exhibition

Watch live on 27 March from 6.30pm, as Principal Conductor Gemma New starts our 2025 season with vivid paintings in sound.

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Storytime: The Little Yellow Digger Saves Christmas

The Little Yellow Digger is back to save Christmas! Pere Wihongi narrates the story, enriched by a fresh soundtrack from New Zealand composer Claire Cowan.

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Gemma New interview

NZSO Artistic Advisor and Principal Conductor Gemma New talks about the upcoming 'Jupiter' concert and also reveals her highlights of the NZSO 2025 Season with RNZ Concert's 'Three to Seven' presenter, Bryan Crump.

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Pictures at an Exhibition

Welcome toNZSO+

Storytime: The Little Yellow Digger Saves Christmas

Gemma New interview

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Conducting by Design

Mendelssohn: Violin Concerto in E Minor Op. 64, Mvt. 2

Prokofiev: Romeo and Juliet

Sibelius: Finlandia, Op. 26 No. 7

Saint-Saëns: Danse Macabre

Sibelius: Lemminkäinen Suite Op. 22 Mvt 2

Haydn: Symphony 103 'Drum Roll', Mvt. 4

Debussy: Prelude

Mendelssohn: Symphony No. 4 in A Major Op. 90 Mvt. 4

Shostakovich: Festive Overture

Ravel: Daphnis et Chloé Suite No. 2

Sibelius: Violin Concerto in D Minor

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Pictures at an Exhibition: Livestream

Debussy: Syrinx

Tchaikovsky: Sleeping Beauty Suite

Season 2025 Moments

Rimsky-Korsakov: Capriccio Espagnol

Mozart: Flute Concerto No. 2 in D Major

Ravel: Boléro

Beyond Words: The Making of Ahlan wa Sahlan

John Psathas: Ahlan wa Sahlan

Gemma New interview

Opetaia Foa'i & Malcolm Smith: Te Hiva

Wynton Marsalis: Blues Symphony

Symphonies

Bernstein: Symphony No. 2 'The Age of Anxiety'

Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 4, Movement IV

Schumann: Symphony No. 2

Beethoven: Symphony No. 5

Mozart: Symphony No. 25 in G Minor, K. 183

Dvorak: Symphony No. 8

Schumann: Symphony No. 3 in E-flat, Op. 97 'Rhenish'

Beethoven: Symphony No. 6 in F Major, Op. 68

Mahler: Symphony No. 3

Wynton Marsalis: Blues Symphony

Shostakovich: Symphony No. 10 op.93 E minor

Haydn: Symphony 103 'Drum Roll', Mvt. 4

Aotearoa NZ

Anthony Ritchie: A Bugle Will Do

Kenneth Young: Dance

Salina Fisher: Rainphase

The Phoenix Foundation: St Kevin

John Psathas: Ahlan wa Sahlan

Nathaniel Otley: the convergence of oceans

Anthony Ritchie: Remember Parihaka

John Psathas: Seikilos

Gareth Farr: Ngā Hihi o Matariki

Dame Gillian Whitehead: retrieving the fragility of peace

David Mason: Wāhi Ngaro

Cameron Monteath: Moirai

Beyond Words - An expression of peace and unity through music

Valerie Coleman: Umoja - Anthem of Unity

Traditional: Hasbi Rabbi/Molla Mamad Jan

OUM: Daba

Reza Vali: Funèbre for String Quartet and String Orchestra

Kyriakos Tapakis: Mantilatos

Beyond Words: The Making of Ahlan wa Sahlan

John Psathas: Ahlan wa Sahlan

Storytime

Storytime: Taea Ngā Whetū

Storytime: Colour the Stars

Storytime: Kua Whetūrangitia a Koro

Storytime: The Bomb

Storytime: Snake and Lizard

Storytime: Down in the Forest

Storytime: How My Koro Became a Star

Storytime: Tio Tiamu

Storytime: A Lion in the Meadow

Storytime: The Stolen Stars of Matariki

Storytime: I Roto i te Ngahere

Storytime: Mrs Wishy Washy's Farm

Mana Moana

TFR Simanu: Faliu Le La