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12 May 2024
NZ Opera: The Strangest of Angels
YOUNG: The Strangest of Angels
Anna Leese (Nurse Katherine Baillie), Jayne Tankersley (Janet Frame), Christchurch SO/Kenneth Young
CSO Ron Ball Studio, Christchurch (RNZ)
Hunt, Natalie: Snapshots - Imani Winds (RNZ )
Rimmer, John: Explorations - Discoveries - Samuel Jacobs (horn), New Zealand SO (RNZ 2013)
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Sound Lounge: Nine NZ composers pay tribute to Lilburn; Virtuosic violinist Jennifer Koh talks about new works written for her
3 Nov 2018Stroma presents Nine Echoes, a major tribute to Douglas Lilburn featuring nine new works written by New Zealand composers, each work responding to one of Lilburn's Nine Short Pieces for piano. In… Read more Video
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Sound Lounge: NZ musicians perform Lilburn to celebrate his birthday; pre-Halloween horror synth with Goblin-tribute band Zombi
27 Oct 2018We celebrate Lilburn's birthday with covers of his music by NZ musicians and his Chaconne; Pre-Halloween horror-synth with Goblin-tribute band Zombi ; and in a Relevant Tones episode dedicated to… Read more Video
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Sound Lounge: Chris Adams depicts the evocative and turbulent painting Otira Gorge; Aphex Twin's new Collapse EP
20 Oct 2018Chris Adams depicts the evocative and turbulent painting Otira Gorge; Aphex Twin's new EP Collapse. Read more Video
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Sound Lounge: Flo Wilson reimagines Norris's Sygyt; Steve Reich's Music for 18 Musicians; Contemporary Haitian composers
13 Oct 2018Flo Wilson's reimagining of Michael Norris's SOUNZ Contemporary Award-winning Sygyt; Steve Reich's beautiful and iconic Music for 18 Musicians; and in Relevant Tones we hear from a selection of… Read more Video
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Sound Lounge: First of the 2018 NZSO Composer Sessions; Julius Eastman's provocative Gay Guerilla
6 Oct 2018In Relevant Tones we leave the world of equal-temperament behind and explore various contemporary pieces written for instruments in just intonation. Read more Video
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David Long and Phoenix Foundation members take soundtrack awards at the APRA Silver Scroll 2018
4 Oct 2018Lukasz Buda, Samuel Scott, and Conrad Wedde of The Phoenix Foundation have won Best Original Music in a Series and David Long of the Muttonbirds has won Best Original Music in a Feature Film at the… Read more Video
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Sound Lounge: Two exclusive tracks from Rhian Sheehan's new album; Leonie Holmes talks about her witch-inspired new work; Joan Tower picks her own favourite works
29 Sep 2018Leonie Holmes talks about her new work Dance of the Wintersmith, a finalist for the 2018 SOUNZ Contemporary Award, where satire, fantasy and the story of a young witch collide; East and West meet in… Read more Video
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Sound Lounge: Rosie Langabeer talks about the creation of Occulmente; Caroline Shaw's "Musical Sashimi"; Modern Musical Miniatures
22 Sep 2018Rosie Langabeer talks about the creation of Occulmente; Relevant Tones uncovers why composers enjoy creating mini masterworks under three-minutes long. Read more Video
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Sound Lounge: pioneering Kiwi concertos
15 Sep 2018Michael Norris is a finalist in the APRA Silver Scroll Awards in the SOUNZ Contemporary Award category for his new work, Sygyt. He talks to Eva Radich about the work's creation; The first ever… Read more Video
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Sound Lounge: Kyle Gann's modern alternative to Holst's Planets; Michael Norris's electrically charged Volti; Contemporary vinyl releases
8 Sep 2018Comparing his updated version of the Planets to Holst's, Kyle Gann says; "My Planets may be better, may be worse, but their raison d'etre is that they are more suggestive of contemporary astrology… Read more Video
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Sound Lounge: Colin Currie plays Xenakis at the Proms; Louise Webster nudges the wind; David Long's McLaren soundtrack gets award nomination
1 Sep 2018Award-winning British percussionist Colin Currie joins forces with dynamic contemporary music specialists, the JACK Quartet, for a programme of 20th- and 21st-century works, including world premieres… Read more Video
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Sound Lounge: 2018 SOUNZ Contemporary Award nominees; Japanese woodcuts turned into music; Vasks's spiritual summary of the times
25 Aug 2018Hear how two different composers (Psathas & Rochberg) were inspired by Japanese wooduts (Ukiyo) in their music. Latvian composer Peteris Vasks has contemplated the passing of the twentieth century --… Read more Video
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