Tiki Taane testing the tools at sound check before MAI TE UIRA South Island Tour at The Piano in Ōtautahi. Presented by Chamber Music New Zealand, 16 June 2025. Filmed by Kieran from Event Production Services.
Hannah Darroch (flutes) and Justin DeHart (marimba) perform Kembang Suling by Gareth Farr. Presented by Christopher's Classics in partnership with Chamber Music New Zealand, 12 September 2024. Audio by Darryl Stack and Alexander Harmer for RNZ Concert. Filmed by Chris Watson for SOUNZ. Film funded by NZ On Air. Kembang Suling (1995) by Gareth Farr © Promethean Editions Ltd.
Hannah Darroch (flute and voice) performs Te Tangi a te Matui. Written in 1986, when Wellington-based composer Helen Fisher was studying te reo Māori at Te Kuratini, Wellington Polytechnic. The piece opens with a karakia that was given to her by her language teacher, Teariki Mei QSM (Ngāti Ruapani, Ngāi Tūhoe), which Fisher set to music. The flutist sings the waiata, and later there are moments where the voice and flute completely merge as one. The flute part is in places reminiscent of the small kōauau flute, hinting at its breathy timbre, microtonal scale, and the playing method of bending between notes. Fisher says that the work was also inspired by birdsong, and the memory of her mother’s singing – the work is dedicated to her. Audio by Darryl Stack and Alexander Harmer for RNZ Concert. Filmed by Chris Watson for SOUNZ. Film funded by NZ On Air.
New Zealand Army Band is providing the musical goodness with a cover of ‘I'd Do Anything for Love (But I Won't Do That)’ by Meat Loaf. April 16, 2022.
Jubilate Singers perform 'Plumsong' by Philip Norman as part of 'Wit & Wisdom' - a concert celebrating five decades of choral music by Philip Norman with ‘Reading the Plum’, the fourth of eight movements from the 1995 work ‘Plumsong’. Words by A.K. Grant, in the style of Jenny Bornholdt. Filmed by Chris Watson for SOUNZ. Audio recorded by Thom O’Connor. Film funded by NZ On Air.
Listen to Mel Parsons Mel Parsons performing new songs along with crowd favourites at The Piano in Ōtautahi Christchurch. The concert was the first show of her 2024 tour celebrating the release of her latest album Sabotage. The concert was recorded and mixed for RNZ by Alex Harmer, with live sound by Jo Barus. Supporting Parson's on stage were Aaron Stewart on bass, Jed Parsons on drums and Josh Logan on guitar.
In 2024, Lauren Mitchell embarked upon a solo tour of intimate shows throughout Aotearoa, which she combined with vocal workshops aimed at wahine from all walks of life and singing abilities. This is a selection of her performance from The Chamber @ The Piano in Christchurch, as part of that tour.
This concert by New Zealand pianist Michael Houstoun was recorded at The Piano in Ōtautahi Christchurch in September 2023 as part of The Piano's Sundays at Four recital series. Featured here is BRAHMS Variations & Fugue on a Theme by Handel.
This concert by New Zealand pianist Jian Liu was recorded at The Piano in Ōtautahi Christchurch in September 2024 as part of The Piano's Sundays at Four recital series. Featured here is DOUGLAS LILBURN From the Port Hills. Recorded by Alex Harmer for RNZ Concert.
Based on the Brahms Horn Trio, Op.40, where Brahms wrote for the horn rather than the conventional cello, the Morton Trio are a successful classical trio from Christchurch, New Zealand. As well as the Op.40 Brahms, this album features an arrangement of the Brahms Piano Trio No. 1 in B Major; and an outstanding original composition by violinist Arna Morton. Infectious performances of these works, recorded in the Philip Carter Family Concert Hall at The Piano in Christchurch NZ, confirm the Morton Trio as a leading addition to the national classical chamber music scene.
Emerging composer and performer Rakuto Kurano performed and recorded original works in January 2024, supported by The Piano's Emerging Artist Fund. ‘Fantail in Tokyo’, a piano trio composed for the 2019 NZTrio Composing Competition, in which it was selected as one of the winning works. The music evokes the busy city of Tokyo; the city that never goes to sleep. The composer (at the piano) is joined on the stage of The Piano by Justin Hodges (violin) and Ingrid Kosaka (cello). Audio recorded by Alex van den Broek. Filmed by Chris Watson for SOUNZ. Film funded by NZ On Air.