New Zealand Symphony Orchestra

{{Short description|National symphony orchestra of New Zealand}} {{Use dmy dates|date=November 2025}} {{Use New Zealand English|date=November 2012}} {{Infobox orchestra | name = New Zealand Symphony Orchestra | native_name = ''Te Tira Pūoro o Aotearoa'' | logo = The logo of the New Zealand Symphony Orchestra.svg | logo_size = | logo_caption = | former_name = National Orchestra of the New Zealand Broadcasting Service (1946–1963)<br>NZBC Symphony Orchestra (1963–1975) | location = New Zealand | image = NZSO playing at Te Papa.jpg | caption = NZSO playing at Te Papa in 2009 | concert_hall = Michael Fowler Centre | founded = {{start date and age|1946}} | principal_conductor = Gemma New (2022) | website = {{URL|www.nzso.co.nz}} }}

The '''New Zealand Symphony Orchestra''' ('''NZSO''') ({{Langx|mi|Te Tira Pūoro o Aotearoa}}) is a symphony orchestra based in Wellington, New Zealand. The national orchestra of New Zealand, the NZSO is an autonomous Crown entity owned by the New Zealand Government, per the New Zealand Symphony Orchestra Act 2004. It is currently based in the Michael Fowler Centre and frequently performed in the adjacent Wellington Town Hall before it was closed in 2013. It also performs in Auckland, Christchurch and Dunedin.

==History== A national orchestra for New Zealand was first proposed with the founding of the Radio Broadcasting Company in 1925, and broadcasting studio orchestras operated in major cities from the late 1920s. A national orchestra was formed in 1939 for New Zealand's Centennial Exhibition in 1940.

thumb|left|NZBC National Orchestra invitation card, August 1962|alt=Invitation card to the Royal Concert for His Majesty King Bhumibol and Queen Sirikit of Thailand, August 1962 The orchestra became permanent in 1946 in the aftermath of World War II as the "National Orchestra of the New Zealand Broadcasting Service" (by Oswald Cheesman and others); the inaugural concert took place on 6 March 1947. It was managed as a department of the New Zealand Broadcasting Corporation, which later became Radio New Zealand, as the NZBC National Orchestra.<ref name=symphony>{{cite web |url=http://www.teara.govt.nz/en/1966/24083/nzbc-symphony-orchestra |title=NZBC Symphony Orchestra |publisher=Te Ara: The Encyclopedia of New Zealand |date=1966 |access-date=23 January 2015 |archive-date=28 January 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150128131926/http://www.teara.govt.nz/en/1966/24083/nzbc-symphony-orchestra |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name=mch>{{cite web |url=http://www.mch.govt.nz/news-events/news/history-new-zealand-symphony-orchestra |title=A history of the New Zealand Symphony Orchestra |publisher=Ministry for Culture and Heritage |date=20 June 2013 |access-date=23 January 2015 |archive-date=18 January 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150118093645/http://www.mch.govt.nz/news-events/news/history-new-zealand-symphony-orchestra |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref name=walls>{{cite web | first=Peter | last=Walls | title=Orchestras – The National Orchestra | publisher=Te Ara: The Encyclopedia of New Zealand | url=http://www.teara.govt.nz/en/orchestras/page-3 | date=22 October 2014 | access-date=8 June 2015 | archive-date=16 May 2015 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150516024809/http://www.teara.govt.nz/en/orchestras/page-3 | url-status=live }}</ref> In 1961, Igor Stravinsky and his associate conductor Robert Craft conducted the orchestra in a programme of Stravinsky's works.<ref>{{Cite news |date=20 November 1961 |title=Roaring ovation for Stravinsky |url=https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/CHP19611120.2.138 |access-date=1 March 2025 |work=Press |page=15 |via=Papers Past}}</ref>

The orchestra was renamed the NZBC Symphony Orchestra in 1963, and in 1975 renamed again to the New Zealand Symphony Orchestra. In 1988, the orchestra became fully independent of Radio New Zealand, and began operating as an independent Crown-owned company.<ref name name=walls /><ref name=symphony /><ref name=mch /> Even after the formal separation of the orchestra from Radio New Zealand, NZSO performances continue to be recorded, broadcast and archived by Radio New Zealand Concert. Auckland Town Hall, Wellington Town Hall and Michael Fowler Centre performances are broadcast live-to-air and streamed online, and performances in other centres or overseas cities are usually recorded and broadcast at later dates.

On 11 September 2022, the orchestra performed a special 75th anniversary concert (delayed from the actual anniversary by the COVID-19 pandemic), conducted by Gemma New.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Rashbrooke |first=Max |date=11 September 2022 |title=NZSO anniversary concert reveals bright future in hands of brilliant new conductor |url=https://www.stuff.co.nz/entertainment/music/300685725/nzso-anniversary-concert-reveals-bright-future-in-hands-of-brilliant-new-conductor |access-date=28 September 2022 |website=Stuff |language=en}}</ref>

==Performances==

[[File:Bic Runga and the NZSO, Wellington, 2026 (2).jpg|thumb|Bic Runga performing with the NZSO, Wellington, April 2026]]

===Touring=== The NZSO has long had an extensive touring schedule within New Zealand. It performed in Christchurch as early as 1947. It performs its core series of 12 programmes in Wellington and Auckland, about half of those in Hamilton, Christchurch and Dunedin, and visits several provincial cities each year. It has several times toured overseas, notably in 2005 to the BBC Proms, the Snape Maltings, the Concertgebouw in Amsterdam and the World Expo at Aichi in Japan.<ref>{{cite news | author=George Hall | title=Prom 46: New Zealand Symphony/ Judd (Royal Albert Hall, London) | url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2005/aug/20/classicalmusicandopera.proms20051 | work=The Guardian | date=20 August 2005 | access-date=6 March 2009 | archive-date=22 April 2019 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190422061332/https://www.theguardian.com/music/2005/aug/20/classicalmusicandopera.proms20051 | url-status=live }}</ref>

===Conductors=== Franz-Paul Decker was the last NZSO conductor to have the title of chief conductor, and had the title of Conductor Laureate until his death in May 2014. The first conductor to have the title of music director of the NZSO was James Judd, from 1999 to 2007. Judd is now the orchestra's Music Director Emeritus.

In May 2007, Pietari Inkinen was named the NZSO's second music director,<ref>{{cite news | author=William Dart | title=New Zealand Symphony Orchestra at Auckland Town Hall | url=http://www.nzherald.co.nz/entertainment/news/article.cfm?c_id=1501119&objectid=10440763 | work=The New Zealand Herald | date=21 May 2007 | access-date=6 March 2009 | archive-date=20 October 2012 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121020051020/http://www.nzherald.co.nz/entertainment/news/article.cfm?c_id=1501119&objectid=10440763 | url-status=live }}</ref> and he formally took up the post in January 2008. Inkinen concluded his NZSO tenure in 2015 and subsequently took the title of honorary conductor.<ref>{{cite press release | url=https://www.nzso.co.nz/news/post/2015/04/nzso-announces-new-role-for-music-director/ | title=NZSO announces new role for music director | publisher=New Zealand Symphony Orchestra | date=13 April 2015 | access-date=29 June 2015 | archive-date=23 January 2016 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160123123009/https://www.nzso.co.nz/news/post/2015/04/nzso-announces-new-role-for-music-director/ | url-status=live }}</ref> In June 2015, the NZSO announced the appointment of Edo de Waart as its next music director, with his first concerts in March 2016.<ref>{{cite press release | url=https://www.nzso.co.nz/news/post/2015/06/nzso-announces-new-music-director-edo-de-waart/ | title=NZSO announces new Music Director Edo de Waart | publisher=New Zealand Symphony Orchestra | date=29 June 2015 | access-date=29 June 2015 | archive-date=1 July 2015 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150701040951/https://www.nzso.co.nz/news/post/2015/06/nzso-announces-new-music-director-edo-de-waart/ | url-status=dead }}</ref> De Waart's last concert as music director was in November 2019. In 2020 he became NZSO Conductor Laureate.<ref>{{cite press release | url=https://www.nzso.co.nz/new-zealands-orchestra/news-and-media/new-zealand-symphony-orchestra-music-director-appointed-conductor-laureate/ | title=New Zealand Symphony Orchestra Music Director Appointed Conductor Laureate | publisher=New Zealand Symphony Orchestra | date=17 July 2019 | access-date=17 July 2019}}</ref> NZSO Associate Conductor Hamish McKeich was appointed NZSO Principal Conductor in Residence from January 2020.<ref>{{cite press release | url=https://www.nzso.co.nz/new-zealands-orchestra/news-and-media/nzso-appoints-hamish-mckeich-as-principal-conductor-in-residence/ | title=NZSO appoints Hamish McKeich as Principal Conductor in Residence | publisher=New Zealand Symphony Orchestra | date=4 November 2019 | access-date=4 November 2019}}</ref>

In 2022, the NZSO appointed Gemma New as its artistic director and principal conductor in 2022, the first woman to hold leadership conducting posts with the NZSO.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Fallon |first=Virginia |date=26 February 2022 |title=Breaking the brass ceiling: NZSO appoints first woman principal conductor in 75 years |url=https://www.stuff.co.nz/entertainment/127866120/breaking-the-brass-ceiling-nzso-appoints-first-woman-principal-conductor-in-75-years |access-date=26 February 2022 |website=Stuff |language=en |archive-date=26 February 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220226193308/https://www.stuff.co.nz/entertainment/127866120/breaking-the-brass-ceiling-nzso-appoints-first-woman-principal-conductor-in-75-years |url-status=live }}</ref> She is scheduled to stand down from the posts in 2027, and subsequently to take the title of artistic partner.<ref name="Blake">{{cite news | url=https://limelight-arts.com.au/news/nzso-announces-new-music-director/ | work=Limelight Magazine | author=Jason Blake | title=NZSO announces new Music Director | date=23 June 2025 | access-date=26 June 2025}}</ref>

In August 2023, André de Ridder first guest-conducted the NZSO. In June 2025, the NZSO announced the appointment of de Ridder as its next music director, effective in 2027.<ref name="Blake"/><ref>{{cite press release | url=https://www.harrisonparrott.com/news/2025-06-20/new-zealand-symphony-orchestra-has-appointed-andre-de-ridder-as-new | title=New Zealand Symphony Orchestra has appointed André de Ridder as new Music Director starting 2027 | publisher=HarrisonParrott | date=20 June 2025 | accessdate=26 June 2025}}</ref>

====List of affiliated conductors==== * Anderson Tyrer (1947–1950) * Michael Bowles (1950–1953) * Warwick Braithwaite (1953–1954) * James Robertson (1954–1957) * John Hopkins (1957–1963) * Juan Matteucci (1964–1969) * Franz-Paul Decker (1991–1996, chief conductor) * James Judd (1999–2007, music director) * Pietari Inkinen (2008–2015, music director) * Edo de Waart (2016–2019, music director) * Hamish McKeich (2016–2019, associate conductor; 2020–present, principal conductor in residence) * Gemma New (2022–present, principal conductor and artistic director)

===Recordings=== The NZSO has recorded several LPs and many CDs, several with internationally known soloists such as Alessandra Marc and Donald McIntyre. In the last decade it has sold 500,000 CDs. It records at least one CD of New Zealand music each year. It has made a number of recordings on the American Koch label and now (2007) records regularly with Naxos.<ref>{{cite news | author=William Dart | title=Happy birthday to a classical act | url=http://www.nzherald.co.nz/entertainment/news/article.cfm?c_id=1501119&objectid=10460587 | work=The New Zealand Herald | date=30 August 2007 | access-date=6 March 2009 | archive-date=20 October 2012 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121020051057/http://www.nzherald.co.nz/entertainment/news/article.cfm?c_id=1501119&objectid=10460587 | url-status=live }}</ref> The latest recordings are two CDs of music by Jean Sibelius<ref>{{cite news | author=William Dart | title=Finnish flourish in prophetic recording | url=http://www.nzherald.co.nz/entertainment/news/article.cfm?c_id=1501119&objectid=10499322 | work=The New Zealand Herald | date=13 March 2008 | access-date=6 March 2009 | archive-date=20 October 2012 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121020051038/http://www.nzherald.co.nz/entertainment/news/article.cfm?c_id=1501119&objectid=10499322 | url-status=live }}</ref> and one CD of music by Einojuhani Rautavaara.

In 2012, the NZSO collaborated with Booktrack and Salman Rushdie to create music for an enhanced edition of Rusdhie's short story '' In the South ''.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://booktrack.serveronline.net/blog/?p=164|title=Salman Rushdie Collaborates With Booktrack And The New Zealand Symphony Orchestra, Booktrack Launches A New E-reader Platform|publisher=Booktrack|access-date=6 June 2015|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140404115658/http://booktrack.serveronline.net/blog/?p=164|archive-date=4 April 2014}}</ref> The NZSO recorded part of Howard Shore's score for ''The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring'', notably the "Mines of Moria" sequence, as well as an alternate version of the cue "The Breaking of the Fellowship". The NZSO also performed and recorded Howard Shore's score for ''The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug'' and ''The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies'', and most recently Mark Mothersbaugh's score for ''A Minecraft Movie''.

An NZSO recording of works by Zhou Long and the Symphony ‘Humen 1839’, written in collaboration with compatriot Chen Yi, was nominated for Best Orchestral Performance at the 58th Annual Grammy Awards in February 2016. Singaporean Darrell Ang conducted the recording, which was recorded in Wellington's Michael Fowler Centre in June 2013 and released on the Naxos label in May 2015. It was the first Grammy nomination for the NZSO.

In 2020, the NZSO collaborated with composer Claire Cowan to produce a recording of the music from the original ballet "Hansel and Gretel", a commission from The Royal New Zealand Ballet.<ref>{{cite web |title=NZSO Recording Aotearoa |url=https://www.nzso.co.nz/the-nzso/about-us/nzso-recording/nzso-recording-aotearoa |website=NZSO |publisher=New Zealand Symphony Orchestra |access-date=15 February 2023}}</ref> The album won the 2021 Aotearoa Music Award for Best Classical Album.<ref>{{cite web |title=Award History |url=https://aotearoamusicawards.nz/award-history/ |website=Aotearoa Music Awards |access-date=15 February 2023 |archive-date=25 October 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201025201023/https://aotearoamusicawards.nz/award-history/ |url-status=dead }}</ref>

==Subsidiary orchestras==

===National Youth Orchestra=== The NZSO National Youth Orchestra was founded by John Hopkins in 1959.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.nzso.co.nz/education/nzso_nyo|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090821200246/http://www.nzso.co.nz/education/nzso_nyo|url-status=dead|title=New Zealand Symphony Orchestra National Youth Orchestra official Homepage|archive-date=21 August 2009}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book|last=Tonks|first=Joy|title=The NZSO National Youth Orchestra : fifty years and beyond|publisher=Victoria University Press|year=2011|isbn=978-0-86473-609-3|location=Wellington [N.Z.]|oclc=456176486}}</ref> It auditions afresh each year and, after an intensive rehearsal schedule, performs one programme, in 2007 to be repeated in Auckland, Wellington and Christchurch.

The NYO celebrated its 50th Anniversary Celebratory Season in 2009, under the baton of Paul Daniel, with John Chen as soloist and Ben Morrison as Concertmaster. Their programme was Mahler's 7th Symphony, Ravel's Left-Hand piano concerto and an original composition by Natalie Hunt, ''Only to the Highest Mountain''. The 2009 season also saw the return of John Hopkins to join in the celebrations.

'''National Youth Orchestra Composer-in-Residence scheme'''

In 2005, the orchestra inaugurated its Composer-in-Residence scheme, with Robin Toan as first recipient of the award.<ref name="auto">{{cite news|url=http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/CU0508/S00076.htm|title=National Youth Orchestra 2005|date=10 August 2005|publisher=Scoop|access-date=8 July 2007|archive-date=26 December 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211226194044/https://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/CU0508/S00076.htm|url-status=live}}</ref>

'''List of recipients'''

* 2005 Robin Toan <ref name="auto"/> * 2006 Claire Cowan <ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/CU0608/S00227.htm|title=National Youth Orchestra 2006|date=23 August 2006|publisher=Scoop|access-date=8 July 2007|archive-date=26 December 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211226194048/https://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/CU0608/S00227.htm|url-status=live}}</ref> * 2007 Karlo Margetić <ref>{{Cite web|url=https://makingwavesnewmusic.com/special-editions/new-zealand-composers/karlo-margetic/|title=Karlo Margetic|date=14 April 2018|access-date=27 August 2020|archive-date=26 December 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211226194043/https://makingwavesnewmusic.com/special-editions/new-zealand-composers/karlo-margetic/|url-status=live}}</ref> * 2008 Tabea Squire <ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.rnz.co.nz/concert/programmes/sounz-recordings/audio/2018696251/tabea-squire-ao|title=Tabea SQUIRE: Ao|date=22 May 2019|website=RNZ |access-date=27 August 2020|archive-date=26 December 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211226194049/https://www.rnz.co.nz/concert/programmes/sounz-recordings/audio/2018696251/tabea-squire-ao|url-status=live}}</ref> * 2009 Natalie Hunt <ref>{{Cite web|url=https://canz.net.nz/uncategorized/natalie-hunt-is-2009-nyo-composer-in-residence/|title=Natalie Hunt is 2009 NYO Composer-in-Residence &#124; Composers Association of New Zealand|access-date=27 August 2020|archive-date=26 December 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211226194044/https://canz.net.nz/uncategorized/natalie-hunt-is-2009-nyo-composer-in-residence/|url-status=dead}}</ref> * 2011 Alexandra Hay <ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.rnz.co.nz/concert/programmes/resound/audio/201776529/alexandra-hay-white-rain|title=Alexandra HAY: White Rain|date=29 October 2015|website=RNZ |access-date=27 August 2020|archive-date=26 December 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211226194049/https://www.rnz.co.nz/concert/programmes/resound/audio/201776529/alexandra-hay-white-rain|url-status=live}}</ref> * 2012 Alex Taylor<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.voxy.co.nz/entertainment/milestone-performance-features-nz-musical-youth/5/130009|title=Milestone performance features NZ musical youth|website=www.voxy.co.nz|access-date=27 August 2020|archive-date=26 December 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211226194052/http://www.voxy.co.nz/entertainment/milestone-performance-features-nz-musical-youth/5/130009|url-status=live}}</ref> * 2013 Sam Logan <ref>{{Cite web|url=https://mch.govt.nz/nzso-national-youth-orchestra-announces-2013-composer-residence|title=NZSO National Youth Orchestra announces 2013 Composer-in-Residence &#124; Ministry for Culture and Heritage|website=mch.govt.nz}}{{Dead link|date=April 2024 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> * 2014 Sarah Ballard <ref>{{Cite web|url=https://mch.govt.nz/composer-residence-appointed-nzso-national-youth-orchestra|title=Composer in residence appointed for NZSO National Youth Orchestra &#124; Ministry for Culture and Heritage|website=mch.govt.nz}}{{Dead link|date=April 2024 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> * 2015 Salina Fisher<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.rnz.co.nz/collections/concerthall/nzso-national-youth-orchestra|title=NZSO National Youth Orchestra from Concert Hall|website=RNZ |access-date=27 August 2020|archive-date=26 December 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211226194057/https://www.rnz.co.nz/collections/concerthall/nzso-national-youth-orchestra|url-status=live}}</ref> * 2016 Celeste Oram<ref name="mch.govt.nz">{{cite web|date=10 July 2017|title=New Zealand's best young musicians to work with two giants of British music|url=https://mch.govt.nz/new-zealand%E2%80%99s-best-young-musicians-work-two-giants-british-music|access-date=6 March 2021|website=Ministry for Culture and Heritage|archive-date=22 February 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210222093915/https://mch.govt.nz/new-zealand%E2%80%99s-best-young-musicians-work-two-giants-british-music|url-status=dead}}</ref> * 2017 Reuben Jelleyman<ref name="mch.govt.nz"/> * 2018 Josiah Carr <ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.nzherald.co.nz/entertainment/news/article.cfm?c_id=1501119&objectid=12077402|title=Young composer sees a forest through the trees|first=Richard|last=Betts|date=26 June 2018|via=www.nzherald.co.nz|access-date=27 August 2020|archive-date=12 July 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180712063213/https://www.nzherald.co.nz/entertainment/news/article.cfm?c_id=1501119&objectid=12077402|url-status=live}}</ref> * 2019 Glen Downie <ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.nzyouthchoir.com/event/national-youth-orchestra-celebrates-with-the-nz-youth-choir/|title=NYO Celebrates – with the NZ Youth Choir|website=New Zealand Youth Choir|access-date=27 August 2020|archive-date=26 December 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211226194045/https://www.nzyouthchoir.com/event/national-youth-orchestra-celebrates-with-the-nz-youth-choir/|url-status=live}}</ref> * 2020 Joshua Pearson <ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.aucklandlive.co.nz/show/nzso20-national-youth-orchestra-leningrad|title=National Youth Orchestra – Leningrad|first=Auckland|last=Live|website=Auckland Live|access-date=27 August 2020|archive-date=26 December 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211226194045/https://www.aucklandlive.co.nz/show/nzso20-national-youth-orchestra-leningrad|url-status=live}}</ref> * 2021 Ihlara McIndoe<ref>{{Cite web |date=2 February 2021 |title=Composer Ihlara McIndoe is going places |url=https://www.rnz.co.nz/concert/programmes/upbeat/audio/2018781923/composer-ihlara-mcindoe-is-going-places |access-date=5 January 2025 |website=RNZ |language=en-nz}}</ref> * 2022 David Mason * 2023 Nathaniel Otley<ref name=":3">{{Cite web |title=Nathaniel Otley wins the 2024 SOUNZ Contemporary Award {{!}} Te Tohu Auaha {{!}} with the convergence of oceans for orchestra. – SOUNZ |url=https://sounz.org.nz/articles/nathaniel-otley-wins-2024-sounz-contemporary-award-te-tohu-auaha |access-date=9 October 2024 |website=sounz.org.nz}}</ref> * 2024 Jessie Leov * 2025 Luka Venter

===New Zealand Chamber Orchestra=== The New Zealand Chamber Orchestra was founded in 1987 by NZSO violinist Stephen Managh, its first leader, and comprises members of the NZSO. Later renamed the NZSO Chamber Orchestra, they toured and recorded extensively for 13 years. They generally performed without a conductor under the direction of their first violinist and Musical Director Donald Armstrong. They are not currently performing.<ref>{{cite web |title=Discography: New Zealand Chamber Orchestra |url= https://www.discogs.com/artist/1551394-New-Zealand-Chamber-Orchestra |work=Discogs |access-date=6 April 2023}}</ref>

==See also== *Orchestra Wellington

==References== {{Reflist}}

==External links== {{Commons category}} * [https://www.nzso.co.nz/ Official website of the New Zealand Symphony Orchestra] (online September 1994, it claims to be the first orchestra website in the world) * [https://web.archive.org/web/20070225063326/http://www.nzso.co.nz/multimedia/discography#a Discography] * [https://web.archive.org/web/20070225063447/http://www.nzso.co.nz/multimedia/listen_to_the_music NZSO music samples] * [https://web.archive.org/web/20070126154600/http://www.radionz.co.nz/__data/assets/audio_item/8072/concert.asx Radio New Zealand Concert online] * [https://tiaki.natlib.govt.nz/#details=ecatalogue.59297 New Zealand Symphony Orchestra archival collection] at the Alexander Turnbull Library *{{YouTube|id=D6yVO0naJ6Q|title=Igor Stravinsky conducts the National Symphony Orchestra – Finale from The Firebird Suite (1961)}}

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