Interviews and talk
Audio: 10:37
RNZ National — November 2016
Lynn Freeman, from RNZ National’s arts programme Standing Room Only, talked to Carla van Zon, then director of the Auckland Festival, and me about Passio which the Auckland Festival was keen to present. Many of the performance materials and details were lost after the first performance in Wellington, and this interview was aired in the hope of unearthing them.
Interviews and talk
Audio: 24:07
RNZ National — October 2016
Bryan Crump, host of Nights on RNZ National interviewed me about Iris Dreaming after I returned from the premiere in England.
Music video
Video: 41:19
Joanne Roughton-Arnold (soprano) and Ensemble Octandre, conducted by Jon Hargreaves
Filmed during the premiere season of the opera at the Grimeborn Festival, Arcola Theatre, London on 23 and 24 August 2016.
Music video
Video: 8:52
New Zealand String Quartet
Recorded as part of SOUNZ’s Resound Project at the New Zealand School of Music in Wellington on 1 September 2016.
Interviews and talk
Audio: 16:03
RNZ Concert — March 2016
British composer, Peter Maxwell-Davies, who I studied with and who became a close friend died in March 2016. Eva Radich, host of RNZ Concert’s programme Upbeat, interviewed me about my memories of him and his work.
Music video
Video: 21:47
Auckland Philharmonia Orchestra conducted by Giordano Bellincampi
Recorded in the Auckland Town Hall as part of SOUNZ’s Resound project on 5 May 2016.