New Zealand Symphony Orchestra – Gauge

The Battle of the Somme

September 1, 2016 Ngā Taonga Sound & Vision 8 Comments 1910s, Battle of the Somme, British High Commission, film preservation, Imperial War Museums, New Zealand Symphony Orchestra, World War I, World War One

This year marks the centenary of the Battle of the Somme. Imperial War Museums (IWM) and members of the First

Film NZ History Sound

Audio Curios: Notes of Appreciation

August 10, 2016August 17, 2016 Ngā Taonga Sound & Vision 0 Comments 1940s, 1960s, Andersen Tyrer, Antonín Dvořák, Audio Curios, BBC, Britain, Douglas Lilburn, Faust, Friedrich Kreisler, Gareth Watkins, George Butterworth, George Enescu, Heddle Nash, immigration, Isobel Baillie, Johannes Brahms, Moura Lympany, music, National Orchestra, New Zealand Symphony Orchestra, NZSO, radio, Richard Strauss, Richard Wagner, Sergei Rachmaninov, Thomas Beecham, Vince Aspey, Vincent Aspey, Wellington, Wolfgang Mozart

– By Gareth Watkins (Radio Collection Developer, Ngā Taonga Sound & Vision) Recently Ngā Taonga Sound & Vision acquired a set