The 2021 NZSO National Youth Orchestra will be performing in Wellington this weekend, playing Shostakovich’s 'Leningrad' Symphony and a new work by NYO composer-in-residence Ihlara McIndoe.
Upbeat got the inside view with two of this year's Youth Orchestra players: violinist Mana Waiariki and violist Lauren Jack.
Find out more about Shostakovich's Symphony No 7.
NYO PLAYLIST (Free performance)
Saturday 10 July, 4.30pm, Renouf Foyer, Michael Fower Centre, Welington
NZSO National Youth Orchestra/Gemma New
Philip Norman: And soon it will be dawn
Lotta Wennäkoski: Nosztalgiaim
Leonie Holmes: Prelude for Strings
Stravinsky: Dumbarton Oaks
NYO LENINGRAD
Sunday 11 July, 2pm, Michael Fowler Centre, Wellington
NZSO National Youth Orchestra, NZSO/Gemma New
Performance visuals by Nocturnal
Ihlara McIndoe: Ephemeral Bounds
Shostakovich: Symphony No 7 in C, Leningrad