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Live In Concert With The Christchurch Symphony
''Live in Concert with the Christchurch Symphony'' is a live album by New Zealand artist Bic Runga, her third album overall. Runga performed with the Christchurch Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Marc Taddei. The performance was recorded in Christchurch on October 3, 2003, and the album was released on November 17, 2003. Track listing #"Precious Things" #"Bursting Through" #" One More Cup of Coffee" #"Ne Me Quitte Pas" #"Anyone Who Had a Heart" #"Beautiful Collision" #"And No More Shall We Part ''And No More Shall We Part'' is a play by the Australian playwright Tom Holloway. Plot The play is about Pam and Don; after a long and successful marriage, they are still very much in love. But Pam is ill and has to make a heartbreaking decisi ..." #"Wishing on a Star" #"Say After Me" #"She Left on a Monday" #" Something Good" Chart positions References External linksBic's Official website {{Authority control Bic Runga albums 2003 live albums Collaborative albums Columbia R ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bic Runga
Briolette Kah Bic Runga (born 13 January 1976), recording as Bic Runga, is a New Zealand singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist pop artist. Her first three studio albums debuted at number one on the Recording Industry Association of New Zealand, New Zealand Top 40 Album charts. Runga has also found success internationally in Australia, Ireland and the United Kingdom with her song "Sway (Bic Runga song), Sway". Early life Runga was born in Christchurch. Her mother, Sophia Tang, was a Chinese Malaysian lounge singer in Malaysia when she met Joseph Te Okoro Runga, a Māori people, Māori ex-serviceman. They moved to New Zealand to live. Runga is of Ngāti Kahungunu descent. Regarding her name, she explains: "'You say it Bec, rather than Bic. ... It's Chinese, it's a strange vowel sound which doesn't seem to translate in Australia. It means the colour of jade, which might mean green.'" Runga grew up in Hornby, New Zealand, Hornby, Christchurch surrounded by a musically incline ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Christchurch
Christchurch ( ; mi, Ōtautahi) is the largest city in the South Island of New Zealand and the seat of the Canterbury Region. Christchurch lies on the South Island's east coast, just north of Banks Peninsula on Pegasus Bay. The Avon River / Ōtākaro flows through the centre of the city, with an urban park along its banks. The city's territorial authority population is people, and includes a number of smaller urban areas as well as rural areas. The population of the urban area is people. Christchurch is the second-largest city by urban area population in New Zealand, after Auckland. It is the major urban area of an emerging sub-region known informally as Greater Christchurch. Notable smaller urban areas within this sub-region include Rangiora and Kaiapoi in Waimakariri District, north of the Waimakariri River, and Rolleston and Lincoln in Selwyn District to the south. The first inhabitants migrated to the area sometime between 1000 and 1250 AD. They hunted moa, which led ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
New Zealand
New Zealand ( mi, Aotearoa ) is an island country in the southwestern Pacific Ocean. It consists of two main landmasses—the North Island () and the South Island ()—and over 700 smaller islands. It is the sixth-largest island country by area, covering . New Zealand is about east of Australia across the Tasman Sea and south of the islands of New Caledonia, Fiji, and Tonga. The country's varied topography and sharp mountain peaks, including the Southern Alps, owe much to tectonic uplift and volcanic eruptions. New Zealand's capital city is Wellington, and its most populous city is Auckland. The islands of New Zealand were the last large habitable land to be settled by humans. Between about 1280 and 1350, Polynesians began to settle in the islands and then developed a distinctive Māori culture. In 1642, the Dutch explorer Abel Tasman became the first European to sight and record New Zealand. In 1840, representatives of the United Kingdom and Māori chiefs ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sony
, commonly stylized as SONY, is a Japanese multinational conglomerate corporation headquartered in Minato, Tokyo, Japan. As a major technology company, it operates as one of the world's largest manufacturers of consumer and professional electronic products, the largest video game console company and the largest video game publisher. Through Sony Entertainment Inc, it is one of the largest music companies (largest music publisher and second largest record label) and the third largest film studio, making it one of the most comprehensive media companies. It is the largest technology and media conglomerate in Japan. It is also recognized as the most cash-rich Japanese company, with net cash reserves of ¥2 trillion. Sony, with its 55 percent market share in the image sensor market, is the largest manufacturer of image sensors, the second largest camera manufacturer, and is among the semiconductor sales leaders. It is the world's largest player in the premium TV market for ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Beautiful Collision
''Beautiful Collision'' is the second solo album by New Zealand artist Bic Runga, released on 1 July 2002 in New Zealand, 15 July 2002 in Australia, and 5 November 2002 in the United States. Critical reception Ken Goldstein of PopMatters gave the album a positive review, as did Emma Phillpott from ''NZ Musician''. At the 2003 New Zealand Music Awards, ''Beautiful Collision'' was nominated for Album of the Year, Best Female Vocalist, Best Solo Artist and Producer of the Year. It lost Album of the Year to The Datsuns' self-titled album, but won the other three categories. At the awards ceremony, it was also announced as the highest-selling New Zealand album for the year of 2003. Additionally, "Get Some Sleep" was nominated for the award for Single of the Year, but was beaten by Goodshirt's song " Sophie". Commercial performance ''Beautiful Collison'' debuted at number one on the New Zealand Albums Chart on 14 July 2002. It spent an additional seven non-consecutive weeks at n ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Birds (Bic Runga Album)
''Birds'' is the third studio album by New Zealand artist Bic Runga. The album was released in New Zealand on 28 November 2005. The album was Bic's third no.1 album garnering platinum status in its first week. The album was certified 3× platinum. The album won the New Zealand Music Award for Album of the Year in 2006, her second award for Best Album, after her debut release ''Drive''. Track listing #" Winning Arrow" – 2:53 #"Say After Me" – 4:36 #"Listen" – 3:32 #"Birds" – 3:46 #"Ruby Nights" – 4:23 #"No Crying No More" – 2:03 #"If I Had You" – 4:48 #"Captured" – 6:03 #"That's Alright" – 3:22 #"Blue Blue Heart" – 3:32 #"It's Over" – 5:38 Limited Australian Tour Edition The Australian release included a second disc of live material recorded at the Civic Theatre in November 2005. The disc incorrectly identifies the recording date as November 2006 — eight months after the release of this edition. #"Birds" – 4:30 #"Blue Blue Heart" – 3:48 #"Ruby N ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Christchurch Symphony Orchestra
The Christchurch Symphony Orchestra (CSO) is the largest professional orchestra in the South Island of New Zealand, based in the city of Christchurch. It was established in 1958 as the John Ritchie String Orchestra, due to the vision and encouragement of Christchurch composer John Ritchie. It was renamed the Christchurch Civic Orchestra four years later in 1962, and has used its current name since 1974. Currently, the CSO has an established core of principal and tenured players with additional contracted casual players. The orchestra performs in over fifty concerts a year including performances for the Royal New Zealand Ballet, Southern Opera, Christchurch City Council events, the National Concerto Competition and the Adam International Cello Festival and Competition. The CSO repertoire presents a wide range of classical, pops and contemporary musical styles. The orchestra also works with primary and secondary schools throughout the South Island with its Community Engagement P ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marc Taddei
Marc Taddei is a conductor based in New Zealand. He is the music director of both Orchestra Wellington in New Zealand since 2007, and San Francisco-based Vallejo Symphony Orchestra since 2016. He is a frequent guest conductor with orchestras throughout New Zealand, Australia, and the United States, and as a recording artist has worked in cinema and television productions, and produced many commercial classical music recordings. Biography Originally from the United States, Taddei graduated from Juilliard School in Manhattan and emigrated to New Zealand in the 1980s to take up the position of principal trombonist with the New Zealand Symphony Orchestra, before pursuing full-time conducting in 2002. Taddei is a vocal advocate for the performing arts in New Zealand, and has premièred performances of many New Zealand works. He has established a Composer-in-Residence programme with Orchestra Wellington to foster local artists. Awards The ''View From Olympus'' album, featurin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bursting Through
"Bursting Through" is a song by New Zealand artist Bic Runga, released in September 1996 as the first single from her debut studio album, ''Drive'' (1997). In 2001, the song was voted 51st-best New Zealand song of all time by members of APRA. Track listing #"Bursting Through" #"Making a Scene" #"Bursting Through" (acoustic mix) Personnel Personnel adapted from the liner notes of ''Drive''. * Bic Runga – vocals, arrangements, guitar, production * Wayne Bell – drums, percussion * Duncan Haynes – string arrangement * Simon Sheridan – engineering Engineering is the use of scientific method, scientific principles to design and build machines, structures, and other items, including bridges, tunnels, roads, vehicles, and buildings. The discipline of engineering encompasses a broad rang ... * Karl Steven – additional arrangement * Matt Tait – engineering assistance * Andrew Thorne – guitar * Matt Wallace – mastering, mixing * Kate Walshe – violin * Sara ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Desire (Bob Dylan Album)
''Desire'' is the seventeenth studio album by American singer-songwriter Bob Dylan, released on January 5, 1976, through Columbia Records. It is one of Dylan's most collaborative efforts, featuring the same caravan of musicians as the acclaimed Rolling Thunder Revue tours the previous year (later documented on '' The Bootleg Series Vol. 5''). Many of the songs also featured backing vocals by Emmylou Harris and Ronee Blakley. Most of the album was co-written by Jacques Levy, and is composed of lengthy story-songs, two of which quickly generated controversy: the 11-minute-long "Joey", which is seen as glorifying the violent gangster "Crazy Joey" Gallo, and "Hurricane", the opening track that tells a passionate account of the murder case against boxer Rubin Carter, who the song asserts was framed. Carter was released in 1985, after a judge overturned his conviction on appeal. A well-received follow-up to ''Blood on the Tracks'', ''Desire'' reached on the ''Billboard'' Pop Album ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ne Me Quitte Pas (Jacques Brel Song)
"Ne me quitte pas" (''"Don't leave me"'') is a 1959 song by Belgian singer-songwriter Jacques Brel. It has been covered in the original French by many artists and has also been translated into and performed in many other languages. A well-known adaptation, with English lyrics by Rod McKuen, is "If You Go Away". Background "Ne me quitte pas" is considered by some as "Brel's ultimate classic". It was written after Brel's mistress "Zizou" ( Suzanne Gabriello) threw him out of her life. Zizou was pregnant with Brel's child, but Brel refused to acknowledge the child as his own. Zizou later had an abortion due to Brel's actions. Brel first recorded the song on 11 September 1959, and it was released on his fourth album '' La Valse à Mille Temps''. It was published by Warner-Chappell Publishing. In 1961 a Dutch-language version sung by Brel was released on the Philips label; entitled "''Laat me niet alleen''", with lyrics by Ernst van Altena, it was a B-side to Marieke (also a Dutch- ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
No More Shall We Part
''No More Shall We Part'' is the eleventh studio album by Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds, released on 2 April 2001 in the UK (and 10 April in the US). The record, which was well received critically, came after a 4-year gap from recording, following the much acclaimed album ''The Boatman's Call'' and subsequent 'Best Of' album. Nick Cave had to overcome heavy heroin and alcohol addictions in 1999–2000 before starting work on the album. It featured guest appearances by Kate & Anna McGarrigle and was met with mostly positive reviews. At Metacritic, which assigns a normalised rating out of 100 based on reviews from mainstream critics, the album has received a generally favourable score of 79, based on 18 reviews. One critic hailed it as an "entire album of deeply tragic and beautiful love songs without irony, sarcasm, or violent resolution", while also stating that the work is at risk of devolving "into schmaltz". Track listing The album showcases the virtuoso talents of the Bad Se ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
