Anna Lapwood: Cosmology

Anna Lapwood’s debut in Aotearoa New Zealand is captured in this breathtaking concert film, where film, minimalism and symphonic grandeur collide. The program, a luminous journey of sound, opens with Lapwood’s own arrangement of Hans Zimmer’s “Interstellar Suite,” translating the soaring emotion of the score into the resonant voice of the pipe organ. Kristina Arakelyan’s striking “Toccata” follows, stirring the hall with vivid intensity. At the heart of the evening listeners encounter Max Richter’s magnum opus “Cosmology,” crafted especially for Lapwood, melding Richter’s hypnotic musical language with the organist’s charisma and virtuosity. In Wellington, the experience reaches new heights as André de Ridder leads a majestic performance of Anton Bruckner’s monumental Symphony No. 8, whose colossal brass sonorities seem to expand the very walls of the concert hall. Across the country in Auckland, the program concludes with a spectacular cosmic finale, Richard Strauss’s “Also sprach Zarathustra,” amplified by the grandeur of the city’s acoustics. Expect music that glows, surges, and shakes the room—an unforgettable encounter with one of today’s most compelling classical artists. Details & tickets.