Nisbet, Peter Carrick, 1928-2007

Date: 1955 - 1959

From: Orpheus Choir of Wellington :[Programmes. 1950s- ]

Reference: Eph-A-MUSIC-Orpheus-1950s

Description: Includes: 1955: The Hutt Valley Orpheus Choir present "The creation". Conductor Malcolm Rickard (With Dorothy Hopkins, John McDonald, Donald Munro, the Alex Lindsay String Ensemble, organist Peter Averi, pianiste Pauline Jacobs. St James Church Lower Hutt, 2 April [1955 or 1960?]. Programme Hutt Valley Orpheus Choir. Second concert for 1955. Conductor Ivan Hills, pianists Pauline Jacobs, Peter Averi; guest artist Sybil Phillips. Hutt Valley High School Assembly Hall, 24 September 1955. Programme (2 copies) The Hutt Valley Orpheus Choir (conductor Malcolm Rickard) presents "Messiah" oratorio by Handel. Soloists Edna Boyd-Wilson, Rae Gibbons, Robin Gordon, Kenneth Macaulay with the Alex Lindsay Orchestra, organist Peter Averi, pianist Pauline Jacobs. De Luxe Theatre Lower hutt, 27 November 1955. Programme (2 copies) 1956: Hutt Valley Orpheus Choir, conductor Malcolm Rickard, accompaniste Pauline Jacobs, with the Alex Lindsay String Ensemble and Peter Averi solo organist. St james Anglican Church Lower Hutt. 30 June 1956. Programme Hutt Valley Orpheus Choir presents "The creation" by Haydn with guest conductor James Robertson, soloists Sybil Phillips, William Herbert, Donald McIntyre, leader Vincent Aspey, organist Peter Averi. De Luxe Theatre Lower Hutt, 27 September 1956. Programme 1957: Hutt Valley Orpheus Choir presents "Tom Jones" a comic opera; music by Edward German (With soloists Daphne Ellwood, Joan Vause, Thomas Hanna, Peter Nisbet, narrator Willian Austin, pianist Pauline Jacobs, with the Alex Lindsay Concert Orchestra). Lower Hutt Town Hall, 22 June 1957. Programme Hutt Valley Orpheus Choir. Soloists Gabrielle Phillips, Marion McMaster, Robin Gordon, Owen Bonifant, Martin Wilson, Donald McIntyre; guest conductor James Robertson; members of the National Orchestra, leader Francis Rosner. Lower Hutt Town Hall, 28 September 1957. Programme HVHS Parents' Association present the Hutt Valley Orpheus Choir in a Carol Concert. Conductor Malcolm Rickard, guest artists Margaret Hunt, Mary McKenzie, Donald Munro; pianiste Pauline Jacobs, organist Peter Averi. Lower Hutt Town Hall, 11 December 1957. Programme (2 copies) 1958: The Hutt Valley Orpheus Choir, conductor Malcolm Rickard; and Mary Pratt, contralto. Assisting soloists Betty Berry, Peter Baillie, Peter Nisbet, Peter Averi, the Alex Lindsay String Ensemble; choir accompanist Beverley Bell. St James Church Lower Hutt, 4 October 1958. Programme The Hutt Valley Orpheus Choir with members of the Wellington Training College Choir. "Messiah" oratorio by Handel, conducted by Malcolm Rickard. Soloists Robon Bell, Treasure Spencer, Robin Gordon, Charles Naylor. Peter Averi at the organ; the Alex Lindsay String Ensemble with solo trumpeter. 7 December 1958. Programme 1959: The Hutt Valley Orpheus Society present "Messiah" oratorio by Handel. Conductor Malcolm Rickard, soloists Mary O/Brien, Mary Pratt, Peter Baillie, Donald Jack; the augmented Alex Lindsay String Ensemble with solo trumpeter Norman Goffin. Lower Hut Town Hall, 13 December 1959. Programme (2 copies) Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: Printed programmes and flyers, up to octavo size, some illustrated. Provenance: Donated from various sources.

Date: 1986

From: New Zealand Symphony Orchestra: Records

Reference: MS-Papers-11902-030

Description: Papers relating to celebration of the 40th anniversary of the NZSO. Includes greeting cards and telegrams, as well as invitation lists for a concert and a book launch. Also a copy of New Zealand Post Office Philatelic '1986 Music in New Zealand' pamphlet Quantity: 1 folder(s).

Date: 1953-1979

From: Page, Frederick Joseph, 1905-1983 : Papers of Frederick Joseph Page and Evelyn Margaret Page

Reference: MS-Papers-3903-01/1/24

Description: Quantity: 1 folder(s).

Date: [1979]

From: Curnow, Thomas Allen Monro, 1911-2001 : Papers

Reference: MS-Papers-2402-16

Description: Inward and outward correspondence; most correspondents identified but also includes letter from [?] Don S, English Department, Auckland University and typescript poems by various people including Curnow, including `Fifty years on' Quantity: 1 folder(s). Finding Aids: Inventory available.

Date: [ca 1954-1998]

From: Cleveland, Francis Leslie, 1921-2014 : Papers

Reference: MS-Papers-6269-3

Description: Includes correspondence with Jim Henderson and with people in NZBC; accompanied by autobiographical note by Cleveland. Not all correspondents entered under Name. Quantity: 1 folder(s).

Date: [1990-2002]

From: Simpson, Mīria, 1922-2002: Collection

Reference: 2002-379-065

Description: Photocopy of article by Denis Walker from Landfall 175 (Sept 1990); drafts of Te Whanau Wikitoria by Simpson (1992-1993); deposit record form, ATL, for ephemera donation; tickets to various concerts; service for Alexandra Ariana Morunga with correspondence from various people; relaunching invitation to the Wai-te-Ata Press (1995); Portrait Gallery invitation; notes; congratulatory letters for Simpson's QSM award; and other papers Quantity: 1 folder(s).

Date: 1974, 1997-2001

From: Body, John Stanley (Jack), 1944-2015: Collection

Reference: MS-Papers-7226-1

Description: Comprises letters from other composers; identified persons entered under Name. Also includes letters from Jacqueline [?] Tontyn, Belgium; photograph from D; flyer for `The Dream room' (1974); and letters from John, probably Cousins, Christchurch. Quantity: 1 folder(s).

Date: [ca 1954-1996]

From: Cleveland, Francis Leslie, 1921-2014 : Papers

Reference: MS-Papers-6269-4

Description: Includes correspondence with people in NZBC; not all correspondents entered under Name Quantity: 1 folder(s).

Date: [1985-1999]

From: Carr, Edwin James Nairn, 1926-2003 : Collection

Reference: MS-Papers-7710-11

Description: Correspondents entered under Name below; includes correspondence regarding Carr's requests for further conducting work with the NZSO Quantity: 1 folder(s).

Date: [1988-2003]

From: Farr, Gareth, 1968- : Papers

Reference: 2003-278-06

Description: Inward correspondence and copies of some outward correspondence, postcards, clippings and other papers including a film treatment by the Gibson Group; correspondents entered in the Name field. Also includes group card from the team of `Penguin' play at Capital E (2003); main parts of a lecture given by Farr at the New England Gamelan Festival, Dartmouth, New Hampshire, in 1992, and statement of purpose in appolication for a United States visa, ca 1996. Quantity: 1 folder(s).

Date: 2 Feb 1987-18 Oct 1989

From: New Zealand Symphony Orchestra: Records

Reference: MS-Papers-10498

Description: Letters from Edwin Carr to the New Zealand Symphony Orchestra concerning the performance of his `Song of Solomon'. Other Titles - Song of Solomon Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: Holographs (photocopies)

Date: 1974-1986

From: New Zealand Symphony Orchestra: Records

Reference: MS-Papers-4905

Description: Contains copies of letters written by Edwin Carr to the New Zealand Symphony Orchestra's management during the period 1974-1986. Source of title - supplied title Quantity: 1 folder(s). 0.01 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Holographs (photocopies) Provenance: Copies of these letters were made by the NZSO and given to J M Thomson who then deposited them in the Turnbull Library, as requested by Edwin Carr.

Date: 1 Oct 1990

From: New Zealand Public Radio : Concert FM New Zealand Composer Sound Archive

By: Besser, Jonathan, 1949-2022; Carr, Edwin James Nairn, 1926-2003; Hamilton, David Blair, 1955-; Heenan, Ashley David Joseph, 1925-2004; Lilburn, Douglas Gordon, 1915-2001; Prosser, Christopher, 1956-; Pruden, Larry Carrol, 1925-1982

Reference: MSDT-0264-3

Description: Jack Body looks at commercial recordings of NZ music released in the 1980s. Interviewed are Edwin Carr, Martin Lodge and Noel Sanders, Kevin Oliff (the new managing director of Kiwi Pacific Records), and Peter Nisbet (general manager of the NZ Symphony Orchestra). They discuss the release of composers' works, some of which the composer has waited many years to hear it not only performed but also recorded. Discusses the big change in technology with the introduction of the CD and the demise of vinyl. Includes musical excerpts. Other Titles - Birthday offering ; [for orchestra] [excerpt] / by Douglas Lilburn ; (1'52\") Other Titles - Mardi gras overture [excerpt] / by Edwin Carr ; (44\") Other Titles - Soliloquy [excerpt] / by Larry Pruden ; (2'12\") Other Titles - Murder of Trevelyan (Jack Winter's dream) [excerpt] / by Ashley Heenan ; (2') Other Titles - City raga [excerpt] / by Jonathan Besser and Christopher Prosser ; (1'40\") Other Titles - Double percussion concerto [excerpt] / by David Hamilton ; (1'20\") Quantity: 36 Minutes and seconds Duration. Finding Aids: NZ Public Radio listing.

Date: 1 Apr 1987

From: New Zealand Public Radio : Concert FM New Zealand Composer Sound Archive

By: Hill, Alfred Francis, 1869-1960; Lilburn, Douglas Gordon, 1915-2001; Nielsen, Margaret Alison, 1933-2023; Blake, Christopher Hugh, 1949-; Rimmer, John Francis, 1939-; Farquhar, David Andross, 1928-2007; Southgate, William David (Sir), 1941-; Norman, Philip Thomas, 1953-; Collis, John, active 1987; Ritchie, Anthony Damian, 1960-

Reference: MSDT-0230-1

Description: Martin Lodge talks with John Thomson about his research for his new book `History of NZ music'; also with Peter Nisbet about commissions of NZ music. Peter Shaw talks about his work as arts columnist with `Metro'. Lodge discusses the Music Federation of NZ, the Wellington Music Society and the Karlheinz Company, who after ten years in operation are able to commission new works, the most recent being David Farquhar's `Concerto for six'. William Southgate talks about his new commission Symphony no 2; Philip Norman and John Collis talk about some of their works, and Anthony Ritchie speaks with Dorothy Hitch about his work in schools and composing. Includes musical excerpts. Other Titles - Violin sonata no 4 [excerpt] / by Alfred Hill ; (40\") Other Titles - From the Port Hills [excerpt] / by Douglas Lilburn ; performed by Margaret Nielsen ; (30\") Other Titles - Till human voices wake us [excerpt] / by Christopher Blake Other Titles - At the appointed time [excerpt] / by John Rimmer ; performed by the New Zealand Symphony Orchestra conducted by Brian Priestman ; (1') Other Titles - Concerto for six [excerpt] / by David Farquhar ; (40\") Other Titles - Symphony no 1 [excerpt] / by William Southgate ; (1') Other Titles - Terrible Tom [excerpt] / by Philip Norman ; (40\") Other Titles - This fleeting sorrow [excerpt] / by John Collis ; (30\") Other Titles - Shitaro San [excerpt] / by Anthony Ritchie ; (1'30) Quantity: 44.16 Minutes and seconds Duration. Finding Aids: NZ Public Radio listing. Provenance: Concert FM