ReviewsReview byWilliam DartNZ Herald·23 Aug, 2026 06:00 PM2 mins to read‌Maestro Pietari Inkinen led the New Zealand Symphony Orchestra through Wagner's Radiance. Photo / Phoebe Cassidy, NZSOWith 93 players on stage, the New Zealand Symphony Orchestra was well armed to deliver some solid Wagnerian splendour in Friday night’s Radiance concert.

The overture to Tannhauser certainly stirred up major anticipation. Maestro Pietari Inkinen moved deftly from the solemn and sonorous chorusing of pilgrims to a firecracker of