Delights and disappointments from the Poinsett Trio
Wellington Chamber Music Trust Mozart: Trio in C, K.548 (allegro; andante cantabile; allegro) Brahms: Trio in C minor, Op.101 (allegro energico; presto non assai; andante grazioso; allegro) Fauré:...
View ArticleWellington Youth Choir – stories for the telling
Wellington Youth Choir presents: Storytime Choral Music from The Lion King, Beauty and the Beast, The Prince of Egypt, and by Samuel Barber, Trad. (arr. Philip Wilby and Gustav Holst), Schumann, John...
View ArticleTwin Peaks – a concert of Verdi and Wagner
Te Kōki New Zealand School of Music Bicentenary of the births of Verdi and Wagner Verdi: Overture to La forza del destino / ‘Non so le tetre immagini’ from Il corsaro ‘Questa o quelle’ from Rigoletto /...
View ArticleSaxophones for all seasons from the NZSM
Saxophone Orchestra and Ensembles of the New Zealand School of Music Music by Hindemith, Berlioz, Dvořák, Lacour, Gumbley and Matitia David McGregor (E flat clarinet), NZSM Saxophone Orchestra,...
View ArticleTheir own sounds: Viola students from the NZSM
Viola Students of the New Zealand School of Music Music by Bloch, Hindemith, Flackton, Brahms, Stamitz, and Walton Vincent Hardaker, Megan Ward, Felicity Baker (cello), Alexa Thomson, Alice McIvor with...
View ArticleBig Sing for a big occasion
Wellington Regional Big Sing Gala Concert (New Zealand Choral Federation Secondary Schools’ Choir Festivals) Wellington Town Hall Thursday, 6 June 2013 More choirs from the region performed in the two...
View ArticleScholarly and musical – Sergey Malov plays Bach
Bach on 13 strings Bach: Chromatic Fantasy for solo viola, BWV 903 Suite no.4 in E flat, BWV 1010 Partita no.1 for solo violin, BWV 1002 Suite no.3 in C for solo cello, BWV 1009 Sergey Malov, viola,...
View ArticleNZSM students stringing things together
Post-graduate String Students of the New Zealand School of Music Music by Mozart, Beethoven and Bach Blythe Press, Jun He, Arna Morton (violins), Xialing Zheng (cello), Matt Oswin (piano), Nicole Ting...
View ArticlePieces of eight from Nota Bene
Pieces of Eight: Works in eight parts de Monte: Super lumina Babylonis / Peter Philips: Ecce tu pulchra es Byrd: Quomodo cantabinus / Purcell: Prelude (organ) Hear my prayer Lotti: Crucifixus / Bach:...
View ArticleOld and new, far and near, from the New Zealand String Quartet
Wellington Chamber Music Trust Brahms: String quartet in A minor Op.51 no.2 (allegro non troppo; andante moderato; quasi minuetto, moderato – allegretto vivace; finale – allegro non assai – piu vivace)...
View ArticlePataka piano recital pleases
Pataka Friends presents: Piano Recital by Ludwig Treviranus Rachmaninov: Études-tableaux Op.33 no.9 / Liszt: Transcendental Étude no.3, “Paysage” Chopin: Étude Op.10 no.5 “Black Key Study” Beethoven:...
View ArticleQuintessential winds at Old St.Paul’s
Old St. Paul’s Lunchtime Concerts presents: Quintessential Ibert: Trois Pièces Brèves Gounod: Andante Cantabile, from Petite Symphonie (arr. Tilson) Nielsen: Quintet, Op.43 Shostakovich: Polka, from...
View ArticleBeauty and truth from Amici at Waikanae
Waikanae Music Society 35th Anniversary Concert Amici Ensemble (Donald Armstrong, Cristina Vaszilcsin, violins; Julia Joyce, Andrew Thomson, violas; Rowan Prior, Andrew Joyce, cellos; Hiroshi Ikematsu,...
View ArticleChamber classics from the Te Kōkī Trio
Wellington Chamber Music Trust Beethoven: Piano Trio in B flat, Op.97 ‘Archduke’ (allegro moderato; scherzo: allegro; andante cantabile ma pero con moto; allegro moderato – presto) Tchaikovsky: Trio in...
View ArticleFine Choral Symphony from Wellington Youth Orchestra, but where’s the audience?
Beethoven: Symphony no. 9 in D minor, Op.125 Wellington Youth Orchestra, Chapman Tripp Opera Chorus, members of the Bach Choir, Madeleine Pierard (soprano), Bianca Andrew (mezzo), Derek Hill (tenor),...
View ArticleInaugural Wellington recital by accomplished violin and piano duo
Music for violin and piano Pärt: Fratres (1977) for violin and piano Fauré: Andante Op.75 Elgar: Sonata for violin and piano Op.82 (Allegro; Romance; Allegro non troppo) Simeon Broom (violin) and...
View ArticleSchools chamber music contest: Auckland 3, Christchurch 3, Wellington 0, the...
New Zealand Community Trust Schools Chamber Music Contest Quartets (mainly excerpts) by George Crumb, Brahms, Marc Eychenne, Ravel, Bartók, Shostakovich and David Hamilton Six finalists from Auckland...
View ArticleEnglish sacred and secular song, choral and organ music at Saint Paul’s...
Choir of Wellington Cathedral of St. Paul, conducted by Michael Stewart, with Thomas Gaynor (organ), Jared Holt (baritone) and soloists from the choir Music of twentieth-century English sacred choral...
View ArticleSplendid operatic farewell to the Kapiti Chorale’s conductor Marie Brown
‘Hit and Myth’; choruses and arias from opera The Kapiti Chorale, Marie Brown (conductor), Elisabeth Harris (mezzo), Christian Thurston (baritone), Salina Fisher (violin), Peter Averi (organ), Rafaella...
View ArticleGorgeous concert of New Zealand commissions for voice and harp
Te Koki New Zealand School of Music: Pluck; a concert of New Zealand music for harp Works by Anthony Ritchie, Graeme Downes, Pepe Becker, Lyell Cresswell, Gillian Whitehead, Chris Adams, Claire Cowan,...
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