New Zealand String Quartet plays Britten along with kindred spirits
Bravo! Britten Purcell: Fantasias nos. 8 and 11; Schubert: Quartettsatz in C minor, D.703 Britten: String Quartet no.3 Op.94 Ravel: String Quartet in F New Zealand String Quartet (Helene Pohl and...
View ArticleA rare, delightful Lieder recital from two seasoned musicians at St Andrew’s
A recital of favourite Lieder by Schubert and Brahms Roger Wilson (baritone) and Martin Ryman (piano) St Andrew’s on The Terrace Wednesday, 18 September 2013, 12.15pm Here were two seasoned musicians,...
View ArticleImpressive final recital as Isabella Moore prepares for study abroad
‘Vivere per Amare’ (Live to Love) – final recital for Postgrad. Diploma in Voice Arias, Lieder and Songs Isabella Moore (soprano), Bruce Greenfield (piano) Adam Concert Room, New Zealand School of...
View ArticleViolinist Blythe Press delivers fine Artist Diploma recital at the New...
Artist Diploma Recital Mozart: Violin Concerto no.4 in D, K.218 (first movement, allegro) Tchaikovsky: Sérénade mélancolique, Op.26 Wieniawski: Polonaise de Concert in D, Op.4 Sibelius: Violin Concerto...
View ArticleNZSM voice students in diverse show-case at St Andrews
Arias from opera; songs New Zealand School of Music: Vocal students of Richard Greager, Jenny Wollerman, Margaret Medlyn, with Mark Dorrell (piano) St. Andrew’s on The Terrace 2 October 2013, 12.15pm A...
View ArticleNZSM Orchestra serves composers well, with a star cello soloist
Te Kōki New Zealand School of Music : Contrasts Jason Post: Noumena (world première) Elgar: Cello Concerto in E minor, Op.85 (adagio – moderato; lento – allegro molto; adagio; allegro ma non troppo)...
View ArticleHoustoun’s stupendous feat in first of the final trilogy of Beethoven sonata...
Chamber Music New Zealand Beethoven reCYCLE 2013: Programme Five Sonata no.2 in A, Op.2 no.2 Sonata no.8 in C minor, Op.13 ‘Pathétique’ Sonata no.18 in E flat, Op.31 no.3 “La Chasse’ Sonata no.30 in...
View ArticlePaul Rosoman gives St Andrew’s two organs a work-out
Pachelbel: Chaconne in F minor Johann Fischer: Chaconne in F major, de la Suite Euterpe Mendelssohn: Andante with Variations in D Joseph Bonnet: Romance sans Paroles Parry: Elegy for 7th April 1913...
View ArticleUnusual, enterprising concert centring on Britten and Helen Webby’s harp
‘Alleluia: a newë work!’ The Ceremony of Birth and Death Baroque Voices (women only) directed by Pepe Becker; Helen Webby (harp) Sacred Heart Cathedral Saturday 16 November 2013, 8pm Sixth in a series...
View ArticleItalian Embassy sponsor fine recital by violin and piano duo
Tartiniana Works for violin and piano by Corelli, Dallapiccola, Paganini, Pärt and Rossini Duo Gazzana: Natascia Gazzana (violin) and Raffaella Gazzana (piano) Adam Concert Room, New Zealand School of...
View Article‘Great Music 2013′ on lute and organ: wonderful Messiaen
Bach: Suite for Lute in G minor, BWV 995 Messiaen: La Nativité du Seigneur Jennifer Chou (organ); Stephen Pickett (lute) Wellington Cathedral of St. Paul Friday 6 December 2011, 7.30pm It is almost...
View ArticleFestival presents Shakespeare songs from two choirs in admirable literary and...
New Zealand Festival. Sounds and Sweet Airs : Songs of Shakespeare New Zealand Youth Choir and Voices New Zealand Chamber Choir, conducted by David Squire and Karen Grylls Wesley Church, Taranaki...
View ArticleBach Collegium Japan leaves audience wanting much more after Bach Lutheran...
Bach Collegium Japan, soloists from the choir, directed by Masaaki Suzuki Johann Sebastian Bach: Sinfonia from Cantata Am abend aber desselbigen Sabbats BWV 42 Lutheran Mass in A, BWV 234 Lutheran Mass...
View ArticleAdmirable, engaging performance of Noye’s Fludde in the Festival’s periphery
New Zealand Festival and New Zealand Opera Britten: Noye’s Fludde Robert Tucker, Joanne Hodgson, Bryan Crump, large cast of children and young people, Wellington Youth Sinfonietta, Arohanui Strings,...
View ArticleMarc Taddei and NZSO with a splendid Sibelius Fifth
New Zealand Festival and New Zealand Symphony Orchestra New Zealand Symphony Orchestra conducted by Marc Taddei Sibelius: Karelia Suite, Op.11 and Symphony no.5 in E flat, Op.82 Michael Fowler Centre...
View ArticleConcert of rare 17th century instruments at New Zealand School of Music
New Zealand School of Music Te Koki Sympathetic Strings Music by Tobias Hume, Simon Ives, Geroge Loosemore, John Jenkins, Charles Colman, Thomas Ford, Christopher Simpson Sarah Mead (lyra viols),...
View ArticleMemorable, varied programme from singers and instrumentaists of Note Bene
Bold as Brass: works for choir and brass Dufay, Croce, Gabrieli, Bruckner, Brahms, David Hamilton Nota Bene, conducted by Peter Walls, with Ingrid Bauer (harp), Matthew Allison, David Bremner and Tim...
View ArticleSparkling playing of Bach for flute and organ at St Andrew’s
‘Bach for Lunch’ Prelude and Fugue in C, BWV 846 (Book One) Sonata E, BWV 1035 for flute and basso continuo Prelude and Fugue in F minor BWV 881 (Book Two) From Suite in B minor BWV 1067 for flute and...
View ArticleAudience gives enthusiastic reception to splendid NZSO concert
‘Visions of Happiness’ New Zealand Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Pietari Inkinen, with Mikhail Ovrutsky (violin) Wagner: Siegfried Idyll, Op. 103 Korngold: Violin Concerto in D, Op.35 Tchaikovsky:...
View ArticleImpressive performances of Brahms choral works, including the German Requiem...
Brahms: Nänie, Op.82 Alto Rhapsody, Op 53 A German Requiem, Op 45 Kapiti Chamber Choir and orchestra, conducted by Eric Sidoti, with Ellen Barrett (contralto), Janey MacKenzie (soprano), Roger Wilson...
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