Turnovsky Jubilee Ensemble of former competitors celebrate 50 years of...
Presented by Chamber Music New Zealand Bach: Orchestral Suite no.2 in B minor, BWV 1067 Lilburn: Diversions for Strings Mozart: Flute Quartet no.1 in D, K.285 Mendelssohn: Octet in E flat, Op.20 Former...
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Wellington Young Professionals Choir – Supertonic, conducted by Isaac Stone ‘The Prisoner Rises’ – songs of resolve and resistance by Aaron Rosenthal, Donald McCullough, Ethel Smyth, Britten, Vaughan...
View ArticleExcellent opera recital with Friends of New Zealand Opera
Friends of New Zealand Opera: a Winter Concert Arias and duets from opera and musicals Kristin Darragh (contralto), Barbara Graham (soprano), Kate Lineham (soprano) Warwick Fyfe (baritone), Bruce...
View ArticleAn impressive, major programme in the series of Bach’s complete organ music...
The Bach Project: Programme 13 of the complete organ works of J.S. Bach, throughout 2015 Richard Apperley, Michael Stewart, organ Wellington Cathedral of St. Paul Friday, 26 June 2015, 6.00pm The...
View ArticleTe Koki Trio at Waikanae balances Schubert’s E flat trio with trios by...
Waikanae Music Society Fanny Mendelssohn: Piano trio in D minor, Op.11 John Psathas: Three Island Songs Schubert: Piano trio no.2 in E flat, D.929 Te Koki Trio (Martin Riseley, violin; Inbal Megiddo,...
View ArticleExcellent singing from Choir of Christ’s College, Cambridge with minor...
Howells: Requiem; and anthems by Tallis, Brahms, Harris, Stanford, Walton, Vaughan Williams, Philip Ledger Vierne: Organ Sonata in B flat minor Choir of Christ’s College, Cambridge, conductors and...
View ArticleSchool of Music voices on display with varied and interesting programme
Voice Students, New Zealand School of Music Songs and arias St. Andrew’s on The Terrace Wednesday, 15 July 2015, 12.15pm It is always interesting to hear the voice students. Some are undoubtedly more...
View ArticleYoung pianist Stella Lu plays delightful recital for Pataka Friends
Stella Lu (piano) for Pataka Friends Bach: Prelude and Fugue in D minor, Book 2 of ‘The 48’, BWV 875 Chopin: Nocturne in G , Op.37, no.2 Beethoven: Sonata no.5 Chopin: Polonaise in C# minor, Op.26 no.1...
View ArticleRecorders and piano leap into the 20th century with attractive, interesting...
Bernard Wells (recorders) and Thomas Nikora (piano) Antony Hopkins: Suite for Descant Recorder and Pianoforte Colin Hand: Plaint for Tenor Recorder and Piano Edmund Rubbra: Meditazioni sopra “Cours...
View ArticleFine cello and piano lunchtime recital at St Mark’s, Lower Hutt
Haydn: Cello concerto no. 1 in C Hob. VIIb:1 (1st movement) Haydn: Piano sonata Hob. XVI: 48 (1st movement; Andante con espressione) Prokofiev: Sonata for cello & piano Lucy Gijsbers, cello,...
View ArticleThe Big Sing Finale Gala Concert at the Michael Fowler Centre
(New Zealand Choral Federation Secondary Schools’ Choir Festival) Twenty-four choirs competing in the Final Gala Michael Fowler Centre Saturday, 15 August 2015, 6.30pm It is marvellous to find so many...
View ArticleAudience delights in evocative, danceable music from the age of Shakespeare...
Palliser Viols (Lisa Beech, Sophia Acheson, Jane Brown, Andrea Oliver, Robert Oliver) Antony Holborne: Patiencia (Pavan), The Honie-suckle (Almain), The Fairie Rounde (Coranto) John Ward: Fantasy à 5...
View ArticleFine choral concert spanning the centuries from The Tudor Consort
‘Sweet Sixteen’ The Tudor Consort conducted by Michael Stewart, with Richard Apperley (organ) Schütz: Jauchzet den Herrn, SWV36 G. Gabrieli: Jubilate Deo Benevoli: Confitebor Strauss: Der Abend Fasch:...
View ArticleTalent aplenty at Wellington Aria Contest but poor publicity denies finalists...
Wellington Aria Contest Final, 2015 (Hutt Valley Performing Arts Competitions Society) St. Andrew’s on The Terrace Sunday, 6 September 2015, 7pm By 7.50pm on Sunday there were 5 people seated in the...
View ArticleMemorable, glamorous, musically interesting evening with Renée Fleming and...
Renée Fleming: A Gala Evening New Zealand Symphony Orchestra, conducted by James Judd Ravel: La Valse Shéhérazade: ‘Asie’; ‘La flute enchantée’; ‘L’indifférent’ Pavane pour une infante...
View ArticleNew Zealand String Quartet’s extensive tour ends in Wellngton, a triumph
New Zealand String Quartet: Russian Icons Nikolai Kapustin: ‘Fuga’ from String Quartet no.1 Stravinsky: Three Pieces for String Quartet Shostakovich: String Quartet no.4 in D (allegretto, andantino,...
View ArticleRather short and variable concert from university voices and instruments
New Zealand School of Music Victoria Voices: Songs from South Africa, Broadway and Renaissance Europe, conducted by Robert Legg, Andrew Atkins and Thomas Nikora, with Andrew Atkins and Thomas Nikora...
View ArticleNZSM Voice-Students at St.Andrew’s
Arias from Opera, and Songs New Zealand School of Music: Vocal students of Richard Greager, Jenny Wollerman, and Margaret Medlyn, with Mark Dorrell (piano) St. Andrew’s on The Terrace 6 October 2015,...
View ArticleViolist Gillian Ansell and student Aidan Verity with viola concertos at NZSM...
New Zealand School of Music; Showcase week – viola students Stamitz: Viola Concerto in D, Op.1 Schumann: Märchenbilder for Viola and Piano, Op.113 Walton: Viola Concerto Aidan Verity, viola; Gillian...
View ArticleWonderful recital of music by Viennese composers from Vienna Piano Trio
Chamber Music New Zealand Haydn: Piano Trio no.42 in E flat, Hob. XV:30 Schoenberg: Verklärte Nacht (arr. Steuermann) Brahms: Piano Trio no.1 in B, Op.8 Vienna Piano Trio (David McCarroll, violin;...
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