Renowned Bach scholar and conductor Suzuki with fine baroque ensemble...
Masaaki Suzuki & Juilliard415 (Chamber Music New Zealand) J.S. Bach: Orchestral Suite no.1 in C Concerto for 2 violins in D minor Cantata BWV 82a, Ich habe genug Orchestral Suite no.3 in D Michael...
View ArticleAcclamation for Auckland Viva Voce’s remarkable performance of enthralling...
Viva Voce, conducted by John Rosser Joby Talbot: Path of Miracles St. Peter’s Church, Willis Street Sunday, 4 June 2017, 4.30pm The programme’’s sub-title for the work was “Joby Talbot’s stunning...
View ArticleChoral singing flourishes in Wellington region Big Sing gala concert
New Zealand Choral Federation Secondary Schools’ Choral Festival Big Sing, second gala concert Michael Fowler Centre Thursday, 8 June 2017, 7.00pm As I said in 2015 (in a review of the Big Sing...
View ArticleArchi d’Amore Zealanda with delightful programme of New Zealand compositions,...
Archi d’Amore Zelanda Donald Maurice (viola d’amore), Jane Curry (guitar), Inbal Megiddo (cello) David Hamilton: Imagined Dances J.S. Bach: Suite no 1 in G major for solo cello Michael Williams: Archi...
View ArticleFestival Singers – an entertaining but mixed operatic bag at Waiwhetu
Festival Singers present: SUNDAY AT THE OPERA Music by Wagner, Gounod, Puccini, Verdi, Donizetti, Rossini, Massenet, Batiste, Delibes, d’Andrea, Mascagni and Lloyd Webber Festival Singers conducted by...
View ArticleExcellent and interesting mix of Mozart quintet and Respighi song
Karori Classics: Anna van der Zee, Anne Loeser (violins), Christiaan van der Zee (viola), Sophia Acheson (viola; Mozart only), Ken Ichinose (cello), Maaike Christie-Beekman (mezzo-soprano; Respighi)...
View ArticleRon Newton plays for St James 2017 Sunday Organ Series
St. James’s Church and Wellington Organists Association Ron Newton (organ) John Baptiste Calkin: Festal March in C Mendelssohn: Sonata no. 2 Edvard Grieg: Holberg Suite – Sarabande, Air and Gavotte...
View ArticleSchumann song programme – solos, duets, quartets – everything admirable...
Songbook: Schumann in Spain Imogen Thirlwall (soprano), Jess Segal (mezzo), Declan Cudd (tenor), Daniel O’Connor (baritone), Catherine Norton (piano), Fiona McCabe (piano) Songs for soloists and...
View ArticleRich and diverting recital of songs by Takiri vocal quartet and piano at...
Waikanae Music Society Takiri Ensemble: Anna Leese Guidi (soprano), Maaike Christie-Beekman (mezzo), Cameron Barclay (tenor). Robert Tucker (baritone), Kirsten Robertson (piano) Schubert: Songs from...
View ArticleKapiti Chamber Choir with the Romantic Triangle: Brahms, Clara Schumann,...
Brahms: Motet – Warum ist das Licht gegeben dem Mühseligen Hungarian Dance WoO1/1 Liebeslieder Walzer, Op.52 Clara Schumann: Drei Gemischte Chöre Robert Schumann: Requiem, Op.148 Kapiti Chamber Choir...
View ArticleString student talents impressively exhibited at St Andrew’s lunchtime concert
String Students of the New Zealand School of Music Brahms: Allegro from Violin Sonata no.3, Op.108 Debussy: Allegro vivo from Violin Sonata in G minor Serge Koussevitzky: Chanson Triste Beethoven:...
View ArticleSplendid Bartók; evocative New Zealand piece; guitarist substitution perhaps...
New Zealand Symphony Orchestra, Alexander Shelley (conductor), with Pablo Sáinz Villegas (guitar) Leonie Holmes: ‘Frond’ from Three Landscapes for Orchestra Rodrigo: Concierto de Aranjuez Bartók:...
View ArticleEnthusiastic reception of nicely varied programme from Takács Quartet
Takács Quartet (Edward Dusinberre and Károly Schranz (violins), Geraldine Walther (viola), András Fejér (cello) (Chamber Music New Zealand) Haydn: String Quartet in D, Op.76 no.5 Anthony Ritchie:...
View ArticleSplendid playing from NZSM students of New Zealand woodwind compostions
Woodwind Students of the New Zealand School of Music Works by New Zealand composers St. Andrew’s on The Terrace Wednesday, 9 August 2017, 12.15 pm Similarly to the crop of good string players from NZSM...
View ArticleRemarkable TGIF concert at St Paul’s Cathedral by Porirua’s...
‘Thank God it’s Friday’ Virtuoso Strings Orchestra, Anthony Atkins, conductor Music for strings by Handel, Bach, Piazzola and others Wellington Cathedral of St. Paul Friday, 11 August 2017, 7.30pm I...
View ArticleNZSO and Edo de Waart’s outstanding performance of Damnation of Faust
Berlioz: The Damnation of Faust New Zealand Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Edo de Waart Soloists: Alisa Kolosova (mezzo-soprano; Marguérite), Andrew Staples (tenor; Faust), Eric Owens (bass;...
View ArticleDelightful singing by combined Wainuiomata and Capital choirs in Catholic...
Capital Choir and the Wainuiomata Choir Musical Director: Sue Robinson, with Rhys Cocker (bass baritone), Jamie Young (tenor) Belinda Behie (piano accompanist) Felicia Edgecombe: “World”, from Shaky...
View ArticleBeethoven violin sonata series: Spring – molto espressivo – and its companion...
Bella Hristova (violin) and Michael Houstoun (piano) (Chamber Music New Zealand) Beethoven: the sonatas for piano and violin Programme Two Sonata no.4 in A minor, Op.23 Sonata no.5 in F major, Op.24...
View ArticleCompressed, alternative version of Mozart’s Figaro treated with wit and flair
Mozart: The (other!) Marriage of Figaro, libretto by Georgia Jamieson Emms Wanderlust Opera Alicia Cadwgan (Susannah), Stuart Coats (Figaro), Megan Corby (Marcellina), Georgina Jamieson Emms...
View ArticleAn engaging performance by a young Auckland piano trio
Auckland Piano Trio (James Jin, violin; Xing Wang, piano; James sang-oh Yoo, cello) (Waikanae Music Society) Mozart: Piano Trio no.6 in G, K.564 Kodály: Duo for violin and cello, Op.7 Arensky: Piano...
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