Tribulation and triumph for young pianist at Lower Hutt
Chamber Music Hutt Valley presents JASON BAE – Piano Recital BEETHOVEN – Piano Sonata No.6 in F Major Op.10 No.2 RAVEL – Gaspard de la Nuit CHOPIN – Mazurkas Op.59 RACHMANINOV – Piano Sonata No.2 in...
View ArticleNBR NZ Opera’s “Butterfly”– traditional and triumphant
NBR New Zealand Opera presents - Giacomo Puccini’s Madama Butterfly Cast: Antoinette Halloran (Cio-Cio-San) / Lucy Schaufer (Suzuki) / Piero Pretti (Pinkerton) Peter Savidge (Sharpless) / James Rodgers...
View ArticleWorlds of difference from the NZ Trio
Chamber Music New Zealand presents: NZ TRIO – Old World : New World ERICH KORNGOLD – Piano Trio Op.1 / CLAIRE COWAN – Subtle Dances BRIGHT SHENG – 4 Movements for Piano Trio DMITRI SHOSTAKOVICH –...
View ArticleThe Goldbergs with strings attached…
Hutt Valley Chamber Music presents: THE NEW ZEALAND STRING QUARTET – Goldberg Variations J.S.BACH (arr. W.Cowdery) – Goldberg Variations BWV 988 New Zealand String Quartet Helene Pohl, Douglas Beilmann...
View ArticleOrchestra of Swing, courtesy of “The Duke”
Orchestra Wellington presents: NIGHT CREATURE GERSHWIN – An American in Paris BERNSTEIN – Three Meditations from “Mass” MARGETIC – Music for Wind, Brass and Percussion ELLINGTON – Night Creature Andrew...
View ArticleHeavyweight opera composer-contenders put through their paces
Te Kōkī New Zealand School of Music presents: WAGNER : VERDI (1813-2013) Giuseppe VERDI (1813-1901) Overture – La forza del destino / Il corsaro – “Non so le tetre immagini” (Daniela-Rosa Cepeda)...
View ArticleMozart ‘s take on Handel – warmth more than refiner’s fire
Choirs Aotearoa New Zealand Trust presents: HANDEL’S MESSIAH as arranged by MOZART Morag Atchison (soprano) / Bianca Andrew (mezzo-soprano) Henry Choo (tenor) / James Clayton (bass) Voices New Zealand...
View ArticleAntipodean stargazing and planetwatching from the NZSO
The New Zealand Symphony Orchestra presents MUSIC FOR MATARIKI EVE DE CASTRO-ROBINSON – The Glittering Hosts of Heaven GUSTAV HOLST – The Planets New Zealand Symphony Orchestra Pietari Inkinen...
View ArticleValedictions from the Tokyo Quartet
Chamber Music New Zealand presents: The Toyko Quartet – Farewell Tour MOZART – String Quartet “Hoffmeister” K.499: BARTOK – String Quartet No.6 BRAHMS – String Quartet No.1 Op.51 No.1 Tokyo String...
View ArticleJ.S.Bach at Paekakariki
JS BACH – The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book One John Chen (piano) Memorial Hall, Paekakariki Sunday June 23rd 2013 (based on notes prepared for a review on RNZ Concert’s”Upbeat” with Eva Radich) I’m...
View ArticleBrio’s fantastic lunchtime explorations
Brio Vocal Ensemble Presents: FANTASIEREISEN (Fantastic Journeys) WAGNER – Exerpts from “Das Rheingold” 3 Wesendonck-Lieder R.STRAUSS – 2 Movements from Five Piano Pieces Op.3 2 Songs: – “Leises Lied”...
View ArticleBeethoven from Houstoun Concert 4 – recycle plus renewal….
Chamber Music New Zealand presents: Michael Houstoun (piano) – Beethoven ReCycle 2013 Sonata No.20 in G Op.49 No.2 / Sonata No.3 in C Op.2 No.3 Sonata No.24 in F-sharp Op.78 / Sonata No.16 in G Op.31...
View ArticleCapital Choir – joys and travails through Solstice and Winter
The Capital Choir presents: Sing the Measure of Solstice and Winter BEETHOVEN – Mass in C A Selection of New Zealand Songs Felicia Edgecombe (director) / Belinda Behle (piano) Soloists (Beethoven):...
View ArticleMellifluous flute and piano at St.Andrew’s
St.Andrew’s on-the-Terrace Lunchtime Concerts presents: THE TWENTIETH-CENTURY FLUTE WORLD Music by Georges Hüe, Sigfrid Klarg-Elert, Ian Clarke, Robert Aitken, Alfredo Casella Hannah Sassman (flute) /...
View ArticleThe Royal NZ Ballet’s Swan Lake – classic and freshly-minted
The Royal New Zealand Ballet presents: the Vodafone Season of - TCHAIKOVSKY: Swan Lake – Ballet in Four Acts Cast: Gillian Murphy as Odette / Karel Cruz as Siegfried Paul Matthews as Baron von Rothbart...
View ArticleNikolai Demidenko at Upper Hutt’s Classical Expressions
Classical Expressions, Upper Hutt presents: Nikolai Demidenko – Carnivals and Sonatas SCHUMANN – Carnival Jest from Vienna (Faschinsschwank aus Wien) Op.26 Carnaval – Scenes mignonnes sur quatre notes...
View ArticleEndres wows ‘em at Waikanae
Waikanae Music Society presents: Michael Endres (piano) SCHUBERT – Impromptus Op.142 (D.935) CHOPIN – Barcarolle Op.60 RAVEL – Pavane pour une infante defunte / Jeux d’eau GERSHWIN – Rhapsody in Blue...
View ArticleWorlds of experience and sensibility – the Antipodes String Trio
Wellington Chamber Music Sunday Concerts Series: Antipodes String Trio LARRY PRUDEN – String Trio (1953-55) KRZYSZTOF PENDERECKI – String Trio (1991) WOLFGANG AMADEUS MOZART – Divertimento for String...
View ArticlePianist Sonja Radojkovic at Lower Hutt – tempestuous, erratic, inspirational
Chamber Music Hutt Valley presents: SONJA RADOJKOVIC – Piano Recital BEETHOVEN – Piano Sonata in C Major Op.53 “Waldstein” BRAHMS – Variations on a Theme of Paganini Op.35 (Book Two) SCHUMANN – Etudes...
View ArticleStroma – the Elemental and the Fabulous
Stroma New Music Ensemble presents: GODDESS AND STORYTELLER Music by IANNIS XENAKIS, GAO PING, and DOROTHY KER Nicholas Isherwood (bass baritone) Thomas Guldborg (percussion) Hamish McKeich (conductor)...
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