Fancies and realities from Orchestra Wellington
Orchestra Wellington presents LA DONNA IDEALE BEETHOVEN – Leonore Overture No.1 Op.138 Symphony No.8 in F Major Op.93 LUCIANO BERIO – Folk Songs JULIET PALMER – Three Pop Songs “Solid Gold” Madeleine...
View ArticleNZ String Quartet – Britten alongside his heroes
The New Zealand String Quartet presents: BRAVO! BRITTEN (Programme One) STRAVINSKY – Concertino for String Quartet (1920) BRITTEN – String Quartet No.1 in D Op.25 BRIDGE – Idyll No.1 / Pieces Nos 2 and...
View ArticleNZ Opera’s Dutchman redeemed by love and music
New Zealand Opera presents: Richard Wagner’s “The Flying Dutchman” Cast: Jason Howard (The Dutchman) Paul Whelan (Daland, a Sea-Captain) Orla Boylan (Senta, Daland’s daughter) Peter Auty (Erik, a...
View ArticleChina meets New Zealand in music – the NZ Trio
The Confucius Institute at Victoria University of Wellington presents: JOURNEY TO THE EAST – Concert One: Between Strings NZ Trio (Justine Cormack, violin / Ashley Brown, ‘cello / Sarah Watkins, piano)...
View ArticleWellington Chamber Orchestra – after the First Cuckoo……
Wellington Chamber Orchestra presents: DELIUS – On Hearing the First Cuckoo in Spring / La Calinda (from “Koanga”) BOTTESINI – Concerto No.2 in B Minor for Double-Bass BEETHOVEN – Symphony No.7 in A...
View ArticleBrilliant and rousing finale to Wellington Chamber Music’s 2013 concerts
Wellington Chamber Music Sunday Concerts: Vesa-Matti Leppänen (violin) / Andrew Joyce (‘cello) / Diedre Irons (piano) BEETHOVEN – Piano Trio in E-flat Op.70 No.2 DEBUSSY – Violin Sonata / ‘Cello Sonata...
View ArticleRemembering Katherine Mansfield 125 years on
MUSIC AND FRIENDSHIP Katherine Mansfield and Arnold Trowell A concert to commemorate the 125th anniversary of Katherine Mansfield’s birth Music by Dvořák, Popper, Goltermann, Trowell and Boëllmann...
View ArticleMelanie Lina – great playing reaching all too few ears at St.Andrew’s
St.Andrew’s-on-the-Terrace presents PIANO + A week of concerts in support of the proposed new Welcome Centre Concert No.4 – Melanie Lina (piano) SCARLATTI – Sonatas: E major K.380 / D Major K.29...
View ArticleYa-Ting Liou – delight and triumph amid near-empty spaces
St.Andrew’s-on-the-Terrace presents PIANO + A week of concerts in support of the proposed new Welcome Centre Concert No.5 – Ya-Ting Liou (piano) BEETHOVEN – 6 Bagatelles Op.126 BERG – Piano Sonata Op.1...
View ArticlePuer natus est nobis – Christmas music for the ages from the Tudor Consort
The Tudor Consort presents: Puer natus est nobis – (A Boy is Born to Us) Christmas Music from the Renaissance Music by Anon., Lambe, Byrd, Guerrero, Tallis, Palestrina, Mouton and de Lassus The Tudor...
View ArticleMozart’s “Goose of Cairo” nicely cooked and served at Days Bay Opera.
Opera in a Days Bay Garden presents: L’Oca del Cairo – Music by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (edited by Michael Vinten) English libretto by Michael Vinten Producer: Rhona Fraser Director: Sara Brodie Cast:...
View ArticleFestivities and farewells at the NZSO’s Messiah
New Zealand Symphony Orchestra presents: Handel – Messiah Anna Leese (soprano) / Russell Harcourt (counter-tenor) James Egglestone (tenor) / Teddy Tahu Rhodes (bass) Orpheus Choir of Wellington New...
View ArticleFabulous and compelling evocation of times past
“Lines from the Nile” A Meeting of the “Port Nicholson Music Appreciation Society” - held at 1 Essex Street, Aro Valley, Wellington Mrs Garrett – Rowena Simpson (soprano) Mr Hammersmith – Douglas Mews...
View ArticleSchubert with the NZSO – head held high in symphonic company
NZSO – “Five-by-Five” Lunchtime Concert Series New Zealand International Festival of the Arts SCHUBERT – Symphony No.5 / Rosamunde Overture D.664 Marc Taddei (conductor) / New Zealand Symphony...
View ArticleAncient Mariner Rime watered-down, though stunning to look at
The New Zealand International Festival of the Arts presents: RIME OF THE ANCIENT MARINER The Tiger Lillies Martyn Jacques: Vocals, accordion, piano, guitar Adrian Stout: Contra bass, musical saw,...
View ArticleAspects of conflict in Brio’s “Peace and War” at St.Andrew’s
St.Andrew’s on the Terrace Lunchtime Concert Series PEACE AND WAR - Brio vocal ensemble DOUGLAS MEWS – Ghosts, Fire, Water / A Sound Came from Heav’n MAHLER – Der Tamboursg’sell (from “Des Knaben...
View ArticleJunghwa Lee – pianistic brilliance and recreative ferment at the NZSM
Te Kōkī – New Zealand School of Music presents: Junghwa Lee (piano) French and contemporary American piano music recital Emmanuel CHABRIER – Improvisation / Menuet pompeux (from Pièces pittoresques)...
View ArticleBach Choir of Wellington – Faure and other delights
The Bach Choir of Wellington presents: Music for Easter The Bach Choir of Wellington Douglas Mews (organ) Stephen Rowley (conductor) St.Peter’s on Willis, Wellington Saturday, 5th April 2014 Despite...
View ArticleEugene Gienger – Dakota Pianist – more feeling than fireworks…..
Eugene Gienger – Dakota pianist Piano recital at St.Andrew’s-on-the-Terrace BEETHOVEN – 32 Variations in C Minor / SOLER – 3 Sonatas SCHUBERT – Fantasy in C Major (“Wanderer”) / William WIELAND...
View ArticleJeffrey Grice –“interprète extraordinaire” at the NZSM
Te Kōkī – New Zealand School of Music presents: Piano recital by Jeffrey Grice Gounod / Liszt – Hymne à Sainte Cécile Lucien Johnson – To the sea (Shimmer – Scuttle – Still) Debussy – Estampes Jenny...
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