Orpheus Choir’s Concert title “I Was Glad” eponymously shared by audience...
Orpheus Choir of Wellington presents “I WAS GLAD” SARAH HOPKINS – Past Life Melodies HUBERT PARRY – “I Was Glad” JAMES MacMILLAN – A New Song ERIC WHITACRE – Lux Arumque / Little Birds CHRIS ARTLEY – I...
View ArticleMusicam scribo cogito ergo sum! – with a vengeance! – from the remarkable...
Te Koki NZ School of Music presents: The Ghost Trio – Monique Lapins (violin), Ken Ichinose (cello), Gabriela Glapska (piano) BEETHOVEN – Piano Trio Op 1, No.1 in E flat major (1793) KELLY-MARIE MURPHY...
View ArticleCirca’s “The Little Mermaid” pantomime awash with enjoyment and conjecture
THE LITTLE MERMAID – The Pantomime 2021 Circa Theatre, Taranaki St., Wellington Written by Simon Leary and Gavin Rutherford Directed by Susan Wilson Music arranged and directed by Michael Nicholas...
View ArticleDuo pianists charm and delight lunchtime concertgoers at...
St.Andrew’s Lunchtime Concerts presents: Sunny Cheng and Otis Prescott-Mason – Piano Four Hands SCHUBERT – Rondo in A Major D.951 MENDELSSOHN – Andante and Allegro Brilliante Op.82 SAINT-SAENS –...
View ArticleFirstly sparks, and then a conflagration – pianist Otis Prescott-Mason in...
Otis Prescott-Mason (piano) at St.Andrew’s-on-The-Terrace, Wellington CHOPIN – Scherzo No. 2 in B-flat minor RAVEL – Une barque sur l’ocean (from Miroirs) BEETHOVEN – Piano Sonata No.28 in A Major,...
View ArticleResounding Huia calls and Tui songs from pre-1950 New Zealand composers
SONG OF THE TUI The third of a three-part presentation of early New Zealand art-songs (1892-1953) Researched and curated by Michael Vinten Previous 2021 presentations: THE CALL OF THE HUIA (12th...
View Article“Roxy” at Te Auaha, from WITCH Music Theatre – a whirl of visceral...
Witch Music Theatre and Te Auaha presents: ROXY – A New Hollywood Cabaret Featuring: Nick Erasmuson, Jason Chasland, Emily Burns, Bailea Twomey, Aine Gallagher, Jade Merematira, William Duignan, Fynn...
View ArticleSteadfast Wellington Chamber Orchestra brings off an exhilarating concert to...
Wellington Chamber Orchestra presents: R.STRAUSS – Wind Serenade for 13 instruments VIVALDI – Double Flute Concerto ARNOLD – English Dances (Set One) TCHAIKOVSKY – Symphony No. 2 in C Minor Op.17...
View ArticleAli Harper’s Circa Theatre tribute to the extraordinary Carole King
Carole King – A Natural Woman Ali Harper (vocals) With Nick Granville (guitar), Scott Maynard (bass), Francis Meria (piano) and Francis Leota (guest singer). Producer(s) – Ali Harper, Iain Cave...
View ArticleWilliam Berry – a “young lion of the keyboard” at St.Andrew’s
WILLIAM BERRY PIANO RECITAL (In preparation for the National Piano Competition 2022) performing the following three 30-minute programmes: Programme 1: Scriabin – Trois Etudes op. 65 Beethoven – Sonata...
View ArticleTaioro – words and music of Aotearoa New Zealand at...
St.Andrew’s Lunchtime Concert Series 2022 presents: TAIORO – A new ensemble (2021) presents New Zealand Chamber Music with Poetry, for speaker, viola, cello and piano (“TAI, the tide. Representing the...
View ArticleThe Queen’s Closet’s 2022 “Judgement of Paris” a winner
The Queen’s Closet presents: Opera – THE JUDGEMENT OF PARIS (words by William Congreve) with music by John Eccles, Daniel Purcell, John Weldon and Godfrey Finger (a new edition by The Queen’s Closet)...
View ArticleColour and excitement aplenty – Monique Lapins and Jian Liu play Bartók for...
Rattle Records presents: BARTÓK – Violin Sonata No. 1 Sz 75 Violin Sonata No. 2 Sz 76 Rumanian Folk-Dances Sz 56 (arr. for Violin and Piano by Zoltan Székely) Sonatina for Piano Sz 55 (arr. For Violin...
View ArticlePopular and enterprising fare from the Wellington Chamber Orchestra
Wellington Chamber Orchestra Caitlin Morris (‘cello) Andrew Aitkins (conductor) KHACHATURIAN (1903-1978) – Adagio of Spartacus and Phrygia from the Ballet “Spartacus” DVORAK )1841-1904) – Vodnik (The...
View ArticleDUO ENHARMONICS Piano Duo – a Blockbuster of a Concert!
Wellington Chamber Music Sunday Concert Series 2022 presents: Duo Enharmonics – Nicole Chao and Beth Chen (piano duo) WOLFGANG AMADEUS MOZART – Piano Sonata in D, K.381 (`1772) FELIX MENDELSSOHN –...
View ArticleLucia di Lammermoor – desperate people do desperate things……
Wellington Opera presents: Gaetano DONIZETTI – Lucia di Lammermoor (1835) (Libretto by Salvadore Canmmarano after Sir Walter Scott’s “The Bride of Lammermoor” Conductor: Tobias Ringborg Wellington...
View ArticleMirror of the World – Gustav Mahler’s Third Symphony in Wellington
Gustav MAHLER – Symphony No. 3 in D Minor Robert WIREMU – Waiata “Tahuri koe ki te maunga teitei” Sasha Cooke (mezzo-soprano) Wellington Young Voices & Choristers of Wellington Cathedral of St Paul...
View ArticleOrpheus Choir tackles JS Bach’s Mass for the Ages
JS BACH – Mass in B Minor BWV 232 Brent Stewart (conductor) Anna Leese (soprano) Jenny Wollerman (soprano) Maaike Christie-Beekman (alto) Benjamin Madden (tenor) Simon Christie (bass) David Morriss...
View ArticleWellington Youth Orchestra take on Verdi, Grieg and Tchaikovsky
A GLORIOUSLY UNINHIBITED CONCERT EXPERIENCE Wellington Youth Orchestra Music by Verdi, Grieg and Tchaikovsky VERDI – Overture “Nabucco” GRIEG – 4 Norwegian Dances TCHAIKOVSKY – Symphony No.5 in E Minor...
View ArticleTribute to Souvenirs, Sovereigns and Soulmates from the NZSO
The New Zealand Symphony Orchestra presents “EMPEROR” Paul Lewis (piano) Eduardo Strausser (conductor) New Zealand Symphony Orchestra ROSS HARRIS – Cento (2005) LUDWIG VAN BEETHOVEN – Piano Concerto in...
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