Wellington City Orchestra sounds a classy farewell to conductor Rachel Hyde
Anna Gawn performs Ross Harris’s Klezmer Suite with Rachel Hyde conducting the Wellington City Orchestra Wellington City Orchestra presents: Music by BERLIOZ, ROSS HARRIS, TCHAIKOVSKY HECTOR BERLIOZ –...
View ArticleOrchestra Wellington and Marc Taddei – legacy of The Classical Style
Orchestra Wellington Music Director, Marc Taddei – photo credit: Latitude Creative SERGE PROKOFIEV – Symphony No. 1 “Classical” Op.25 GERMAINE TAILLEFERRE – Piano Concerto (1924) LUDWIG VAN BEETHOVEN...
View ArticleA Cornucopia of musical delights and pianistic thrills from Duo Enharmonics
Wellington Chamber Music – Sunday Afternoon Concert Series 2024 Duo Enharmonics – Beth Chen and Nicole Chao (piano duo) J S BACH – “Gottes Zeit ist die allerbeste Zeit” (from Cantata BWV 106 – arr....
View ArticleAroha Quartet goes even one better with Oleksandr Gunchenko’s double-bass
The Aroha Quartet, with Oleksandr Gunchenko GEORGE ONSLOW – String Quintet No.15 in C Minor Op.38 “The Bullet” LOUISE WEBSTER – Swim the Sliding Continents (2012) ANTONIN DVOŘÁK – String Quintet No. 2...
View Article“Ich hab’ im Traum geweinet” -Pepe Becker (voice) and Dan Poynton (piano)
Lieder from Schumann and Brahms – Pepe Becker (soprano) and Dan Poynton (piano) Two performances: Wellington Cathedral of St. Paul, Molesworth St. Friday, 5th April 2024 Goethe Institute, Cuba St., Te...
View ArticleHenry Wong Doe, and a paean in praise of piano recitals…….
Wellington Chamber Music presents : HENRY WONG DOE – Piano Recital FRANZ JOSEF HAYDN – Sonata in E Minor Hob.XVI:34 (1784) LEONIE HOLMES – Time Rustling for piano and fixed media electronics...
View ArticleWhere Fairburn Walked – worlds of home-grown sounds
WHERE FAIRBURN WALKED – an exploration of New Zealand Piano Music Jian Liu (piano) Rattle RAT – D149 2024 (3 CD set) In 1987 Kiwi songwriter Ross Mullins wrote a song “Where Fairburn Walked” for an...
View ArticleRevisiting Romance with Orchestra Wellington
The Romantic Generation – Orchestra Wellington – August 2024 STRAVINSKY – The Fairy’s Kiss KORNGOLD – Violin Concerto (1945) HINDEMITH – Symphonic Metamorphoses on Themes by Carl Maria Von Weber Amalia...
View Article“Achieved is the Glorious work!”– Orpheus Choir with Orchestra Wellington...
JOSEPH HAYDN – The Creation Anna Leese (soprano), Frederick Jones (tenor), Joel Amosa (bass-baritone) Orpheus Choir of Wellington Orchestra Wellington Brent Stewart (conductor) with Airu Matsuda/Jemima...
View ArticleThe Ghost Trio completes a great 2024 for Wellington Chamber Music Concert...
Wellington Chamber Music presents: THE GHOST TRIO – SCHUMANN, HOLMES, SAARIAHO. RAVEL ROBERT SCHUMANN – Piano Trio No. 1 Op.63 LEONIE HOLMES – Dance of the Wintersmith (2017) KAIJA SAARIAHO – Calices...
View ArticleThe Ghost Trio presents a fitting finale to Wellington Chamber Music’s 2024...
Wellington Chamber Music presents: THE GHOST TRIO – SCHUMANN, HOLMES, SAARIAHO. RAVEL ROBERT SCHUMANN – Piano Trio No. 1 Op.63 LEONIE HOLMES – Dance of the Wintersmith (2017) KAIJA SAARIAHO – Calices...
View Article“A feather on the Breath of God” transports us all… Baroque Voices’ 30-year...
Baroque Voices – From Hildegarde to JS Bach – Sacred German Music for one to eight voices spanning seven centuries Music by Hildegarde of Bingen, “The Tannhauser”, Wizlau von Rügen, Caspar Othmayer,...
View ArticleA “Tosca” to be relished – Wellington Opera in full cry
Wellington Opera presents: GIACOMO PUCCINI – Tosca (opera in three acts) Libretto by Giuseppe Giacosa & Luigi Illica Cast Cesare Angelotti – Samson Setu (bass) Sacristan – Wade Kernot (bass) Mario...
View ArticlePoetry and drama at the keyboard from pianist Quang Hong Luu
Quang Hong Luu St.Andrew’s 2024 Lunchtime Concert Series presents: QUANG HONG LUU (piano) – a programme of 19th Century Romantic Piano Music FRANZ LISZT – “Funérailles” from Harmonies Poétiques et...
View ArticleWellington City Orchestra’s mix of enchantment and exoticism at St.Andrew’s
Wellington City Orchestra presents: MOZART – Overture “Cosi fan tutte” K.588 MOZART – Concerto for Flute and Harp in C Major K.299 RIMSKY-KORSAKOV – Symphony No. 3 in C Major Op.32 Karen Batten (flute)...
View ArticleWellington’s Youth Orchestras show the way through is together!
“SYMPHONIC FUSION” Wellington Youth Orchestra and Wellington Youth Sinfonietta Mark Carter (WYO) and Christiaan van der Zee (WYS) – conductors Xavier Ngaro (violin) SUPPE – Overture “Poet and Peasant”...
View ArticleOrchestra Wellington’s “The Jazz Age”– innovative, big-boned and fulsome!
Orchestra Wellington presents: “The Jazz Age” KEITH MOSS – A Kalahari Eclogue Arohanui Strings and Orchestra Wellington GEORGE GERSHWIN (arr. RUSS GARCIA) – Porgy and Bess Deborah Wai Kapohe (soprano)...
View ArticleLuu Hong Quang’s Liszt recording proclaims its lustre on Rattle Records
FRANZ LISZT – Etudes d’execution transcendante S.139 (Transcendental Etudes) Luu Hong Quang (piano) Rattle Records RAT-D152 2024 Reviewed “Middle C” November 2024 Vietnamese pianist Luu Hong Quang is...
View ArticleOrchestra Wellington – heroically fulfilling the need for music
Orchestra Wellington presents: A MODERN HERO EVE de CASTRO-ROBINSON – Hour of Lead BENJAMIN BRITTEN – War Requiem Morag Atchison (soprano) Daniel Szesiong Todd (tenor) Benson Wilson (baritone) Orpheus...
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