Stroma’s second Mirror of Time – a “Rogues’ Gallery” of Music
STROMA – THE MIRROR OF TIME – 2 Music by: Michael Norris, Jean-Féry Rebel, Thomas Adès, Anthonello de Caserta, Heinrich Biber, Louis Andriessen, Carlo Gesualdo, Philip Brownlee, Josquin des Prez, Arvo...
View ArticleGround – (and knuckle – ?) breaking Debussy and Ligeti
Wellington Chamber Music presents: XIANG ZOU and JIAN LIU György LIGETI – Etudes for solo piano Bks 1-3 (complete) Claude DEBUSSY – Etudes for solo piano Bks 1-2 (complete) Xiang Zhou (Ligeti) and Jian...
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 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 ArticleStroma, with percussionist Claire Edwardes
STROMA presents Event Horizon Stroma, conducted by Hamish McKeich, with Claire Edwardes (percussion) Alison Isadora: Cornish Pasty / Gyorgy Ligeti: Continuum Jeroen Speak: Musik fur witwen, jungfrauen...
View ArticleSMP Ensemble plays Contag for “The Crowd”
Forty-second Wellington Film Festival 2013 presents: The Crowd Silent Film with live score performed by SMP Ensemble Composer: Johannes Contag SMP Ensemble conducted by Karlo Margetic Paramount...
View ArticleElectric music and music-theatre – Nicholas Isherwood
THE ELECTRIC VOICE Nicholas Isherwood (voice), Michael Norris (sound diffusion) Isaac Schankler: Mouthfeel / Lissa Meridan: shafts of shadow Jean-Claude Risset: Otro / Michael Norris: Deep Field...
View Article2013 National Youth Orchestra shines and glows
NZSO National Youth Orchestra 2013 SAM LOGAN – Zhu Rong Fury! BEETHOVEN – Piano Concerto No.3 in C Minor Op.37 TCHAIKOVSKY – Symphony No.5 in E Minor Op.64 Richard Gill Conductor Lara Melda Piano...
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)...
View ArticleFancies 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 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 Article“Body Beautiful” excites, awe-inspires, and charms as a life’s occupation is...
Te Koki – New Zealand School of Music presents: BODY BEAUTIFUL – a tribute to Jack Body in his 70th year Saetas (string quartet and accordion) A House in Bali (narrator, accordion, string quartet and...
View ArticleJames MacMillan conducts NZSO in his own and Cresswell’s music of the past...
New Zealand Symphony Orchestra conducted by James MacMillan with Jonathan Lemalu (baritone) Lyell Cresswell: The Clock Stops, settings of eleven poems by Fiona Farrell James MacMillan: Woman of the...
View ArticleThe Orpheus Choir – music of here, and now……
Orpheus Choir of Wellington presents DREAMS LIE DEEPER A concert dedicated to the Pike River Miners Ross HARRIS – If Blood Be the Price Dave DOBBYN – This Love James McCARTHY – 17 Days Dave Dobbyn...
View ArticleStroma’s third “Mirror of Time”– thoroughly engaging fun
STROMA – THE MIRROR OF TIME 3 Stroma Vesa-Matti Leppänen, Rebecca Struthers (violins) Andrew Thomson (viola), Rowan Prior (‘cello) Rowena Simpson (soprano), Kamala Bain (recorders/percussion) Hamish...
View ArticleBaroque Voices – resplendent 20th birthday offerings
BAROQUE VOICES – 20th Birthday Concert Music from 20 years of performance Baroque Voices Pepe Becker (director) Douglas Mews (harpsichord, organ, piano) Robert Oliver (bass viol) Daniel Becker (guitar,...
View ArticleNZSO National Youth Orchestra 2014 tackles showpieces with a will
New Zealand Symphony Orchestra presents: NZSO NATIONAL YOUTH ORCHESTRA 2014 Conductor: Alexander Shelley Assistant Conductor: Gemma New NYO Composer-In-Residence 2014: Sarah Ballard RICHARD STRAUSS –...
View ArticleEcht-quartet experiences from the Doric String Quartet
Chamber Music New Zealand presents: The Doric String Quartet HAYDN – String Quartet Op.76 No.6 in E-flat BRETT DEAN – Eclipse SCHUBERT – String Quartet No.15 in G D.887 Michael Fowler Centre,...
View ArticleProduct of Terezin concentration camp survives as admirable, enjoyable...
Te Kōkī New Zealand School of Music (on the first day of the Recovering Hidden Voices conference-festival) Hans Krása: Brundibár (Bumblebee) St Andrew’s on The Terrace 21 August 2014, 7pm The soloists...
View ArticleSMP Ensemble – Sound Barrel a “lucky dip” for this listener!
SMP Ensemble presents: SOUND BARREL Music by: CHRIS CREE BROWN, HIROYUKI YAMAMOTO, JASON POST, GIACINTO SCELSI, BEN GAUNT Graphic Scores by: TOM JENSEN, LYELL CRESSWELL, SCILLA McQUEEN Special guest...
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