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Steven Sedley

64 reviews · 4 April 2019 to 18 June 2023

2023 · 3

18 Jun · St Andrew’s on The Terrace · Steven Sedley

Mark Menzies and Michael Endres – linking worlds with violin and piano

11 Jun · Steven Sedley

Breaking the piano recital drought – Michael Houstoun at Waikanae

26 Feb · Steven Sedley

TAIORO

2022 · 16

3 Dec · Michael Fowler Centre · Steven Sedley

A brave challenge – Schumann’s “Scenes from Goethe’s Faust” from Orchestra Wellington and the Orpheus Choir

30 Oct · Steven Sedley

NZ Chamber Soloists add lustre to final 2022 Waikanae Concert

1 Oct · Michael Fowler Centre · Steven Sedley

A concert of “music from then and now” with the NZSO

20 Sept · Opera House · Steven Sedley

Music to celebrate an anniversary of international friendship

18 Sept · Steven Sedley

Heartland of the Romantic Piano Repertoire – Michael Endres at Waikanae

20 Aug · Michael Fowler Centre · Steven Sedley

A Springful of “Midsummer Night’s Dream” music, from Orchestra Wellington

4 Aug · Michael Fowler Centre · Steven Sedley

The band is back – NZSO with Hilary Hahn and Gemma New

31 Jul · St Andrew’s on The Terrace · Steven Sedley

Plaudits for the Wellington Youth Orchestra with Donald Maurice

10 Jul · St Andrew’s on The Terrace · Steven Sedley

Yuka and Kemp – a concert of popular violin music

9 Jul · St James Theatre · Steven Sedley

Opera in the time of Covid

23 Jun · St Andrew’s on The Terrace · Steven Sedley

An Eastern European smorgasbord at St.Andrew’s

17 Jun · Public Trust Hall · Steven Sedley

Goldner Quartet – old friends return to Wellington

8 Jun · St Andrew’s on The Terrace · Steven Sedley

A solo tour-de-force from violinist Monique Lapins

2 Jun · St Andrew’s on The Terrace · Steven Sedley

Two centuries of Spanish keyboard music

30 Apr · St Andrew’s on The Terrace · Steven Sedley

Wellington Youth Orchestra – an appealing programme delivered with rich orchestral sound

20 Apr · St Andrew’s on The Terrace · Steven Sedley

Music of our time – Duo Enharmonics and Ensemble Gȏ, at St.Andrew’s

2021 · 11

25 Nov · Michael Fowler Centre · Steven Sedley

Brahms’ Schicksalslied gives its name to a programme of uplifting music from the NZSO

14 Oct · St Andrew’s on The Terrace · Steven Sedley

Individual and ensembled tributes to JS Bach from Pohl-Gjelsten and Friends at an inspired St.Andrew’s Lunchtime Concert

15 Aug · St Andrew’s on The Terrace · Steven Sedley

Sounds of friendship from Vieux Amis at Wellington Chamber Music’s St.Andrew’s concert

11 Aug · St Andrew’s on The Terrace · Steven Sedley

The Queen’s Closet at St.Andrew’s – a window into a seventeenth-century world of music

1 Aug · Steven Sedley

A piano recital from a superbly well-prepared young man who obviously enjoyed his playing

28 Jul · St Andrew’s on The Terrace · Steven Sedley

Sonata and Revolution – pianist Liam Furey at St.Andrew’s-on-The-Terrace

21 Jul · St Andrew’s on The Terrace · Steven Sedley

Breathtakingly accomplished piano playing from Ya-Ting Liou at St. Andrew’s

14 Jul · St Andrew’s on The Terrace · Steven Sedley

An unusual and striking St.Andrew’s Lunchtime presentation – Aroha Quartet’s ASQ International Music Academy Tutor’s Concert

12 Jun · Michael Fowler Centre · Steven Sedley

Amalia Hall splendidly embodies Virtuoso Violin with Orchestra Wellington

26 May · St Andrew’s on The Terrace · Steven Sedley

Monique Lapins and Jian Liu give consummate performances of Bartok and Debussy at St.Andrew’s

17 Apr · St Andrew’s on The Terrace · Steven Sedley

Wellington Chamber Orchestra’s Mendelssohn and Shostakovich make for stimulating contrast

2020 · 8

13 Dec · St Andrew’s on The Terrace · Steven Sedley

End of the musical year for Wellington Chamber Orchestra with an Emperor and Franck’s symphony

5 Dec · Michael Fowler Centre · Steven Sedley

Orchestra Wellington: huge percussion resources exploited in Psathas masterpiece from Olympus complemented by huge Rachmaninov symphony

18 Nov · St Andrew’s on The Terrace · Steven Sedley

Unfamiliar music given a chance to shine in characterful performances at St. Andrew’s

24 Oct · Michael Fowler Centre · Steven Sedley

“Timeless” classics with a twist – latest in the NZSO’s “Podium” Series

30 Sept · St Andrew’s on The Terrace · Steven Sedley

An exhilarating piano duet concert from Duo Harmonics at St Andrew’s

6 Aug · Michael Fowler Centre · Steven Sedley

Simon O’Neill generates plenty of “Spirit” in NZSO Podium Series Concert

22 Jul · Michael Fowler Centre · Steven Sedley

Goldberg Variations from NZSO musicians with Stephen De Pledge – “a journey of life with its full gamut of emotions”

1 Jul · St Andrew’s on The Terrace · Steven Sedley

Ghost Trio makes an auspicious debut at St.Andrew’s with music by Beethoven and Panufnik

2019 · 26

17 Dec · Steven Sedley

Large audience for a delightful concert by Camerata chamber orchestra

30 Nov · Michael Fowler Centre · Steven Sedley

Enthusiastic reception by big audience for Orchestra Wellington’s final 2019 concert of remarkable but unfamiliar music

13 Nov · St Andrew’s on The Terrace · Steven Sedley

NZSO and Orchestra Wellington players, with a Slovenian pianist deliver fine performances of Mendelssohn and Mozart

3 Nov · Steven Sedley

Exceptional recital from Alexander Gavrylyuk gets tumultuous applause at Waikanae

23 Oct · St Andrew’s on The Terrace · Steven Sedley

Intelligent programming of piano duets from markedly contrasted pianists at St Andrew’s

10 Oct · Michael Fowler Centre · Steven Sedley

HK Gruber’s critique of classical music with the NZSO a hit with a younger, if smaller, audience

6 Oct · St Andrew’s on The Terrace · Steven Sedley

Accomplished performances from Wellington Youth Orchestra with talented Asaki Watanabe in Bruch concerto

29 Sept · Wellington Town Hall · Steven Sedley

Martinborough Music Festival – an overview of a delightful feast of chamber music

21 Sept · Michael Fowler Centre · Steven Sedley

Orchestra Wellington succeeds with an odd programme of important, challenging and beautiful works

30 Jul · Adam Concert Room · Steven Sedley

Emotion-laden concert an appropriate response to the remembrance of the Holocaust

28 Jul · St Andrew’s on The Terrace · Steven Sedley

The best drawn from Wellington Youth Orchestra in taxing programme under Donald Armstrong

24 Jul · St Andrew’s on The Terrace · Steven Sedley

Cheerful winds of fruitfulness blowing through St. Andrews

10 Jul · St Andrew’s on The Terrace · Steven Sedley

Medlyn and Greager give rewarding and intelligent recital of early 20th century songs, plus four by Vincent O’Sullivan/Ross Harris

7 Jul · St Andrew’s on The Terrace · Steven Sedley

Wellington Chamber Music’s fine, imaginative violin and piano recital from Beer and Watkins

29 Jun · Opera House · Steven Sedley

A joyful, exhilarating Barber of Seville, New Zealand Opera’s first offering of the year

20 Jun · Michael Fowler Centre · Steven Sedley

NZSO marks Blake’s retirement with his haunting ‘Angel at Ahipara’, plus splendid Stravinsky and Tchaikovsky

15 Jun · Steven Sedley

Inspirare as singular performers of Brahms choral pieces and part songs

30 May · Hannah Playhouse · Steven Sedley

Stroma enhances Wellington with music inspired by where sea meets sky

26 May · St Andrew’s on The Terrace · Steven Sedley

Kiwa Quartet takes enjoyable, interesting journey through 125 years of quartet repertoire for Wellington Chamber Music

18 May · Michael Fowler Centre · Steven Sedley

A beautiful concert of Romantic symphonic music from the NZSO under Thomas Søndergård

7 May · St Andrew’s on The Terrace · Steven Sedley

A memorable concert from the Aroha Quartet: exciting Ligeti and a Beethoven masterpiece

5 May · St Andrew’s on The Terrace · Steven Sedley

New Zealand String Quartet produce joyousness and profundity for Wellington Chamber Music

30 Apr · Michael Fowler Centre · Steven Sedley

Brass septet produces haunting and enjoyable chamber music at the MFC

17 Apr · St Andrew’s on The Terrace · Steven Sedley

Maria Mo: a fine recital by a promising artist at St Andrew’s

7 Apr · St Andrew’s on The Terrace · Steven Sedley

Soloists steal the show with Mozart’s K.364 at Wellington Chamber Orchestra’s inspiring concert

4 Apr · St Andrew’s on The Terrace · Steven Sedley