8 Jun · 2018 · Peter Mechen
Steele Roberts Aotearoa 2017 One doesn’t know whom to thank most heartily regarding the appearance of this book, “The Kiwi-Pacific Records Story” – perhaps the triumvirate of storyteller Tony Vercoe, interviewer Tony Martin and publisher…
10 Jun · 2015 · Peter Mechen
Wednesday 10th June 2015 This beautifully-prepared and richly-annotated volume contains a remarkable array of testaments of love and regard for a man whose life and work deeply touched not only immediate friends and colleagues, but many…
27 Nov · 2013 · Lindis Taylor
Book review One has waited quite a while for this brilliant little series of monographs to find a writer able to deal with what the media likes to suggest is about the most intractable (and irrelevant) of artistic fields: classical music.
17 Feb · 2013 · St Mary of the Angels · Rosemary Collier
Sunday, 17 February 2013, 7.30pm Chris Hainsworth believes that organ recitals should not be solemn, passive affairs. Wisecracks and commentary from the organ loft (not all of which could be heard toward the front of the church) and…
12 Feb · 2013 · Peter Mechen
Review by William Green Louis Daly Austin – London-born teacher, composer, New Zealand pianist, columnist and inveterate letter-writer – lived a long and productive life … too long and too productive would be the opinion of his detractors,…
10 Feb · 2013 · Rosemary Collier
Sunday 10 February 2013, 2.30 pm What an interesting programme this was, with a nice mixture of songs and operatic arias! The known and the less-well-known.