Middle C

Classical music reviews since 2008
Te Whanganui-a-Tara · Wellington
Wednesday, 4 November 2026

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Reviews - Books

6 reviews

Faith and Commitment: Tony Vercoe and the Kiwi-Pacific Records Story

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…

Jack Body – lightning leaping from the pages

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…

Organ Megalomania: Christopher Hainsworth courtesy Maxwell Fernie

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…

LDA rides again – a new lease of life for a life in music

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,…