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baroque music

150 reviews

2026 · 3

30 Sept · Peter Mechen

50th Anniversary tribute to Benjamin Britten (and his heroes)

13 Jul · Peter Mechen

Deliciously unfamiliar/eminently listenable music from little-known French composer Michel Corrette

8 Jul · Futuna Chapel · Peter Mechen

Music that unfurls the Colours of Karori’s splendid Futuna Chapel

2025 · 4

16 Dec · Michael Fowler Centre · Peter Mechen

Handel’s “Messiah” from the Orpheus in warm-hearted seasonal tradition

5 Dec · St Mary of the Angels · Peter Mechen

BACK TO BACH from Baroque Voices takes the listener on a journey

18 Nov · St Mary of the Angels · Peter Mechen

Amazingly vibrant, energetic and tumultuous “Christmas Oratorio” – the Bach Choir of Wellington, Nota Bene and the Chiesa Ensemble

22 Oct · Peter Mechen

Late-afternoon Bach and Shostakovich – worlds and times apart sounding together….

2024 · 4

2 Sept · Sacred Heart Cathedral · Peter Mechen

“A feather on the Breath of God” transports us all… Baroque Voices’ 30-year anniversary concert September 2024

10 Jun · Futuna Chapel · Peter Mechen

“The Choicest Songs” – an Anniversary concert from Baroque Voices at Futuna Chapel, Karori

26 May · St Andrew’s on The Terrace · Peter Mechen

JS Bach’s Goldberg Variations for String Trio – a benefit concert for ‘cellist Jack Moyer

4 May · Michael Fowler Centre · Peter Mechen

Orchestra Wellington’s “The Grand Gesture” presentation casts its spell

2023 · 4

2 Dec · Michael Fowler Centre · Peter Mechen

Handel’s “Messiah” – stimulation and distinction for 2023 in Wellington from the Orpheus Choir and Orchestra Wellington

23 Jul · Peter Mechen

Expressions of joyful energies – JS Bach’s Brandenburg Concertos from the Amici Ensemble

7 May · St Andrew’s on The Terrace · Anne French

Les Voisins – delicious distortions, with swing

29 Apr · Michael Fowler Centre · Peter Mechen

Orpheus Choir tackles JS Bach’s Mass for the Ages

2022 · 1

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

A solo tour-de-force from violinist Monique Lapins

2021 · 11

12 Dec · St Andrew’s on The Terrace · Peter Mechen

Steadfast Wellington Chamber Orchestra brings off an exhilarating concert to finish an eventful year

5 Nov · Peter Mechen

Dramatic and innovative Haydn in the Church from Camerata with soprano Carleen Ebbs

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

23 Jul · Wellington Cathedral of St Paul · Rebecca Stanton

Henry Purcell’s “Food of Love” at Wellington’s Cathedral of St.Paul

18 May · St Andrew’s on The Terrace · Peter Mechen

“Strings for Africa” joyously fill the vistas of St.Andrew’s-on-The-Terrace

1 May · Peter Mechen

Camerata at St.Peter’s-on-Willis does Haydn (and others) proud…..

28 Mar · St Mary of the Angels · Peter Mechen

“Gloria” from Nota Bene and The Queen’s Closet gladdens hearts and minds at St Mary of the Angels

16 Feb · Old St Paul’s · Peter Mechen

Vibrant Concerti Grossi old and new light up a refurbished Old St.Paul’s in Thorndon

5 Feb · Lindis Taylor

The third group, the Glorious Mysteries, from Biber’s Rosary Sonatas from Loeser, Young and Mews

2020 · 7

12 Dec · Michael Fowler Centre · Peter Mechen

Acclaim at Wellington’s MFC for Handel, the “Messiah”, the NZSO, the Tudor Consort, the soloists, and conductor extraordinaire, Gemma New

14 Nov · Lindis Taylor

Orpheus Choir’s first ‘on their own’ concert in 2020 a Gloria triumph

7 Nov · Peter Mechen

Adventurous programming and bold concert presentation from The Capital Band, at Vogelmorn Hall, Brooklyn

31 Oct · St Mary of the Angels · Lindis Taylor

Remarkable NZSO concert of Bach family music inspired by Vesa-Matti Leppänen, Diedre Irons and Andrew Joyce

28 Aug · Peter Mechen

At last! Chamber Music Hutt Valley’s 2020 Season!

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”

9 Feb · Lindis Taylor

Michael Houstoun bows out triumphantly at Waikanae in the company of the Amici Ensemble

2019 · 12

17 Dec · Steven Sedley

Large audience for a delightful concert by Camerata chamber orchestra

7 Dec · Michael Fowler Centre · Peter Mechen

Lightning, thunder and Orpheus Choir’s and the NZSO’s “Messiah” – never a dull moment!

24 Nov · Peter Mechen

“Cello for Africa” at Porirua City a spectacular and moving multi-cultural collaborative event

20 Nov · St Andrew’s on The Terrace · Lindis Taylor

Diverting St Andrew’s lunchtime concert of Baroque wind music

9 Nov · Lindis Taylor

Cantoris steps up to two of the great choral masterpieces, successfully in the face of difficulties

4 Nov · Lindis Taylor

Diverting and varied concert in The Queen’s Closet, devoted to all the pleasures at the Prefab

14 Jul · Adam Concert Room · Peter Mechen

The Night Watch’s “Every Breath you take” a great success at the NZSM

8 Jun · St Andrew’s on The Terrace · Peter Mechen

The NZSO “reclaims the night” for Baroque composers at St.Andrew’s on-The-Terrace, Wellington

24 May · St Andrew’s on The Terrace · Peter Mechen

“Under every grief & pine/runs a joy with silken twine” – Martin Riesley plays unaccompanied Bach at St.Andrew’s, Wellington

14 Apr · St Mary of the Angels · Peter Mechen

A dramatic and sharply-focused St.John Passion from Nota Bene and the Chiesa Ensemble at St Mary of the Angels

10 Feb · Rosemary Collier

From The Night Watch – “Love Me Tender” – a Baroque-style celebration of love’s intangibility

1 Feb · Wellington Cathedral of St Paul · Peter Mechen

NZSO’s Telemann/Handel presentation at Wellington Cathedral – spectacle before music?

2018 · 16

17 Dec · Lindis Taylor

Bach Choir celebrates Saint Cecilia, exploring interesting and important music with flair and taste

8 Dec · Michael Fowler Centre · Peter Mechen

A finely-wrought, light-on-its-feet “Messiah” from Nicholas McGegan with The Tudor Consort and the NZSO

6 Dec · Opera House · Lindis Taylor

A triumphant culmination of Pinchgut Opera’s work in Sydney: Hasse’s Artaserse

28 Nov · St Andrew’s on The Terrace · Rosemary Collier

Baroque music, rare and familiar, in a happy St Andrew’s concert

23 Nov · Peter Mechen

Baching at the Moon – ‘Cellist Raeul Pierard at St.Peter’s on-Willis, Wellington

7 Nov · St Andrew’s on The Terrace · Lindis Taylor

Eighteenth Century German music from two accomplished Wellington early music specialists

1 Sept · St Mary of the Angels · Lindis Taylor

Triumphant performances of choral masterpieces of Vivaldi and Handel

10 Aug · Michael Fowler Centre · Peter Mechen

Ensemble Zefiro a breath of fresh, tangy air in Wellington

8 Jul · Sacred Heart Cathedral · Lindis Taylor

Admirable exploration of challenging Purcell and gorgeous Fauré from Nota Bene

20 Jun · St Andrew’s on The Terrace · Lindis Taylor

A revelatory Bach X 2 lunch recital on piano and organ by Jonathan Berkahn

13 May · Sacred Heart Cathedral · Rosemary Collier

Impressive and stylish performance of Bach’s great Mass in B minor celebrates choir’s 50 years

12 May · Michael Fowler Centre · Peter Mechen

Vivaldi triumphs in the NZSO’s Italian celebration

16 Mar · Opera House · Peter Mechen

Orpheus – a Dance Drama – beautiful, complex and thought-provoking work from Michael Parmenter

28 Feb · St Andrew’s on The Terrace · Lindis Taylor

Berkahn shows how you can have fun with Bach

24 Feb · Michael Fowler Centre · Lindis Taylor

Memorable musical and emotional experience from Jordi Savall, Hespèrion XXI and Tembembe Ensamble Continuo

2 Feb · Wellington Cathedral of St Paul · Rosemary Collier

NZSO opens the musical year with Bach, Rameau and Locatelli

2017 · 15

13 Dec · St Andrew’s on The Terrace · Peter Mechen

A flavoursome taste of the “Baroque” at the St.Andrew’s Lunchtime Concert Series

18 Nov · St Andrew’s on The Terrace · Lindis Taylor

NZSO players in special concert under Aisslinn Nosky with Baroque masters

15 Nov · St Andrew’s on The Terrace · Rosemary Collier

NZSO and Orchestra Wellington string players in Baroque chamber music at St Andrew’s lunchtime

29 Oct · Sacred Heart Cathedral · Lindis Taylor

Imposing commemoration of 500th anniversary of Lutheran Reformation

14 Jun · St Andrew’s on The Terrace · Rosemary Collier

Archi d’Amore Zelanda with delightful programme of New Zealand compositions, plus Bach

30 May · Michael Fowler Centre · Rosemary Collier

Renowned Bach scholar and conductor Suzuki with fine baroque ensemble Juilliard415

18 May · St Andrew’s on The Terrace · Rosemary Collier

Peter Walls steps in to conduct Bach Choir in Vivaldi and the Bach family

3 May · Michael Fowler Centre · Rosemary Collier

Renowned Bach scholar and conductor Suzuki with fine baroque ensemble Juilliard415

28 Apr · Lindis Taylor

Further excellent exploratory concert into delightful quasi-juvenile symphonies

28 Apr · Peter Mechen

Bach père et fils, and antipodean Baroque resoundings, from Ensemble Paladino

18 Mar · Michael Fowler Centre · Peter Mechen

Purcell’s “happier graces” prevail in concert of improvisations

11 Feb · Peter Mechen

Days Bay Opera does it again with Handel’s “Theodora”

10 Feb · Lindis Taylor

Nelson Chamber Music festival again New Zealand’s biennial musical highlight

9 Feb · St Andrew’s on The Terrace · Rosemary Collier

Unfamiliar but rewarding music to mark Conference on 17th and 18th century English music

8 Feb · St Andrew’s on The Terrace · Rosemary Collier

St Andrew’s opens 2017 lunchtime concerts with enjoyable baroque concert

2016 · 14

10 Dec · Michael Fowler Centre · Rosemary Collier

No Christmas without “Messiah” – with the Tudor Consort and the NZSO

14 Oct · Wellington Cathedral of St Paul · Peter Mechen

Max Reger – The Romantic Bach? – splendid advocacy from Bruce Cash

2 Oct · St Andrew’s on The Terrace · Lindis Taylor

Adventures in great music both well-known and unknown, marks strong revival by Cantoris

5 Aug · St Andrew’s on The Terrace · Rosemary Collier

Diverting, accomplished, baroque concert from Auckland’s NZBarok on a cold night

15 Jul · Lindis Taylor

Buxtehude’s credentials solidly confirmed at the 6th of the organ series at Saint Paul’s

17 Jun · Lindis Taylor

An organic awakening at a Friday lunchtime at St Paul’s Cathedral

29 May · St Andrew’s on The Terrace · Lindis Taylor

English anthems straddling 1600 offer rich and satisfying concert from voices and viols

15 May · Lindis Taylor

Bach Choir offers rewarding looks into Purcell, Mozart and later English music

4 May · St Andrew’s on The Terrace · Rosemary Collier

First-class performances of Vivaldi with guitar and viola d’amore from 8-piece Archi d’Amore Zelanda

13 Apr · Michael Fowler Centre · Lindis Taylor

Chamber Music New Zealand season opens with exquisite French baroque concert by Les Talens Lyriques

9 Mar · St Andrew’s on The Terrace · Lindis Taylor

Exploratory and interesting offerings from the engaging Duo Tapas

2 Mar · St Andrew’s on The Terrace · Lindis Taylor

Enchantments of baroque instrumental combinations: Archi d’amore trio

27 Feb · Michael Fowler Centre · Peter Mechen

Monteverdi gets keen, sharp-edged and exciting treatment

14 Feb · Lindis Taylor

Handel’s early Agrippina in brilliant Days Bay production

2015 · 11

12 Dec · Michael Fowler Centre · Peter Mechen

Messiah with the NZSO – age cannot wither, nor custom stale….

8 Jul · Peter Mechen

Wit, theatricality and food for thought from Affetto, in Lower Hutt

26 Jun · Wellington Cathedral of St Paul · Rosemary Collier

An impressive, major programme in the series of Bach’s complete organ music at St Paul’s Cathedral

28 May · Rosemary Collier

A new Baroque ensemble on a cold evening at Wesley Church, Taranaki Street, musical strengths, but…

28 May · St Andrew’s on The Terrace · Lindis Taylor

The strings of the School of Music take turn with wonderful Bach programme for St Andrew’s

26 Apr · Lindis Taylor

A brave Kapiti Chamber Choir gives good account of Bach’s Mass in B minor

31 Mar · Lindis Taylor

The Bach Project splendidly under way on the St Paul’s Cathedral organ

26 Mar · Sacred Heart Cathedral · Peter Mechen

St.Matthew Passion rich and dramatic from Wellington’s Bach Choir

18 Mar · St Andrew’s on The Terrace · Rosemary Collier

Brief and benign “Spanish Disquisition” on St.Andrews’ Chamber Organ

28 Feb · St Andrew’s on The Terrace · Rosemary Collier

Opera Boutique with a boisterous Pergolesi double bill

11 Feb · Peter Mechen

Days Bay Opera in great success with early opera, La Calisto

2014 · 11

7 Dec · St Andrew’s on The Terrace · Peter Mechen

Wellington Chamber Orchestra – a wonderful concert and a promising conducting debut

6 Dec · Peter Mechen

Bach Choir’s Stephen Rowley bows out in style

29 Nov · Sacred Heart Cathedral · Rosemary Collier

Tudor Consort with marvellous music: Motets by Bach and settings of the texts by others

6 Sept · Wellington Cathedral of St Paul · admin

Fine Israel in Egypt from Tudor Consort in challenging acoustic

28 Jun · Sacred Heart Cathedral · Peter Mechen

Baroque Voices – resplendent 20th birthday offerings

26 Jun · Sacred Heart Cathedral · Peter Mechen

Stroma’s third “Mirror of Time” – thoroughly engaging fun

6 Apr · Lindis Taylor

Festival Singers under Berkahn explore baroque byways, a romantic Stabat Mater and a modern, jazz cantata

2 Apr · St Andrew’s on The Terrace · Rosemary Collier

Sparkling playing of Bach for flute and organ at St Andrew’s

18 Mar · Adam Concert Room · Rosemary Collier

Concert of rare 17th century instruments at New Zealand School of Music

6 Mar · Michael Fowler Centre · Rosemary Collier

Bach Collegium Japan leaves audience wanting much more after Bach Lutheran masses

25 Feb · Lindis Taylor

Baroque guitarist Hopkinson Smith reveals a little known era of Spanish music in exquisite recital

2013 · 4

16 Nov · Sacred Heart Cathedral · Rosemary Collier

Unusual, enterprising concert centring on Britten and Helen Webby’s harp

23 Jun · Peter Mechen

J.S.Bach at Paekakariki

7 Jun · Rosemary Collier

Scholarly and musical – Sergey Malov plays Bach

22 May · Peter Mechen

The Goldbergs with strings attached…

2012 · 13

25 Nov · Lindis Taylor

Bach Choir brings its 2012 to a splendid conclusion with Vivaldi, Handel and a trumpet

29 Sept · Peter Mechen

Cantatas in their proper place at St.Paul’s Lutheran

15 Sept · St Mary of the Angels · Lindis Taylor

The Tudor Consort celebrates Mexico’s National Day with great 17th century music

12 Sept · St Andrew’s on The Terrace · Rosemary Collier

Music played as the composers would have wished, at St Andrew’s

9 Sept · Adam Concert Room · Lindis Taylor

Baroque ‘musick for several friends’ at the Adam Concert Room:

5 Sept · Lindis Taylor

Nikau Trio creates charming new repertoire for their ensemble: at Lower Hutt

15 Jul · Adam Concert Room · Peter Mechen

Consorting with harpsichords – Erin Helyard and Douglas Mews

19 May · Wellington Cathedral of St Paul · Paul Oliver

And the earth moved – The Tudor Consort performs Brumel’s Earthquake Mass

16 Mar · Wellington Town Hall · Peter Mechen

Tafelmusik – festive Baroque splendour from Canada

1 Mar · Michael Fowler Centre · Peter Mechen

Truly festive Handel with The Sixteen

18 Feb · Te Papa · Rosemary Collier

Encore visit to counter-tenor Xiao Ma, with Stephen Diaz and Gao Ping (piano), at Te Papa

15 Feb · St Mary of the Angels · Rosemary Collier

Exceptional recital from Chinese counter-tenor, Xiao Ma

11 Feb · Peter Mechen

Handelian enchantment upon Alcina’s magic island

2011 · 7

12 Oct · Lindis Taylor

Polished recital by Aeolian Players at Lower Hutt

1 Oct · St Andrew’s on The Terrace · Peter Mechen

Stimulating Bach – and others – from the Wellington Baroque Ensemble

15 Aug · Peter Mechen

Overwhelmed by the splendour of it all – Latitude 37 in Wellington

20 Jul · St Andrew’s on The Terrace · Lindis Taylor

NZSM’s Baroque Workshop at St Andrew’s lunchtime concert

2 Jul · St Mary of the Angels · Peter Mechen

Earthly and Heavenly Delights from the Historical Arts Trust

22 May · Rosemary Collier

Aeolian Players play for mulled wine at Paekakariki

20 Mar · Rosemary Collier

Profane Bach at St Paul’s Lutheran Church

2010 · 10

18 Dec · Wellington Town Hall · Lindis Taylor

The Tudor Consort in a brilliant Christmas Oratorio

4 Dec · Wellington Town Hall · Peter Mechen

Orpheus Choir and Wellington Orchestra deliver “good tidings” from Handel

12 Sept · Wellington Town Hall · Lindis Taylor

Douglas Mews organ recital before a Bach Cantata at Lutheran vespers

4 Sept · Sacred Heart Cathedral · Rosemary Collier

Magnificent Tudor Consort in Schütz and Domenico Scarlatti

29 Aug · Lindis Taylor

Good Taste in the Art of Musick: Geminiani at St Paul’s Lutheran

22 Aug · Wellington Town Hall · Peter Mechen

“Johann Sebastian – Mighty Bach!” from Orpheus

2 Jul · Rosemary Collier

Pergolesi’s Stabat Mater

20 May · Wellington Town Hall · Peter Mechen

Venetian Carnival with the Wallfisch Band – Wellington

21 Apr · Lindis Taylor

Musica Lyrica in the 17th and 18th centuries

17 Mar · Wellington Town Hall · Peter Mechen

Freiburg Baroque Orchestra – sounds from the Old World

2009 · 3

12 Aug · Wellington Cathedral of St Paul · Lindis Taylor

Two Lunchtime concerts: Old St Paul’s and St Andrew’s on The Terrace

2 Aug · St Mary of the Angels · Lindis Taylor

Musica Sacra: first of three baroque concerts

30 Jan · Lindis Taylor