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The creative spirit continues to work wonders in Te Whanganui-a-Tara, Aotearoa – (“Kei te ora tonu te wairua auaha ki Te Whanganui-a-Tara o Aotearoa”)
Firstly, a bit of history – in 1741 Bach had published a keyboard work with the painstaking title , Aria, with diverse variations for a harpsichord with two manuals. It was the concluding work in the composer’s Clavier-Ubung (Keyboard…
Bach himself wasn’t known as a violinist to the same extent as he was a keyboard player, yet according to his son, Carl Philippe Emanuel, “he played the violin cleanly and powerfully”, and his familiarity with the instrument is evident in…
Tuesday, 19 November 2017, (12.15pm); 5.30pm It was heartening to see such a large bunch of lawyers who enjoy making music – and the large, mainly young audience who came to hear their second performance. The 38-strong orchestra included…
Friday 8 May 2015, 6pm Approximately 50 people were there to hear Thomas Gaynor on a welcome return to his home city, from study in the USA
Sunday 8th July 2012 It was really Christchurch-born violinist Benjamin Morrison’s show, though, of course he couldn’t have played the “two great piano trios” on his own. So, joining him for this concert and making up what one might call…
Music by Albinoni, Mozart, Fauré, Barber, Michelle Scullion, Lilburn, Poulenc, Haydn and John Dankworth; poems by Apirana Taylor, waiata sung by Hinemoana Baker
Friday 4 March 5.30pm Only two weeks after the inaugural concert for the restored organ at St Peter’s three of those who had worked on the project were killed on their next assignment, the organ in the Durham Street Methodist Church in…
A delightful recital by two well-qualified young musicians, both already having quite impressive track-records took place on Saturday.
Sunday 18 April, 2pm For a young soprano, Barbara Graham already has an impressive list of accomplishments: Bachelor of Music in vocal performance, Bachelor of Science in Marine Biology, PwC Malvina Major Emerging Artist with NBR New…
Songs by Tosti, Duparc, Rachmaninov; Winter Words cycle by Benjamin Britten; Arias from Don Giovanni by Mozart and Eugene Onegin by Tchaikovsky; ‘Sings Harry’ cycle by Douglas Lilburn
Wellington Friends of the New Zealand Symphony Orchestra: End of Year celebratory concert Ilott Theatre, Sunday afternoon 15 November 2009 The Friends of the NZSO exists partly to give themselves musical entertainment and background, and…
We missed a rather significant concert at the Ilott Theatre, Wellington Town Hall on Saturday 10 October. NZSO Assistant Concertmaster Donald Armstrong and colleagues organized a Family Concert the proceeds from which went to the Sarah…
