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2026 · 23

30 Oct · Michael Fowler Centre · Peter Mechen

Nature and art, architecture and philosophy – Orchestra Wellington’s epic 2026 “Revelations”

21 Sept · Old St Paul’s · Peter Mechen

NZ Trio with sonorous help from friends, continues to enchant

17 Sept · Michael Fowler Centre · Peter Mechen

Orchestra Wellington’s “Colossal” triumphantly ticks all the descriptive and presentation boxes

10 Sept · St Andrew’s on The Terrace · Peter Mechen

The Dolfin-Lin Duo – positively tingling with spontaneous re-discovery!

4 Sept · Peter Mechen

SPACE JUMP – An exhilarating listening leap from NZTrio into firmament-like territories

21 Aug · Michael Fowler Centre · Peter Mechen

A feast of classic and contemporary Finnish music – from Pietari Inkinen and the NZSO

15 Aug · Peter Mechen

New Zealand String Quartet bring to us music with “the beauty of loneliness, pain, strength and freedom”

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

Classics and commemoratives from the splendid Aroha Quartet

28 Jul · Michael Fowler Centre · Peter Mechen

NSZO’S Let There Be Light illuminates Saariaho, Prokofiev and Tchaikovsky

8 Jul · Futuna Chapel · Peter Mechen

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

4 Jul · St Andrew’s on The Terrace · Peter Mechen

Papaioea Piano Trio offers exotic out-of-town flavourings for St.Andrew’s lunchtime fare

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

A world-encircling winter solstice concert compendium – from the Wellington City Orchestra

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

Aotearoa and China – a musical dialogue presented by Jian Liu

26 May · Peter Mechen

NZTrio’s sensational Dreamscape Concert sweet relief for Wellington

24 May · Michael Fowler Centre · Peter Mechen

NZSO reaches for Mahler’s “Titan” via Ades and Korngold

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

Trio Obscura – singular tones and timbres bringing to life old and new music with verve and sensitivity

10 May · Peter Mechen

Tales of the New Zealand String Quartet 2026

27 Apr · Futuna Chapel · Peter Mechen

Gary Wilby – To those who dwell in realms of day…….

23 Apr · Michael Fowler Centre · Peter Mechen

Two far-flung universalities from the Orpheus Choir – Mozart and Christopher Tin

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

Saxophone opening up the chamber vistas – Simon Brew with the Amici Ensemble at St.Andrew’s

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

Music from the memory, in the air and on the wing – all from Wellington City Orchestra’s opening 2026 concert!

25 Mar · St Andrew’s on The Terrace · Peter Mechen

Still more musical miracles reported and evidenced in Wellington, this time at Roseneath’s The Long Hall!

3 Mar · Wellington Cathedral of St Paul · Peter Mechen

Sonic Architecture and Musical Splendour at Wellington Cathedral of St.Paul

2025 · 13

12 Dec · Peter Mechen

Melencolia – ANTHONY RITCHIE – Three String Quartets, from the Jade String Quartet

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

WORLDS WITHIN WORLDS – Wellington City Orchestra’s congress of assorted realities

25 Nov · Michael Fowler Centre · Peter Mechen

Music from Home and Abroad – for its time and for all time

22 Nov · Michael Fowler Centre · Peter Mechen

NZSO’s Symphonic Dances concert explores Nature, Life and Love

3 Sept · St Andrew’s on The Terrace · Peter Mechen

NZTrio – “fantastique” here in Wellington in every way

31 Aug · Public Trust Hall · Peter Mechen

STROMA – a quarter-century of recreated effervescence in heaven and earth!

13 Jul · Peter Mechen

A double bill from Wellington Opera which pulled no punches – Dame Gillian Whitehead’s Mate Ururoa, with Ross Harris’s Notes From the Front

9 Jul · St Andrew’s on The Terrace · Peter Mechen

Flinders Quartet and Michael Houstoun’s singular “Of itself and part of…” concert

5 Jun · Dan Poynton

The First Smile – 50 years of Gamelan in Aotearoa New Zealand – a celebration!

30 May · Peter Mechen

John Psathas’s “Leviathan” – genre-defying and irresistible

17 May · Peter Mechen

Home for the Winter with Hannah Darroch and Liam Wooding

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

A Trio of International Consequence

2 Apr · Peter Mechen

Come to the Cabaret! – with Stephanie Acraman and Liam Wooding

2024 · 11

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

Jack Body’s 80th birthday concert – music and creativity of enduring worth

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

27 Aug · St Andrew’s on The Terrace · Peter Mechen

The Ghost Trio completes a great 2024 for Wellington Chamber Music Concert Series

15 Jul · St Andrew’s on The Terrace · Peter Mechen

Aroha Quartet goes even one better with Oleksandr Gunchenko’s double-bass

10 Jun · Futuna Chapel · Peter Mechen

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

24 May · Public Trust Hall · Anne French

Mostly youthful music presented with aplomb by the NZ Trio

20 May · Michael Fowler Centre · Peter Mechen

Conductor Han-Na-Chang’s NZSO debut in music by Leonie Holmes, Richard Strauss and Pyotr Tchaikovsky

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

An exuberant ‘Cello-and-Piano concert from Robert Ibell and Rachel Thomson

7 May · St Andrew’s on The Terrace · Maya Field

Sighs, spontaneities and serenade snatches from the NZSM String Ensemble at St. Andrew’s

4 May · Michael Fowler Centre · Peter Mechen

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

30 Apr · Hannah Playhouse · Peter Mechen

Witch Music Theatre’s take on Tolstoy at the Hannah Playhouse in Wellington a knockout!

2023 · 10

29 Oct · St Mary of the Angels · Peter Mechen

Robert Wiremu’s REIMAGINING MOZART – a mind-enlarging expression of human tragedy in music

5 Aug · Michael Fowler Centre · Peter Mechen

Orchestra Wellington’s “Prophecy” – promise and fulfilment by young composers

27 Jul · St James Theatre · Peter Mechen

Celebrating 70 Years – Royal New Zealand Ballet’s “Lightscapes”

30 Jun · Michael Fowler Centre · Anne French

Bravo NYO!

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

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

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

Sounds of Home from man and guitar transcend wet and gloom

3 Jun · Michael Fowler Centre · Peter Mechen

Myth and Ritual in everyday life – from Orchestra Wellington

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

Les Voisins – delicious distortions, with swing

28 Apr · Michael Fowler Centre · Anne French

Magnificent Endurance

26 Feb · Steven Sedley

TAIORO

2022 · 13

30 Oct · Steven Sedley

NZ Chamber Soloists add lustre to final 2022 Waikanae Concert

15 Oct · Michael Fowler Centre · Anne French

The River of Youth – Arohanui Strings and Orchestra Wellington

2 Oct · Peter Mechen

DUO ENHARMONICS Piano Duo – a Blockbuster of a 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

17 Sept · Michael Fowler Centre · Anne French

Towards a new Romantic language

6 Aug · Michael Fowler Centre · Anne French

NZSO under New management

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

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

A solo tour-de-force from violinist Monique Lapins

28 May · Rebecca Stanton

“Packed (and) buzzing” audience acclaim Wellington Chamber Orchestra’s 50th Anniversary Concert

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

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

16 Feb · St Andrew’s on The Terrace · Peter Mechen

Taioro – words and music of Aotearoa New Zealand at St.Andrew’s-on-The-Terrace, Wellington

2021 · 13

15 Nov · Anne French

What I would take through death’s dark door

20 Oct · St Andrew’s on The Terrace · Anne French

“Rockin’ On” with the Lockdown Quartet at St.Andrew’s on-The-Terrace

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

27 Jul · Peter Mechen

Liam Wooding – Reflections and Connections at Woburn’s St.Mark’s Church, Lower Hutt

25 Jul · Peter Mechen

Monstrous and idiosynchrophiliac goings-on with Stroma at Wellington’s Bats Theatre

18 Jul · St Andrew’s on The Terrace · Anne French

Jade Quartet presents a somewhat “patchworked” concert at St.Andrew’s

11 Jul · Michael Fowler Centre · Anne French

A girdle about the earth from Antarctica to Leningrad – the NZSO National Youth Orchestra concert

30 Jun · Peter Mechen

Sondheim’s “Sweeney Todd” a triumph for Witch Music Theatre at Wellington’s Te Auaha

14 May · Michael Fowler Centre · Peter Mechen

Holly Mathieson’s “Dream” debut concert with the NZSO….

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

Unusual trio ensemble with a highly satisfying, widely international series opens Wellington Chamber Music year

8 Apr · Michael Fowler Centre · Peter Mechen

Music of magical flight – Palmer, Mozart and Stravinsky from the NZSO

16 Feb · Old St Paul’s · Peter Mechen

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

11 Feb · Peter Mechen

A new film commemorates the 1941 Babiy Yar Massacre of Ukraine Jews by the Nazis

2020 · 11

22 Dec · Peter Mechen

Now on CD! – Claire Cowan’s incandescent score for the RNZB’s recent “Hansel and Gretel”, played by the NZSO with Hamish McKeich

15 Nov · Michael Fowler Centre · Peter Mechen

Belated rapture from Orchestra Wellington’s “Rachmaninov 1”, but well worth the wait…..

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

NZSM Orchestra with conductor Hamish McKeich showcases achievements by 2020 award-winning composer and instrumentalist at St.Andrew’s-on-The-Terrace, Wellington

19 Sept · Peter Mechen

Voices of Women – A New Zealand sufferage celebration by Janet Jennings

17 Jul · Adam Concert Room · Peter Mechen

Ghost Trio haunts sensibilities long after final notes in concert sounded

4 Apr · Lindis Taylor

The composer of Kopernikus, Claude Vivier: interview with conductor Vladimir Jurowski

2 Mar · Peter Mechen

NZ Opera’s “Eight Songs for a Mad King” a brilliant, Janus-faced experience

1 Mar · Opera House · Lindis Taylor

Festival stages remarkable, eccentric opera by Canadian, Claude Vivier

22 Feb · Peter Mechen

Jonathan Lemalu and Virtuoso Strings blaze forth in Porirua’s Te Ata Festival

21 Feb · Michael Fowler Centre · Lindis Taylor

NZSO, Gorecki and Ponifasio/MAU share singularly successful juxtaposing of utterly disparate creations, of profound common human vulnerabilities

31 Jan · Michael Fowler Centre · Lindis Taylor

Big audience for the first NZSO Shed series avoiding the mainstream classics

2019 · 22

24 Nov · Peter Mechen

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

17 Nov · St Andrew’s on The Terrace · Peter Mechen

Extraordinary SMP Ensemble Commemorative Concert missing a part but nevertheless packing a punch

10 Nov · Peter Mechen

“Kristallnacht” at the Wellington Jewish Community Centre – brilliant and deeply-felt performances of significant music

20 Oct · Michael Fowler Centre · Peter Mechen

Delightful, delicious, and declamatory – a “no-holds-barred” night with Marc Taddei and Orchestra Wellington

17 Oct · Peter Mechen

Iconic singer/composer Björk celebrated by Claire Cowan’s Blackbird Ensemble

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

29 Sept · St Andrew’s on The Terrace · Peter Mechen

Piano fantasies, dreams and forebodings, from Tony Chen Lin at Wellington’s St.Andrew’s

19 Sept · Peter Mechen

Stroma breathes life into its collection of “Sonic Portraits”

9 Aug · Lindis Taylor

Third of NZSO’s Shed series delivers some hits, some misses, and a couple of real successes

8 Aug · Michael Fowler Centre · Peter Mechen

Jennifer Stumm and Te Koki Trio share honours at Wellington’s MFC

2 Aug · Michael Fowler Centre · Peter Mechen

Innovative, adventurous, AND intensely musical!! – “Pictures” with Orchestra Wellington and Marc Taddei

1 Aug · Peter Mechen

Voices of the World – Stroma’s ambient “girdle round about the earth”

27 Jul · Peter Mechen

Warming our hearts in mid-winter – Cantoris directed by Thomas Nikora

17 Jul · Peter Mechen

Extraordinary music-making from the 2019 Adam Troubadours

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

From murderous to beguiling – a concert of life and art from the Tudor Consort and Aurora IV

30 May · Hannah Playhouse · Steven Sedley

Stroma enhances Wellington with music inspired by where sea meets sky

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

NZSM Orchestra speaks its concert presentation’s name with skill and conviction at St.Andrew’s

10 May · Lindis Taylor

Adventurous, surprising, unorthodox, informal concert by the NZSO in a waterfront shed

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

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

30 Mar · Michael Fowler Centre · Peter Mechen

Art-to-music realisations, a royal farewelling, and interplanetary evocations – all in an evening’s work for the NZSO

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

Wilma and Friends win all hearts at Wellington Chamber Music’s first 2019 concert

31 Jan · Michael Fowler Centre · Lindis Taylor

Big audience for the first NZSO Shed series avoiding the mainstream classics

2018 · 13

1 Dec · Michael Fowler Centre · Peter Mechen

Creative, thrilling and heart-warming conclusion to Orchestra Wellington’s 2018 season

29 Nov · Peter Mechen

Beautiful, visceral, hypnotic, disconcerting – Stroma’s “essential experimental” at Wellington’s Pyramid Club

26 Sept · Peter Mechen

Too important to let go – Ashley Brown with a “new” NZTrio for Braid, a Suffrage Year concert

19 Sept · St Andrew’s on The Terrace · Peter Mechen

125th Women’s Suffrage Anniversary Concert with Cantoris in Wellington

15 Sept · St Mary of the Angels · Peter Mechen

Inspirare’s partnership with Youth Choirs a resounding success

29 Aug · Peter Mechen

Stroma – Iconic Sonics at the City Gallery, Wellington…..revisiting the new, along with the new

19 Aug · Peter Mechen

East and West mingle at Wellington Youth Orchestra Concert

8 Aug · St Andrew’s on The Terrace · Lindis Taylor

One piano, six hands and a programme of highly unfamiliar, surprising music by composers in unorthodox mode

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

Admirable, stimulating programme of piano trios from Te Koki Trio

13 Apr · Adam Concert Room · Peter Mechen

Jason Bae – an enterprising, exploratory and heroic performer

26 Mar · Peter Mechen

Brilliance and feeling from the Mazzoli Trio at Lower Hutt

6 Mar · St Mary of the Angels · Rosemary Collier

Remarkable integration of musical cultures in spite of documentation and presentation shortcomings

23 Feb · Peter Mechen

Two resounding recordings from Rattle – classics and a feisty newcomer

2017 · 21

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

A polished and scrupulously studied recital by male vocal quartet, Aurora IV

16 Nov · Alan Wells

Stroma’s “Spectral Electric” concert at City Art Gallery

23 Oct · Michael Fowler Centre · Lindis Taylor

Outstanding concert to mark disasters at Aberfan and the Pike River: music by Schubert and Karl Jenkins

19 Oct · Alan Wells

Maximum Minimalism – simple, state-of-the-art complexities from Stroma

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

China/New Zealand Ode to the Moon concert with a radiant Aroha Quartet

26 Sept · Michael Fowler Centre · Peter Mechen

Breaths of fresh air – the Imani Winds hit Wellington

10 Sept · Peter Mechen

Playing with fire – music that sears and burns, from the New Zealand String Quartet

4 Sept · Michael Fowler Centre · Peter Mechen

“The Three Altos” – scenes of glory and achievement for the viola here in Wellington

22 Aug · Alan Wells

“New Look” NZ Trio performs old and new at Wellington City Gallery

11 Aug · Michael Fowler Centre · Peter Mechen

Mahler, Berg – and Salina Fisher, from the NZSO – music of innocence and experience

1 Aug · Peter Mechen

Beauty, poignancy, energy, focus – Kenneth Young’s CD “Shadows and Light”

30 Jul · St Andrew’s on The Terrace · Peter Mechen

Xenia Pestova – an interpreter for all ages, at St.Andrew’s, Wellington

14 Jul · Michael Fowler Centre · Peter Mechen

Adventurous, quirky, energetic – a musical-life experience for the 2017 NZSONYO

8 Jul · Michael Fowler Centre · Lindis Taylor

Magnificent NZSO concert, with percussionist Colin Currie, under James MacMillan

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

Beautiful contemporary choral music from Cantoris: if only an orchestra!

4 Jun · Rosemary Collier

Acclamation for Auckland Viva Voce’s remarkable performance of enthralling work on pilgrimage: Camino de Santiago de Compostela

28 May · Adam Concert Room · Peter Mechen

Baroque Voices pay rich homage to NZ “Masters”

13 May · Michael Fowler Centre · Peter Mechen

“Firebird” from Orchestra Wellington an incendiary experience

5 May · Michael Fowler Centre · Peter Mechen

Aotearoa Plus from the NZSO set alight by Gareth Farr premiere

30 Apr · St Andrew’s on The Terrace · Peter Mechen

NZTrio at St.Andrew’s in Wellington – and homage to Justine Cormack

29 Apr · Wellington Cathedral of St Paul · Peter Mechen

Orpheus Choir’s “Chichester Psalms” concert terrific! – but James MacMillan has the last word……..

2016 · 13

8 Oct · Michael Fowler Centre · Lindis Taylor

America: NZSO performances of brilliant new violin concerto plus Dvořák in New York and Reich in minimalist heaven

17 Sept · Michael Fowler Centre · Peter Mechen

Quintessence on show via youth and experience at Michael Fowler Centre

16 Sept · Adam Concert Room · Peter Mechen

NZ Trio with Xia Jing – violin, ‘cello, piano and guzheng

11 Sept · Rosemary Collier

Sombre Music of the Low Countries from the Bach Choir

3 Aug · St Andrew’s on The Terrace · Lindis Taylor

Cellist Rebecca Turner with intriguing and entertaining music on carbon-fibre cello

8 Jul · Michael Fowler Centre · Peter Mechen

Youth and experience together produce brilliant and heartfelt Messiaen

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

Emma Sayers – piano recital of connections, dedications and premieres

16 Jun · Alan Wells

Feast of music, art and ambiences – NZTrio’s “Zoom” at Wellington’s City Gallery

20 May · Michael Fowler Centre · Lindis Taylor

Enso String Quartet highly impressive in all eras particularly 20th century France

6 May · Michael Fowler Centre · Lindis Taylor

NZSO ‘wastes its sweetness upon the desert air’ with some splendid, approachable, 21st century music

21 Apr · Michael Fowler Centre · Lindis Taylor

NZSO and Madeleine Pierard with Ross Harris’s anguished Second Symphony to mark ANZAC Day

3 Mar · Peter Mechen

Brass Poppies – ordinary people at war

28 Feb · St Andrew’s on The Terrace · Peter Mechen

Worlds brought more closely together – the Miyata-Yoshimura-Suzuki Trio

2015 · 12

14 Nov · St Andrew’s on The Terrace · Peter Mechen

Trombone meets harp – the intractable made enjoyable!

30 Oct · Michael Fowler Centre · Peter Mechen

An experience to be savoured – Kari Kriikku with the NZSO

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

Aroha Quartet , with SOUNZ and RNZ Concert, does local composers proud

23 Sept · Michael Fowler Centre · Peter Mechen

JS BACH since the time of Bach – Michael Houstoun

30 Aug · Peter Mechen

Aural (and visual) feast from Stroma at the Wellington City Gallery

29 Jul · St Andrew’s on The Terrace · Rosemary Collier

Recorders and piano leap into the 20th century with attractive, interesting English music

19 Jul · Lindis Taylor

Kapiti Chamber Choir tackles highly ambitious all-Jewish programme including a major Bloch work

8 Jul · Peter Mechen

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

10 Jun · Peter Mechen

Jack Body – lightning leaping from the pages

9 May · Michael Fowler Centre · Lindis Taylor

NZTrio’s fascinating collaboration with three young composers in a range of their and other contemporary works

1 May · Michael Fowler Centre · Lindis Taylor

NZSO with Lilburn’s Symphony No 2, his successor’s impressive piece plus striking Swedish composer and trombonist

19 Apr · Opera House · Lindis Taylor

Italian Embassy brings pianist to Wellington with interesting programme

2014 · 13

2 Nov · Futuna Chapel · Peter Mechen

Ballades, Songs and Snatches – singer and piper at Futuna Chapel

29 Oct · Peter Mechen

“Nature, Life and Love” for our time, from the NZTrio

10 Oct · Michael Fowler Centre · Peter Mechen

Orchestral spectaculars from the NZSO – and a 2015 sneak-preview

26 Sept · Adam Concert Room · Peter Mechen

SMP Ensemble – Sound Barrel a “lucky dip” for this listener!

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

Product of Terezin concentration camp survives as admirable, enjoyable children’s opera

25 Jul · Michael Fowler Centre · Peter Mechen

Echt-quartet experiences from the Doric String Quartet

18 Jul · Michael Fowler Centre · Peter Mechen

NZSO National Youth Orchestra 2014 tackles showpieces with a will

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

10 May · Michael Fowler Centre · Peter Mechen

The Orpheus Choir – music of here, and now……

9 May · Michael Fowler Centre · Lindis Taylor

James MacMillan conducts NZSO in his own and Cresswell’s music of the past twenty years

14 Apr · Adam Concert Room · Peter Mechen

“Body Beautiful” excites, awe-inspires, and charms as a life’s occupation is celebrated.

26 Mar · Adam Concert Room · Peter Mechen

Junghwa Lee – pianistic brilliance and recreative ferment at the NZSM

2013 · 11

8 Sept · Opera House · Peter Mechen

Fancies and realities from Orchestra Wellington

1 Sept · Peter Mechen

Stroma – the Elemental and the Fabulous

30 Aug · Michael Fowler Centre · admin

2013 National Youth Orchestra shines and glows

21 Aug · Adam Concert Room · Alan Wells

Electric music and music-theatre – Nicholas Isherwood

11 Aug · admin

SMP Ensemble plays Contag for “The Crowd”

1 Aug · Alan Wells

Stroma, with percussionist Claire Edwardes

14 Jun · Michael Fowler Centre · Peter Mechen

Antipodean stargazing and planetwatching from the NZSO

26 May · Wellington Town Hall · Peter Mechen

Orchestra of Swing, courtesy of “The Duke”

5 May · Wellington Town Hall · Peter Mechen

Ground – (and knuckle – ?) breaking Debussy and Ligeti

26 Apr · St Mary of the Angels · Peter Mechen

Stroma’s second Mirror of Time – a “Rogues’ Gallery” of Music

11 Mar · Michael Fowler Centre · Peter Mechen

Kronos Quartet – holding time and audience in thrall

2012 · 9

9 Dec · Peter Mechen

Turning over a Blue Leaf – Adam Page and Stroma

25 Nov · Peter Mechen

Rain, wind and moonlight – Stroma’s “Pierrot Lunaire” and more……

11 Oct · Wellington Town Hall · Peter Mechen

Stroma’s beautifully “luminous horizons” at Ilott

23 Jun · Wellington Town Hall · Peter Mechen

Wellington Orchestra’s musical haggis

2 Jun · Peter Mechen

STROMA – Percussion/Action in small but compelling doses

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

Rhapsodic strains from the NZSM Orchestra with Kenneth Young

25 May · Wellington Town Hall · Peter Mechen

Wonderland in name and deed – Made In New Zealand

15 Mar · Opera House · Peter Mechen

Great enthusiasm at Jenny McLeod’s “Hōhepa” premiere

3 Mar · Wellington Town Hall · Lindis Taylor

The Sixteen’s second concert, a cappella, a benchmark performance

2011 · 7

29 Oct · Wellington Town Hall · Peter Mechen

A bevy of intensities – Ensemble Liaison with Wilma Smith

29 Sept · Wellington Town Hall · Peter Mechen

Of conflict and tragedy – New Zealand School of Music Orchestra

15 Sept · Michael Fowler Centre · Peter Mechen

Boris Pigovat’s Requiem – a stunning CD presentation

11 Sept · Michael Fowler Centre · Peter Mechen

On The Transmigration Of Souls – 9/11 Commemoration by John Adams presented by the Vector Wellington Orchestra

13 May · Wellington Town Hall · Peter Mechen

Made in New Zealand – Enchanted Islands

9 Apr · St Andrew’s on The Terrace · Peter Mechen

Colours rich and strange, from the SMP Ensemble

6 Mar · St Andrew’s on The Terrace · Alan Wells

New Sounds – SMP Ensemble, Magda Mayas, Tony Buck and Hermione Johnson

2010 · 9

16 Oct · Wellington Town Hall · Peter Mechen

Sweet Dreams from The Song Company

12 Aug · Peter Mechen

Birthday presents from Stroma in Wellington

1 Aug · Lindis Taylor

Superb Aroha Quartet in the Sunday Series

27 Jun · Adam Concert Room · Peter Mechen

A Good Time Not A Long Time – SMP Ensemble

30 May · Wellington Town Hall · Peter Mechen

SOUNZtender – NZ Music going for a song…..

1 May · St Andrew’s on The Terrace · Alan Wells

Sounds contemporary – Stroma and SOUNZ Contemporary…

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

Towards a musical cross-fertilisation at St Andrew’s

14 Apr · Rosemary Collier

New Zealand String Quartet: Lower Hutt

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