Full house Mulled Wine concert at Paekakariki with NZSM violin and piano stars
Mulled Wine Concerts Jian Liu (piano) and Martin Riseley (violin) Bach: Solo Sonata for Violin, BWV 1001 Lilburn: Sea Changes and Violin Sonata Brahms: Intermezzo in B minor, Op 119 No 1 Grieg: Sonata...
View ArticleSome impressive performances from NZSM string students at St Andrew’s
New Zealand School of Music String Students and Catherine Norton (piano) Music by Haydn, J.S. Bach, Hans Fryber, Mozart, Wieniawski and Max Bruch St. Andrew’s on The Terrace Wednesday, 6 June 2018,...
View ArticleDelectable Dvořák, palatable Puccini and delicious Dohnányi at Waikanae
Waikanae Music Society Emona Piano Quintet (Michael Houstoun, piano; Wilma Smith, violin; Gillian Ansell, viola; Monique Lapins, violin; Eliah Sakakushev-von Bismarck, cello) Dvořák: Piano Quartet no.2...
View ArticleThe Heath Quartet – from church and the chamber to the open air
Chamber Music New Zealand presents: The Heath Quartet Oliver Heath, Sara Wolstenholme (violins) Gary Pomeroy (viola), Christopher Murray (‘cello) JS BACH – Choral Preludes GARETH FARR – Te Kōanga (CMNZ...
View ArticleInteresting recital of Romantic French music for cello and piano
Miranda Wilson (cello) and Rachel Thomson (piano) Wellington Chamber Music Trust Louise Farrenc: Sonata in B flat for piano and cello, Op.46 Lalo: Sonata in A minor for cello and piano Chopin: Sonata...
View ArticleAdmirable results of a week of string instrument coaching from the Aroha...
Aroha String Quartet International Music Academy Participants’ Concert of music by Dvořák, Popper, Albinoni and Elgar St. Andrew’s on The Terrace Wednesday, 25 July 2018, 12.15pm The Aroha Quartet is...
View ArticleKlara Kollektiv musicians vary the musical fare to resounding effect
Hutt Valley Chamber Music presents: KLARA KOLLEKTIV Anna McGregor (clarinet) Manu Berkeljon (violin) Taru Kurki (piano) ANTHONY RITCHIE – Three Scenes (for solo clarinet – 2016) CÉSAR FRANCK – Sonata...
View ArticleTutors at the ASQ Academy confirm their stature in rare Shostakovich quartet,...
St Andrew’s Lunchtime Concerts Aroha String Quartet: concert by tutors from the 2018 ASQ International Music Academy Mozart: Piano Quartet in G minor, K 478 – 1st movement Shostakovich: String Quartet...
View ArticleSwedish-New Zealand ensemble beguiles Waikanae with varied pieces: brand new,...
Klara Kollektiv (Anna McGregor, clarinet; Manu Berkeljon, violin;Taru Kurki, piano) Waikanae Music Society Anthony Ritchie: Picture Stone: Trio for clarinet, violin and piano. Op.198 César Franck:...
View ArticleInteresting and rewarding St Andrew’s recital from students of stringed...
St Andrew’s Lunchtime concert String students of the New Zealand School of Music Music by Beethoven, Shostakovich, Gareth Farr and Wang Xhihao St Andrew’s on The Terrace Wednesday 22 August, 12:15 pm...
View ArticleStroma – Iconic Sonics at the City Gallery, Wellington…..revisiting the new,...
Stroma presents: ICONIC SONICS – Music by Reuben Jellyman, Iannis Xenakis, Kaija Saariaho, Witold Lutoslawski and Gyorgy Ligeti SAARIAHO – New Gates (1996) LIGETI – Ramifications (1968-9) JELLEYMAN –...
View ArticlePolished recital from Steel and Irons of flute and piano masterpieces at St...
St Andrew’s lunchtime concerts Rebecca Steel (flute) and Diedre Irons (piano) Debussy: Prélude à l’après-midi d’un faune Prokofiev: Flute sonata in D, Op 94 St Andrew’s on The Terrace Wednesday 5...
View ArticleAmici Ensemble consolidates its reputation as valuable, adventurous...
Wellington Chamber Music Amici Ensemble: Donald Armstrong and Malavika Gopal (violins), Andrew Thomson (viola), Ken Ichinose (cello), Bridget Douglas (flute), Patrick Barry (clarinet) and Carolyn...
View ArticleAroha Quartet with animated, robust, delightful evening concert at St Andrew’s
Aroha String Quartet (Haihong Liu and Anne Loeser, violins; Zhongxian Jin, viola; Robert Ibell, cello) ‘Light and Dark’ Haydn: String Quartet in C, Op.76 no. 3 ‘Emperor’ Ross Carey: Elegy (Toccatina)...
View ArticleViolin and piano competition winners show robust musical and technical gifts...
Waikanae Music Society Ioana Cristina Goicea (violin) and Andrey Gugnin (piano) Schubert: Rondo in B minor, D.895, “Rondo Brilliant” Enescu: Sonata no.3 “In Romanian folk Style” Brahms: Sonata no.3 in...
View ArticleToo important to let go – Ashley Brown with a “new” NZTrio for Braid, a...
The NZTrio presents: BRAID – Celebrating the Feminine in all of us…… RACHEL CLEMENT – Shifting States CLARA SCHUMANN – Piano Trio in G Minor Op.17 ELENA KATS-CHERNIN – Spirit and the Maiden VICTORIA...
View ArticleSending it up on the double bass and sparkling at the piano, plus other strings
Chamber Music New Zealand Piers Lane (piano) and Hiroshi Ikematsu (double bass) and members of the New Zealand String Quartet: Monique Lapins (violin), Gillian Ansell (viola), Rolf Gjelsten (cello)...
View ArticleNo better way of concluding a year’s worth of glorious music-making! Ensemble...
Hutt Valley Chamber Music presents Ensemble LTJJI Vesa-Matti Leppänen and Andrew Thomson (violins) Julia Joyce (viola) / Andrew Joyce (‘cello) / Diedre Irons (piano) MOZART – Piano Concerto No.12 in A...
View ArticlePolished viola student performances of Bach suites plus some unfamiliar music...
St Andrew’s lunchtime concert NZSM Viola Students: Zephyr Wills, Deborah King, Grant Baker; accompanied by Catherine Norton Music by Schubert, Britten, Bach, Enescu, Kreisler and Walton St Andrew’s on...
View ArticleA lunchtime concert for the exploratory and spirited on violin and cello
St Andrew’s lunchtime concerts Rupa Maitra (violin) and Margaret Guldborg (cello) Pieces by Halvorsen, Bréval and Ravel St Andrew’s on The Terrace Wednesday 24 October, 12:15 pm Duos between the piano...
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