Allegro Largo Scherzo Finale

So, this is the lead story on Stuff right at the moment (I was looking for the John Button review for the previous post). Apparently we’re supposed do be shocked that Dame Kiri te Kanawa could possibly criticise poor helpless (and coincidentally now rather wealthy) Susan Boyle. Really? Unless the reporter conducting the interview for [...]

John Button’s review of last Friday’s NZSO concert with Dame Malvina Major is certainly the most negative review I’ve seen him write in quite some time (although his review of the following concert is somewhat nicer). Although I didn’t attend the concert, I’m not surprised at all – all the issues that Button raises with [...]

Schumann: Piano Concerto in A Minor Shostakovich: Symphony No. 11 “The Year 1905” New Zealand School of Music Orchestra at St. Andrew’s on the Terrace conducted by Ken Young with Diedre Irons, piano There are two other concerts I had planned on writing about before getting to this one – but that was before actually [...]