Allegro Largo Scherzo Finale

*written for CMPO202 journal* Nikolai Rimsky Korsakov: Capriccio Espagnol   Joaquín Rodrigo: Concierto de Aranjuez Claude Debussy: Iberia Manuel De Falla: Three-Cornered Hat Suite No.2 (Three Dances) New Zealand Symphony Orchestra conducted by Christoph König with Xuefei Yang (guitar) at the Michael Fowler Centre The NZSO’s Sketches of Spain concert made me rather glad that [...]

Sergei Rachmaninov: Piano Concerto No. 4 Dmitri Shostakovich: Symphony No. 7 “Leningrad” Michael Houstoun (piano) and the New Zealand Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Vasily Petrenko at the Michael Fowler Centre My first encounter with Shostakovich’s 7th symphony came with a book about 20th century symphonies which I inherited from my mother. Although not all of [...]