NZSO Soundscapes – 2 September 2010

NZSO with Collin Currie (percussion), conducted by Alexander Shelley at the Michael Fowler Centre Aaron Copland: Appalachian Spring Suite Jennifer Higdon: Percussion Concerto Lyell Cresswell: Landscapes of the Soul Ludwig van Beethoven: Symphony No. 6 “Pastoral” First of all, I have not yet forgotten about the NYO. At some point I’ll hopefully write something about [...]

NZSM Orchestra 12 May 2010

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 [...]

Nexus | Poles Apart – 10 March 2010

SMP Ensemble at St. Andrew’s On the Terrace Jack Body: Turtle Time Anton Killin: A Priori Simon Eastwood: Jericho: Walls Will Fall Karlo Margetic: Hommage à W.L.. Jan W. Morthenson: Unisono Charles Ives: The unanswered question Interval John Adams: "John Philip Sousa" Francis Poulenc: Sonata for clarinet and bassoon Henryk Gorecki: Piano Sonata No. 1 [...]

Peaks of Cloud – 7 March 2010

Keith Lewis (Tenor) and Michael Houstoun (Piano) at the Wellington Town Hall Henry Purcell: So when the glittering Queen of night; Not all my torments; Cold Song; Evening Hymn Jenny McLeod: Peaks of Cloud Benjamin Britten: On this Island Samuel Barber: Three songs from Ten Early Songs; Three songs from Collected Songs; Two songs from [...]

SMP: Podróze – 1, 6 and 7 November

1 November at Wesley Church Traditional, arranged by Carol Shortis: Polskie Kwiaty Simon Eastwood: Jericho: Walls Will Fall Henryk Górecki: Three Pieces in Olden Style Witold Lutoslawski: Melodie Ludowe Krzysztof Penderecki: Allegro Moderato from Sextet Henryk Górecki: Totus Tuus Karol Szymanowski: Rymy Dzieciece  – Children’s Rhymes Op. 49 Karlo Margetic: Hommage  à W.L. Carol Shortis: [...]