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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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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: [...]

Well, my hopes/predictions really could not have been further off the mark. The elephant in the room is the absence of any opera (unless you count Simon O’Neill’s Wagner recital). There is a reasonable amount of chamber music on hand – almost all on the weekend of the 6th-7th of March’, but nothing really outside [...]