Rotorua Daily Post
  • Rotorua Daily Post home
  • Latest news
  • Business
  • Opinion
  • Lifestyle
  • Property
  • Sport
  • Video
  • Death notices
  • Classifieds

Subscriptions

  • Herald Premium
  • Viva Premium
  • The Listener
  • BusinessDesk

Sections

  • Latest news
  • On The Up
  • Business
  • Opinion
  • Lifestyle
    • All Lifestyle
    • Residential property listings
  • Property
    • All Property
    • Dairy farming
    • Sheep & beef farming
    • Horticulture
    • Animal health
    • Rural business
    • Rural life
    • Rural technology
  • Rural
  • Sport

Locations

  • Tauranga
  • Te Puke
  • Whakatāne
  • Rotorua
  • Tokoroa
  • Taupō & Tūrangi

Media

  • Video
  • Photo galleries
  • Today's Paper - E-Editions
  • Photo sales

Weather

  • Rotorua
  • Tauranga
  • Whakatāne
  • Tokoroa
  • Taupō

NZME Network

  • Advertise with NZME
  • OneRoof
  • Driven Car Guide
  • BusinessDesk
  • Newstalk ZB
  • Sunlive
  • ZM
  • The Hits
  • Coast
  • Radio Hauraki
  • The Alternative Commentary Collective
  • Gold
  • Flava
  • iHeart Radio
  • Hokonui
  • Radio Wanaka
  • iHeartCountry New Zealand
  • Restaurant Hub
  • NZME Events

SubscribeSign In
Advertisement
Advertise with NZME.
Home / Rotorua Daily Post / Opinion

Review: Bay of Plenty Symphonia concert review

By Supplied content
Rotorua Daily Post·
15 Feb, 2021 02:27 AM2 mins to read

Subscribe to listen

Access to Herald Premium articles require a Premium subscription. Subscribe now to listen.
Already a subscriber?  Sign in here

Listening to articles is free for open-access content—explore other articles or learn more about text-to-speech.
‌
Save

    Share this article

Bay of Plenty Symphonia concert conductor Justus Rozemond got crispness of attack from the Symphonia. Photo / File

Bay of Plenty Symphonia concert conductor Justus Rozemond got crispness of attack from the Symphonia. Photo / File

Opinion

OPINION: Hanno Fairburn reviews the Bay of Plenty Symphonia concert

An ample and generous audience heard this string orchestra, with distinguished soloists, perform major imaginative concertos.

The basis was Vivaldi's celebrated, though over-familiar, 'Four Seasons'. and it was refreshing to hear this live with such a spirited performance.

Here it was combined with 'Four Seasons of Buenos Aires' by the Argentine Astor Piazzolla, best known for his Tangos.

This was an arrangement for strings which joined classical and tango forms and borrowed phrases from Vivaldi's work, while the programme alternated seasons from the two works, though written for opposite hemispheres.

Advertisement
Advertise with NZME.
Advertisement
Advertise with NZME.

Conductor Justus Rozemond had the measure of the disparate forms of the two works and got crispness of attack from the Symphonia.

The players rose nimbly to the technical demands of the music, catching seasonal flavours convincingly, such as the sounds of weather, animals and human activities.

As the violin soloist right through the programme, Andrew Beer bore the heavy load magnificently and his tonal polish and expressive playing were persuasive.

Advertisement
Advertise with NZME.

Another soloist, cellist Ashley Brown, had a fitting rhythmic vigour while Chalium Poppy's harpsichord gave a valuable underpinning.

Overall, there was exceptional enjoyment from this effervescent music and performances to match it.

What: Bay of Plenty Symphonia
Where: Rotorua Harvest Centre
When: Sunday

Discover more

Toi Ohomai Charity House: $30,000 up for grabs

15 Feb 01:54 AM

QR code scanning at Rotorua Mall: How many are doing it?

15 Feb 06:46 PM

Letters to the editor: Queenstown isn't the only city suffering

15 Feb 09:00 PM

Mad menagerie of musical themes coming to Rotorua

14 Feb 08:15 PM
Save

    Share this article

Latest from Rotorua Daily Post

Rotorua Daily Post

Baywide rugby: Whaka look to break 19-year drought

Rotorua Daily Post

Revealed: ‘Major milestone’ for education system announced by Government 

Rotorua Daily Post

'Mum, I’m a strong boy aren’t I?’ Murdered 5-year-old's mother breaks down in court over final phone call with son


Sponsored

Solar bat monitors uncover secrets of Auckland’s night sky

Advertisement
Advertise with NZME.

Latest from Rotorua Daily Post

Baywide rugby: Whaka look to break 19-year drought
Rotorua Daily Post

Baywide rugby: Whaka look to break 19-year drought

Whakarewarewa beat Greerton Marist 25-17 to reach the Baywide final.

14 Jul 05:17 AM
Revealed: ‘Major milestone’ for education system announced by Government 
Rotorua Daily Post

Revealed: ‘Major milestone’ for education system announced by Government 

14 Jul 04:00 AM
'Mum, I’m a strong boy aren’t I?’ Murdered 5-year-old's mother breaks down in court over final phone call with son
Rotorua Daily Post

'Mum, I’m a strong boy aren’t I?’ Murdered 5-year-old's mother breaks down in court over final phone call with son

14 Jul 02:41 AM


Solar bat monitors uncover secrets of Auckland’s night sky
Sponsored

Solar bat monitors uncover secrets of Auckland’s night sky

06 Jul 09:47 PM
NZ Herald
  • About NZ Herald
  • Meet the journalists
  • Newsletters
  • Classifieds
  • Help & support
  • Contact us
  • House rules
  • Privacy Policy
  • Terms of use
  • Competition terms & conditions
  • Our use of AI
Subscriber Services
  • Rotorua Daily Post e-edition
  • Manage your print subscription
  • Manage your digital subscription
  • Subscribe to Herald Premium
  • Subscribe to the Rotorua Daily Post
  • Gift a subscription
  • Subscriber FAQs
  • Subscription terms & conditions
  • Promotions and subscriber benefits
NZME Network
  • Rotorua Daily Post
  • The New Zealand Herald
  • The Northland Age
  • The Northern Advocate
  • Waikato Herald
  • Bay of Plenty Times
  • Hawke's Bay Today
  • Whanganui Chronicle
  • Viva
  • NZ Listener
  • Newstalk ZB
  • BusinessDesk
  • OneRoof
  • Driven Car Guide
  • iHeart Radio
  • Restaurant Hub
NZME
  • About NZME
  • NZME careers
  • Advertise with NZME
  • Digital self-service advertising
  • Book your classified ad
  • Photo sales
  • NZME Events
  • © Copyright 2025 NZME Publishing Limited
TOP