EntertainmentMusic and drama uniteIn August 1901, a Hugh McLeod, writing in The New Zealand Illustrated Magazine on the occasion of yet another performance of Il Trovatore29 Jul 12:00 AM
EntertainmentReview: Big scores softened by breezy MozartSinfonia Domestica of Richard Strauss offered 44 minutes of uber-romantic immersion in the second half of the NZSO's Mozart & Strauss concert.24 Jul 05:00 PM
EntertainmentMusic tells heartbreaking storyAuckland Philharmonia Orchestra's major 2016 commission, a sixth symphony by Ross Harris, was the musical and emotional core of Thursday's 22 Jul 03:34 AM
EntertainmentViolinist pursues decorative dialoguesAuckland Philharmonia Orchestra seems happy that Music Director Giordano Bellincampi is back in town, and one sensed it in the first 13 Jul 10:29 PM
EntertainmentPlaying in the sunshineAuckland music-lovers are more accustomed to seeing Piers Lane on the town hall stage at the Steinway than under tropical palms enjoying Queensland sunshine.12 Jul 03:25 AM
EntertainmentReview: Divine immersion thrills Aotea crowdSir Andrew Davis prefaced an enthralling Eclairs sur l'au-Dela by saying how privileged he felt to be conducting this Messiaen work for his second and probably last time.10 Jul 05:00 PM
EntertainmentIntimate venue adds punch to tasty worksAuckland Chamber Orchestra, under the admirable Peter Scholes, set off tonight with a welcome taste of the local.04 Jul 05:00 PM
EntertainmentSuyeon Kang reveals interpretative scope that made her a winnerSuyeon Kang, the first Australian to take top honours in the Michael Hill International Violin Competition, has undertaken her winner's recital tour and concerto performance.30 Jun 04:30 AM
EntertainmentReview: Choir sure to stun on tourThe Youth ensemble in thrilling form on eve of departure for Europe.28 Jun 05:00 PM
EntertainmentReview: Suite a reliable audience magnetWe had been told that Rimsky-Korsakov's Scheherazade had been programmed at least 23 times in the orchestra's history and, once again, it proved a reliable audience magnet.26 Jun 05:00 PM
EntertainmentGallery of sound and poetryThe music of Eve de Castro-Robinson is well represented on CD, with three fine albums on the Atoll label.17 Jun 08:30 PM
EntertainmentViolinist to undertake recital tourTown Hall to host Michael Hill International Violin Competition star.17 Jun 08:00 PM
EntertainmentClass missing in Lang Lang circusThe Lang Lang circus came to town, pitching a tent in our most exotic movie palace.13 Jun 05:00 PM
EntertainmentNZ Opera: The Magic Flute, ASB TheatreNew Zealand Opera is bringing Sara Brodie's production of The Magic Flute to Auckland after a successful season in the capital.10 Jun 05:00 PM
EntertainmentPianist set for poetic perfomanceLang Lang may call China his first home but "it's not like I'm living here at the moment," he explains. "I'm just touring all the time. In fact, I'm not living anywhere."04 Jun 05:00 PM
EntertainmentRussian soul shines in choral jewelRachmaninov's Vespers holds a special place in the composer's output, far removed from the popular concertos that reflect his international career as a concert pianist.30 May 05:00 PM
EntertainmentQuartet deliver earth and verve with sweet FinnishEnso String Quartet still has the freshness and attack that spurred one critic to rationalise the group's smouldering power as half honey and half molten lava.29 May 05:00 PM
EntertainmentPianist leads NZSO right across the scaleExperiencing Stephen Hough's magisterial Brahms Second Piano Concerto brought back a conversation in which the Englishman talked of the power that came from the work's sense of emotional containment.22 May 05:00 PM
EntertainmentReview: Vintage scores, tributes evoke halcyon daysEve de Castro-Robinson introduced her Karlheinz Company programme as music that was vivid, visceral and singular.17 May 05:00 PM
EntertainmentClassical music: Baroque to BeyonceAlex Taylor is one of our busiest composers, as happy and able to write symphonic scores for our country's major orchestras, as well as a host of smaller pieces.14 May 02:03 AM
EntertainmentAlbum review: The Chopin ProjectThose familiar with the Deutsche Grammophon recordings of Alice Sara Ott may wonder what she is doing in on The Chopin Project.13 May 06:00 PM
EntertainmentTop pianists set to perform in NZThe "world's most successful" pianist Richard Clayderman and internationally renowned Chinese concert pianist Lang Lang are coming to NZ this year.11 May 05:00 PM
EntertainmentOfferings range from banal to magnificentBramwell Tovey's Time Tracks was a blunt, noisy launch for the New Zealand Symphony Orchestra's Aotearoa Plus, its annual concert of "cutting-edge contemporary".08 May 05:00 PM
EntertainmentAlbum review: Sokolov, Schubert/BeethovenIn 2015, Deutsche Grammophon released a double CD of Russian pianist Grigory Sokolov's 2008 Salzburg Festival recital.29 Apr 05:00 PM
EntertainmentReview: Fine performance deserving of more earsIt was distressing to see so many empty seats at the New Zealand Symphony Orchestra's Spirit of Anzac concert.24 Apr 05:00 PM
EntertainmentAlbum review: Handel-Mendelssohn, Israel in AegyptenBy the standards of present-day "Back-to-Baroquers", Mendelssohn was a musical meddler.20 Apr 04:19 AM
EntertainmentTrio transports fans to glory of VersaillesHarpsichordist Christophe Rousset and his three colleagues certainly gave us the perfect soundtrack for such a delicious fantasy.17 Apr 05:00 PM
EntertainmentAlbum review: Rhinemaidens (Harmonia Mundi)Male choirs can have an advantage over their female counterparts when it comes to octaves, but women's voices in harmony have always had a unique appeal for composers.15 Apr 05:00 PM
EntertainmentNZSO rewards full houseThe New Zealand Symphony Orchestra and Edo de Waart's second selection of masterworks on Saturday rewarded a well-filled town hall with music that strayed for only eight minutes from the Teutonic straight and narrow.10 Apr 05:00 PM
EntertainmentClassic CD Review: Santiago Canon ValenciaTwo attractive new releases feature Valencia, alongside Katherine Austin, mining the repertoire for cello and piano, both substantial and stocking-filler.09 Apr 02:30 AM
EntertainmentSharing the love in the musicI'm tempted to borrow a phrase from French composer Francoise Sagan and greet Nicola Benedetti and Leonard Elschenbroich with a cheery "Aimez-vous Brahms?" as the couple are about to play Sagan's Double Concerto.09 Apr 02:20 AM
EntertainmentHarpsichord the perfect time machineChristophe Rousset, one of the world's top harpsichordists, visits New Zealand next week.08 Apr 10:00 PM
EntertainmentProvocative concert raises curious issuesAuckland Philharmonia Orchestra launches its Degenerate, Denounced, Outraged mid-year series. 's adven08 Apr 04:28 AM
EntertainmentMahler symphony a blooming spectacleMahler's <i>Third Symphony</i> was the New Zealand Symphony Orchestra's spectacular contribution to the 2009 Auckland Arts Festival.03 Apr 05:00 PM
