Bach (and others), Debussy, Fauré, Chopin: Stephen De Pledge (piano). Old Library, Whangarei, New Zealand, 12.6.2021. (PSe)
Stephen De Pledge treats Whangarei to ‘a few of his favourite things’
Paul Serotsky
Offbeat Trio Elan’s winning Whangarei performance
New Zealand Debussy, Albeniz, Piazzola, Farr, Peterson, Cockcroft, Eychenne: Trio Elan (Donald Armstrong [violin], Simon Brew [saxophone], Sarah Watkins [piano]). Old Library, Whangarei, New Zealand, 28.3.2021. (PSe)
Lucien Johnson Quartet in Whangarei – playing chamber music and all that jazz
New Zealand Lucien Johnson Quartet: (Lucien Johnson [tenor/soprano saxophone], Jonathon Crayford, [piano], Tom Callwood [double bass], Corey Champion [drums]). Old Library, Whangarei, New Zealand. 31.10.2020. (PSe)
Reincarnated NZTrio drenches drought of live chamber music in Whangarei
New Zealand Beethoven, Hatzis, Fisher, Wijeratne, Ravel: NZTrio (Amalia Hall [violin], Ashley Brown [cello], Somi Kim [piano]), Old Library, Whangarei, New Zealand. 10.10.2020. (PSe)
Jacquin Trio’s thrilling recital proves potency of viola to Whangarei audience
New Zealand Beethoven, Whitehead, Glinka, Bruch, Brahms: Jacquin Trio (Jessie Grimes [clarinet], Kay Stephen [viola], Charis Hanning [piano]). Old Library, Whangarei, New Zealand. 13.10.2019. (PSe)
Powerful pianism and soulful singing from Tony Chen Lin in Whangarei
New Zealand Mozart, Gao Ping, Janáček, Schumann: Tony Chen Lin (piano). Newberry’s, Whangarei, New Zealand. 15.9.2019. (PSe)
Donizetti Trio Works Wonders In Whangarei
New Zealand Vivaldi, Donizetti, Jennings, Fauré, Koechlin, Hoadley, Mozart: Donizetti Trio (Luca Manghi, [flute], Ben Hoadley [bassoon], David Kelly [piano]), Old Library, Whangarei, New Zealand, 30.6.2019. (PSe)
Auckland Youth Orchestra’s Exceptional Prokofiev Seventh
New Zealand Richard Strauss, Jules Mouquet, Prokofiev: Henry Close (horn), Jacob Webster (flute), Auckland Youth Orchestra / Antun Poljanich (conductor). The Old Library, Whangarei, New Zealand, 22.6.2019. (PSe)