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Paul Serotsky

Stephen De Pledge treats Whangarei to ‘a few of his favourite things’

21/08/202128/06/2021 by Paul Serotsky

New Zealand Bach (and others), Debussy, Fauré, Chopin: Stephen De Pledge (piano). Old Library, Whangarei, New Zealand, 12.6.2021. (PSe)

Stephen De Pledge

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Offbeat Trio Elan’s winning Whangarei performance

14/05/202105/04/2021 by Paul Serotsky

New ZealandNew 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)

Trio Elan (Donald Armstrong, Sarah Watkins and Simon Brew)

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Lucien Johnson Quartet in Whangarei – playing chamber music and all that jazz

01/08/202314/11/2020 by Paul Serotsky

New ZealandNew 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)

 

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Reincarnated NZTrio drenches drought of live chamber music in Whangarei

16/11/202020/10/2020 by Paul Serotsky

New ZealandNew 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)

NZTrio

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Jacquin Trio’s thrilling recital proves potency of viola to Whangarei audience

04/11/201921/10/2019 by Paul Serotsky

New ZealandNew 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)

The Jacquin Trio – Jessie Grimes (l), Kay Stephen and Charis Hanning

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Powerful pianism and soulful singing from Tony Chen Lin in Whangarei

29/09/201922/09/2019 by Paul Serotsky

New ZealandNew Zealand Mozart, Gao Ping, Janáček, Schumann: Tony Chen Lin (piano). Newberry’s, Whangarei, New Zealand. 15.9.2019. (PSe)

Tony Chen Lin (c) Chamber Music NZ

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Donizetti Trio Works Wonders In Whangarei

20/07/201905/07/2019 by Paul Serotsky

New ZealandNew 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)

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Auckland Youth Orchestra’s Exceptional Prokofiev Seventh

20/07/201901/07/2019 by Paul Serotsky

New ZealandNew 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)

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