THE BEST OF 2017
Peter Mechen
James Judd and the NZSO’s Travels in Italy
New Zealand Berlioz, Elgar, Tchaikovsky: Antoine Tamestit (viola), New Zealand Symphony Orchestra / James Judd (conductor), Michael Fowler Centre, Wellington. 6.10.2017. (PM)
A Mighty (But Imperfect) Rendering Of Berlioz’s Faust In Wellington
New Zealand Berlioz, La Damnation de Faust: Soloists, Freemasons New Zealand Opera Chorus (Director: Michael Vinten), New Zealand Symphony Orchestra / Edo de Waart (conductor). Michael Fowler Centre, Wellington. 25.8.2017. (PM)
No Better Way for Edo de Waart to Conclude his First NZSO Season
New Zealand Mozart, Elgar: Ronald Brautigam (piano), New Zealand Symphony Orchestra / Edo de Waart (conductor), Michael Fowler Centre, Wellington, NZ. 29.10.2016. (PM)
Edo de Waart And New Zealand Symphony Orchestra Present Mahler’s Fourth Symphony
New Zealand Strauss, Mahler: Christiane Libor (soprano), New Zealand Symphony Orchestra, Conductor: Edo de Waart. Michael Fowler Centre, Wellington, New Zealand. 6.8.2016. (PM)
Éclairs sur l’au-delà On Which Messiaen Would Have Beamed His Approval
New Zealand Messiaen: New Zealand Symphony Orchestra and NZSO National Youth Orchestra. Conductor: Sir Andrew Davis, Michael Fowler Centre, Wellington. 8.7.2016. (PM)
Glittering Scheherazade Caps Off A Thrilling NZSO Concert In Wellington
New Zealand Kodály, Lalo, Rimsky-Korsakov: Johannes Moser (‘cello), New Zealand Symphony Orchestra, Miguel Harth-Bedoya (conductor). Michael Fowler Centre, Wellington. 17.6.2016. (PM)
Johannes Moser. Photo credit: Sarah Wijzenbeek.
Profoundly Engaging – New Zealand Opera’s The Magic Flute
New Zealand Mozart, The Magic Flute: Freemasons New Zealand Opera Chorus, Orchestra Wellington, Conductor: Wyn Davies. St.James Theatre, Wellington. 28.5.2016. (PM)
