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Wellington

Maestro Pietari Inkinen Says Goodbye To New Zealand In A Blaze Of Glory

05/07/201523/06/2015 by Stan

 

New ZealandNew Zealand  Pietari Inkinen Festival – 2015: New Zealand Symphony Orchestra, Pietari Inkinen (conductor), Michael Fowler Centre, Wellington. 12.6.2015 and 13.6.2015. (PM)

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New Zealand Opera Moves La Cenerentola to Mercantile Victorian London

18/05/201514/05/2015 by Stan

New ZealandNew Zealand Rossini, La Cenerentola: Soloists, Freemasons NZ Opera Chorus (Chorusmaster: Michael Vinten), Orchestra Wellington, Wyn Davies (conductor), St. James’ Theatre, Wellington, 9.5.2015 (PM)

New Zealand Opera Moves La Cenerentola to Mercantile Victorian London
New Zealand Opera Moves La Cenerentola to Mercantile Victorian London

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Christian Lindberg Celebrates Centenary of New Zealand’s First Significant Composer

11/05/201506/05/2015 by Stan

New ZealandNew Zealand    Norris, Sandström, Lilburn: David Bremner (trombone), New Zealand Symphony Orchestra / Christian Lindberg (trombone / conductor), Michael Fowler Centre, Wellington, 1.5.2015 (PM)

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Husband and Wife Team Prove to be Ideal Musical Partnership

04/04/201531/03/2015 by Stan

New ZealandNew Zealand    Liadov, Tchaikovsky, Prokofiev: Janine Jansen (violin), New Zealand Symphony Orchestra / Daniel Blendulf (conductor), Michael Fowler Centre, Wellington, 28.3.2015.(PM)

Janine Jansen photo credit Harald Hoffman - Decca
Janine Jansen
Photo Credit Harald Hoffman – Decca

 

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Kempf Goes It Alone with the Beethoven Piano Concertos

20/03/201518/03/2015 by Stan

New ZealandNew Zealand Beethoven: Freddy Kempf (soloist and conductor), New Zealand Symphony Orchestra (Leader: Vesa-Matti Leppanen), Michael Fowler Centre, Wellington. (PM)

Freddy Kempf Rehearses Beethoven with the NZSO 2014
Freddy Kempf Rehearses Beethoven with the NZSO 2014 Photo:  Janina Hanify

 

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The Orpheus Choir of Wellington Show Their Worth

01/01/201523/12/2014 by Stan

New ZealandNew Zealand Haydn, Orff: Emma Fraser (soprano), Henry Choo (tenor), James Clayton (baritone), Orpheus Choir of Wellington, Wellington Young Voices Choir, Orchestra Wellington, Marc Taddei (conductor), Michael Fowler Centre, Wellington, 15.11.2014 (PM)

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Intimate Rosenkavalier in the Round Brings Characters to Life

25/09/201409/09/2014 by Stan

New ZealandNew Zealand   Richard Strauss,  
Der Rosenkavalier: Soloists, Opera in a Days Bay Garden Company, Opera in a Days Bay Garden Orchestra (Leader:  Blythe Press) / Michaerl Vintin (conductor), Wellesley College Hall, Days Bay, Wellington
, 24.8.2014 (PM)

Picture  Credit  Simon Hoyle "Southlight"
Picture Credit Simon Hoyle “Southlight”

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“Interprète extraordinaire” Returns to his New Zealand Roots

23/04/201420/04/2014 by Stan

New ZealandNew Zealand,Gounod / Liszt , Lucien Johnson, Debussy, Jenny McLeod, Lilburn, Ravel, Chopin:Jeffrey Grice (piano), Adam Concert Room, NZ School of Music, Victoria University, lburn Campus, Wellington, New Zealand, 7.4.2014. (PM)

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