Wallowing in International Art while staying at home
The Habit of Art, by Alan Bennett The National Theatre production, directed by Nicholas Hytner Richard Griffiths (Fitz/W.H.Auden), Adrian Scarborough (Donald/Humphrey Carter), Alex Jennings...
View ArticleRare and beautiful trio explores its repertoire for Nelson’s festival
Adam Chamber Music Festival. Fairytales: Schumann: Märchenerzählungen, Op 132; Brahms: Intermezzi, Op 117; Bruch: Eight Pieces, Op 83, Nos 5, 2, 6, 7. James Campbell (clarinet), Gillian Ansell...
View ArticleMore on Wells’s “brilliant” (Dom Post) doco on the NZSO tour
But the New Zealand Herald didn’t see eye to eye with the Dominion Post’s Linda Burgess who reviewed it as television on Monday 1 August. See William Dart’s admirable, clear-sighted comment in today’s...
View ArticleFlawed silent film, Metropolis, with original score in splendid NZSO realisation
Metropolis – silent film by Fritz Lang, accompanied by the New Zealand Symphony Orchestra playing the reconstructed score by Gottfried Huppertz, conducted by Frank Strobel Michael Fowler Centre...
View ArticleTribute to Kurt Sanderling from ICA Classics
KURT SANDERLING (1912-2011) - a great maestro BRUCKNER – Symphony No.3 in D Minor (CD) Kurt Sanderling (conductor) / BBC Northern Symphony Orchestra (recorded Newcastle-upon-Tyne, 1978 – the disc also...
View ArticleSMP Ensemble plays Contag for “The Crowd”
Forty-second Wellington Film Festival 2013 presents: The Crowd Silent Film with live score performed by SMP Ensemble Composer: Johannes Contag SMP Ensemble conducted by Karlo Margetic Paramount...
View ArticleCathedral’s festival celebrated by satanism and the supernatural in film and...
The Phantom of the Opera – silent film accompanied by organ A Cathedral Jubilee Festival Event Barry Brinson – organ, Hannah Catrin Jones – soprano Cathedral of Saint Paul Saturday 26 July, 7:30 pm How...
View ArticleForbidden Voices: Documentary film on German/Jewish composer Richard Fuchs,...
New Zealand School of Music: Conference: Recovering Forbidden Voices 2014 Film: The Third Richard An 80-minute documentary of the life of Richard Fuchs, made by Danny Mulheron and Sara Stretton Embassy...
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