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Review of Lady of Soul - Taisha Tari in Concert

Review of Lady of Soul - Taisha Tari in Concert

January 20th 2025 Reviewed by Andrew Buchanan-Smart Read more

Review of New Zealand String Quartet and Youth Orchestra Waikato: Soundscapes

Review of New Zealand String Quartet and Youth Orchestra Waikato: Soundscapes

September 8th 2024 Works by: Mascagni, Clare Cowan, Beethoven and Debussy Helene Pohl and Peter Clark violin, Gillian Ansell viola and Rolf Gjelsten cello Read more

Review of Chamber Music New Zealand: Darroch and DeHart Duo

Review of Chamber Music New Zealand: Darroch and DeHart Duo

August 23rd 2024 Lou Harrison’s First Concerto for Flute and Percussion (1939) was the earliest work while Celeste Oram’s Notes on a Nocturne Tradition (2023) was the most recent piece. Harrison’s rhythmic Read more

Review of Lumina Vocal Ensemble (Adelaide) and Hamilton Civic Choir

Review of Lumina Vocal Ensemble (Adelaide) and Hamilton Civic Choir

July 14th 2024 The prevalence of light or luminosity was central to this Cambridge Festival of Singing performance. The 21 voices in the ‘a capella’ Lumina Vocal Ensemble gave a performance which radiated a Read more

Review of New Zealand Guitar Quartet (NZGQ)

Review of New Zealand Guitar Quartet (NZGQ)

June 6th 2024 Quartet members Vladimir Gorbach, Andrew Blanch, Owen Moriarty, John Couch Read more

Review of Orchestras Central: Youth Orchestra Waikato

Review of Orchestras Central: Youth Orchestra Waikato

March 24th 2024 Works by Tchaikovsky, Beethoven, Gardel, Mascagni, Gareth Farr, Stravinsky Conductor Simon Brew Associate Conductor Catherine Polglase Soloists Kezi Schuitmaker - Violin and Matthew Colvin - Read more

Orchestras Central - Comfortable Classical

Orchestras Central - Comfortable Classical

March 23rd 2024 Works by Gillian Whitehead, Debussy, J S Bach, Saint-Saëns, W A Mozart, Oliver Davis and Vivaldi. Soloists Lara Hall - Director and Violin, Rachael Griffiths-Hughes - Harpsichord, Martin Griffi Read more

Review of OCT Ensemble: Vivaldi by Candlelight

Review of OCT Ensemble: Vivaldi by Candlelight

March 23rd 2024 Soloists Lara Hall - Director and Violin, Simon Brough - Bassoon, Flutes - Luca Manghi and Ashleigh Fraser The Cambridge Town Hall provided the ideal acoustic and candlelight setting for this concert Read more

Australasian Saxophone Collective: Akiri Saxophone Quartet

Australasian Saxophone Collective: Akiri Saxophone Quartet

January 25th 2024 Works by: Schumann, Jun Nagao, Yasuhide Ito, J S Bach, Rossini, Chesnokov and Sullivan & Peterik Niels Bijl - Soprano, Tomomi Johnston - Alto, Simon Brew - Tenor, Michael Jamieson Read more