| Date and venue | Title |
|---|---|
| 16-Jun-2013 Raye Freedman Arts Centre | Auckland Chamber Orchestra shine in Stravinsky and Dean |
 The day before Stravinsky’s 131st birthday, the Auckland Chamber Orchestra and conductor Peter Scholes presented a programme built around the Russian composer’s Concerto for Piano and Wind Instruments and featuring works by Lyell Cresswell, George Antheil and Brett Dean. Lyell Cresswell is a New Zealand composer currently living in Scotland. His 2004 piece Con Fuoco is a riotously animated work for small ensemble which the programme suggests is influenced by scenes of fire from the Maori Legend of Maui and Aeschylus’ Prometheus Bound.Read full review... | |
| 18-May-2011 Cadogan Hall | Hahn at the Hall |
 If the Cadogan Hall’s “Celebrity Recital Series” conjures up unwelcome memories of Jordan’s brief career as a singer, never fear: the Hall has attracted a very different type of famous figure. Hilary Hahn is as unlike Katie Price as could be imagined: small, dark and unassuming, you could pass her in the street without a second glance. Unless, that is, you are aware of the hype that surrounds the American violinist. With a flawless recording of the near-impossible Schoenberg Violin Concerto and multiple awards to her name, the word most attached to Hilary Hahn is ‘perfection’.Read full review... | |
