http://www.cth.co.nz/blog/ The latest Blog feeds from www.cth.co.nz en-us Sat, 16 May 2026 22:06:08 +1200 Rocketspark http://www.cth.co.nz/blog/post/140863/review-of-lady-of-soul--taisha-tari-in-concert/ Reviewed by Andrew Buchanan-Smart ... Mon, 20 Jan 2025 14:04:57 +1300 http://www.cth.co.nz/blog/#post140863 http://www.cth.co.nz/blog/post/136467/review-of-new-zealand-string-quartet-and-youth-orchestra-waikato-soundscapes/ Works by: Mascagni, Clare Cowan, Beethoven and DebussyHelene Pohl and Peter Clark violin, Gillian Ansell viola and Rolf Gjelsten cello... Sun, 08 Sep 2024 00:00:00 +1200 http://www.cth.co.nz/blog/#post136467 http://www.cth.co.nz/blog/post/136466/review-of-chamber-music-new-zealand-darroch-and-dehart-duo/ 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 ostinato throughout the first movement provided a limited tonal palette, allowing the beautiful full-bodied timbres of the flute to take centre stage. The poignancy in the lower registers’ hues were captured beautifully in this masterful composition by Harrison. Toro Takemitsu’s Toward the Sea with ma... Fri, 23 Aug 2024 00:00:00 +1200 http://www.cth.co.nz/blog/#post136466 http://www.cth.co.nz/blog/post/136468/review-of-lumina-vocal-ensemble-adelaide-and-hamilton-civic-choir/ 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 rich variety of vocal colours, each reflective of the repertoire that provided an almost chronological time traveller’s guide from medieval gems to masterpieces of the Renaissance, Baroque and morsels from Eastern Europe and contemporary Australia.The choice of repertoire and the variety therein allow... Sun, 14 Jul 2024 00:00:00 +1200 http://www.cth.co.nz/blog/#post136468 http://www.cth.co.nz/blog/post/129790/review-of-new-zealand-guitar-quartet-nzgq/ Quartet members Vladimir Gorbach, Andrew Blanch, Owen Moriarty, John Couch... Thu, 06 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +1200 http://www.cth.co.nz/blog/#post129790 http://www.cth.co.nz/blog/post/126800/review-of-orchestras-central-youth-orchestra-waikato/ Works by Tchaikovsky, Beethoven, Gardel, Mascagni, Gareth Farr, StravinskyConductor Simon BrewAssociate Conductor Catherine PolglaseSoloists Kezi Schuitmaker - Violin and Matthew Colvin - Clarinet ... Sun, 24 Mar 2024 00:00:00 +1300 http://www.cth.co.nz/blog/#post126800 http://www.cth.co.nz/blog/post/126799/orchestras-central--comfortable-classical/ 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 Griffiths - Cello, Lisa lynch - Viola, Double Bass - Eric Scholes, Simon Brough - Bassoon, Flutes - Luca Manghi and Ashleigh Fraser... Sat, 23 Mar 2024 00:00:00 +1300 http://www.cth.co.nz/blog/#post126799 http://www.cth.co.nz/blog/post/126685/review-of-oct-ensemble-vivaldi-by-candlelight/ Soloists Lara Hall - Director and Violin, Simon Brough - Bassoon, Flutes - Luca Manghi and Ashleigh FraserThe Cambridge Town Hall provided the ideal acoustic and candlelight setting for this concert. I would like to predicate this by saying that I attended a Vivaldi concert in Venice at the church of Santa Maria della Pietà or della Visitazione which is also known as the ‘Church of Vivaldi’. One can imagine a little trepidation here…Opening with the Bassoon Concerto in E minor, RV 484 Viv... Sat, 23 Mar 2024 00:00:00 +1300 http://www.cth.co.nz/blog/#post126685 http://www.cth.co.nz/blog/post/136469/australasian-saxophone-collective-akiri-saxophone-quartet/ Works by: Schumann, Jun Nagao, Yasuhide Ito, J S Bach, Rossini, Chesnokov and Sullivan & PeterikNiels Bijl - Soprano, Tomomi Johnston - Alto, Simon Brew - Tenor, Michael Jamieson... Thu, 25 Jan 2024 00:00:00 +1300 http://www.cth.co.nz/blog/#post136469 http://www.cth.co.nz/blog/post/126801/review-of-chamber-classics-series-string-quartet/ Works by J S Bach, Osvaldo Golijov and F, SchubertSimeon Broom (violin), Jessica Oddie (violin), Alexander McFarlane (viola), Ken Ichinose (cello)... Thu, 09 Nov 2023 00:00:00 +1300 http://www.cth.co.nz/blog/#post126801