Music Review

Music Review: Bully

Before founding Bully, guitarist and songwriter Alicia Bognanno interned at Chicago’s Electrical Audio Studio for Steve Albini, the noteworthy alternative rock engineer who worked with such 1990s...

Standing ovation a salute to homegrown works

Standing ovation a salute to homegrown works

A full house got exactly what they anticipated at the Dunedin Town Hall on Saturday and rewarded the musicians with a prolonged standing ovation for a line-up of strictly Dunedin talent and Dunedin...

‘Pirates’ great entertainment

‘Pirates’ great entertainment

Elizabeth Bouman reviews Opera Otago's of Gilbert and Sullivan’s Pirates of Penzance.

Small audience enthusiastic

Competing events gripping the nation limited the audience numbers attending the Dunedin Youth Orchestra at Knox Church on Saturday, writes Marian Poole.

Sopranos a delightful entertainment

Sopranos a delightful entertainment

An encore of Puccini’s Nessun Dorma rounded off an enchanting evening with the 7 Sopranos very ably accompanied by music director and pianist Glen Amer, writes Marian Poole.

Rapturous applause for pair

A sellout crowd gave rapturous applause for Michael Houstoun and Bella Hristova’s brilliant performance of three of Beethoven’s sonatas for piano and violin at the Glenroy Auditorium on Tuesday...

Captivating choral cycle ‘Lullabies’ debuts

Captivating choral cycle ‘Lullabies’ debuts

Knox Church rang with the sound of choral music on Saturday evening, as many singers contributed to a programme entitled "Lullabies", presented by City Choir Dunedin, with choirs from Columba...

Review: Sibelius to fore in Finnish celebration

John Colwill loves the friendliness of Dunedin. Photo by Peter McIntosh.

Review: Sibelius to fore in Finnish celebration

Finland is celebrating its centenary of independence throughout 2017 and as Honorary Consul, Prof Jim Mann proudly told us, yesterday’s Finnish Focus Concert at Marama Hall was the world’s...

Review: Yearning, heartache and true love

REVIEW: The New Zealand String Quartet’s 30th-anniversary tour reached Dunedin on Saturday with a celebratory recital for its first performance in Hanover Hall - well filled and excellent acoustically.

Qin’s 1780s cello wows audience

A near capacity crowd at the Dunedin Town Hall stamped, cheered and whistled their appreciation of guest soloist Li-Wei Qin’s rendition of Dvorak’s Cello Concerto with the Dunedin Symphony Orchestra under Simon Over, says reviewer Marian Poole.

Emotional roller coaster of an evening

Right from the instrumentalists’ preparatory tuning it was clear this was going to be an exceptional performance.

Musical affinity evident

English pianist Kathryn Stott joined with the New Zealand String Quartet in the Glenroy Auditorium last evening to present a selection of chamber masterworks.

Album review: Lord Echo 'Harmonies'

Kiwi producer Lord Echo's latest effort continues a penchant for dancefloor-tested tunes and grooves, a pick-and-mix collection of reggae, East and West African music, American funk and soul and...

Singer songwriter watches and experiences

Folk guitarist Nadia Reid performs at the Port Chalmers Town Hall last night as part of her...

Singer songwriter watches and experiences

Review: Nadia Reid’s second album, Preservation, is a rich and beguiling sonic mix.

Popular Purcell pieces given a lavish makeover

The style and character of all classical music can be seized from its origins, "syncopated and jazzed up" to be far removed from its geneses, writes Liz Bouman.

Soloists shine in complexities of Bach oratorio

J. S Bach’s Oratorio dramatises what the programme notes dubbed "the most famous story of all".

Heavy metal revivalists stir up their converts

The Cult vocalist Ian Astbury performs at the Dunedin Town Hall on Saturday. Photo: Craig Baxter.

Heavy metal revivalists stir up their converts

British rock band The Cult began its Dunedin show with guitarist Billy Duffy standing alone in a spotlight delivering the opening riff of Wild Flower.