A very sad day for music in NZ!
With three self-presented concerts and a number of other engagements it’s going to be a busy year for the choir.
Orpheus Choir Wellington launches its exciting 2020 programme
With three self-presented concerts and a number of other engagements it’s going to be a busy year for the choir.
Abbott leads a reflective and dramatic ‘Messiah’
For the last few years the annual ‘Messiah’ has been a NZSO initiative and conducting duties have been shared by a number of Australians and the baroque specialist Nicholas McGegan. This year it was back, for the third time, to Graham Abbott, a conductor who was conducting his 75th performance of the work.
Conductor takes his bow at helm of NZSO with Mahler symphony
The orchestral playing was immensely incisive with the off stage band beautifully managed, and the combined choirs, from their hushed entrance to the blazing finish, were wonderfully taut and confident.