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Mar 20, 20215 min read

Theatre Review: Transfigured Night - This, one hopes, is just the beginning (Christchurch)

From the moment that dancer Laura Saxon Jones stepped onto the stage to quizzically inspect the music stands already positioned...

Mar 17, 20212 min read

Dominion Post: Artistic passion touches hearts of appreciative audience (Wellington)

This was the inaugural performance of BalletCollective Aotearoa in Wellington. They join forces with Chamber Music New Zealand to bring...

Mar 17, 20214 min read

Five Lines: Transfigured Night - from saucy games to passionate desire (Wellington)

The stage in Wellington’s Michael Fowler Centre is set with music stands and a large white sail-like backdrop painted in multi-coloured...

Mar 15, 20212 min read

Theatre Review: Unique piece of theatre and a privilege to see (Wellington)

For all of my life when attending orchestral performances, I have wished that music could be visually amplified with movement...

Mar 15, 20214 min read

Jennifer Shennan: Transfigured Night. Ballet Collective Aotearoa & Chamber Music New Zealand (Wgtn)

This was an evening of triumph on several levels. Transfigured Night is the first of six concerts in Chamber Music NZ's nationally...

Mar 15, 20213 min read

Dance Aotearoa NZ: Transfigured Night (Wellington)

Chamber Music New Zealand has boldly incorporated a theatre element into their national tour, Transfigured Night, by commissioning...

Mar 13, 20213 min read

Theatre Review: Transfigured Night - beautiful, intimate, uplifting (Palmerston North)

When an audience leaves with smiles on their faces and chattering about the performance then you know it’s a hit...

Mar 3, 20214 min read

Five Lines: Celebrating chamber music in Nelson

Curated by artistic directors Helene Pohl and Gillian Ansell of the New Zealand String Quartet, the rich programme offered fourteen events.

Sep 30, 20205 min read

A deep dive into Beethoven’s String Quartets

As musicians the world over planned celebrations of Beethoven’s 250th birthday, the New Zealand String Quartet decided to embark on...

Sep 19, 20207 min read

Beethoven’s creative “quartet-journey” superbly delineated by the NZSQ at St.John’s in the City

Continuing its “tour” of Wellington venues by way of bringing to us all of Beethoven’s String Quartets during his 250th anniversary year...

Sep 13, 20208 min read

New Zealand String Quartet’s second Beethoven 250th Anniversary concert

These works are, of course, iconic representations of a whole genre of music, and as such well-known to audiences everywhere – but as with..