‘Beautifully crafted’ evening of chamber music
FULL REVIEW: Chamber Music New Zealand has indeed come up with some imaginative programming for their celebratory year, no concert being more imaginative than last night’s concert, which featured works by three New Zealand composers, Alex Taylor, Claire Cowan and Karlo Margetic. These composers curated a programme of solos, duets and trios that they felt […]
Fast, furious and exhilarating
FULL REVIEW: To celebrate NZ Music Month, we were offered a very different concert – a collaboration between NZTrio and three young contemporary New Zealand composers. I have never been to a more stimulating concert. It demanded all my concentration. Yet there was satisfaction in exploring new sounds from traditional instruments and listening to the […]
Vicissitudes in the Festival of Colour
FULL REVIEW: Classics and jazz combined last night in a happy fusion of styles and personalities as two top trios met for a master class in musicianship. Pianist Mike Nock, a Festival of Colour regular, set the tone with a short set of confident jazz, cutting loose with some striking solos from bassist Brett Hirst […]
Vicissitudes with the Mike Nock Trio
An alternation between opposite and contrasting things. Jazz and classical music came together on stage in 2013 when two of New Zealand’s best-loved trios combined their considerable talents in a special concert featuring Mike Nock’s new work Vicissitudes. A musical celebration of the worlds of jazz and classical music, Vicissitudes reflects on our shared ability […]
NZTrio’s compromise-free programme offers drama and beauty
FULL REVIEW: NZTrio play their final concert for the year at Q Theatre in Auckland on Sunday, and the opportunity of a Wellington preview proved irresistible. It was a compromise-free programme, setting off with the wild sonic scramble of Sciarrino’s Second Piano Trio that thrilled Aucklanders in September. On Wednesday, the City Gallery acoustics spiked […]
Trio’s high energy Loft performance worthy of its growing audience
FULL REVIEW: NZTrio’s Loft concerts have become something of a signature for the group; Aucklanders now know this is where you can experience chamber music up close and personal, with vigorous and invigorating programming. It was cheering on Sunday to see extra chairs being brought in to accommodate swelling numbers. Justine Cormack, Ashley Brown and […]
2011 AUCKLAND ARTS FESTIVAL: O CAMBODIA
NZTrio was joined by three Cambodian folk musicians – Him Savy, Keo Dorivan and Him Sophy – to perform compositions by Chinary Ung (Cambodia/US), Him Sophy (Cambodia), Dame Gillian Whitehead (NZ), and Jack Body (NZ). These new works were inspired by Cambodia’s turbulent and tragic recent history. In 2014, O Cambodia toured to Phnom Penh […]
MASSIVE COMPANY AND NZTRIO: MY BED MY UNIVERSE
2013 marked the start of a project that forged new ground for NZTrio and theatre ensemble Massive Company. We worked together with composer/performer Chris O’Connor to develop original music that is fully integrated into a theatrical presentation of Gary Henderson’s script My Bed, My Universe. We workshopped and experimented closely with Chris and the team […]
NZTrio Live at Sydney’s Eugene Goossens Hall May 2010
Stuart Greenbaum The year without a summer (exc. 1) The year without a summer (exc. 2) Judy Bailey So many rivers (exc.)
800 Million Heartbeats
Stuart Greenbaum (Australia) 800 Million Heartbeats – excerpt Falling by Degrees: I. Meteor – excerpt Falling by Degrees: II. Snow – excerpt Falling by Degrees: III. Parachute – excerpt Falling by Degrees: IV. Apple – excerpt Falling by Degrees: V. Anchor – excerpt Falling by Degrees: VI. Stockmarket – […]
