Reviews

Messiah 2021. Photo credit Ian Thomson.

Official concert reviews usually appear in the Otago Daily Times and The Star, and occasionally in The Listener or NZ Opera News.

Joyeux Noël! French Music for Christmas, Knox Church, 6 December 2024 (Gillian Vine, The Star)

Joyeux Noël! French Music for Christmas, Knox Church, 6 December 2024 (Elizabeth Bouman, ODT)

Mozart Requiem, Dunedin Town Hall, 24 August 2024 - presented by Dunedin Symphony Orchestra (Gillian Vine, The Star)

Mozart Requiem, Dunedin Town Hall, 24 August 2024 - presented by Dunedin Symphony Orchestra (Judy Bellingham, ODT)

Visions of Heaven, St Paul's Cathedral, 28 June 2024 (Helen White, NZ Opera News, August-November Spring 2024)

Visions of Heaven, St Paul's Cathedral, 28 June 2024 (Gillian Vine, The Star)

Visions of Heaven, St Paul's Cathedral, 28 June 2024 (Elizabeth Bouman, ODT)

Bach's St John Passion, Dunedin Town Hall, 24 March 2024 (Gillian Vine, The Star)

Bach's St John Passion, Dunedin Town Hall, 24 March 2024 (Judy Bellingham, ODT)

Handel's Messiah, Dunedin Town Hall, 25 November 2023 (Gillian Vine, The Star)

Handel's Messiah, Dunedin Town Hall, 25 November 2023 (Marian Poole, ODT)

Alleluia! Music for Eastertide, Knox Church, 22 April 2023 (Gillian Vine, The Star)

Alleluia! Music for Eastertide, Knox Church, 22 April 2023 (Marian Poole, ODT)

Mozart Requiem, Knox Church, 26 November 2022 (Brenda Harwood, The Star)

Mozart Requiem, Knox Church, 26 November 2022 (Elizabeth Bouman, ODT)

Rossini Petite Messe Solennelle, Knox Church, 28 August 2022 (Elizabeth Bouman, ODT)

Handel's Messiah, Dunedin Town Hall, 7 December 2021 (Elizabeth Bouman, ODT)

Handel's Messiah, Dunedin Town Hall, 7 December 2021 (Gillian Vine, The Star)

Applaud! Women in Music, Knox Church, 29 May 2021 (Courtney Hickmott, The Wave)

Applaud! Women in Music, Knox Church, 29 May 2021 (Marian Poole, ODT)

Rejoice! Music for Christmas, Dunedin Town Hall, 28 November 2020 (Ihlara McIndoe, The Wave)

Rejoice! Music for Christmas, Dunedin Town Hall, 28 November 2020 (Elizabeth Bouman, ODT)

Songs for Humanity, Knox Church, 1 August 2020 (Donald Cullington)

Songs for Humanity, Knox Church, 1 August 2020 (Elizabeth Bouman, ODT)

Songs for Humanity, Knox Church, 1 August 2020 (Courtney Hickmott, The Wave)

Handel's Messiah, Dunedin Town Hall, 10 December 2019 (Donald Cullington, The Star)

Handel's Messiah, Dunedin Town Hall, 10 December 2019 (Elizabeth Bouman, ODT)

Handel's Messiah, Dunedin Town Hall, 10 December 2019 (Ihlara McIndoe, The Wave)

St Matthew Passion, Dunedin Town Hall, 31 March 2019 (Elizabeth Bouman, ODT)

St Matthew Passion, Dunedin Town Hall, 31 March 2019 (Ihlara McIndoe, The Wave)

St Matthew Passion, Dunedin Town Hall, 31 March 2019 (Brenda Harwood, The Star)

Jazz Café, Dunedin Town Hall, 6 October 2018 (The Wave)

Jazz Café, Dunedin Town Hall, 6 October 2018 (ODT)

Gallipoli to the Somme, 2 June 2018 in Oxford and 13 June 2018 London

Handel's Messiah, with DSO, Dunedin Town Hall, 12 December 2017

Brahms Requiem, with DSO, Dunedin Town Hall, 30 September 2017

Lullabies, Knox Church, 2 September 2017

The Armed Man, Dunedin Town Hall, 1 April 2017

Bach Christmas Oratorio, Dunedin Town Hall, 16 December 2016

Gallipoli to the Somme, Dunedin Town Hall, 1 October 2016 (ODT)

Theresienmesse & Magnificat, Dunedin Town Hall, 3 July 2016 (The Star)

Theresienmesse & Magnificat, Dunedin Town Hall, 3 July 2016 (ODT)

Handel's Messiah, Dunedin Town Hall, 8 December 2015

These Lands Are Ours, with Dunedin Youth Orchestra, Knox Church, 26 September 2015

Sea & Land, with St Kilda Brass, Knox Church, 8 August 2015

A Sea Symphony, Dunedin Town Hall, 18 April 2015

Mozart Requiem, Knox Church, 28 March 2015

Gloria! A Baroque Christmas, Knox Church, 19 December 2014

Ralph Vaughan Williams A Sea Symphony, with Auckland Choral and Auckland Philharmonia Orchestra, Auckland Town Hall, 15 November 2014

Haydn The Creation, Dunedin Town Hall, 3 September 2014

Mass of the Children, Knox Church, 26 July 2014

Handel's Messiah, Dunedin Town Hall, 10 December 2013

Choral Masterpieces, Dunedin Town Hall Auditorium, 27 October 2013

Mozart Mass in C Minor - The Great, Dunedin Town Hall Auditorium, 21 September 2013

Verdi Requiem, Michael Fowler Centre, 29 June 2013

Verdi Requiem, Dunedin Town Hall, 27 June 2013 (The Star)

Verdi Requiem, Dunedin Town Hall, 27 June 2013 (ODT)

Verdi Requiem,
 Canterbury CBS Arena, 26 June 2013

Verdi Requiem, Auckland Town Hall, 22 June 2013

Nature’s Bounty, 23 March 2013 by Anthony Ritchie

Nature's Bounty, Knox Church, 23 March 2013 in the ODT

Messiah Sing-along, Knox Church, 11 December 2012

Rossini's Petite Messe Solennelle, Knox Church, 29 September 2012

The Journey Home, Regent Theatre, 8 September 2012

Magpie, Song and Dance, Knox Church, 26 May 2012

Beauty of Baroque, Knox Church, 30 March 2012

Handel's Messiah, Regent Theatre, 13 December 2011

NZSO Odes to Joy, Dunedin Town Hall, 28 September 2011 (audience feedback only)

Last Night of the Proms, Dunedin Town Hall, 22 September 2011

Walton's Belshazzar's Feast, Dunedin Town Hall, 16 July 2011

Bach's Mass in B Minor, Dunedin Town Hall, 16 April 2011

Britten's Saint Nicolas, St Paul's Cathedral, 20 November 2010

Zimbe! African Songs With a Jazz Twist, King's and Queen's Performing Arts Centre, 4 September 2010

Fauré and Friends, St Paul's Cathedral, 13 June 2010

Bach's St John Passion, St Paul's Cathedral, 28 March 2010

Handel's Messiah, Dunedin Town Hall, 8 December 2009

Missa in Augustiis (Nelson Mass) by Haydn, Dunedin Town Hall, 4 July 2009

Anniversary Accolades - Celebrating Classic Choral Composers, St Paul's Cathedral, 4 and 5 July 2009

Southern Stars, Dunedin Town Hall, 21 March 2009

Bach's Christmas Oratorio, Dunedin Town Hall, 22 November 2008

Elgar's Dream of Gerontius, Christchurch, 13 September 2008

Carmina Burana by Carl Orff, Dunedin Town Hall, 9 August 2008

Franz Schubert's Mass No. 5 in A Flat, Dunedin Town Hall, 31 May 2008

Handel's Messiah, Dunedin Town Hall, 11 December 2007

Elgar's Dream of Gerontius, Dunedin Town Hall, 8 September 2007

Poulenc's Gloria, Dunedin Town Hall, 26 May 2007

Verdi Requiem with the NZSO, Dunedin Town Hall, 27 May 2000