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AI coming ready or not for our news and music
Business is booming in artificial intelligence technology and new applications appear in the news almost daily. At an AUT symposium this week, experts said it’s already being deployed in creative… Video, Audio
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Review: APO's Welcome Back With Houstoun gets rapturous reception
The Auckland Philharmonia Orchestra made its welcome return to the stage last night after a shutdown forced by the Covid-19 Virus. Audio
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100 not out: broadcast radio - the mass-media 'cockroach'
Organised broadcast radio is 100 years old this year - and it's not just alive, but still kicking pretty hard. Some say surviving and even outliving other media and technological changes make it the… Video, Audio
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Review: APO with organist Benjamin Sheen
Touring British organist Benjamin Sheen provided a powerful performance with the Auckland Philharmonia Orchestra last night. Peter Hoar was at the Auckland Town Hall. Video
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APO and Wu Man deliver a night of imaginative music
Auckland Philharmonia Orchestra's Reimagined concert lived up to its title for reviewer Peter Hoar, with music from ancient China to the 1990s delivered in effortless style. Video, Audio
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Review: APO's Pathétique concert "most exciting things I've heard for a while"
The Auckland Philharmonia Orchestra's Pathétique concert last night really did impress reviewer Peter Hoar. In fact, it was one of the most exciting things he's heard in a while.
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Review: NZO's Barber of Seville puts the comic into comic opera
NZ Opera’s current production of Rossini’s Il Barbiere di Siviglia (The Barber of Seville) pulls out all the stops to put the comic into comic opera. Peter Hoar was at opening night in Auckland.
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Review: APO's Turangalîla-Symphonie
An expanded APO filled the stage and the choir seats of the Auckland Town Hall on Saturday night to cap 2019’s Arts Festival with an exhilarating performance of Olivier Messiaen’s sprawling… Audio
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Review: Silk Road Ensemble at the Auckland Arts Festival 2019
Silkroad Ensemble's world fusion feast delights audience but went too easy on the spice Video
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A vibrant, funny, and fast-moving show that had the audience laughing and gasping with wonder
Komische Oper Berlin and 1927 present Mozart's opera The Magic Flute at Auckland Arts Festival. Audio
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Giordano Bellincampi and the APO gives Bruckner's epic work a suitably epic rendition
Audio 1 Mar 2019Peter Hoar reviews the APO's Premier Series double bill of works by two of the Big B’s of Classical music: Beethoven and Bruckner. The Beethoven Triple Concerto is something of a rarity on concert…
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Review: APO's Fantasy with Anthony Marwood
The APO launched its 2019 Premier season last night with a trio of works which took the audience from Wagnerian comedy to Berlioz’s drug-raddled fantasies via the gravity defying orbits of Thomas…
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Review: APO's Free Spirit with Robert Ashworth
The APO’s ‘Free Spirit’ concert lived up to its title with a trio of works that were full of dash and vigour although there were more tragic moments as well. Peter Hoar was at the Auckland Town Hall…
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2017 Michael Hill Violin Competition winner gives a thrilling and heartfelt performance
Peter Hoar reviews "Power and Brilliance" concert by the Auckland Philharmonia Orchestra
Conductor - Alan Buribayev
Violin - Ioana Cristina GoiceaBorodin - Prince Igor: Overture
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Review: APO gives powerful performance of St Matthew Passion
Bach St Matthew Passion was brought to life last night thanks to the Auckland Philharmonia Orchestra and the University of Auckland Chamber Choir. Peter Hoar was at the Auckland Town Hall.
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Review: New Zealand Opera's La Bohème
NZ Opera’s latest production is a feast for the eyes and the ears. Spectacular staging and costuming along with powerful singing made for a grand night of opera according to reviewer Peter Hoar Audio
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REVIEW: APO’s The Prodigal Son
Talented conductor Lionel Bringuier returned to Auckland to lead the APO in last night’s concert The Prodigal Son, featuring works from Ravel, Saint-Saens and Prokofiev. Peter Hoar was at the Town… Audio
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Upbeat for Friday 31 August
Soprano Madison Nonoa wins the inaugural McCormick Opera Competition, Upbeat previews the Big Sing Finals with Adjudicator David Childs, and we review last night’s APO concert and round out the week…
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Review: APO’s Aida
The Auckland Philharmonia Orchestra, with a range of talented vocalists, livestreamed its performance of Aida on Friday night. Did it hit the right notes? Peter Hoar was there. Video, Audio
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Upbeat for Tuesday 24 July
The NZ Secondary Students Choir is stranded in Shanghai, NZSM announces a lullaby competition, Peter Hoar reviews Aida and we meet Lexus Song Quest judge Lisa Gasteen.
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Lots of love in NZ Opera’s Elixir for emerging artist Natasha Wilson
New Zealand Opera’s The Elixir of Love continues at Wellington’s Opera House. NZO’s emerging young artist Natasha Wilson injects energy, sass and warmth into her role has Giannetta – a community… Audio
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Review: NZSO’s An Evening with Simon O’Neill
Kiwi tenor Simon O’Neill has returned home to perform Wagner’s song cycle Wesendonck Lieder with the New Zealand Symphony Orchestra around the country. Peter Hoar was at the Auckland concert which… Audio
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Upbeat for Tuesday 12 June
A stable of horses react to the a-mare-zing sounds of Bach, how listening to music at work alters your mind, NZSO with tenor Simon O’Neill is reviewed by Peter Hoar, Jazz Tui winner Umar Zakaria and…
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Review: NZO's The Elixir of Love
Husband and wife tenor Pene Pati and soprano Amina Edris brought their real-life love to the stage for New Zealand Opera’s performance of Donizetti’s bel canto comedy The Elixir of Love. Peter Hoar… Audio
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Upbeat for Friday 1 June
The world premiere of Corey Baker’s The Last Dance with the RNZB, NZO’s The Elixir of Love opens in Auckland, City Choir Dunedin members jet to London to perform a New Zealand oratorio and we round…