Houstoun honours Chopin and Schumann magnificently at Paekakariki
This is exactly the kind of concert I expect to mark important anniversaries of two of the world’s great composers: an intelligent selection of some of the two composers’ most representative and enjoyable music. Naturally, a poll of the audience would throw up many other works that ‘should’ have been included.
That would yield a programme lasting several days.
Schumann’s Arabesque is popular and pretty well-known, but Kreisleriana is less so... read more