The chamber organ which is normally on the right of the sanctuary was moved to the centre for this recital, allowing the audience to be more involved in the performance. It struck me as an excellent idea, one that others could well emulate when it is to be played on its own.
It was a programme entirely given over to composers of Germany and the Low Countries. The baroque organ...
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It is wonderful for audiences in New Zealand to welcome back Masaaki Suzuki, this time with an ensemble of students from the famous Juilliard School based at the Lincoln Center in New York The 18 instrumentalists came from 8 different countries.
Suzuki, as well as running his own choral and orchestral ensembles and teaching in Tokyo, teaches also at Juilliard. He is a renowned Bach scholar and conductor, and Wellington...
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