Victor Herbert is mostly remembered for his operettas, now a new collection of his orchestral music reminds us this man had a very different life before he succumbed to the lure of Broadway.

Viva Voce is possibly the country's liveliest chamber choir; next weekend, itsHeavenly Bodies concert is inspired by The Bard's image of the orbs of heaven.

When it comes to Kiwi Big Band jazz, Rodger Fox is the man who set the template; now he's touring the country with the New Zealand Symphony Orchestra.

You're not too likely to encounter the music of Auber in today's opera houses and concert halls. Well, not in this country, although

Bach Musica NZ marketed this early evening concert as a Mozart Feast and a generous repast it was.

Yorrick, the German shepherd, has been banned from Auckland Town Hall concerts after barking in displeasure at brass solos.

Luca Manghi is in rehearsal week for tonight's Flautissimo concert, one of the regular chamber music evenings sponsored by Auckland's

During the past few years, Auckland Philharmonia Orchestra has presented annual Choral Masterpieces evenings, focusing on one particular

Stephen Layton knows his Bach. The English conductor, together with Auckland Philharmonia Orchestra, delivered a memorable Mass

The intimacy of Auckland Museum's auditorium must have appealed to Javier Perianes, introducing his Fazioli recital as more of a family concert.

The Auckland Philharmonia Orchestra take on the music of Ross Harris with excellent results.

I catch Javier Perianes by phone at his Hobart hotel and the Spanish pianist quickly assures me that, no, he's not watching the Olympics

Tonight's second instalment of Auckland Philharmonia Orchestra's Degenerate, Denounced, Outrageous series was always going to be the

The evening almost stole upon us. First up, clarinettist Julian Bliss gave us Debussy with pianist Sarah Watkins and, with shivery

It was cheering that the New Zealand Symphony Orchestra opened its latest concert with an indisputable Strauss masterpiece.

When the dinner conversation turns to crocodiles, you know this is no ordinary music festival. Crocodiles are a regular part of life

Jordi Savall's latest project explores five centuries of shifting cultures in southern Spain, focusing on the city of Granada from

The classical music world is nothing if not cosmopolitan. German soprano Christiane Libor makes her debut with the New Zealand Symphony

Deutsche Grammophon has taken Argentinian pianist Martha Argerich's 75th birthday very seriously. New releases include a Bueno Aires

Nicky Spence's impassioned performance of Andre Caplet's 1917 song-cycle, Les Prieres inevitably takes on new resonances, after an

The race is on for the one of New Zealand's premier music competitions, the Lexus Song Quest. After five days working with Head Judge

Finals night looms for the cream of young chamber musicians.

Sir Andrew Davis, who conducts the New Zealand Symphony Orchestra's Illuminations concert, roars with laughter when I tell him how

Four days after winning the country's most prestigious song contest, Benson Wilson was at his Onehunga home helping to put away groceries

In August 1901, a Hugh McLeod, writing in The New Zealand Illustrated Magazine on the occasion of yet another performance of Il Trovatore

Sinfonia Domestica of Richard Strauss offered 44 minutes of uber-romantic immersion in the second half of the NZSO's Mozart & Strauss concert.

Auckland Philharmonia Orchestra's major 2016 commission, a sixth symphony by Ross Harris, was the musical and emotional core of Thursday's

Auckland Philharmonia Orchestra seems happy that Music Director Giordano Bellincampi is back in town, and one sensed it in the first

Auckland music-lovers are more accustomed to seeing Piers Lane on the town hall stage at the Steinway than under tropical palms enjoying Queensland sunshine.

Sir Andrew Davis prefaced an enthralling Eclairs sur l'au-Dela by saying how privileged he felt to be conducting this Messiaen work for his second and probably last time.