Bach Musica presented a Messiah with a difference on Sunday night, giving what was possibly the first Auckland performance of Mozart's 1789 makeover of the oratorio.

Michael Houstoun's reCYCLE, with the pianist tackling all 32 Beethoven Sonatas, has begun its historic journey around the country.

Led by the irrepressible Ozzy Osbourne, Black Sabbath brought together fans young and old in horn-throwing, fist-pumping fashion.

The latest Army of Two adventure promises a good time. Does it deliver?

Auckland Museum's 2012 Fazioli International Piano Recital series was rather awkwardly set up, with all four concerts coinciding with major operatic and orchestral events in the city.

The New Zealand Symphony Orchestra must be extremely happy with the good-sized audience on Friday for the first of its 2013 subscription series.

Oblivion is a high style sci-fi let down by story sag and an unneccessary action quota, Russell Baillie says