The Dust Palace has brewed up a volatile concoction with circus acrobatics, contemporary dance and physical theatre shaken into a potent cocktail.

Bach's D minor Double Violin Concerto is a score of peerless beauty, its many contrapuntal threads woven with inevitability and rightness.

Deconstructed modern romcom engages well at emotional level.

Zesty performance by Auckland Opera Studio and ACO remains faithful to the spirit of original Cosi fan Tutte.

There was festivity in the air at Holy Trinity Cathedral for Auckland Choral's Magnificat concert.

From the grandeur of Paradise to an intimate acoustic encore, Coldplay rarely hit an off note over 100 minutes.

For the most part Radiohead were just plain exhilarating, writes Russell Baillie. "Proving they might be a band with nearly 20 years behind them, but one's whose present is all the more thrilling."

Forty-three years after first charting, the song He Ain't Heavy, He's My Brother. is still going strong with a charity version tipped to be the Christmas No1 in the UK.