Five Lines is a collection of writings about music in Aotearoa New Zealand by Elizabeth Kerr. It features short articles, artist profiles and reviews of concerts, operas and albums. You can subscribe - it’s free - at the bottom of any story.
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Bassoon discoveries
Bassoonist Ben Hoadley is also a prize-winning composer whose professional life has been re-balanced during the 2020 global pandemic.
A psychiatrist, a composer and a string quartet
Composer Louise Webster was by herself for the recent world premiere of her string quartet, This memory of earth.
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The generosity of Peter Sellars
Iconoclastic director Peter Sellars brought his legendary artistic generosity to New Zealand earlier this year with productions at the New Zealand Festival and the Auckland Arts Festival.
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Eve de Castro-Robinson sounds a warning
A profile of composer Eve de Castro-Robinson and the premiere of her latest work, Clarion, a trumpet concerto.
Free Radicals – a view from the 1990’s
An excerpt from John Rimmer and Free Radicals: live electronic music in New Zealand by Elizabeth Kerr, in the journal Contemporary Music Review (1991).