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.
Composer Eve de Castro-Robinson: premieres, a revelation and a touch of defiance
Composer Eve de Castro-Robinson has had two major premieres in the past two months. She’s also had a revelation about how and why her composing has changed over her career.
The Earth Child: A Mansfield centenary tribute album
Composer Janet Jennings has curated a brilliant album as tribute to Katherine Mansfield, marking the centenary of the writer’s death and including her own setting of Mansfield’s Earth Child poems.