Well done, every single one of you. Your performance on Friday night of Mozart's Requiem lifted this listener and I’m sure many others to a place above and beyond the unsettled world we are living in. As your director, Chalium Poppy has doubtlessly drummed into you, it is more than getting notes right…
NZ's first live performance of classical music since Covid reached our shores in 2020. Handel’s sacred Oratorio Israel in Egypt was first performed in 1739, some three years before his Messiah. Israel in Egypt, with its dramatic opening, with a warm full-bodied sound in the lovely acoustic of the cathedral…
When Muslims greet each other, they don’t say ‘good morning’ or ‘hello. They say as salaam alaykum – peace be upon you. When they part, they say ma’a salaama – wishing that all may go with peace. The peace of our Muslim friends, neighbours, and fellow New Zealanders was shattered on Friday 15 March. As Muslims in Christchurch gathered to pray in peace, hatred and violence were poured out against them…
Scholar Baroque Aotearoa are grateful to the following sponsors and benefactors without whose support we would not be able to present these quality performances of exceptional choral music to the Tauranga community.