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December 6, 2018 by Simon Sweetman
Gig Review: Orchestra Wellington NEW WORLD (December 1, Wgtn)
Orchestra Wellington NEW WORLD MFC Saturday, December 1 The closing event in Orchestra Wellington’s 2018 program was a suitably epic closer to the “Great and Noble” season, featuring a guest conductor for one piece, a guest soloist in regular concert master Amalia Hall, a world premiere and some stately performances of the classical music world’s […]Archive
June 17, 2018 by Simon Sweetman
The Beach Boys: The Beach Boys With The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
The Beach Boys The Beach Boys With The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra Capitol STOP IT RIGHT NOW! YOU CUNTS! STOP IT! STOP IT!! ELVIS AND THE BIG O DIDN’T DESERVE IT EITHER, ARETHA CERTAINLY DIDN’T, PROVING DEATH ISN’T EVEN A PREREQUISITE – FUCK! NO ONE IS SAFE! NOT LEAST THE LISTENER. HERE THE MAGICAL MUSIC OF […]Archive
April 3, 2018 by Simon Sweetman
Stubs: # 220 – A Musical Menagerie, Wellington, 2018
I wonder why they continue on with these shows…I mean, it can’t be fun for the performers, it’s not fun for the audience – it’s a fucking ordeal. I’m talking, in this instance of A Musical Menagerie – a show featuring our NZSO with Chris Lam Sam as the narrator/MC. The aim was to present […]Archive
March 18, 2018 by Simon Sweetman
Gig Review: Anne Sofie von Otter w/ NZSO (March 15, Wgtn)
Anne Sofie von Otter w/ NZSO MFC Thursday, March 15 Anne Sofie von Otter is one of the great operatic singers of her generation. A master. Such lightness – but strength. There’s a great joy she conveys, in the very act and art of singing. And of course she’s capable of the full range of […]Archive
March 14, 2018 by Simon Sweetman
Gig Review: Star Wars – A New Hope In Concert w/ NZSO (March 11, Wgtn)
Star Wars: A New Hope In Concert – Movie w/ Live Score performed by NZSO (Conducted by Hamish McKeich) TSB Bank Arena Sunday, March 11 I was looking forward to this – the nostalgia of the original Star Wars film (episode IV: A New Hope) with the New Zealand Symphony Orchestra performing John Williams’ full […]Archive
January 18, 2018 by Simon Sweetman
Sweetman Podcast: Episode 99 – Adam Page
Welcome to episode 99 of Sweetman Podcast with support from our sponsors – T Leaf T, Yeastie Boys and Le Petite Chocolat. This one is a conversation with Adam Page, he’s an Australian musician – based in Adelaide. He runs Wizard Tone Studios and the label Wizard Tone Records is home to not only his own recordings but a great range […]Archive
December 10, 2017 by Simon Sweetman
Aretha Franklin: A Brand New Me – Aretha Franklin With The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
Aretha Franklin A Brand New Me: Aretha Franklin With The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra Atlantic Catalog Group SHE’S NOT DEAD – YOU CUNTS! STOP IT! STOP IT!! ELVIS AND THE BIG O DIDN’T DESERVE IT EITHER BUT AT LEAST THEY ARE DEAD, THERE’S ALMOST SOME UNDERSTANDING BEHIND THE THINKING, ONLY SO MANY TIMES YOU CAN SELL […]Archive
August 31, 2017 by Simon Sweetman
The Vinyl Countdown # 506
Billy May and His Orchestra, Sorta-May [EP] (1955) One of a small handful of (small) records that I inherited from my pop – my dad’s dad. His music taste was so foreign to me when I was a kid, the cheesiest of country’n’western, opera, classical, some quite obscene folk music and then these weird albums […]Archive
August 15, 2017 by Simon Sweetman
The Vinyl Countdown # 515
Felix King and His Orchestra, Presenting Felix King & His Orchestra, Vol.1 (?) I love a wee look in the charity shops – you don’t find much, record-wise; it’s usually all stuff you already have or have passed by long ago – so many copies of the same old things and lots of (bad?) classical […]Archive
July 21, 2017 by Simon Sweetman
Stubs: #205 – Roald Dahl’s Dirty Beasts & Other Stories, Wellington, 2015
It’s always been fun taking Oscar to shows – well, in theory…now of course he writes his own reviews – but a couple of years ago he wasn’t quite ready, but still keen, in theory… I wrote a few words about this show – because it didn’t quite work, but best intentions…. Was thinking, just […]Archive
June 19, 2017 by Simon Sweetman