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Joanna MacGregor's Exotic Birds a highlight in Auckland

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Reviewed at Auckland Town Hall: Great Hall, Auckland on 27 March 2014
Respighi, The Birds
Ravel, Miroirs: Oiseaux tristes
Daquin, Le coucou
Gubaidulina, Musical Toys (The Little Tit)
Couperin, Pièces de clavecin, Ordre no.14: Le Rossignol-en-amour
Birtwistle, Oockooing Bird
Messiaen, Oiseaux exotiques, for orchestra
Beethoven, Symphony no. 6 in F major "Pastoral", Op.68
Auckland Philharmonia
John Nelson, Conductor
Joanna MacGregor, Piano
Opening the doors of memory: a haunting Bluebeard’s Castle in Auckland
****1
Into the labyrinth: opera and community in The Monster in the Maze
****1
Stunning direction elevates New Zealand Opera's La bohème
***11
Fine singing but messy staging: Le Comte Ory at New Zealand Opera
***11
Disappointing Bach in Auckland
**111
Brandenburg Echoes in Auckland
****1
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