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Welcome to Five Lines, a collection of my writings about music If you enjoy listening to music and like to learn more about the musicians and composers who create it, Five Lines is for you. Here you’ll find my reviews of recent albums, operas and concerts, profiles of artists and short features about music. I’m a New Zealand-based freelance music critic and commentator and have worked in music and the arts for many years as a broadcaster, writer, university lecturer and arts leader. I believe that critical writing is always important to the health of music as an art form. As well as Five Lines, I write articles about classical music for the NZ Listener. If you’re a concert presenter, record company, performer or composer, get in touch to tell me about your upcoming projects and events. And if you’re a member of the music audience I’m keen to hear your comments on what you read here and topics you’d like me to explore. Source

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Victoria Kelly: a composer responds to the Antarctic, Vivaldi and an alien ocean

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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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Victoria Kelly: a composer responds to the Antarctic, Vivaldi and an alien ocean

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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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Victoria Kelly: a composer responds to the Antarctic, Vivaldi and an alien ocean

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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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Victoria Kelly: a composer responds to the Antarctic, Vivaldi and an alien ocean

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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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NZTrio and friends – and what makes a great concert

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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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Victoria Kelly: a composer responds to the Antarctic, Vivaldi and an alien ocean

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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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Victoria Kelly: a composer responds to the Antarctic, Vivaldi and an alien ocean

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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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Auckland Chamber Orchestra’s ‘The Ox on the Roof’: bold and eclectic programming

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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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Auckland Chamber Orchestra’s ‘The Ox on the Roof’: bold and eclectic programming

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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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NZTrio and friends – and what makes a great concert

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Of her composition Thousandth Orange, acclaimed American composer Caroline Shaw wrote: “Maybe after the tenth, or the hundredth, or the thousandth time one paints, or looks at, or eats, an orange (or plays a simple cadential figure) it is just as beautiful as the first time.” Violist McFarlane, a fine chamber musician, joined the ensemble and Shaw’s lovely, subtle piece developed as a kind of wonky, fragmented minimalist duet between the three string players and the pianist, as if the piano...
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