Category: Reviews

Bellingham Enright and Brewer were well chosen for their solo performances, moments when one wishes they could burst into spontaneous applause at completion, but are forced to wait until the interval and the end to take advantage of rapturous appreciation. The performance ended with a foot-stamping roar. Paula Cunliffe Nelson Mail, NZ, 2006

Soprano Judy Bellingham joined the group for Four Folksongs for Voice, and Piano Trio by Beethoven. …The Sweetest Lad was Jamie revealed this fine rich mezzo tones of this singer, and two Tyrolean folk tunes ended the recital on a happy high as Bellingham all but yodelled refrains more akin to an Austrian folk festival.…

I have always respected Judy Bellingham’s musicianship. David Sell Christchurch Press, NZ, 2007

…to what proved to be an historically fascinating and highly entertainging two-hour recital of vocal and instrumental music from the legacy of Otago’s pioneer musicians. Performers included Judy Bellingham and Terence Dennis. Elizabeth Bouman, Otago Daily Times Dunedin, NZ, 200

Three songs for Children were Tilimbom, which demanded a fast and almost rapturous-like delivery, Geese and Swans, another fast-moving character piece, and The Bear which Ms Bellingham delivered in an effectively dour stolid style. All great fun and very popular with the audience. Elizabeth Bouman, Otago Daily Times Dunedin, NZ, 2007

…Judy Bellingham, in Frauenliebe und Leben coloured each of the eight songs with beauty and sincerity, with intense accompaniment from Prof Terence Dennis. The contrasting passion and despair of the last song was extremely moving, as the woman tells how, in death her man has hurt her for the first time… Elizabeth Bouman, Otago Daily…

Bellingham delivered the poetic lines with sustained dulcet tones, appropriately soft and passionate… Elizabeth Bouman, Otago Daily Times Dunedin, NZ, 2007