Previous Concerts
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MELERensemble
Featuring Josef Špaček, winner of the 2009 Michael Hill International Violin Competition, this piano quartet highlights unusual and rarely performed chamber works including a new New Zealand commission.
- Mozart - Piano Quartet in G minor, K478
- Turina - Piano Quartet in A minor, Opus 67
- New Zealand commissioned work
- Schumann - Piano Quartet in Eь major, Opus 47
Jun Bouterey-Ishido
At age 18 years, Jun won first prize in the 2008 National Piano Competition and is studying at the Liszt Academy. This is your opportunity to hear an exciting young pianist.
- J S Bach - Suite no.1 in A major, BWV 806
- Bartok - Out of Doors Suite (1926)
- Ravel - Le Tombeau de Couperin (1914-17)
- Brahms - Variations on a theme of Handel, Opus 24
Alexa Still with Diedre Irons
Alexa Still (flute) with Diedre Irons (piano)
Two of Australasia’s most revered musicians reunite in a programme that features the familiar and the unexpected - in music from the 17th to 21st centuries:
- Poulenc - Sonata for flute and piano (1957)
- Anne Boyd - Goldfish through Summer Rain (1979)
- Prokofiev - Sonata, Opus 94
- Robert Dick - Fish are Jumping (flute solo) (1999)
- Marin Marais - La Folies d’Espagne (flute solo) (1701)
- Chopin - Fantasie in F minor, Opus 49 (piano solo)
- Borne - Fantasie on Bizet’s Carmen (1900)
Tudor Consort
Directed by Michael Stewart.
Wellington’s specialist early music choral group, acclaimed internationally, returns to present with exquisite quality an exciting repertoire based around the theme of Prophecy.
“Songs of Prophecy” featuring:
- Orlande de Lassus Prophetiae Sibyllarum (~1560)
and concluding with - Heinrich Schütz Teutsch Magnificat (~1665)
NZTrio
Justine Cormack (violin), Ashley Brown (cello) and Sarah Watkins (piano)
- Haydn - Trio in F# minor, Hob XV:26
- Chris Gendall - Intaglio (2006)
- Kenji Bunch - Swing Shift-Groove Boxes (2002)
- Tchaikovsky - Piano Trio in A minor, Opus 50
These players fuse modern and ethnic sounds in piano trio performances that “...blend deep musical insight with vibrant energy … one of our premier ensembles ...” - John Psathas
Hot Young Strings directed by Donald Armstrong
Featuring Hot Young Strings directed by Donald Armstrong with a programme including:
- Antonio Correlli - Concerto Grosso, Opus 6, No 4
- William Walton - From the film music for Henry V
- Richard Rodney Bennett - Reflections on a theme of William Walton
- J S Bach - Violin Concerto in E major, BWV 1042
- J S Bach - Air from Suite No 3 in D, BWV 1068
- Elgar - Serenade for Strings in E minor, Opus 20
Amalia Hall (violin) and John Paul Muir (piano)
Featuring Amalia Hall (violin) and John Paul Muir (piano) with a programme :
- Mozart - Violin Sonata in E minor K304
- Fauré - Sonata for piano and violin in A, Opus 13
- Brahms - Sonata for violin and piano No.1 in G major Opus 78
- Debussy - Sonata for violin and piano in G minor L 140
NZ Chamber Soloists
Featuring the New Zealand Chamber Soloists with a programme including:
- Rachmaninoff - Trio Élégiaque No. 1 in G minor, Opus posth
- Shostakovich - Trio No. 2 in E minor, Opus 67
- Jonathan Crehan - Trio Fantasia for piano, violin and cello
- Schumann - Trio No. 1 in D minor, Opus 63
Zephyr Wind Quintet with Diedre Irons (piano)
Featuring the Zephyr Wind Quintet with Deidre Irons (piano) with a programme including:
- Mozart - Quintet for piano and winds in E flat, K.452
- Ken Wilson - Woodwind Quintet
- Berio - Opus Number Zoo
- Poulenc - Sextuor for piano and wind quintet
New Zealand String Quartet
With a programme including:
- Schubert - Quartet in G minor / B flat major, D18
- Tan Dun - Eight Colors
- Helen Fisher - String Quartet (commissioned by Chamber Music Hutt Valley in 1994)
- Beethoven - Duet "With Two Obligato Eyeglasses" for viola and cello, WoO 32
- Haydn - Quartet in G minor, Opus 74 No. 3, The Rider
Liebeck & de Pledge
Featuring Jack Liebeck, violin and Stephen de Pledge, piano with a programme including:
- Mozart - Sonata in G major, K301
- Arvo Part - Spiegel im Spiegel (Mirrors in the mirror)
- Mozart - Sonata in B flat major, K378
- Arvo Part - Fratres
- Franck - Sonata in A major
Cook Straight Trio
Featuring the Cook Strait Trio with a programme including:
- Turina - Trio No. 2 in B minor, Opus 91, Circulo
- John Psathas - Island Songs
- Dvorak - Piano Trio in F minor, Opus 65
