New Zealand String Quartet’s second Beethoven 250th Anniversary concert
The New Zealand String Quartet presents: BEETHOVEN 2020 – NZSQ National Tour Programme Two – INNOVATOR String Quartets – Op.18 No. 2, in G Major (1801) Op. 74 in E-flat Major “Harp” (1809) Op.59 No.2,...
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Beethoven string quartets, Concert No 5 Opus 135 in F; Opus 130: Finale in B flat; Opus 132 in A minor New Zealand String Quartet: Helene Pohl, Monique Lapins (violins), Gillian Ansell (viola), Rolf...
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The New Zealand String Quartet presents: VISIONARY – Beethoven 250th Anniversary BEETHOVEN – String Quartets: Op.130 in B-flat Major – original version with the “Grosse Fugue” finale – later published...
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Wellington Chamber Music Trust NZ Trio: Amalia Hall (violin), Ashley Brown (cello), Somi Kim (piano) Beethoven: Piano Trio in C minor, Op 1 No 3 Christos Hatzis: ‘Old Photographs’ from Constantinople...
View ArticleAdmirable Waikanae chamber music from friends of a non-existant Wilma Smith
Waikanae Music Society Wilma’s Friends: Martin Riseley (violin), Jian Liu (piano), Nicholas Hancox (viola), Andrew Joyce (cello) Mahler: Piano Quartet in A minor (the single movement) Schumann: Piano...
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The Holocaust Centre of New Zealand presents: Kristallnacht Concert 2020 Music – Korngold, Castelnuovo-Tedesco, Waxman, Weinberg, Toch, Rozsa, Bechet, Zorn Excerpts from films with music – “Robin...
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St. Andrew’s Luchtime Concert Series presents: Music for Flute and Piano Aaron Copland: Duo for Flute and Piano Claude Debussy: En bateau Mel Bonis: Sonata for Flute and Piano in C-sharp minor St....
View Article“The Older the Better”– a triumph of age and experience at Circa Theatre
Circa Theatre and Hens’ Teeth presents: THE OLDER THE BETTER – a Revue (Part of WTF! 2020) MC – Kate JasonSmith Starring: Coral Trimmer, Sunny Amey, Dame Kate Harcourt. Linn Lorkin, Helen Moulder, Rose...
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Biber’s Rosary Sonatas: The Glorious Mysteries Anne Loeser (baroque violin), Jane Young (baroque cello) and Douglas Mews (harpsichord/organ) The third and final part of Heinrich Ignaz Franz von...
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Wellington Chamber Music: first concert in 2021 season Trio Elan Donald Armstrong (violin) Simon Brew (saxophone) Sarah Watkins (piano) Russell Peterson: Trio for alto saxophone, violin and piano Peter...
View ArticleMonique Lapins and Jian Liu give consummate performances of Bartok and...
St.Andrew’s on-The-Terrace Lunchtime Concert Series presents: Monique Lapins, violin, and Jian Liu, piano CLAUDE DEBUSSY – Violin Sonata in G minor L148 BÉLA BARTÓK – 6 Romanian Folk Dances BÉLA BARTÓK...
View ArticleOctogenarians make a splendid 17th-century pair
Baroque Voices and Palliser Viols present: 17th Century Octogenarians Music by Heinrich Schütz and John Jenkins HEINRICH SCHÜTZ (1585-1672) (from the Symphoniae Sacrae III 1650) Wo der Herr nicht das...
View ArticleAn unusual and striking St.Andrew’s Lunchtime presentation – Aroha Quartet’s...
The Aroha String Quartet presents: The ASQ International Music Academy Tutors’ Concert Aroha String Quartet Donald Armstrong (NZSO Associate Concertmaster) – Violin & string orchestra conductor...
View ArticleJade Quartet presents a somewhat “patchworked” concert at St.Andrew’s
Wellington Chamber Music series – Jade Quartet JOSEF HAYDN – ‘Seven Last Words of Our Saviour on the Cross’ Op. 51 (extracts) DAVID HAMILTON – String Quartet No 3, Quartetto Piccolo (2021) PETER ADAMS...
View ArticleRavel and Bartók make companionable and stimulating piano-and-percussion...
Te Kōkī NZ School of Music presents: RAVEL – Rapsodie Espagnole (arr. 2 pianos and percussion) BARTÓK – Sonata for 2 pianos and percussion SZ110 Gabriela Glapska and Jian Liu (pianos) Sam Rich and...
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Stroma presents: IDIOSYNCHROPHILIA – Stroma meets invented instruments! Rosie Langabeer (composer) Idiosynchrophilia (2021) Invented instruments devised and built by Neil Feather Stroma – conducted by...
View ArticleSounds of friendship from Vieux Amis at Wellington Chamber Music’s...
Wellington Chamber Music presents: Vieux Amis (Old friends) Arvo Pärt Für Alina / JS Bach Viola da Gamba Sonata in D Major, BMW 1028 Arvo Pärt mozart adagio / JS Bach Violin Sonata in E Major, BMW 1016...
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Wellington Chamber Music presents: Amici Ensemble LISZT – Piano Trio “Carnival de Pest” MOZART – String Quintet in G Minor K.516 CHAUSSON – Concert for Violin, Piano and String Quartet...
View ArticleWellington’s Ghost Trio’s flair and brilliance concludes an eventful 2021 for...
Chamber Music Hutt Valley presents: The Ghost Trio in concert Joseph HAYDN – Piano Trio in G Major, Hob.XV:45 Josiah CARR (NZ) – time and glue 2017 Gabriel FAURE – Piano Trio in D Minor Op.120 Antonin...
View ArticleIndividual and ensembled tributes to JS Bach from Pohl-Gjelsten and Friends...
J.S. Bach: Chaconne from Partita in D minor Helene Pohl, violin Eugene Ysaye: Sonata No. 5 for solo violin Peter Gjelsten, violin Johannes Brahms: Sonata in E minor Rolf Gjelsten, cello, Nicole Chan,...
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