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A comprehensive listing of performances of music by John Psathas.
Visit https://www.johnpsathas.com/events-and-performances
A comprehensive listing of performances of music by John Psathas.
Visit https://www.johnpsathas.com/events-and-performances

Australian and New Zealand Viola Society | 2021 Composition Competition
Opportunity"Once you become a viola-player, one of your most important duties is to strive to enlarge the library of solo viola music"
— Lionel Tertis —
Writing new music for viola?
After three previous successful Viola Composition Competitions run by ANZVS, another one will be held in Winter 2021.
There is now a new category in the competition this year: compositions will be accepted for viola plus voice or viola plus one other instrument, for the first time.
Click here for the entry form and Conditions of Entry.
For further enquiries about the competition or the Australian and New Zealand Viola Society, contact secretary@anzvs.com.
"Once you become a viola-player, one of your most important duties is to strive to enlarge the library of solo viola music"
— Lionel Tertis —
Writing new music for viola?
After three previous successful Viola Composition Competitions run by ANZVS, another one will be held in Winter 2021.
There is now a new category in the competition this year: compositions will be accepted for viola plus voice or viola plus one other instrument, for the first time.
Click here for the entry form and Conditions of Entry.
For further enquiries about the competition or the Australian and New Zealand Viola Society, contact secretary@anzvs.com.
"Once you become a viola-player, one of your most important duties is to strive to enlarge the library of solo viola music"
— Lionel Tertis —
Writing new music for viola?
After three previous successful Viola Composition Competitions run by ANZVS, another one will be held in Winter 2021.
There is now a new category in the competition this year: compositions will be accepted for viola plus voice or viola plus one other instrument, for the first time.
Click here for the entry form and Conditions of Entry.
For further enquiries about the competition or the Australian and New Zealand Viola Society, contact secretary@anzvs.com.

Wellington Jazz Festival | Call for Submissions
OpportunityAs part of our ongoing commitment to investing in local musicians and contributing to the development of Aotearoa jazz sounds, the Wellington Jazz Festival is pleased to once again open submissions for new work from jazz composers.
KEY INFO
There is one commission available:
- 1 x commission for compositions between 1-5 instruments or 6-9 instruments (maximum).
- The commission fee is $10,000 or $12,500 dependent on the size of the ensemble.
- Each commission should be between 15 - 20 minutes (we note that lengths may vary in performance due to improvisation).
- Instruments may include voice.
- The compositions should feature improvisation. Hybrid genres and experimentation are encouraged.
Subject to funding an additional proposal may be selected for performance. This will be offered under the same conditions, fee and otherwise, as above. Please note that should we be successful in our application for funding at least one of the commissions will be awarded to a Māori composer.
Click here for more information, including Entry Criteria
Photo credit: Stephen A’Court
As part of our ongoing commitment to investing in local musicians and contributing to the development of Aotearoa jazz sounds, the Wellington Jazz Festival is pleased to once again open submissions for new work from jazz composers.
KEY INFO
There is one commission available:
- 1 x commission for compositions between 1-5 instruments or 6-9 instruments (maximum).
- The commission fee is $10,000 or $12,500 dependent on the size of the ensemble.
- Each commission should be between 15 - 20 minutes (we note that lengths may vary in performance due to improvisation).
- Instruments may include voice.
- The compositions should feature improvisation. Hybrid genres and experimentation are encouraged.
Subject to funding an additional proposal may be selected for performance. This will be offered under the same conditions, fee and otherwise, as above. Please note that should we be successful in our application for funding at least one of the commissions will be awarded to a Māori composer.
Click here for more information, including Entry Criteria
Photo credit: Stephen A’Court
As part of our ongoing commitment to investing in local musicians and contributing to the development of Aotearoa jazz sounds, the Wellington Jazz Festival is pleased to once again open submissions for new work from jazz composers.
KEY INFO
There is one commission available:
- 1 x commission for compositions between 1-5 instruments or 6-9 instruments (maximum).
- The commission fee is $10,000 or $12,500 dependent on the size of the ensemble.
- Each commission should be between 15 - 20 minutes (we note that lengths may vary in performance due to improvisation).
- Instruments may include voice.
- The compositions should feature improvisation. Hybrid genres and experimentation are encouraged.
Subject to funding an additional proposal may be selected for performance. This will be offered under the same conditions, fee and otherwise, as above. Please note that should we be successful in our application for funding at least one of the commissions will be awarded to a Māori composer.
Click here for more information, including Entry Criteria
Photo credit: Stephen A’Court

NZSO | Setting Up Camp – Town & Country (Invercargill)
ConcertAdditional performances:
March 6th (Dunedin)
March 10th (Christchurch)
March 14th (Blenheim)
June 9th (North Shore)
June 10th (Auckland)
June 11th (Kerikeri)
James Judd | conductor
Lilburn | Drysdale Overture
Delius orch. Beecham | A Village Romeo and Juliet: The Walk to the Paradise Garden
Arnold | English Dances Set II
Maria Grenfell | Fanfare for a City
Copland | Our Town: Music from the Film Score
Bernstein | On The Town: Three Dance Episodes
The country and the city come together in this programme paying homage to two very different landscapes. Douglas Lilburn, the grandfather of New Zealand classical music, wrote his Drysdale Overture while still a young man studying at London’s Royal College of Music. The Overture nostalgically portrays the pastoral landscape of his family’s farm in the Turakina Valley.
English composer Frederick Delius’ Walk to the Paradise Garden, from his opera A Village Romeo and Juliet, is a dreamily romantic interlude, featuring the woodwind section at their most expressive. Malcolm Arnold’s English Dances, meanwhile, gathers the best of English country folk dances into a charming and colourful suite of toe-tapping tunes.
Then NZ composer Maria Grenfell sweeps us into the city with her jubilant Fanfare for a City, while Aaron Copland’s beautiful film score for Our Town is a nostalgic view of small town life in Grover’s Corner, New Hampshire. Leonard Bernstein’s Three Dance Episodes, from material composed for the musical On The Town, brings 1940s New York to life before your eyes, with its slinky jazz melodies, hopping bebop rhythms and irresistible swing.
Additional performances:
March 6th (Dunedin)
March 10th (Christchurch)
March 14th (Blenheim)
June 9th (North Shore)
June 10th (Auckland)
June 11th (Kerikeri)
James Judd | conductor
Lilburn | Drysdale Overture
Delius orch. Beecham | A Village Romeo and Juliet: The Walk to the Paradise Garden
Arnold | English Dances Set II
Maria Grenfell | Fanfare for a City
Copland | Our Town: Music from the Film Score
Bernstein | On The Town: Three Dance Episodes
The country and the city come together in this programme paying homage to two very different landscapes. Douglas Lilburn, the grandfather of New Zealand classical music, wrote his Drysdale Overture while still a young man studying at London’s Royal College of Music. The Overture nostalgically portrays the pastoral landscape of his family’s farm in the Turakina Valley.
English composer Frederick Delius’ Walk to the Paradise Garden, from his opera A Village Romeo and Juliet, is a dreamily romantic interlude, featuring the woodwind section at their most expressive. Malcolm Arnold’s English Dances, meanwhile, gathers the best of English country folk dances into a charming and colourful suite of toe-tapping tunes.
Then NZ composer Maria Grenfell sweeps us into the city with her jubilant Fanfare for a City, while Aaron Copland’s beautiful film score for Our Town is a nostalgic view of small town life in Grover’s Corner, New Hampshire. Leonard Bernstein’s Three Dance Episodes, from material composed for the musical On The Town, brings 1940s New York to life before your eyes, with its slinky jazz melodies, hopping bebop rhythms and irresistible swing.
Additional performances:
March 6th (Dunedin)
March 10th (Christchurch)
March 14th (Blenheim)
June 9th (North Shore)
June 10th (Auckland)
June 11th (Kerikeri)
James Judd | conductor
Lilburn | Drysdale Overture
Delius orch. Beecham | A Village Romeo and Juliet: The Walk to the Paradise Garden
Arnold | English Dances Set II
Maria Grenfell | Fanfare for a City
Copland | Our Town: Music from the Film Score
Bernstein | On The Town: Three Dance Episodes
The country and the city come together in this programme paying homage to two very different landscapes. Douglas Lilburn, the grandfather of New Zealand classical music, wrote his Drysdale Overture while still a young man studying at London’s Royal College of Music. The Overture nostalgically portrays the pastoral landscape of his family’s farm in the Turakina Valley.
English composer Frederick Delius’ Walk to the Paradise Garden, from his opera A Village Romeo and Juliet, is a dreamily romantic interlude, featuring the woodwind section at their most expressive. Malcolm Arnold’s English Dances, meanwhile, gathers the best of English country folk dances into a charming and colourful suite of toe-tapping tunes.
Then NZ composer Maria Grenfell sweeps us into the city with her jubilant Fanfare for a City, while Aaron Copland’s beautiful film score for Our Town is a nostalgic view of small town life in Grover’s Corner, New Hampshire. Leonard Bernstein’s Three Dance Episodes, from material composed for the musical On The Town, brings 1940s New York to life before your eyes, with its slinky jazz melodies, hopping bebop rhythms and irresistible swing.

Auckland Arts Festival | Subtle Dances
ConcertWitness the birth of an exciting new company in New Zealand with the launch of BalletCollective Aotearoa and its stimulating inaugural programme of proudly homegrown dance, music and design.
Subtle Dances is a trio of new work created by some of New Zealand’s most exciting choreographers: London-based Cameron McMillan (former dancer with Royal New Zealand Ballet, English National Ballet, Rambert), Loughlan Prior (Royal New Zealand Ballet) and Sarah Knox (Footnote New Zealand Dance, Black Grace).
Harnessing the energy and vivacity of ballet dancers trained here in Aotearoa, and starring the astonishing Abigail Boyle, the work engages in our unique creativity shaped by the country’s isolation and rugged landscape; our openness to new and immersive ideas through many cultural influences; and the innate curiosity of all New Zealanders.
In collaboration, the prodigious NZTrio — Amalia Hall (violin), Ashley Brown (cello) and Somi Kim (piano) — will perform live John Psathas’ work Helix, Claire Cowan’s Subtle Dances (commissioned by the NZTrio), and music by Rhian Sheehan, rearranged for NZTrio by Ryan Youens.
Additional performances:
Saturday, 6 March at 2.00pm
Saturday, 6 March at 7.30pm
Witness the birth of an exciting new company in New Zealand with the launch of BalletCollective Aotearoa and its stimulating inaugural programme of proudly homegrown dance, music and design.
Subtle Dances is a trio of new work created by some of New Zealand’s most exciting choreographers: London-based Cameron McMillan (former dancer with Royal New Zealand Ballet, English National Ballet, Rambert), Loughlan Prior (Royal New Zealand Ballet) and Sarah Knox (Footnote New Zealand Dance, Black Grace).
Harnessing the energy and vivacity of ballet dancers trained here in Aotearoa, and starring the astonishing Abigail Boyle, the work engages in our unique creativity shaped by the country’s isolation and rugged landscape; our openness to new and immersive ideas through many cultural influences; and the innate curiosity of all New Zealanders.
In collaboration, the prodigious NZTrio — Amalia Hall (violin), Ashley Brown (cello) and Somi Kim (piano) — will perform live John Psathas’ work Helix, Claire Cowan’s Subtle Dances (commissioned by the NZTrio), and music by Rhian Sheehan, rearranged for NZTrio by Ryan Youens.
Additional performances:
Saturday, 6 March at 2.00pm
Saturday, 6 March at 7.30pm
Witness the birth of an exciting new company in New Zealand with the launch of BalletCollective Aotearoa and its stimulating inaugural programme of proudly homegrown dance, music and design.
Subtle Dances is a trio of new work created by some of New Zealand’s most exciting choreographers: London-based Cameron McMillan (former dancer with Royal New Zealand Ballet, English National Ballet, Rambert), Loughlan Prior (Royal New Zealand Ballet) and Sarah Knox (Footnote New Zealand Dance, Black Grace).
Harnessing the energy and vivacity of ballet dancers trained here in Aotearoa, and starring the astonishing Abigail Boyle, the work engages in our unique creativity shaped by the country’s isolation and rugged landscape; our openness to new and immersive ideas through many cultural influences; and the innate curiosity of all New Zealanders.
In collaboration, the prodigious NZTrio — Amalia Hall (violin), Ashley Brown (cello) and Somi Kim (piano) — will perform live John Psathas’ work Helix, Claire Cowan’s Subtle Dances (commissioned by the NZTrio), and music by Rhian Sheehan, rearranged for NZTrio by Ryan Youens.
Additional performances:
Saturday, 6 March at 2.00pm
Saturday, 6 March at 7.30pm

Auckland Arts Festival | Subtle Dances
ConcertWitness the birth of an exciting new company in New Zealand with the launch of BalletCollective Aotearoa and its stimulating inaugural programme of proudly homegrown dance, music and design.
Subtle Dances is a trio of new work created by some of New Zealand’s most exciting choreographers: London-based Cameron McMillan (former dancer with Royal New Zealand Ballet, English National Ballet, Rambert), Loughlan Prior (Royal New Zealand Ballet) and Sarah Knox (Footnote New Zealand Dance, Black Grace).
Harnessing the energy and vivacity of ballet dancers trained here in Aotearoa, and starring the astonishing Abigail Boyle, the work engages in our unique creativity shaped by the country’s isolation and rugged landscape; our openness to new and immersive ideas through many cultural influences; and the innate curiosity of all New Zealanders.
In collaboration, the prodigious NZTrio — Amalia Hall (violin), Ashley Brown (cello) and Somi Kim (piano) — will perform live John Psathas’ work Helix, Claire Cowan’s Subtle Dances (commissioned by the NZTrio), and music by Rhian Sheehan, rearranged for NZTrio by Ryan Youens.
Additional performances:
Friday, 5 March at 7.30pm
Saturday, 6 March at 7.30pm
Witness the birth of an exciting new company in New Zealand with the launch of BalletCollective Aotearoa and its stimulating inaugural programme of proudly homegrown dance, music and design.
Subtle Dances is a trio of new work created by some of New Zealand’s most exciting choreographers: London-based Cameron McMillan (former dancer with Royal New Zealand Ballet, English National Ballet, Rambert), Loughlan Prior (Royal New Zealand Ballet) and Sarah Knox (Footnote New Zealand Dance, Black Grace).
Harnessing the energy and vivacity of ballet dancers trained here in Aotearoa, and starring the astonishing Abigail Boyle, the work engages in our unique creativity shaped by the country’s isolation and rugged landscape; our openness to new and immersive ideas through many cultural influences; and the innate curiosity of all New Zealanders.
In collaboration, the prodigious NZTrio — Amalia Hall (violin), Ashley Brown (cello) and Somi Kim (piano) — will perform live John Psathas’ work Helix, Claire Cowan’s Subtle Dances (commissioned by the NZTrio), and music by Rhian Sheehan, rearranged for NZTrio by Ryan Youens.
Additional performances:
Friday, 5 March at 7.30pm
Saturday, 6 March at 7.30pm
Witness the birth of an exciting new company in New Zealand with the launch of BalletCollective Aotearoa and its stimulating inaugural programme of proudly homegrown dance, music and design.
Subtle Dances is a trio of new work created by some of New Zealand’s most exciting choreographers: London-based Cameron McMillan (former dancer with Royal New Zealand Ballet, English National Ballet, Rambert), Loughlan Prior (Royal New Zealand Ballet) and Sarah Knox (Footnote New Zealand Dance, Black Grace).
Harnessing the energy and vivacity of ballet dancers trained here in Aotearoa, and starring the astonishing Abigail Boyle, the work engages in our unique creativity shaped by the country’s isolation and rugged landscape; our openness to new and immersive ideas through many cultural influences; and the innate curiosity of all New Zealanders.
In collaboration, the prodigious NZTrio — Amalia Hall (violin), Ashley Brown (cello) and Somi Kim (piano) — will perform live John Psathas’ work Helix, Claire Cowan’s Subtle Dances (commissioned by the NZTrio), and music by Rhian Sheehan, rearranged for NZTrio by Ryan Youens.
Additional performances:
Friday, 5 March at 7.30pm
Saturday, 6 March at 7.30pm

NZSO | Setting Up Camp – Town & Country (Dunedin)
ConcertJames Judd | conductor
Lilburn | Drysdale Overture
Delius orch. Beecham | A Village Romeo and Juliet: The Walk to the Paradise Garden
Arnold | English Dances Set II
Maria Grenfell | Fanfare for a City
Copland | Our Town: Music from the Film Score
Bernstein | On The Town: Three Dance Episodes
The country and the city come together in this programme paying homage to two very different landscapes. Douglas Lilburn, the grandfather of New Zealand classical music, wrote his Drysdale Overture while still a young man studying at London’s Royal College of Music. The Overture nostalgically portrays the pastoral landscape of his family’s farm in the Turakina Valley.
English composer Frederick Delius’ Walk to the Paradise Garden, from his opera A Village Romeo and Juliet, is a dreamily romantic interlude, featuring the woodwind section at their most expressive. Malcolm Arnold’s English Dances, meanwhile, gathers the best of English country folk dances into a charming and colourful suite of toe-tapping tunes.
Then NZ composer Maria Grenfell sweeps us into the city with her jubilant Fanfare for a City, while Aaron Copland’s beautiful film score for Our Town is a nostalgic view of small town life in Grover’s Corner, New Hampshire. Leonard Bernstein’s Three Dance Episodes, from material composed for the musical On The Town, brings 1940s New York to life before your eyes, with its slinky jazz melodies, hopping bebop rhythms and irresistible swing.
Additional performances:
March 4th (Invercargill)
March 10th (Christchurch)
March 14th (Blenheim)
June 9th (North Shore)
June 10th (Auckland)
June 11th (Kerikeri)
James Judd | conductor
Lilburn | Drysdale Overture
Delius orch. Beecham | A Village Romeo and Juliet: The Walk to the Paradise Garden
Arnold | English Dances Set II
Maria Grenfell | Fanfare for a City
Copland | Our Town: Music from the Film Score
Bernstein | On The Town: Three Dance Episodes
The country and the city come together in this programme paying homage to two very different landscapes. Douglas Lilburn, the grandfather of New Zealand classical music, wrote his Drysdale Overture while still a young man studying at London’s Royal College of Music. The Overture nostalgically portrays the pastoral landscape of his family’s farm in the Turakina Valley.
English composer Frederick Delius’ Walk to the Paradise Garden, from his opera A Village Romeo and Juliet, is a dreamily romantic interlude, featuring the woodwind section at their most expressive. Malcolm Arnold’s English Dances, meanwhile, gathers the best of English country folk dances into a charming and colourful suite of toe-tapping tunes.
Then NZ composer Maria Grenfell sweeps us into the city with her jubilant Fanfare for a City, while Aaron Copland’s beautiful film score for Our Town is a nostalgic view of small town life in Grover’s Corner, New Hampshire. Leonard Bernstein’s Three Dance Episodes, from material composed for the musical On The Town, brings 1940s New York to life before your eyes, with its slinky jazz melodies, hopping bebop rhythms and irresistible swing.
Additional performances:
March 4th (Invercargill)
March 10th (Christchurch)
March 14th (Blenheim)
June 9th (North Shore)
June 10th (Auckland)
June 11th (Kerikeri)
James Judd | conductor
Lilburn | Drysdale Overture
Delius orch. Beecham | A Village Romeo and Juliet: The Walk to the Paradise Garden
Arnold | English Dances Set II
Maria Grenfell | Fanfare for a City
Copland | Our Town: Music from the Film Score
Bernstein | On The Town: Three Dance Episodes
The country and the city come together in this programme paying homage to two very different landscapes. Douglas Lilburn, the grandfather of New Zealand classical music, wrote his Drysdale Overture while still a young man studying at London’s Royal College of Music. The Overture nostalgically portrays the pastoral landscape of his family’s farm in the Turakina Valley.
English composer Frederick Delius’ Walk to the Paradise Garden, from his opera A Village Romeo and Juliet, is a dreamily romantic interlude, featuring the woodwind section at their most expressive. Malcolm Arnold’s English Dances, meanwhile, gathers the best of English country folk dances into a charming and colourful suite of toe-tapping tunes.
Then NZ composer Maria Grenfell sweeps us into the city with her jubilant Fanfare for a City, while Aaron Copland’s beautiful film score for Our Town is a nostalgic view of small town life in Grover’s Corner, New Hampshire. Leonard Bernstein’s Three Dance Episodes, from material composed for the musical On The Town, brings 1940s New York to life before your eyes, with its slinky jazz melodies, hopping bebop rhythms and irresistible swing.
Additional performances:
March 4th (Invercargill)
March 10th (Christchurch)
March 14th (Blenheim)
June 9th (North Shore)
June 10th (Auckland)
June 11th (Kerikeri)

Auckland Arts Festival | Subtle Dances
ConcertWitness the birth of an exciting new company in New Zealand with the launch of BalletCollective Aotearoa and its stimulating inaugural programme of proudly homegrown dance, music and design.
Subtle Dances is a trio of new work created by some of New Zealand’s most exciting choreographers: London-based Cameron McMillan (former dancer with Royal New Zealand Ballet, English National Ballet, Rambert), Loughlan Prior (Royal New Zealand Ballet) and Sarah Knox (Footnote New Zealand Dance, Black Grace).
Harnessing the energy and vivacity of ballet dancers trained here in Aotearoa, and starring the astonishing Abigail Boyle, the work engages in our unique creativity shaped by the country’s isolation and rugged landscape; our openness to new and immersive ideas through many cultural influences; and the innate curiosity of all New Zealanders.
In collaboration, the prodigious NZTrio — Amalia Hall (violin), Ashley Brown (cello) and Somi Kim (piano) — will perform live John Psathas’ work Helix, Claire Cowan’s Subtle Dances (commissioned by the NZTrio), and music by Rhian Sheehan, rearranged for NZTrio by Ryan Youens.
Additional performances:
Friday, 5 March at 7.30pm
Saturday, 6 March at 2.00pm
Witness the birth of an exciting new company in New Zealand with the launch of BalletCollective Aotearoa and its stimulating inaugural programme of proudly homegrown dance, music and design.
Subtle Dances is a trio of new work created by some of New Zealand’s most exciting choreographers: London-based Cameron McMillan (former dancer with Royal New Zealand Ballet, English National Ballet, Rambert), Loughlan Prior (Royal New Zealand Ballet) and Sarah Knox (Footnote New Zealand Dance, Black Grace).
Harnessing the energy and vivacity of ballet dancers trained here in Aotearoa, and starring the astonishing Abigail Boyle, the work engages in our unique creativity shaped by the country’s isolation and rugged landscape; our openness to new and immersive ideas through many cultural influences; and the innate curiosity of all New Zealanders.
In collaboration, the prodigious NZTrio — Amalia Hall (violin), Ashley Brown (cello) and Somi Kim (piano) — will perform live John Psathas’ work Helix, Claire Cowan’s Subtle Dances (commissioned by the NZTrio), and music by Rhian Sheehan, rearranged for NZTrio by Ryan Youens.
Additional performances:
Friday, 5 March at 7.30pm
Saturday, 6 March at 2.00pm
Witness the birth of an exciting new company in New Zealand with the launch of BalletCollective Aotearoa and its stimulating inaugural programme of proudly homegrown dance, music and design.
Subtle Dances is a trio of new work created by some of New Zealand’s most exciting choreographers: London-based Cameron McMillan (former dancer with Royal New Zealand Ballet, English National Ballet, Rambert), Loughlan Prior (Royal New Zealand Ballet) and Sarah Knox (Footnote New Zealand Dance, Black Grace).
Harnessing the energy and vivacity of ballet dancers trained here in Aotearoa, and starring the astonishing Abigail Boyle, the work engages in our unique creativity shaped by the country’s isolation and rugged landscape; our openness to new and immersive ideas through many cultural influences; and the innate curiosity of all New Zealanders.
In collaboration, the prodigious NZTrio — Amalia Hall (violin), Ashley Brown (cello) and Somi Kim (piano) — will perform live John Psathas’ work Helix, Claire Cowan’s Subtle Dances (commissioned by the NZTrio), and music by Rhian Sheehan, rearranged for NZTrio by Ryan Youens.
Additional performances:
Friday, 5 March at 7.30pm
Saturday, 6 March at 2.00pm

Chamber Music NZ | Transfigured Night (Auckland)
ConcertLaura Saxon Jones
William Fitzgerald
Tabitha Dombroski
with Artistic Direction and Choreography by Loughlan Prior
Helene Pohl | violin
Monique Lapins | violin
Gillian Ansell | viola
Serenity Thurlow | viola
Rolf Gjelsten | cello
Ken Ichinose | cello
Programme:
Tabea Squire | I Danced, Unseen
Dvořák | String Sextet in A major, Op 48
Schoenberg | Verklärte Nacht (Transfigured Night)
Award-winning choreographer Loughlan Prior fuses dance with music in his visceral adaption of Schoenberg’s Verklärte Nacht (Transfigured Night). Based on the mystical poem by Richard Dehmel, it is a celebration of new life, the duality of conflict and resolution and, ultimately, the reconciliation of one with the universe.
Coupled with Dvořák’s gorgeously Slavonic string quartet, this night of intimacy, intensity and spiritual metamorphosis is given life by BalletCollective Aotearoa and New Zealand String Quartet in a moving journey of courage, strength and human warmth.
Additional performances:
March 10th (Hamilton)
March 11th (Napier)
March 13th (Palmerston North)
March 15th (Wellington)
March 17th (New Plymouth)
March 19th (Nelson)
March 20th (Christchurch)
March 22nd (Dunedin)
March 23rd (Invercargill)
Laura Saxon Jones
William Fitzgerald
Tabitha Dombroski
with Artistic Direction and Choreography by Loughlan Prior
Helene Pohl | violin
Monique Lapins | violin
Gillian Ansell | viola
Serenity Thurlow | viola
Rolf Gjelsten | cello
Ken Ichinose | cello
Programme:
Tabea Squire | I Danced, Unseen
Dvořák | String Sextet in A major, Op 48
Schoenberg | Verklärte Nacht (Transfigured Night)
Award-winning choreographer Loughlan Prior fuses dance with music in his visceral adaption of Schoenberg’s Verklärte Nacht (Transfigured Night). Based on the mystical poem by Richard Dehmel, it is a celebration of new life, the duality of conflict and resolution and, ultimately, the reconciliation of one with the universe.
Coupled with Dvořák’s gorgeously Slavonic string quartet, this night of intimacy, intensity and spiritual metamorphosis is given life by BalletCollective Aotearoa and New Zealand String Quartet in a moving journey of courage, strength and human warmth.
Additional performances:
March 10th (Hamilton)
March 11th (Napier)
March 13th (Palmerston North)
March 15th (Wellington)
March 17th (New Plymouth)
March 19th (Nelson)
March 20th (Christchurch)
March 22nd (Dunedin)
March 23rd (Invercargill)
Laura Saxon Jones
William Fitzgerald
Tabitha Dombroski
with Artistic Direction and Choreography by Loughlan Prior
Helene Pohl | violin
Monique Lapins | violin
Gillian Ansell | viola
Serenity Thurlow | viola
Rolf Gjelsten | cello
Ken Ichinose | cello
Programme:
Tabea Squire | I Danced, Unseen
Dvořák | String Sextet in A major, Op 48
Schoenberg | Verklärte Nacht (Transfigured Night)
Award-winning choreographer Loughlan Prior fuses dance with music in his visceral adaption of Schoenberg’s Verklärte Nacht (Transfigured Night). Based on the mystical poem by Richard Dehmel, it is a celebration of new life, the duality of conflict and resolution and, ultimately, the reconciliation of one with the universe.
Coupled with Dvořák’s gorgeously Slavonic string quartet, this night of intimacy, intensity and spiritual metamorphosis is given life by BalletCollective Aotearoa and New Zealand String Quartet in a moving journey of courage, strength and human warmth.
Additional performances:
March 10th (Hamilton)
March 11th (Napier)
March 13th (Palmerston North)
March 15th (Wellington)
March 17th (New Plymouth)
March 19th (Nelson)
March 20th (Christchurch)
March 22nd (Dunedin)
March 23rd (Invercargill)

Chamber Music NZ | Transfigured Night (Hamilton)
ConcertLaura Saxon Jones
William Fitzgerald
Tabitha Dombroski
with Artistic Direction and Choreography by Loughlan Prior
Helene Pohl | violin
Monique Lapins | violin
Gillian Ansell | viola
Serenity Thurlow | viola
Rolf Gjelsten | cello
Ken Ichinose | cello
Programme:
Tabea Squire | I Danced, Unseen
Dvořák | String Sextet in A major, Op 48
Schoenberg | Verklärte Nacht (Transfigured Night)
Award-winning choreographer Loughlan Prior fuses dance with music in his visceral adaption of Schoenberg’s Verklärte Nacht (Transfigured Night). Based on the mystical poem by Richard Dehmel, it is a celebration of new life, the duality of conflict and resolution and, ultimately, the reconciliation of one with the universe.
Coupled with Dvořák’s gorgeously Slavonic string quartet, this night of intimacy, intensity and spiritual metamorphosis is given life by BalletCollective Aotearoa and New Zealand String Quartet in a moving journey of courage, strength and human warmth.
Additional performances:
March 9th (Auckland)
March 11th (Napier)
March 13th (Palmerston North)
March 15th (Wellington)
March 17th (New Plymouth)
March 19th (Nelson)
March 20th (Christchurch)
March 22nd (Dunedin)
March 23rd (Invercargill)
Laura Saxon Jones
William Fitzgerald
Tabitha Dombroski
with Artistic Direction and Choreography by Loughlan Prior
Helene Pohl | violin
Monique Lapins | violin
Gillian Ansell | viola
Serenity Thurlow | viola
Rolf Gjelsten | cello
Ken Ichinose | cello
Programme:
Tabea Squire | I Danced, Unseen
Dvořák | String Sextet in A major, Op 48
Schoenberg | Verklärte Nacht (Transfigured Night)
Award-winning choreographer Loughlan Prior fuses dance with music in his visceral adaption of Schoenberg’s Verklärte Nacht (Transfigured Night). Based on the mystical poem by Richard Dehmel, it is a celebration of new life, the duality of conflict and resolution and, ultimately, the reconciliation of one with the universe.
Coupled with Dvořák’s gorgeously Slavonic string quartet, this night of intimacy, intensity and spiritual metamorphosis is given life by BalletCollective Aotearoa and New Zealand String Quartet in a moving journey of courage, strength and human warmth.
Additional performances:
March 9th (Auckland)
March 11th (Napier)
March 13th (Palmerston North)
March 15th (Wellington)
March 17th (New Plymouth)
March 19th (Nelson)
March 20th (Christchurch)
March 22nd (Dunedin)
March 23rd (Invercargill)
Laura Saxon Jones
William Fitzgerald
Tabitha Dombroski
with Artistic Direction and Choreography by Loughlan Prior
Helene Pohl | violin
Monique Lapins | violin
Gillian Ansell | viola
Serenity Thurlow | viola
Rolf Gjelsten | cello
Ken Ichinose | cello
Programme:
Tabea Squire | I Danced, Unseen
Dvořák | String Sextet in A major, Op 48
Schoenberg | Verklärte Nacht (Transfigured Night)
Award-winning choreographer Loughlan Prior fuses dance with music in his visceral adaption of Schoenberg’s Verklärte Nacht (Transfigured Night). Based on the mystical poem by Richard Dehmel, it is a celebration of new life, the duality of conflict and resolution and, ultimately, the reconciliation of one with the universe.
Coupled with Dvořák’s gorgeously Slavonic string quartet, this night of intimacy, intensity and spiritual metamorphosis is given life by BalletCollective Aotearoa and New Zealand String Quartet in a moving journey of courage, strength and human warmth.
Additional performances:
March 9th (Auckland)
March 11th (Napier)
March 13th (Palmerston North)
March 15th (Wellington)
March 17th (New Plymouth)
March 19th (Nelson)
March 20th (Christchurch)
March 22nd (Dunedin)
March 23rd (Invercargill)

NZSO | Setting Up Camp – Town & Country (Christchurch)
ConcertJames Judd | conductor
Lilburn | Drysdale Overture
Delius orch. Beecham | A Village Romeo and Juliet: The Walk to the Paradise Garden
Arnold | English Dances Set II
Maria Grenfell | Fanfare for a City
Copland | Our Town: Music from the Film Score
Bernstein | On The Town: Three Dance Episodes
The country and the city come together in this programme paying homage to two very different landscapes. Douglas Lilburn, the grandfather of New Zealand classical music, wrote his Drysdale Overture while still a young man studying at London’s Royal College of Music. The Overture nostalgically portrays the pastoral landscape of his family’s farm in the Turakina Valley.
English composer Frederick Delius’ Walk to the Paradise Garden, from his opera A Village Romeo and Juliet, is a dreamily romantic interlude, featuring the woodwind section at their most expressive. Malcolm Arnold’s English Dances, meanwhile, gathers the best of English country folk dances into a charming and colourful suite of toe-tapping tunes.
Then NZ composer Maria Grenfell sweeps us into the city with her jubilant Fanfare for a City, while Aaron Copland’s beautiful film score for Our Town is a nostalgic view of small town life in Grover’s Corner, New Hampshire. Leonard Bernstein’s Three Dance Episodes, from material composed for the musical On The Town, brings 1940s New York to life before your eyes, with its slinky jazz melodies, hopping bebop rhythms and irresistible swing.
Additional performances:
March 4th (Invercargill)
March 6th (Dunedin)
March 14th (Blenheim)
June 9th (North Shore)
June 10th (Auckland)
June 11th (Kerikeri)
James Judd | conductor
Lilburn | Drysdale Overture
Delius orch. Beecham | A Village Romeo and Juliet: The Walk to the Paradise Garden
Arnold | English Dances Set II
Maria Grenfell | Fanfare for a City
Copland | Our Town: Music from the Film Score
Bernstein | On The Town: Three Dance Episodes
The country and the city come together in this programme paying homage to two very different landscapes. Douglas Lilburn, the grandfather of New Zealand classical music, wrote his Drysdale Overture while still a young man studying at London’s Royal College of Music. The Overture nostalgically portrays the pastoral landscape of his family’s farm in the Turakina Valley.
English composer Frederick Delius’ Walk to the Paradise Garden, from his opera A Village Romeo and Juliet, is a dreamily romantic interlude, featuring the woodwind section at their most expressive. Malcolm Arnold’s English Dances, meanwhile, gathers the best of English country folk dances into a charming and colourful suite of toe-tapping tunes.
Then NZ composer Maria Grenfell sweeps us into the city with her jubilant Fanfare for a City, while Aaron Copland’s beautiful film score for Our Town is a nostalgic view of small town life in Grover’s Corner, New Hampshire. Leonard Bernstein’s Three Dance Episodes, from material composed for the musical On The Town, brings 1940s New York to life before your eyes, with its slinky jazz melodies, hopping bebop rhythms and irresistible swing.
Additional performances:
March 4th (Invercargill)
March 6th (Dunedin)
March 14th (Blenheim)
June 9th (North Shore)
June 10th (Auckland)
June 11th (Kerikeri)
James Judd | conductor
Lilburn | Drysdale Overture
Delius orch. Beecham | A Village Romeo and Juliet: The Walk to the Paradise Garden
Arnold | English Dances Set II
Maria Grenfell | Fanfare for a City
Copland | Our Town: Music from the Film Score
Bernstein | On The Town: Three Dance Episodes
The country and the city come together in this programme paying homage to two very different landscapes. Douglas Lilburn, the grandfather of New Zealand classical music, wrote his Drysdale Overture while still a young man studying at London’s Royal College of Music. The Overture nostalgically portrays the pastoral landscape of his family’s farm in the Turakina Valley.
English composer Frederick Delius’ Walk to the Paradise Garden, from his opera A Village Romeo and Juliet, is a dreamily romantic interlude, featuring the woodwind section at their most expressive. Malcolm Arnold’s English Dances, meanwhile, gathers the best of English country folk dances into a charming and colourful suite of toe-tapping tunes.
Then NZ composer Maria Grenfell sweeps us into the city with her jubilant Fanfare for a City, while Aaron Copland’s beautiful film score for Our Town is a nostalgic view of small town life in Grover’s Corner, New Hampshire. Leonard Bernstein’s Three Dance Episodes, from material composed for the musical On The Town, brings 1940s New York to life before your eyes, with its slinky jazz melodies, hopping bebop rhythms and irresistible swing.
Additional performances:
March 4th (Invercargill)
March 6th (Dunedin)
March 14th (Blenheim)
June 9th (North Shore)
June 10th (Auckland)
June 11th (Kerikeri)

Auckland Arts Festival | Dixon Nacey & Friends
ConcertOne of the go-to guitar guys on the Aotearoa music scene, Dixon Nacey continues to perform with some of New Zealand’s top jazz and pop musicians, with over 20 years’ experience up his sleeve.
Recipient of the 2020 Best Jazz Artist Tui for The Edge of Chaos – tunes from which will feature in this performance with newly penned compositions and songs from the award-winning album – Dixon is at the top of his game and here to get The Civic Club swinging.
Presenting a journey through New Zealand's best jazz from the past two decades, Dixon is joined by Roger Manins (tenor sax), Mike Booth (trumpet), Kevin Field (piano), Mostyn Cole (bass) and Andrew Keegan (drums), plus featured guests Chris Melville (vocals), Kevin Haines (bass) and Ron Samsom (drums).
One of the go-to guitar guys on the Aotearoa music scene, Dixon Nacey continues to perform with some of New Zealand’s top jazz and pop musicians, with over 20 years’ experience up his sleeve.
Recipient of the 2020 Best Jazz Artist Tui for The Edge of Chaos – tunes from which will feature in this performance with newly penned compositions and songs from the award-winning album – Dixon is at the top of his game and here to get The Civic Club swinging.
Presenting a journey through New Zealand's best jazz from the past two decades, Dixon is joined by Roger Manins (tenor sax), Mike Booth (trumpet), Kevin Field (piano), Mostyn Cole (bass) and Andrew Keegan (drums), plus featured guests Chris Melville (vocals), Kevin Haines (bass) and Ron Samsom (drums).
One of the go-to guitar guys on the Aotearoa music scene, Dixon Nacey continues to perform with some of New Zealand’s top jazz and pop musicians, with over 20 years’ experience up his sleeve.
Recipient of the 2020 Best Jazz Artist Tui for The Edge of Chaos – tunes from which will feature in this performance with newly penned compositions and songs from the award-winning album – Dixon is at the top of his game and here to get The Civic Club swinging.
Presenting a journey through New Zealand's best jazz from the past two decades, Dixon is joined by Roger Manins (tenor sax), Mike Booth (trumpet), Kevin Field (piano), Mostyn Cole (bass) and Andrew Keegan (drums), plus featured guests Chris Melville (vocals), Kevin Haines (bass) and Ron Samsom (drums).

Auckland Arts Festival | My Name is Moana (Papakura)
ConcertBeloved singer-songwriter Moana Maniapoto is joined by her sister Trina, Pitch Black’s Paddy Free and ace guitarist Cadzow Cossar for a heartfelt musical and narrative tribute to the ocean and Aotearoa.
My Name is Moana is an uplifting and humour-filled show celebrating our relationship to the ocean — and with each other as New Zealanders — through an intoxicating mix of music, myth and personal anecdote.
Songs from Moana & The Moahunters’ iconic album Tahi will feature proudly in this latest revival of the popular tour, as will garage party classics and those inspirational songs which have taken Moana & The Tribe around the world.
My Name is Moana tours to four regional venues:
Hawkins Theatre, Papakura: Thu 11 Mar 7.00pm
Te Oro, Glen Innes: Wed 17 Mar 7.00pm
Warkworth Town Hall: Thu 18 Mar 7.00pm
Artworks Community Theatre, Waiheke: Sat 20 Mar 7.00pm
Beloved singer-songwriter Moana Maniapoto is joined by her sister Trina, Pitch Black’s Paddy Free and ace guitarist Cadzow Cossar for a heartfelt musical and narrative tribute to the ocean and Aotearoa.
My Name is Moana is an uplifting and humour-filled show celebrating our relationship to the ocean — and with each other as New Zealanders — through an intoxicating mix of music, myth and personal anecdote.
Songs from Moana & The Moahunters’ iconic album Tahi will feature proudly in this latest revival of the popular tour, as will garage party classics and those inspirational songs which have taken Moana & The Tribe around the world.
My Name is Moana tours to four regional venues:
Hawkins Theatre, Papakura: Thu 11 Mar 7.00pm
Te Oro, Glen Innes: Wed 17 Mar 7.00pm
Warkworth Town Hall: Thu 18 Mar 7.00pm
Artworks Community Theatre, Waiheke: Sat 20 Mar 7.00pm
Beloved singer-songwriter Moana Maniapoto is joined by her sister Trina, Pitch Black’s Paddy Free and ace guitarist Cadzow Cossar for a heartfelt musical and narrative tribute to the ocean and Aotearoa.
My Name is Moana is an uplifting and humour-filled show celebrating our relationship to the ocean — and with each other as New Zealanders — through an intoxicating mix of music, myth and personal anecdote.
Songs from Moana & The Moahunters’ iconic album Tahi will feature proudly in this latest revival of the popular tour, as will garage party classics and those inspirational songs which have taken Moana & The Tribe around the world.
My Name is Moana tours to four regional venues:
Hawkins Theatre, Papakura: Thu 11 Mar 7.00pm
Te Oro, Glen Innes: Wed 17 Mar 7.00pm
Warkworth Town Hall: Thu 18 Mar 7.00pm
Artworks Community Theatre, Waiheke: Sat 20 Mar 7.00pm

Chamber Music NZ | Transfigured Night (Napier)
ConcertAdditional performances:
March 9th (Auckland)
March 10th (Hamilton)
March 13th (Palmerston North)
March 15th (Wellington)
March 17th (New Plymouth)
March 19th (Nelson)
March 20th (Christchurch)
March 22nd (Dunedin)
March 23rd (Invercargill)
Laura Saxon Jones
William Fitzgerald
Tabitha Dombroski
with Artistic Direction and Choreography by Loughlan Prior
Helene Pohl | violin
Monique Lapins | violin
Gillian Ansell | viola
Serenity Thurlow | viola
Rolf Gjelsten | cello
Ken Ichinose | cello
Programme:
Tabea Squire | I Danced, Unseen
Dvořák | String Sextet in A major, Op 48
Schoenberg | Verklärte Nacht (Transfigured Night)
Award-winning choreographer Loughlan Prior fuses dance with music in his visceral adaption of Schoenberg’s Verklärte Nacht (Transfigured Night). Based on the mystical poem by Richard Dehmel, it is a celebration of new life, the duality of conflict and resolution and, ultimately, the reconciliation of one with the universe.
Coupled with Dvořák’s gorgeously Slavonic string quartet, this night of intimacy, intensity and spiritual metamorphosis is given life by BalletCollective Aotearoa and New Zealand String Quartet in a moving journey of courage, strength and human warmth.
Additional performances:
March 9th (Auckland)
March 10th (Hamilton)
March 13th (Palmerston North)
March 15th (Wellington)
March 17th (New Plymouth)
March 19th (Nelson)
March 20th (Christchurch)
March 22nd (Dunedin)
March 23rd (Invercargill)
Laura Saxon Jones
William Fitzgerald
Tabitha Dombroski
with Artistic Direction and Choreography by Loughlan Prior
Helene Pohl | violin
Monique Lapins | violin
Gillian Ansell | viola
Serenity Thurlow | viola
Rolf Gjelsten | cello
Ken Ichinose | cello
Programme:
Tabea Squire | I Danced, Unseen
Dvořák | String Sextet in A major, Op 48
Schoenberg | Verklärte Nacht (Transfigured Night)
Award-winning choreographer Loughlan Prior fuses dance with music in his visceral adaption of Schoenberg’s Verklärte Nacht (Transfigured Night). Based on the mystical poem by Richard Dehmel, it is a celebration of new life, the duality of conflict and resolution and, ultimately, the reconciliation of one with the universe.
Coupled with Dvořák’s gorgeously Slavonic string quartet, this night of intimacy, intensity and spiritual metamorphosis is given life by BalletCollective Aotearoa and New Zealand String Quartet in a moving journey of courage, strength and human warmth.
Additional performances:
March 9th (Auckland)
March 10th (Hamilton)
March 13th (Palmerston North)
March 15th (Wellington)
March 17th (New Plymouth)
March 19th (Nelson)
March 20th (Christchurch)
March 22nd (Dunedin)
March 23rd (Invercargill)
Laura Saxon Jones
William Fitzgerald
Tabitha Dombroski
with Artistic Direction and Choreography by Loughlan Prior
Helene Pohl | violin
Monique Lapins | violin
Gillian Ansell | viola
Serenity Thurlow | viola
Rolf Gjelsten | cello
Ken Ichinose | cello
Programme:
Tabea Squire | I Danced, Unseen
Dvořák | String Sextet in A major, Op 48
Schoenberg | Verklärte Nacht (Transfigured Night)
Award-winning choreographer Loughlan Prior fuses dance with music in his visceral adaption of Schoenberg’s Verklärte Nacht (Transfigured Night). Based on the mystical poem by Richard Dehmel, it is a celebration of new life, the duality of conflict and resolution and, ultimately, the reconciliation of one with the universe.
Coupled with Dvořák’s gorgeously Slavonic string quartet, this night of intimacy, intensity and spiritual metamorphosis is given life by BalletCollective Aotearoa and New Zealand String Quartet in a moving journey of courage, strength and human warmth.

Chamber Music NZ | Transfigured Night (Palmerston North)
ConcertLaura Saxon Jones
William Fitzgerald
Tabitha Dombroski
with Artistic Direction and Choreography by Loughlan Prior
Helene Pohl | violin
Monique Lapins | violin
Gillian Ansell | viola
Serenity Thurlow | viola
Rolf Gjelsten | cello
Ken Ichinose | cello
Programme:
Tabea Squire | I Danced, Unseen
Dvořák | String Sextet in A major, Op 48
Schoenberg | Verklärte Nacht (Transfigured Night)
Award-winning choreographer Loughlan Prior fuses dance with music in his visceral adaption of Schoenberg’s Verklärte Nacht (Transfigured Night). Based on the mystical poem by Richard Dehmel, it is a celebration of new life, the duality of conflict and resolution and, ultimately, the reconciliation of one with the universe.
Coupled with Dvořák’s gorgeously Slavonic string quartet, this night of intimacy, intensity and spiritual metamorphosis is given life by BalletCollective Aotearoa and New Zealand String Quartet in a moving journey of courage, strength and human warmth.
Additional performances:
March 9th (Auckland)
March 10th (Hamilton)
March 11th (Napier)
March 15th (Wellington)
March 17th (New Plymouth)
March 19th (Nelson)
March 20th (Christchurch)
March 22nd (Dunedin)
March 23rd (Invercargill)
Laura Saxon Jones
William Fitzgerald
Tabitha Dombroski
with Artistic Direction and Choreography by Loughlan Prior
Helene Pohl | violin
Monique Lapins | violin
Gillian Ansell | viola
Serenity Thurlow | viola
Rolf Gjelsten | cello
Ken Ichinose | cello
Programme:
Tabea Squire | I Danced, Unseen
Dvořák | String Sextet in A major, Op 48
Schoenberg | Verklärte Nacht (Transfigured Night)
Award-winning choreographer Loughlan Prior fuses dance with music in his visceral adaption of Schoenberg’s Verklärte Nacht (Transfigured Night). Based on the mystical poem by Richard Dehmel, it is a celebration of new life, the duality of conflict and resolution and, ultimately, the reconciliation of one with the universe.
Coupled with Dvořák’s gorgeously Slavonic string quartet, this night of intimacy, intensity and spiritual metamorphosis is given life by BalletCollective Aotearoa and New Zealand String Quartet in a moving journey of courage, strength and human warmth.
Additional performances:
March 9th (Auckland)
March 10th (Hamilton)
March 11th (Napier)
March 15th (Wellington)
March 17th (New Plymouth)
March 19th (Nelson)
March 20th (Christchurch)
March 22nd (Dunedin)
March 23rd (Invercargill)
Laura Saxon Jones
William Fitzgerald
Tabitha Dombroski
with Artistic Direction and Choreography by Loughlan Prior
Helene Pohl | violin
Monique Lapins | violin
Gillian Ansell | viola
Serenity Thurlow | viola
Rolf Gjelsten | cello
Ken Ichinose | cello
Programme:
Tabea Squire | I Danced, Unseen
Dvořák | String Sextet in A major, Op 48
Schoenberg | Verklärte Nacht (Transfigured Night)
Award-winning choreographer Loughlan Prior fuses dance with music in his visceral adaption of Schoenberg’s Verklärte Nacht (Transfigured Night). Based on the mystical poem by Richard Dehmel, it is a celebration of new life, the duality of conflict and resolution and, ultimately, the reconciliation of one with the universe.
Coupled with Dvořák’s gorgeously Slavonic string quartet, this night of intimacy, intensity and spiritual metamorphosis is given life by BalletCollective Aotearoa and New Zealand String Quartet in a moving journey of courage, strength and human warmth.
Additional performances:
March 9th (Auckland)
March 10th (Hamilton)
March 11th (Napier)
March 15th (Wellington)
March 17th (New Plymouth)
March 19th (Nelson)
March 20th (Christchurch)
March 22nd (Dunedin)
March 23rd (Invercargill)

NZSO | Setting Up Camp – Town & Country (Blenheim)
ConcertJames Judd | conductor
Lilburn | Drysdale Overture
Delius orch. Beecham | A Village Romeo and Juliet: The Walk to the Paradise Garden
Arnold | English Dances Set II
Maria Grenfell | Fanfare for a City
Copland | Our Town: Music from the Film Score
Bernstein | On The Town: Three Dance Episodes
The country and the city come together in this programme paying homage to two very different landscapes. Douglas Lilburn, the grandfather of New Zealand classical music, wrote his Drysdale Overture while still a young man studying at London’s Royal College of Music. The Overture nostalgically portrays the pastoral landscape of his family’s farm in the Turakina Valley.
English composer Frederick Delius’ Walk to the Paradise Garden, from his opera A Village Romeo and Juliet, is a dreamily romantic interlude, featuring the woodwind section at their most expressive. Malcolm Arnold’s English Dances, meanwhile, gathers the best of English country folk dances into a charming and colourful suite of toe-tapping tunes.
Then NZ composer Maria Grenfell sweeps us into the city with her jubilant Fanfare for a City, while Aaron Copland’s beautiful film score for Our Town is a nostalgic view of small town life in Grover’s Corner, New Hampshire. Leonard Bernstein’s Three Dance Episodes, from material composed for the musical On The Town, brings 1940s New York to life before your eyes, with its slinky jazz melodies, hopping bebop rhythms and irresistible swing.
Additional performances:
March 4th (Invercargill)
March 6th (Dunedin)
March 10th (Christchurch)
June 9th (North Shore)
June 10th (Auckland)
June 11th (Kerikeri)
James Judd | conductor
Lilburn | Drysdale Overture
Delius orch. Beecham | A Village Romeo and Juliet: The Walk to the Paradise Garden
Arnold | English Dances Set II
Maria Grenfell | Fanfare for a City
Copland | Our Town: Music from the Film Score
Bernstein | On The Town: Three Dance Episodes
The country and the city come together in this programme paying homage to two very different landscapes. Douglas Lilburn, the grandfather of New Zealand classical music, wrote his Drysdale Overture while still a young man studying at London’s Royal College of Music. The Overture nostalgically portrays the pastoral landscape of his family’s farm in the Turakina Valley.
English composer Frederick Delius’ Walk to the Paradise Garden, from his opera A Village Romeo and Juliet, is a dreamily romantic interlude, featuring the woodwind section at their most expressive. Malcolm Arnold’s English Dances, meanwhile, gathers the best of English country folk dances into a charming and colourful suite of toe-tapping tunes.
Then NZ composer Maria Grenfell sweeps us into the city with her jubilant Fanfare for a City, while Aaron Copland’s beautiful film score for Our Town is a nostalgic view of small town life in Grover’s Corner, New Hampshire. Leonard Bernstein’s Three Dance Episodes, from material composed for the musical On The Town, brings 1940s New York to life before your eyes, with its slinky jazz melodies, hopping bebop rhythms and irresistible swing.
Additional performances:
March 4th (Invercargill)
March 6th (Dunedin)
March 10th (Christchurch)
June 9th (North Shore)
June 10th (Auckland)
June 11th (Kerikeri)
James Judd | conductor
Lilburn | Drysdale Overture
Delius orch. Beecham | A Village Romeo and Juliet: The Walk to the Paradise Garden
Arnold | English Dances Set II
Maria Grenfell | Fanfare for a City
Copland | Our Town: Music from the Film Score
Bernstein | On The Town: Three Dance Episodes
The country and the city come together in this programme paying homage to two very different landscapes. Douglas Lilburn, the grandfather of New Zealand classical music, wrote his Drysdale Overture while still a young man studying at London’s Royal College of Music. The Overture nostalgically portrays the pastoral landscape of his family’s farm in the Turakina Valley.
English composer Frederick Delius’ Walk to the Paradise Garden, from his opera A Village Romeo and Juliet, is a dreamily romantic interlude, featuring the woodwind section at their most expressive. Malcolm Arnold’s English Dances, meanwhile, gathers the best of English country folk dances into a charming and colourful suite of toe-tapping tunes.
Then NZ composer Maria Grenfell sweeps us into the city with her jubilant Fanfare for a City, while Aaron Copland’s beautiful film score for Our Town is a nostalgic view of small town life in Grover’s Corner, New Hampshire. Leonard Bernstein’s Three Dance Episodes, from material composed for the musical On The Town, brings 1940s New York to life before your eyes, with its slinky jazz melodies, hopping bebop rhythms and irresistible swing.
Additional performances:
March 4th (Invercargill)
March 6th (Dunedin)
March 10th (Christchurch)
June 9th (North Shore)
June 10th (Auckland)
June 11th (Kerikeri)

Chamber Music NZ | Transfigured Night (Wellington)
ConcertLaura Saxon Jones
William Fitzgerald
Tabitha Dombroski
with Artistic Direction and Choreography by Loughlan Prior
Helene Pohl | violin
Monique Lapins | violin
Gillian Ansell | viola
Serenity Thurlow | viola
Rolf Gjelsten | cello
Ken Ichinose | cello
Programme:
Tabea Squire | I Danced, Unseen
Dvořák | String Sextet in A major, Op 48
Schoenberg | Verklärte Nacht (Transfigured Night)
Award-winning choreographer Loughlan Prior fuses dance with music in his visceral adaption of Schoenberg’s Verklärte Nacht (Transfigured Night). Based on the mystical poem by Richard Dehmel, it is a celebration of new life, the duality of conflict and resolution and, ultimately, the reconciliation of one with the universe.
Coupled with Dvořák’s gorgeously Slavonic string quartet, this night of intimacy, intensity and spiritual metamorphosis is given life by BalletCollective Aotearoa and New Zealand String Quartet in a moving journey of courage, strength and human warmth.
Additional performances:
March 9th (Auckland)
March 10th (Hamilton)
March 11th (Napier)
March 13th (Palmerston North)
March 17th (New Plymouth)
March 19th (Nelson)
March 20th (Christchurch)
March 22nd (Dunedin)
March 23rd (Invercargill)
Laura Saxon Jones
William Fitzgerald
Tabitha Dombroski
with Artistic Direction and Choreography by Loughlan Prior
Helene Pohl | violin
Monique Lapins | violin
Gillian Ansell | viola
Serenity Thurlow | viola
Rolf Gjelsten | cello
Ken Ichinose | cello
Programme:
Tabea Squire | I Danced, Unseen
Dvořák | String Sextet in A major, Op 48
Schoenberg | Verklärte Nacht (Transfigured Night)
Award-winning choreographer Loughlan Prior fuses dance with music in his visceral adaption of Schoenberg’s Verklärte Nacht (Transfigured Night). Based on the mystical poem by Richard Dehmel, it is a celebration of new life, the duality of conflict and resolution and, ultimately, the reconciliation of one with the universe.
Coupled with Dvořák’s gorgeously Slavonic string quartet, this night of intimacy, intensity and spiritual metamorphosis is given life by BalletCollective Aotearoa and New Zealand String Quartet in a moving journey of courage, strength and human warmth.
Additional performances:
March 9th (Auckland)
March 10th (Hamilton)
March 11th (Napier)
March 13th (Palmerston North)
March 17th (New Plymouth)
March 19th (Nelson)
March 20th (Christchurch)
March 22nd (Dunedin)
March 23rd (Invercargill)
Laura Saxon Jones
William Fitzgerald
Tabitha Dombroski
with Artistic Direction and Choreography by Loughlan Prior
Helene Pohl | violin
Monique Lapins | violin
Gillian Ansell | viola
Serenity Thurlow | viola
Rolf Gjelsten | cello
Ken Ichinose | cello
Programme:
Tabea Squire | I Danced, Unseen
Dvořák | String Sextet in A major, Op 48
Schoenberg | Verklärte Nacht (Transfigured Night)
Award-winning choreographer Loughlan Prior fuses dance with music in his visceral adaption of Schoenberg’s Verklärte Nacht (Transfigured Night). Based on the mystical poem by Richard Dehmel, it is a celebration of new life, the duality of conflict and resolution and, ultimately, the reconciliation of one with the universe.
Coupled with Dvořák’s gorgeously Slavonic string quartet, this night of intimacy, intensity and spiritual metamorphosis is given life by BalletCollective Aotearoa and New Zealand String Quartet in a moving journey of courage, strength and human warmth.
Additional performances:
March 9th (Auckland)
March 10th (Hamilton)
March 11th (Napier)
March 13th (Palmerston North)
March 17th (New Plymouth)
March 19th (Nelson)
March 20th (Christchurch)
March 22nd (Dunedin)
March 23rd (Invercargill)

Auckland Arts Festival | My Name is Moana (Glen Innes)
ConcertBeloved singer-songwriter Moana Maniapoto is joined by her sister Trina, Pitch Black’s Paddy Free and ace guitarist Cadzow Cossar for a heartfelt musical and narrative tribute to the ocean and Aotearoa.
My Name is Moana is an uplifting and humour-filled show celebrating our relationship to the ocean — and with each other as New Zealanders — through an intoxicating mix of music, myth and personal anecdote.
Songs from Moana & The Moahunters’ iconic album Tahi will feature proudly in this latest revival of the popular tour, as will garage party classics and those inspirational songs which have taken Moana & The Tribe around the world.
My Name is Moana tours to four regional venues:
Hawkins Theatre, Papakura: Thu 11 Mar 7.00pm
Te Oro, Glen Innes: Wed 17 Mar 7.00pm
Warkworth Town Hall: Thu 18 Mar 7.00pm
Artworks Community Theatre, Waiheke: Sat 20 Mar 7.00pm
Beloved singer-songwriter Moana Maniapoto is joined by her sister Trina, Pitch Black’s Paddy Free and ace guitarist Cadzow Cossar for a heartfelt musical and narrative tribute to the ocean and Aotearoa.
My Name is Moana is an uplifting and humour-filled show celebrating our relationship to the ocean — and with each other as New Zealanders — through an intoxicating mix of music, myth and personal anecdote.
Songs from Moana & The Moahunters’ iconic album Tahi will feature proudly in this latest revival of the popular tour, as will garage party classics and those inspirational songs which have taken Moana & The Tribe around the world.
My Name is Moana tours to four regional venues:
Hawkins Theatre, Papakura: Thu 11 Mar 7.00pm
Te Oro, Glen Innes: Wed 17 Mar 7.00pm
Warkworth Town Hall: Thu 18 Mar 7.00pm
Artworks Community Theatre, Waiheke: Sat 20 Mar 7.00pm
Beloved singer-songwriter Moana Maniapoto is joined by her sister Trina, Pitch Black’s Paddy Free and ace guitarist Cadzow Cossar for a heartfelt musical and narrative tribute to the ocean and Aotearoa.
My Name is Moana is an uplifting and humour-filled show celebrating our relationship to the ocean — and with each other as New Zealanders — through an intoxicating mix of music, myth and personal anecdote.
Songs from Moana & The Moahunters’ iconic album Tahi will feature proudly in this latest revival of the popular tour, as will garage party classics and those inspirational songs which have taken Moana & The Tribe around the world.
My Name is Moana tours to four regional venues:
Hawkins Theatre, Papakura: Thu 11 Mar 7.00pm
Te Oro, Glen Innes: Wed 17 Mar 7.00pm
Warkworth Town Hall: Thu 18 Mar 7.00pm
Artworks Community Theatre, Waiheke: Sat 20 Mar 7.00pm

Chamber Music NZ | Transfigured Night (New Plymouth)
ConcertLaura Saxon Jones
William Fitzgerald
Tabitha Dombroski
with Artistic Direction and Choreography by Loughlan Prior
Helene Pohl | violin
Monique Lapins | violin
Gillian Ansell | viola
Serenity Thurlow | viola
Rolf Gjelsten | cello
Ken Ichinose | cello
Programme:
Tabea Squire | I Danced, Unseen
Dvořák | String Sextet in A major, Op 48
Schoenberg | Verklärte Nacht (Transfigured Night)
Award-winning choreographer Loughlan Prior fuses dance with music in his visceral adaption of Schoenberg’s Verklärte Nacht (Transfigured Night). Based on the mystical poem by Richard Dehmel, it is a celebration of new life, the duality of conflict and resolution and, ultimately, the reconciliation of one with the universe.
Coupled with Dvořák’s gorgeously Slavonic string quartet, this night of intimacy, intensity and spiritual metamorphosis is given life by BalletCollective Aotearoa and New Zealand String Quartet in a moving journey of courage, strength and human warmth.
Additional performances:
March 9th (Auckland)
March 10th (Hamilton)
March 11th (Napier)
March 13th (Palmerston North)
March 15th (Wellington)
March 19th (Nelson)
March 20th (Christchurch)
March 22nd (Dunedin)
March 23rd (Invercargill)
Laura Saxon Jones
William Fitzgerald
Tabitha Dombroski
with Artistic Direction and Choreography by Loughlan Prior
Helene Pohl | violin
Monique Lapins | violin
Gillian Ansell | viola
Serenity Thurlow | viola
Rolf Gjelsten | cello
Ken Ichinose | cello
Programme:
Tabea Squire | I Danced, Unseen
Dvořák | String Sextet in A major, Op 48
Schoenberg | Verklärte Nacht (Transfigured Night)
Award-winning choreographer Loughlan Prior fuses dance with music in his visceral adaption of Schoenberg’s Verklärte Nacht (Transfigured Night). Based on the mystical poem by Richard Dehmel, it is a celebration of new life, the duality of conflict and resolution and, ultimately, the reconciliation of one with the universe.
Coupled with Dvořák’s gorgeously Slavonic string quartet, this night of intimacy, intensity and spiritual metamorphosis is given life by BalletCollective Aotearoa and New Zealand String Quartet in a moving journey of courage, strength and human warmth.
Additional performances:
March 9th (Auckland)
March 10th (Hamilton)
March 11th (Napier)
March 13th (Palmerston North)
March 15th (Wellington)
March 19th (Nelson)
March 20th (Christchurch)
March 22nd (Dunedin)
March 23rd (Invercargill)
Laura Saxon Jones
William Fitzgerald
Tabitha Dombroski
with Artistic Direction and Choreography by Loughlan Prior
Helene Pohl | violin
Monique Lapins | violin
Gillian Ansell | viola
Serenity Thurlow | viola
Rolf Gjelsten | cello
Ken Ichinose | cello
Programme:
Tabea Squire | I Danced, Unseen
Dvořák | String Sextet in A major, Op 48
Schoenberg | Verklärte Nacht (Transfigured Night)
Award-winning choreographer Loughlan Prior fuses dance with music in his visceral adaption of Schoenberg’s Verklärte Nacht (Transfigured Night). Based on the mystical poem by Richard Dehmel, it is a celebration of new life, the duality of conflict and resolution and, ultimately, the reconciliation of one with the universe.
Coupled with Dvořák’s gorgeously Slavonic string quartet, this night of intimacy, intensity and spiritual metamorphosis is given life by BalletCollective Aotearoa and New Zealand String Quartet in a moving journey of courage, strength and human warmth.
Additional performances:
March 9th (Auckland)
March 10th (Hamilton)
March 11th (Napier)
March 13th (Palmerston North)
March 15th (Wellington)
March 19th (Nelson)
March 20th (Christchurch)
March 22nd (Dunedin)
March 23rd (Invercargill)

Auckland Arts Festival | My Name is Moana (Warkworth)
ConcertBeloved singer-songwriter Moana Maniapoto is joined by her sister Trina, Pitch Black’s Paddy Free and ace guitarist Cadzow Cossar for a heartfelt musical and narrative tribute to the ocean and Aotearoa.
My Name is Moana is an uplifting and humour-filled show celebrating our relationship to the ocean — and with each other as New Zealanders — through an intoxicating mix of music, myth and personal anecdote.
Songs from Moana & The Moahunters’ iconic album Tahi will feature proudly in this latest revival of the popular tour, as will garage party classics and those inspirational songs which have taken Moana & The Tribe around the world.
My Name is Moana tours to four regional venues:
Hawkins Theatre, Papakura: Thu 11 Mar 7.00pm
Te Oro, Glen Innes: Wed 17 Mar 7.00pm
Warkworth Town Hall: Thu 18 Mar 7.00pm
Artworks Community Theatre, Waiheke: Sat 20 Mar 7.00pm
Beloved singer-songwriter Moana Maniapoto is joined by her sister Trina, Pitch Black’s Paddy Free and ace guitarist Cadzow Cossar for a heartfelt musical and narrative tribute to the ocean and Aotearoa.
My Name is Moana is an uplifting and humour-filled show celebrating our relationship to the ocean — and with each other as New Zealanders — through an intoxicating mix of music, myth and personal anecdote.
Songs from Moana & The Moahunters’ iconic album Tahi will feature proudly in this latest revival of the popular tour, as will garage party classics and those inspirational songs which have taken Moana & The Tribe around the world.
My Name is Moana tours to four regional venues:
Hawkins Theatre, Papakura: Thu 11 Mar 7.00pm
Te Oro, Glen Innes: Wed 17 Mar 7.00pm
Warkworth Town Hall: Thu 18 Mar 7.00pm
Artworks Community Theatre, Waiheke: Sat 20 Mar 7.00pm
Beloved singer-songwriter Moana Maniapoto is joined by her sister Trina, Pitch Black’s Paddy Free and ace guitarist Cadzow Cossar for a heartfelt musical and narrative tribute to the ocean and Aotearoa.
My Name is Moana is an uplifting and humour-filled show celebrating our relationship to the ocean — and with each other as New Zealanders — through an intoxicating mix of music, myth and personal anecdote.
Songs from Moana & The Moahunters’ iconic album Tahi will feature proudly in this latest revival of the popular tour, as will garage party classics and those inspirational songs which have taken Moana & The Tribe around the world.
My Name is Moana tours to four regional venues:
Hawkins Theatre, Papakura: Thu 11 Mar 7.00pm
Te Oro, Glen Innes: Wed 17 Mar 7.00pm
Warkworth Town Hall: Thu 18 Mar 7.00pm
Artworks Community Theatre, Waiheke: Sat 20 Mar 7.00pm

Chamber Music NZ | Transfigured Night (Nelson)
ConcertLaura Saxon Jones
William Fitzgerald
Tabitha Dombroski
with Artistic Direction and Choreography by Loughlan Prior
Helene Pohl | violin
Monique Lapins | violin
Gillian Ansell | viola
Serenity Thurlow | viola
Rolf Gjelsten | cello
Ken Ichinose | cello
Programme:
Tabea Squire | I Danced, Unseen
Dvořák | String Sextet in A major, Op 48
Schoenberg | Verklärte Nacht (Transfigured Night)
Award-winning choreographer Loughlan Prior fuses dance with music in his visceral adaption of Schoenberg’s Verklärte Nacht (Transfigured Night). Based on the mystical poem by Richard Dehmel, it is a celebration of new life, the duality of conflict and resolution and, ultimately, the reconciliation of one with the universe.
Coupled with Dvořák’s gorgeously Slavonic string quartet, this night of intimacy, intensity and spiritual metamorphosis is given life by BalletCollective Aotearoa and New Zealand String Quartet in a moving journey of courage, strength and human warmth.
Additional performances:
March 9th (Auckland)
March 10th (Hamilton)
March 11th (Napier)
March 13th (Palmerston North)
March 15th (Wellington)
March 17th (New Plymouth)
March 20th (Christchurch)
March 22nd (Dunedin)
March 23rd (Invercargill)
Laura Saxon Jones
William Fitzgerald
Tabitha Dombroski
with Artistic Direction and Choreography by Loughlan Prior
Helene Pohl | violin
Monique Lapins | violin
Gillian Ansell | viola
Serenity Thurlow | viola
Rolf Gjelsten | cello
Ken Ichinose | cello
Programme:
Tabea Squire | I Danced, Unseen
Dvořák | String Sextet in A major, Op 48
Schoenberg | Verklärte Nacht (Transfigured Night)
Award-winning choreographer Loughlan Prior fuses dance with music in his visceral adaption of Schoenberg’s Verklärte Nacht (Transfigured Night). Based on the mystical poem by Richard Dehmel, it is a celebration of new life, the duality of conflict and resolution and, ultimately, the reconciliation of one with the universe.
Coupled with Dvořák’s gorgeously Slavonic string quartet, this night of intimacy, intensity and spiritual metamorphosis is given life by BalletCollective Aotearoa and New Zealand String Quartet in a moving journey of courage, strength and human warmth.
Additional performances:
March 9th (Auckland)
March 10th (Hamilton)
March 11th (Napier)
March 13th (Palmerston North)
March 15th (Wellington)
March 17th (New Plymouth)
March 20th (Christchurch)
March 22nd (Dunedin)
March 23rd (Invercargill)
Laura Saxon Jones
William Fitzgerald
Tabitha Dombroski
with Artistic Direction and Choreography by Loughlan Prior
Helene Pohl | violin
Monique Lapins | violin
Gillian Ansell | viola
Serenity Thurlow | viola
Rolf Gjelsten | cello
Ken Ichinose | cello
Programme:
Tabea Squire | I Danced, Unseen
Dvořák | String Sextet in A major, Op 48
Schoenberg | Verklärte Nacht (Transfigured Night)
Award-winning choreographer Loughlan Prior fuses dance with music in his visceral adaption of Schoenberg’s Verklärte Nacht (Transfigured Night). Based on the mystical poem by Richard Dehmel, it is a celebration of new life, the duality of conflict and resolution and, ultimately, the reconciliation of one with the universe.
Coupled with Dvořák’s gorgeously Slavonic string quartet, this night of intimacy, intensity and spiritual metamorphosis is given life by BalletCollective Aotearoa and New Zealand String Quartet in a moving journey of courage, strength and human warmth.
Additional performances:
March 9th (Auckland)
March 10th (Hamilton)
March 11th (Napier)
March 13th (Palmerston North)
March 15th (Wellington)
March 17th (New Plymouth)
March 20th (Christchurch)
March 22nd (Dunedin)
March 23rd (Invercargill)

Auckland Arts Festival | Stasbourg 1518
ConcertA story of revolution through dance, this electrifying production explores one of history’s most fascinating mass movements — the dancing plague of 1518.
Living in poverty and under the rule of the patriarchy, the people of Strasbourg revolted one summer against oppression by taking to the streets. No ordinary protest, their uprising was a fever of dance on a scale never seen before – nor again – that lasted for months.
Depicted as collective madness in painting and folklore, this pulsating dance-theatre work interprets events from the inside out, revisioning them not as an illness but catharsis.
Written and composed by Lucien Johnson and featuring the music of legendary Michael Parmenter and a cast of stunning New Zealand dancers, Strasbourg 1518 combines exhilarating original music and choreography into a frenzied tale of anarchy, physicality and the power of art as resistance.
Additional performances:
Saturday, 20th March at 8.00pm
A story of revolution through dance, this electrifying production explores one of history’s most fascinating mass movements — the dancing plague of 1518.
Living in poverty and under the rule of the patriarchy, the people of Strasbourg revolted one summer against oppression by taking to the streets. No ordinary protest, their uprising was a fever of dance on a scale never seen before – nor again – that lasted for months.
Depicted as collective madness in painting and folklore, this pulsating dance-theatre work interprets events from the inside out, revisioning them not as an illness but catharsis.
Written and composed by Lucien Johnson and featuring the music of legendary Michael Parmenter and a cast of stunning New Zealand dancers, Strasbourg 1518 combines exhilarating original music and choreography into a frenzied tale of anarchy, physicality and the power of art as resistance.
Additional performances:
Saturday, 20th March at 8.00pm
A story of revolution through dance, this electrifying production explores one of history’s most fascinating mass movements — the dancing plague of 1518.
Living in poverty and under the rule of the patriarchy, the people of Strasbourg revolted one summer against oppression by taking to the streets. No ordinary protest, their uprising was a fever of dance on a scale never seen before – nor again – that lasted for months.
Depicted as collective madness in painting and folklore, this pulsating dance-theatre work interprets events from the inside out, revisioning them not as an illness but catharsis.
Written and composed by Lucien Johnson and featuring the music of legendary Michael Parmenter and a cast of stunning New Zealand dancers, Strasbourg 1518 combines exhilarating original music and choreography into a frenzied tale of anarchy, physicality and the power of art as resistance.
Additional performances:
Saturday, 20th March at 8.00pm

Auckland Arts Festival | My Name is Moana (Waiheke)
ConcertBeloved singer-songwriter Moana Maniapoto is joined by her sister Trina, Pitch Black’s Paddy Free and ace guitarist Cadzow Cossar for a heartfelt musical and narrative tribute to the ocean and Aotearoa.
My Name is Moana is an uplifting and humour-filled show celebrating our relationship to the ocean — and with each other as New Zealanders — through an intoxicating mix of music, myth and personal anecdote.
Songs from Moana & The Moahunters’ iconic album Tahi will feature proudly in this latest revival of the popular tour, as will garage party classics and those inspirational songs which have taken Moana & The Tribe around the world.
My Name is Moana tours to four regional venues:
Hawkins Theatre, Papakura: Thu 11 Mar 7.00pm
Te Oro, Glen Innes: Wed 17 Mar 7.00pm
Warkworth Town Hall: Thu 18 Mar 7.00pm
Artworks Community Theatre, Waiheke: Sat 20 Mar 7.00pm
Beloved singer-songwriter Moana Maniapoto is joined by her sister Trina, Pitch Black’s Paddy Free and ace guitarist Cadzow Cossar for a heartfelt musical and narrative tribute to the ocean and Aotearoa.
My Name is Moana is an uplifting and humour-filled show celebrating our relationship to the ocean — and with each other as New Zealanders — through an intoxicating mix of music, myth and personal anecdote.
Songs from Moana & The Moahunters’ iconic album Tahi will feature proudly in this latest revival of the popular tour, as will garage party classics and those inspirational songs which have taken Moana & The Tribe around the world.
My Name is Moana tours to four regional venues:
Hawkins Theatre, Papakura: Thu 11 Mar 7.00pm
Te Oro, Glen Innes: Wed 17 Mar 7.00pm
Warkworth Town Hall: Thu 18 Mar 7.00pm
Artworks Community Theatre, Waiheke: Sat 20 Mar 7.00pm
Beloved singer-songwriter Moana Maniapoto is joined by her sister Trina, Pitch Black’s Paddy Free and ace guitarist Cadzow Cossar for a heartfelt musical and narrative tribute to the ocean and Aotearoa.
My Name is Moana is an uplifting and humour-filled show celebrating our relationship to the ocean — and with each other as New Zealanders — through an intoxicating mix of music, myth and personal anecdote.
Songs from Moana & The Moahunters’ iconic album Tahi will feature proudly in this latest revival of the popular tour, as will garage party classics and those inspirational songs which have taken Moana & The Tribe around the world.
My Name is Moana tours to four regional venues:
Hawkins Theatre, Papakura: Thu 11 Mar 7.00pm
Te Oro, Glen Innes: Wed 17 Mar 7.00pm
Warkworth Town Hall: Thu 18 Mar 7.00pm
Artworks Community Theatre, Waiheke: Sat 20 Mar 7.00pm

Chamber Music NZ | Transfigured Night (Christchurch)
ConcertLaura Saxon Jones
William Fitzgerald
Tabitha Dombroski
with Artistic Direction and Choreography by Loughlan Prior
Helene Pohl | violin
Monique Lapins | violin
Gillian Ansell | viola
Serenity Thurlow | viola
Rolf Gjelsten | cello
Ken Ichinose | cello
Programme:
Tabea Squire | I Danced, Unseen
Dvořák | String Sextet in A major, Op 48
Schoenberg | Verklärte Nacht (Transfigured Night)
Award-winning choreographer Loughlan Prior fuses dance with music in his visceral adaption of Schoenberg’s Verklärte Nacht (Transfigured Night). Based on the mystical poem by Richard Dehmel, it is a celebration of new life, the duality of conflict and resolution and, ultimately, the reconciliation of one with the universe.
Coupled with Dvořák’s gorgeously Slavonic string quartet, this night of intimacy, intensity and spiritual metamorphosis is given life by BalletCollective Aotearoa and New Zealand String Quartet in a moving journey of courage, strength and human warmth.
Additional performances:
March 9th (Auckland)
March 10th (Hamilton)
March 11th (Napier)
March 13th (Palmerston North)
March 15th (Wellington)
March 17th (New Plymouth)
March 19th (Nelson)
March 22nd (Dunedin)
March 23rd (Invercargill)
Laura Saxon Jones
William Fitzgerald
Tabitha Dombroski
with Artistic Direction and Choreography by Loughlan Prior
Helene Pohl | violin
Monique Lapins | violin
Gillian Ansell | viola
Serenity Thurlow | viola
Rolf Gjelsten | cello
Ken Ichinose | cello
Programme:
Tabea Squire | I Danced, Unseen
Dvořák | String Sextet in A major, Op 48
Schoenberg | Verklärte Nacht (Transfigured Night)
Award-winning choreographer Loughlan Prior fuses dance with music in his visceral adaption of Schoenberg’s Verklärte Nacht (Transfigured Night). Based on the mystical poem by Richard Dehmel, it is a celebration of new life, the duality of conflict and resolution and, ultimately, the reconciliation of one with the universe.
Coupled with Dvořák’s gorgeously Slavonic string quartet, this night of intimacy, intensity and spiritual metamorphosis is given life by BalletCollective Aotearoa and New Zealand String Quartet in a moving journey of courage, strength and human warmth.
Additional performances:
March 9th (Auckland)
March 10th (Hamilton)
March 11th (Napier)
March 13th (Palmerston North)
March 15th (Wellington)
March 17th (New Plymouth)
March 19th (Nelson)
March 22nd (Dunedin)
March 23rd (Invercargill)
Laura Saxon Jones
William Fitzgerald
Tabitha Dombroski
with Artistic Direction and Choreography by Loughlan Prior
Helene Pohl | violin
Monique Lapins | violin
Gillian Ansell | viola
Serenity Thurlow | viola
Rolf Gjelsten | cello
Ken Ichinose | cello
Programme:
Tabea Squire | I Danced, Unseen
Dvořák | String Sextet in A major, Op 48
Schoenberg | Verklärte Nacht (Transfigured Night)
Award-winning choreographer Loughlan Prior fuses dance with music in his visceral adaption of Schoenberg’s Verklärte Nacht (Transfigured Night). Based on the mystical poem by Richard Dehmel, it is a celebration of new life, the duality of conflict and resolution and, ultimately, the reconciliation of one with the universe.
Coupled with Dvořák’s gorgeously Slavonic string quartet, this night of intimacy, intensity and spiritual metamorphosis is given life by BalletCollective Aotearoa and New Zealand String Quartet in a moving journey of courage, strength and human warmth.
Additional performances:
March 9th (Auckland)
March 10th (Hamilton)
March 11th (Napier)
March 13th (Palmerston North)
March 15th (Wellington)
March 17th (New Plymouth)
March 19th (Nelson)
March 22nd (Dunedin)
March 23rd (Invercargill)

Chamber Music NZ | Transfigured Night (Dunedin)
ConcertLaura Saxon Jones
William Fitzgerald
Tabitha Dombroski
with Artistic Direction and Choreography by Loughlan Prior
Helene Pohl | violin
Monique Lapins | violin
Gillian Ansell | viola
Serenity Thurlow | viola
Rolf Gjelsten | cello
Ken Ichinose | cello
Programme:
Tabea Squire | I Danced, Unseen
Dvořák | String Sextet in A major, Op 48
Schoenberg | Verklärte Nacht (Transfigured Night)
Award-winning choreographer Loughlan Prior fuses dance with music in his visceral adaption of Schoenberg’s Verklärte Nacht (Transfigured Night). Based on the mystical poem by Richard Dehmel, it is a celebration of new life, the duality of conflict and resolution and, ultimately, the reconciliation of one with the universe.
Coupled with Dvořák’s gorgeously Slavonic string quartet, this night of intimacy, intensity and spiritual metamorphosis is given life by BalletCollective Aotearoa and New Zealand String Quartet in a moving journey of courage, strength and human warmth.
Additional performances:
March 9th (Auckland)
March 10th (Hamilton)
March 11th (Napier)
March 13th (Palmerston North)
March 15th (Wellington)
March 17th (New Plymouth)
March 19th (Nelson)
March 20th (Christchurch)
March 23rd (Invercargill)
Laura Saxon Jones
William Fitzgerald
Tabitha Dombroski
with Artistic Direction and Choreography by Loughlan Prior
Helene Pohl | violin
Monique Lapins | violin
Gillian Ansell | viola
Serenity Thurlow | viola
Rolf Gjelsten | cello
Ken Ichinose | cello
Programme:
Tabea Squire | I Danced, Unseen
Dvořák | String Sextet in A major, Op 48
Schoenberg | Verklärte Nacht (Transfigured Night)
Award-winning choreographer Loughlan Prior fuses dance with music in his visceral adaption of Schoenberg’s Verklärte Nacht (Transfigured Night). Based on the mystical poem by Richard Dehmel, it is a celebration of new life, the duality of conflict and resolution and, ultimately, the reconciliation of one with the universe.
Coupled with Dvořák’s gorgeously Slavonic string quartet, this night of intimacy, intensity and spiritual metamorphosis is given life by BalletCollective Aotearoa and New Zealand String Quartet in a moving journey of courage, strength and human warmth.
Additional performances:
March 9th (Auckland)
March 10th (Hamilton)
March 11th (Napier)
March 13th (Palmerston North)
March 15th (Wellington)
March 17th (New Plymouth)
March 19th (Nelson)
March 20th (Christchurch)
March 23rd (Invercargill)
Laura Saxon Jones
William Fitzgerald
Tabitha Dombroski
with Artistic Direction and Choreography by Loughlan Prior
Helene Pohl | violin
Monique Lapins | violin
Gillian Ansell | viola
Serenity Thurlow | viola
Rolf Gjelsten | cello
Ken Ichinose | cello
Programme:
Tabea Squire | I Danced, Unseen
Dvořák | String Sextet in A major, Op 48
Schoenberg | Verklärte Nacht (Transfigured Night)
Award-winning choreographer Loughlan Prior fuses dance with music in his visceral adaption of Schoenberg’s Verklärte Nacht (Transfigured Night). Based on the mystical poem by Richard Dehmel, it is a celebration of new life, the duality of conflict and resolution and, ultimately, the reconciliation of one with the universe.
Coupled with Dvořák’s gorgeously Slavonic string quartet, this night of intimacy, intensity and spiritual metamorphosis is given life by BalletCollective Aotearoa and New Zealand String Quartet in a moving journey of courage, strength and human warmth.
Additional performances:
March 9th (Auckland)
March 10th (Hamilton)
March 11th (Napier)
March 13th (Palmerston North)
March 15th (Wellington)
March 17th (New Plymouth)
March 19th (Nelson)
March 20th (Christchurch)
March 23rd (Invercargill)

Chamber Music NZ | Transfigured Night (Invercargill)
ConcertLaura Saxon Jones
William Fitzgerald
Tabitha Dombroski
with Artistic Direction and Choreography by Loughlan Prior
Helene Pohl | violin
Monique Lapins | violin
Gillian Ansell | viola
Serenity Thurlow | viola
Rolf Gjelsten | cello
Ken Ichinose | cello
Programme:
Tabea Squire | I Danced, Unseen
Dvořák | String Sextet in A major, Op 48
Schoenberg | Verklärte Nacht (Transfigured Night)
Award-winning choreographer Loughlan Prior fuses dance with music in his visceral adaption of Schoenberg’s Verklärte Nacht (Transfigured Night). Based on the mystical poem by Richard Dehmel, it is a celebration of new life, the duality of conflict and resolution and, ultimately, the reconciliation of one with the universe.
Coupled with Dvořák’s gorgeously Slavonic string quartet, this night of intimacy, intensity and spiritual metamorphosis is given life by BalletCollective Aotearoa and New Zealand String Quartet in a moving journey of courage, strength and human warmth.
Additional performances:
March 9th (Auckland)
March 10th (Hamilton)
March 11th (Napier)
March 13th (Palmerston North)
March 15th (Wellington)
March 17th (New Plymouth)
March 19th (Nelson)
March 20th (Christchurch)
March 22nd (Dunedin)
Laura Saxon Jones
William Fitzgerald
Tabitha Dombroski
with Artistic Direction and Choreography by Loughlan Prior
Helene Pohl | violin
Monique Lapins | violin
Gillian Ansell | viola
Serenity Thurlow | viola
Rolf Gjelsten | cello
Ken Ichinose | cello
Programme:
Tabea Squire | I Danced, Unseen
Dvořák | String Sextet in A major, Op 48
Schoenberg | Verklärte Nacht (Transfigured Night)
Award-winning choreographer Loughlan Prior fuses dance with music in his visceral adaption of Schoenberg’s Verklärte Nacht (Transfigured Night). Based on the mystical poem by Richard Dehmel, it is a celebration of new life, the duality of conflict and resolution and, ultimately, the reconciliation of one with the universe.
Coupled with Dvořák’s gorgeously Slavonic string quartet, this night of intimacy, intensity and spiritual metamorphosis is given life by BalletCollective Aotearoa and New Zealand String Quartet in a moving journey of courage, strength and human warmth.
Additional performances:
March 9th (Auckland)
March 10th (Hamilton)
March 11th (Napier)
March 13th (Palmerston North)
March 15th (Wellington)
March 17th (New Plymouth)
March 19th (Nelson)
March 20th (Christchurch)
March 22nd (Dunedin)
Laura Saxon Jones
William Fitzgerald
Tabitha Dombroski
with Artistic Direction and Choreography by Loughlan Prior
Helene Pohl | violin
Monique Lapins | violin
Gillian Ansell | viola
Serenity Thurlow | viola
Rolf Gjelsten | cello
Ken Ichinose | cello
Programme:
Tabea Squire | I Danced, Unseen
Dvořák | String Sextet in A major, Op 48
Schoenberg | Verklärte Nacht (Transfigured Night)
Award-winning choreographer Loughlan Prior fuses dance with music in his visceral adaption of Schoenberg’s Verklärte Nacht (Transfigured Night). Based on the mystical poem by Richard Dehmel, it is a celebration of new life, the duality of conflict and resolution and, ultimately, the reconciliation of one with the universe.
Coupled with Dvořák’s gorgeously Slavonic string quartet, this night of intimacy, intensity and spiritual metamorphosis is given life by BalletCollective Aotearoa and New Zealand String Quartet in a moving journey of courage, strength and human warmth.
Additional performances:
March 9th (Auckland)
March 10th (Hamilton)
March 11th (Napier)
March 13th (Palmerston North)
March 15th (Wellington)
March 17th (New Plymouth)
March 19th (Nelson)
March 20th (Christchurch)
March 22nd (Dunedin)

Chamber Music NZ | Trio Élan (Whangārei)
ConcertDonald Armstrong | violin
Simon Brew | saxophone
Sarah Watkins | piano
Programme:
Russ Peterson | Trio for Alto Saxophone, Violin & Piano
Peter Liley | “Deux Images” for Trio
Debussy | Violin Sonata in G minor
Albeniz | Evocación (piano solo)
Barry Cockcroft | Beat Me (sax solo)
Marc Eychenne | Cantilene and Dance
Gareth Farr | Meditation (sax and piano)
Piazzolla | Otono Porteno
Gareth Farr | Tango: Un Verano de Passion
Trio Élan is an electrifying new ensemble made up of three of New Zealand’s leading chamber musicians: violinist Donald Armstrong, saxophonist Simon Brew and pianist Sarah Watkins. In a rare and exclusive programme which showcases the dynamic and seductive sounds of three wildly different instruments, audiences will be swept along by colourful and jazzy music from France, New Zealand, Argentina and the US.
Since Adolf Sax invented the saxophone in the 1840s, composers have been captivated by its magical sound and have combined it with many other instruments. Debussy and Ravel incorporated its beautiful sweetness in their impressionist music, influencing such contemporary composers as Algerian-born Marc Eychenne. The saxophone lies at the heart of newer styles such as jazz, dance, and pop music, and the violin and piano have taken to these new styles with ease.
Trio Élan’s novel line-up of violin, saxophone and piano beautifully create evocative sounds, catchy contemporary rhythms and soaring melodies. Prepare to be mesmerised, enchanted and entertained as these three top musicians unleash this exciting programme.
Additional performances:
April 7th (Cromwell)
April 8th (Christchurch)
April 9th (Motueka)
April 11th (Waikanae)
April 12th (Upper Hutt)
April 17th (Warkworth)
April 18th (Wellington)
Donald Armstrong | violin
Simon Brew | saxophone
Sarah Watkins | piano
Programme:
Russ Peterson | Trio for Alto Saxophone, Violin & Piano
Peter Liley | “Deux Images” for Trio
Debussy | Violin Sonata in G minor
Albeniz | Evocación (piano solo)
Barry Cockcroft | Beat Me (sax solo)
Marc Eychenne | Cantilene and Dance
Gareth Farr | Meditation (sax and piano)
Piazzolla | Otono Porteno
Gareth Farr | Tango: Un Verano de Passion
Trio Élan is an electrifying new ensemble made up of three of New Zealand’s leading chamber musicians: violinist Donald Armstrong, saxophonist Simon Brew and pianist Sarah Watkins. In a rare and exclusive programme which showcases the dynamic and seductive sounds of three wildly different instruments, audiences will be swept along by colourful and jazzy music from France, New Zealand, Argentina and the US.
Since Adolf Sax invented the saxophone in the 1840s, composers have been captivated by its magical sound and have combined it with many other instruments. Debussy and Ravel incorporated its beautiful sweetness in their impressionist music, influencing such contemporary composers as Algerian-born Marc Eychenne. The saxophone lies at the heart of newer styles such as jazz, dance, and pop music, and the violin and piano have taken to these new styles with ease.
Trio Élan’s novel line-up of violin, saxophone and piano beautifully create evocative sounds, catchy contemporary rhythms and soaring melodies. Prepare to be mesmerised, enchanted and entertained as these three top musicians unleash this exciting programme.
Additional performances:
April 7th (Cromwell)
April 8th (Christchurch)
April 9th (Motueka)
April 11th (Waikanae)
April 12th (Upper Hutt)
April 17th (Warkworth)
April 18th (Wellington)
Donald Armstrong | violin
Simon Brew | saxophone
Sarah Watkins | piano
Programme:
Russ Peterson | Trio for Alto Saxophone, Violin & Piano
Peter Liley | “Deux Images” for Trio
Debussy | Violin Sonata in G minor
Albeniz | Evocación (piano solo)
Barry Cockcroft | Beat Me (sax solo)
Marc Eychenne | Cantilene and Dance
Gareth Farr | Meditation (sax and piano)
Piazzolla | Otono Porteno
Gareth Farr | Tango: Un Verano de Passion
Trio Élan is an electrifying new ensemble made up of three of New Zealand’s leading chamber musicians: violinist Donald Armstrong, saxophonist Simon Brew and pianist Sarah Watkins. In a rare and exclusive programme which showcases the dynamic and seductive sounds of three wildly different instruments, audiences will be swept along by colourful and jazzy music from France, New Zealand, Argentina and the US.
Since Adolf Sax invented the saxophone in the 1840s, composers have been captivated by its magical sound and have combined it with many other instruments. Debussy and Ravel incorporated its beautiful sweetness in their impressionist music, influencing such contemporary composers as Algerian-born Marc Eychenne. The saxophone lies at the heart of newer styles such as jazz, dance, and pop music, and the violin and piano have taken to these new styles with ease.
Trio Élan’s novel line-up of violin, saxophone and piano beautifully create evocative sounds, catchy contemporary rhythms and soaring melodies. Prepare to be mesmerised, enchanted and entertained as these three top musicians unleash this exciting programme.
Additional performances:
April 7th (Cromwell)
April 8th (Christchurch)
April 9th (Motueka)
April 11th (Waikanae)
April 12th (Upper Hutt)
April 17th (Warkworth)
April 18th (Wellington)

Chamber Music NZ | Trio Élan (Cromwell)
ConcertDonald Armstrong | violin
Simon Brew | saxophone
Sarah Watkins | piano
Programme:
Russ Peterson | Trio for Alto Saxophone, Violin & Piano
Peter Liley | “Deux Images” for Trio
Debussy | Violin Sonata in G minor
Albeniz | Evocación (piano solo)
Barry Cockcroft | Beat Me (sax solo)
Marc Eychenne | Cantilene and Dance
Gareth Farr | Meditation (sax and piano)
Piazzolla | Otono Porteno
Gareth Farr | Tango: Un Verano de Passion
Trio Élan is an electrifying new ensemble made up of three of New Zealand’s leading chamber musicians: violinist Donald Armstrong, saxophonist Simon Brew and pianist Sarah Watkins. In a rare and exclusive programme which showcases the dynamic and seductive sounds of three wildly different instruments, audiences will be swept along by colourful and jazzy music from France, New Zealand, Argentina and the US.
Since Adolf Sax invented the saxophone in the 1840s, composers have been captivated by its magical sound and have combined it with many other instruments. Debussy and Ravel incorporated its beautiful sweetness in their impressionist music, influencing such contemporary composers as Algerian-born Marc Eychenne. The saxophone lies at the heart of newer styles such as jazz, dance, and pop music, and the violin and piano have taken to these new styles with ease.
Trio Élan’s novel line-up of violin, saxophone and piano beautifully create evocative sounds, catchy contemporary rhythms and soaring melodies. Prepare to be mesmerised, enchanted and entertained as these three top musicians unleash this exciting programme.
Additional performances:
March 28th (Whangārei)
April 8th (Christchurch)
April 9th (Motueka)
April 11th (Waikanae)
April 12th (Upper Hutt)
April 17th (Warkworth)
April 18th (Wellington)
Donald Armstrong | violin
Simon Brew | saxophone
Sarah Watkins | piano
Programme:
Russ Peterson | Trio for Alto Saxophone, Violin & Piano
Peter Liley | “Deux Images” for Trio
Debussy | Violin Sonata in G minor
Albeniz | Evocación (piano solo)
Barry Cockcroft | Beat Me (sax solo)
Marc Eychenne | Cantilene and Dance
Gareth Farr | Meditation (sax and piano)
Piazzolla | Otono Porteno
Gareth Farr | Tango: Un Verano de Passion
Trio Élan is an electrifying new ensemble made up of three of New Zealand’s leading chamber musicians: violinist Donald Armstrong, saxophonist Simon Brew and pianist Sarah Watkins. In a rare and exclusive programme which showcases the dynamic and seductive sounds of three wildly different instruments, audiences will be swept along by colourful and jazzy music from France, New Zealand, Argentina and the US.
Since Adolf Sax invented the saxophone in the 1840s, composers have been captivated by its magical sound and have combined it with many other instruments. Debussy and Ravel incorporated its beautiful sweetness in their impressionist music, influencing such contemporary composers as Algerian-born Marc Eychenne. The saxophone lies at the heart of newer styles such as jazz, dance, and pop music, and the violin and piano have taken to these new styles with ease.
Trio Élan’s novel line-up of violin, saxophone and piano beautifully create evocative sounds, catchy contemporary rhythms and soaring melodies. Prepare to be mesmerised, enchanted and entertained as these three top musicians unleash this exciting programme.
Additional performances:
March 28th (Whangārei)
April 8th (Christchurch)
April 9th (Motueka)
April 11th (Waikanae)
April 12th (Upper Hutt)
April 17th (Warkworth)
April 18th (Wellington)
Donald Armstrong | violin
Simon Brew | saxophone
Sarah Watkins | piano
Programme:
Russ Peterson | Trio for Alto Saxophone, Violin & Piano
Peter Liley | “Deux Images” for Trio
Debussy | Violin Sonata in G minor
Albeniz | Evocación (piano solo)
Barry Cockcroft | Beat Me (sax solo)
Marc Eychenne | Cantilene and Dance
Gareth Farr | Meditation (sax and piano)
Piazzolla | Otono Porteno
Gareth Farr | Tango: Un Verano de Passion
Trio Élan is an electrifying new ensemble made up of three of New Zealand’s leading chamber musicians: violinist Donald Armstrong, saxophonist Simon Brew and pianist Sarah Watkins. In a rare and exclusive programme which showcases the dynamic and seductive sounds of three wildly different instruments, audiences will be swept along by colourful and jazzy music from France, New Zealand, Argentina and the US.
Since Adolf Sax invented the saxophone in the 1840s, composers have been captivated by its magical sound and have combined it with many other instruments. Debussy and Ravel incorporated its beautiful sweetness in their impressionist music, influencing such contemporary composers as Algerian-born Marc Eychenne. The saxophone lies at the heart of newer styles such as jazz, dance, and pop music, and the violin and piano have taken to these new styles with ease.
Trio Élan’s novel line-up of violin, saxophone and piano beautifully create evocative sounds, catchy contemporary rhythms and soaring melodies. Prepare to be mesmerised, enchanted and entertained as these three top musicians unleash this exciting programme.
Additional performances:
March 28th (Whangārei)
April 8th (Christchurch)
April 9th (Motueka)
April 11th (Waikanae)
April 12th (Upper Hutt)
April 17th (Warkworth)
April 18th (Wellington)

Chamber Music NZ | Nocturnes (Palmerston North)
ConcertJian Liu | piano
Programme:
Gillian Whitehead | Lullaby for Matthew
John Field | Nocturne No 6 “Cradle Song”
Chopin | Nocturne in F-sharp Major, Op 15, No 2
Leonie Holmes | Nocturne for Piano
Grieg | Notturno, Op 54, No 4
Alexandre Tansman | Four Nocturnes
Resphigi | Nocturne from Six Piano Pieces, R44
Lowell Liebermann | Nocturne
Poulenc | Nocturne No 1
Britten | Notturno
Wieck-Schumann | Nocturne, Op 6, No 2
Schumann | In der Nacht, from Fantasiestücke, Op 12
Bartók | ‘The Night’s Music’, from Out of Doors
Joio | Nocturne in E Major
Barber | Nocturne, Op 33
Liszt | Nocturne No 3 from Liebesträume
'Nocturnes' is an evocative collection of night-songs for the piano, played by internationally celebrated concert pianist, chamber musician and educator Professor Jian Liu. Journey through a dreamscape of lilting lullabies and cradlesongs alongside night-music of mystery and mischief. Beloved nocturnes by Chopin and Liszt light the way for other gems in an intimate evening that celebrates the purity and power of solo piano.
Additional performances:
April 8th (New Plymouth)
April 10th (Hamilton)
April 12th (Napier)
April 14th (Wellington)
April 15th (Nelson)
April 16th (Christchurch)
April 18th (Invercargill)
April 19th (Dunedin)
April 21st (Auckland)
Jian Liu | piano
Programme:
Gillian Whitehead | Lullaby for Matthew
John Field | Nocturne No 6 “Cradle Song”
Chopin | Nocturne in F-sharp Major, Op 15, No 2
Leonie Holmes | Nocturne for Piano
Grieg | Notturno, Op 54, No 4
Alexandre Tansman | Four Nocturnes
Resphigi | Nocturne from Six Piano Pieces, R44
Lowell Liebermann | Nocturne
Poulenc | Nocturne No 1
Britten | Notturno
Wieck-Schumann | Nocturne, Op 6, No 2
Schumann | In der Nacht, from Fantasiestücke, Op 12
Bartók | ‘The Night’s Music’, from Out of Doors
Joio | Nocturne in E Major
Barber | Nocturne, Op 33
Liszt | Nocturne No 3 from Liebesträume
'Nocturnes' is an evocative collection of night-songs for the piano, played by internationally celebrated concert pianist, chamber musician and educator Professor Jian Liu. Journey through a dreamscape of lilting lullabies and cradlesongs alongside night-music of mystery and mischief. Beloved nocturnes by Chopin and Liszt light the way for other gems in an intimate evening that celebrates the purity and power of solo piano.
Additional performances:
April 8th (New Plymouth)
April 10th (Hamilton)
April 12th (Napier)
April 14th (Wellington)
April 15th (Nelson)
April 16th (Christchurch)
April 18th (Invercargill)
April 19th (Dunedin)
April 21st (Auckland)
Jian Liu | piano
Programme:
Gillian Whitehead | Lullaby for Matthew
John Field | Nocturne No 6 “Cradle Song”
Chopin | Nocturne in F-sharp Major, Op 15, No 2
Leonie Holmes | Nocturne for Piano
Grieg | Notturno, Op 54, No 4
Alexandre Tansman | Four Nocturnes
Resphigi | Nocturne from Six Piano Pieces, R44
Lowell Liebermann | Nocturne
Poulenc | Nocturne No 1
Britten | Notturno
Wieck-Schumann | Nocturne, Op 6, No 2
Schumann | In der Nacht, from Fantasiestücke, Op 12
Bartók | ‘The Night’s Music’, from Out of Doors
Joio | Nocturne in E Major
Barber | Nocturne, Op 33
Liszt | Nocturne No 3 from Liebesträume
'Nocturnes' is an evocative collection of night-songs for the piano, played by internationally celebrated concert pianist, chamber musician and educator Professor Jian Liu. Journey through a dreamscape of lilting lullabies and cradlesongs alongside night-music of mystery and mischief. Beloved nocturnes by Chopin and Liszt light the way for other gems in an intimate evening that celebrates the purity and power of solo piano.
Additional performances:
April 8th (New Plymouth)
April 10th (Hamilton)
April 12th (Napier)
April 14th (Wellington)
April 15th (Nelson)
April 16th (Christchurch)
April 18th (Invercargill)
April 19th (Dunedin)
April 21st (Auckland)

Chamber Music NZ | Trio Élan (Christchurch)
ConcertDonald Armstrong | violin
Simon Brew | saxophone
Sarah Watkins | piano
Programme:
Russ Peterson | Trio for Alto Saxophone, Violin & Piano
Peter Liley | “Deux Images” for Trio
Debussy | Violin Sonata in G minor
Albeniz | Evocación (piano solo)
Barry Cockcroft | Beat Me (sax solo)
Marc Eychenne | Cantilene and Dance
Gareth Farr | Meditation (sax and piano)
Piazzolla | Otono Porteno
Gareth Farr | Tango: Un Verano de Passion
Trio Élan is an electrifying new ensemble made up of three of New Zealand’s leading chamber musicians: violinist Donald Armstrong, saxophonist Simon Brew and pianist Sarah Watkins. In a rare and exclusive programme which showcases the dynamic and seductive sounds of three wildly different instruments, audiences will be swept along by colourful and jazzy music from France, New Zealand, Argentina and the US.
Since Adolf Sax invented the saxophone in the 1840s, composers have been captivated by its magical sound and have combined it with many other instruments. Debussy and Ravel incorporated its beautiful sweetness in their impressionist music, influencing such contemporary composers as Algerian-born Marc Eychenne. The saxophone lies at the heart of newer styles such as jazz, dance, and pop music, and the violin and piano have taken to these new styles with ease.
Trio Élan’s novel line-up of violin, saxophone and piano beautifully create evocative sounds, catchy contemporary rhythms and soaring melodies. Prepare to be mesmerised, enchanted and entertained as these three top musicians unleash this exciting programme.
Additional performances:
March 28th (Whangārei)
April 7th (Cromwell)
April 9th (Motueka)
April 11th (Waikanae)
April 12th (Upper Hutt)
April 17th (Warkworth)
April 18th (Wellington)
Donald Armstrong | violin
Simon Brew | saxophone
Sarah Watkins | piano
Programme:
Russ Peterson | Trio for Alto Saxophone, Violin & Piano
Peter Liley | “Deux Images” for Trio
Debussy | Violin Sonata in G minor
Albeniz | Evocación (piano solo)
Barry Cockcroft | Beat Me (sax solo)
Marc Eychenne | Cantilene and Dance
Gareth Farr | Meditation (sax and piano)
Piazzolla | Otono Porteno
Gareth Farr | Tango: Un Verano de Passion
Trio Élan is an electrifying new ensemble made up of three of New Zealand’s leading chamber musicians: violinist Donald Armstrong, saxophonist Simon Brew and pianist Sarah Watkins. In a rare and exclusive programme which showcases the dynamic and seductive sounds of three wildly different instruments, audiences will be swept along by colourful and jazzy music from France, New Zealand, Argentina and the US.
Since Adolf Sax invented the saxophone in the 1840s, composers have been captivated by its magical sound and have combined it with many other instruments. Debussy and Ravel incorporated its beautiful sweetness in their impressionist music, influencing such contemporary composers as Algerian-born Marc Eychenne. The saxophone lies at the heart of newer styles such as jazz, dance, and pop music, and the violin and piano have taken to these new styles with ease.
Trio Élan’s novel line-up of violin, saxophone and piano beautifully create evocative sounds, catchy contemporary rhythms and soaring melodies. Prepare to be mesmerised, enchanted and entertained as these three top musicians unleash this exciting programme.
Additional performances:
March 28th (Whangārei)
April 7th (Cromwell)
April 9th (Motueka)
April 11th (Waikanae)
April 12th (Upper Hutt)
April 17th (Warkworth)
April 18th (Wellington)
Donald Armstrong | violin
Simon Brew | saxophone
Sarah Watkins | piano
Programme:
Russ Peterson | Trio for Alto Saxophone, Violin & Piano
Peter Liley | “Deux Images” for Trio
Debussy | Violin Sonata in G minor
Albeniz | Evocación (piano solo)
Barry Cockcroft | Beat Me (sax solo)
Marc Eychenne | Cantilene and Dance
Gareth Farr | Meditation (sax and piano)
Piazzolla | Otono Porteno
Gareth Farr | Tango: Un Verano de Passion
Trio Élan is an electrifying new ensemble made up of three of New Zealand’s leading chamber musicians: violinist Donald Armstrong, saxophonist Simon Brew and pianist Sarah Watkins. In a rare and exclusive programme which showcases the dynamic and seductive sounds of three wildly different instruments, audiences will be swept along by colourful and jazzy music from France, New Zealand, Argentina and the US.
Since Adolf Sax invented the saxophone in the 1840s, composers have been captivated by its magical sound and have combined it with many other instruments. Debussy and Ravel incorporated its beautiful sweetness in their impressionist music, influencing such contemporary composers as Algerian-born Marc Eychenne. The saxophone lies at the heart of newer styles such as jazz, dance, and pop music, and the violin and piano have taken to these new styles with ease.
Trio Élan’s novel line-up of violin, saxophone and piano beautifully create evocative sounds, catchy contemporary rhythms and soaring melodies. Prepare to be mesmerised, enchanted and entertained as these three top musicians unleash this exciting programme.
Additional performances:
March 28th (Whangārei)
April 7th (Cromwell)
April 9th (Motueka)
April 11th (Waikanae)
April 12th (Upper Hutt)
April 17th (Warkworth)
April 18th (Wellington)

NZSO Podium Series | Firebird (Wellington)
ConcertHamish McKeich | conductor
Diedre Irons | piano
Juliet Palmer | Buzzard
WA Mozart | Piano Concerto No. 23 in A Major
Stravinsky (orch. Jonathan McPhee) | The Firebird
Fifty years after Igor Stravinsky’s passing, his music continues to excite, provoke and entertain. This is nowhere more evident than in The Firebird. Originally composed in 1910, it has profoundly stirred the hearts of listeners ever since.
The Firebird has also inspired generations of later composers, including New Zealand-born Canadian composer Juliet Palmer. Her piece Buzzard, explicitly inspired by two famous musical birds (Stravinsky’s Firebird and Tchaikovsky’s Swan Lake) bears the thumbprint of her interdisciplinary, “postmodernist-with-a-conscience” style.
Diedre Irons will perform Mozart’s Piano Concerto No. 23. Like Palmer, she has spent considerable time in both NZ and North America, studying first in Canada, then both studying and then teaching at the Curtis Institute. Her long and illustrious career as soloist, chamber musician and educator has seen her record all five Beethoven Concerti with Christchurch Symphony Orchestra, collaborate with the New Zealand, Kodaly and Latin American String Quartets, and receive an MBE and ONZM for services to music.
Additional performances:
April 10th (Tauranga)
April 17th (Napier)
April 24th (Auckland)
Hamish McKeich | conductor
Diedre Irons | piano
Juliet Palmer | Buzzard
WA Mozart | Piano Concerto No. 23 in A Major
Stravinsky (orch. Jonathan McPhee) | The Firebird
Fifty years after Igor Stravinsky’s passing, his music continues to excite, provoke and entertain. This is nowhere more evident than in The Firebird. Originally composed in 1910, it has profoundly stirred the hearts of listeners ever since.
The Firebird has also inspired generations of later composers, including New Zealand-born Canadian composer Juliet Palmer. Her piece Buzzard, explicitly inspired by two famous musical birds (Stravinsky’s Firebird and Tchaikovsky’s Swan Lake) bears the thumbprint of her interdisciplinary, “postmodernist-with-a-conscience” style.
Diedre Irons will perform Mozart’s Piano Concerto No. 23. Like Palmer, she has spent considerable time in both NZ and North America, studying first in Canada, then both studying and then teaching at the Curtis Institute. Her long and illustrious career as soloist, chamber musician and educator has seen her record all five Beethoven Concerti with Christchurch Symphony Orchestra, collaborate with the New Zealand, Kodaly and Latin American String Quartets, and receive an MBE and ONZM for services to music.
Additional performances:
April 10th (Tauranga)
April 17th (Napier)
April 24th (Auckland)
Hamish McKeich | conductor
Diedre Irons | piano
Juliet Palmer | Buzzard
WA Mozart | Piano Concerto No. 23 in A Major
Stravinsky (orch. Jonathan McPhee) | The Firebird
Fifty years after Igor Stravinsky’s passing, his music continues to excite, provoke and entertain. This is nowhere more evident than in The Firebird. Originally composed in 1910, it has profoundly stirred the hearts of listeners ever since.
The Firebird has also inspired generations of later composers, including New Zealand-born Canadian composer Juliet Palmer. Her piece Buzzard, explicitly inspired by two famous musical birds (Stravinsky’s Firebird and Tchaikovsky’s Swan Lake) bears the thumbprint of her interdisciplinary, “postmodernist-with-a-conscience” style.
Diedre Irons will perform Mozart’s Piano Concerto No. 23. Like Palmer, she has spent considerable time in both NZ and North America, studying first in Canada, then both studying and then teaching at the Curtis Institute. Her long and illustrious career as soloist, chamber musician and educator has seen her record all five Beethoven Concerti with Christchurch Symphony Orchestra, collaborate with the New Zealand, Kodaly and Latin American String Quartets, and receive an MBE and ONZM for services to music.
Additional performances:
April 10th (Tauranga)
April 17th (Napier)
April 24th (Auckland)

Chamber Music NZ | Nocturnes (New Plymouth)
ConcertJian Liu | piano
Programme:
Gillian Whitehead | Lullaby for Matthew
John Field | Nocturne No 6 “Cradle Song”
Chopin | Nocturne in F-sharp Major, Op 15, No 2
Leonie Holmes | Nocturne for Piano
Grieg | Notturno, Op 54, No 4
Alexandre Tansman | Four Nocturnes
Resphigi | Nocturne from Six Piano Pieces, R44
Lowell Liebermann | Nocturne
Poulenc | Nocturne No 1
Britten | Notturno
Wieck-Schumann | Nocturne, Op 6, No 2
Schumann | In der Nacht, from Fantasiestücke, Op 12
Bartók | ‘The Night’s Music’, from Out of Doors
Joio | Nocturne in E Major
Barber | Nocturne, Op 33
Liszt | Nocturne No 3 from Liebesträume
'Nocturnes' is an evocative collection of night-songs for the piano, played by internationally celebrated concert pianist, chamber musician and educator Professor Jian Liu. Journey through a dreamscape of lilting lullabies and cradlesongs alongside night-music of mystery and mischief. Beloved nocturnes by Chopin and Liszt light the way for other gems in an intimate evening that celebrates the purity and power of solo piano.
Additional performances:
April 7th (Palmerston North)
April 10th (Hamilton)
April 12th (Napier)
April 14th (Wellington)
April 15th (Nelson)
April 16th (Christchurch)
April 18th (Invercargill)
April 19th (Dunedin)
April 21st (Auckland)
Jian Liu | piano
Programme:
Gillian Whitehead | Lullaby for Matthew
John Field | Nocturne No 6 “Cradle Song”
Chopin | Nocturne in F-sharp Major, Op 15, No 2
Leonie Holmes | Nocturne for Piano
Grieg | Notturno, Op 54, No 4
Alexandre Tansman | Four Nocturnes
Resphigi | Nocturne from Six Piano Pieces, R44
Lowell Liebermann | Nocturne
Poulenc | Nocturne No 1
Britten | Notturno
Wieck-Schumann | Nocturne, Op 6, No 2
Schumann | In der Nacht, from Fantasiestücke, Op 12
Bartók | ‘The Night’s Music’, from Out of Doors
Joio | Nocturne in E Major
Barber | Nocturne, Op 33
Liszt | Nocturne No 3 from Liebesträume
'Nocturnes' is an evocative collection of night-songs for the piano, played by internationally celebrated concert pianist, chamber musician and educator Professor Jian Liu. Journey through a dreamscape of lilting lullabies and cradlesongs alongside night-music of mystery and mischief. Beloved nocturnes by Chopin and Liszt light the way for other gems in an intimate evening that celebrates the purity and power of solo piano.
Additional performances:
April 7th (Palmerston North)
April 10th (Hamilton)
April 12th (Napier)
April 14th (Wellington)
April 15th (Nelson)
April 16th (Christchurch)
April 18th (Invercargill)
April 19th (Dunedin)
April 21st (Auckland)
Jian Liu | piano
Programme:
Gillian Whitehead | Lullaby for Matthew
John Field | Nocturne No 6 “Cradle Song”
Chopin | Nocturne in F-sharp Major, Op 15, No 2
Leonie Holmes | Nocturne for Piano
Grieg | Notturno, Op 54, No 4
Alexandre Tansman | Four Nocturnes
Resphigi | Nocturne from Six Piano Pieces, R44
Lowell Liebermann | Nocturne
Poulenc | Nocturne No 1
Britten | Notturno
Wieck-Schumann | Nocturne, Op 6, No 2
Schumann | In der Nacht, from Fantasiestücke, Op 12
Bartók | ‘The Night’s Music’, from Out of Doors
Joio | Nocturne in E Major
Barber | Nocturne, Op 33
Liszt | Nocturne No 3 from Liebesträume
'Nocturnes' is an evocative collection of night-songs for the piano, played by internationally celebrated concert pianist, chamber musician and educator Professor Jian Liu. Journey through a dreamscape of lilting lullabies and cradlesongs alongside night-music of mystery and mischief. Beloved nocturnes by Chopin and Liszt light the way for other gems in an intimate evening that celebrates the purity and power of solo piano.
Additional performances:
April 7th (Palmerston North)
April 10th (Hamilton)
April 12th (Napier)
April 14th (Wellington)
April 15th (Nelson)
April 16th (Christchurch)
April 18th (Invercargill)
April 19th (Dunedin)
April 21st (Auckland)

Chamber Music NZ | Trio Élan (Motueka)
ConcertDonald Armstrong | violin
Simon Brew | saxophone
Sarah Watkins | piano
Programme:
Russ Peterson | Trio for Alto Saxophone, Violin & Piano
Peter Liley | “Deux Images” for Trio
Debussy | Violin Sonata in G minor
Albeniz | Evocación (piano solo)
Barry Cockcroft | Beat Me (sax solo)
Marc Eychenne | Cantilene and Dance
Gareth Farr | Meditation (sax and piano)
Piazzolla | Otono Porteno
Gareth Farr | Tango: Un Verano de Passion
Trio Élan is an electrifying new ensemble made up of three of New Zealand’s leading chamber musicians: violinist Donald Armstrong, saxophonist Simon Brew and pianist Sarah Watkins. In a rare and exclusive programme which showcases the dynamic and seductive sounds of three wildly different instruments, audiences will be swept along by colourful and jazzy music from France, New Zealand, Argentina and the US.
Since Adolf Sax invented the saxophone in the 1840s, composers have been captivated by its magical sound and have combined it with many other instruments. Debussy and Ravel incorporated its beautiful sweetness in their impressionist music, influencing such contemporary composers as Algerian-born Marc Eychenne. The saxophone lies at the heart of newer styles such as jazz, dance, and pop music, and the violin and piano have taken to these new styles with ease.
Trio Élan’s novel line-up of violin, saxophone and piano beautifully create evocative sounds, catchy contemporary rhythms and soaring melodies. Prepare to be mesmerised, enchanted and entertained as these three top musicians unleash this exciting programme.
Additional performances:
March 28th (Whangārei)
April 7th (Cromwell)
April 8th (Christchurch)
April 11th (Waikanae)
April 12th (Upper Hutt)
April 17th (Warkworth)
April 18th (Wellington)
Donald Armstrong | violin
Simon Brew | saxophone
Sarah Watkins | piano
Programme:
Russ Peterson | Trio for Alto Saxophone, Violin & Piano
Peter Liley | “Deux Images” for Trio
Debussy | Violin Sonata in G minor
Albeniz | Evocación (piano solo)
Barry Cockcroft | Beat Me (sax solo)
Marc Eychenne | Cantilene and Dance
Gareth Farr | Meditation (sax and piano)
Piazzolla | Otono Porteno
Gareth Farr | Tango: Un Verano de Passion
Trio Élan is an electrifying new ensemble made up of three of New Zealand’s leading chamber musicians: violinist Donald Armstrong, saxophonist Simon Brew and pianist Sarah Watkins. In a rare and exclusive programme which showcases the dynamic and seductive sounds of three wildly different instruments, audiences will be swept along by colourful and jazzy music from France, New Zealand, Argentina and the US.
Since Adolf Sax invented the saxophone in the 1840s, composers have been captivated by its magical sound and have combined it with many other instruments. Debussy and Ravel incorporated its beautiful sweetness in their impressionist music, influencing such contemporary composers as Algerian-born Marc Eychenne. The saxophone lies at the heart of newer styles such as jazz, dance, and pop music, and the violin and piano have taken to these new styles with ease.
Trio Élan’s novel line-up of violin, saxophone and piano beautifully create evocative sounds, catchy contemporary rhythms and soaring melodies. Prepare to be mesmerised, enchanted and entertained as these three top musicians unleash this exciting programme.
Additional performances:
March 28th (Whangārei)
April 7th (Cromwell)
April 8th (Christchurch)
April 11th (Waikanae)
April 12th (Upper Hutt)
April 17th (Warkworth)
April 18th (Wellington)
Donald Armstrong | violin
Simon Brew | saxophone
Sarah Watkins | piano
Programme:
Russ Peterson | Trio for Alto Saxophone, Violin & Piano
Peter Liley | “Deux Images” for Trio
Debussy | Violin Sonata in G minor
Albeniz | Evocación (piano solo)
Barry Cockcroft | Beat Me (sax solo)
Marc Eychenne | Cantilene and Dance
Gareth Farr | Meditation (sax and piano)
Piazzolla | Otono Porteno
Gareth Farr | Tango: Un Verano de Passion
Trio Élan is an electrifying new ensemble made up of three of New Zealand’s leading chamber musicians: violinist Donald Armstrong, saxophonist Simon Brew and pianist Sarah Watkins. In a rare and exclusive programme which showcases the dynamic and seductive sounds of three wildly different instruments, audiences will be swept along by colourful and jazzy music from France, New Zealand, Argentina and the US.
Since Adolf Sax invented the saxophone in the 1840s, composers have been captivated by its magical sound and have combined it with many other instruments. Debussy and Ravel incorporated its beautiful sweetness in their impressionist music, influencing such contemporary composers as Algerian-born Marc Eychenne. The saxophone lies at the heart of newer styles such as jazz, dance, and pop music, and the violin and piano have taken to these new styles with ease.
Trio Élan’s novel line-up of violin, saxophone and piano beautifully create evocative sounds, catchy contemporary rhythms and soaring melodies. Prepare to be mesmerised, enchanted and entertained as these three top musicians unleash this exciting programme.
Additional performances:
March 28th (Whangārei)
April 7th (Cromwell)
April 8th (Christchurch)
April 11th (Waikanae)
April 12th (Upper Hutt)
April 17th (Warkworth)
April 18th (Wellington)

Chamber Music NZ | Nocturnes (Hamilton)
ConcertJian Liu | piano
Programme:
Gillian Whitehead | Lullaby for Matthew
John Field | Nocturne No 6 “Cradle Song”
Chopin | Nocturne in F-sharp Major, Op 15, No 2
Leonie Holmes | Nocturne for Piano
Grieg | Notturno, Op 54, No 4
Alexandre Tansman | Four Nocturnes
Resphigi | Nocturne from Six Piano Pieces, R44
Lowell Liebermann | Nocturne
Poulenc | Nocturne No 1
Britten | Notturno
Wieck-Schumann | Nocturne, Op 6, No 2
Schumann | In der Nacht, from Fantasiestücke, Op 12
Bartók | ‘The Night’s Music’, from Out of Doors
Joio | Nocturne in E Major
Barber | Nocturne, Op 33
Liszt | Nocturne No 3 from Liebesträume
'Nocturnes' is an evocative collection of night-songs for the piano, played by internationally celebrated concert pianist, chamber musician and educator Professor Jian Liu. Journey through a dreamscape of lilting lullabies and cradlesongs alongside night-music of mystery and mischief. Beloved nocturnes by Chopin and Liszt light the way for other gems in an intimate evening that celebrates the purity and power of solo piano.
Additional performances:
April 7th (Palmerston North)
April 8th (New Plymouth)
April 12th (Napier)
April 14th (Wellington)
April 15th (Nelson)
April 16th (Christchurch)
April 18th (Invercargill)
April 19th (Dunedin)
April 21st (Auckland)
Jian Liu | piano
Programme:
Gillian Whitehead | Lullaby for Matthew
John Field | Nocturne No 6 “Cradle Song”
Chopin | Nocturne in F-sharp Major, Op 15, No 2
Leonie Holmes | Nocturne for Piano
Grieg | Notturno, Op 54, No 4
Alexandre Tansman | Four Nocturnes
Resphigi | Nocturne from Six Piano Pieces, R44
Lowell Liebermann | Nocturne
Poulenc | Nocturne No 1
Britten | Notturno
Wieck-Schumann | Nocturne, Op 6, No 2
Schumann | In der Nacht, from Fantasiestücke, Op 12
Bartók | ‘The Night’s Music’, from Out of Doors
Joio | Nocturne in E Major
Barber | Nocturne, Op 33
Liszt | Nocturne No 3 from Liebesträume
'Nocturnes' is an evocative collection of night-songs for the piano, played by internationally celebrated concert pianist, chamber musician and educator Professor Jian Liu. Journey through a dreamscape of lilting lullabies and cradlesongs alongside night-music of mystery and mischief. Beloved nocturnes by Chopin and Liszt light the way for other gems in an intimate evening that celebrates the purity and power of solo piano.
Additional performances:
April 7th (Palmerston North)
April 8th (New Plymouth)
April 12th (Napier)
April 14th (Wellington)
April 15th (Nelson)
April 16th (Christchurch)
April 18th (Invercargill)
April 19th (Dunedin)
April 21st (Auckland)
Jian Liu | piano
Programme:
Gillian Whitehead | Lullaby for Matthew
John Field | Nocturne No 6 “Cradle Song”
Chopin | Nocturne in F-sharp Major, Op 15, No 2
Leonie Holmes | Nocturne for Piano
Grieg | Notturno, Op 54, No 4
Alexandre Tansman | Four Nocturnes
Resphigi | Nocturne from Six Piano Pieces, R44
Lowell Liebermann | Nocturne
Poulenc | Nocturne No 1
Britten | Notturno
Wieck-Schumann | Nocturne, Op 6, No 2
Schumann | In der Nacht, from Fantasiestücke, Op 12
Bartók | ‘The Night’s Music’, from Out of Doors
Joio | Nocturne in E Major
Barber | Nocturne, Op 33
Liszt | Nocturne No 3 from Liebesträume
'Nocturnes' is an evocative collection of night-songs for the piano, played by internationally celebrated concert pianist, chamber musician and educator Professor Jian Liu. Journey through a dreamscape of lilting lullabies and cradlesongs alongside night-music of mystery and mischief. Beloved nocturnes by Chopin and Liszt light the way for other gems in an intimate evening that celebrates the purity and power of solo piano.
Additional performances:
April 7th (Palmerston North)
April 8th (New Plymouth)
April 12th (Napier)
April 14th (Wellington)
April 15th (Nelson)
April 16th (Christchurch)
April 18th (Invercargill)
April 19th (Dunedin)
April 21st (Auckland)

NZSO Podium Series | Firebird (Tauranga)
ConcertHamish McKeich | conductor
Diedre Irons | piano
Juliet Palmer | Buzzard
WA Mozart | Piano Concerto No. 23 in A Major
Stravinsky (orch. Jonathan McPhee) | The Firebird
Fifty years after Igor Stravinsky’s passing, his music continues to excite, provoke and entertain. This is nowhere more evident than in The Firebird. Originally composed in 1910, it has profoundly stirred the hearts of listeners ever since.
The Firebird has also inspired generations of later composers, including New Zealand-born Canadian composer Juliet Palmer. Her piece Buzzard, explicitly inspired by two famous musical birds (Stravinsky’s Firebird and Tchaikovsky’s Swan Lake) bears the thumbprint of her interdisciplinary, “postmodernist-with-a-conscience” style.
Diedre Irons will perform Mozart’s Piano Concerto No. 23. Like Palmer, she has spent considerable time in both NZ and North America, studying first in Canada, then both studying and then teaching at the Curtis Institute. Her long and illustrious career as soloist, chamber musician and educator has seen her record all five Beethoven Concerti with Christchurch Symphony Orchestra, collaborate with the New Zealand, Kodaly and Latin American String Quartets, and receive an MBE and ONZM for services to music.
Additional performances:
April 8th (Wellington)
April 17th (Napier)
April 24th (Auckland)
Hamish McKeich | conductor
Diedre Irons | piano
Juliet Palmer | Buzzard
WA Mozart | Piano Concerto No. 23 in A Major
Stravinsky (orch. Jonathan McPhee) | The Firebird
Fifty years after Igor Stravinsky’s passing, his music continues to excite, provoke and entertain. This is nowhere more evident than in The Firebird. Originally composed in 1910, it has profoundly stirred the hearts of listeners ever since.
The Firebird has also inspired generations of later composers, including New Zealand-born Canadian composer Juliet Palmer. Her piece Buzzard, explicitly inspired by two famous musical birds (Stravinsky’s Firebird and Tchaikovsky’s Swan Lake) bears the thumbprint of her interdisciplinary, “postmodernist-with-a-conscience” style.
Diedre Irons will perform Mozart’s Piano Concerto No. 23. Like Palmer, she has spent considerable time in both NZ and North America, studying first in Canada, then both studying and then teaching at the Curtis Institute. Her long and illustrious career as soloist, chamber musician and educator has seen her record all five Beethoven Concerti with Christchurch Symphony Orchestra, collaborate with the New Zealand, Kodaly and Latin American String Quartets, and receive an MBE and ONZM for services to music.
Additional performances:
April 8th (Wellington)
April 17th (Napier)
April 24th (Auckland)
Hamish McKeich | conductor
Diedre Irons | piano
Juliet Palmer | Buzzard
WA Mozart | Piano Concerto No. 23 in A Major
Stravinsky (orch. Jonathan McPhee) | The Firebird
Fifty years after Igor Stravinsky’s passing, his music continues to excite, provoke and entertain. This is nowhere more evident than in The Firebird. Originally composed in 1910, it has profoundly stirred the hearts of listeners ever since.
The Firebird has also inspired generations of later composers, including New Zealand-born Canadian composer Juliet Palmer. Her piece Buzzard, explicitly inspired by two famous musical birds (Stravinsky’s Firebird and Tchaikovsky’s Swan Lake) bears the thumbprint of her interdisciplinary, “postmodernist-with-a-conscience” style.
Diedre Irons will perform Mozart’s Piano Concerto No. 23. Like Palmer, she has spent considerable time in both NZ and North America, studying first in Canada, then both studying and then teaching at the Curtis Institute. Her long and illustrious career as soloist, chamber musician and educator has seen her record all five Beethoven Concerti with Christchurch Symphony Orchestra, collaborate with the New Zealand, Kodaly and Latin American String Quartets, and receive an MBE and ONZM for services to music.
Additional performances:
April 8th (Wellington)
April 17th (Napier)
April 24th (Auckland)

Chamber Music NZ | Trio Élan (Waikanae)
ConcertDonald Armstrong | violin
Simon Brew | saxophone
Sarah Watkins | piano
Programme:
Russ Peterson | Trio for Alto Saxophone, Violin & Piano
Peter Liley | “Deux Images” for Trio
Debussy | Violin Sonata in G minor
Albeniz | Evocación (piano solo)
Barry Cockcroft | Beat Me (sax solo)
Marc Eychenne | Cantilene and Dance
Gareth Farr | Meditation (sax and piano)
Piazzolla | Otono Porteno
Gareth Farr | Tango: Un Verano de Passion
Trio Élan is an electrifying new ensemble made up of three of New Zealand’s leading chamber musicians: violinist Donald Armstrong, saxophonist Simon Brew and pianist Sarah Watkins. In a rare and exclusive programme which showcases the dynamic and seductive sounds of three wildly different instruments, audiences will be swept along by colourful and jazzy music from France, New Zealand, Argentina and the US.
Since Adolf Sax invented the saxophone in the 1840s, composers have been captivated by its magical sound and have combined it with many other instruments. Debussy and Ravel incorporated its beautiful sweetness in their impressionist music, influencing such contemporary composers as Algerian-born Marc Eychenne. The saxophone lies at the heart of newer styles such as jazz, dance, and pop music, and the violin and piano have taken to these new styles with ease.
Trio Élan’s novel line-up of violin, saxophone and piano beautifully create evocative sounds, catchy contemporary rhythms and soaring melodies. Prepare to be mesmerised, enchanted and entertained as these three top musicians unleash this exciting programme.
Additional performances:
March 28th (Whangārei)
April 7th (Cromwell)
April 8th (Christchurch)
April 9th (Motueka)
April 12th (Upper Hutt)
April 17th (Warkworth)
April 18th (Wellington)
Donald Armstrong | violin
Simon Brew | saxophone
Sarah Watkins | piano
Programme:
Russ Peterson | Trio for Alto Saxophone, Violin & Piano
Peter Liley | “Deux Images” for Trio
Debussy | Violin Sonata in G minor
Albeniz | Evocación (piano solo)
Barry Cockcroft | Beat Me (sax solo)
Marc Eychenne | Cantilene and Dance
Gareth Farr | Meditation (sax and piano)
Piazzolla | Otono Porteno
Gareth Farr | Tango: Un Verano de Passion
Trio Élan is an electrifying new ensemble made up of three of New Zealand’s leading chamber musicians: violinist Donald Armstrong, saxophonist Simon Brew and pianist Sarah Watkins. In a rare and exclusive programme which showcases the dynamic and seductive sounds of three wildly different instruments, audiences will be swept along by colourful and jazzy music from France, New Zealand, Argentina and the US.
Since Adolf Sax invented the saxophone in the 1840s, composers have been captivated by its magical sound and have combined it with many other instruments. Debussy and Ravel incorporated its beautiful sweetness in their impressionist music, influencing such contemporary composers as Algerian-born Marc Eychenne. The saxophone lies at the heart of newer styles such as jazz, dance, and pop music, and the violin and piano have taken to these new styles with ease.
Trio Élan’s novel line-up of violin, saxophone and piano beautifully create evocative sounds, catchy contemporary rhythms and soaring melodies. Prepare to be mesmerised, enchanted and entertained as these three top musicians unleash this exciting programme.
Additional performances:
March 28th (Whangārei)
April 7th (Cromwell)
April 8th (Christchurch)
April 9th (Motueka)
April 12th (Upper Hutt)
April 17th (Warkworth)
April 18th (Wellington)
Donald Armstrong | violin
Simon Brew | saxophone
Sarah Watkins | piano
Programme:
Russ Peterson | Trio for Alto Saxophone, Violin & Piano
Peter Liley | “Deux Images” for Trio
Debussy | Violin Sonata in G minor
Albeniz | Evocación (piano solo)
Barry Cockcroft | Beat Me (sax solo)
Marc Eychenne | Cantilene and Dance
Gareth Farr | Meditation (sax and piano)
Piazzolla | Otono Porteno
Gareth Farr | Tango: Un Verano de Passion
Trio Élan is an electrifying new ensemble made up of three of New Zealand’s leading chamber musicians: violinist Donald Armstrong, saxophonist Simon Brew and pianist Sarah Watkins. In a rare and exclusive programme which showcases the dynamic and seductive sounds of three wildly different instruments, audiences will be swept along by colourful and jazzy music from France, New Zealand, Argentina and the US.
Since Adolf Sax invented the saxophone in the 1840s, composers have been captivated by its magical sound and have combined it with many other instruments. Debussy and Ravel incorporated its beautiful sweetness in their impressionist music, influencing such contemporary composers as Algerian-born Marc Eychenne. The saxophone lies at the heart of newer styles such as jazz, dance, and pop music, and the violin and piano have taken to these new styles with ease.
Trio Élan’s novel line-up of violin, saxophone and piano beautifully create evocative sounds, catchy contemporary rhythms and soaring melodies. Prepare to be mesmerised, enchanted and entertained as these three top musicians unleash this exciting programme.
Additional performances:
March 28th (Whangārei)
April 7th (Cromwell)
April 8th (Christchurch)
April 9th (Motueka)
April 12th (Upper Hutt)
April 17th (Warkworth)
April 18th (Wellington)

Chamber Music NZ | ACE Brass (Arrowtown)
ConcertHuw Dann | trumpet
Emma Eden | horn
John Gluyas | trombone
Programme:
Richard Cohen | Fanfare
Oskar Boheme | Prelude and Fugue op 28 in E-flat Major
Piazzolla | Ave Maria ’Tanti Anni Primi’
Piazzolla | Libertango
Helen Bowater | White Kingdom
Diego Ortiz | Ricercar
Kanazawa Yasonori | Three Billy Goats Gruff for Brass Trio and Narrator
Thierry Thibault | Petites Variations sur L’Alphabet de Mozart
Martin Wesley Smith | White Knight and Beaver for Trombone and Tape
Puccini | O Mio Babbino Caro
Manning Sherwin | A Nightingale Sang in Berkeley Square
Harold Arlen | Somewhere Over the Rainbow
Eric Ewazen | A Philharmonic Fanfare
Josiah Carr | 7 Deadly Sins
ACE Brass (Auckland Chamber Ensemble Brass) was formed in 2011 with the intention of bringing world class chamber music into the concert halls and homes of New Zealand. Bringing together a wealth of experience in solo, orchestral and chamber music, these three talented musicians embrace the fascinating and versatile repertoire of the brass trio. They are passionate about quality music education and offer a range of educational performances and workshops for schools.
ACE Brass continues to excel in all areas of Chamber music life in Auckland and New Zealand. They have performed in countless schools as part of the APO’s Educational Outreach Program. They have a number of commissions from New Zealand composers. Auckland University has invited them to take part of their composer workshop seminars. They have been active over many years in the AOTEA Centre’s Pick n Mix concert and workshop series. They are also proud to be asked to play at events like The Big Gay Out and pre-show entertainment for an All Black test match at Eden Park.
Additional performances:
April 23rd (Rotorua)
April 24th (Whakatāne)
April 28th (Tauranga)
April 29th (Te Awamutu)
May 2nd (Kerikeri)
Huw Dann | trumpet
Emma Eden | horn
John Gluyas | trombone
Programme:
Richard Cohen | Fanfare
Oskar Boheme | Prelude and Fugue op 28 in E-flat Major
Piazzolla | Ave Maria ’Tanti Anni Primi’
Piazzolla | Libertango
Helen Bowater | White Kingdom
Diego Ortiz | Ricercar
Kanazawa Yasonori | Three Billy Goats Gruff for Brass Trio and Narrator
Thierry Thibault | Petites Variations sur L’Alphabet de Mozart
Martin Wesley Smith | White Knight and Beaver for Trombone and Tape
Puccini | O Mio Babbino Caro
Manning Sherwin | A Nightingale Sang in Berkeley Square
Harold Arlen | Somewhere Over the Rainbow
Eric Ewazen | A Philharmonic Fanfare
Josiah Carr | 7 Deadly Sins
ACE Brass (Auckland Chamber Ensemble Brass) was formed in 2011 with the intention of bringing world class chamber music into the concert halls and homes of New Zealand. Bringing together a wealth of experience in solo, orchestral and chamber music, these three talented musicians embrace the fascinating and versatile repertoire of the brass trio. They are passionate about quality music education and offer a range of educational performances and workshops for schools.
ACE Brass continues to excel in all areas of Chamber music life in Auckland and New Zealand. They have performed in countless schools as part of the APO’s Educational Outreach Program. They have a number of commissions from New Zealand composers. Auckland University has invited them to take part of their composer workshop seminars. They have been active over many years in the AOTEA Centre’s Pick n Mix concert and workshop series. They are also proud to be asked to play at events like The Big Gay Out and pre-show entertainment for an All Black test match at Eden Park.
Additional performances:
April 23rd (Rotorua)
April 24th (Whakatāne)
April 28th (Tauranga)
April 29th (Te Awamutu)
May 2nd (Kerikeri)
Huw Dann | trumpet
Emma Eden | horn
John Gluyas | trombone
Programme:
Richard Cohen | Fanfare
Oskar Boheme | Prelude and Fugue op 28 in E-flat Major
Piazzolla | Ave Maria ’Tanti Anni Primi’
Piazzolla | Libertango
Helen Bowater | White Kingdom
Diego Ortiz | Ricercar
Kanazawa Yasonori | Three Billy Goats Gruff for Brass Trio and Narrator
Thierry Thibault | Petites Variations sur L’Alphabet de Mozart
Martin Wesley Smith | White Knight and Beaver for Trombone and Tape
Puccini | O Mio Babbino Caro
Manning Sherwin | A Nightingale Sang in Berkeley Square
Harold Arlen | Somewhere Over the Rainbow
Eric Ewazen | A Philharmonic Fanfare
Josiah Carr | 7 Deadly Sins
ACE Brass (Auckland Chamber Ensemble Brass) was formed in 2011 with the intention of bringing world class chamber music into the concert halls and homes of New Zealand. Bringing together a wealth of experience in solo, orchestral and chamber music, these three talented musicians embrace the fascinating and versatile repertoire of the brass trio. They are passionate about quality music education and offer a range of educational performances and workshops for schools.
ACE Brass continues to excel in all areas of Chamber music life in Auckland and New Zealand. They have performed in countless schools as part of the APO’s Educational Outreach Program. They have a number of commissions from New Zealand composers. Auckland University has invited them to take part of their composer workshop seminars. They have been active over many years in the AOTEA Centre’s Pick n Mix concert and workshop series. They are also proud to be asked to play at events like The Big Gay Out and pre-show entertainment for an All Black test match at Eden Park.
Additional performances:
April 23rd (Rotorua)
April 24th (Whakatāne)
April 28th (Tauranga)
April 29th (Te Awamutu)
May 2nd (Kerikeri)

Chamber Music NZ | Trio Élan (Upper Hutt)
ConcertDonald Armstrong | violin
Simon Brew | saxophone
Sarah Watkins | piano
Programme:
Russ Peterson | Trio for Alto Saxophone, Violin & Piano
Peter Liley | “Deux Images” for Trio
Debussy | Violin Sonata in G minor
Albeniz | Evocación (piano solo)
Barry Cockcroft | Beat Me (sax solo)
Marc Eychenne | Cantilene and Dance
Gareth Farr | Meditation (sax and piano)
Piazzolla | Otono Porteno
Gareth Farr | Tango: Un Verano de Passion
Trio Élan is an electrifying new ensemble made up of three of New Zealand’s leading chamber musicians: violinist Donald Armstrong, saxophonist Simon Brew and pianist Sarah Watkins. In a rare and exclusive programme which showcases the dynamic and seductive sounds of three wildly different instruments, audiences will be swept along by colourful and jazzy music from France, New Zealand, Argentina and the US.
Since Adolf Sax invented the saxophone in the 1840s, composers have been captivated by its magical sound and have combined it with many other instruments. Debussy and Ravel incorporated its beautiful sweetness in their impressionist music, influencing such contemporary composers as Algerian-born Marc Eychenne. The saxophone lies at the heart of newer styles such as jazz, dance, and pop music, and the violin and piano have taken to these new styles with ease.
Trio Élan’s novel line-up of violin, saxophone and piano beautifully create evocative sounds, catchy contemporary rhythms and soaring melodies. Prepare to be mesmerised, enchanted and entertained as these three top musicians unleash this exciting programme.
Additional performances:
March 28th (Whangārei)
April 7th (Cromwell)
April 8th (Christchurch)
April 9th (Motueka)
April 11th (Waikanae)
April 17th (Warkworth)
April 18th (Wellington)
Donald Armstrong | violin
Simon Brew | saxophone
Sarah Watkins | piano
Programme:
Russ Peterson | Trio for Alto Saxophone, Violin & Piano
Peter Liley | “Deux Images” for Trio
Debussy | Violin Sonata in G minor
Albeniz | Evocación (piano solo)
Barry Cockcroft | Beat Me (sax solo)
Marc Eychenne | Cantilene and Dance
Gareth Farr | Meditation (sax and piano)
Piazzolla | Otono Porteno
Gareth Farr | Tango: Un Verano de Passion
Trio Élan is an electrifying new ensemble made up of three of New Zealand’s leading chamber musicians: violinist Donald Armstrong, saxophonist Simon Brew and pianist Sarah Watkins. In a rare and exclusive programme which showcases the dynamic and seductive sounds of three wildly different instruments, audiences will be swept along by colourful and jazzy music from France, New Zealand, Argentina and the US.
Since Adolf Sax invented the saxophone in the 1840s, composers have been captivated by its magical sound and have combined it with many other instruments. Debussy and Ravel incorporated its beautiful sweetness in their impressionist music, influencing such contemporary composers as Algerian-born Marc Eychenne. The saxophone lies at the heart of newer styles such as jazz, dance, and pop music, and the violin and piano have taken to these new styles with ease.
Trio Élan’s novel line-up of violin, saxophone and piano beautifully create evocative sounds, catchy contemporary rhythms and soaring melodies. Prepare to be mesmerised, enchanted and entertained as these three top musicians unleash this exciting programme.
Additional performances:
March 28th (Whangārei)
April 7th (Cromwell)
April 8th (Christchurch)
April 9th (Motueka)
April 11th (Waikanae)
April 17th (Warkworth)
April 18th (Wellington)
Donald Armstrong | violin
Simon Brew | saxophone
Sarah Watkins | piano
Programme:
Russ Peterson | Trio for Alto Saxophone, Violin & Piano
Peter Liley | “Deux Images” for Trio
Debussy | Violin Sonata in G minor
Albeniz | Evocación (piano solo)
Barry Cockcroft | Beat Me (sax solo)
Marc Eychenne | Cantilene and Dance
Gareth Farr | Meditation (sax and piano)
Piazzolla | Otono Porteno
Gareth Farr | Tango: Un Verano de Passion
Trio Élan is an electrifying new ensemble made up of three of New Zealand’s leading chamber musicians: violinist Donald Armstrong, saxophonist Simon Brew and pianist Sarah Watkins. In a rare and exclusive programme which showcases the dynamic and seductive sounds of three wildly different instruments, audiences will be swept along by colourful and jazzy music from France, New Zealand, Argentina and the US.
Since Adolf Sax invented the saxophone in the 1840s, composers have been captivated by its magical sound and have combined it with many other instruments. Debussy and Ravel incorporated its beautiful sweetness in their impressionist music, influencing such contemporary composers as Algerian-born Marc Eychenne. The saxophone lies at the heart of newer styles such as jazz, dance, and pop music, and the violin and piano have taken to these new styles with ease.
Trio Élan’s novel line-up of violin, saxophone and piano beautifully create evocative sounds, catchy contemporary rhythms and soaring melodies. Prepare to be mesmerised, enchanted and entertained as these three top musicians unleash this exciting programme.
Additional performances:
March 28th (Whangārei)
April 7th (Cromwell)
April 8th (Christchurch)
April 9th (Motueka)
April 11th (Waikanae)
April 17th (Warkworth)
April 18th (Wellington)

Chamber Music NZ | Nocturnes (Napier)
ConcertJian Liu | piano
Programme:
Gillian Whitehead | Lullaby for Matthew
John Field | Nocturne No 6 “Cradle Song”
Chopin | Nocturne in F-sharp Major, Op 15, No 2
Leonie Holmes | Nocturne for Piano
Grieg | Notturno, Op 54, No 4
Alexandre Tansman | Four Nocturnes
Resphigi | Nocturne from Six Piano Pieces, R44
Lowell Liebermann | Nocturne
Poulenc | Nocturne No 1
Britten | Notturno
Wieck-Schumann | Nocturne, Op 6, No 2
Schumann | In der Nacht, from Fantasiestücke, Op 12
Bartók | ‘The Night’s Music’, from Out of Doors
Joio | Nocturne in E Major
Barber | Nocturne, Op 33
Liszt | Nocturne No 3 from Liebesträume
'Nocturnes' is an evocative collection of night-songs for the piano, played by internationally celebrated concert pianist, chamber musician and educator Professor Jian Liu. Journey through a dreamscape of lilting lullabies and cradlesongs alongside night-music of mystery and mischief. Beloved nocturnes by Chopin and Liszt light the way for other gems in an intimate evening that celebrates the purity and power of solo piano.
Additional performances:
April 7th (Palmerston North)
April 8th (New Plymouth)
April 10th (Hamilton)
April 14th (Wellington)
April 15th (Nelson)
April 16th (Christchurch)
April 18th (Invercargill)
April 19th (Dunedin)
April 21st (Auckland)
Jian Liu | piano
Programme:
Gillian Whitehead | Lullaby for Matthew
John Field | Nocturne No 6 “Cradle Song”
Chopin | Nocturne in F-sharp Major, Op 15, No 2
Leonie Holmes | Nocturne for Piano
Grieg | Notturno, Op 54, No 4
Alexandre Tansman | Four Nocturnes
Resphigi | Nocturne from Six Piano Pieces, R44
Lowell Liebermann | Nocturne
Poulenc | Nocturne No 1
Britten | Notturno
Wieck-Schumann | Nocturne, Op 6, No 2
Schumann | In der Nacht, from Fantasiestücke, Op 12
Bartók | ‘The Night’s Music’, from Out of Doors
Joio | Nocturne in E Major
Barber | Nocturne, Op 33
Liszt | Nocturne No 3 from Liebesträume
'Nocturnes' is an evocative collection of night-songs for the piano, played by internationally celebrated concert pianist, chamber musician and educator Professor Jian Liu. Journey through a dreamscape of lilting lullabies and cradlesongs alongside night-music of mystery and mischief. Beloved nocturnes by Chopin and Liszt light the way for other gems in an intimate evening that celebrates the purity and power of solo piano.
Additional performances:
April 7th (Palmerston North)
April 8th (New Plymouth)
April 10th (Hamilton)
April 14th (Wellington)
April 15th (Nelson)
April 16th (Christchurch)
April 18th (Invercargill)
April 19th (Dunedin)
April 21st (Auckland)
Jian Liu | piano
Programme:
Gillian Whitehead | Lullaby for Matthew
John Field | Nocturne No 6 “Cradle Song”
Chopin | Nocturne in F-sharp Major, Op 15, No 2
Leonie Holmes | Nocturne for Piano
Grieg | Notturno, Op 54, No 4
Alexandre Tansman | Four Nocturnes
Resphigi | Nocturne from Six Piano Pieces, R44
Lowell Liebermann | Nocturne
Poulenc | Nocturne No 1
Britten | Notturno
Wieck-Schumann | Nocturne, Op 6, No 2
Schumann | In der Nacht, from Fantasiestücke, Op 12
Bartók | ‘The Night’s Music’, from Out of Doors
Joio | Nocturne in E Major
Barber | Nocturne, Op 33
Liszt | Nocturne No 3 from Liebesträume
'Nocturnes' is an evocative collection of night-songs for the piano, played by internationally celebrated concert pianist, chamber musician and educator Professor Jian Liu. Journey through a dreamscape of lilting lullabies and cradlesongs alongside night-music of mystery and mischief. Beloved nocturnes by Chopin and Liszt light the way for other gems in an intimate evening that celebrates the purity and power of solo piano.
Additional performances:
April 7th (Palmerston North)
April 8th (New Plymouth)
April 10th (Hamilton)
April 14th (Wellington)
April 15th (Nelson)
April 16th (Christchurch)
April 18th (Invercargill)
April 19th (Dunedin)
April 21st (Auckland)

Chamber Music NZ | Nocturnes (Wellington)
ConcertJian Liu | piano
Programme:
Gillian Whitehead | Lullaby for Matthew
John Field | Nocturne No 6 “Cradle Song”
Chopin | Nocturne in F-sharp Major, Op 15, No 2
Leonie Holmes | Nocturne for Piano
Grieg | Notturno, Op 54, No 4
Alexandre Tansman | Four Nocturnes
Resphigi | Nocturne from Six Piano Pieces, R44
Lowell Liebermann | Nocturne
Poulenc | Nocturne No 1
Britten | Notturno
Wieck-Schumann | Nocturne, Op 6, No 2
Schumann | In der Nacht, from Fantasiestücke, Op 12
Bartók | ‘The Night’s Music’, from Out of Doors
Joio | Nocturne in E Major
Barber | Nocturne, Op 33
Liszt | Nocturne No 3 from Liebesträume
'Nocturnes' is an evocative collection of night-songs for the piano, played by internationally celebrated concert pianist, chamber musician and educator Professor Jian Liu. Journey through a dreamscape of lilting lullabies and cradlesongs alongside night-music of mystery and mischief. Beloved nocturnes by Chopin and Liszt light the way for other gems in an intimate evening that celebrates the purity and power of solo piano.
Additional performances:
April 7th (Palmerston North)
April 8th (New Plymouth)
April 10th (Hamilton)
April 12th (Napier)
April 15th (Nelson)
April 16th (Christchurch)
April 18th (Invercargill)
April 19th (Dunedin)
April 21st (Auckland)
Jian Liu | piano
Programme:
Gillian Whitehead | Lullaby for Matthew
John Field | Nocturne No 6 “Cradle Song”
Chopin | Nocturne in F-sharp Major, Op 15, No 2
Leonie Holmes | Nocturne for Piano
Grieg | Notturno, Op 54, No 4
Alexandre Tansman | Four Nocturnes
Resphigi | Nocturne from Six Piano Pieces, R44
Lowell Liebermann | Nocturne
Poulenc | Nocturne No 1
Britten | Notturno
Wieck-Schumann | Nocturne, Op 6, No 2
Schumann | In der Nacht, from Fantasiestücke, Op 12
Bartók | ‘The Night’s Music’, from Out of Doors
Joio | Nocturne in E Major
Barber | Nocturne, Op 33
Liszt | Nocturne No 3 from Liebesträume
'Nocturnes' is an evocative collection of night-songs for the piano, played by internationally celebrated concert pianist, chamber musician and educator Professor Jian Liu. Journey through a dreamscape of lilting lullabies and cradlesongs alongside night-music of mystery and mischief. Beloved nocturnes by Chopin and Liszt light the way for other gems in an intimate evening that celebrates the purity and power of solo piano.
Additional performances:
April 7th (Palmerston North)
April 8th (New Plymouth)
April 10th (Hamilton)
April 12th (Napier)
April 15th (Nelson)
April 16th (Christchurch)
April 18th (Invercargill)
April 19th (Dunedin)
April 21st (Auckland)
Jian Liu | piano
Programme:
Gillian Whitehead | Lullaby for Matthew
John Field | Nocturne No 6 “Cradle Song”
Chopin | Nocturne in F-sharp Major, Op 15, No 2
Leonie Holmes | Nocturne for Piano
Grieg | Notturno, Op 54, No 4
Alexandre Tansman | Four Nocturnes
Resphigi | Nocturne from Six Piano Pieces, R44
Lowell Liebermann | Nocturne
Poulenc | Nocturne No 1
Britten | Notturno
Wieck-Schumann | Nocturne, Op 6, No 2
Schumann | In der Nacht, from Fantasiestücke, Op 12
Bartók | ‘The Night’s Music’, from Out of Doors
Joio | Nocturne in E Major
Barber | Nocturne, Op 33
Liszt | Nocturne No 3 from Liebesträume
'Nocturnes' is an evocative collection of night-songs for the piano, played by internationally celebrated concert pianist, chamber musician and educator Professor Jian Liu. Journey through a dreamscape of lilting lullabies and cradlesongs alongside night-music of mystery and mischief. Beloved nocturnes by Chopin and Liszt light the way for other gems in an intimate evening that celebrates the purity and power of solo piano.
Additional performances:
April 7th (Palmerston North)
April 8th (New Plymouth)
April 10th (Hamilton)
April 12th (Napier)
April 15th (Nelson)
April 16th (Christchurch)
April 18th (Invercargill)
April 19th (Dunedin)
April 21st (Auckland)

Chamber Music NZ | Nocturnes (Nelson)
ConcertJian Liu | piano
Programme:
Gillian Whitehead | Lullaby for Matthew
John Field | Nocturne No 6 “Cradle Song”
Chopin | Nocturne in F-sharp Major, Op 15, No 2
Leonie Holmes | Nocturne for Piano
Grieg | Notturno, Op 54, No 4
Alexandre Tansman | Four Nocturnes
Resphigi | Nocturne from Six Piano Pieces, R44
Lowell Liebermann | Nocturne
Poulenc | Nocturne No 1
Britten | Notturno
Wieck-Schumann | Nocturne, Op 6, No 2
Schumann | In der Nacht, from Fantasiestücke, Op 12
Bartók | ‘The Night’s Music’, from Out of Doors
Joio | Nocturne in E Major
Barber | Nocturne, Op 33
Liszt | Nocturne No 3 from Liebesträume
'Nocturnes' is an evocative collection of night-songs for the piano, played by internationally celebrated concert pianist, chamber musician and educator Professor Jian Liu. Journey through a dreamscape of lilting lullabies and cradlesongs alongside night-music of mystery and mischief. Beloved nocturnes by Chopin and Liszt light the way for other gems in an intimate evening that celebrates the purity and power of solo piano.
Additional performances:
April 7th (Palmerston North)
April 8th (New Plymouth)
April 10th (Hamilton)
April 12th (Napier)
April 14th (Wellington)
April 16th (Christchurch)
April 18th (Invercargill)
April 19th (Dunedin)
April 21st (Auckland)
Jian Liu | piano
Programme:
Gillian Whitehead | Lullaby for Matthew
John Field | Nocturne No 6 “Cradle Song”
Chopin | Nocturne in F-sharp Major, Op 15, No 2
Leonie Holmes | Nocturne for Piano
Grieg | Notturno, Op 54, No 4
Alexandre Tansman | Four Nocturnes
Resphigi | Nocturne from Six Piano Pieces, R44
Lowell Liebermann | Nocturne
Poulenc | Nocturne No 1
Britten | Notturno
Wieck-Schumann | Nocturne, Op 6, No 2
Schumann | In der Nacht, from Fantasiestücke, Op 12
Bartók | ‘The Night’s Music’, from Out of Doors
Joio | Nocturne in E Major
Barber | Nocturne, Op 33
Liszt | Nocturne No 3 from Liebesträume
'Nocturnes' is an evocative collection of night-songs for the piano, played by internationally celebrated concert pianist, chamber musician and educator Professor Jian Liu. Journey through a dreamscape of lilting lullabies and cradlesongs alongside night-music of mystery and mischief. Beloved nocturnes by Chopin and Liszt light the way for other gems in an intimate evening that celebrates the purity and power of solo piano.
Additional performances:
April 7th (Palmerston North)
April 8th (New Plymouth)
April 10th (Hamilton)
April 12th (Napier)
April 14th (Wellington)
April 16th (Christchurch)
April 18th (Invercargill)
April 19th (Dunedin)
April 21st (Auckland)
Jian Liu | piano
Programme:
Gillian Whitehead | Lullaby for Matthew
John Field | Nocturne No 6 “Cradle Song”
Chopin | Nocturne in F-sharp Major, Op 15, No 2
Leonie Holmes | Nocturne for Piano
Grieg | Notturno, Op 54, No 4
Alexandre Tansman | Four Nocturnes
Resphigi | Nocturne from Six Piano Pieces, R44
Lowell Liebermann | Nocturne
Poulenc | Nocturne No 1
Britten | Notturno
Wieck-Schumann | Nocturne, Op 6, No 2
Schumann | In der Nacht, from Fantasiestücke, Op 12
Bartók | ‘The Night’s Music’, from Out of Doors
Joio | Nocturne in E Major
Barber | Nocturne, Op 33
Liszt | Nocturne No 3 from Liebesträume
'Nocturnes' is an evocative collection of night-songs for the piano, played by internationally celebrated concert pianist, chamber musician and educator Professor Jian Liu. Journey through a dreamscape of lilting lullabies and cradlesongs alongside night-music of mystery and mischief. Beloved nocturnes by Chopin and Liszt light the way for other gems in an intimate evening that celebrates the purity and power of solo piano.
Additional performances:
April 7th (Palmerston North)
April 8th (New Plymouth)
April 10th (Hamilton)
April 12th (Napier)
April 14th (Wellington)
April 16th (Christchurch)
April 18th (Invercargill)
April 19th (Dunedin)
April 21st (Auckland)

Chamber Music NZ | Nocturnes (Christchurch)
ConcertJian Liu | piano
Programme:
Gillian Whitehead | Lullaby for Matthew
John Field | Nocturne No 6 “Cradle Song”
Chopin | Nocturne in F-sharp Major, Op 15, No 2
Leonie Holmes | Nocturne for Piano
Grieg | Notturno, Op 54, No 4
Alexandre Tansman | Four Nocturnes
Resphigi | Nocturne from Six Piano Pieces, R44
Lowell Liebermann | Nocturne
Poulenc | Nocturne No 1
Britten | Notturno
Wieck-Schumann | Nocturne, Op 6, No 2
Schumann | In der Nacht, from Fantasiestücke, Op 12
Bartók | ‘The Night’s Music’, from Out of Doors
Joio | Nocturne in E Major
Barber | Nocturne, Op 33
Liszt | Nocturne No 3 from Liebesträume
'Nocturnes' is an evocative collection of night-songs for the piano, played by internationally celebrated concert pianist, chamber musician and educator Professor Jian Liu. Journey through a dreamscape of lilting lullabies and cradlesongs alongside night-music of mystery and mischief. Beloved nocturnes by Chopin and Liszt light the way for other gems in an intimate evening that celebrates the purity and power of solo piano.
Additional performances:
April 7th (Palmerston North)
April 8th (New Plymouth)
April 10th (Hamilton)
April 12th (Napier)
April 14th (Wellington)
April 15th (Nelson)
April 18th (Invercargill)
April 19th (Dunedin)
April 21st (Auckland)
Jian Liu | piano
Programme:
Gillian Whitehead | Lullaby for Matthew
John Field | Nocturne No 6 “Cradle Song”
Chopin | Nocturne in F-sharp Major, Op 15, No 2
Leonie Holmes | Nocturne for Piano
Grieg | Notturno, Op 54, No 4
Alexandre Tansman | Four Nocturnes
Resphigi | Nocturne from Six Piano Pieces, R44
Lowell Liebermann | Nocturne
Poulenc | Nocturne No 1
Britten | Notturno
Wieck-Schumann | Nocturne, Op 6, No 2
Schumann | In der Nacht, from Fantasiestücke, Op 12
Bartók | ‘The Night’s Music’, from Out of Doors
Joio | Nocturne in E Major
Barber | Nocturne, Op 33
Liszt | Nocturne No 3 from Liebesträume
'Nocturnes' is an evocative collection of night-songs for the piano, played by internationally celebrated concert pianist, chamber musician and educator Professor Jian Liu. Journey through a dreamscape of lilting lullabies and cradlesongs alongside night-music of mystery and mischief. Beloved nocturnes by Chopin and Liszt light the way for other gems in an intimate evening that celebrates the purity and power of solo piano.
Additional performances:
April 7th (Palmerston North)
April 8th (New Plymouth)
April 10th (Hamilton)
April 12th (Napier)
April 14th (Wellington)
April 15th (Nelson)
April 18th (Invercargill)
April 19th (Dunedin)
April 21st (Auckland)
Jian Liu | piano
Programme:
Gillian Whitehead | Lullaby for Matthew
John Field | Nocturne No 6 “Cradle Song”
Chopin | Nocturne in F-sharp Major, Op 15, No 2
Leonie Holmes | Nocturne for Piano
Grieg | Notturno, Op 54, No 4
Alexandre Tansman | Four Nocturnes
Resphigi | Nocturne from Six Piano Pieces, R44
Lowell Liebermann | Nocturne
Poulenc | Nocturne No 1
Britten | Notturno
Wieck-Schumann | Nocturne, Op 6, No 2
Schumann | In der Nacht, from Fantasiestücke, Op 12
Bartók | ‘The Night’s Music’, from Out of Doors
Joio | Nocturne in E Major
Barber | Nocturne, Op 33
Liszt | Nocturne No 3 from Liebesträume
'Nocturnes' is an evocative collection of night-songs for the piano, played by internationally celebrated concert pianist, chamber musician and educator Professor Jian Liu. Journey through a dreamscape of lilting lullabies and cradlesongs alongside night-music of mystery and mischief. Beloved nocturnes by Chopin and Liszt light the way for other gems in an intimate evening that celebrates the purity and power of solo piano.
Additional performances:
April 7th (Palmerston North)
April 8th (New Plymouth)
April 10th (Hamilton)
April 12th (Napier)
April 14th (Wellington)
April 15th (Nelson)
April 18th (Invercargill)
April 19th (Dunedin)
April 21st (Auckland)

Chamber Music NZ | Trio Élan (Warkworth)
ConcertDonald Armstrong | violin
Simon Brew | saxophone
Sarah Watkins | piano
Programme:
Russ Peterson | Trio for Alto Saxophone, Violin & Piano
Peter Liley | “Deux Images” for Trio
Debussy | Violin Sonata in G minor
Albeniz | Evocación (piano solo)
Barry Cockcroft | Beat Me (sax solo)
Marc Eychenne | Cantilene and Dance
Gareth Farr | Meditation (sax and piano)
Piazzolla | Otono Porteno
Gareth Farr | Tango: Un Verano de Passion
Trio Élan is an electrifying new ensemble made up of three of New Zealand’s leading chamber musicians: violinist Donald Armstrong, saxophonist Simon Brew and pianist Sarah Watkins. In a rare and exclusive programme which showcases the dynamic and seductive sounds of three wildly different instruments, audiences will be swept along by colourful and jazzy music from France, New Zealand, Argentina and the US.
Since Adolf Sax invented the saxophone in the 1840s, composers have been captivated by its magical sound and have combined it with many other instruments. Debussy and Ravel incorporated its beautiful sweetness in their impressionist music, influencing such contemporary composers as Algerian-born Marc Eychenne. The saxophone lies at the heart of newer styles such as jazz, dance, and pop music, and the violin and piano have taken to these new styles with ease.
Trio Élan’s novel line-up of violin, saxophone and piano beautifully create evocative sounds, catchy contemporary rhythms and soaring melodies. Prepare to be mesmerised, enchanted and entertained as these three top musicians unleash this exciting programme.
Additional performances:
March 28th (Whangārei)
April 7th (Cromwell)
April 8th (Christchurch)
April 9th (Motueka)
April 11th (Waikanae)
April 12th (Upper Hutt)
April 18th (Wellington)
Donald Armstrong | violin
Simon Brew | saxophone
Sarah Watkins | piano
Programme:
Russ Peterson | Trio for Alto Saxophone, Violin & Piano
Peter Liley | “Deux Images” for Trio
Debussy | Violin Sonata in G minor
Albeniz | Evocación (piano solo)
Barry Cockcroft | Beat Me (sax solo)
Marc Eychenne | Cantilene and Dance
Gareth Farr | Meditation (sax and piano)
Piazzolla | Otono Porteno
Gareth Farr | Tango: Un Verano de Passion
Trio Élan is an electrifying new ensemble made up of three of New Zealand’s leading chamber musicians: violinist Donald Armstrong, saxophonist Simon Brew and pianist Sarah Watkins. In a rare and exclusive programme which showcases the dynamic and seductive sounds of three wildly different instruments, audiences will be swept along by colourful and jazzy music from France, New Zealand, Argentina and the US.
Since Adolf Sax invented the saxophone in the 1840s, composers have been captivated by its magical sound and have combined it with many other instruments. Debussy and Ravel incorporated its beautiful sweetness in their impressionist music, influencing such contemporary composers as Algerian-born Marc Eychenne. The saxophone lies at the heart of newer styles such as jazz, dance, and pop music, and the violin and piano have taken to these new styles with ease.
Trio Élan’s novel line-up of violin, saxophone and piano beautifully create evocative sounds, catchy contemporary rhythms and soaring melodies. Prepare to be mesmerised, enchanted and entertained as these three top musicians unleash this exciting programme.
Additional performances:
March 28th (Whangārei)
April 7th (Cromwell)
April 8th (Christchurch)
April 9th (Motueka)
April 11th (Waikanae)
April 12th (Upper Hutt)
April 18th (Wellington)
Donald Armstrong | violin
Simon Brew | saxophone
Sarah Watkins | piano
Programme:
Russ Peterson | Trio for Alto Saxophone, Violin & Piano
Peter Liley | “Deux Images” for Trio
Debussy | Violin Sonata in G minor
Albeniz | Evocación (piano solo)
Barry Cockcroft | Beat Me (sax solo)
Marc Eychenne | Cantilene and Dance
Gareth Farr | Meditation (sax and piano)
Piazzolla | Otono Porteno
Gareth Farr | Tango: Un Verano de Passion
Trio Élan is an electrifying new ensemble made up of three of New Zealand’s leading chamber musicians: violinist Donald Armstrong, saxophonist Simon Brew and pianist Sarah Watkins. In a rare and exclusive programme which showcases the dynamic and seductive sounds of three wildly different instruments, audiences will be swept along by colourful and jazzy music from France, New Zealand, Argentina and the US.
Since Adolf Sax invented the saxophone in the 1840s, composers have been captivated by its magical sound and have combined it with many other instruments. Debussy and Ravel incorporated its beautiful sweetness in their impressionist music, influencing such contemporary composers as Algerian-born Marc Eychenne. The saxophone lies at the heart of newer styles such as jazz, dance, and pop music, and the violin and piano have taken to these new styles with ease.
Trio Élan’s novel line-up of violin, saxophone and piano beautifully create evocative sounds, catchy contemporary rhythms and soaring melodies. Prepare to be mesmerised, enchanted and entertained as these three top musicians unleash this exciting programme.
Additional performances:
March 28th (Whangārei)
April 7th (Cromwell)
April 8th (Christchurch)
April 9th (Motueka)
April 11th (Waikanae)
April 12th (Upper Hutt)
April 18th (Wellington)

NZSO Podium Series | Firebird (Napier)
ConcertHamish McKeich | conductor
Diedre Irons | piano
Juliet Palmer | Buzzard
WA Mozart | Piano Concerto No. 23 in A Major
Stravinsky (orch. Jonathan McPhee) | The Firebird
Fifty years after Igor Stravinsky’s passing, his music continues to excite, provoke and entertain. This is nowhere more evident than in The Firebird. Originally composed in 1910, it has profoundly stirred the hearts of listeners ever since.
The Firebird has also inspired generations of later composers, including New Zealand-born Canadian composer Juliet Palmer. Her piece Buzzard, explicitly inspired by two famous musical birds (Stravinsky’s Firebird and Tchaikovsky’s Swan Lake) bears the thumbprint of her interdisciplinary, “postmodernist-with-a-conscience” style.
Diedre Irons will perform Mozart’s Piano Concerto No. 23. Like Palmer, she has spent considerable time in both NZ and North America, studying first in Canada, then both studying and then teaching at the Curtis Institute. Her long and illustrious career as soloist, chamber musician and educator has seen her record all five Beethoven Concerti with Christchurch Symphony Orchestra, collaborate with the New Zealand, Kodaly and Latin American String Quartets, and receive an MBE and ONZM for services to music.
Additional performances:
April 8th (Wellington)
April 10th (Tauranga)
April 24th (Auckland)
Hamish McKeich | conductor
Diedre Irons | piano
Juliet Palmer | Buzzard
WA Mozart | Piano Concerto No. 23 in A Major
Stravinsky (orch. Jonathan McPhee) | The Firebird
Fifty years after Igor Stravinsky’s passing, his music continues to excite, provoke and entertain. This is nowhere more evident than in The Firebird. Originally composed in 1910, it has profoundly stirred the hearts of listeners ever since.
The Firebird has also inspired generations of later composers, including New Zealand-born Canadian composer Juliet Palmer. Her piece Buzzard, explicitly inspired by two famous musical birds (Stravinsky’s Firebird and Tchaikovsky’s Swan Lake) bears the thumbprint of her interdisciplinary, “postmodernist-with-a-conscience” style.
Diedre Irons will perform Mozart’s Piano Concerto No. 23. Like Palmer, she has spent considerable time in both NZ and North America, studying first in Canada, then both studying and then teaching at the Curtis Institute. Her long and illustrious career as soloist, chamber musician and educator has seen her record all five Beethoven Concerti with Christchurch Symphony Orchestra, collaborate with the New Zealand, Kodaly and Latin American String Quartets, and receive an MBE and ONZM for services to music.
Additional performances:
April 8th (Wellington)
April 10th (Tauranga)
April 24th (Auckland)
Hamish McKeich | conductor
Diedre Irons | piano
Juliet Palmer | Buzzard
WA Mozart | Piano Concerto No. 23 in A Major
Stravinsky (orch. Jonathan McPhee) | The Firebird
Fifty years after Igor Stravinsky’s passing, his music continues to excite, provoke and entertain. This is nowhere more evident than in The Firebird. Originally composed in 1910, it has profoundly stirred the hearts of listeners ever since.
The Firebird has also inspired generations of later composers, including New Zealand-born Canadian composer Juliet Palmer. Her piece Buzzard, explicitly inspired by two famous musical birds (Stravinsky’s Firebird and Tchaikovsky’s Swan Lake) bears the thumbprint of her interdisciplinary, “postmodernist-with-a-conscience” style.
Diedre Irons will perform Mozart’s Piano Concerto No. 23. Like Palmer, she has spent considerable time in both NZ and North America, studying first in Canada, then both studying and then teaching at the Curtis Institute. Her long and illustrious career as soloist, chamber musician and educator has seen her record all five Beethoven Concerti with Christchurch Symphony Orchestra, collaborate with the New Zealand, Kodaly and Latin American String Quartets, and receive an MBE and ONZM for services to music.
Additional performances:
April 8th (Wellington)
April 10th (Tauranga)
April 24th (Auckland)

Chamber Music NZ | Trio Élan (Wellington)
ConcertDonald Armstrong | violin
Simon Brew | saxophone
Sarah Watkins | piano
Programme:
Russ Peterson | Trio for Alto Saxophone, Violin & Piano
Peter Liley | “Deux Images” for Trio
Debussy | Violin Sonata in G minor
Albeniz | Evocación (piano solo)
Barry Cockcroft | Beat Me (sax solo)
Marc Eychenne | Cantilene and Dance
Gareth Farr | Meditation (sax and piano)
Piazzolla | Otono Porteno
Gareth Farr | Tango: Un Verano de Passion
Trio Élan is an electrifying new ensemble made up of three of New Zealand’s leading chamber musicians: violinist Donald Armstrong, saxophonist Simon Brew and pianist Sarah Watkins. In a rare and exclusive programme which showcases the dynamic and seductive sounds of three wildly different instruments, audiences will be swept along by colourful and jazzy music from France, New Zealand, Argentina and the US.
Since Adolf Sax invented the saxophone in the 1840s, composers have been captivated by its magical sound and have combined it with many other instruments. Debussy and Ravel incorporated its beautiful sweetness in their impressionist music, influencing such contemporary composers as Algerian-born Marc Eychenne. The saxophone lies at the heart of newer styles such as jazz, dance, and pop music, and the violin and piano have taken to these new styles with ease.
Trio Élan’s novel line-up of violin, saxophone and piano beautifully create evocative sounds, catchy contemporary rhythms and soaring melodies. Prepare to be mesmerised, enchanted and entertained as these three top musicians unleash this exciting programme.
Additional performances:
March 28th (Whangārei)
April 7th (Cromwell)
April 8th (Christchurch)
April 9th (Motueka)
April 11th (Waikanae)
April 12th (Upper Hutt)
April 17th (Warkworth)
Donald Armstrong | violin
Simon Brew | saxophone
Sarah Watkins | piano
Programme:
Russ Peterson | Trio for Alto Saxophone, Violin & Piano
Peter Liley | “Deux Images” for Trio
Debussy | Violin Sonata in G minor
Albeniz | Evocación (piano solo)
Barry Cockcroft | Beat Me (sax solo)
Marc Eychenne | Cantilene and Dance
Gareth Farr | Meditation (sax and piano)
Piazzolla | Otono Porteno
Gareth Farr | Tango: Un Verano de Passion
Trio Élan is an electrifying new ensemble made up of three of New Zealand’s leading chamber musicians: violinist Donald Armstrong, saxophonist Simon Brew and pianist Sarah Watkins. In a rare and exclusive programme which showcases the dynamic and seductive sounds of three wildly different instruments, audiences will be swept along by colourful and jazzy music from France, New Zealand, Argentina and the US.
Since Adolf Sax invented the saxophone in the 1840s, composers have been captivated by its magical sound and have combined it with many other instruments. Debussy and Ravel incorporated its beautiful sweetness in their impressionist music, influencing such contemporary composers as Algerian-born Marc Eychenne. The saxophone lies at the heart of newer styles such as jazz, dance, and pop music, and the violin and piano have taken to these new styles with ease.
Trio Élan’s novel line-up of violin, saxophone and piano beautifully create evocative sounds, catchy contemporary rhythms and soaring melodies. Prepare to be mesmerised, enchanted and entertained as these three top musicians unleash this exciting programme.
Additional performances:
March 28th (Whangārei)
April 7th (Cromwell)
April 8th (Christchurch)
April 9th (Motueka)
April 11th (Waikanae)
April 12th (Upper Hutt)
April 17th (Warkworth)
Donald Armstrong | violin
Simon Brew | saxophone
Sarah Watkins | piano
Programme:
Russ Peterson | Trio for Alto Saxophone, Violin & Piano
Peter Liley | “Deux Images” for Trio
Debussy | Violin Sonata in G minor
Albeniz | Evocación (piano solo)
Barry Cockcroft | Beat Me (sax solo)
Marc Eychenne | Cantilene and Dance
Gareth Farr | Meditation (sax and piano)
Piazzolla | Otono Porteno
Gareth Farr | Tango: Un Verano de Passion
Trio Élan is an electrifying new ensemble made up of three of New Zealand’s leading chamber musicians: violinist Donald Armstrong, saxophonist Simon Brew and pianist Sarah Watkins. In a rare and exclusive programme which showcases the dynamic and seductive sounds of three wildly different instruments, audiences will be swept along by colourful and jazzy music from France, New Zealand, Argentina and the US.
Since Adolf Sax invented the saxophone in the 1840s, composers have been captivated by its magical sound and have combined it with many other instruments. Debussy and Ravel incorporated its beautiful sweetness in their impressionist music, influencing such contemporary composers as Algerian-born Marc Eychenne. The saxophone lies at the heart of newer styles such as jazz, dance, and pop music, and the violin and piano have taken to these new styles with ease.
Trio Élan’s novel line-up of violin, saxophone and piano beautifully create evocative sounds, catchy contemporary rhythms and soaring melodies. Prepare to be mesmerised, enchanted and entertained as these three top musicians unleash this exciting programme.
Additional performances:
March 28th (Whangārei)
April 7th (Cromwell)
April 8th (Christchurch)
April 9th (Motueka)
April 11th (Waikanae)
April 12th (Upper Hutt)
April 17th (Warkworth)

Chamber Music NZ | Nocturnes (Invercargill)
ConcertJian Liu | piano
Programme:
Gillian Whitehead | Lullaby for Matthew
John Field | Nocturne No 6 “Cradle Song”
Chopin | Nocturne in F-sharp Major, Op 15, No 2
Leonie Holmes | Nocturne for Piano
Grieg | Notturno, Op 54, No 4
Alexandre Tansman | Four Nocturnes
Resphigi | Nocturne from Six Piano Pieces, R44
Lowell Liebermann | Nocturne
Poulenc | Nocturne No 1
Britten | Notturno
Wieck-Schumann | Nocturne, Op 6, No 2
Schumann | In der Nacht, from Fantasiestücke, Op 12
Bartók | ‘The Night’s Music’, from Out of Doors
Joio | Nocturne in E Major
Barber | Nocturne, Op 33
Liszt | Nocturne No 3 from Liebesträume
'Nocturnes' is an evocative collection of night-songs for the piano, played by internationally celebrated concert pianist, chamber musician and educator Professor Jian Liu. Journey through a dreamscape of lilting lullabies and cradlesongs alongside night-music of mystery and mischief. Beloved nocturnes by Chopin and Liszt light the way for other gems in an intimate evening that celebrates the purity and power of solo piano.
Additional performances:
April 7th (Palmerston North)
April 8th (New Plymouth)
April 10th (Hamilton)
April 12th (Napier)
April 14th (Wellington)
April 15th (Nelson)
April 16th (Christchurch)
April 19th (Dunedin)
April 21st (Auckland)
Jian Liu | piano
Programme:
Gillian Whitehead | Lullaby for Matthew
John Field | Nocturne No 6 “Cradle Song”
Chopin | Nocturne in F-sharp Major, Op 15, No 2
Leonie Holmes | Nocturne for Piano
Grieg | Notturno, Op 54, No 4
Alexandre Tansman | Four Nocturnes
Resphigi | Nocturne from Six Piano Pieces, R44
Lowell Liebermann | Nocturne
Poulenc | Nocturne No 1
Britten | Notturno
Wieck-Schumann | Nocturne, Op 6, No 2
Schumann | In der Nacht, from Fantasiestücke, Op 12
Bartók | ‘The Night’s Music’, from Out of Doors
Joio | Nocturne in E Major
Barber | Nocturne, Op 33
Liszt | Nocturne No 3 from Liebesträume
'Nocturnes' is an evocative collection of night-songs for the piano, played by internationally celebrated concert pianist, chamber musician and educator Professor Jian Liu. Journey through a dreamscape of lilting lullabies and cradlesongs alongside night-music of mystery and mischief. Beloved nocturnes by Chopin and Liszt light the way for other gems in an intimate evening that celebrates the purity and power of solo piano.
Additional performances:
April 7th (Palmerston North)
April 8th (New Plymouth)
April 10th (Hamilton)
April 12th (Napier)
April 14th (Wellington)
April 15th (Nelson)
April 16th (Christchurch)
April 19th (Dunedin)
April 21st (Auckland)
Jian Liu | piano
Programme:
Gillian Whitehead | Lullaby for Matthew
John Field | Nocturne No 6 “Cradle Song”
Chopin | Nocturne in F-sharp Major, Op 15, No 2
Leonie Holmes | Nocturne for Piano
Grieg | Notturno, Op 54, No 4
Alexandre Tansman | Four Nocturnes
Resphigi | Nocturne from Six Piano Pieces, R44
Lowell Liebermann | Nocturne
Poulenc | Nocturne No 1
Britten | Notturno
Wieck-Schumann | Nocturne, Op 6, No 2
Schumann | In der Nacht, from Fantasiestücke, Op 12
Bartók | ‘The Night’s Music’, from Out of Doors
Joio | Nocturne in E Major
Barber | Nocturne, Op 33
Liszt | Nocturne No 3 from Liebesträume
'Nocturnes' is an evocative collection of night-songs for the piano, played by internationally celebrated concert pianist, chamber musician and educator Professor Jian Liu. Journey through a dreamscape of lilting lullabies and cradlesongs alongside night-music of mystery and mischief. Beloved nocturnes by Chopin and Liszt light the way for other gems in an intimate evening that celebrates the purity and power of solo piano.
Additional performances:
April 7th (Palmerston North)
April 8th (New Plymouth)
April 10th (Hamilton)
April 12th (Napier)
April 14th (Wellington)
April 15th (Nelson)
April 16th (Christchurch)
April 19th (Dunedin)
April 21st (Auckland)

Chamber Music NZ | Nocturnes (Dunedin)
ConcertJian Liu | piano
Programme:
Gillian Whitehead | Lullaby for Matthew
John Field | Nocturne No 6 “Cradle Song”
Chopin | Nocturne in F-sharp Major, Op 15, No 2
Leonie Holmes | Nocturne for Piano
Grieg | Notturno, Op 54, No 4
Alexandre Tansman | Four Nocturnes
Resphigi | Nocturne from Six Piano Pieces, R44
Lowell Liebermann | Nocturne
Poulenc | Nocturne No 1
Britten | Notturno
Wieck-Schumann | Nocturne, Op 6, No 2
Schumann | In der Nacht, from Fantasiestücke, Op 12
Bartók | ‘The Night’s Music’, from Out of Doors
Joio | Nocturne in E Major
Barber | Nocturne, Op 33
Liszt | Nocturne No 3 from Liebesträume
'Nocturnes' is an evocative collection of night-songs for the piano, played by internationally celebrated concert pianist, chamber musician and educator Professor Jian Liu. Journey through a dreamscape of lilting lullabies and cradlesongs alongside night-music of mystery and mischief. Beloved nocturnes by Chopin and Liszt light the way for other gems in an intimate evening that celebrates the purity and power of solo piano.
Additional performances:
April 7th (Palmerston North)
April 8th (New Plymouth)
April 10th (Hamilton)
April 12th (Napier)
April 14th (Wellington)
April 15th (Nelson)
April 16th (Christchurch)
April 18th (Invercargill)
April 21st (Auckland)
Jian Liu | piano
Programme:
Gillian Whitehead | Lullaby for Matthew
John Field | Nocturne No 6 “Cradle Song”
Chopin | Nocturne in F-sharp Major, Op 15, No 2
Leonie Holmes | Nocturne for Piano
Grieg | Notturno, Op 54, No 4
Alexandre Tansman | Four Nocturnes
Resphigi | Nocturne from Six Piano Pieces, R44
Lowell Liebermann | Nocturne
Poulenc | Nocturne No 1
Britten | Notturno
Wieck-Schumann | Nocturne, Op 6, No 2
Schumann | In der Nacht, from Fantasiestücke, Op 12
Bartók | ‘The Night’s Music’, from Out of Doors
Joio | Nocturne in E Major
Barber | Nocturne, Op 33
Liszt | Nocturne No 3 from Liebesträume
'Nocturnes' is an evocative collection of night-songs for the piano, played by internationally celebrated concert pianist, chamber musician and educator Professor Jian Liu. Journey through a dreamscape of lilting lullabies and cradlesongs alongside night-music of mystery and mischief. Beloved nocturnes by Chopin and Liszt light the way for other gems in an intimate evening that celebrates the purity and power of solo piano.
Additional performances:
April 7th (Palmerston North)
April 8th (New Plymouth)
April 10th (Hamilton)
April 12th (Napier)
April 14th (Wellington)
April 15th (Nelson)
April 16th (Christchurch)
April 18th (Invercargill)
April 21st (Auckland)
Jian Liu | piano
Programme:
Gillian Whitehead | Lullaby for Matthew
John Field | Nocturne No 6 “Cradle Song”
Chopin | Nocturne in F-sharp Major, Op 15, No 2
Leonie Holmes | Nocturne for Piano
Grieg | Notturno, Op 54, No 4
Alexandre Tansman | Four Nocturnes
Resphigi | Nocturne from Six Piano Pieces, R44
Lowell Liebermann | Nocturne
Poulenc | Nocturne No 1
Britten | Notturno
Wieck-Schumann | Nocturne, Op 6, No 2
Schumann | In der Nacht, from Fantasiestücke, Op 12
Bartók | ‘The Night’s Music’, from Out of Doors
Joio | Nocturne in E Major
Barber | Nocturne, Op 33
Liszt | Nocturne No 3 from Liebesträume
'Nocturnes' is an evocative collection of night-songs for the piano, played by internationally celebrated concert pianist, chamber musician and educator Professor Jian Liu. Journey through a dreamscape of lilting lullabies and cradlesongs alongside night-music of mystery and mischief. Beloved nocturnes by Chopin and Liszt light the way for other gems in an intimate evening that celebrates the purity and power of solo piano.
Additional performances:
April 7th (Palmerston North)
April 8th (New Plymouth)
April 10th (Hamilton)
April 12th (Napier)
April 14th (Wellington)
April 15th (Nelson)
April 16th (Christchurch)
April 18th (Invercargill)
April 21st (Auckland)

Chamber Music NZ | Nocturnes (Auckland)
ConcertJian Liu | piano
Programme:
Gillian Whitehead | Lullaby for Matthew
John Field | Nocturne No 6 “Cradle Song”
Chopin | Nocturne in F-sharp Major, Op 15, No 2
Leonie Holmes | Nocturne for Piano
Grieg | Notturno, Op 54, No 4
Alexandre Tansman | Four Nocturnes
Resphigi | Nocturne from Six Piano Pieces, R44
Lowell Liebermann | Nocturne
Poulenc | Nocturne No 1
Britten | Notturno
Wieck-Schumann | Nocturne, Op 6, No 2
Schumann | In der Nacht, from Fantasiestücke, Op 12
Bartók | ‘The Night’s Music’, from Out of Doors
Joio | Nocturne in E Major
Barber | Nocturne, Op 33
Liszt | Nocturne No 3 from Liebesträume
'Nocturnes' is an evocative collection of night-songs for the piano, played by internationally celebrated concert pianist, chamber musician and educator Professor Jian Liu. Journey through a dreamscape of lilting lullabies and cradlesongs alongside night-music of mystery and mischief. Beloved nocturnes by Chopin and Liszt light the way for other gems in an intimate evening that celebrates the purity and power of solo piano.
Additional performances:
April 7th (Palmerston North)
April 8th (New Plymouth)
April 10th (Hamilton)
April 12th (Napier)
April 14th (Wellington)
April 15th (Nelson)
April 16th (Christchurch)
April 18th (Invercargill)
April 19th (Dunedin)
Jian Liu | piano
Programme:
Gillian Whitehead | Lullaby for Matthew
John Field | Nocturne No 6 “Cradle Song”
Chopin | Nocturne in F-sharp Major, Op 15, No 2
Leonie Holmes | Nocturne for Piano
Grieg | Notturno, Op 54, No 4
Alexandre Tansman | Four Nocturnes
Resphigi | Nocturne from Six Piano Pieces, R44
Lowell Liebermann | Nocturne
Poulenc | Nocturne No 1
Britten | Notturno
Wieck-Schumann | Nocturne, Op 6, No 2
Schumann | In der Nacht, from Fantasiestücke, Op 12
Bartók | ‘The Night’s Music’, from Out of Doors
Joio | Nocturne in E Major
Barber | Nocturne, Op 33
Liszt | Nocturne No 3 from Liebesträume
'Nocturnes' is an evocative collection of night-songs for the piano, played by internationally celebrated concert pianist, chamber musician and educator Professor Jian Liu. Journey through a dreamscape of lilting lullabies and cradlesongs alongside night-music of mystery and mischief. Beloved nocturnes by Chopin and Liszt light the way for other gems in an intimate evening that celebrates the purity and power of solo piano.
Additional performances:
April 7th (Palmerston North)
April 8th (New Plymouth)
April 10th (Hamilton)
April 12th (Napier)
April 14th (Wellington)
April 15th (Nelson)
April 16th (Christchurch)
April 18th (Invercargill)
April 19th (Dunedin)
Jian Liu | piano
Programme:
Gillian Whitehead | Lullaby for Matthew
John Field | Nocturne No 6 “Cradle Song”
Chopin | Nocturne in F-sharp Major, Op 15, No 2
Leonie Holmes | Nocturne for Piano
Grieg | Notturno, Op 54, No 4
Alexandre Tansman | Four Nocturnes
Resphigi | Nocturne from Six Piano Pieces, R44
Lowell Liebermann | Nocturne
Poulenc | Nocturne No 1
Britten | Notturno
Wieck-Schumann | Nocturne, Op 6, No 2
Schumann | In der Nacht, from Fantasiestücke, Op 12
Bartók | ‘The Night’s Music’, from Out of Doors
Joio | Nocturne in E Major
Barber | Nocturne, Op 33
Liszt | Nocturne No 3 from Liebesträume
'Nocturnes' is an evocative collection of night-songs for the piano, played by internationally celebrated concert pianist, chamber musician and educator Professor Jian Liu. Journey through a dreamscape of lilting lullabies and cradlesongs alongside night-music of mystery and mischief. Beloved nocturnes by Chopin and Liszt light the way for other gems in an intimate evening that celebrates the purity and power of solo piano.
Additional performances:
April 7th (Palmerston North)
April 8th (New Plymouth)
April 10th (Hamilton)
April 12th (Napier)
April 14th (Wellington)
April 15th (Nelson)
April 16th (Christchurch)
April 18th (Invercargill)
April 19th (Dunedin)

Chamber Music NZ | ACE Brass (Rotorua)
ConcertHuw Dann | trumpet
Emma Eden | horn
John Gluyas | trombone
Programme:
Richard Cohen | Fanfare
Oskar Boheme | Prelude and Fugue op 28 in E-flat Major
Piazzolla | Ave Maria ’Tanti Anni Primi’
Piazzolla | Libertango
Helen Bowater | White Kingdom
Diego Ortiz | Ricercar
Kanazawa Yasonori | Three Billy Goats Gruff for Brass Trio and Narrator
Thierry Thibault | Petites Variations sur L’Alphabet de Mozart
Martin Wesley Smith | White Knight and Beaver for Trombone and Tape
Puccini | O Mio Babbino Caro
Manning Sherwin | A Nightingale Sang in Berkeley Square
Harold Arlen | Somewhere Over the Rainbow
Eric Ewazen | A Philharmonic Fanfare
Josiah Carr | 7 Deadly Sins
ACE Brass (Auckland Chamber Ensemble Brass) was formed in 2011 with the intention of bringing world class chamber music into the concert halls and homes of New Zealand. Bringing together a wealth of experience in solo, orchestral and chamber music, these three talented musicians embrace the fascinating and versatile repertoire of the brass trio. They are passionate about quality music education and offer a range of educational performances and workshops for schools.
ACE Brass continues to excel in all areas of Chamber music life in Auckland and New Zealand. They have performed in countless schools as part of the APO’s Educational Outreach Program. They have a number of commissions from New Zealand composers. Auckland University has invited them to take part of their composer workshop seminars. They have been active over many years in the AOTEA Centre’s Pick n Mix concert and workshop series. They are also proud to be asked to play at events like The Big Gay Out and pre-show entertainment for an All Black test match at Eden Park.
Additional performances:
April 12th (Arrowtown)
April 24th (Whakatāne)
April 28th (Tauranga)
April 29th (Te Awamutu)
May 2nd (Kerikeri)
Huw Dann | trumpet
Emma Eden | horn
John Gluyas | trombone
Programme:
Richard Cohen | Fanfare
Oskar Boheme | Prelude and Fugue op 28 in E-flat Major
Piazzolla | Ave Maria ’Tanti Anni Primi’
Piazzolla | Libertango
Helen Bowater | White Kingdom
Diego Ortiz | Ricercar
Kanazawa Yasonori | Three Billy Goats Gruff for Brass Trio and Narrator
Thierry Thibault | Petites Variations sur L’Alphabet de Mozart
Martin Wesley Smith | White Knight and Beaver for Trombone and Tape
Puccini | O Mio Babbino Caro
Manning Sherwin | A Nightingale Sang in Berkeley Square
Harold Arlen | Somewhere Over the Rainbow
Eric Ewazen | A Philharmonic Fanfare
Josiah Carr | 7 Deadly Sins
ACE Brass (Auckland Chamber Ensemble Brass) was formed in 2011 with the intention of bringing world class chamber music into the concert halls and homes of New Zealand. Bringing together a wealth of experience in solo, orchestral and chamber music, these three talented musicians embrace the fascinating and versatile repertoire of the brass trio. They are passionate about quality music education and offer a range of educational performances and workshops for schools.
ACE Brass continues to excel in all areas of Chamber music life in Auckland and New Zealand. They have performed in countless schools as part of the APO’s Educational Outreach Program. They have a number of commissions from New Zealand composers. Auckland University has invited them to take part of their composer workshop seminars. They have been active over many years in the AOTEA Centre’s Pick n Mix concert and workshop series. They are also proud to be asked to play at events like The Big Gay Out and pre-show entertainment for an All Black test match at Eden Park.
Additional performances:
April 12th (Arrowtown)
April 24th (Whakatāne)
April 28th (Tauranga)
April 29th (Te Awamutu)
May 2nd (Kerikeri)
Huw Dann | trumpet
Emma Eden | horn
John Gluyas | trombone
Programme:
Richard Cohen | Fanfare
Oskar Boheme | Prelude and Fugue op 28 in E-flat Major
Piazzolla | Ave Maria ’Tanti Anni Primi’
Piazzolla | Libertango
Helen Bowater | White Kingdom
Diego Ortiz | Ricercar
Kanazawa Yasonori | Three Billy Goats Gruff for Brass Trio and Narrator
Thierry Thibault | Petites Variations sur L’Alphabet de Mozart
Martin Wesley Smith | White Knight and Beaver for Trombone and Tape
Puccini | O Mio Babbino Caro
Manning Sherwin | A Nightingale Sang in Berkeley Square
Harold Arlen | Somewhere Over the Rainbow
Eric Ewazen | A Philharmonic Fanfare
Josiah Carr | 7 Deadly Sins
ACE Brass (Auckland Chamber Ensemble Brass) was formed in 2011 with the intention of bringing world class chamber music into the concert halls and homes of New Zealand. Bringing together a wealth of experience in solo, orchestral and chamber music, these three talented musicians embrace the fascinating and versatile repertoire of the brass trio. They are passionate about quality music education and offer a range of educational performances and workshops for schools.
ACE Brass continues to excel in all areas of Chamber music life in Auckland and New Zealand. They have performed in countless schools as part of the APO’s Educational Outreach Program. They have a number of commissions from New Zealand composers. Auckland University has invited them to take part of their composer workshop seminars. They have been active over many years in the AOTEA Centre’s Pick n Mix concert and workshop series. They are also proud to be asked to play at events like The Big Gay Out and pre-show entertainment for an All Black test match at Eden Park.
Additional performances:
April 12th (Arrowtown)
April 24th (Whakatāne)
April 28th (Tauranga)
April 29th (Te Awamutu)
May 2nd (Kerikeri)

Chamber Music NZ | ACE Brass (Whakatāne)
ConcertHuw Dann | trumpet
Emma Eden | horn
John Gluyas | trombone
Programme:
Richard Cohen | Fanfare
Oskar Boheme | Prelude and Fugue op 28 in E-flat Major
Piazzolla | Ave Maria ’Tanti Anni Primi’
Piazzolla | Libertango
Helen Bowater | White Kingdom
Diego Ortiz | Ricercar
Kanazawa Yasonori | Three Billy Goats Gruff for Brass Trio and Narrator
Thierry Thibault | Petites Variations sur L’Alphabet de Mozart
Martin Wesley Smith | White Knight and Beaver for Trombone and Tape
Puccini | O Mio Babbino Caro
Manning Sherwin | A Nightingale Sang in Berkeley Square
Harold Arlen | Somewhere Over the Rainbow
Eric Ewazen | A Philharmonic Fanfare
Josiah Carr | 7 Deadly Sins
ACE Brass (Auckland Chamber Ensemble Brass) was formed in 2011 with the intention of bringing world class chamber music into the concert halls and homes of New Zealand. Bringing together a wealth of experience in solo, orchestral and chamber music, these three talented musicians embrace the fascinating and versatile repertoire of the brass trio. They are passionate about quality music education and offer a range of educational performances and workshops for schools.
ACE Brass continues to excel in all areas of Chamber music life in Auckland and New Zealand. They have performed in countless schools as part of the APO’s Educational Outreach Program. They have a number of commissions from New Zealand composers. Auckland University has invited them to take part of their composer workshop seminars. They have been active over many years in the AOTEA Centre’s Pick n Mix concert and workshop series. They are also proud to be asked to play at events like The Big Gay Out and pre-show entertainment for an All Black test match at Eden Park.
Additional performances:
April 12th (Arrowtown)
April 23rd (Rotorua)
April 28th (Tauranga)
April 29th (Te Awamutu)
May 2nd (Kerikeri)
Huw Dann | trumpet
Emma Eden | horn
John Gluyas | trombone
Programme:
Richard Cohen | Fanfare
Oskar Boheme | Prelude and Fugue op 28 in E-flat Major
Piazzolla | Ave Maria ’Tanti Anni Primi’
Piazzolla | Libertango
Helen Bowater | White Kingdom
Diego Ortiz | Ricercar
Kanazawa Yasonori | Three Billy Goats Gruff for Brass Trio and Narrator
Thierry Thibault | Petites Variations sur L’Alphabet de Mozart
Martin Wesley Smith | White Knight and Beaver for Trombone and Tape
Puccini | O Mio Babbino Caro
Manning Sherwin | A Nightingale Sang in Berkeley Square
Harold Arlen | Somewhere Over the Rainbow
Eric Ewazen | A Philharmonic Fanfare
Josiah Carr | 7 Deadly Sins
ACE Brass (Auckland Chamber Ensemble Brass) was formed in 2011 with the intention of bringing world class chamber music into the concert halls and homes of New Zealand. Bringing together a wealth of experience in solo, orchestral and chamber music, these three talented musicians embrace the fascinating and versatile repertoire of the brass trio. They are passionate about quality music education and offer a range of educational performances and workshops for schools.
ACE Brass continues to excel in all areas of Chamber music life in Auckland and New Zealand. They have performed in countless schools as part of the APO’s Educational Outreach Program. They have a number of commissions from New Zealand composers. Auckland University has invited them to take part of their composer workshop seminars. They have been active over many years in the AOTEA Centre’s Pick n Mix concert and workshop series. They are also proud to be asked to play at events like The Big Gay Out and pre-show entertainment for an All Black test match at Eden Park.
Additional performances:
April 12th (Arrowtown)
April 23rd (Rotorua)
April 28th (Tauranga)
April 29th (Te Awamutu)
May 2nd (Kerikeri)
Huw Dann | trumpet
Emma Eden | horn
John Gluyas | trombone
Programme:
Richard Cohen | Fanfare
Oskar Boheme | Prelude and Fugue op 28 in E-flat Major
Piazzolla | Ave Maria ’Tanti Anni Primi’
Piazzolla | Libertango
Helen Bowater | White Kingdom
Diego Ortiz | Ricercar
Kanazawa Yasonori | Three Billy Goats Gruff for Brass Trio and Narrator
Thierry Thibault | Petites Variations sur L’Alphabet de Mozart
Martin Wesley Smith | White Knight and Beaver for Trombone and Tape
Puccini | O Mio Babbino Caro
Manning Sherwin | A Nightingale Sang in Berkeley Square
Harold Arlen | Somewhere Over the Rainbow
Eric Ewazen | A Philharmonic Fanfare
Josiah Carr | 7 Deadly Sins
ACE Brass (Auckland Chamber Ensemble Brass) was formed in 2011 with the intention of bringing world class chamber music into the concert halls and homes of New Zealand. Bringing together a wealth of experience in solo, orchestral and chamber music, these three talented musicians embrace the fascinating and versatile repertoire of the brass trio. They are passionate about quality music education and offer a range of educational performances and workshops for schools.
ACE Brass continues to excel in all areas of Chamber music life in Auckland and New Zealand. They have performed in countless schools as part of the APO’s Educational Outreach Program. They have a number of commissions from New Zealand composers. Auckland University has invited them to take part of their composer workshop seminars. They have been active over many years in the AOTEA Centre’s Pick n Mix concert and workshop series. They are also proud to be asked to play at events like The Big Gay Out and pre-show entertainment for an All Black test match at Eden Park.
Additional performances:
April 12th (Arrowtown)
April 23rd (Rotorua)
April 28th (Tauranga)
April 29th (Te Awamutu)
May 2nd (Kerikeri)

NZSO Podium Series | Firebird (Auckland)
ConcertHamish McKeich | conductor
Diedre Irons | piano
Juliet Palmer | Buzzard
WA Mozart | Piano Concerto No. 23 in A Major
Stravinsky (orch. Jonathan McPhee) | The Firebird
Fifty years after Igor Stravinsky’s passing, his music continues to excite, provoke and entertain. This is nowhere more evident than in The Firebird. Originally composed in 1910, it has profoundly stirred the hearts of listeners ever since.
The Firebird has also inspired generations of later composers, including New Zealand-born Canadian composer Juliet Palmer. Her piece Buzzard, explicitly inspired by two famous musical birds (Stravinsky’s Firebird and Tchaikovsky’s Swan Lake) bears the thumbprint of her interdisciplinary, “postmodernist-with-a-conscience” style.
Diedre Irons will perform Mozart’s Piano Concerto No. 23. Like Palmer, she has spent considerable time in both NZ and North America, studying first in Canada, then both studying and then teaching at the Curtis Institute. Her long and illustrious career as soloist, chamber musician and educator has seen her record all five Beethoven Concerti with Christchurch Symphony Orchestra, collaborate with the New Zealand, Kodaly and Latin American String Quartets, and receive an MBE and ONZM for services to music.
Additional performances:
April 8th (Wellington)
April 10th (Tauranga)
April 17th (Napier)
Hamish McKeich | conductor
Diedre Irons | piano
Juliet Palmer | Buzzard
WA Mozart | Piano Concerto No. 23 in A Major
Stravinsky (orch. Jonathan McPhee) | The Firebird
Fifty years after Igor Stravinsky’s passing, his music continues to excite, provoke and entertain. This is nowhere more evident than in The Firebird. Originally composed in 1910, it has profoundly stirred the hearts of listeners ever since.
The Firebird has also inspired generations of later composers, including New Zealand-born Canadian composer Juliet Palmer. Her piece Buzzard, explicitly inspired by two famous musical birds (Stravinsky’s Firebird and Tchaikovsky’s Swan Lake) bears the thumbprint of her interdisciplinary, “postmodernist-with-a-conscience” style.
Diedre Irons will perform Mozart’s Piano Concerto No. 23. Like Palmer, she has spent considerable time in both NZ and North America, studying first in Canada, then both studying and then teaching at the Curtis Institute. Her long and illustrious career as soloist, chamber musician and educator has seen her record all five Beethoven Concerti with Christchurch Symphony Orchestra, collaborate with the New Zealand, Kodaly and Latin American String Quartets, and receive an MBE and ONZM for services to music.
Additional performances:
April 8th (Wellington)
April 10th (Tauranga)
April 17th (Napier)
Hamish McKeich | conductor
Diedre Irons | piano
Juliet Palmer | Buzzard
WA Mozart | Piano Concerto No. 23 in A Major
Stravinsky (orch. Jonathan McPhee) | The Firebird
Fifty years after Igor Stravinsky’s passing, his music continues to excite, provoke and entertain. This is nowhere more evident than in The Firebird. Originally composed in 1910, it has profoundly stirred the hearts of listeners ever since.
The Firebird has also inspired generations of later composers, including New Zealand-born Canadian composer Juliet Palmer. Her piece Buzzard, explicitly inspired by two famous musical birds (Stravinsky’s Firebird and Tchaikovsky’s Swan Lake) bears the thumbprint of her interdisciplinary, “postmodernist-with-a-conscience” style.
Diedre Irons will perform Mozart’s Piano Concerto No. 23. Like Palmer, she has spent considerable time in both NZ and North America, studying first in Canada, then both studying and then teaching at the Curtis Institute. Her long and illustrious career as soloist, chamber musician and educator has seen her record all five Beethoven Concerti with Christchurch Symphony Orchestra, collaborate with the New Zealand, Kodaly and Latin American String Quartets, and receive an MBE and ONZM for services to music.
Additional performances:
April 8th (Wellington)
April 10th (Tauranga)
April 17th (Napier)

Chamber Music NZ | ACE Brass (Tauranga)
ConcertHuw Dann | trumpet
Emma Eden | horn
John Gluyas | trombone
Programme:
Richard Cohen | Fanfare
Oskar Boheme | Prelude and Fugue op 28 in E-flat Major
Piazzolla | Ave Maria ’Tanti Anni Primi’
Piazzolla | Libertango
Helen Bowater | White Kingdom
Diego Ortiz | Ricercar
Kanazawa Yasonori | Three Billy Goats Gruff for Brass Trio and Narrator
Thierry Thibault | Petites Variations sur L’Alphabet de Mozart
Martin Wesley Smith | White Knight and Beaver for Trombone and Tape
Puccini | O Mio Babbino Caro
Manning Sherwin | A Nightingale Sang in Berkeley Square
Harold Arlen | Somewhere Over the Rainbow
Eric Ewazen | A Philharmonic Fanfare
Josiah Carr | 7 Deadly Sins
ACE Brass (Auckland Chamber Ensemble Brass) was formed in 2011 with the intention of bringing world class chamber music into the concert halls and homes of New Zealand. Bringing together a wealth of experience in solo, orchestral and chamber music, these three talented musicians embrace the fascinating and versatile repertoire of the brass trio. They are passionate about quality music education and offer a range of educational performances and workshops for schools.
ACE Brass continues to excel in all areas of Chamber music life in Auckland and New Zealand. They have performed in countless schools as part of the APO’s Educational Outreach Program. They have a number of commissions from New Zealand composers. Auckland University has invited them to take part of their composer workshop seminars. They have been active over many years in the AOTEA Centre’s Pick n Mix concert and workshop series. They are also proud to be asked to play at events like The Big Gay Out and pre-show entertainment for an All Black test match at Eden Park.
Additional performances:
April 12th (Arrowtown)
April 23rd (Rotorua)
April 24th (Whakatāne)
April 29th (Te Awamutu)
May 2nd (Kerikeri)
Huw Dann | trumpet
Emma Eden | horn
John Gluyas | trombone
Programme:
Richard Cohen | Fanfare
Oskar Boheme | Prelude and Fugue op 28 in E-flat Major
Piazzolla | Ave Maria ’Tanti Anni Primi’
Piazzolla | Libertango
Helen Bowater | White Kingdom
Diego Ortiz | Ricercar
Kanazawa Yasonori | Three Billy Goats Gruff for Brass Trio and Narrator
Thierry Thibault | Petites Variations sur L’Alphabet de Mozart
Martin Wesley Smith | White Knight and Beaver for Trombone and Tape
Puccini | O Mio Babbino Caro
Manning Sherwin | A Nightingale Sang in Berkeley Square
Harold Arlen | Somewhere Over the Rainbow
Eric Ewazen | A Philharmonic Fanfare
Josiah Carr | 7 Deadly Sins
ACE Brass (Auckland Chamber Ensemble Brass) was formed in 2011 with the intention of bringing world class chamber music into the concert halls and homes of New Zealand. Bringing together a wealth of experience in solo, orchestral and chamber music, these three talented musicians embrace the fascinating and versatile repertoire of the brass trio. They are passionate about quality music education and offer a range of educational performances and workshops for schools.
ACE Brass continues to excel in all areas of Chamber music life in Auckland and New Zealand. They have performed in countless schools as part of the APO’s Educational Outreach Program. They have a number of commissions from New Zealand composers. Auckland University has invited them to take part of their composer workshop seminars. They have been active over many years in the AOTEA Centre’s Pick n Mix concert and workshop series. They are also proud to be asked to play at events like The Big Gay Out and pre-show entertainment for an All Black test match at Eden Park.
Additional performances:
April 12th (Arrowtown)
April 23rd (Rotorua)
April 24th (Whakatāne)
April 29th (Te Awamutu)
May 2nd (Kerikeri)
Huw Dann | trumpet
Emma Eden | horn
John Gluyas | trombone
Programme:
Richard Cohen | Fanfare
Oskar Boheme | Prelude and Fugue op 28 in E-flat Major
Piazzolla | Ave Maria ’Tanti Anni Primi’
Piazzolla | Libertango
Helen Bowater | White Kingdom
Diego Ortiz | Ricercar
Kanazawa Yasonori | Three Billy Goats Gruff for Brass Trio and Narrator
Thierry Thibault | Petites Variations sur L’Alphabet de Mozart
Martin Wesley Smith | White Knight and Beaver for Trombone and Tape
Puccini | O Mio Babbino Caro
Manning Sherwin | A Nightingale Sang in Berkeley Square
Harold Arlen | Somewhere Over the Rainbow
Eric Ewazen | A Philharmonic Fanfare
Josiah Carr | 7 Deadly Sins
ACE Brass (Auckland Chamber Ensemble Brass) was formed in 2011 with the intention of bringing world class chamber music into the concert halls and homes of New Zealand. Bringing together a wealth of experience in solo, orchestral and chamber music, these three talented musicians embrace the fascinating and versatile repertoire of the brass trio. They are passionate about quality music education and offer a range of educational performances and workshops for schools.
ACE Brass continues to excel in all areas of Chamber music life in Auckland and New Zealand. They have performed in countless schools as part of the APO’s Educational Outreach Program. They have a number of commissions from New Zealand composers. Auckland University has invited them to take part of their composer workshop seminars. They have been active over many years in the AOTEA Centre’s Pick n Mix concert and workshop series. They are also proud to be asked to play at events like The Big Gay Out and pre-show entertainment for an All Black test match at Eden Park.
Additional performances:
April 12th (Arrowtown)
April 23rd (Rotorua)
April 24th (Whakatāne)
April 29th (Te Awamutu)
May 2nd (Kerikeri)

Chamber Music NZ | ACE Brass (Te Awamutu)
ConcertHuw Dann | trumpet
Emma Eden | horn
John Gluyas | trombone
Programme:
Richard Cohen | Fanfare
Oskar Boheme | Prelude and Fugue op 28 in E-flat Major
Piazzolla | Ave Maria ’Tanti Anni Primi’
Piazzolla | Libertango
Helen Bowater | White Kingdom
Diego Ortiz | Ricercar
Kanazawa Yasonori | Three Billy Goats Gruff for Brass Trio and Narrator
Thierry Thibault | Petites Variations sur L’Alphabet de Mozart
Martin Wesley Smith | White Knight and Beaver for Trombone and Tape
Puccini | O Mio Babbino Caro
Manning Sherwin | A Nightingale Sang in Berkeley Square
Harold Arlen | Somewhere Over the Rainbow
Eric Ewazen | A Philharmonic Fanfare
Josiah Carr | 7 Deadly Sins
ACE Brass (Auckland Chamber Ensemble Brass) was formed in 2011 with the intention of bringing world class chamber music into the concert halls and homes of New Zealand. Bringing together a wealth of experience in solo, orchestral and chamber music, these three talented musicians embrace the fascinating and versatile repertoire of the brass trio. They are passionate about quality music education and offer a range of educational performances and workshops for schools.
ACE Brass continues to excel in all areas of Chamber music life in Auckland and New Zealand. They have performed in countless schools as part of the APO’s Educational Outreach Program. They have a number of commissions from New Zealand composers. Auckland University has invited them to take part of their composer workshop seminars. They have been active over many years in the AOTEA Centre’s Pick n Mix concert and workshop series. They are also proud to be asked to play at events like The Big Gay Out and pre-show entertainment for an All Black test match at Eden Park.
Additional performances:
April 12th (Arrowtown)
April 23rd (Rotorua)
April 24th (Whakatāne)
April 28th (Tauranga)
May 2nd (Kerikeri)
Huw Dann | trumpet
Emma Eden | horn
John Gluyas | trombone
Programme:
Richard Cohen | Fanfare
Oskar Boheme | Prelude and Fugue op 28 in E-flat Major
Piazzolla | Ave Maria ’Tanti Anni Primi’
Piazzolla | Libertango
Helen Bowater | White Kingdom
Diego Ortiz | Ricercar
Kanazawa Yasonori | Three Billy Goats Gruff for Brass Trio and Narrator
Thierry Thibault | Petites Variations sur L’Alphabet de Mozart
Martin Wesley Smith | White Knight and Beaver for Trombone and Tape
Puccini | O Mio Babbino Caro
Manning Sherwin | A Nightingale Sang in Berkeley Square
Harold Arlen | Somewhere Over the Rainbow
Eric Ewazen | A Philharmonic Fanfare
Josiah Carr | 7 Deadly Sins
ACE Brass (Auckland Chamber Ensemble Brass) was formed in 2011 with the intention of bringing world class chamber music into the concert halls and homes of New Zealand. Bringing together a wealth of experience in solo, orchestral and chamber music, these three talented musicians embrace the fascinating and versatile repertoire of the brass trio. They are passionate about quality music education and offer a range of educational performances and workshops for schools.
ACE Brass continues to excel in all areas of Chamber music life in Auckland and New Zealand. They have performed in countless schools as part of the APO’s Educational Outreach Program. They have a number of commissions from New Zealand composers. Auckland University has invited them to take part of their composer workshop seminars. They have been active over many years in the AOTEA Centre’s Pick n Mix concert and workshop series. They are also proud to be asked to play at events like The Big Gay Out and pre-show entertainment for an All Black test match at Eden Park.
Additional performances:
April 12th (Arrowtown)
April 23rd (Rotorua)
April 24th (Whakatāne)
April 28th (Tauranga)
May 2nd (Kerikeri)
Huw Dann | trumpet
Emma Eden | horn
John Gluyas | trombone
Programme:
Richard Cohen | Fanfare
Oskar Boheme | Prelude and Fugue op 28 in E-flat Major
Piazzolla | Ave Maria ’Tanti Anni Primi’
Piazzolla | Libertango
Helen Bowater | White Kingdom
Diego Ortiz | Ricercar
Kanazawa Yasonori | Three Billy Goats Gruff for Brass Trio and Narrator
Thierry Thibault | Petites Variations sur L’Alphabet de Mozart
Martin Wesley Smith | White Knight and Beaver for Trombone and Tape
Puccini | O Mio Babbino Caro
Manning Sherwin | A Nightingale Sang in Berkeley Square
Harold Arlen | Somewhere Over the Rainbow
Eric Ewazen | A Philharmonic Fanfare
Josiah Carr | 7 Deadly Sins
ACE Brass (Auckland Chamber Ensemble Brass) was formed in 2011 with the intention of bringing world class chamber music into the concert halls and homes of New Zealand. Bringing together a wealth of experience in solo, orchestral and chamber music, these three talented musicians embrace the fascinating and versatile repertoire of the brass trio. They are passionate about quality music education and offer a range of educational performances and workshops for schools.
ACE Brass continues to excel in all areas of Chamber music life in Auckland and New Zealand. They have performed in countless schools as part of the APO’s Educational Outreach Program. They have a number of commissions from New Zealand composers. Auckland University has invited them to take part of their composer workshop seminars. They have been active over many years in the AOTEA Centre’s Pick n Mix concert and workshop series. They are also proud to be asked to play at events like The Big Gay Out and pre-show entertainment for an All Black test match at Eden Park.
Additional performances:
April 12th (Arrowtown)
April 23rd (Rotorua)
April 24th (Whakatāne)
April 28th (Tauranga)
May 2nd (Kerikeri)

Chamber Music NZ | ACE Brass (Kerikeri)
ConcertHuw Dann | trumpet
Emma Eden | horn
John Gluyas | trombone
Programme:
Richard Cohen | Fanfare
Oskar Boheme | Prelude and Fugue op 28 in E-flat Major
Piazzolla | Ave Maria ’Tanti Anni Primi’
Piazzolla | Libertango
Helen Bowater | White Kingdom
Diego Ortiz | Ricercar
Kanazawa Yasonori | Three Billy Goats Gruff for Brass Trio and Narrator
Thierry Thibault | Petites Variations sur L’Alphabet de Mozart
Martin Wesley Smith | White Knight and Beaver for Trombone and Tape
Puccini | O Mio Babbino Caro
Manning Sherwin | A Nightingale Sang in Berkeley Square
Harold Arlen | Somewhere Over the Rainbow
Eric Ewazen | A Philharmonic Fanfare
Josiah Carr | 7 Deadly Sins
ACE Brass (Auckland Chamber Ensemble Brass) was formed in 2011 with the intention of bringing world class chamber music into the concert halls and homes of New Zealand. Bringing together a wealth of experience in solo, orchestral and chamber music, these three talented musicians embrace the fascinating and versatile repertoire of the brass trio. They are passionate about quality music education and offer a range of educational performances and workshops for schools.
ACE Brass continues to excel in all areas of Chamber music life in Auckland and New Zealand. They have performed in countless schools as part of the APO’s Educational Outreach Program. They have a number of commissions from New Zealand composers. Auckland University has invited them to take part of their composer workshop seminars. They have been active over many years in the AOTEA Centre’s Pick n Mix concert and workshop series. They are also proud to be asked to play at events like The Big Gay Out and pre-show entertainment for an All Black test match at Eden Park.
Additional performances:
April 12th (Arrowtown)
April 23rd (Rotorua)
April 24th (Whakatāne)
April 28th (Tauranga)
April 29th (Te Awamutu)
Huw Dann | trumpet
Emma Eden | horn
John Gluyas | trombone
Programme:
Richard Cohen | Fanfare
Oskar Boheme | Prelude and Fugue op 28 in E-flat Major
Piazzolla | Ave Maria ’Tanti Anni Primi’
Piazzolla | Libertango
Helen Bowater | White Kingdom
Diego Ortiz | Ricercar
Kanazawa Yasonori | Three Billy Goats Gruff for Brass Trio and Narrator
Thierry Thibault | Petites Variations sur L’Alphabet de Mozart
Martin Wesley Smith | White Knight and Beaver for Trombone and Tape
Puccini | O Mio Babbino Caro
Manning Sherwin | A Nightingale Sang in Berkeley Square
Harold Arlen | Somewhere Over the Rainbow
Eric Ewazen | A Philharmonic Fanfare
Josiah Carr | 7 Deadly Sins
ACE Brass (Auckland Chamber Ensemble Brass) was formed in 2011 with the intention of bringing world class chamber music into the concert halls and homes of New Zealand. Bringing together a wealth of experience in solo, orchestral and chamber music, these three talented musicians embrace the fascinating and versatile repertoire of the brass trio. They are passionate about quality music education and offer a range of educational performances and workshops for schools.
ACE Brass continues to excel in all areas of Chamber music life in Auckland and New Zealand. They have performed in countless schools as part of the APO’s Educational Outreach Program. They have a number of commissions from New Zealand composers. Auckland University has invited them to take part of their composer workshop seminars. They have been active over many years in the AOTEA Centre’s Pick n Mix concert and workshop series. They are also proud to be asked to play at events like The Big Gay Out and pre-show entertainment for an All Black test match at Eden Park.
Additional performances:
April 12th (Arrowtown)
April 23rd (Rotorua)
April 24th (Whakatāne)
April 28th (Tauranga)
April 29th (Te Awamutu)
Huw Dann | trumpet
Emma Eden | horn
John Gluyas | trombone
Programme:
Richard Cohen | Fanfare
Oskar Boheme | Prelude and Fugue op 28 in E-flat Major
Piazzolla | Ave Maria ’Tanti Anni Primi’
Piazzolla | Libertango
Helen Bowater | White Kingdom
Diego Ortiz | Ricercar
Kanazawa Yasonori | Three Billy Goats Gruff for Brass Trio and Narrator
Thierry Thibault | Petites Variations sur L’Alphabet de Mozart
Martin Wesley Smith | White Knight and Beaver for Trombone and Tape
Puccini | O Mio Babbino Caro
Manning Sherwin | A Nightingale Sang in Berkeley Square
Harold Arlen | Somewhere Over the Rainbow
Eric Ewazen | A Philharmonic Fanfare
Josiah Carr | 7 Deadly Sins
ACE Brass (Auckland Chamber Ensemble Brass) was formed in 2011 with the intention of bringing world class chamber music into the concert halls and homes of New Zealand. Bringing together a wealth of experience in solo, orchestral and chamber music, these three talented musicians embrace the fascinating and versatile repertoire of the brass trio. They are passionate about quality music education and offer a range of educational performances and workshops for schools.
ACE Brass continues to excel in all areas of Chamber music life in Auckland and New Zealand. They have performed in countless schools as part of the APO’s Educational Outreach Program. They have a number of commissions from New Zealand composers. Auckland University has invited them to take part of their composer workshop seminars. They have been active over many years in the AOTEA Centre’s Pick n Mix concert and workshop series. They are also proud to be asked to play at events like The Big Gay Out and pre-show entertainment for an All Black test match at Eden Park.
Additional performances:
April 12th (Arrowtown)
April 23rd (Rotorua)
April 24th (Whakatāne)
April 28th (Tauranga)
April 29th (Te Awamutu)

Chamber Music NZ | Ibell & Thomson (Wellington)
ConcertRobert Ibell | cello
Rachel Thomson | piano
Programme:
Manuel de Falla | Suite Populaire Espagnole
Salina Fisher | Mono no aware (物の哀れ)
Clara Schumann | Three Romances, op 22
Dmitri Shostakovich | “Adagio” & “Springtime Waltz” from The Limpid Stream
Nadia Boulanger | Three Pieces for Cello & Piano
Johannes Brahms | Sonata no 2 in F, op 99
Robert Ibell and Rachel Thomson offer a delightful programme demonstrating the breadth of expression and depth of emotion found in the cello-piano repertoire.
Since 1993 Robert has been a member of the New Zealand Symphony Orchestra. He is an experienced chamber musician, cello teacher, chamber music coach and adjudicator. Formerly the cellist of the Nevine Quartet, Robert has been a member of the Aroha Quartet since 2009. Rachel is a member of various chamber ensembles including the Koru Trio and has worked as an orchestral pianist with the NZSO, Orchestra Wellington, and the Christchurch Symphony Orchestra.
The programme, Cello Journey, undertakes a musical OE, travelling around the globe in a programme of music that explores different musical cultures, styles and periods.
Additional performances:
May 15th (Waiheke Island)
May 16th (Warkworth)
May 20th (Lower Hutt)
May 23rd (Motueka)
May 25th (Rangiora)
May 27th (Arrowtown)
May 28th (Bannockburn)
May 30th (Kerikeri)
June 1st (Rotorua)
Robert Ibell | cello
Rachel Thomson | piano
Programme:
Manuel de Falla | Suite Populaire Espagnole
Salina Fisher | Mono no aware (物の哀れ)
Clara Schumann | Three Romances, op 22
Dmitri Shostakovich | “Adagio” & “Springtime Waltz” from The Limpid Stream
Nadia Boulanger | Three Pieces for Cello & Piano
Johannes Brahms | Sonata no 2 in F, op 99
Robert Ibell and Rachel Thomson offer a delightful programme demonstrating the breadth of expression and depth of emotion found in the cello-piano repertoire.
Since 1993 Robert has been a member of the New Zealand Symphony Orchestra. He is an experienced chamber musician, cello teacher, chamber music coach and adjudicator. Formerly the cellist of the Nevine Quartet, Robert has been a member of the Aroha Quartet since 2009. Rachel is a member of various chamber ensembles including the Koru Trio and has worked as an orchestral pianist with the NZSO, Orchestra Wellington, and the Christchurch Symphony Orchestra.
The programme, Cello Journey, undertakes a musical OE, travelling around the globe in a programme of music that explores different musical cultures, styles and periods.
Additional performances:
May 15th (Waiheke Island)
May 16th (Warkworth)
May 20th (Lower Hutt)
May 23rd (Motueka)
May 25th (Rangiora)
May 27th (Arrowtown)
May 28th (Bannockburn)
May 30th (Kerikeri)
June 1st (Rotorua)
Robert Ibell | cello
Rachel Thomson | piano
Programme:
Manuel de Falla | Suite Populaire Espagnole
Salina Fisher | Mono no aware (物の哀れ)
Clara Schumann | Three Romances, op 22
Dmitri Shostakovich | “Adagio” & “Springtime Waltz” from The Limpid Stream
Nadia Boulanger | Three Pieces for Cello & Piano
Johannes Brahms | Sonata no 2 in F, op 99
Robert Ibell and Rachel Thomson offer a delightful programme demonstrating the breadth of expression and depth of emotion found in the cello-piano repertoire.
Since 1993 Robert has been a member of the New Zealand Symphony Orchestra. He is an experienced chamber musician, cello teacher, chamber music coach and adjudicator. Formerly the cellist of the Nevine Quartet, Robert has been a member of the Aroha Quartet since 2009. Rachel is a member of various chamber ensembles including the Koru Trio and has worked as an orchestral pianist with the NZSO, Orchestra Wellington, and the Christchurch Symphony Orchestra.
The programme, Cello Journey, undertakes a musical OE, travelling around the globe in a programme of music that explores different musical cultures, styles and periods.
Additional performances:
May 15th (Waiheke Island)
May 16th (Warkworth)
May 20th (Lower Hutt)
May 23rd (Motueka)
May 25th (Rangiora)
May 27th (Arrowtown)
May 28th (Bannockburn)
May 30th (Kerikeri)
June 1st (Rotorua)

NZSO Podium Series | Fantastique (Wellington)
ConcertHolly Mathieson | conductor
Tōru Takemitsu | Dreamtime
Dorothy Ker | The Third Dream
Berlioz | Symphonie Fantastique
Dunedin-born conductor Holly Mathieson returns to Aotearoa for her debut performance with the NZSO. Mathieson worked as conducting assistant to Christoph von Dohnanyi, Esa-Pekka Salonen, and Marin Alsop, before gaining the assistant conductor position of the Royal Scottish National Orchestra. Most recently she was appointed as Music Director of Symphony Nova Scotia.
Mathieson presents a programme of dreams. Japanese composer Tōru Takemitsu frequently drew influences from outside classical music. Dreamtime is inspired by the Australian Aborigine concept of a mythical time before humans when Ancestral Spirits walked the earth. Likewise, NZ composer Dorothy Ker explores primordial dreams in The Third Dream, the work "build[ing] organically from delicate stirrings to a physicality of volcanic intensity."
Hector Berlioz's fertile imagination bursts forth in his epic Symphonie Fantastique. Famously depicting the fevered dreams of an opium eating artist, the work takes you on a hallucinatory journey through passionate fantasies, a wild masked ball, and at last to the artist’s descent into the hell of a witches’ Sabbath.
Additional performances:
May 20th (Auckland)
May 21st (Hamilton)
May 28th (Christchurch)
Holly Mathieson | conductor
Tōru Takemitsu | Dreamtime
Dorothy Ker | The Third Dream
Berlioz | Symphonie Fantastique
Dunedin-born conductor Holly Mathieson returns to Aotearoa for her debut performance with the NZSO. Mathieson worked as conducting assistant to Christoph von Dohnanyi, Esa-Pekka Salonen, and Marin Alsop, before gaining the assistant conductor position of the Royal Scottish National Orchestra. Most recently she was appointed as Music Director of Symphony Nova Scotia.
Mathieson presents a programme of dreams. Japanese composer Tōru Takemitsu frequently drew influences from outside classical music. Dreamtime is inspired by the Australian Aborigine concept of a mythical time before humans when Ancestral Spirits walked the earth. Likewise, NZ composer Dorothy Ker explores primordial dreams in The Third Dream, the work "build[ing] organically from delicate stirrings to a physicality of volcanic intensity."
Hector Berlioz's fertile imagination bursts forth in his epic Symphonie Fantastique. Famously depicting the fevered dreams of an opium eating artist, the work takes you on a hallucinatory journey through passionate fantasies, a wild masked ball, and at last to the artist’s descent into the hell of a witches’ Sabbath.
Additional performances:
May 20th (Auckland)
May 21st (Hamilton)
May 28th (Christchurch)
Holly Mathieson | conductor
Tōru Takemitsu | Dreamtime
Dorothy Ker | The Third Dream
Berlioz | Symphonie Fantastique
Dunedin-born conductor Holly Mathieson returns to Aotearoa for her debut performance with the NZSO. Mathieson worked as conducting assistant to Christoph von Dohnanyi, Esa-Pekka Salonen, and Marin Alsop, before gaining the assistant conductor position of the Royal Scottish National Orchestra. Most recently she was appointed as Music Director of Symphony Nova Scotia.
Mathieson presents a programme of dreams. Japanese composer Tōru Takemitsu frequently drew influences from outside classical music. Dreamtime is inspired by the Australian Aborigine concept of a mythical time before humans when Ancestral Spirits walked the earth. Likewise, NZ composer Dorothy Ker explores primordial dreams in The Third Dream, the work "build[ing] organically from delicate stirrings to a physicality of volcanic intensity."
Hector Berlioz's fertile imagination bursts forth in his epic Symphonie Fantastique. Famously depicting the fevered dreams of an opium eating artist, the work takes you on a hallucinatory journey through passionate fantasies, a wild masked ball, and at last to the artist’s descent into the hell of a witches’ Sabbath.
Additional performances:
May 20th (Auckland)
May 21st (Hamilton)
May 28th (Christchurch)

Chamber Music NZ | Ibell & Thomson (Auckland)
ConcertRobert Ibell | cello
Rachel Thomson | piano
Programme:
Manuel de Falla | Suite Populaire Espagnole
Salina Fisher | Mono no aware (物の哀れ)
Clara Schumann | Three Romances, op 22
Dmitri Shostakovich | “Adagio” & “Springtime Waltz” from The Limpid Stream
Nadia Boulanger | Three Pieces for Cello & Piano
Johannes Brahms | Sonata no 2 in F, op 99
Robert Ibell and Rachel Thomson offer a delightful programme demonstrating the breadth of expression and depth of emotion found in the cello-piano repertoire.
Since 1993 Robert has been a member of the New Zealand Symphony Orchestra. He is an experienced chamber musician, cello teacher, chamber music coach and adjudicator. Formerly the cellist of the Nevine Quartet, Robert has been a member of the Aroha Quartet since 2009. Rachel is a member of various chamber ensembles including the Koru Trio and has worked as an orchestral pianist with the NZSO, Orchestra Wellington, and the Christchurch Symphony Orchestra.
The programme, Cello Journey, undertakes a musical OE, travelling around the globe in a programme of music that explores different musical cultures, styles and periods.
Additional performances:
May 9th (Wellington)
May 16th (Warkworth)
May 20th (Lower Hutt)
May 23rd (Motueka)
May 25th (Rangiora)
May 27th (Arrowtown)
May 28th (Bannockburn)
May 30th (Kerikeri)
June 1st (Rotorua)
Robert Ibell | cello
Rachel Thomson | piano
Programme:
Manuel de Falla | Suite Populaire Espagnole
Salina Fisher | Mono no aware (物の哀れ)
Clara Schumann | Three Romances, op 22
Dmitri Shostakovich | “Adagio” & “Springtime Waltz” from The Limpid Stream
Nadia Boulanger | Three Pieces for Cello & Piano
Johannes Brahms | Sonata no 2 in F, op 99
Robert Ibell and Rachel Thomson offer a delightful programme demonstrating the breadth of expression and depth of emotion found in the cello-piano repertoire.
Since 1993 Robert has been a member of the New Zealand Symphony Orchestra. He is an experienced chamber musician, cello teacher, chamber music coach and adjudicator. Formerly the cellist of the Nevine Quartet, Robert has been a member of the Aroha Quartet since 2009. Rachel is a member of various chamber ensembles including the Koru Trio and has worked as an orchestral pianist with the NZSO, Orchestra Wellington, and the Christchurch Symphony Orchestra.
The programme, Cello Journey, undertakes a musical OE, travelling around the globe in a programme of music that explores different musical cultures, styles and periods.
Additional performances:
May 9th (Wellington)
May 16th (Warkworth)
May 20th (Lower Hutt)
May 23rd (Motueka)
May 25th (Rangiora)
May 27th (Arrowtown)
May 28th (Bannockburn)
May 30th (Kerikeri)
June 1st (Rotorua)
Robert Ibell | cello
Rachel Thomson | piano
Programme:
Manuel de Falla | Suite Populaire Espagnole
Salina Fisher | Mono no aware (物の哀れ)
Clara Schumann | Three Romances, op 22
Dmitri Shostakovich | “Adagio” & “Springtime Waltz” from The Limpid Stream
Nadia Boulanger | Three Pieces for Cello & Piano
Johannes Brahms | Sonata no 2 in F, op 99
Robert Ibell and Rachel Thomson offer a delightful programme demonstrating the breadth of expression and depth of emotion found in the cello-piano repertoire.
Since 1993 Robert has been a member of the New Zealand Symphony Orchestra. He is an experienced chamber musician, cello teacher, chamber music coach and adjudicator. Formerly the cellist of the Nevine Quartet, Robert has been a member of the Aroha Quartet since 2009. Rachel is a member of various chamber ensembles including the Koru Trio and has worked as an orchestral pianist with the NZSO, Orchestra Wellington, and the Christchurch Symphony Orchestra.
The programme, Cello Journey, undertakes a musical OE, travelling around the globe in a programme of music that explores different musical cultures, styles and periods.
Additional performances:
May 9th (Wellington)
May 16th (Warkworth)
May 20th (Lower Hutt)
May 23rd (Motueka)
May 25th (Rangiora)
May 27th (Arrowtown)
May 28th (Bannockburn)
May 30th (Kerikeri)
June 1st (Rotorua)

Chamber Music NZ | Ibell & Thomson (Warkworth)
ConcertRobert Ibell | cello
Rachel Thomson | piano
Programme:
Manuel de Falla | Suite Populaire Espagnole
Salina Fisher | Mono no aware (物の哀れ)
Clara Schumann | Three Romances, op 22
Dmitri Shostakovich | “Adagio” & “Springtime Waltz” from The Limpid Stream
Nadia Boulanger | Three Pieces for Cello & Piano
Johannes Brahms | Sonata no 2 in F, op 99
Robert Ibell and Rachel Thomson offer a delightful programme demonstrating the breadth of expression and depth of emotion found in the cello-piano repertoire.
Since 1993 Robert has been a member of the New Zealand Symphony Orchestra. He is an experienced chamber musician, cello teacher, chamber music coach and adjudicator. Formerly the cellist of the Nevine Quartet, Robert has been a member of the Aroha Quartet since 2009. Rachel is a member of various chamber ensembles including the Koru Trio and has worked as an orchestral pianist with the NZSO, Orchestra Wellington, and the Christchurch Symphony Orchestra.
The programme, Cello Journey, undertakes a musical OE, travelling around the globe in a programme of music that explores different musical cultures, styles and periods.
Additional performances:
May 9th (Wellington)
May 15th (Waiheke Island)
May 20th (Lower Hutt)
May 23rd (Motueka)
May 25th (Rangiora)
May 27th (Arrowtown)
May 28th (Bannockburn)
May 30th (Kerikeri)
June 1st (Rotorua)
Robert Ibell | cello
Rachel Thomson | piano
Programme:
Manuel de Falla | Suite Populaire Espagnole
Salina Fisher | Mono no aware (物の哀れ)
Clara Schumann | Three Romances, op 22
Dmitri Shostakovich | “Adagio” & “Springtime Waltz” from The Limpid Stream
Nadia Boulanger | Three Pieces for Cello & Piano
Johannes Brahms | Sonata no 2 in F, op 99
Robert Ibell and Rachel Thomson offer a delightful programme demonstrating the breadth of expression and depth of emotion found in the cello-piano repertoire.
Since 1993 Robert has been a member of the New Zealand Symphony Orchestra. He is an experienced chamber musician, cello teacher, chamber music coach and adjudicator. Formerly the cellist of the Nevine Quartet, Robert has been a member of the Aroha Quartet since 2009. Rachel is a member of various chamber ensembles including the Koru Trio and has worked as an orchestral pianist with the NZSO, Orchestra Wellington, and the Christchurch Symphony Orchestra.
The programme, Cello Journey, undertakes a musical OE, travelling around the globe in a programme of music that explores different musical cultures, styles and periods.
Additional performances:
May 9th (Wellington)
May 15th (Waiheke Island)
May 20th (Lower Hutt)
May 23rd (Motueka)
May 25th (Rangiora)
May 27th (Arrowtown)
May 28th (Bannockburn)
May 30th (Kerikeri)
June 1st (Rotorua)
Robert Ibell | cello
Rachel Thomson | piano
Programme:
Manuel de Falla | Suite Populaire Espagnole
Salina Fisher | Mono no aware (物の哀れ)
Clara Schumann | Three Romances, op 22
Dmitri Shostakovich | “Adagio” & “Springtime Waltz” from The Limpid Stream
Nadia Boulanger | Three Pieces for Cello & Piano
Johannes Brahms | Sonata no 2 in F, op 99
Robert Ibell and Rachel Thomson offer a delightful programme demonstrating the breadth of expression and depth of emotion found in the cello-piano repertoire.
Since 1993 Robert has been a member of the New Zealand Symphony Orchestra. He is an experienced chamber musician, cello teacher, chamber music coach and adjudicator. Formerly the cellist of the Nevine Quartet, Robert has been a member of the Aroha Quartet since 2009. Rachel is a member of various chamber ensembles including the Koru Trio and has worked as an orchestral pianist with the NZSO, Orchestra Wellington, and the Christchurch Symphony Orchestra.
The programme, Cello Journey, undertakes a musical OE, travelling around the globe in a programme of music that explores different musical cultures, styles and periods.
Additional performances:
May 9th (Wellington)
May 15th (Waiheke Island)
May 20th (Lower Hutt)
May 23rd (Motueka)
May 25th (Rangiora)
May 27th (Arrowtown)
May 28th (Bannockburn)
May 30th (Kerikeri)
June 1st (Rotorua)

NZSO Podium Series | Fantastique (Auckland)
ConcertHolly Mathieson | conductor
Tōru Takemitsu | Dreamtime
Dorothy Ker | The Third Dream
Berlioz | Symphonie Fantastique
Dunedin-born conductor Holly Mathieson returns to Aotearoa for her debut performance with the NZSO. Mathieson worked as conducting assistant to Christoph von Dohnanyi, Esa-Pekka Salonen, and Marin Alsop, before gaining the assistant conductor position of the Royal Scottish National Orchestra. Most recently she was appointed as Music Director of Symphony Nova Scotia.
Mathieson presents a programme of dreams. Japanese composer Tōru Takemitsu frequently drew influences from outside classical music. Dreamtime is inspired by the Australian Aborigine concept of a mythical time before humans when Ancestral Spirits walked the earth. Likewise, NZ composer Dorothy Ker explores primordial dreams in The Third Dream, the work "build[ing] organically from delicate stirrings to a physicality of volcanic intensity."
Hector Berlioz's fertile imagination bursts forth in his epic Symphonie Fantastique. Famously depicting the fevered dreams of an opium eating artist, the work takes you on a hallucinatory journey through passionate fantasies, a wild masked ball, and at last to the artist’s descent into the hell of a witches’ Sabbath.
Additional performances:
May 14th (Wellington)
May 21st (Hamilton)
May 28th (Christchurch)
Holly Mathieson | conductor
Tōru Takemitsu | Dreamtime
Dorothy Ker | The Third Dream
Berlioz | Symphonie Fantastique
Dunedin-born conductor Holly Mathieson returns to Aotearoa for her debut performance with the NZSO. Mathieson worked as conducting assistant to Christoph von Dohnanyi, Esa-Pekka Salonen, and Marin Alsop, before gaining the assistant conductor position of the Royal Scottish National Orchestra. Most recently she was appointed as Music Director of Symphony Nova Scotia.
Mathieson presents a programme of dreams. Japanese composer Tōru Takemitsu frequently drew influences from outside classical music. Dreamtime is inspired by the Australian Aborigine concept of a mythical time before humans when Ancestral Spirits walked the earth. Likewise, NZ composer Dorothy Ker explores primordial dreams in The Third Dream, the work "build[ing] organically from delicate stirrings to a physicality of volcanic intensity."
Hector Berlioz's fertile imagination bursts forth in his epic Symphonie Fantastique. Famously depicting the fevered dreams of an opium eating artist, the work takes you on a hallucinatory journey through passionate fantasies, a wild masked ball, and at last to the artist’s descent into the hell of a witches’ Sabbath.
Additional performances:
May 14th (Wellington)
May 21st (Hamilton)
May 28th (Christchurch)
Holly Mathieson | conductor
Tōru Takemitsu | Dreamtime
Dorothy Ker | The Third Dream
Berlioz | Symphonie Fantastique
Dunedin-born conductor Holly Mathieson returns to Aotearoa for her debut performance with the NZSO. Mathieson worked as conducting assistant to Christoph von Dohnanyi, Esa-Pekka Salonen, and Marin Alsop, before gaining the assistant conductor position of the Royal Scottish National Orchestra. Most recently she was appointed as Music Director of Symphony Nova Scotia.
Mathieson presents a programme of dreams. Japanese composer Tōru Takemitsu frequently drew influences from outside classical music. Dreamtime is inspired by the Australian Aborigine concept of a mythical time before humans when Ancestral Spirits walked the earth. Likewise, NZ composer Dorothy Ker explores primordial dreams in The Third Dream, the work "build[ing] organically from delicate stirrings to a physicality of volcanic intensity."
Hector Berlioz's fertile imagination bursts forth in his epic Symphonie Fantastique. Famously depicting the fevered dreams of an opium eating artist, the work takes you on a hallucinatory journey through passionate fantasies, a wild masked ball, and at last to the artist’s descent into the hell of a witches’ Sabbath.
Additional performances:
May 14th (Wellington)
May 21st (Hamilton)
May 28th (Christchurch)

Chamber Music NZ | Ibell & Thomson (Lower Hutt)
ConcertRobert Ibell | cello
Rachel Thomson | piano
Programme:
Manuel de Falla | Suite Populaire Espagnole
Salina Fisher | Mono no aware (物の哀れ)
Clara Schumann | Three Romances, op 22
Dmitri Shostakovich | “Adagio” & “Springtime Waltz” from The Limpid Stream
Nadia Boulanger | Three Pieces for Cello & Piano
Johannes Brahms | Sonata no 2 in F, op 99
Robert Ibell and Rachel Thomson offer a delightful programme demonstrating the breadth of expression and depth of emotion found in the cello-piano repertoire.
Since 1993 Robert has been a member of the New Zealand Symphony Orchestra. He is an experienced chamber musician, cello teacher, chamber music coach and adjudicator. Formerly the cellist of the Nevine Quartet, Robert has been a member of the Aroha Quartet since 2009. Rachel is a member of various chamber ensembles including the Koru Trio and has worked as an orchestral pianist with the NZSO, Orchestra Wellington, and the Christchurch Symphony Orchestra.
The programme, Cello Journey, undertakes a musical OE, travelling around the globe in a programme of music that explores different musical cultures, styles and periods.
Additional performances:
May 9th (Wellington)
May 15th (Waiheke Island)
May 16th (Warkworth)
May 23rd (Motueka)
May 25th (Rangiora)
May 27th (Arrowtown)
May 28th (Bannockburn)
May 30th (Kerikeri)
June 1st (Rotorua)
Robert Ibell | cello
Rachel Thomson | piano
Programme:
Manuel de Falla | Suite Populaire Espagnole
Salina Fisher | Mono no aware (物の哀れ)
Clara Schumann | Three Romances, op 22
Dmitri Shostakovich | “Adagio” & “Springtime Waltz” from The Limpid Stream
Nadia Boulanger | Three Pieces for Cello & Piano
Johannes Brahms | Sonata no 2 in F, op 99
Robert Ibell and Rachel Thomson offer a delightful programme demonstrating the breadth of expression and depth of emotion found in the cello-piano repertoire.
Since 1993 Robert has been a member of the New Zealand Symphony Orchestra. He is an experienced chamber musician, cello teacher, chamber music coach and adjudicator. Formerly the cellist of the Nevine Quartet, Robert has been a member of the Aroha Quartet since 2009. Rachel is a member of various chamber ensembles including the Koru Trio and has worked as an orchestral pianist with the NZSO, Orchestra Wellington, and the Christchurch Symphony Orchestra.
The programme, Cello Journey, undertakes a musical OE, travelling around the globe in a programme of music that explores different musical cultures, styles and periods.
Additional performances:
May 9th (Wellington)
May 15th (Waiheke Island)
May 16th (Warkworth)
May 23rd (Motueka)
May 25th (Rangiora)
May 27th (Arrowtown)
May 28th (Bannockburn)
May 30th (Kerikeri)
June 1st (Rotorua)
Robert Ibell | cello
Rachel Thomson | piano
Programme:
Manuel de Falla | Suite Populaire Espagnole
Salina Fisher | Mono no aware (物の哀れ)
Clara Schumann | Three Romances, op 22
Dmitri Shostakovich | “Adagio” & “Springtime Waltz” from The Limpid Stream
Nadia Boulanger | Three Pieces for Cello & Piano
Johannes Brahms | Sonata no 2 in F, op 99
Robert Ibell and Rachel Thomson offer a delightful programme demonstrating the breadth of expression and depth of emotion found in the cello-piano repertoire.
Since 1993 Robert has been a member of the New Zealand Symphony Orchestra. He is an experienced chamber musician, cello teacher, chamber music coach and adjudicator. Formerly the cellist of the Nevine Quartet, Robert has been a member of the Aroha Quartet since 2009. Rachel is a member of various chamber ensembles including the Koru Trio and has worked as an orchestral pianist with the NZSO, Orchestra Wellington, and the Christchurch Symphony Orchestra.
The programme, Cello Journey, undertakes a musical OE, travelling around the globe in a programme of music that explores different musical cultures, styles and periods.
Additional performances:
May 9th (Wellington)
May 15th (Waiheke Island)
May 16th (Warkworth)
May 23rd (Motueka)
May 25th (Rangiora)
May 27th (Arrowtown)
May 28th (Bannockburn)
May 30th (Kerikeri)
June 1st (Rotorua)

NZSO Podium Series | Fantastique (Hamilton)
ConcertHolly Mathieson | conductor
Tōru Takemitsu | Dreamtime
Dorothy Ker | The Third Dream
Berlioz | Symphonie Fantastique
Dunedin-born conductor Holly Mathieson returns to Aotearoa for her debut performance with the NZSO. Mathieson worked as conducting assistant to Christoph von Dohnanyi, Esa-Pekka Salonen, and Marin Alsop, before gaining the assistant conductor position of the Royal Scottish National Orchestra. Most recently she was appointed as Music Director of Symphony Nova Scotia.
Mathieson presents a programme of dreams. Japanese composer Tōru Takemitsu frequently drew influences from outside classical music. Dreamtime is inspired by the Australian Aborigine concept of a mythical time before humans when Ancestral Spirits walked the earth. Likewise, NZ composer Dorothy Ker explores primordial dreams in The Third Dream, the work "build[ing] organically from delicate stirrings to a physicality of volcanic intensity."
Hector Berlioz's fertile imagination bursts forth in his epic Symphonie Fantastique. Famously depicting the fevered dreams of an opium eating artist, the work takes you on a hallucinatory journey through passionate fantasies, a wild masked ball, and at last to the artist’s descent into the hell of a witches’ Sabbath.
Additional performances:
May 14th (Wellington)
May 20th (Auckland)
May 28th (Christchurch)
Holly Mathieson | conductor
Tōru Takemitsu | Dreamtime
Dorothy Ker | The Third Dream
Berlioz | Symphonie Fantastique
Dunedin-born conductor Holly Mathieson returns to Aotearoa for her debut performance with the NZSO. Mathieson worked as conducting assistant to Christoph von Dohnanyi, Esa-Pekka Salonen, and Marin Alsop, before gaining the assistant conductor position of the Royal Scottish National Orchestra. Most recently she was appointed as Music Director of Symphony Nova Scotia.
Mathieson presents a programme of dreams. Japanese composer Tōru Takemitsu frequently drew influences from outside classical music. Dreamtime is inspired by the Australian Aborigine concept of a mythical time before humans when Ancestral Spirits walked the earth. Likewise, NZ composer Dorothy Ker explores primordial dreams in The Third Dream, the work "build[ing] organically from delicate stirrings to a physicality of volcanic intensity."
Hector Berlioz's fertile imagination bursts forth in his epic Symphonie Fantastique. Famously depicting the fevered dreams of an opium eating artist, the work takes you on a hallucinatory journey through passionate fantasies, a wild masked ball, and at last to the artist’s descent into the hell of a witches’ Sabbath.
Additional performances:
May 14th (Wellington)
May 20th (Auckland)
May 28th (Christchurch)
Holly Mathieson | conductor
Tōru Takemitsu | Dreamtime
Dorothy Ker | The Third Dream
Berlioz | Symphonie Fantastique
Dunedin-born conductor Holly Mathieson returns to Aotearoa for her debut performance with the NZSO. Mathieson worked as conducting assistant to Christoph von Dohnanyi, Esa-Pekka Salonen, and Marin Alsop, before gaining the assistant conductor position of the Royal Scottish National Orchestra. Most recently she was appointed as Music Director of Symphony Nova Scotia.
Mathieson presents a programme of dreams. Japanese composer Tōru Takemitsu frequently drew influences from outside classical music. Dreamtime is inspired by the Australian Aborigine concept of a mythical time before humans when Ancestral Spirits walked the earth. Likewise, NZ composer Dorothy Ker explores primordial dreams in The Third Dream, the work "build[ing] organically from delicate stirrings to a physicality of volcanic intensity."
Hector Berlioz's fertile imagination bursts forth in his epic Symphonie Fantastique. Famously depicting the fevered dreams of an opium eating artist, the work takes you on a hallucinatory journey through passionate fantasies, a wild masked ball, and at last to the artist’s descent into the hell of a witches’ Sabbath.
Additional performances:
May 14th (Wellington)
May 20th (Auckland)
May 28th (Christchurch)

Chamber Music NZ | Ibell & Thomson (Motueka)
ConcertRobert Ibell | cello
Rachel Thomson | piano
Programme:
Manuel de Falla | Suite Populaire Espagnole
Salina Fisher | Mono no aware (物の哀れ)
Clara Schumann | Three Romances, op 22
Dmitri Shostakovich | “Adagio” & “Springtime Waltz” from The Limpid Stream
Nadia Boulanger | Three Pieces for Cello & Piano
Johannes Brahms | Sonata no 2 in F, op 99
Robert Ibell and Rachel Thomson offer a delightful programme demonstrating the breadth of expression and depth of emotion found in the cello-piano repertoire.
Since 1993 Robert has been a member of the New Zealand Symphony Orchestra. He is an experienced chamber musician, cello teacher, chamber music coach and adjudicator. Formerly the cellist of the Nevine Quartet, Robert has been a member of the Aroha Quartet since 2009. Rachel is a member of various chamber ensembles including the Koru Trio and has worked as an orchestral pianist with the NZSO, Orchestra Wellington, and the Christchurch Symphony Orchestra.
The programme, Cello Journey, undertakes a musical OE, travelling around the globe in a programme of music that explores different musical cultures, styles and periods.
Additional performances:
May 9th (Wellington)
May 15th (Waiheke Island)
May 16th (Warkworth)
May 20th (Lower Hutt)
May 25th (Rangiora)
May 27th (Arrowtown)
May 28th (Bannockburn)
May 30th (Kerikeri)
June 1st (Rotorua)
Robert Ibell | cello
Rachel Thomson | piano
Programme:
Manuel de Falla | Suite Populaire Espagnole
Salina Fisher | Mono no aware (物の哀れ)
Clara Schumann | Three Romances, op 22
Dmitri Shostakovich | “Adagio” & “Springtime Waltz” from The Limpid Stream
Nadia Boulanger | Three Pieces for Cello & Piano
Johannes Brahms | Sonata no 2 in F, op 99
Robert Ibell and Rachel Thomson offer a delightful programme demonstrating the breadth of expression and depth of emotion found in the cello-piano repertoire.
Since 1993 Robert has been a member of the New Zealand Symphony Orchestra. He is an experienced chamber musician, cello teacher, chamber music coach and adjudicator. Formerly the cellist of the Nevine Quartet, Robert has been a member of the Aroha Quartet since 2009. Rachel is a member of various chamber ensembles including the Koru Trio and has worked as an orchestral pianist with the NZSO, Orchestra Wellington, and the Christchurch Symphony Orchestra.
The programme, Cello Journey, undertakes a musical OE, travelling around the globe in a programme of music that explores different musical cultures, styles and periods.
Additional performances:
May 9th (Wellington)
May 15th (Waiheke Island)
May 16th (Warkworth)
May 20th (Lower Hutt)
May 25th (Rangiora)
May 27th (Arrowtown)
May 28th (Bannockburn)
May 30th (Kerikeri)
June 1st (Rotorua)
Robert Ibell | cello
Rachel Thomson | piano
Programme:
Manuel de Falla | Suite Populaire Espagnole
Salina Fisher | Mono no aware (物の哀れ)
Clara Schumann | Three Romances, op 22
Dmitri Shostakovich | “Adagio” & “Springtime Waltz” from The Limpid Stream
Nadia Boulanger | Three Pieces for Cello & Piano
Johannes Brahms | Sonata no 2 in F, op 99
Robert Ibell and Rachel Thomson offer a delightful programme demonstrating the breadth of expression and depth of emotion found in the cello-piano repertoire.
Since 1993 Robert has been a member of the New Zealand Symphony Orchestra. He is an experienced chamber musician, cello teacher, chamber music coach and adjudicator. Formerly the cellist of the Nevine Quartet, Robert has been a member of the Aroha Quartet since 2009. Rachel is a member of various chamber ensembles including the Koru Trio and has worked as an orchestral pianist with the NZSO, Orchestra Wellington, and the Christchurch Symphony Orchestra.
The programme, Cello Journey, undertakes a musical OE, travelling around the globe in a programme of music that explores different musical cultures, styles and periods.
Additional performances:
May 9th (Wellington)
May 15th (Waiheke Island)
May 16th (Warkworth)
May 20th (Lower Hutt)
May 25th (Rangiora)
May 27th (Arrowtown)
May 28th (Bannockburn)
May 30th (Kerikeri)
June 1st (Rotorua)

Chamber Music NZ | Ibell & Thomson (Rangiora)
ConcertRobert Ibell | cello
Rachel Thomson | piano
Programme:
Manuel de Falla | Suite Populaire Espagnole
Salina Fisher | Mono no aware (物の哀れ)
Clara Schumann | Three Romances, op 22
Dmitri Shostakovich | “Adagio” & “Springtime Waltz” from The Limpid Stream
Nadia Boulanger | Three Pieces for Cello & Piano
Johannes Brahms | Sonata no 2 in F, op 99
Robert Ibell and Rachel Thomson offer a delightful programme demonstrating the breadth of expression and depth of emotion found in the cello-piano repertoire.
Since 1993 Robert has been a member of the New Zealand Symphony Orchestra. He is an experienced chamber musician, cello teacher, chamber music coach and adjudicator. Formerly the cellist of the Nevine Quartet, Robert has been a member of the Aroha Quartet since 2009. Rachel is a member of various chamber ensembles including the Koru Trio and has worked as an orchestral pianist with the NZSO, Orchestra Wellington, and the Christchurch Symphony Orchestra.
The programme, Cello Journey, undertakes a musical OE, travelling around the globe in a programme of music that explores different musical cultures, styles and periods.
Additional performances:
May 9th (Wellington)
May 15th (Waiheke Island)
May 16th (Warkworth)
May 20th (Lower Hutt)
May 23rd (Motueka)
May 27th (Arrowtown)
May 28th (Bannockburn)
May 30th (Kerikeri)
June 1st (Rotorua)
Robert Ibell | cello
Rachel Thomson | piano
Programme:
Manuel de Falla | Suite Populaire Espagnole
Salina Fisher | Mono no aware (物の哀れ)
Clara Schumann | Three Romances, op 22
Dmitri Shostakovich | “Adagio” & “Springtime Waltz” from The Limpid Stream
Nadia Boulanger | Three Pieces for Cello & Piano
Johannes Brahms | Sonata no 2 in F, op 99
Robert Ibell and Rachel Thomson offer a delightful programme demonstrating the breadth of expression and depth of emotion found in the cello-piano repertoire.
Since 1993 Robert has been a member of the New Zealand Symphony Orchestra. He is an experienced chamber musician, cello teacher, chamber music coach and adjudicator. Formerly the cellist of the Nevine Quartet, Robert has been a member of the Aroha Quartet since 2009. Rachel is a member of various chamber ensembles including the Koru Trio and has worked as an orchestral pianist with the NZSO, Orchestra Wellington, and the Christchurch Symphony Orchestra.
The programme, Cello Journey, undertakes a musical OE, travelling around the globe in a programme of music that explores different musical cultures, styles and periods.
Additional performances:
May 9th (Wellington)
May 15th (Waiheke Island)
May 16th (Warkworth)
May 20th (Lower Hutt)
May 23rd (Motueka)
May 27th (Arrowtown)
May 28th (Bannockburn)
May 30th (Kerikeri)
June 1st (Rotorua)
Robert Ibell | cello
Rachel Thomson | piano
Programme:
Manuel de Falla | Suite Populaire Espagnole
Salina Fisher | Mono no aware (物の哀れ)
Clara Schumann | Three Romances, op 22
Dmitri Shostakovich | “Adagio” & “Springtime Waltz” from The Limpid Stream
Nadia Boulanger | Three Pieces for Cello & Piano
Johannes Brahms | Sonata no 2 in F, op 99
Robert Ibell and Rachel Thomson offer a delightful programme demonstrating the breadth of expression and depth of emotion found in the cello-piano repertoire.
Since 1993 Robert has been a member of the New Zealand Symphony Orchestra. He is an experienced chamber musician, cello teacher, chamber music coach and adjudicator. Formerly the cellist of the Nevine Quartet, Robert has been a member of the Aroha Quartet since 2009. Rachel is a member of various chamber ensembles including the Koru Trio and has worked as an orchestral pianist with the NZSO, Orchestra Wellington, and the Christchurch Symphony Orchestra.
The programme, Cello Journey, undertakes a musical OE, travelling around the globe in a programme of music that explores different musical cultures, styles and periods.
Additional performances:
May 9th (Wellington)
May 15th (Waiheke Island)
May 16th (Warkworth)
May 20th (Lower Hutt)
May 23rd (Motueka)
May 27th (Arrowtown)
May 28th (Bannockburn)
May 30th (Kerikeri)
June 1st (Rotorua)

Chamber Music NZ | Ibell & Thomson (Arrowtown)
ConcertRobert Ibell | cello
Rachel Thomson | piano
Programme:
Manuel de Falla | Suite Populaire Espagnole
Salina Fisher | Mono no aware (物の哀れ)
Clara Schumann | Three Romances, op 22
Dmitri Shostakovich | “Adagio” & “Springtime Waltz” from The Limpid Stream
Nadia Boulanger | Three Pieces for Cello & Piano
Johannes Brahms | Sonata no 2 in F, op 99
Robert Ibell and Rachel Thomson offer a delightful programme demonstrating the breadth of expression and depth of emotion found in the cello-piano repertoire.
Since 1993 Robert has been a member of the New Zealand Symphony Orchestra. He is an experienced chamber musician, cello teacher, chamber music coach and adjudicator. Formerly the cellist of the Nevine Quartet, Robert has been a member of the Aroha Quartet since 2009. Rachel is a member of various chamber ensembles including the Koru Trio and has worked as an orchestral pianist with the NZSO, Orchestra Wellington, and the Christchurch Symphony Orchestra.
The programme, Cello Journey, undertakes a musical OE, travelling around the globe in a programme of music that explores different musical cultures, styles and periods.
Additional performances:
May 9th (Wellington)
May 15th (Waiheke Island)
May 16th (Warkworth)
May 20th (Lower Hutt)
May 23rd (Motueka)
May 25th (Rangiora)
May 28th (Bannockburn)
May 30th (Kerikeri)
June 1st (Rotorua)
Robert Ibell | cello
Rachel Thomson | piano
Programme:
Manuel de Falla | Suite Populaire Espagnole
Salina Fisher | Mono no aware (物の哀れ)
Clara Schumann | Three Romances, op 22
Dmitri Shostakovich | “Adagio” & “Springtime Waltz” from The Limpid Stream
Nadia Boulanger | Three Pieces for Cello & Piano
Johannes Brahms | Sonata no 2 in F, op 99
Robert Ibell and Rachel Thomson offer a delightful programme demonstrating the breadth of expression and depth of emotion found in the cello-piano repertoire.
Since 1993 Robert has been a member of the New Zealand Symphony Orchestra. He is an experienced chamber musician, cello teacher, chamber music coach and adjudicator. Formerly the cellist of the Nevine Quartet, Robert has been a member of the Aroha Quartet since 2009. Rachel is a member of various chamber ensembles including the Koru Trio and has worked as an orchestral pianist with the NZSO, Orchestra Wellington, and the Christchurch Symphony Orchestra.
The programme, Cello Journey, undertakes a musical OE, travelling around the globe in a programme of music that explores different musical cultures, styles and periods.
Additional performances:
May 9th (Wellington)
May 15th (Waiheke Island)
May 16th (Warkworth)
May 20th (Lower Hutt)
May 23rd (Motueka)
May 25th (Rangiora)
May 28th (Bannockburn)
May 30th (Kerikeri)
June 1st (Rotorua)
Robert Ibell | cello
Rachel Thomson | piano
Programme:
Manuel de Falla | Suite Populaire Espagnole
Salina Fisher | Mono no aware (物の哀れ)
Clara Schumann | Three Romances, op 22
Dmitri Shostakovich | “Adagio” & “Springtime Waltz” from The Limpid Stream
Nadia Boulanger | Three Pieces for Cello & Piano
Johannes Brahms | Sonata no 2 in F, op 99
Robert Ibell and Rachel Thomson offer a delightful programme demonstrating the breadth of expression and depth of emotion found in the cello-piano repertoire.
Since 1993 Robert has been a member of the New Zealand Symphony Orchestra. He is an experienced chamber musician, cello teacher, chamber music coach and adjudicator. Formerly the cellist of the Nevine Quartet, Robert has been a member of the Aroha Quartet since 2009. Rachel is a member of various chamber ensembles including the Koru Trio and has worked as an orchestral pianist with the NZSO, Orchestra Wellington, and the Christchurch Symphony Orchestra.
The programme, Cello Journey, undertakes a musical OE, travelling around the globe in a programme of music that explores different musical cultures, styles and periods.
Additional performances:
May 9th (Wellington)
May 15th (Waiheke Island)
May 16th (Warkworth)
May 20th (Lower Hutt)
May 23rd (Motueka)
May 25th (Rangiora)
May 28th (Bannockburn)
May 30th (Kerikeri)
June 1st (Rotorua)

Chamber Music NZ | Ibell & Thomson (Bannockburn)
ConcertRobert Ibell | cello
Rachel Thomson | piano
Programme:
Manuel de Falla | Suite Populaire Espagnole
Salina Fisher | Mono no aware (物の哀れ)
Clara Schumann | Three Romances, op 22
Dmitri Shostakovich | “Adagio” & “Springtime Waltz” from The Limpid Stream
Nadia Boulanger | Three Pieces for Cello & Piano
Johannes Brahms | Sonata no 2 in F, op 99
Robert Ibell and Rachel Thomson offer a delightful programme demonstrating the breadth of expression and depth of emotion found in the cello-piano repertoire.
Since 1993 Robert has been a member of the New Zealand Symphony Orchestra. He is an experienced chamber musician, cello teacher, chamber music coach and adjudicator. Formerly the cellist of the Nevine Quartet, Robert has been a member of the Aroha Quartet since 2009. Rachel is a member of various chamber ensembles including the Koru Trio and has worked as an orchestral pianist with the NZSO, Orchestra Wellington, and the Christchurch Symphony Orchestra.
The programme, Cello Journey, undertakes a musical OE, travelling around the globe in a programme of music that explores different musical cultures, styles and periods.
Additional performances:
May 9th (Wellington)
May 15th (Waiheke Island)
May 16th (Warkworth)
May 20th (Lower Hutt)
May 23rd (Motueka)
May 25th (Rangiora)
May 27th (Arrowtown)
May 30th (Kerikeri)
June 1st (Rotorua)
Robert Ibell | cello
Rachel Thomson | piano
Programme:
Manuel de Falla | Suite Populaire Espagnole
Salina Fisher | Mono no aware (物の哀れ)
Clara Schumann | Three Romances, op 22
Dmitri Shostakovich | “Adagio” & “Springtime Waltz” from The Limpid Stream
Nadia Boulanger | Three Pieces for Cello & Piano
Johannes Brahms | Sonata no 2 in F, op 99
Robert Ibell and Rachel Thomson offer a delightful programme demonstrating the breadth of expression and depth of emotion found in the cello-piano repertoire.
Since 1993 Robert has been a member of the New Zealand Symphony Orchestra. He is an experienced chamber musician, cello teacher, chamber music coach and adjudicator. Formerly the cellist of the Nevine Quartet, Robert has been a member of the Aroha Quartet since 2009. Rachel is a member of various chamber ensembles including the Koru Trio and has worked as an orchestral pianist with the NZSO, Orchestra Wellington, and the Christchurch Symphony Orchestra.
The programme, Cello Journey, undertakes a musical OE, travelling around the globe in a programme of music that explores different musical cultures, styles and periods.
Additional performances:
May 9th (Wellington)
May 15th (Waiheke Island)
May 16th (Warkworth)
May 20th (Lower Hutt)
May 23rd (Motueka)
May 25th (Rangiora)
May 27th (Arrowtown)
May 30th (Kerikeri)
June 1st (Rotorua)
Robert Ibell | cello
Rachel Thomson | piano
Programme:
Manuel de Falla | Suite Populaire Espagnole
Salina Fisher | Mono no aware (物の哀れ)
Clara Schumann | Three Romances, op 22
Dmitri Shostakovich | “Adagio” & “Springtime Waltz” from The Limpid Stream
Nadia Boulanger | Three Pieces for Cello & Piano
Johannes Brahms | Sonata no 2 in F, op 99
Robert Ibell and Rachel Thomson offer a delightful programme demonstrating the breadth of expression and depth of emotion found in the cello-piano repertoire.
Since 1993 Robert has been a member of the New Zealand Symphony Orchestra. He is an experienced chamber musician, cello teacher, chamber music coach and adjudicator. Formerly the cellist of the Nevine Quartet, Robert has been a member of the Aroha Quartet since 2009. Rachel is a member of various chamber ensembles including the Koru Trio and has worked as an orchestral pianist with the NZSO, Orchestra Wellington, and the Christchurch Symphony Orchestra.
The programme, Cello Journey, undertakes a musical OE, travelling around the globe in a programme of music that explores different musical cultures, styles and periods.
Additional performances:
May 9th (Wellington)
May 15th (Waiheke Island)
May 16th (Warkworth)
May 20th (Lower Hutt)
May 23rd (Motueka)
May 25th (Rangiora)
May 27th (Arrowtown)
May 30th (Kerikeri)
June 1st (Rotorua)

NZSO Podium Series | Fantastique (Christchurch)
ConcertHolly Mathieson | conductor
Tōru Takemitsu | Dreamtime
Dorothy Ker | The Third Dream
Berlioz | Symphonie Fantastique
Dunedin-born conductor Holly Mathieson returns to Aotearoa for her debut performance with the NZSO. Mathieson worked as conducting assistant to Christoph von Dohnanyi, Esa-Pekka Salonen, and Marin Alsop, before gaining the assistant conductor position of the Royal Scottish National Orchestra. Most recently she was appointed as Music Director of Symphony Nova Scotia.
Mathieson presents a programme of dreams. Japanese composer Tōru Takemitsu frequently drew influences from outside classical music. Dreamtime is inspired by the Australian Aborigine concept of a mythical time before humans when Ancestral Spirits walked the earth. Likewise, NZ composer Dorothy Ker explores primordial dreams in The Third Dream, the work "build[ing] organically from delicate stirrings to a physicality of volcanic intensity."
Hector Berlioz's fertile imagination bursts forth in his epic Symphonie Fantastique. Famously depicting the fevered dreams of an opium eating artist, the work takes you on a hallucinatory journey through passionate fantasies, a wild masked ball, and at last to the artist’s descent into the hell of a witches’ Sabbath.
Additional performances:
May 14th (Wellington)
May 20th (Auckland)
May 21st (Hamilton)
Holly Mathieson | conductor
Tōru Takemitsu | Dreamtime
Dorothy Ker | The Third Dream
Berlioz | Symphonie Fantastique
Dunedin-born conductor Holly Mathieson returns to Aotearoa for her debut performance with the NZSO. Mathieson worked as conducting assistant to Christoph von Dohnanyi, Esa-Pekka Salonen, and Marin Alsop, before gaining the assistant conductor position of the Royal Scottish National Orchestra. Most recently she was appointed as Music Director of Symphony Nova Scotia.
Mathieson presents a programme of dreams. Japanese composer Tōru Takemitsu frequently drew influences from outside classical music. Dreamtime is inspired by the Australian Aborigine concept of a mythical time before humans when Ancestral Spirits walked the earth. Likewise, NZ composer Dorothy Ker explores primordial dreams in The Third Dream, the work "build[ing] organically from delicate stirrings to a physicality of volcanic intensity."
Hector Berlioz's fertile imagination bursts forth in his epic Symphonie Fantastique. Famously depicting the fevered dreams of an opium eating artist, the work takes you on a hallucinatory journey through passionate fantasies, a wild masked ball, and at last to the artist’s descent into the hell of a witches’ Sabbath.
Additional performances:
May 14th (Wellington)
May 20th (Auckland)
May 21st (Hamilton)
Holly Mathieson | conductor
Tōru Takemitsu | Dreamtime
Dorothy Ker | The Third Dream
Berlioz | Symphonie Fantastique
Dunedin-born conductor Holly Mathieson returns to Aotearoa for her debut performance with the NZSO. Mathieson worked as conducting assistant to Christoph von Dohnanyi, Esa-Pekka Salonen, and Marin Alsop, before gaining the assistant conductor position of the Royal Scottish National Orchestra. Most recently she was appointed as Music Director of Symphony Nova Scotia.
Mathieson presents a programme of dreams. Japanese composer Tōru Takemitsu frequently drew influences from outside classical music. Dreamtime is inspired by the Australian Aborigine concept of a mythical time before humans when Ancestral Spirits walked the earth. Likewise, NZ composer Dorothy Ker explores primordial dreams in The Third Dream, the work "build[ing] organically from delicate stirrings to a physicality of volcanic intensity."
Hector Berlioz's fertile imagination bursts forth in his epic Symphonie Fantastique. Famously depicting the fevered dreams of an opium eating artist, the work takes you on a hallucinatory journey through passionate fantasies, a wild masked ball, and at last to the artist’s descent into the hell of a witches’ Sabbath.
Additional performances:
May 14th (Wellington)
May 20th (Auckland)
May 21st (Hamilton)

Chamber Music NZ | Ibell & Thomson (Kerikeri)
ConcertRobert Ibell | cello
Rachel Thomson | piano
Programme:
Manuel de Falla | Suite Populaire Espagnole
Salina Fisher | Mono no aware (物の哀れ)
Clara Schumann | Three Romances, op 22
Dmitri Shostakovich | “Adagio” & “Springtime Waltz” from The Limpid Stream
Nadia Boulanger | Three Pieces for Cello & Piano
Johannes Brahms | Sonata no 2 in F, op 99
Robert Ibell and Rachel Thomson offer a delightful programme demonstrating the breadth of expression and depth of emotion found in the cello-piano repertoire.
Since 1993 Robert has been a member of the New Zealand Symphony Orchestra. He is an experienced chamber musician, cello teacher, chamber music coach and adjudicator. Formerly the cellist of the Nevine Quartet, Robert has been a member of the Aroha Quartet since 2009. Rachel is a member of various chamber ensembles including the Koru Trio and has worked as an orchestral pianist with the NZSO, Orchestra Wellington, and the Christchurch Symphony Orchestra.
The programme, Cello Journey, undertakes a musical OE, travelling around the globe in a programme of music that explores different musical cultures, styles and periods.
Additional performances:
May 9th (Wellington)
May 15th (Waiheke Island)
May 16th (Warkworth)
May 20th (Lower Hutt)
May 23rd (Motueka)
May 25th (Rangiora)
May 27th (Arrowtown)
May 28th (Bannockburn)
June 1st (Rotorua)
Robert Ibell | cello
Rachel Thomson | piano
Programme:
Manuel de Falla | Suite Populaire Espagnole
Salina Fisher | Mono no aware (物の哀れ)
Clara Schumann | Three Romances, op 22
Dmitri Shostakovich | “Adagio” & “Springtime Waltz” from The Limpid Stream
Nadia Boulanger | Three Pieces for Cello & Piano
Johannes Brahms | Sonata no 2 in F, op 99
Robert Ibell and Rachel Thomson offer a delightful programme demonstrating the breadth of expression and depth of emotion found in the cello-piano repertoire.
Since 1993 Robert has been a member of the New Zealand Symphony Orchestra. He is an experienced chamber musician, cello teacher, chamber music coach and adjudicator. Formerly the cellist of the Nevine Quartet, Robert has been a member of the Aroha Quartet since 2009. Rachel is a member of various chamber ensembles including the Koru Trio and has worked as an orchestral pianist with the NZSO, Orchestra Wellington, and the Christchurch Symphony Orchestra.
The programme, Cello Journey, undertakes a musical OE, travelling around the globe in a programme of music that explores different musical cultures, styles and periods.
Additional performances:
May 9th (Wellington)
May 15th (Waiheke Island)
May 16th (Warkworth)
May 20th (Lower Hutt)
May 23rd (Motueka)
May 25th (Rangiora)
May 27th (Arrowtown)
May 28th (Bannockburn)
June 1st (Rotorua)
Robert Ibell | cello
Rachel Thomson | piano
Programme:
Manuel de Falla | Suite Populaire Espagnole
Salina Fisher | Mono no aware (物の哀れ)
Clara Schumann | Three Romances, op 22
Dmitri Shostakovich | “Adagio” & “Springtime Waltz” from The Limpid Stream
Nadia Boulanger | Three Pieces for Cello & Piano
Johannes Brahms | Sonata no 2 in F, op 99
Robert Ibell and Rachel Thomson offer a delightful programme demonstrating the breadth of expression and depth of emotion found in the cello-piano repertoire.
Since 1993 Robert has been a member of the New Zealand Symphony Orchestra. He is an experienced chamber musician, cello teacher, chamber music coach and adjudicator. Formerly the cellist of the Nevine Quartet, Robert has been a member of the Aroha Quartet since 2009. Rachel is a member of various chamber ensembles including the Koru Trio and has worked as an orchestral pianist with the NZSO, Orchestra Wellington, and the Christchurch Symphony Orchestra.
The programme, Cello Journey, undertakes a musical OE, travelling around the globe in a programme of music that explores different musical cultures, styles and periods.
Additional performances:
May 9th (Wellington)
May 15th (Waiheke Island)
May 16th (Warkworth)
May 20th (Lower Hutt)
May 23rd (Motueka)
May 25th (Rangiora)
May 27th (Arrowtown)
May 28th (Bannockburn)
June 1st (Rotorua)

Chamber Music NZ | Ibell & Thomson (Rotorua)
ConcertRobert Ibell | cello
Rachel Thomson | piano
Programme:
Manuel de Falla | Suite Populaire Espagnole
Salina Fisher | Mono no aware (物の哀れ)
Clara Schumann | Three Romances, op 22
Dmitri Shostakovich | “Adagio” & “Springtime Waltz” from The Limpid Stream
Nadia Boulanger | Three Pieces for Cello & Piano
Johannes Brahms | Sonata no 2 in F, op 99
Robert Ibell and Rachel Thomson offer a delightful programme demonstrating the breadth of expression and depth of emotion found in the cello-piano repertoire.
Since 1993 Robert has been a member of the New Zealand Symphony Orchestra. He is an experienced chamber musician, cello teacher, chamber music coach and adjudicator. Formerly the cellist of the Nevine Quartet, Robert has been a member of the Aroha Quartet since 2009. Rachel is a member of various chamber ensembles including the Koru Trio and has worked as an orchestral pianist with the NZSO, Orchestra Wellington, and the Christchurch Symphony Orchestra.
The programme, Cello Journey, undertakes a musical OE, travelling around the globe in a programme of music that explores different musical cultures, styles and periods.
Additional performances:
May 9th (Wellington)
May 15th (Waiheke Island)
May 16th (Warkworth)
May 20th (Lower Hutt)
May 23rd (Motueka)
May 25th (Rangiora)
May 27th (Arrowtown)
May 28th (Bannockburn)
May 30th (Kerikeri)
Robert Ibell | cello
Rachel Thomson | piano
Programme:
Manuel de Falla | Suite Populaire Espagnole
Salina Fisher | Mono no aware (物の哀れ)
Clara Schumann | Three Romances, op 22
Dmitri Shostakovich | “Adagio” & “Springtime Waltz” from The Limpid Stream
Nadia Boulanger | Three Pieces for Cello & Piano
Johannes Brahms | Sonata no 2 in F, op 99
Robert Ibell and Rachel Thomson offer a delightful programme demonstrating the breadth of expression and depth of emotion found in the cello-piano repertoire.
Since 1993 Robert has been a member of the New Zealand Symphony Orchestra. He is an experienced chamber musician, cello teacher, chamber music coach and adjudicator. Formerly the cellist of the Nevine Quartet, Robert has been a member of the Aroha Quartet since 2009. Rachel is a member of various chamber ensembles including the Koru Trio and has worked as an orchestral pianist with the NZSO, Orchestra Wellington, and the Christchurch Symphony Orchestra.
The programme, Cello Journey, undertakes a musical OE, travelling around the globe in a programme of music that explores different musical cultures, styles and periods.
Additional performances:
May 9th (Wellington)
May 15th (Waiheke Island)
May 16th (Warkworth)
May 20th (Lower Hutt)
May 23rd (Motueka)
May 25th (Rangiora)
May 27th (Arrowtown)
May 28th (Bannockburn)
May 30th (Kerikeri)
Robert Ibell | cello
Rachel Thomson | piano
Programme:
Manuel de Falla | Suite Populaire Espagnole
Salina Fisher | Mono no aware (物の哀れ)
Clara Schumann | Three Romances, op 22
Dmitri Shostakovich | “Adagio” & “Springtime Waltz” from The Limpid Stream
Nadia Boulanger | Three Pieces for Cello & Piano
Johannes Brahms | Sonata no 2 in F, op 99
Robert Ibell and Rachel Thomson offer a delightful programme demonstrating the breadth of expression and depth of emotion found in the cello-piano repertoire.
Since 1993 Robert has been a member of the New Zealand Symphony Orchestra. He is an experienced chamber musician, cello teacher, chamber music coach and adjudicator. Formerly the cellist of the Nevine Quartet, Robert has been a member of the Aroha Quartet since 2009. Rachel is a member of various chamber ensembles including the Koru Trio and has worked as an orchestral pianist with the NZSO, Orchestra Wellington, and the Christchurch Symphony Orchestra.
The programme, Cello Journey, undertakes a musical OE, travelling around the globe in a programme of music that explores different musical cultures, styles and periods.
Additional performances:
May 9th (Wellington)
May 15th (Waiheke Island)
May 16th (Warkworth)
May 20th (Lower Hutt)
May 23rd (Motueka)
May 25th (Rangiora)
May 27th (Arrowtown)
May 28th (Bannockburn)
May 30th (Kerikeri)

NZSO | Setting Up Camp – Town & Country (North Shore)
ConcertJames Judd | conductor
Lilburn | Drysdale Overture
Delius orch. Beecham | A Village Romeo and Juliet: The Walk to the Paradise Garden
Arnold | English Dances Set II
Maria Grenfell | Fanfare for a City
Copland | Our Town: Music from the Film Score
Bernstein | On The Town: Three Dance Episodes
The country and the city come together in this programme paying homage to two very different landscapes. Douglas Lilburn, the grandfather of New Zealand classical music, wrote his Drysdale Overture while still a young man studying at London’s Royal College of Music. The Overture nostalgically portrays the pastoral landscape of his family’s farm in the Turakina Valley.
English composer Frederick Delius’ Walk to the Paradise Garden, from his opera A Village Romeo and Juliet, is a dreamily romantic interlude, featuring the woodwind section at their most expressive. Malcolm Arnold’s English Dances, meanwhile, gathers the best of English country folk dances into a charming and colourful suite of toe-tapping tunes.
Then NZ composer Maria Grenfell sweeps us into the city with her jubilant Fanfare for a City, while Aaron Copland’s beautiful film score for Our Town is a nostalgic view of small town life in Grover’s Corner, New Hampshire. Leonard Bernstein’s Three Dance Episodes, from material composed for the musical On The Town, brings 1940s New York to life before your eyes, with its slinky jazz melodies, hopping bebop rhythms and irresistible swing.
Additional performances:
March 4th (Invercargill)
March 6th (Dunedin)
March 10th (Christchurch)
March 14th (Blenheim)
June 10th (Auckland)
June 11th (Kerikeri)
James Judd | conductor
Lilburn | Drysdale Overture
Delius orch. Beecham | A Village Romeo and Juliet: The Walk to the Paradise Garden
Arnold | English Dances Set II
Maria Grenfell | Fanfare for a City
Copland | Our Town: Music from the Film Score
Bernstein | On The Town: Three Dance Episodes
The country and the city come together in this programme paying homage to two very different landscapes. Douglas Lilburn, the grandfather of New Zealand classical music, wrote his Drysdale Overture while still a young man studying at London’s Royal College of Music. The Overture nostalgically portrays the pastoral landscape of his family’s farm in the Turakina Valley.
English composer Frederick Delius’ Walk to the Paradise Garden, from his opera A Village Romeo and Juliet, is a dreamily romantic interlude, featuring the woodwind section at their most expressive. Malcolm Arnold’s English Dances, meanwhile, gathers the best of English country folk dances into a charming and colourful suite of toe-tapping tunes.
Then NZ composer Maria Grenfell sweeps us into the city with her jubilant Fanfare for a City, while Aaron Copland’s beautiful film score for Our Town is a nostalgic view of small town life in Grover’s Corner, New Hampshire. Leonard Bernstein’s Three Dance Episodes, from material composed for the musical On The Town, brings 1940s New York to life before your eyes, with its slinky jazz melodies, hopping bebop rhythms and irresistible swing.
Additional performances:
March 4th (Invercargill)
March 6th (Dunedin)
March 10th (Christchurch)
March 14th (Blenheim)
June 10th (Auckland)
June 11th (Kerikeri)
James Judd | conductor
Lilburn | Drysdale Overture
Delius orch. Beecham | A Village Romeo and Juliet: The Walk to the Paradise Garden
Arnold | English Dances Set II
Maria Grenfell | Fanfare for a City
Copland | Our Town: Music from the Film Score
Bernstein | On The Town: Three Dance Episodes
The country and the city come together in this programme paying homage to two very different landscapes. Douglas Lilburn, the grandfather of New Zealand classical music, wrote his Drysdale Overture while still a young man studying at London’s Royal College of Music. The Overture nostalgically portrays the pastoral landscape of his family’s farm in the Turakina Valley.
English composer Frederick Delius’ Walk to the Paradise Garden, from his opera A Village Romeo and Juliet, is a dreamily romantic interlude, featuring the woodwind section at their most expressive. Malcolm Arnold’s English Dances, meanwhile, gathers the best of English country folk dances into a charming and colourful suite of toe-tapping tunes.
Then NZ composer Maria Grenfell sweeps us into the city with her jubilant Fanfare for a City, while Aaron Copland’s beautiful film score for Our Town is a nostalgic view of small town life in Grover’s Corner, New Hampshire. Leonard Bernstein’s Three Dance Episodes, from material composed for the musical On The Town, brings 1940s New York to life before your eyes, with its slinky jazz melodies, hopping bebop rhythms and irresistible swing.
Additional performances:
March 4th (Invercargill)
March 6th (Dunedin)
March 10th (Christchurch)
March 14th (Blenheim)
June 10th (Auckland)
June 11th (Kerikeri)

NZSO | Setting Up Camp – Town & Country (Auckland)
ConcertJames Judd | conductor
Lilburn | Drysdale Overture
Delius orch. Beecham | A Village Romeo and Juliet: The Walk to the Paradise Garden
Arnold | English Dances Set II
Maria Grenfell | Fanfare for a City
Copland | Our Town: Music from the Film Score
Bernstein | On The Town: Three Dance Episodes
The country and the city come together in this programme paying homage to two very different landscapes. Douglas Lilburn, the grandfather of New Zealand classical music, wrote his Drysdale Overture while still a young man studying at London’s Royal College of Music. The Overture nostalgically portrays the pastoral landscape of his family’s farm in the Turakina Valley.
English composer Frederick Delius’ Walk to the Paradise Garden, from his opera A Village Romeo and Juliet, is a dreamily romantic interlude, featuring the woodwind section at their most expressive. Malcolm Arnold’s English Dances, meanwhile, gathers the best of English country folk dances into a charming and colourful suite of toe-tapping tunes.
Then NZ composer Maria Grenfell sweeps us into the city with her jubilant Fanfare for a City, while Aaron Copland’s beautiful film score for Our Town is a nostalgic view of small town life in Grover’s Corner, New Hampshire. Leonard Bernstein’s Three Dance Episodes, from material composed for the musical On The Town, brings 1940s New York to life before your eyes, with its slinky jazz melodies, hopping bebop rhythms and irresistible swing.
Additional performances:
March 4th (Invercargill)
March 6th (Dunedin)
March 10th (Christchurch)
March 14th (Blenheim)
June 9th (North Shore)
June 11th (Kerikeri)
James Judd | conductor
Lilburn | Drysdale Overture
Delius orch. Beecham | A Village Romeo and Juliet: The Walk to the Paradise Garden
Arnold | English Dances Set II
Maria Grenfell | Fanfare for a City
Copland | Our Town: Music from the Film Score
Bernstein | On The Town: Three Dance Episodes
The country and the city come together in this programme paying homage to two very different landscapes. Douglas Lilburn, the grandfather of New Zealand classical music, wrote his Drysdale Overture while still a young man studying at London’s Royal College of Music. The Overture nostalgically portrays the pastoral landscape of his family’s farm in the Turakina Valley.
English composer Frederick Delius’ Walk to the Paradise Garden, from his opera A Village Romeo and Juliet, is a dreamily romantic interlude, featuring the woodwind section at their most expressive. Malcolm Arnold’s English Dances, meanwhile, gathers the best of English country folk dances into a charming and colourful suite of toe-tapping tunes.
Then NZ composer Maria Grenfell sweeps us into the city with her jubilant Fanfare for a City, while Aaron Copland’s beautiful film score for Our Town is a nostalgic view of small town life in Grover’s Corner, New Hampshire. Leonard Bernstein’s Three Dance Episodes, from material composed for the musical On The Town, brings 1940s New York to life before your eyes, with its slinky jazz melodies, hopping bebop rhythms and irresistible swing.
Additional performances:
March 4th (Invercargill)
March 6th (Dunedin)
March 10th (Christchurch)
March 14th (Blenheim)
June 9th (North Shore)
June 11th (Kerikeri)
James Judd | conductor
Lilburn | Drysdale Overture
Delius orch. Beecham | A Village Romeo and Juliet: The Walk to the Paradise Garden
Arnold | English Dances Set II
Maria Grenfell | Fanfare for a City
Copland | Our Town: Music from the Film Score
Bernstein | On The Town: Three Dance Episodes
The country and the city come together in this programme paying homage to two very different landscapes. Douglas Lilburn, the grandfather of New Zealand classical music, wrote his Drysdale Overture while still a young man studying at London’s Royal College of Music. The Overture nostalgically portrays the pastoral landscape of his family’s farm in the Turakina Valley.
English composer Frederick Delius’ Walk to the Paradise Garden, from his opera A Village Romeo and Juliet, is a dreamily romantic interlude, featuring the woodwind section at their most expressive. Malcolm Arnold’s English Dances, meanwhile, gathers the best of English country folk dances into a charming and colourful suite of toe-tapping tunes.
Then NZ composer Maria Grenfell sweeps us into the city with her jubilant Fanfare for a City, while Aaron Copland’s beautiful film score for Our Town is a nostalgic view of small town life in Grover’s Corner, New Hampshire. Leonard Bernstein’s Three Dance Episodes, from material composed for the musical On The Town, brings 1940s New York to life before your eyes, with its slinky jazz melodies, hopping bebop rhythms and irresistible swing.
Additional performances:
March 4th (Invercargill)
March 6th (Dunedin)
March 10th (Christchurch)
March 14th (Blenheim)
June 9th (North Shore)
June 11th (Kerikeri)

NZSO | Setting Up Camp – Town & Country (Kerikeri)
ConcertJames Judd | conductor
Lilburn | Drysdale Overture
Delius orch. Beecham | A Village Romeo and Juliet: The Walk to the Paradise Garden
Arnold | English Dances Set II
Maria Grenfell | Fanfare for a City
Copland | Our Town: Music from the Film Score
Bernstein | On The Town: Three Dance Episodes
The country and the city come together in this programme paying homage to two very different landscapes. Douglas Lilburn, the grandfather of New Zealand classical music, wrote his Drysdale Overture while still a young man studying at London’s Royal College of Music. The Overture nostalgically portrays the pastoral landscape of his family’s farm in the Turakina Valley.
English composer Frederick Delius’ Walk to the Paradise Garden, from his opera A Village Romeo and Juliet, is a dreamily romantic interlude, featuring the woodwind section at their most expressive. Malcolm Arnold’s English Dances, meanwhile, gathers the best of English country folk dances into a charming and colourful suite of toe-tapping tunes.
Then NZ composer Maria Grenfell sweeps us into the city with her jubilant Fanfare for a City, while Aaron Copland’s beautiful film score for Our Town is a nostalgic view of small town life in Grover’s Corner, New Hampshire. Leonard Bernstein’s Three Dance Episodes, from material composed for the musical On The Town, brings 1940s New York to life before your eyes, with its slinky jazz melodies, hopping bebop rhythms and irresistible swing.
Additional performances:
March 4th (Invercargill)
March 6th (Dunedin)
March 10th (Christchurch)
March 14th (Blenheim)
June 9th (North Shore)
June 10th (Auckland)
James Judd | conductor
Lilburn | Drysdale Overture
Delius orch. Beecham | A Village Romeo and Juliet: The Walk to the Paradise Garden
Arnold | English Dances Set II
Maria Grenfell | Fanfare for a City
Copland | Our Town: Music from the Film Score
Bernstein | On The Town: Three Dance Episodes
The country and the city come together in this programme paying homage to two very different landscapes. Douglas Lilburn, the grandfather of New Zealand classical music, wrote his Drysdale Overture while still a young man studying at London’s Royal College of Music. The Overture nostalgically portrays the pastoral landscape of his family’s farm in the Turakina Valley.
English composer Frederick Delius’ Walk to the Paradise Garden, from his opera A Village Romeo and Juliet, is a dreamily romantic interlude, featuring the woodwind section at their most expressive. Malcolm Arnold’s English Dances, meanwhile, gathers the best of English country folk dances into a charming and colourful suite of toe-tapping tunes.
Then NZ composer Maria Grenfell sweeps us into the city with her jubilant Fanfare for a City, while Aaron Copland’s beautiful film score for Our Town is a nostalgic view of small town life in Grover’s Corner, New Hampshire. Leonard Bernstein’s Three Dance Episodes, from material composed for the musical On The Town, brings 1940s New York to life before your eyes, with its slinky jazz melodies, hopping bebop rhythms and irresistible swing.
Additional performances:
March 4th (Invercargill)
March 6th (Dunedin)
March 10th (Christchurch)
March 14th (Blenheim)
June 9th (North Shore)
June 10th (Auckland)
James Judd | conductor
Lilburn | Drysdale Overture
Delius orch. Beecham | A Village Romeo and Juliet: The Walk to the Paradise Garden
Arnold | English Dances Set II
Maria Grenfell | Fanfare for a City
Copland | Our Town: Music from the Film Score
Bernstein | On The Town: Three Dance Episodes
The country and the city come together in this programme paying homage to two very different landscapes. Douglas Lilburn, the grandfather of New Zealand classical music, wrote his Drysdale Overture while still a young man studying at London’s Royal College of Music. The Overture nostalgically portrays the pastoral landscape of his family’s farm in the Turakina Valley.
English composer Frederick Delius’ Walk to the Paradise Garden, from his opera A Village Romeo and Juliet, is a dreamily romantic interlude, featuring the woodwind section at their most expressive. Malcolm Arnold’s English Dances, meanwhile, gathers the best of English country folk dances into a charming and colourful suite of toe-tapping tunes.
Then NZ composer Maria Grenfell sweeps us into the city with her jubilant Fanfare for a City, while Aaron Copland’s beautiful film score for Our Town is a nostalgic view of small town life in Grover’s Corner, New Hampshire. Leonard Bernstein’s Three Dance Episodes, from material composed for the musical On The Town, brings 1940s New York to life before your eyes, with its slinky jazz melodies, hopping bebop rhythms and irresistible swing.
Additional performances:
March 4th (Invercargill)
March 6th (Dunedin)
March 10th (Christchurch)
March 14th (Blenheim)
June 9th (North Shore)
June 10th (Auckland)

Mansfield – In Her Own Words
ConcertMansfield – In Her Own Words is a concert of selected poems by Katherine Mansfield, set to contemporary music composed by several of our leading songwriters and recording artists including Lawrence Arabia, Julia Deans, The Bats, Mel Parsons, and French for Rabbits.
Twelve tracks by 12 different composers with a multi-band format, on and off for a song each, linked by a curated selection of Katherine Mansfield's letters.
"Her letters show her deadly serious, warm and friendly, cynical and sarcastic, absurd and loving, morbid, though human in conforming to the recipient's wishes and expectations... one has to beware of the casual, jejune, utterances, which are merely thrown off...."
The companion album, Mansfield, is out now.
Additional performances:
Mansfield – In Her Own Words is a concert of selected poems by Katherine Mansfield, set to contemporary music composed by several of our leading songwriters and recording artists including Lawrence Arabia, Julia Deans, The Bats, Mel Parsons, and French for Rabbits.
Twelve tracks by 12 different composers with a multi-band format, on and off for a song each, linked by a curated selection of Katherine Mansfield's letters.
"Her letters show her deadly serious, warm and friendly, cynical and sarcastic, absurd and loving, morbid, though human in conforming to the recipient's wishes and expectations... one has to beware of the casual, jejune, utterances, which are merely thrown off...."
The companion album, Mansfield, is out now.
Additional performances:
Mansfield – In Her Own Words is a concert of selected poems by Katherine Mansfield, set to contemporary music composed by several of our leading songwriters and recording artists including Lawrence Arabia, Julia Deans, The Bats, Mel Parsons, and French for Rabbits.
Twelve tracks by 12 different composers with a multi-band format, on and off for a song each, linked by a curated selection of Katherine Mansfield's letters.
"Her letters show her deadly serious, warm and friendly, cynical and sarcastic, absurd and loving, morbid, though human in conforming to the recipient's wishes and expectations... one has to beware of the casual, jejune, utterances, which are merely thrown off...."
The companion album, Mansfield, is out now.
Additional performances:

Chamber Music NZ | Quartet for the End of Time (Dunedin)
ConcertJonathan Cohen | clarinet
Amalia Hall | violin
Ashley Brown | cello
Somi Kim | piano
Programme:
Beethoven | Piano Trio No. 4 in B flat major, op 11 “Gassenhauer Trio”
Ross Harris | There may be light
Messiaen | Quartet for the End of Time (Quatuor pour la fin du temps)
Art triumphs over adversity in the dark night of the soul. Clarinettist Jonathan Cohen joins the celebrated NZTrio for a meditative journey through one of Messiaen’s earliest masterworks.
Composed and premiered whilst Messiaen was interned at a prisoner of war camp during WWII, this evocative work transcends time and space, and is filled with the jubilant song of birds flying free from captivity.
Additional performances:
June 19th (Invercargill)
June 21st (Christchurch)
June 22nd (Nelson)
June 23rd (Wellington)
June 24th (Palmerston North)
June 26th (New Plymouth)
June 27th (Hamilton)
June 29th (Napier)
June 30th (Auckland)
Jonathan Cohen | clarinet
Amalia Hall | violin
Ashley Brown | cello
Somi Kim | piano
Programme:
Beethoven | Piano Trio No. 4 in B flat major, op 11 “Gassenhauer Trio”
Ross Harris | There may be light
Messiaen | Quartet for the End of Time (Quatuor pour la fin du temps)
Art triumphs over adversity in the dark night of the soul. Clarinettist Jonathan Cohen joins the celebrated NZTrio for a meditative journey through one of Messiaen’s earliest masterworks.
Composed and premiered whilst Messiaen was interned at a prisoner of war camp during WWII, this evocative work transcends time and space, and is filled with the jubilant song of birds flying free from captivity.
Additional performances:
June 19th (Invercargill)
June 21st (Christchurch)
June 22nd (Nelson)
June 23rd (Wellington)
June 24th (Palmerston North)
June 26th (New Plymouth)
June 27th (Hamilton)
June 29th (Napier)
June 30th (Auckland)
Jonathan Cohen | clarinet
Amalia Hall | violin
Ashley Brown | cello
Somi Kim | piano
Programme:
Beethoven | Piano Trio No. 4 in B flat major, op 11 “Gassenhauer Trio”
Ross Harris | There may be light
Messiaen | Quartet for the End of Time (Quatuor pour la fin du temps)
Art triumphs over adversity in the dark night of the soul. Clarinettist Jonathan Cohen joins the celebrated NZTrio for a meditative journey through one of Messiaen’s earliest masterworks.
Composed and premiered whilst Messiaen was interned at a prisoner of war camp during WWII, this evocative work transcends time and space, and is filled with the jubilant song of birds flying free from captivity.
Additional performances:
June 19th (Invercargill)
June 21st (Christchurch)
June 22nd (Nelson)
June 23rd (Wellington)
June 24th (Palmerston North)
June 26th (New Plymouth)
June 27th (Hamilton)
June 29th (Napier)
June 30th (Auckland)

Chamber Music NZ | Jade String Quartet (Warkworth)
ConcertMiranda Adams | violin
William Hanfling | violin
Robert Ashworth | viola
Ethel Salzmann | cello
Programme:
Haydn | Seven Last Words (selections)
David Hamilton | new commission
Chris Adams | Proclamations, Canons and Dances
Piazzolla | Four to Tango
Schubert | Death and the Maiden
Playing an eclectic mix of music for string quartet ranging from Vivaldi to Hendrix, the Jade String Quartet have won a special place in Aotearoa’s music scene. Founded in 2003, the Quartet has recorded a CD of New Zealand works (Parlour Games, 2017, RATTLE), toured twice with Arts on Tour (AOTNZ, 2007 & 2009) and once before with Chamber Music New Zealand in 2015. They also established their own concert series titled Jade at The Pah which ran for five years from 2012–2017.
Additional performances:
June 20th (Waikanae)
June 26th (Auckland)
June 27th (Wellington)
Miranda Adams | violin
William Hanfling | violin
Robert Ashworth | viola
Ethel Salzmann | cello
Programme:
Haydn | Seven Last Words (selections)
David Hamilton | new commission
Chris Adams | Proclamations, Canons and Dances
Piazzolla | Four to Tango
Schubert | Death and the Maiden
Playing an eclectic mix of music for string quartet ranging from Vivaldi to Hendrix, the Jade String Quartet have won a special place in Aotearoa’s music scene. Founded in 2003, the Quartet has recorded a CD of New Zealand works (Parlour Games, 2017, RATTLE), toured twice with Arts on Tour (AOTNZ, 2007 & 2009) and once before with Chamber Music New Zealand in 2015. They also established their own concert series titled Jade at The Pah which ran for five years from 2012–2017.
Additional performances:
June 20th (Waikanae)
June 26th (Auckland)
June 27th (Wellington)
Miranda Adams | violin
William Hanfling | violin
Robert Ashworth | viola
Ethel Salzmann | cello
Programme:
Haydn | Seven Last Words (selections)
David Hamilton | new commission
Chris Adams | Proclamations, Canons and Dances
Piazzolla | Four to Tango
Schubert | Death and the Maiden
Playing an eclectic mix of music for string quartet ranging from Vivaldi to Hendrix, the Jade String Quartet have won a special place in Aotearoa’s music scene. Founded in 2003, the Quartet has recorded a CD of New Zealand works (Parlour Games, 2017, RATTLE), toured twice with Arts on Tour (AOTNZ, 2007 & 2009) and once before with Chamber Music New Zealand in 2015. They also established their own concert series titled Jade at The Pah which ran for five years from 2012–2017.
Additional performances:
June 20th (Waikanae)
June 26th (Auckland)
June 27th (Wellington)

Chamber Music NZ | Quartet for the End of Time (Invercargill)
ConcertJonathan Cohen | clarinet
Amalia Hall | violin
Ashley Brown | cello
Somi Kim | piano
Programme:
Beethoven | Piano Trio No. 4 in B flat major, op 11 “Gassenhauer Trio”
Ross Harris | There may be light
Messiaen | Quartet for the End of Time (Quatuor pour la fin du temps)
Art triumphs over adversity in the dark night of the soul. Clarinettist Jonathan Cohen joins the celebrated NZTrio for a meditative journey through one of Messiaen’s earliest masterworks.
Composed and premiered whilst Messiaen was interned at a prisoner of war camp during WWII, this evocative work transcends time and space, and is filled with the jubilant song of birds flying free from captivity.
Additional performances:
June 18th (Dunedin)
June 21st (Christchurch)
June 22nd (Nelson)
June 23rd (Wellington)
June 24th (Palmerston North)
June 26th (New Plymouth)
June 27th (Hamilton)
June 29th (Napier)
June 30th (Auckland)
Jonathan Cohen | clarinet
Amalia Hall | violin
Ashley Brown | cello
Somi Kim | piano
Programme:
Beethoven | Piano Trio No. 4 in B flat major, op 11 “Gassenhauer Trio”
Ross Harris | There may be light
Messiaen | Quartet for the End of Time (Quatuor pour la fin du temps)
Art triumphs over adversity in the dark night of the soul. Clarinettist Jonathan Cohen joins the celebrated NZTrio for a meditative journey through one of Messiaen’s earliest masterworks.
Composed and premiered whilst Messiaen was interned at a prisoner of war camp during WWII, this evocative work transcends time and space, and is filled with the jubilant song of birds flying free from captivity.
Additional performances:
June 18th (Dunedin)
June 21st (Christchurch)
June 22nd (Nelson)
June 23rd (Wellington)
June 24th (Palmerston North)
June 26th (New Plymouth)
June 27th (Hamilton)
June 29th (Napier)
June 30th (Auckland)
Jonathan Cohen | clarinet
Amalia Hall | violin
Ashley Brown | cello
Somi Kim | piano
Programme:
Beethoven | Piano Trio No. 4 in B flat major, op 11 “Gassenhauer Trio”
Ross Harris | There may be light
Messiaen | Quartet for the End of Time (Quatuor pour la fin du temps)
Art triumphs over adversity in the dark night of the soul. Clarinettist Jonathan Cohen joins the celebrated NZTrio for a meditative journey through one of Messiaen’s earliest masterworks.
Composed and premiered whilst Messiaen was interned at a prisoner of war camp during WWII, this evocative work transcends time and space, and is filled with the jubilant song of birds flying free from captivity.
Additional performances:
June 18th (Dunedin)
June 21st (Christchurch)
June 22nd (Nelson)
June 23rd (Wellington)
June 24th (Palmerston North)
June 26th (New Plymouth)
June 27th (Hamilton)
June 29th (Napier)
June 30th (Auckland)

Chamber Music NZ | Jade String Quartet (Waikanae)
ConcertMiranda Adams | violin
William Hanfling | violin
Robert Ashworth | viola
Ethel Salzmann | cello
Programme:
Haydn | Seven Last Words (selections)
David Hamilton | new commission
Chris Adams | Proclamations, Canons and Dances
Piazzolla | Four to Tango
Schubert | Death and the Maiden
Playing an eclectic mix of music for string quartet ranging from Vivaldi to Hendrix, the Jade String Quartet have won a special place in Aotearoa’s music scene. Founded in 2003, the Quartet has recorded a CD of New Zealand works (Parlour Games, 2017, RATTLE), toured twice with Arts on Tour (AOTNZ, 2007 & 2009) and once before with Chamber Music New Zealand in 2015. They also established their own concert series titled Jade at The Pah which ran for five years from 2012–2017.
Additional performances:
June 19th (Warkworth)
June 26th (Auckland)
June 27th (Wellington)
Miranda Adams | violin
William Hanfling | violin
Robert Ashworth | viola
Ethel Salzmann | cello
Programme:
Haydn | Seven Last Words (selections)
David Hamilton | new commission
Chris Adams | Proclamations, Canons and Dances
Piazzolla | Four to Tango
Schubert | Death and the Maiden
Playing an eclectic mix of music for string quartet ranging from Vivaldi to Hendrix, the Jade String Quartet have won a special place in Aotearoa’s music scene. Founded in 2003, the Quartet has recorded a CD of New Zealand works (Parlour Games, 2017, RATTLE), toured twice with Arts on Tour (AOTNZ, 2007 & 2009) and once before with Chamber Music New Zealand in 2015. They also established their own concert series titled Jade at The Pah which ran for five years from 2012–2017.
Additional performances:
June 19th (Warkworth)
June 26th (Auckland)
June 27th (Wellington)
Miranda Adams | violin
William Hanfling | violin
Robert Ashworth | viola
Ethel Salzmann | cello
Programme:
Haydn | Seven Last Words (selections)
David Hamilton | new commission
Chris Adams | Proclamations, Canons and Dances
Piazzolla | Four to Tango
Schubert | Death and the Maiden
Playing an eclectic mix of music for string quartet ranging from Vivaldi to Hendrix, the Jade String Quartet have won a special place in Aotearoa’s music scene. Founded in 2003, the Quartet has recorded a CD of New Zealand works (Parlour Games, 2017, RATTLE), toured twice with Arts on Tour (AOTNZ, 2007 & 2009) and once before with Chamber Music New Zealand in 2015. They also established their own concert series titled Jade at The Pah which ran for five years from 2012–2017.
Additional performances:
June 19th (Warkworth)
June 26th (Auckland)
June 27th (Wellington)

Mansfield – In Her Own Words
ConcertMansfield – In Her Own Words is a concert of selected poems by Katherine Mansfield, set to contemporary music composed by several of our leading songwriters and recording artists including Lawrence Arabia, Julia Deans, The Bats, Mel Parsons, and French for Rabbits.
Twelve tracks by 12 different composers with a multi-band format, on and off for a song each, linked by a curated selection of Katherine Mansfield's letters.
"Her letters show her deadly serious, warm and friendly, cynical and sarcastic, absurd and loving, morbid, though human in conforming to the recipient's wishes and expectations... one has to beware of the casual, jejune, utterances, which are merely thrown off...."
The companion album, Mansfield, is out now.
Additional performances:
Mansfield – In Her Own Words is a concert of selected poems by Katherine Mansfield, set to contemporary music composed by several of our leading songwriters and recording artists including Lawrence Arabia, Julia Deans, The Bats, Mel Parsons, and French for Rabbits.
Twelve tracks by 12 different composers with a multi-band format, on and off for a song each, linked by a curated selection of Katherine Mansfield's letters.
"Her letters show her deadly serious, warm and friendly, cynical and sarcastic, absurd and loving, morbid, though human in conforming to the recipient's wishes and expectations... one has to beware of the casual, jejune, utterances, which are merely thrown off...."
The companion album, Mansfield, is out now.
Additional performances:
Mansfield – In Her Own Words is a concert of selected poems by Katherine Mansfield, set to contemporary music composed by several of our leading songwriters and recording artists including Lawrence Arabia, Julia Deans, The Bats, Mel Parsons, and French for Rabbits.
Twelve tracks by 12 different composers with a multi-band format, on and off for a song each, linked by a curated selection of Katherine Mansfield's letters.
"Her letters show her deadly serious, warm and friendly, cynical and sarcastic, absurd and loving, morbid, though human in conforming to the recipient's wishes and expectations... one has to beware of the casual, jejune, utterances, which are merely thrown off...."
The companion album, Mansfield, is out now.
Additional performances:

Chamber Music NZ | Quartet for the End of Time (Christchurch)
ConcertJonathan Cohen | clarinet
Amalia Hall | violin
Ashley Brown | cello
Somi Kim | piano
Programme:
Beethoven | Piano Trio No. 4 in B flat major, op 11 “Gassenhauer Trio”
Ross Harris | There may be light
Messiaen | Quartet for the End of Time (Quatuor pour la fin du temps)
Art triumphs over adversity in the dark night of the soul. Clarinettist Jonathan Cohen joins the celebrated NZTrio for a meditative journey through one of Messiaen’s earliest masterworks.
Composed and premiered whilst Messiaen was interned at a prisoner of war camp during WWII, this evocative work transcends time and space, and is filled with the jubilant song of birds flying free from captivity.
Additional performances:
June 18th (Dunedin)
June 19th (Invercargill)
June 22nd (Nelson)
June 23rd (Wellington)
June 24th (Palmerston North)
June 26th (New Plymouth)
June 27th (Hamilton)
June 29th (Napier)
June 30th (Auckland)
Jonathan Cohen | clarinet
Amalia Hall | violin
Ashley Brown | cello
Somi Kim | piano
Programme:
Beethoven | Piano Trio No. 4 in B flat major, op 11 “Gassenhauer Trio”
Ross Harris | There may be light
Messiaen | Quartet for the End of Time (Quatuor pour la fin du temps)
Art triumphs over adversity in the dark night of the soul. Clarinettist Jonathan Cohen joins the celebrated NZTrio for a meditative journey through one of Messiaen’s earliest masterworks.
Composed and premiered whilst Messiaen was interned at a prisoner of war camp during WWII, this evocative work transcends time and space, and is filled with the jubilant song of birds flying free from captivity.
Additional performances:
June 18th (Dunedin)
June 19th (Invercargill)
June 22nd (Nelson)
June 23rd (Wellington)
June 24th (Palmerston North)
June 26th (New Plymouth)
June 27th (Hamilton)
June 29th (Napier)
June 30th (Auckland)
Jonathan Cohen | clarinet
Amalia Hall | violin
Ashley Brown | cello
Somi Kim | piano
Programme:
Beethoven | Piano Trio No. 4 in B flat major, op 11 “Gassenhauer Trio”
Ross Harris | There may be light
Messiaen | Quartet for the End of Time (Quatuor pour la fin du temps)
Art triumphs over adversity in the dark night of the soul. Clarinettist Jonathan Cohen joins the celebrated NZTrio for a meditative journey through one of Messiaen’s earliest masterworks.
Composed and premiered whilst Messiaen was interned at a prisoner of war camp during WWII, this evocative work transcends time and space, and is filled with the jubilant song of birds flying free from captivity.
Additional performances:
June 18th (Dunedin)
June 19th (Invercargill)
June 22nd (Nelson)
June 23rd (Wellington)
June 24th (Palmerston North)
June 26th (New Plymouth)
June 27th (Hamilton)
June 29th (Napier)
June 30th (Auckland)

Chamber Music NZ | Quartet for the End of Time (Nelson)
ConcertJonathan Cohen | clarinet
Amalia Hall | violin
Ashley Brown | cello
Somi Kim | piano
Programme:
Beethoven | Piano Trio No. 4 in B flat major, op 11 “Gassenhauer Trio”
Ross Harris | There may be light
Messiaen | Quartet for the End of Time (Quatuor pour la fin du temps)
Art triumphs over adversity in the dark night of the soul. Clarinettist Jonathan Cohen joins the celebrated NZTrio for a meditative journey through one of Messiaen’s earliest masterworks.
Composed and premiered whilst Messiaen was interned at a prisoner of war camp during WWII, this evocative work transcends time and space, and is filled with the jubilant song of birds flying free from captivity.
Additional performances:
June 18th (Dunedin)
June 19th (Invercargill)
June 21st (Christchurch)
June 23rd (Wellington)
June 24th (Palmerston North)
June 26th (New Plymouth)
June 27th (Hamilton)
June 29th (Napier)
June 30th (Auckland)
Jonathan Cohen | clarinet
Amalia Hall | violin
Ashley Brown | cello
Somi Kim | piano
Programme:
Beethoven | Piano Trio No. 4 in B flat major, op 11 “Gassenhauer Trio”
Ross Harris | There may be light
Messiaen | Quartet for the End of Time (Quatuor pour la fin du temps)
Art triumphs over adversity in the dark night of the soul. Clarinettist Jonathan Cohen joins the celebrated NZTrio for a meditative journey through one of Messiaen’s earliest masterworks.
Composed and premiered whilst Messiaen was interned at a prisoner of war camp during WWII, this evocative work transcends time and space, and is filled with the jubilant song of birds flying free from captivity.
Additional performances:
June 18th (Dunedin)
June 19th (Invercargill)
June 21st (Christchurch)
June 23rd (Wellington)
June 24th (Palmerston North)
June 26th (New Plymouth)
June 27th (Hamilton)
June 29th (Napier)
June 30th (Auckland)
Jonathan Cohen | clarinet
Amalia Hall | violin
Ashley Brown | cello
Somi Kim | piano
Programme:
Beethoven | Piano Trio No. 4 in B flat major, op 11 “Gassenhauer Trio”
Ross Harris | There may be light
Messiaen | Quartet for the End of Time (Quatuor pour la fin du temps)
Art triumphs over adversity in the dark night of the soul. Clarinettist Jonathan Cohen joins the celebrated NZTrio for a meditative journey through one of Messiaen’s earliest masterworks.
Composed and premiered whilst Messiaen was interned at a prisoner of war camp during WWII, this evocative work transcends time and space, and is filled with the jubilant song of birds flying free from captivity.
Additional performances:
June 18th (Dunedin)
June 19th (Invercargill)
June 21st (Christchurch)
June 23rd (Wellington)
June 24th (Palmerston North)
June 26th (New Plymouth)
June 27th (Hamilton)
June 29th (Napier)
June 30th (Auckland)

Chamber Music NZ | Quartet for the End of Time (Wellington)
ConcertJonathan Cohen | clarinet
Amalia Hall | violin
Ashley Brown | cello
Somi Kim | piano
Programme:
Beethoven | Piano Trio No. 4 in B flat major, op 11 “Gassenhauer Trio”
Ross Harris | There may be light
Messiaen | Quartet for the End of Time (Quatuor pour la fin du temps)
Art triumphs over adversity in the dark night of the soul. Clarinettist Jonathan Cohen joins the celebrated NZTrio for a meditative journey through one of Messiaen’s earliest masterworks.
Composed and premiered whilst Messiaen was interned at a prisoner of war camp during WWII, this evocative work transcends time and space, and is filled with the jubilant song of birds flying free from captivity.
Additional performances:
June 18th (Dunedin)
June 19th (Invercargill)
June 21st (Christchurch)
June 22nd (Nelson)
June 24th (Palmerston North)
June 26th (New Plymouth)
June 27th (Hamilton)
June 29th (Napier)
June 30th (Auckland)
Jonathan Cohen | clarinet
Amalia Hall | violin
Ashley Brown | cello
Somi Kim | piano
Programme:
Beethoven | Piano Trio No. 4 in B flat major, op 11 “Gassenhauer Trio”
Ross Harris | There may be light
Messiaen | Quartet for the End of Time (Quatuor pour la fin du temps)
Art triumphs over adversity in the dark night of the soul. Clarinettist Jonathan Cohen joins the celebrated NZTrio for a meditative journey through one of Messiaen’s earliest masterworks.
Composed and premiered whilst Messiaen was interned at a prisoner of war camp during WWII, this evocative work transcends time and space, and is filled with the jubilant song of birds flying free from captivity.
Additional performances:
June 18th (Dunedin)
June 19th (Invercargill)
June 21st (Christchurch)
June 22nd (Nelson)
June 24th (Palmerston North)
June 26th (New Plymouth)
June 27th (Hamilton)
June 29th (Napier)
June 30th (Auckland)
Jonathan Cohen | clarinet
Amalia Hall | violin
Ashley Brown | cello
Somi Kim | piano
Programme:
Beethoven | Piano Trio No. 4 in B flat major, op 11 “Gassenhauer Trio”
Ross Harris | There may be light
Messiaen | Quartet for the End of Time (Quatuor pour la fin du temps)
Art triumphs over adversity in the dark night of the soul. Clarinettist Jonathan Cohen joins the celebrated NZTrio for a meditative journey through one of Messiaen’s earliest masterworks.
Composed and premiered whilst Messiaen was interned at a prisoner of war camp during WWII, this evocative work transcends time and space, and is filled with the jubilant song of birds flying free from captivity.
Additional performances:
June 18th (Dunedin)
June 19th (Invercargill)
June 21st (Christchurch)
June 22nd (Nelson)
June 24th (Palmerston North)
June 26th (New Plymouth)
June 27th (Hamilton)
June 29th (Napier)
June 30th (Auckland)

Chamber Music NZ | Quartet for the End of Time (Palmerston North)
ConcertJonathan Cohen | clarinet
Amalia Hall | violin
Ashley Brown | cello
Somi Kim | piano
Programme:
Beethoven | Piano Trio No. 4 in B flat major, op 11 “Gassenhauer Trio”
Ross Harris | There may be light
Messiaen | Quartet for the End of Time (Quatuor pour la fin du temps)
Art triumphs over adversity in the dark night of the soul. Clarinettist Jonathan Cohen joins the celebrated NZTrio for a meditative journey through one of Messiaen’s earliest masterworks.
Composed and premiered whilst Messiaen was interned at a prisoner of war camp during WWII, this evocative work transcends time and space, and is filled with the jubilant song of birds flying free from captivity.
Additional performances:
June 18th (Dunedin)
June 19th (Invercargill)
June 21st (Christchurch)
June 22nd (Nelson)
June 23rd (Wellington)
June 26th (New Plymouth)
June 27th (Hamilton)
June 29th (Napier)
June 30th (Auckland)
Jonathan Cohen | clarinet
Amalia Hall | violin
Ashley Brown | cello
Somi Kim | piano
Programme:
Beethoven | Piano Trio No. 4 in B flat major, op 11 “Gassenhauer Trio”
Ross Harris | There may be light
Messiaen | Quartet for the End of Time (Quatuor pour la fin du temps)
Art triumphs over adversity in the dark night of the soul. Clarinettist Jonathan Cohen joins the celebrated NZTrio for a meditative journey through one of Messiaen’s earliest masterworks.
Composed and premiered whilst Messiaen was interned at a prisoner of war camp during WWII, this evocative work transcends time and space, and is filled with the jubilant song of birds flying free from captivity.
Additional performances:
June 18th (Dunedin)
June 19th (Invercargill)
June 21st (Christchurch)
June 22nd (Nelson)
June 23rd (Wellington)
June 26th (New Plymouth)
June 27th (Hamilton)
June 29th (Napier)
June 30th (Auckland)
Jonathan Cohen | clarinet
Amalia Hall | violin
Ashley Brown | cello
Somi Kim | piano
Programme:
Beethoven | Piano Trio No. 4 in B flat major, op 11 “Gassenhauer Trio”
Ross Harris | There may be light
Messiaen | Quartet for the End of Time (Quatuor pour la fin du temps)
Art triumphs over adversity in the dark night of the soul. Clarinettist Jonathan Cohen joins the celebrated NZTrio for a meditative journey through one of Messiaen’s earliest masterworks.
Composed and premiered whilst Messiaen was interned at a prisoner of war camp during WWII, this evocative work transcends time and space, and is filled with the jubilant song of birds flying free from captivity.
Additional performances:
June 18th (Dunedin)
June 19th (Invercargill)
June 21st (Christchurch)
June 22nd (Nelson)
June 23rd (Wellington)
June 26th (New Plymouth)
June 27th (Hamilton)
June 29th (Napier)
June 30th (Auckland)

Chamber Music NZ | Jade String Quartet (Auckland)
ConcertMiranda Adams | violin
William Hanfling | violin
Robert Ashworth | viola
Ethel Salzmann | cello
Programme:
Haydn | Seven Last Words (selections)
David Hamilton | new commission
Chris Adams | Proclamations, Canons and Dances
Piazzolla | Four to Tango
Schubert | Death and the Maiden
Playing an eclectic mix of music for string quartet ranging from Vivaldi to Hendrix, the Jade String Quartet have won a special place in Aotearoa’s music scene. Founded in 2003, the Quartet has recorded a CD of New Zealand works (Parlour Games, 2017, RATTLE), toured twice with Arts on Tour (AOTNZ, 2007 & 2009) and once before with Chamber Music New Zealand in 2015. They also established their own concert series titled Jade at The Pah which ran for five years from 2012–2017.
Additional performances:
June 19th (Warkworth)
June 20th (Waikanae)
June 27th (Wellington)
Miranda Adams | violin
William Hanfling | violin
Robert Ashworth | viola
Ethel Salzmann | cello
Programme:
Haydn | Seven Last Words (selections)
David Hamilton | new commission
Chris Adams | Proclamations, Canons and Dances
Piazzolla | Four to Tango
Schubert | Death and the Maiden
Playing an eclectic mix of music for string quartet ranging from Vivaldi to Hendrix, the Jade String Quartet have won a special place in Aotearoa’s music scene. Founded in 2003, the Quartet has recorded a CD of New Zealand works (Parlour Games, 2017, RATTLE), toured twice with Arts on Tour (AOTNZ, 2007 & 2009) and once before with Chamber Music New Zealand in 2015. They also established their own concert series titled Jade at The Pah which ran for five years from 2012–2017.
Additional performances:
June 19th (Warkworth)
June 20th (Waikanae)
June 27th (Wellington)
Miranda Adams | violin
William Hanfling | violin
Robert Ashworth | viola
Ethel Salzmann | cello
Programme:
Haydn | Seven Last Words (selections)
David Hamilton | new commission
Chris Adams | Proclamations, Canons and Dances
Piazzolla | Four to Tango
Schubert | Death and the Maiden
Playing an eclectic mix of music for string quartet ranging from Vivaldi to Hendrix, the Jade String Quartet have won a special place in Aotearoa’s music scene. Founded in 2003, the Quartet has recorded a CD of New Zealand works (Parlour Games, 2017, RATTLE), toured twice with Arts on Tour (AOTNZ, 2007 & 2009) and once before with Chamber Music New Zealand in 2015. They also established their own concert series titled Jade at The Pah which ran for five years from 2012–2017.
Additional performances:
June 19th (Warkworth)
June 20th (Waikanae)
June 27th (Wellington)

Chamber Music NZ | Quartet for the End of Time (New Plymouth)
ConcertJonathan Cohen | clarinet
Amalia Hall | violin
Ashley Brown | cello
Somi Kim | piano
Programme:
Beethoven | Piano Trio No. 4 in B flat major, op 11 “Gassenhauer Trio”
Ross Harris | There may be light
Messiaen | Quartet for the End of Time (Quatuor pour la fin du temps)
Art triumphs over adversity in the dark night of the soul. Clarinettist Jonathan Cohen joins the celebrated NZTrio for a meditative journey through one of Messiaen’s earliest masterworks.
Composed and premiered whilst Messiaen was interned at a prisoner of war camp during WWII, this evocative work transcends time and space, and is filled with the jubilant song of birds flying free from captivity.
Additional performances:
June 18th (Dunedin)
June 19th (Invercargill)
June 21st (Christchurch)
June 22nd (Nelson)
June 23rd (Wellington)
June 24th (Palmerston North)
June 27th (Hamilton)
June 29th (Napier)
June 30th (Auckland)
Jonathan Cohen | clarinet
Amalia Hall | violin
Ashley Brown | cello
Somi Kim | piano
Programme:
Beethoven | Piano Trio No. 4 in B flat major, op 11 “Gassenhauer Trio”
Ross Harris | There may be light
Messiaen | Quartet for the End of Time (Quatuor pour la fin du temps)
Art triumphs over adversity in the dark night of the soul. Clarinettist Jonathan Cohen joins the celebrated NZTrio for a meditative journey through one of Messiaen’s earliest masterworks.
Composed and premiered whilst Messiaen was interned at a prisoner of war camp during WWII, this evocative work transcends time and space, and is filled with the jubilant song of birds flying free from captivity.
Additional performances:
June 18th (Dunedin)
June 19th (Invercargill)
June 21st (Christchurch)
June 22nd (Nelson)
June 23rd (Wellington)
June 24th (Palmerston North)
June 27th (Hamilton)
June 29th (Napier)
June 30th (Auckland)
Jonathan Cohen | clarinet
Amalia Hall | violin
Ashley Brown | cello
Somi Kim | piano
Programme:
Beethoven | Piano Trio No. 4 in B flat major, op 11 “Gassenhauer Trio”
Ross Harris | There may be light
Messiaen | Quartet for the End of Time (Quatuor pour la fin du temps)
Art triumphs over adversity in the dark night of the soul. Clarinettist Jonathan Cohen joins the celebrated NZTrio for a meditative journey through one of Messiaen’s earliest masterworks.
Composed and premiered whilst Messiaen was interned at a prisoner of war camp during WWII, this evocative work transcends time and space, and is filled with the jubilant song of birds flying free from captivity.
Additional performances:
June 18th (Dunedin)
June 19th (Invercargill)
June 21st (Christchurch)
June 22nd (Nelson)
June 23rd (Wellington)
June 24th (Palmerston North)
June 27th (Hamilton)
June 29th (Napier)
June 30th (Auckland)

Chamber Music NZ | Jade String Quartet (Wellington)
ConcertMiranda Adams | violin
William Hanfling | violin
Robert Ashworth | viola
Ethel Salzmann | cello
Programme:
Haydn | Seven Last Words (selections)
David Hamilton | new commission
Chris Adams | Proclamations, Canons and Dances
Piazzolla | Four to Tango
Schubert | Death and the Maiden
Playing an eclectic mix of music for string quartet ranging from Vivaldi to Hendrix, the Jade String Quartet have won a special place in Aotearoa’s music scene. Founded in 2003, the Quartet has recorded a CD of New Zealand works (Parlour Games, 2017, RATTLE), toured twice with Arts on Tour (AOTNZ, 2007 & 2009) and once before with Chamber Music New Zealand in 2015. They also established their own concert series titled Jade at The Pah which ran for five years from 2012–2017.
Additional performances:
June 19th (Warkworth)
June 20th (Waikanae)
June 26th (Auckland)
Miranda Adams | violin
William Hanfling | violin
Robert Ashworth | viola
Ethel Salzmann | cello
Programme:
Haydn | Seven Last Words (selections)
David Hamilton | new commission
Chris Adams | Proclamations, Canons and Dances
Piazzolla | Four to Tango
Schubert | Death and the Maiden
Playing an eclectic mix of music for string quartet ranging from Vivaldi to Hendrix, the Jade String Quartet have won a special place in Aotearoa’s music scene. Founded in 2003, the Quartet has recorded a CD of New Zealand works (Parlour Games, 2017, RATTLE), toured twice with Arts on Tour (AOTNZ, 2007 & 2009) and once before with Chamber Music New Zealand in 2015. They also established their own concert series titled Jade at The Pah which ran for five years from 2012–2017.
Additional performances:
June 19th (Warkworth)
June 20th (Waikanae)
June 26th (Auckland)
Miranda Adams | violin
William Hanfling | violin
Robert Ashworth | viola
Ethel Salzmann | cello
Programme:
Haydn | Seven Last Words (selections)
David Hamilton | new commission
Chris Adams | Proclamations, Canons and Dances
Piazzolla | Four to Tango
Schubert | Death and the Maiden
Playing an eclectic mix of music for string quartet ranging from Vivaldi to Hendrix, the Jade String Quartet have won a special place in Aotearoa’s music scene. Founded in 2003, the Quartet has recorded a CD of New Zealand works (Parlour Games, 2017, RATTLE), toured twice with Arts on Tour (AOTNZ, 2007 & 2009) and once before with Chamber Music New Zealand in 2015. They also established their own concert series titled Jade at The Pah which ran for five years from 2012–2017.
Additional performances:
June 19th (Warkworth)
June 20th (Waikanae)
June 26th (Auckland)

Chamber Music NZ | Quartet for the End of Time (Hamilton)
ConcertJonathan Cohen | clarinet
Amalia Hall | violin
Ashley Brown | cello
Somi Kim | piano
Programme:
Beethoven | Piano Trio No. 4 in B flat major, op 11 “Gassenhauer Trio”
Ross Harris | There may be light
Messiaen | Quartet for the End of Time (Quatuor pour la fin du temps)
Art triumphs over adversity in the dark night of the soul. Clarinettist Jonathan Cohen joins the celebrated NZTrio for a meditative journey through one of Messiaen’s earliest masterworks.
Composed and premiered whilst Messiaen was interned at a prisoner of war camp during WWII, this evocative work transcends time and space, and is filled with the jubilant song of birds flying free from captivity.
Additional performances:
June 18th (Dunedin)
June 19th (Invercargill)
June 21st (Christchurch)
June 22nd (Nelson)
June 23rd (Wellington)
June 24th (Palmerston North)
June 26th (New Plymouth)
June 29th (Napier)
June 30th (Auckland)
Jonathan Cohen | clarinet
Amalia Hall | violin
Ashley Brown | cello
Somi Kim | piano
Programme:
Beethoven | Piano Trio No. 4 in B flat major, op 11 “Gassenhauer Trio”
Ross Harris | There may be light
Messiaen | Quartet for the End of Time (Quatuor pour la fin du temps)
Art triumphs over adversity in the dark night of the soul. Clarinettist Jonathan Cohen joins the celebrated NZTrio for a meditative journey through one of Messiaen’s earliest masterworks.
Composed and premiered whilst Messiaen was interned at a prisoner of war camp during WWII, this evocative work transcends time and space, and is filled with the jubilant song of birds flying free from captivity.
Additional performances:
June 18th (Dunedin)
June 19th (Invercargill)
June 21st (Christchurch)
June 22nd (Nelson)
June 23rd (Wellington)
June 24th (Palmerston North)
June 26th (New Plymouth)
June 29th (Napier)
June 30th (Auckland)
Jonathan Cohen | clarinet
Amalia Hall | violin
Ashley Brown | cello
Somi Kim | piano
Programme:
Beethoven | Piano Trio No. 4 in B flat major, op 11 “Gassenhauer Trio”
Ross Harris | There may be light
Messiaen | Quartet for the End of Time (Quatuor pour la fin du temps)
Art triumphs over adversity in the dark night of the soul. Clarinettist Jonathan Cohen joins the celebrated NZTrio for a meditative journey through one of Messiaen’s earliest masterworks.
Composed and premiered whilst Messiaen was interned at a prisoner of war camp during WWII, this evocative work transcends time and space, and is filled with the jubilant song of birds flying free from captivity.
Additional performances:
June 18th (Dunedin)
June 19th (Invercargill)
June 21st (Christchurch)
June 22nd (Nelson)
June 23rd (Wellington)
June 24th (Palmerston North)
June 26th (New Plymouth)
June 29th (Napier)
June 30th (Auckland)

Chamber Music NZ | Quartet for the End of Time (Napier)
ConcertJonathan Cohen | clarinet
Amalia Hall | violin
Ashley Brown | cello
Somi Kim | piano
Programme:
Beethoven | Piano Trio No. 4 in B flat major, op 11 “Gassenhauer Trio”
Ross Harris | There may be light
Messiaen | Quartet for the End of Time (Quatuor pour la fin du temps)
Art triumphs over adversity in the dark night of the soul. Clarinettist Jonathan Cohen joins the celebrated NZTrio for a meditative journey through one of Messiaen’s earliest masterworks.
Composed and premiered whilst Messiaen was interned at a prisoner of war camp during WWII, this evocative work transcends time and space, and is filled with the jubilant song of birds flying free from captivity.
Additional performances:
June 18th (Dunedin)
June 19th (Invercargill)
June 21st (Christchurch)
June 22nd (Nelson)
June 23rd (Wellington)
June 24th (Palmerston North)
June 26th (New Plymouth)
June 27th (Hamilton)
June 30th (Auckland)
Jonathan Cohen | clarinet
Amalia Hall | violin
Ashley Brown | cello
Somi Kim | piano
Programme:
Beethoven | Piano Trio No. 4 in B flat major, op 11 “Gassenhauer Trio”
Ross Harris | There may be light
Messiaen | Quartet for the End of Time (Quatuor pour la fin du temps)
Art triumphs over adversity in the dark night of the soul. Clarinettist Jonathan Cohen joins the celebrated NZTrio for a meditative journey through one of Messiaen’s earliest masterworks.
Composed and premiered whilst Messiaen was interned at a prisoner of war camp during WWII, this evocative work transcends time and space, and is filled with the jubilant song of birds flying free from captivity.
Additional performances:
June 18th (Dunedin)
June 19th (Invercargill)
June 21st (Christchurch)
June 22nd (Nelson)
June 23rd (Wellington)
June 24th (Palmerston North)
June 26th (New Plymouth)
June 27th (Hamilton)
June 30th (Auckland)
Jonathan Cohen | clarinet
Amalia Hall | violin
Ashley Brown | cello
Somi Kim | piano
Programme:
Beethoven | Piano Trio No. 4 in B flat major, op 11 “Gassenhauer Trio”
Ross Harris | There may be light
Messiaen | Quartet for the End of Time (Quatuor pour la fin du temps)
Art triumphs over adversity in the dark night of the soul. Clarinettist Jonathan Cohen joins the celebrated NZTrio for a meditative journey through one of Messiaen’s earliest masterworks.
Composed and premiered whilst Messiaen was interned at a prisoner of war camp during WWII, this evocative work transcends time and space, and is filled with the jubilant song of birds flying free from captivity.
Additional performances:
June 18th (Dunedin)
June 19th (Invercargill)
June 21st (Christchurch)
June 22nd (Nelson)
June 23rd (Wellington)
June 24th (Palmerston North)
June 26th (New Plymouth)
June 27th (Hamilton)
June 30th (Auckland)

Chamber Music NZ | Quartet for the End of Time (Auckland)
ConcertJonathan Cohen | clarinet
Amalia Hall | violin
Ashley Brown | cello
Somi Kim | piano
Programme:
Beethoven | Piano Trio No. 4 in B flat major, op 11 “Gassenhauer Trio”
Ross Harris | There may be light
Messiaen | Quartet for the End of Time (Quatuor pour la fin du temps)
Art triumphs over adversity in the dark night of the soul. Clarinettist Jonathan Cohen joins the celebrated NZTrio for a meditative journey through one of Messiaen’s earliest masterworks.
Composed and premiered whilst Messiaen was interned at a prisoner of war camp during WWII, this evocative work transcends time and space, and is filled with the jubilant song of birds flying free from captivity.
Additional performances:
June 18th (Dunedin)
June 19th (Invercargill)
June 21st (Christchurch)
June 22nd (Nelson)
June 23rd (Wellington)
June 24th (Palmerston North)
June 26th (New Plymouth)
June 27th (Hamilton)
June 29th (Napier)
Jonathan Cohen | clarinet
Amalia Hall | violin
Ashley Brown | cello
Somi Kim | piano
Programme:
Beethoven | Piano Trio No. 4 in B flat major, op 11 “Gassenhauer Trio”
Ross Harris | There may be light
Messiaen | Quartet for the End of Time (Quatuor pour la fin du temps)
Art triumphs over adversity in the dark night of the soul. Clarinettist Jonathan Cohen joins the celebrated NZTrio for a meditative journey through one of Messiaen’s earliest masterworks.
Composed and premiered whilst Messiaen was interned at a prisoner of war camp during WWII, this evocative work transcends time and space, and is filled with the jubilant song of birds flying free from captivity.
Additional performances:
June 18th (Dunedin)
June 19th (Invercargill)
June 21st (Christchurch)
June 22nd (Nelson)
June 23rd (Wellington)
June 24th (Palmerston North)
June 26th (New Plymouth)
June 27th (Hamilton)
June 29th (Napier)
Jonathan Cohen | clarinet
Amalia Hall | violin
Ashley Brown | cello
Somi Kim | piano
Programme:
Beethoven | Piano Trio No. 4 in B flat major, op 11 “Gassenhauer Trio”
Ross Harris | There may be light
Messiaen | Quartet for the End of Time (Quatuor pour la fin du temps)
Art triumphs over adversity in the dark night of the soul. Clarinettist Jonathan Cohen joins the celebrated NZTrio for a meditative journey through one of Messiaen’s earliest masterworks.
Composed and premiered whilst Messiaen was interned at a prisoner of war camp during WWII, this evocative work transcends time and space, and is filled with the jubilant song of birds flying free from captivity.
Additional performances:
June 18th (Dunedin)
June 19th (Invercargill)
June 21st (Christchurch)
June 22nd (Nelson)
June 23rd (Wellington)
June 24th (Palmerston North)
June 26th (New Plymouth)
June 27th (Hamilton)
June 29th (Napier)

Chamber Music NZ | Liam Wooding (Gisborne)
ConcertLiam Wooding | piano
Programme:
Douglas Lilburn | Sonata (1939)
Stuart Greenbaum | Remote Connection
Ludwig van Beethoven | Moonlight Sonata
Duke Ellington | Reflections
Claude Debussy | Images (book 1)
John Adams | Phrygian Gates
Originally from Whanganui, Liam Wooding is one of Aotearoa’s leading emerging pianists. Performing and commissioning New Zealand music is central to his musical practice.
As a chamber musician, he has participated in courses and residencies at the Banff Centre for Arts and Creativity (Canada), Skidmore College (USA), and Four Winds (Australia). In 2018 he was the recipient of the Pettman/ROSL Chamber Music Scholarship which will enable him to study and perform in the United Kingdom for one month with The Morton Trio. As part of the Morton Trio, he toured with CMNZ in 2019.
Liam was a prize winner in the National Concerto Competition where he performed with the Christchurch Symphony Orchestra, and he has also featured as a soloist with the Auckland Chamber Orchestra and the Auckland Philharmonia Orchestra.
A graduate of the Australian National Academy of Music (ANAM), he is currently a doctoral candidate at the University of Waikato where he researches New Zealand piano music.
Additional performances:
July 6th (Bannockburn)
July 10th (Warkworth)
July 13th (Rotorua)
July 17th (Kerikeri)
July 21st (Taihape)
July 22nd (Whanganui)
July 25th (Wellington)
July 27th (Lower Hutt)
September 10th (Motueka)
Liam Wooding | piano
Programme:
Douglas Lilburn | Sonata (1939)
Stuart Greenbaum | Remote Connection
Ludwig van Beethoven | Moonlight Sonata
Duke Ellington | Reflections
Claude Debussy | Images (book 1)
John Adams | Phrygian Gates
Originally from Whanganui, Liam Wooding is one of Aotearoa’s leading emerging pianists. Performing and commissioning New Zealand music is central to his musical practice.
As a chamber musician, he has participated in courses and residencies at the Banff Centre for Arts and Creativity (Canada), Skidmore College (USA), and Four Winds (Australia). In 2018 he was the recipient of the Pettman/ROSL Chamber Music Scholarship which will enable him to study and perform in the United Kingdom for one month with The Morton Trio. As part of the Morton Trio, he toured with CMNZ in 2019.
Liam was a prize winner in the National Concerto Competition where he performed with the Christchurch Symphony Orchestra, and he has also featured as a soloist with the Auckland Chamber Orchestra and the Auckland Philharmonia Orchestra.
A graduate of the Australian National Academy of Music (ANAM), he is currently a doctoral candidate at the University of Waikato where he researches New Zealand piano music.
Additional performances:
July 6th (Bannockburn)
July 10th (Warkworth)
July 13th (Rotorua)
July 17th (Kerikeri)
July 21st (Taihape)
July 22nd (Whanganui)
July 25th (Wellington)
July 27th (Lower Hutt)
September 10th (Motueka)
Liam Wooding | piano
Programme:
Douglas Lilburn | Sonata (1939)
Stuart Greenbaum | Remote Connection
Ludwig van Beethoven | Moonlight Sonata
Duke Ellington | Reflections
Claude Debussy | Images (book 1)
John Adams | Phrygian Gates
Originally from Whanganui, Liam Wooding is one of Aotearoa’s leading emerging pianists. Performing and commissioning New Zealand music is central to his musical practice.
As a chamber musician, he has participated in courses and residencies at the Banff Centre for Arts and Creativity (Canada), Skidmore College (USA), and Four Winds (Australia). In 2018 he was the recipient of the Pettman/ROSL Chamber Music Scholarship which will enable him to study and perform in the United Kingdom for one month with The Morton Trio. As part of the Morton Trio, he toured with CMNZ in 2019.
Liam was a prize winner in the National Concerto Competition where he performed with the Christchurch Symphony Orchestra, and he has also featured as a soloist with the Auckland Chamber Orchestra and the Auckland Philharmonia Orchestra.
A graduate of the Australian National Academy of Music (ANAM), he is currently a doctoral candidate at the University of Waikato where he researches New Zealand piano music.
Additional performances:
July 6th (Bannockburn)
July 10th (Warkworth)
July 13th (Rotorua)
July 17th (Kerikeri)
July 21st (Taihape)
July 22nd (Whanganui)
July 25th (Wellington)
July 27th (Lower Hutt)
September 10th (Motueka)

Chamber Music NZ | Liam Wooding (Bannockburn)
ConcertLiam Wooding | piano
Programme:
Douglas Lilburn | Sonata (1939)
Stuart Greenbaum | Remote Connection
Ludwig van Beethoven | Moonlight Sonata
Duke Ellington | Reflections
Claude Debussy | Images (book 1)
John Adams | Phrygian Gates
Originally from Whanganui, Liam Wooding is one of Aotearoa’s leading emerging pianists. Performing and commissioning New Zealand music is central to his musical practice.
As a chamber musician, he has participated in courses and residencies at the Banff Centre for Arts and Creativity (Canada), Skidmore College (USA), and Four Winds (Australia). In 2018 he was the recipient of the Pettman/ROSL Chamber Music Scholarship which will enable him to study and perform in the United Kingdom for one month with The Morton Trio. As part of the Morton Trio, he toured with CMNZ in 2019.
Liam was a prize winner in the National Concerto Competition where he performed with the Christchurch Symphony Orchestra, and he has also featured as a soloist with the Auckland Chamber Orchestra and the Auckland Philharmonia Orchestra.
A graduate of the Australian National Academy of Music (ANAM), he is currently a doctoral candidate at the University of Waikato where he researches New Zealand piano music.
Additional performances:
July 4th (Gisborne)
July 10th (Warkworth)
July 13th (Rotorua)
July 17th (Kerikeri)
July 21st (Taihape)
July 22nd (Whanganui)
July 25th (Wellington)
July 27th (Lower Hutt)
September 10th (Motueka)
Liam Wooding | piano
Programme:
Douglas Lilburn | Sonata (1939)
Stuart Greenbaum | Remote Connection
Ludwig van Beethoven | Moonlight Sonata
Duke Ellington | Reflections
Claude Debussy | Images (book 1)
John Adams | Phrygian Gates
Originally from Whanganui, Liam Wooding is one of Aotearoa’s leading emerging pianists. Performing and commissioning New Zealand music is central to his musical practice.
As a chamber musician, he has participated in courses and residencies at the Banff Centre for Arts and Creativity (Canada), Skidmore College (USA), and Four Winds (Australia). In 2018 he was the recipient of the Pettman/ROSL Chamber Music Scholarship which will enable him to study and perform in the United Kingdom for one month with The Morton Trio. As part of the Morton Trio, he toured with CMNZ in 2019.
Liam was a prize winner in the National Concerto Competition where he performed with the Christchurch Symphony Orchestra, and he has also featured as a soloist with the Auckland Chamber Orchestra and the Auckland Philharmonia Orchestra.
A graduate of the Australian National Academy of Music (ANAM), he is currently a doctoral candidate at the University of Waikato where he researches New Zealand piano music.
Additional performances:
July 4th (Gisborne)
July 10th (Warkworth)
July 13th (Rotorua)
July 17th (Kerikeri)
July 21st (Taihape)
July 22nd (Whanganui)
July 25th (Wellington)
July 27th (Lower Hutt)
September 10th (Motueka)
Liam Wooding | piano
Programme:
Douglas Lilburn | Sonata (1939)
Stuart Greenbaum | Remote Connection
Ludwig van Beethoven | Moonlight Sonata
Duke Ellington | Reflections
Claude Debussy | Images (book 1)
John Adams | Phrygian Gates
Originally from Whanganui, Liam Wooding is one of Aotearoa’s leading emerging pianists. Performing and commissioning New Zealand music is central to his musical practice.
As a chamber musician, he has participated in courses and residencies at the Banff Centre for Arts and Creativity (Canada), Skidmore College (USA), and Four Winds (Australia). In 2018 he was the recipient of the Pettman/ROSL Chamber Music Scholarship which will enable him to study and perform in the United Kingdom for one month with The Morton Trio. As part of the Morton Trio, he toured with CMNZ in 2019.
Liam was a prize winner in the National Concerto Competition where he performed with the Christchurch Symphony Orchestra, and he has also featured as a soloist with the Auckland Chamber Orchestra and the Auckland Philharmonia Orchestra.
A graduate of the Australian National Academy of Music (ANAM), he is currently a doctoral candidate at the University of Waikato where he researches New Zealand piano music.
Additional performances:
July 4th (Gisborne)
July 10th (Warkworth)
July 13th (Rotorua)
July 17th (Kerikeri)
July 21st (Taihape)
July 22nd (Whanganui)
July 25th (Wellington)
July 27th (Lower Hutt)
September 10th (Motueka)

Chamber Music NZ | Liam Wooding (Warkworth)
ConcertLiam Wooding | piano
Programme:
Douglas Lilburn | Sonata (1939)
Stuart Greenbaum | Remote Connection
Ludwig van Beethoven | Moonlight Sonata
Duke Ellington | Reflections
Claude Debussy | Images (book 1)
John Adams | Phrygian Gates
Originally from Whanganui, Liam Wooding is one of Aotearoa’s leading emerging pianists. Performing and commissioning New Zealand music is central to his musical practice.
As a chamber musician, he has participated in courses and residencies at the Banff Centre for Arts and Creativity (Canada), Skidmore College (USA), and Four Winds (Australia). In 2018 he was the recipient of the Pettman/ROSL Chamber Music Scholarship which will enable him to study and perform in the United Kingdom for one month with The Morton Trio. As part of the Morton Trio, he toured with CMNZ in 2019.
Liam was a prize winner in the National Concerto Competition where he performed with the Christchurch Symphony Orchestra, and he has also featured as a soloist with the Auckland Chamber Orchestra and the Auckland Philharmonia Orchestra.
A graduate of the Australian National Academy of Music (ANAM), he is currently a doctoral candidate at the University of Waikato where he researches New Zealand piano music.
Additional performances:
July 4th (Gisborne)
July 6th (Bannockburn)
July 13th (Rotorua)
July 17th (Kerikeri)
July 21st (Taihape)
July 22nd (Whanganui)
July 25th (Wellington)
July 27th (Lower Hutt)
September 10th (Motueka)
Liam Wooding | piano
Programme:
Douglas Lilburn | Sonata (1939)
Stuart Greenbaum | Remote Connection
Ludwig van Beethoven | Moonlight Sonata
Duke Ellington | Reflections
Claude Debussy | Images (book 1)
John Adams | Phrygian Gates
Originally from Whanganui, Liam Wooding is one of Aotearoa’s leading emerging pianists. Performing and commissioning New Zealand music is central to his musical practice.
As a chamber musician, he has participated in courses and residencies at the Banff Centre for Arts and Creativity (Canada), Skidmore College (USA), and Four Winds (Australia). In 2018 he was the recipient of the Pettman/ROSL Chamber Music Scholarship which will enable him to study and perform in the United Kingdom for one month with The Morton Trio. As part of the Morton Trio, he toured with CMNZ in 2019.
Liam was a prize winner in the National Concerto Competition where he performed with the Christchurch Symphony Orchestra, and he has also featured as a soloist with the Auckland Chamber Orchestra and the Auckland Philharmonia Orchestra.
A graduate of the Australian National Academy of Music (ANAM), he is currently a doctoral candidate at the University of Waikato where he researches New Zealand piano music.
Additional performances:
July 4th (Gisborne)
July 6th (Bannockburn)
July 13th (Rotorua)
July 17th (Kerikeri)
July 21st (Taihape)
July 22nd (Whanganui)
July 25th (Wellington)
July 27th (Lower Hutt)
September 10th (Motueka)
Liam Wooding | piano
Programme:
Douglas Lilburn | Sonata (1939)
Stuart Greenbaum | Remote Connection
Ludwig van Beethoven | Moonlight Sonata
Duke Ellington | Reflections
Claude Debussy | Images (book 1)
John Adams | Phrygian Gates
Originally from Whanganui, Liam Wooding is one of Aotearoa’s leading emerging pianists. Performing and commissioning New Zealand music is central to his musical practice.
As a chamber musician, he has participated in courses and residencies at the Banff Centre for Arts and Creativity (Canada), Skidmore College (USA), and Four Winds (Australia). In 2018 he was the recipient of the Pettman/ROSL Chamber Music Scholarship which will enable him to study and perform in the United Kingdom for one month with The Morton Trio. As part of the Morton Trio, he toured with CMNZ in 2019.
Liam was a prize winner in the National Concerto Competition where he performed with the Christchurch Symphony Orchestra, and he has also featured as a soloist with the Auckland Chamber Orchestra and the Auckland Philharmonia Orchestra.
A graduate of the Australian National Academy of Music (ANAM), he is currently a doctoral candidate at the University of Waikato where he researches New Zealand piano music.
Additional performances:
July 4th (Gisborne)
July 6th (Bannockburn)
July 13th (Rotorua)
July 17th (Kerikeri)
July 21st (Taihape)
July 22nd (Whanganui)
July 25th (Wellington)
July 27th (Lower Hutt)
September 10th (Motueka)

Chamber Music NZ | Liam Wooding (Rotorua)
ConcertLiam Wooding | piano
Programme:
Douglas Lilburn | Sonata (1939)
Stuart Greenbaum | Remote Connection
Ludwig van Beethoven | Moonlight Sonata
Duke Ellington | Reflections
Claude Debussy | Images (book 1)
John Adams | Phrygian Gates
Originally from Whanganui, Liam Wooding is one of Aotearoa’s leading emerging pianists. Performing and commissioning New Zealand music is central to his musical practice.
As a chamber musician, he has participated in courses and residencies at the Banff Centre for Arts and Creativity (Canada), Skidmore College (USA), and Four Winds (Australia). In 2018 he was the recipient of the Pettman/ROSL Chamber Music Scholarship which will enable him to study and perform in the United Kingdom for one month with The Morton Trio. As part of the Morton Trio, he toured with CMNZ in 2019.
Liam was a prize winner in the National Concerto Competition where he performed with the Christchurch Symphony Orchestra, and he has also featured as a soloist with the Auckland Chamber Orchestra and the Auckland Philharmonia Orchestra.
A graduate of the Australian National Academy of Music (ANAM), he is currently a doctoral candidate at the University of Waikato where he researches New Zealand piano music.
Additional performances:
July 4th (Gisborne)
July 6th (Bannockburn)
July 10th (Warkworth)
July 17th (Kerikeri)
July 21st (Taihape)
July 22nd (Whanganui)
July 25th (Wellington)
July 27th (Lower Hutt)
September 10th (Motueka)
Liam Wooding | piano
Programme:
Douglas Lilburn | Sonata (1939)
Stuart Greenbaum | Remote Connection
Ludwig van Beethoven | Moonlight Sonata
Duke Ellington | Reflections
Claude Debussy | Images (book 1)
John Adams | Phrygian Gates
Originally from Whanganui, Liam Wooding is one of Aotearoa’s leading emerging pianists. Performing and commissioning New Zealand music is central to his musical practice.
As a chamber musician, he has participated in courses and residencies at the Banff Centre for Arts and Creativity (Canada), Skidmore College (USA), and Four Winds (Australia). In 2018 he was the recipient of the Pettman/ROSL Chamber Music Scholarship which will enable him to study and perform in the United Kingdom for one month with The Morton Trio. As part of the Morton Trio, he toured with CMNZ in 2019.
Liam was a prize winner in the National Concerto Competition where he performed with the Christchurch Symphony Orchestra, and he has also featured as a soloist with the Auckland Chamber Orchestra and the Auckland Philharmonia Orchestra.
A graduate of the Australian National Academy of Music (ANAM), he is currently a doctoral candidate at the University of Waikato where he researches New Zealand piano music.
Additional performances:
July 4th (Gisborne)
July 6th (Bannockburn)
July 10th (Warkworth)
July 17th (Kerikeri)
July 21st (Taihape)
July 22nd (Whanganui)
July 25th (Wellington)
July 27th (Lower Hutt)
September 10th (Motueka)
Liam Wooding | piano
Programme:
Douglas Lilburn | Sonata (1939)
Stuart Greenbaum | Remote Connection
Ludwig van Beethoven | Moonlight Sonata
Duke Ellington | Reflections
Claude Debussy | Images (book 1)
John Adams | Phrygian Gates
Originally from Whanganui, Liam Wooding is one of Aotearoa’s leading emerging pianists. Performing and commissioning New Zealand music is central to his musical practice.
As a chamber musician, he has participated in courses and residencies at the Banff Centre for Arts and Creativity (Canada), Skidmore College (USA), and Four Winds (Australia). In 2018 he was the recipient of the Pettman/ROSL Chamber Music Scholarship which will enable him to study and perform in the United Kingdom for one month with The Morton Trio. As part of the Morton Trio, he toured with CMNZ in 2019.
Liam was a prize winner in the National Concerto Competition where he performed with the Christchurch Symphony Orchestra, and he has also featured as a soloist with the Auckland Chamber Orchestra and the Auckland Philharmonia Orchestra.
A graduate of the Australian National Academy of Music (ANAM), he is currently a doctoral candidate at the University of Waikato where he researches New Zealand piano music.
Additional performances:
July 4th (Gisborne)
July 6th (Bannockburn)
July 10th (Warkworth)
July 17th (Kerikeri)
July 21st (Taihape)
July 22nd (Whanganui)
July 25th (Wellington)
July 27th (Lower Hutt)
September 10th (Motueka)

Chamber Music NZ | Liam Wooding (Kerikeri)
ConcertLiam Wooding | piano
Programme:
Douglas Lilburn | Sonata (1939)
Stuart Greenbaum | Remote Connection
Ludwig van Beethoven | Moonlight Sonata
Duke Ellington | Reflections
Claude Debussy | Images (book 1)
John Adams | Phrygian Gates
Originally from Whanganui, Liam Wooding is one of Aotearoa’s leading emerging pianists. Performing and commissioning New Zealand music is central to his musical practice.
As a chamber musician, he has participated in courses and residencies at the Banff Centre for Arts and Creativity (Canada), Skidmore College (USA), and Four Winds (Australia). In 2018 he was the recipient of the Pettman/ROSL Chamber Music Scholarship which will enable him to study and perform in the United Kingdom for one month with The Morton Trio. As part of the Morton Trio, he toured with CMNZ in 2019.
Liam was a prize winner in the National Concerto Competition where he performed with the Christchurch Symphony Orchestra, and he has also featured as a soloist with the Auckland Chamber Orchestra and the Auckland Philharmonia Orchestra.
A graduate of the Australian National Academy of Music (ANAM), he is currently a doctoral candidate at the University of Waikato where he researches New Zealand piano music.
Additional performances:
July 4th (Gisborne)
July 6th (Bannockburn)
July 10th (Warkworth)
July 13th (Rotorua)
July 21st (Taihape)
July 22nd (Whanganui)
July 25th (Wellington)
July 27th (Lower Hutt)
September 10th (Motueka)
Liam Wooding | piano
Programme:
Douglas Lilburn | Sonata (1939)
Stuart Greenbaum | Remote Connection
Ludwig van Beethoven | Moonlight Sonata
Duke Ellington | Reflections
Claude Debussy | Images (book 1)
John Adams | Phrygian Gates
Originally from Whanganui, Liam Wooding is one of Aotearoa’s leading emerging pianists. Performing and commissioning New Zealand music is central to his musical practice.
As a chamber musician, he has participated in courses and residencies at the Banff Centre for Arts and Creativity (Canada), Skidmore College (USA), and Four Winds (Australia). In 2018 he was the recipient of the Pettman/ROSL Chamber Music Scholarship which will enable him to study and perform in the United Kingdom for one month with The Morton Trio. As part of the Morton Trio, he toured with CMNZ in 2019.
Liam was a prize winner in the National Concerto Competition where he performed with the Christchurch Symphony Orchestra, and he has also featured as a soloist with the Auckland Chamber Orchestra and the Auckland Philharmonia Orchestra.
A graduate of the Australian National Academy of Music (ANAM), he is currently a doctoral candidate at the University of Waikato where he researches New Zealand piano music.
Additional performances:
July 4th (Gisborne)
July 6th (Bannockburn)
July 10th (Warkworth)
July 13th (Rotorua)
July 21st (Taihape)
July 22nd (Whanganui)
July 25th (Wellington)
July 27th (Lower Hutt)
September 10th (Motueka)
Liam Wooding | piano
Programme:
Douglas Lilburn | Sonata (1939)
Stuart Greenbaum | Remote Connection
Ludwig van Beethoven | Moonlight Sonata
Duke Ellington | Reflections
Claude Debussy | Images (book 1)
John Adams | Phrygian Gates
Originally from Whanganui, Liam Wooding is one of Aotearoa’s leading emerging pianists. Performing and commissioning New Zealand music is central to his musical practice.
As a chamber musician, he has participated in courses and residencies at the Banff Centre for Arts and Creativity (Canada), Skidmore College (USA), and Four Winds (Australia). In 2018 he was the recipient of the Pettman/ROSL Chamber Music Scholarship which will enable him to study and perform in the United Kingdom for one month with The Morton Trio. As part of the Morton Trio, he toured with CMNZ in 2019.
Liam was a prize winner in the National Concerto Competition where he performed with the Christchurch Symphony Orchestra, and he has also featured as a soloist with the Auckland Chamber Orchestra and the Auckland Philharmonia Orchestra.
A graduate of the Australian National Academy of Music (ANAM), he is currently a doctoral candidate at the University of Waikato where he researches New Zealand piano music.
Additional performances:
July 4th (Gisborne)
July 6th (Bannockburn)
July 10th (Warkworth)
July 13th (Rotorua)
July 21st (Taihape)
July 22nd (Whanganui)
July 25th (Wellington)
July 27th (Lower Hutt)
September 10th (Motueka)

Chamber Music NZ | Liam Wooding (Taihape)
ConcertLiam Wooding | piano
Programme:
Douglas Lilburn | Sonata (1939)
Stuart Greenbaum | Remote Connection
Ludwig van Beethoven | Moonlight Sonata
Duke Ellington | Reflections
Claude Debussy | Images (book 1)
John Adams | Phrygian Gates
Originally from Whanganui, Liam Wooding is one of Aotearoa’s leading emerging pianists. Performing and commissioning New Zealand music is central to his musical practice.
As a chamber musician, he has participated in courses and residencies at the Banff Centre for Arts and Creativity (Canada), Skidmore College (USA), and Four Winds (Australia). In 2018 he was the recipient of the Pettman/ROSL Chamber Music Scholarship which will enable him to study and perform in the United Kingdom for one month with The Morton Trio. As part of the Morton Trio, he toured with CMNZ in 2019.
Liam was a prize winner in the National Concerto Competition where he performed with the Christchurch Symphony Orchestra, and he has also featured as a soloist with the Auckland Chamber Orchestra and the Auckland Philharmonia Orchestra.
A graduate of the Australian National Academy of Music (ANAM), he is currently a doctoral candidate at the University of Waikato where he researches New Zealand piano music.
Additional performances:
July 4th (Gisborne)
July 6th (Bannockburn)
July 10th (Warkworth)
July 13th (Rotorua)
July 17th (Kerikeri)
July 22nd (Whanganui)
July 25th (Wellington)
July 27th (Lower Hutt)
September 10th (Motueka)
Liam Wooding | piano
Programme:
Douglas Lilburn | Sonata (1939)
Stuart Greenbaum | Remote Connection
Ludwig van Beethoven | Moonlight Sonata
Duke Ellington | Reflections
Claude Debussy | Images (book 1)
John Adams | Phrygian Gates
Originally from Whanganui, Liam Wooding is one of Aotearoa’s leading emerging pianists. Performing and commissioning New Zealand music is central to his musical practice.
As a chamber musician, he has participated in courses and residencies at the Banff Centre for Arts and Creativity (Canada), Skidmore College (USA), and Four Winds (Australia). In 2018 he was the recipient of the Pettman/ROSL Chamber Music Scholarship which will enable him to study and perform in the United Kingdom for one month with The Morton Trio. As part of the Morton Trio, he toured with CMNZ in 2019.
Liam was a prize winner in the National Concerto Competition where he performed with the Christchurch Symphony Orchestra, and he has also featured as a soloist with the Auckland Chamber Orchestra and the Auckland Philharmonia Orchestra.
A graduate of the Australian National Academy of Music (ANAM), he is currently a doctoral candidate at the University of Waikato where he researches New Zealand piano music.
Additional performances:
July 4th (Gisborne)
July 6th (Bannockburn)
July 10th (Warkworth)
July 13th (Rotorua)
July 17th (Kerikeri)
July 22nd (Whanganui)
July 25th (Wellington)
July 27th (Lower Hutt)
September 10th (Motueka)
Liam Wooding | piano
Programme:
Douglas Lilburn | Sonata (1939)
Stuart Greenbaum | Remote Connection
Ludwig van Beethoven | Moonlight Sonata
Duke Ellington | Reflections
Claude Debussy | Images (book 1)
John Adams | Phrygian Gates
Originally from Whanganui, Liam Wooding is one of Aotearoa’s leading emerging pianists. Performing and commissioning New Zealand music is central to his musical practice.
As a chamber musician, he has participated in courses and residencies at the Banff Centre for Arts and Creativity (Canada), Skidmore College (USA), and Four Winds (Australia). In 2018 he was the recipient of the Pettman/ROSL Chamber Music Scholarship which will enable him to study and perform in the United Kingdom for one month with The Morton Trio. As part of the Morton Trio, he toured with CMNZ in 2019.
Liam was a prize winner in the National Concerto Competition where he performed with the Christchurch Symphony Orchestra, and he has also featured as a soloist with the Auckland Chamber Orchestra and the Auckland Philharmonia Orchestra.
A graduate of the Australian National Academy of Music (ANAM), he is currently a doctoral candidate at the University of Waikato where he researches New Zealand piano music.
Additional performances:
July 4th (Gisborne)
July 6th (Bannockburn)
July 10th (Warkworth)
July 13th (Rotorua)
July 17th (Kerikeri)
July 22nd (Whanganui)
July 25th (Wellington)
July 27th (Lower Hutt)
September 10th (Motueka)

Chamber Music NZ | Liam Wooding (Whanganui)
ConcertLiam Wooding | piano
Programme:
Douglas Lilburn | Sonata (1939)
Stuart Greenbaum | Remote Connection
Ludwig van Beethoven | Moonlight Sonata
Duke Ellington | Reflections
Claude Debussy | Images (book 1)
John Adams | Phrygian Gates
Originally from Whanganui, Liam Wooding is one of Aotearoa’s leading emerging pianists. Performing and commissioning New Zealand music is central to his musical practice.
As a chamber musician, he has participated in courses and residencies at the Banff Centre for Arts and Creativity (Canada), Skidmore College (USA), and Four Winds (Australia). In 2018 he was the recipient of the Pettman/ROSL Chamber Music Scholarship which will enable him to study and perform in the United Kingdom for one month with The Morton Trio. As part of the Morton Trio, he toured with CMNZ in 2019.
Liam was a prize winner in the National Concerto Competition where he performed with the Christchurch Symphony Orchestra, and he has also featured as a soloist with the Auckland Chamber Orchestra and the Auckland Philharmonia Orchestra.
A graduate of the Australian National Academy of Music (ANAM), he is currently a doctoral candidate at the University of Waikato where he researches New Zealand piano music.
Additional performances:
July 4th (Gisborne)
July 6th (Bannockburn)
July 10th (Warkworth)
July 13th (Rotorua)
July 17th (Kerikeri)
July 21st (Taihape)
July 25th (Wellington)
July 27th (Lower Hutt)
September 10th (Motueka)
Liam Wooding | piano
Programme:
Douglas Lilburn | Sonata (1939)
Stuart Greenbaum | Remote Connection
Ludwig van Beethoven | Moonlight Sonata
Duke Ellington | Reflections
Claude Debussy | Images (book 1)
John Adams | Phrygian Gates
Originally from Whanganui, Liam Wooding is one of Aotearoa’s leading emerging pianists. Performing and commissioning New Zealand music is central to his musical practice.
As a chamber musician, he has participated in courses and residencies at the Banff Centre for Arts and Creativity (Canada), Skidmore College (USA), and Four Winds (Australia). In 2018 he was the recipient of the Pettman/ROSL Chamber Music Scholarship which will enable him to study and perform in the United Kingdom for one month with The Morton Trio. As part of the Morton Trio, he toured with CMNZ in 2019.
Liam was a prize winner in the National Concerto Competition where he performed with the Christchurch Symphony Orchestra, and he has also featured as a soloist with the Auckland Chamber Orchestra and the Auckland Philharmonia Orchestra.
A graduate of the Australian National Academy of Music (ANAM), he is currently a doctoral candidate at the University of Waikato where he researches New Zealand piano music.
Additional performances:
July 4th (Gisborne)
July 6th (Bannockburn)
July 10th (Warkworth)
July 13th (Rotorua)
July 17th (Kerikeri)
July 21st (Taihape)
July 25th (Wellington)
July 27th (Lower Hutt)
September 10th (Motueka)
Liam Wooding | piano
Programme:
Douglas Lilburn | Sonata (1939)
Stuart Greenbaum | Remote Connection
Ludwig van Beethoven | Moonlight Sonata
Duke Ellington | Reflections
Claude Debussy | Images (book 1)
John Adams | Phrygian Gates
Originally from Whanganui, Liam Wooding is one of Aotearoa’s leading emerging pianists. Performing and commissioning New Zealand music is central to his musical practice.
As a chamber musician, he has participated in courses and residencies at the Banff Centre for Arts and Creativity (Canada), Skidmore College (USA), and Four Winds (Australia). In 2018 he was the recipient of the Pettman/ROSL Chamber Music Scholarship which will enable him to study and perform in the United Kingdom for one month with The Morton Trio. As part of the Morton Trio, he toured with CMNZ in 2019.
Liam was a prize winner in the National Concerto Competition where he performed with the Christchurch Symphony Orchestra, and he has also featured as a soloist with the Auckland Chamber Orchestra and the Auckland Philharmonia Orchestra.
A graduate of the Australian National Academy of Music (ANAM), he is currently a doctoral candidate at the University of Waikato where he researches New Zealand piano music.
Additional performances:
July 4th (Gisborne)
July 6th (Bannockburn)
July 10th (Warkworth)
July 13th (Rotorua)
July 17th (Kerikeri)
July 21st (Taihape)
July 25th (Wellington)
July 27th (Lower Hutt)
September 10th (Motueka)

Chamber Music NZ | Liam Wooding (Wellington)
ConcertLiam Wooding | piano
Programme:
Douglas Lilburn | Sonata (1939)
Stuart Greenbaum | Remote Connection
Ludwig van Beethoven | Moonlight Sonata
Duke Ellington | Reflections
Claude Debussy | Images (book 1)
John Adams | Phrygian Gates
Originally from Whanganui, Liam Wooding is one of Aotearoa’s leading emerging pianists. Performing and commissioning New Zealand music is central to his musical practice.
As a chamber musician, he has participated in courses and residencies at the Banff Centre for Arts and Creativity (Canada), Skidmore College (USA), and Four Winds (Australia). In 2018 he was the recipient of the Pettman/ROSL Chamber Music Scholarship which will enable him to study and perform in the United Kingdom for one month with The Morton Trio. As part of the Morton Trio, he toured with CMNZ in 2019.
Liam was a prize winner in the National Concerto Competition where he performed with the Christchurch Symphony Orchestra, and he has also featured as a soloist with the Auckland Chamber Orchestra and the Auckland Philharmonia Orchestra.
A graduate of the Australian National Academy of Music (ANAM), he is currently a doctoral candidate at the University of Waikato where he researches New Zealand piano music.
Additional performances:
July 4th (Gisborne)
July 6th (Bannockburn)
July 10th (Warkworth)
July 13th (Rotorua)
July 17th (Kerikeri)
July 21st (Taihape)
July 22nd (Whanganui)
July 27th (Lower Hutt)
September 10th (Motueka)
Liam Wooding | piano
Programme:
Douglas Lilburn | Sonata (1939)
Stuart Greenbaum | Remote Connection
Ludwig van Beethoven | Moonlight Sonata
Duke Ellington | Reflections
Claude Debussy | Images (book 1)
John Adams | Phrygian Gates
Originally from Whanganui, Liam Wooding is one of Aotearoa’s leading emerging pianists. Performing and commissioning New Zealand music is central to his musical practice.
As a chamber musician, he has participated in courses and residencies at the Banff Centre for Arts and Creativity (Canada), Skidmore College (USA), and Four Winds (Australia). In 2018 he was the recipient of the Pettman/ROSL Chamber Music Scholarship which will enable him to study and perform in the United Kingdom for one month with The Morton Trio. As part of the Morton Trio, he toured with CMNZ in 2019.
Liam was a prize winner in the National Concerto Competition where he performed with the Christchurch Symphony Orchestra, and he has also featured as a soloist with the Auckland Chamber Orchestra and the Auckland Philharmonia Orchestra.
A graduate of the Australian National Academy of Music (ANAM), he is currently a doctoral candidate at the University of Waikato where he researches New Zealand piano music.
Additional performances:
July 4th (Gisborne)
July 6th (Bannockburn)
July 10th (Warkworth)
July 13th (Rotorua)
July 17th (Kerikeri)
July 21st (Taihape)
July 22nd (Whanganui)
July 27th (Lower Hutt)
September 10th (Motueka)
Liam Wooding | piano
Programme:
Douglas Lilburn | Sonata (1939)
Stuart Greenbaum | Remote Connection
Ludwig van Beethoven | Moonlight Sonata
Duke Ellington | Reflections
Claude Debussy | Images (book 1)
John Adams | Phrygian Gates
Originally from Whanganui, Liam Wooding is one of Aotearoa’s leading emerging pianists. Performing and commissioning New Zealand music is central to his musical practice.
As a chamber musician, he has participated in courses and residencies at the Banff Centre for Arts and Creativity (Canada), Skidmore College (USA), and Four Winds (Australia). In 2018 he was the recipient of the Pettman/ROSL Chamber Music Scholarship which will enable him to study and perform in the United Kingdom for one month with The Morton Trio. As part of the Morton Trio, he toured with CMNZ in 2019.
Liam was a prize winner in the National Concerto Competition where he performed with the Christchurch Symphony Orchestra, and he has also featured as a soloist with the Auckland Chamber Orchestra and the Auckland Philharmonia Orchestra.
A graduate of the Australian National Academy of Music (ANAM), he is currently a doctoral candidate at the University of Waikato where he researches New Zealand piano music.
Additional performances:
July 4th (Gisborne)
July 6th (Bannockburn)
July 10th (Warkworth)
July 13th (Rotorua)
July 17th (Kerikeri)
July 21st (Taihape)
July 22nd (Whanganui)
July 27th (Lower Hutt)
September 10th (Motueka)

Chamber Music NZ | Liam Wooding (Lower Hutt)
ConcertLiam Wooding | piano
Programme:
Douglas Lilburn | Sonata (1939)
Stuart Greenbaum | Remote Connection
Ludwig van Beethoven | Moonlight Sonata
Duke Ellington | Reflections
Claude Debussy | Images (book 1)
John Adams | Phrygian Gates
Originally from Whanganui, Liam Wooding is one of Aotearoa’s leading emerging pianists. Performing and commissioning New Zealand music is central to his musical practice.
As a chamber musician, he has participated in courses and residencies at the Banff Centre for Arts and Creativity (Canada), Skidmore College (USA), and Four Winds (Australia). In 2018 he was the recipient of the Pettman/ROSL Chamber Music Scholarship which will enable him to study and perform in the United Kingdom for one month with The Morton Trio. As part of the Morton Trio, he toured with CMNZ in 2019.
Liam was a prize winner in the National Concerto Competition where he performed with the Christchurch Symphony Orchestra, and he has also featured as a soloist with the Auckland Chamber Orchestra and the Auckland Philharmonia Orchestra.
A graduate of the Australian National Academy of Music (ANAM), he is currently a doctoral candidate at the University of Waikato where he researches New Zealand piano music.
Additional performances:
July 4th (Gisborne)
July 6th (Bannockburn)
July 10th (Warkworth)
July 13th (Rotorua)
July 17th (Kerikeri)
July 21st (Taihape)
July 22nd (Whanganui)
July 25th (Wellington)
September 10th (Motueka)
Liam Wooding | piano
Programme:
Douglas Lilburn | Sonata (1939)
Stuart Greenbaum | Remote Connection
Ludwig van Beethoven | Moonlight Sonata
Duke Ellington | Reflections
Claude Debussy | Images (book 1)
John Adams | Phrygian Gates
Originally from Whanganui, Liam Wooding is one of Aotearoa’s leading emerging pianists. Performing and commissioning New Zealand music is central to his musical practice.
As a chamber musician, he has participated in courses and residencies at the Banff Centre for Arts and Creativity (Canada), Skidmore College (USA), and Four Winds (Australia). In 2018 he was the recipient of the Pettman/ROSL Chamber Music Scholarship which will enable him to study and perform in the United Kingdom for one month with The Morton Trio. As part of the Morton Trio, he toured with CMNZ in 2019.
Liam was a prize winner in the National Concerto Competition where he performed with the Christchurch Symphony Orchestra, and he has also featured as a soloist with the Auckland Chamber Orchestra and the Auckland Philharmonia Orchestra.
A graduate of the Australian National Academy of Music (ANAM), he is currently a doctoral candidate at the University of Waikato where he researches New Zealand piano music.
Additional performances:
July 4th (Gisborne)
July 6th (Bannockburn)
July 10th (Warkworth)
July 13th (Rotorua)
July 17th (Kerikeri)
July 21st (Taihape)
July 22nd (Whanganui)
July 25th (Wellington)
September 10th (Motueka)
Liam Wooding | piano
Programme:
Douglas Lilburn | Sonata (1939)
Stuart Greenbaum | Remote Connection
Ludwig van Beethoven | Moonlight Sonata
Duke Ellington | Reflections
Claude Debussy | Images (book 1)
John Adams | Phrygian Gates
Originally from Whanganui, Liam Wooding is one of Aotearoa’s leading emerging pianists. Performing and commissioning New Zealand music is central to his musical practice.
As a chamber musician, he has participated in courses and residencies at the Banff Centre for Arts and Creativity (Canada), Skidmore College (USA), and Four Winds (Australia). In 2018 he was the recipient of the Pettman/ROSL Chamber Music Scholarship which will enable him to study and perform in the United Kingdom for one month with The Morton Trio. As part of the Morton Trio, he toured with CMNZ in 2019.
Liam was a prize winner in the National Concerto Competition where he performed with the Christchurch Symphony Orchestra, and he has also featured as a soloist with the Auckland Chamber Orchestra and the Auckland Philharmonia Orchestra.
A graduate of the Australian National Academy of Music (ANAM), he is currently a doctoral candidate at the University of Waikato where he researches New Zealand piano music.
Additional performances:
July 4th (Gisborne)
July 6th (Bannockburn)
July 10th (Warkworth)
July 13th (Rotorua)
July 17th (Kerikeri)
July 21st (Taihape)
July 22nd (Whanganui)
July 25th (Wellington)
September 10th (Motueka)

Chamber Music NZ | Fantasy & Romance (Napier)
ConcertMelanie Lançon | flute
Bede Hanley | oboe
Stephen De Pledge | piano
Programme:
Gaubert
Tarentelle
Schumann
Three Romances, op 94
Clara Wieck-Schumann
Liebst du um Schönheit
Sie liebten sich beide
Liebeszauber
Schumann
Abegg Variations, op 1
Glen Downie
new work (world premiere)
Fauré
Après un rêve
Mandoline
Fantasie, op 79
Nocturne No. 4 in E flat major, op 36
Dring
Trio for Flute, Oboe and Piano
Be transported to other worlds with the sublime marriage of flute, oboe and piano.
Breathing new life into some of Schumann and Fauré’s most beloved romantic works for chamber ensemble, Melanie Lançon and Bede Hanley partner with the inimitable Stephen De Pledge to whisk you away on flights of freedom, fantasy and romance.
Additional performances:
August 2nd (Hamilton)
August 3rd (Auckland)
August 18th (Nelson)
August 19th (Christchurch)
August 20th (Dunedin)
August 22nd (Invercargill)
August 24th (Wellington)
August 25th (Palmerston North)
August 27th (New Plymouth)
Melanie Lançon | flute
Bede Hanley | oboe
Stephen De Pledge | piano
Programme:
Gaubert
Tarentelle
Schumann
Three Romances, op 94
Clara Wieck-Schumann
Liebst du um Schönheit
Sie liebten sich beide
Liebeszauber
Schumann
Abegg Variations, op 1
Glen Downie
new work (world premiere)
Fauré
Après un rêve
Mandoline
Fantasie, op 79
Nocturne No. 4 in E flat major, op 36
Dring
Trio for Flute, Oboe and Piano
Be transported to other worlds with the sublime marriage of flute, oboe and piano.
Breathing new life into some of Schumann and Fauré’s most beloved romantic works for chamber ensemble, Melanie Lançon and Bede Hanley partner with the inimitable Stephen De Pledge to whisk you away on flights of freedom, fantasy and romance.
Additional performances:
August 2nd (Hamilton)
August 3rd (Auckland)
August 18th (Nelson)
August 19th (Christchurch)
August 20th (Dunedin)
August 22nd (Invercargill)
August 24th (Wellington)
August 25th (Palmerston North)
August 27th (New Plymouth)
Melanie Lançon | flute
Bede Hanley | oboe
Stephen De Pledge | piano
Programme:
Gaubert
Tarentelle
Schumann
Three Romances, op 94
Clara Wieck-Schumann
Liebst du um Schönheit
Sie liebten sich beide
Liebeszauber
Schumann
Abegg Variations, op 1
Glen Downie
new work (world premiere)
Fauré
Après un rêve
Mandoline
Fantasie, op 79
Nocturne No. 4 in E flat major, op 36
Dring
Trio for Flute, Oboe and Piano
Be transported to other worlds with the sublime marriage of flute, oboe and piano.
Breathing new life into some of Schumann and Fauré’s most beloved romantic works for chamber ensemble, Melanie Lançon and Bede Hanley partner with the inimitable Stephen De Pledge to whisk you away on flights of freedom, fantasy and romance.
Additional performances:
August 2nd (Hamilton)
August 3rd (Auckland)
August 18th (Nelson)
August 19th (Christchurch)
August 20th (Dunedin)
August 22nd (Invercargill)
August 24th (Wellington)
August 25th (Palmerston North)
August 27th (New Plymouth)

Chamber Music NZ | Fantasy & Romance (Hamilton)
ConcertMelanie Lançon | flute
Bede Hanley | oboe
Stephen De Pledge | piano
Programme:
Gaubert
Tarentelle
Schumann
Three Romances, op 94
Clara Wieck-Schumann
Liebst du um Schönheit
Sie liebten sich beide
Liebeszauber
Schumann
Abegg Variations, op 1
Glen Downie
new work (world premiere)
Fauré
Après un rêve
Mandoline
Fantasie, op 79
Nocturne No. 4 in E flat major, op 36
Dring
Trio for Flute, Oboe and Piano
Be transported to other worlds with the sublime marriage of flute, oboe and piano.
Breathing new life into some of Schumann and Fauré’s most beloved romantic works for chamber ensemble, Melanie Lançon and Bede Hanley partner with the inimitable Stephen De Pledge to whisk you away on flights of freedom, fantasy and romance.
Additional performances:
August 1st (Napier)
August 3rd (Auckland)
August 18th (Nelson)
August 19th (Christchurch)
August 20th (Dunedin)
August 22nd (Invercargill)
August 24th (Wellington)
August 25th (Palmerston North)
August 27th (New Plymouth)
Melanie Lançon | flute
Bede Hanley | oboe
Stephen De Pledge | piano
Programme:
Gaubert
Tarentelle
Schumann
Three Romances, op 94
Clara Wieck-Schumann
Liebst du um Schönheit
Sie liebten sich beide
Liebeszauber
Schumann
Abegg Variations, op 1
Glen Downie
new work (world premiere)
Fauré
Après un rêve
Mandoline
Fantasie, op 79
Nocturne No. 4 in E flat major, op 36
Dring
Trio for Flute, Oboe and Piano
Be transported to other worlds with the sublime marriage of flute, oboe and piano.
Breathing new life into some of Schumann and Fauré’s most beloved romantic works for chamber ensemble, Melanie Lançon and Bede Hanley partner with the inimitable Stephen De Pledge to whisk you away on flights of freedom, fantasy and romance.
Additional performances:
August 1st (Napier)
August 3rd (Auckland)
August 18th (Nelson)
August 19th (Christchurch)
August 20th (Dunedin)
August 22nd (Invercargill)
August 24th (Wellington)
August 25th (Palmerston North)
August 27th (New Plymouth)
Melanie Lançon | flute
Bede Hanley | oboe
Stephen De Pledge | piano
Programme:
Gaubert
Tarentelle
Schumann
Three Romances, op 94
Clara Wieck-Schumann
Liebst du um Schönheit
Sie liebten sich beide
Liebeszauber
Schumann
Abegg Variations, op 1
Glen Downie
new work (world premiere)
Fauré
Après un rêve
Mandoline
Fantasie, op 79
Nocturne No. 4 in E flat major, op 36
Dring
Trio for Flute, Oboe and Piano
Be transported to other worlds with the sublime marriage of flute, oboe and piano.
Breathing new life into some of Schumann and Fauré’s most beloved romantic works for chamber ensemble, Melanie Lançon and Bede Hanley partner with the inimitable Stephen De Pledge to whisk you away on flights of freedom, fantasy and romance.
Additional performances:
August 1st (Napier)
August 3rd (Auckland)
August 18th (Nelson)
August 19th (Christchurch)
August 20th (Dunedin)
August 22nd (Invercargill)
August 24th (Wellington)
August 25th (Palmerston North)
August 27th (New Plymouth)

Chamber Music NZ | Les Voisins (Wanaka)
ConcertJustine Cormack | violin
James Bush | cello
Simon Martyn-Ellis | theorbo & guitars
Programme:
Robert de Visée | Chaconne in G Major (Solo Theorbo)
Jean Marie Leclair | Sonata for Violin and Continuo, Op. 2, No. 1 in E minor
Robert de Visée | Prelude/Les Silvains des Mr. Couperin (Solo Theorbo)
Marin Marais | Sonnerie de Ste. Geneviève du Mont-de-Paris
Alex Taylor | Ordre (new commission for Violin, Cello and Theorbo)
Maurice Ravel | Sonata for Violin and Cello
Allégro, Très vif, Lent, Vif
Tribute to Django Reinhardt, Stéphane Grappelli and the Hot Club de France
Django Reinhardt | Nuages, Sweet Georgia Brown, Minor Swing, Daphne
A classical trio of violin, cello and theorbo/guitars, traversing the music of France. From the tender kernel of the French Baroque, through the vibrant colours of impressionism, and into the swinging jazz Hot Club de France — with a New Zealand composer’s own response — the music of France throughout the centuries has always been an emotional language of tenderness, colour and verve.
Les Voisins (translated, Neighbours) is a coming together of worlds, neighbours and friends. Violinist Justine Cormack and cellist James Bush grew up next door to each other in Christchurch and have remained close friends throughout their diverse careers: Justine nurturing and promoting the best of New Zealand music through her performances with NZTrio; James pursuing the freedom and energy of baroque performance practice with many of Europe’s top baroque groups. While performing, James met the Australian lutenist and guitarist Simon Martyn-Ellis—a sought-after theorbist who exudes musicality, warmth and positivity.
This journey begins with theorbo alone on stage. The music then unfolds as the violin and cello join to explore layers of the rich and intensely emotional world of the French baroque. This world will be New Zealand composer Alex Taylor’s source of inspiration for a new work—no doubt adding a fresh and quirky perspective.
Maurice Ravel’s unique voice is gloriously expressed in his Sonata for Violin and Cello, opening the door into the colour and vitality of French impressionism. This leads effortlessly to the Hot Club de France, offering a tribute to the irresistible swing of guitarist Django Reinhardt and the grandfather of jazz violin, Stephane Grappelli.
Additional performances:
August 4th (Arrowtown)
August 5th (Bannockburn)
August 7th (Gisborne)
August 8th (Whakatāne)
August 11th (Rangiora)
August 12th (Christchurch)
August 14th (Warkworth)
August 15th (Wellington)
August 16th (Upper Hutt)
August 19th (Motueka)
August 21st (Kerikeri)
August 22nd (Whangārei)
Justine Cormack | violin
James Bush | cello
Simon Martyn-Ellis | theorbo & guitars
Programme:
Robert de Visée | Chaconne in G Major (Solo Theorbo)
Jean Marie Leclair | Sonata for Violin and Continuo, Op. 2, No. 1 in E minor
Robert de Visée | Prelude/Les Silvains des Mr. Couperin (Solo Theorbo)
Marin Marais | Sonnerie de Ste. Geneviève du Mont-de-Paris
Alex Taylor | Ordre (new commission for Violin, Cello and Theorbo)
Maurice Ravel | Sonata for Violin and Cello
Allégro, Très vif, Lent, Vif
Tribute to Django Reinhardt, Stéphane Grappelli and the Hot Club de France
Django Reinhardt | Nuages, Sweet Georgia Brown, Minor Swing, Daphne
A classical trio of violin, cello and theorbo/guitars, traversing the music of France. From the tender kernel of the French Baroque, through the vibrant colours of impressionism, and into the swinging jazz Hot Club de France — with a New Zealand composer’s own response — the music of France throughout the centuries has always been an emotional language of tenderness, colour and verve.
Les Voisins (translated, Neighbours) is a coming together of worlds, neighbours and friends. Violinist Justine Cormack and cellist James Bush grew up next door to each other in Christchurch and have remained close friends throughout their diverse careers: Justine nurturing and promoting the best of New Zealand music through her performances with NZTrio; James pursuing the freedom and energy of baroque performance practice with many of Europe’s top baroque groups. While performing, James met the Australian lutenist and guitarist Simon Martyn-Ellis—a sought-after theorbist who exudes musicality, warmth and positivity.
This journey begins with theorbo alone on stage. The music then unfolds as the violin and cello join to explore layers of the rich and intensely emotional world of the French baroque. This world will be New Zealand composer Alex Taylor’s source of inspiration for a new work—no doubt adding a fresh and quirky perspective.
Maurice Ravel’s unique voice is gloriously expressed in his Sonata for Violin and Cello, opening the door into the colour and vitality of French impressionism. This leads effortlessly to the Hot Club de France, offering a tribute to the irresistible swing of guitarist Django Reinhardt and the grandfather of jazz violin, Stephane Grappelli.
Additional performances:
August 4th (Arrowtown)
August 5th (Bannockburn)
August 7th (Gisborne)
August 8th (Whakatāne)
August 11th (Rangiora)
August 12th (Christchurch)
August 14th (Warkworth)
August 15th (Wellington)
August 16th (Upper Hutt)
August 19th (Motueka)
August 21st (Kerikeri)
August 22nd (Whangārei)
Justine Cormack | violin
James Bush | cello
Simon Martyn-Ellis | theorbo & guitars
Programme:
Robert de Visée | Chaconne in G Major (Solo Theorbo)
Jean Marie Leclair | Sonata for Violin and Continuo, Op. 2, No. 1 in E minor
Robert de Visée | Prelude/Les Silvains des Mr. Couperin (Solo Theorbo)
Marin Marais | Sonnerie de Ste. Geneviève du Mont-de-Paris
Alex Taylor | Ordre (new commission for Violin, Cello and Theorbo)
Maurice Ravel | Sonata for Violin and Cello
Allégro, Très vif, Lent, Vif
Tribute to Django Reinhardt, Stéphane Grappelli and the Hot Club de France
Django Reinhardt | Nuages, Sweet Georgia Brown, Minor Swing, Daphne
A classical trio of violin, cello and theorbo/guitars, traversing the music of France. From the tender kernel of the French Baroque, through the vibrant colours of impressionism, and into the swinging jazz Hot Club de France — with a New Zealand composer’s own response — the music of France throughout the centuries has always been an emotional language of tenderness, colour and verve.
Les Voisins (translated, Neighbours) is a coming together of worlds, neighbours and friends. Violinist Justine Cormack and cellist James Bush grew up next door to each other in Christchurch and have remained close friends throughout their diverse careers: Justine nurturing and promoting the best of New Zealand music through her performances with NZTrio; James pursuing the freedom and energy of baroque performance practice with many of Europe’s top baroque groups. While performing, James met the Australian lutenist and guitarist Simon Martyn-Ellis—a sought-after theorbist who exudes musicality, warmth and positivity.
This journey begins with theorbo alone on stage. The music then unfolds as the violin and cello join to explore layers of the rich and intensely emotional world of the French baroque. This world will be New Zealand composer Alex Taylor’s source of inspiration for a new work—no doubt adding a fresh and quirky perspective.
Maurice Ravel’s unique voice is gloriously expressed in his Sonata for Violin and Cello, opening the door into the colour and vitality of French impressionism. This leads effortlessly to the Hot Club de France, offering a tribute to the irresistible swing of guitarist Django Reinhardt and the grandfather of jazz violin, Stephane Grappelli.
Additional performances:
August 4th (Arrowtown)
August 5th (Bannockburn)
August 7th (Gisborne)
August 8th (Whakatāne)
August 11th (Rangiora)
August 12th (Christchurch)
August 14th (Warkworth)
August 15th (Wellington)
August 16th (Upper Hutt)
August 19th (Motueka)
August 21st (Kerikeri)
August 22nd (Whangārei)

Chamber Music NZ | Fantasy & Romance (Auckland)
ConcertMelanie Lançon | flute
Bede Hanley | oboe
Stephen De Pledge | piano
Programme:
Gaubert
Tarentelle
Schumann
Three Romances, op 94
Clara Wieck-Schumann
Liebst du um Schönheit
Sie liebten sich beide
Liebeszauber
Schumann
Abegg Variations, op 1
Glen Downie
new work (world premiere)
Fauré
Après un rêve
Mandoline
Fantasie, op 79
Nocturne No. 4 in E flat major, op 36
Dring
Trio for Flute, Oboe and Piano
Be transported to other worlds with the sublime marriage of flute, oboe and piano.
Breathing new life into some of Schumann and Fauré’s most beloved romantic works for chamber ensemble, Melanie Lançon and Bede Hanley partner with the inimitable Stephen De Pledge to whisk you away on flights of freedom, fantasy and romance.
Additional performances:
August 1st (Napier)
August 2nd (Hamilton)
August 18th (Nelson)
August 19th (Christchurch)
August 20th (Dunedin)
August 22nd (Invercargill)
August 24th (Wellington)
August 25th (Palmerston North)
August 27th (New Plymouth)
Melanie Lançon | flute
Bede Hanley | oboe
Stephen De Pledge | piano
Programme:
Gaubert
Tarentelle
Schumann
Three Romances, op 94
Clara Wieck-Schumann
Liebst du um Schönheit
Sie liebten sich beide
Liebeszauber
Schumann
Abegg Variations, op 1
Glen Downie
new work (world premiere)
Fauré
Après un rêve
Mandoline
Fantasie, op 79
Nocturne No. 4 in E flat major, op 36
Dring
Trio for Flute, Oboe and Piano
Be transported to other worlds with the sublime marriage of flute, oboe and piano.
Breathing new life into some of Schumann and Fauré’s most beloved romantic works for chamber ensemble, Melanie Lançon and Bede Hanley partner with the inimitable Stephen De Pledge to whisk you away on flights of freedom, fantasy and romance.
Additional performances:
August 1st (Napier)
August 2nd (Hamilton)
August 18th (Nelson)
August 19th (Christchurch)
August 20th (Dunedin)
August 22nd (Invercargill)
August 24th (Wellington)
August 25th (Palmerston North)
August 27th (New Plymouth)
Melanie Lançon | flute
Bede Hanley | oboe
Stephen De Pledge | piano
Programme:
Gaubert
Tarentelle
Schumann
Three Romances, op 94
Clara Wieck-Schumann
Liebst du um Schönheit
Sie liebten sich beide
Liebeszauber
Schumann
Abegg Variations, op 1
Glen Downie
new work (world premiere)
Fauré
Après un rêve
Mandoline
Fantasie, op 79
Nocturne No. 4 in E flat major, op 36
Dring
Trio for Flute, Oboe and Piano
Be transported to other worlds with the sublime marriage of flute, oboe and piano.
Breathing new life into some of Schumann and Fauré’s most beloved romantic works for chamber ensemble, Melanie Lançon and Bede Hanley partner with the inimitable Stephen De Pledge to whisk you away on flights of freedom, fantasy and romance.
Additional performances:
August 1st (Napier)
August 2nd (Hamilton)
August 18th (Nelson)
August 19th (Christchurch)
August 20th (Dunedin)
August 22nd (Invercargill)
August 24th (Wellington)
August 25th (Palmerston North)
August 27th (New Plymouth)

Chamber Music NZ | Les Voisins (Arrowtown)
ConcertJustine Cormack | violin
James Bush | cello
Simon Martyn-Ellis | theorbo & guitars
Programme:
Robert de Visée | Chaconne in G Major (Solo Theorbo)
Jean Marie Leclair | Sonata for Violin and Continuo, Op. 2, No. 1 in E minor
Robert de Visée | Prelude/Les Silvains des Mr. Couperin (Solo Theorbo)
Marin Marais | Sonnerie de Ste. Geneviève du Mont-de-Paris
Alex Taylor | Ordre (new commission for Violin, Cello and Theorbo)
Maurice Ravel | Sonata for Violin and Cello
Allégro, Très vif, Lent, Vif
Tribute to Django Reinhardt, Stéphane Grappelli and the Hot Club de France
Django Reinhardt | Nuages, Sweet Georgia Brown, Minor Swing, Daphne
A classical trio of violin, cello and theorbo/guitars, traversing the music of France. From the tender kernel of the French Baroque, through the vibrant colours of impressionism, and into the swinging jazz Hot Club de France — with a New Zealand composer’s own response — the music of France throughout the centuries has always been an emotional language of tenderness, colour and verve.
Les Voisins (translated, Neighbours) is a coming together of worlds, neighbours and friends. Violinist Justine Cormack and cellist James Bush grew up next door to each other in Christchurch and have remained close friends throughout their diverse careers: Justine nurturing and promoting the best of New Zealand music through her performances with NZTrio; James pursuing the freedom and energy of baroque performance practice with many of Europe’s top baroque groups. While performing, James met the Australian lutenist and guitarist Simon Martyn-Ellis—a sought-after theorbist who exudes musicality, warmth and positivity.
This journey begins with theorbo alone on stage. The music then unfolds as the violin and cello join to explore layers of the rich and intensely emotional world of the French baroque. This world will be New Zealand composer Alex Taylor’s source of inspiration for a new work—no doubt adding a fresh and quirky perspective.
Maurice Ravel’s unique voice is gloriously expressed in his Sonata for Violin and Cello, opening the door into the colour and vitality of French impressionism. This leads effortlessly to the Hot Club de France, offering a tribute to the irresistible swing of guitarist Django Reinhardt and the grandfather of jazz violin, Stephane Grappelli.
Additional performances:
August 2nd (Wanaka)
August 5th (Bannockburn)
August 7th (Gisborne)
August 8th (Whakatāne)
August 11th (Rangiora)
August 12th (Christchurch)
August 14th (Warkworth)
August 15th (Wellington)
August 16th (Upper Hutt)
August 19th (Motueka)
August 21st (Kerikeri)
August 22nd (Whangārei)
Justine Cormack | violin
James Bush | cello
Simon Martyn-Ellis | theorbo & guitars
Programme:
Robert de Visée | Chaconne in G Major (Solo Theorbo)
Jean Marie Leclair | Sonata for Violin and Continuo, Op. 2, No. 1 in E minor
Robert de Visée | Prelude/Les Silvains des Mr. Couperin (Solo Theorbo)
Marin Marais | Sonnerie de Ste. Geneviève du Mont-de-Paris
Alex Taylor | Ordre (new commission for Violin, Cello and Theorbo)
Maurice Ravel | Sonata for Violin and Cello
Allégro, Très vif, Lent, Vif
Tribute to Django Reinhardt, Stéphane Grappelli and the Hot Club de France
Django Reinhardt | Nuages, Sweet Georgia Brown, Minor Swing, Daphne
A classical trio of violin, cello and theorbo/guitars, traversing the music of France. From the tender kernel of the French Baroque, through the vibrant colours of impressionism, and into the swinging jazz Hot Club de France — with a New Zealand composer’s own response — the music of France throughout the centuries has always been an emotional language of tenderness, colour and verve.
Les Voisins (translated, Neighbours) is a coming together of worlds, neighbours and friends. Violinist Justine Cormack and cellist James Bush grew up next door to each other in Christchurch and have remained close friends throughout their diverse careers: Justine nurturing and promoting the best of New Zealand music through her performances with NZTrio; James pursuing the freedom and energy of baroque performance practice with many of Europe’s top baroque groups. While performing, James met the Australian lutenist and guitarist Simon Martyn-Ellis—a sought-after theorbist who exudes musicality, warmth and positivity.
This journey begins with theorbo alone on stage. The music then unfolds as the violin and cello join to explore layers of the rich and intensely emotional world of the French baroque. This world will be New Zealand composer Alex Taylor’s source of inspiration for a new work—no doubt adding a fresh and quirky perspective.
Maurice Ravel’s unique voice is gloriously expressed in his Sonata for Violin and Cello, opening the door into the colour and vitality of French impressionism. This leads effortlessly to the Hot Club de France, offering a tribute to the irresistible swing of guitarist Django Reinhardt and the grandfather of jazz violin, Stephane Grappelli.
Additional performances:
August 2nd (Wanaka)
August 5th (Bannockburn)
August 7th (Gisborne)
August 8th (Whakatāne)
August 11th (Rangiora)
August 12th (Christchurch)
August 14th (Warkworth)
August 15th (Wellington)
August 16th (Upper Hutt)
August 19th (Motueka)
August 21st (Kerikeri)
August 22nd (Whangārei)
Justine Cormack | violin
James Bush | cello
Simon Martyn-Ellis | theorbo & guitars
Programme:
Robert de Visée | Chaconne in G Major (Solo Theorbo)
Jean Marie Leclair | Sonata for Violin and Continuo, Op. 2, No. 1 in E minor
Robert de Visée | Prelude/Les Silvains des Mr. Couperin (Solo Theorbo)
Marin Marais | Sonnerie de Ste. Geneviève du Mont-de-Paris
Alex Taylor | Ordre (new commission for Violin, Cello and Theorbo)
Maurice Ravel | Sonata for Violin and Cello
Allégro, Très vif, Lent, Vif
Tribute to Django Reinhardt, Stéphane Grappelli and the Hot Club de France
Django Reinhardt | Nuages, Sweet Georgia Brown, Minor Swing, Daphne
A classical trio of violin, cello and theorbo/guitars, traversing the music of France. From the tender kernel of the French Baroque, through the vibrant colours of impressionism, and into the swinging jazz Hot Club de France — with a New Zealand composer’s own response — the music of France throughout the centuries has always been an emotional language of tenderness, colour and verve.
Les Voisins (translated, Neighbours) is a coming together of worlds, neighbours and friends. Violinist Justine Cormack and cellist James Bush grew up next door to each other in Christchurch and have remained close friends throughout their diverse careers: Justine nurturing and promoting the best of New Zealand music through her performances with NZTrio; James pursuing the freedom and energy of baroque performance practice with many of Europe’s top baroque groups. While performing, James met the Australian lutenist and guitarist Simon Martyn-Ellis—a sought-after theorbist who exudes musicality, warmth and positivity.
This journey begins with theorbo alone on stage. The music then unfolds as the violin and cello join to explore layers of the rich and intensely emotional world of the French baroque. This world will be New Zealand composer Alex Taylor’s source of inspiration for a new work—no doubt adding a fresh and quirky perspective.
Maurice Ravel’s unique voice is gloriously expressed in his Sonata for Violin and Cello, opening the door into the colour and vitality of French impressionism. This leads effortlessly to the Hot Club de France, offering a tribute to the irresistible swing of guitarist Django Reinhardt and the grandfather of jazz violin, Stephane Grappelli.
Additional performances:
August 2nd (Wanaka)
August 5th (Bannockburn)
August 7th (Gisborne)
August 8th (Whakatāne)
August 11th (Rangiora)
August 12th (Christchurch)
August 14th (Warkworth)
August 15th (Wellington)
August 16th (Upper Hutt)
August 19th (Motueka)
August 21st (Kerikeri)
August 22nd (Whangārei)

Chamber Music NZ | Les Voisins (Bannockburn)
ConcertJustine Cormack | violin
James Bush | cello
Simon Martyn-Ellis | theorbo & guitars
Programme:
Robert de Visée | Chaconne in G Major (Solo Theorbo)
Jean Marie Leclair | Sonata for Violin and Continuo, Op. 2, No. 1 in E minor
Robert de Visée | Prelude/Les Silvains des Mr. Couperin (Solo Theorbo)
Marin Marais | Sonnerie de Ste. Geneviève du Mont-de-Paris
Alex Taylor | Ordre (new commission for Violin, Cello and Theorbo)
Maurice Ravel | Sonata for Violin and Cello
Allégro, Très vif, Lent, Vif
Tribute to Django Reinhardt, Stéphane Grappelli and the Hot Club de France
Django Reinhardt | Nuages, Sweet Georgia Brown, Minor Swing, Daphne
A classical trio of violin, cello and theorbo/guitars, traversing the music of France. From the tender kernel of the French Baroque, through the vibrant colours of impressionism, and into the swinging jazz Hot Club de France — with a New Zealand composer’s own response — the music of France throughout the centuries has always been an emotional language of tenderness, colour and verve.
Les Voisins (translated, Neighbours) is a coming together of worlds, neighbours and friends. Violinist Justine Cormack and cellist James Bush grew up next door to each other in Christchurch and have remained close friends throughout their diverse careers: Justine nurturing and promoting the best of New Zealand music through her performances with NZTrio; James pursuing the freedom and energy of baroque performance practice with many of Europe’s top baroque groups. While performing, James met the Australian lutenist and guitarist Simon Martyn-Ellis—a sought-after theorbist who exudes musicality, warmth and positivity.
This journey begins with theorbo alone on stage. The music then unfolds as the violin and cello join to explore layers of the rich and intensely emotional world of the French baroque. This world will be New Zealand composer Alex Taylor’s source of inspiration for a new work—no doubt adding a fresh and quirky perspective.
Maurice Ravel’s unique voice is gloriously expressed in his Sonata for Violin and Cello, opening the door into the colour and vitality of French impressionism. This leads effortlessly to the Hot Club de France, offering a tribute to the irresistible swing of guitarist Django Reinhardt and the grandfather of jazz violin, Stephane Grappelli.
Additional performances:
August 2nd (Wanaka)
August 4th (Arrowtown)
August 7th (Gisborne)
August 8th (Whakatāne)
August 11th (Rangiora)
August 12th (Christchurch)
August 14th (Warkworth)
August 15th (Wellington)
August 16th (Upper Hutt)
August 19th (Motueka)
August 21st (Kerikeri)
August 22nd (Whangārei)
Justine Cormack | violin
James Bush | cello
Simon Martyn-Ellis | theorbo & guitars
Programme:
Robert de Visée | Chaconne in G Major (Solo Theorbo)
Jean Marie Leclair | Sonata for Violin and Continuo, Op. 2, No. 1 in E minor
Robert de Visée | Prelude/Les Silvains des Mr. Couperin (Solo Theorbo)
Marin Marais | Sonnerie de Ste. Geneviève du Mont-de-Paris
Alex Taylor | Ordre (new commission for Violin, Cello and Theorbo)
Maurice Ravel | Sonata for Violin and Cello
Allégro, Très vif, Lent, Vif
Tribute to Django Reinhardt, Stéphane Grappelli and the Hot Club de France
Django Reinhardt | Nuages, Sweet Georgia Brown, Minor Swing, Daphne
A classical trio of violin, cello and theorbo/guitars, traversing the music of France. From the tender kernel of the French Baroque, through the vibrant colours of impressionism, and into the swinging jazz Hot Club de France — with a New Zealand composer’s own response — the music of France throughout the centuries has always been an emotional language of tenderness, colour and verve.
Les Voisins (translated, Neighbours) is a coming together of worlds, neighbours and friends. Violinist Justine Cormack and cellist James Bush grew up next door to each other in Christchurch and have remained close friends throughout their diverse careers: Justine nurturing and promoting the best of New Zealand music through her performances with NZTrio; James pursuing the freedom and energy of baroque performance practice with many of Europe’s top baroque groups. While performing, James met the Australian lutenist and guitarist Simon Martyn-Ellis—a sought-after theorbist who exudes musicality, warmth and positivity.
This journey begins with theorbo alone on stage. The music then unfolds as the violin and cello join to explore layers of the rich and intensely emotional world of the French baroque. This world will be New Zealand composer Alex Taylor’s source of inspiration for a new work—no doubt adding a fresh and quirky perspective.
Maurice Ravel’s unique voice is gloriously expressed in his Sonata for Violin and Cello, opening the door into the colour and vitality of French impressionism. This leads effortlessly to the Hot Club de France, offering a tribute to the irresistible swing of guitarist Django Reinhardt and the grandfather of jazz violin, Stephane Grappelli.
Additional performances:
August 2nd (Wanaka)
August 4th (Arrowtown)
August 7th (Gisborne)
August 8th (Whakatāne)
August 11th (Rangiora)
August 12th (Christchurch)
August 14th (Warkworth)
August 15th (Wellington)
August 16th (Upper Hutt)
August 19th (Motueka)
August 21st (Kerikeri)
August 22nd (Whangārei)
Justine Cormack | violin
James Bush | cello
Simon Martyn-Ellis | theorbo & guitars
Programme:
Robert de Visée | Chaconne in G Major (Solo Theorbo)
Jean Marie Leclair | Sonata for Violin and Continuo, Op. 2, No. 1 in E minor
Robert de Visée | Prelude/Les Silvains des Mr. Couperin (Solo Theorbo)
Marin Marais | Sonnerie de Ste. Geneviève du Mont-de-Paris
Alex Taylor | Ordre (new commission for Violin, Cello and Theorbo)
Maurice Ravel | Sonata for Violin and Cello
Allégro, Très vif, Lent, Vif
Tribute to Django Reinhardt, Stéphane Grappelli and the Hot Club de France
Django Reinhardt | Nuages, Sweet Georgia Brown, Minor Swing, Daphne
A classical trio of violin, cello and theorbo/guitars, traversing the music of France. From the tender kernel of the French Baroque, through the vibrant colours of impressionism, and into the swinging jazz Hot Club de France — with a New Zealand composer’s own response — the music of France throughout the centuries has always been an emotional language of tenderness, colour and verve.
Les Voisins (translated, Neighbours) is a coming together of worlds, neighbours and friends. Violinist Justine Cormack and cellist James Bush grew up next door to each other in Christchurch and have remained close friends throughout their diverse careers: Justine nurturing and promoting the best of New Zealand music through her performances with NZTrio; James pursuing the freedom and energy of baroque performance practice with many of Europe’s top baroque groups. While performing, James met the Australian lutenist and guitarist Simon Martyn-Ellis—a sought-after theorbist who exudes musicality, warmth and positivity.
This journey begins with theorbo alone on stage. The music then unfolds as the violin and cello join to explore layers of the rich and intensely emotional world of the French baroque. This world will be New Zealand composer Alex Taylor’s source of inspiration for a new work—no doubt adding a fresh and quirky perspective.
Maurice Ravel’s unique voice is gloriously expressed in his Sonata for Violin and Cello, opening the door into the colour and vitality of French impressionism. This leads effortlessly to the Hot Club de France, offering a tribute to the irresistible swing of guitarist Django Reinhardt and the grandfather of jazz violin, Stephane Grappelli.
Additional performances:
August 2nd (Wanaka)
August 4th (Arrowtown)
August 7th (Gisborne)
August 8th (Whakatāne)
August 11th (Rangiora)
August 12th (Christchurch)
August 14th (Warkworth)
August 15th (Wellington)
August 16th (Upper Hutt)
August 19th (Motueka)
August 21st (Kerikeri)
August 22nd (Whangārei)

Chamber Music NZ | Les Voisins (Gisborne)
ConcertJustine Cormack | violin
James Bush | cello
Simon Martyn-Ellis | theorbo & guitars
Programme:
Robert de Visée | Chaconne in G Major (Solo Theorbo)
Jean Marie Leclair | Sonata for Violin and Continuo, Op. 2, No. 1 in E minor
Robert de Visée | Prelude/Les Silvains des Mr. Couperin (Solo Theorbo)
Marin Marais | Sonnerie de Ste. Geneviève du Mont-de-Paris
Alex Taylor | Ordre (new commission for Violin, Cello and Theorbo)
Maurice Ravel | Sonata for Violin and Cello
Allégro, Très vif, Lent, Vif
Tribute to Django Reinhardt, Stéphane Grappelli and the Hot Club de France
Django Reinhardt | Nuages, Sweet Georgia Brown, Minor Swing, Daphne
A classical trio of violin, cello and theorbo/guitars, traversing the music of France. From the tender kernel of the French Baroque, through the vibrant colours of impressionism, and into the swinging jazz Hot Club de France — with a New Zealand composer’s own response — the music of France throughout the centuries has always been an emotional language of tenderness, colour and verve.
Les Voisins (translated, Neighbours) is a coming together of worlds, neighbours and friends. Violinist Justine Cormack and cellist James Bush grew up next door to each other in Christchurch and have remained close friends throughout their diverse careers: Justine nurturing and promoting the best of New Zealand music through her performances with NZTrio; James pursuing the freedom and energy of baroque performance practice with many of Europe’s top baroque groups. While performing, James met the Australian lutenist and guitarist Simon Martyn-Ellis—a sought-after theorbist who exudes musicality, warmth and positivity.
This journey begins with theorbo alone on stage. The music then unfolds as the violin and cello join to explore layers of the rich and intensely emotional world of the French baroque. This world will be New Zealand composer Alex Taylor’s source of inspiration for a new work—no doubt adding a fresh and quirky perspective.
Maurice Ravel’s unique voice is gloriously expressed in his Sonata for Violin and Cello, opening the door into the colour and vitality of French impressionism. This leads effortlessly to the Hot Club de France, offering a tribute to the irresistible swing of guitarist Django Reinhardt and the grandfather of jazz violin, Stephane Grappelli.
Additional performances:
August 2nd (Wanaka)
August 4th (Arrowtown)
August 5th (Bannockburn)
August 8th (Whakatāne)
August 11th (Rangiora)
August 12th (Christchurch)
August 14th (Warkworth)
August 15th (Wellington)
August 16th (Upper Hutt)
August 19th (Motueka)
August 21st (Kerikeri)
August 22nd (Whangārei)
Justine Cormack | violin
James Bush | cello
Simon Martyn-Ellis | theorbo & guitars
Programme:
Robert de Visée | Chaconne in G Major (Solo Theorbo)
Jean Marie Leclair | Sonata for Violin and Continuo, Op. 2, No. 1 in E minor
Robert de Visée | Prelude/Les Silvains des Mr. Couperin (Solo Theorbo)
Marin Marais | Sonnerie de Ste. Geneviève du Mont-de-Paris
Alex Taylor | Ordre (new commission for Violin, Cello and Theorbo)
Maurice Ravel | Sonata for Violin and Cello
Allégro, Très vif, Lent, Vif
Tribute to Django Reinhardt, Stéphane Grappelli and the Hot Club de France
Django Reinhardt | Nuages, Sweet Georgia Brown, Minor Swing, Daphne
A classical trio of violin, cello and theorbo/guitars, traversing the music of France. From the tender kernel of the French Baroque, through the vibrant colours of impressionism, and into the swinging jazz Hot Club de France — with a New Zealand composer’s own response — the music of France throughout the centuries has always been an emotional language of tenderness, colour and verve.
Les Voisins (translated, Neighbours) is a coming together of worlds, neighbours and friends. Violinist Justine Cormack and cellist James Bush grew up next door to each other in Christchurch and have remained close friends throughout their diverse careers: Justine nurturing and promoting the best of New Zealand music through her performances with NZTrio; James pursuing the freedom and energy of baroque performance practice with many of Europe’s top baroque groups. While performing, James met the Australian lutenist and guitarist Simon Martyn-Ellis—a sought-after theorbist who exudes musicality, warmth and positivity.
This journey begins with theorbo alone on stage. The music then unfolds as the violin and cello join to explore layers of the rich and intensely emotional world of the French baroque. This world will be New Zealand composer Alex Taylor’s source of inspiration for a new work—no doubt adding a fresh and quirky perspective.
Maurice Ravel’s unique voice is gloriously expressed in his Sonata for Violin and Cello, opening the door into the colour and vitality of French impressionism. This leads effortlessly to the Hot Club de France, offering a tribute to the irresistible swing of guitarist Django Reinhardt and the grandfather of jazz violin, Stephane Grappelli.
Additional performances:
August 2nd (Wanaka)
August 4th (Arrowtown)
August 5th (Bannockburn)
August 8th (Whakatāne)
August 11th (Rangiora)
August 12th (Christchurch)
August 14th (Warkworth)
August 15th (Wellington)
August 16th (Upper Hutt)
August 19th (Motueka)
August 21st (Kerikeri)
August 22nd (Whangārei)
Justine Cormack | violin
James Bush | cello
Simon Martyn-Ellis | theorbo & guitars
Programme:
Robert de Visée | Chaconne in G Major (Solo Theorbo)
Jean Marie Leclair | Sonata for Violin and Continuo, Op. 2, No. 1 in E minor
Robert de Visée | Prelude/Les Silvains des Mr. Couperin (Solo Theorbo)
Marin Marais | Sonnerie de Ste. Geneviève du Mont-de-Paris
Alex Taylor | Ordre (new commission for Violin, Cello and Theorbo)
Maurice Ravel | Sonata for Violin and Cello
Allégro, Très vif, Lent, Vif
Tribute to Django Reinhardt, Stéphane Grappelli and the Hot Club de France
Django Reinhardt | Nuages, Sweet Georgia Brown, Minor Swing, Daphne
A classical trio of violin, cello and theorbo/guitars, traversing the music of France. From the tender kernel of the French Baroque, through the vibrant colours of impressionism, and into the swinging jazz Hot Club de France — with a New Zealand composer’s own response — the music of France throughout the centuries has always been an emotional language of tenderness, colour and verve.
Les Voisins (translated, Neighbours) is a coming together of worlds, neighbours and friends. Violinist Justine Cormack and cellist James Bush grew up next door to each other in Christchurch and have remained close friends throughout their diverse careers: Justine nurturing and promoting the best of New Zealand music through her performances with NZTrio; James pursuing the freedom and energy of baroque performance practice with many of Europe’s top baroque groups. While performing, James met the Australian lutenist and guitarist Simon Martyn-Ellis—a sought-after theorbist who exudes musicality, warmth and positivity.
This journey begins with theorbo alone on stage. The music then unfolds as the violin and cello join to explore layers of the rich and intensely emotional world of the French baroque. This world will be New Zealand composer Alex Taylor’s source of inspiration for a new work—no doubt adding a fresh and quirky perspective.
Maurice Ravel’s unique voice is gloriously expressed in his Sonata for Violin and Cello, opening the door into the colour and vitality of French impressionism. This leads effortlessly to the Hot Club de France, offering a tribute to the irresistible swing of guitarist Django Reinhardt and the grandfather of jazz violin, Stephane Grappelli.
Additional performances:
August 2nd (Wanaka)
August 4th (Arrowtown)
August 5th (Bannockburn)
August 8th (Whakatāne)
August 11th (Rangiora)
August 12th (Christchurch)
August 14th (Warkworth)
August 15th (Wellington)
August 16th (Upper Hutt)
August 19th (Motueka)
August 21st (Kerikeri)
August 22nd (Whangārei)

Chamber Music NZ | Les Voisins (Wakatāne)
ConcertJustine Cormack | violin
James Bush | cello
Simon Martyn-Ellis | theorbo & guitars
Programme:
Robert de Visée | Chaconne in G Major (Solo Theorbo)
Jean Marie Leclair | Sonata for Violin and Continuo, Op. 2, No. 1 in E minor
Robert de Visée | Prelude/Les Silvains des Mr. Couperin (Solo Theorbo)
Marin Marais | Sonnerie de Ste. Geneviève du Mont-de-Paris
Alex Taylor | Ordre (new commission for Violin, Cello and Theorbo)
Maurice Ravel | Sonata for Violin and Cello
Allégro, Très vif, Lent, Vif
Tribute to Django Reinhardt, Stéphane Grappelli and the Hot Club de France
Django Reinhardt | Nuages, Sweet Georgia Brown, Minor Swing, Daphne
A classical trio of violin, cello and theorbo/guitars, traversing the music of France. From the tender kernel of the French Baroque, through the vibrant colours of impressionism, and into the swinging jazz Hot Club de France — with a New Zealand composer’s own response — the music of France throughout the centuries has always been an emotional language of tenderness, colour and verve.
Les Voisins (translated, Neighbours) is a coming together of worlds, neighbours and friends. Violinist Justine Cormack and cellist James Bush grew up next door to each other in Christchurch and have remained close friends throughout their diverse careers: Justine nurturing and promoting the best of New Zealand music through her performances with NZTrio; James pursuing the freedom and energy of baroque performance practice with many of Europe’s top baroque groups. While performing, James met the Australian lutenist and guitarist Simon Martyn-Ellis—a sought-after theorbist who exudes musicality, warmth and positivity.
This journey begins with theorbo alone on stage. The music then unfolds as the violin and cello join to explore layers of the rich and intensely emotional world of the French baroque. This world will be New Zealand composer Alex Taylor’s source of inspiration for a new work—no doubt adding a fresh and quirky perspective.
Maurice Ravel’s unique voice is gloriously expressed in his Sonata for Violin and Cello, opening the door into the colour and vitality of French impressionism. This leads effortlessly to the Hot Club de France, offering a tribute to the irresistible swing of guitarist Django Reinhardt and the grandfather of jazz violin, Stephane Grappelli.
Additional performances:
August 2nd (Wanaka)
August 4th (Arrowtown)
August 5th (Bannockburn)
August 7th (Gisborne)
August 11th (Rangiora)
August 12th (Christchurch)
August 14th (Warkworth)
August 15th (Wellington)
August 16th (Upper Hutt)
August 19th (Motueka)
August 21st (Kerikeri)
August 22nd (Whangārei)
Justine Cormack | violin
James Bush | cello
Simon Martyn-Ellis | theorbo & guitars
Programme:
Robert de Visée | Chaconne in G Major (Solo Theorbo)
Jean Marie Leclair | Sonata for Violin and Continuo, Op. 2, No. 1 in E minor
Robert de Visée | Prelude/Les Silvains des Mr. Couperin (Solo Theorbo)
Marin Marais | Sonnerie de Ste. Geneviève du Mont-de-Paris
Alex Taylor | Ordre (new commission for Violin, Cello and Theorbo)
Maurice Ravel | Sonata for Violin and Cello
Allégro, Très vif, Lent, Vif
Tribute to Django Reinhardt, Stéphane Grappelli and the Hot Club de France
Django Reinhardt | Nuages, Sweet Georgia Brown, Minor Swing, Daphne
A classical trio of violin, cello and theorbo/guitars, traversing the music of France. From the tender kernel of the French Baroque, through the vibrant colours of impressionism, and into the swinging jazz Hot Club de France — with a New Zealand composer’s own response — the music of France throughout the centuries has always been an emotional language of tenderness, colour and verve.
Les Voisins (translated, Neighbours) is a coming together of worlds, neighbours and friends. Violinist Justine Cormack and cellist James Bush grew up next door to each other in Christchurch and have remained close friends throughout their diverse careers: Justine nurturing and promoting the best of New Zealand music through her performances with NZTrio; James pursuing the freedom and energy of baroque performance practice with many of Europe’s top baroque groups. While performing, James met the Australian lutenist and guitarist Simon Martyn-Ellis—a sought-after theorbist who exudes musicality, warmth and positivity.
This journey begins with theorbo alone on stage. The music then unfolds as the violin and cello join to explore layers of the rich and intensely emotional world of the French baroque. This world will be New Zealand composer Alex Taylor’s source of inspiration for a new work—no doubt adding a fresh and quirky perspective.
Maurice Ravel’s unique voice is gloriously expressed in his Sonata for Violin and Cello, opening the door into the colour and vitality of French impressionism. This leads effortlessly to the Hot Club de France, offering a tribute to the irresistible swing of guitarist Django Reinhardt and the grandfather of jazz violin, Stephane Grappelli.
Additional performances:
August 2nd (Wanaka)
August 4th (Arrowtown)
August 5th (Bannockburn)
August 7th (Gisborne)
August 11th (Rangiora)
August 12th (Christchurch)
August 14th (Warkworth)
August 15th (Wellington)
August 16th (Upper Hutt)
August 19th (Motueka)
August 21st (Kerikeri)
August 22nd (Whangārei)
Justine Cormack | violin
James Bush | cello
Simon Martyn-Ellis | theorbo & guitars
Programme:
Robert de Visée | Chaconne in G Major (Solo Theorbo)
Jean Marie Leclair | Sonata for Violin and Continuo, Op. 2, No. 1 in E minor
Robert de Visée | Prelude/Les Silvains des Mr. Couperin (Solo Theorbo)
Marin Marais | Sonnerie de Ste. Geneviève du Mont-de-Paris
Alex Taylor | Ordre (new commission for Violin, Cello and Theorbo)
Maurice Ravel | Sonata for Violin and Cello
Allégro, Très vif, Lent, Vif
Tribute to Django Reinhardt, Stéphane Grappelli and the Hot Club de France
Django Reinhardt | Nuages, Sweet Georgia Brown, Minor Swing, Daphne
A classical trio of violin, cello and theorbo/guitars, traversing the music of France. From the tender kernel of the French Baroque, through the vibrant colours of impressionism, and into the swinging jazz Hot Club de France — with a New Zealand composer’s own response — the music of France throughout the centuries has always been an emotional language of tenderness, colour and verve.
Les Voisins (translated, Neighbours) is a coming together of worlds, neighbours and friends. Violinist Justine Cormack and cellist James Bush grew up next door to each other in Christchurch and have remained close friends throughout their diverse careers: Justine nurturing and promoting the best of New Zealand music through her performances with NZTrio; James pursuing the freedom and energy of baroque performance practice with many of Europe’s top baroque groups. While performing, James met the Australian lutenist and guitarist Simon Martyn-Ellis—a sought-after theorbist who exudes musicality, warmth and positivity.
This journey begins with theorbo alone on stage. The music then unfolds as the violin and cello join to explore layers of the rich and intensely emotional world of the French baroque. This world will be New Zealand composer Alex Taylor’s source of inspiration for a new work—no doubt adding a fresh and quirky perspective.
Maurice Ravel’s unique voice is gloriously expressed in his Sonata for Violin and Cello, opening the door into the colour and vitality of French impressionism. This leads effortlessly to the Hot Club de France, offering a tribute to the irresistible swing of guitarist Django Reinhardt and the grandfather of jazz violin, Stephane Grappelli.
Additional performances:
August 2nd (Wanaka)
August 4th (Arrowtown)
August 5th (Bannockburn)
August 7th (Gisborne)
August 11th (Rangiora)
August 12th (Christchurch)
August 14th (Warkworth)
August 15th (Wellington)
August 16th (Upper Hutt)
August 19th (Motueka)
August 21st (Kerikeri)
August 22nd (Whangārei)

Chamber Music NZ | Les Voisins (Rangiora)
ConcertJustine Cormack | violin
James Bush | cello
Simon Martyn-Ellis | theorbo & guitars
Programme:
Robert de Visée | Chaconne in G Major (Solo Theorbo)
Jean Marie Leclair | Sonata for Violin and Continuo, Op. 2, No. 1 in E minor
Robert de Visée | Prelude/Les Silvains des Mr. Couperin (Solo Theorbo)
Marin Marais | Sonnerie de Ste. Geneviève du Mont-de-Paris
Alex Taylor | Ordre (new commission for Violin, Cello and Theorbo)
Maurice Ravel | Sonata for Violin and Cello
Allégro, Très vif, Lent, Vif
Tribute to Django Reinhardt, Stéphane Grappelli and the Hot Club de France
Django Reinhardt | Nuages, Sweet Georgia Brown, Minor Swing, Daphne
A classical trio of violin, cello and theorbo/guitars, traversing the music of France. From the tender kernel of the French Baroque, through the vibrant colours of impressionism, and into the swinging jazz Hot Club de France — with a New Zealand composer’s own response — the music of France throughout the centuries has always been an emotional language of tenderness, colour and verve.
Les Voisins (translated, Neighbours) is a coming together of worlds, neighbours and friends. Violinist Justine Cormack and cellist James Bush grew up next door to each other in Christchurch and have remained close friends throughout their diverse careers: Justine nurturing and promoting the best of New Zealand music through her performances with NZTrio; James pursuing the freedom and energy of baroque performance practice with many of Europe’s top baroque groups. While performing, James met the Australian lutenist and guitarist Simon Martyn-Ellis—a sought-after theorbist who exudes musicality, warmth and positivity.
This journey begins with theorbo alone on stage. The music then unfolds as the violin and cello join to explore layers of the rich and intensely emotional world of the French baroque. This world will be New Zealand composer Alex Taylor’s source of inspiration for a new work—no doubt adding a fresh and quirky perspective.
Maurice Ravel’s unique voice is gloriously expressed in his Sonata for Violin and Cello, opening the door into the colour and vitality of French impressionism. This leads effortlessly to the Hot Club de France, offering a tribute to the irresistible swing of guitarist Django Reinhardt and the grandfather of jazz violin, Stephane Grappelli.
Additional performances:
August 2nd (Wanaka)
August 4th (Arrowtown)
August 5th (Bannockburn)
August 7th (Gisborne)
August 8th (Whakatāne)
August 12th (Christchurch)
August 14th (Warkworth)
August 15th (Wellington)
August 16th (Upper Hutt)
August 19th (Motueka)
August 21st (Kerikeri)
August 22nd (Whangārei)
Justine Cormack | violin
James Bush | cello
Simon Martyn-Ellis | theorbo & guitars
Programme:
Robert de Visée | Chaconne in G Major (Solo Theorbo)
Jean Marie Leclair | Sonata for Violin and Continuo, Op. 2, No. 1 in E minor
Robert de Visée | Prelude/Les Silvains des Mr. Couperin (Solo Theorbo)
Marin Marais | Sonnerie de Ste. Geneviève du Mont-de-Paris
Alex Taylor | Ordre (new commission for Violin, Cello and Theorbo)
Maurice Ravel | Sonata for Violin and Cello
Allégro, Très vif, Lent, Vif
Tribute to Django Reinhardt, Stéphane Grappelli and the Hot Club de France
Django Reinhardt | Nuages, Sweet Georgia Brown, Minor Swing, Daphne
A classical trio of violin, cello and theorbo/guitars, traversing the music of France. From the tender kernel of the French Baroque, through the vibrant colours of impressionism, and into the swinging jazz Hot Club de France — with a New Zealand composer’s own response — the music of France throughout the centuries has always been an emotional language of tenderness, colour and verve.
Les Voisins (translated, Neighbours) is a coming together of worlds, neighbours and friends. Violinist Justine Cormack and cellist James Bush grew up next door to each other in Christchurch and have remained close friends throughout their diverse careers: Justine nurturing and promoting the best of New Zealand music through her performances with NZTrio; James pursuing the freedom and energy of baroque performance practice with many of Europe’s top baroque groups. While performing, James met the Australian lutenist and guitarist Simon Martyn-Ellis—a sought-after theorbist who exudes musicality, warmth and positivity.
This journey begins with theorbo alone on stage. The music then unfolds as the violin and cello join to explore layers of the rich and intensely emotional world of the French baroque. This world will be New Zealand composer Alex Taylor’s source of inspiration for a new work—no doubt adding a fresh and quirky perspective.
Maurice Ravel’s unique voice is gloriously expressed in his Sonata for Violin and Cello, opening the door into the colour and vitality of French impressionism. This leads effortlessly to the Hot Club de France, offering a tribute to the irresistible swing of guitarist Django Reinhardt and the grandfather of jazz violin, Stephane Grappelli.
Additional performances:
August 2nd (Wanaka)
August 4th (Arrowtown)
August 5th (Bannockburn)
August 7th (Gisborne)
August 8th (Whakatāne)
August 12th (Christchurch)
August 14th (Warkworth)
August 15th (Wellington)
August 16th (Upper Hutt)
August 19th (Motueka)
August 21st (Kerikeri)
August 22nd (Whangārei)
Justine Cormack | violin
James Bush | cello
Simon Martyn-Ellis | theorbo & guitars
Programme:
Robert de Visée | Chaconne in G Major (Solo Theorbo)
Jean Marie Leclair | Sonata for Violin and Continuo, Op. 2, No. 1 in E minor
Robert de Visée | Prelude/Les Silvains des Mr. Couperin (Solo Theorbo)
Marin Marais | Sonnerie de Ste. Geneviève du Mont-de-Paris
Alex Taylor | Ordre (new commission for Violin, Cello and Theorbo)
Maurice Ravel | Sonata for Violin and Cello
Allégro, Très vif, Lent, Vif
Tribute to Django Reinhardt, Stéphane Grappelli and the Hot Club de France
Django Reinhardt | Nuages, Sweet Georgia Brown, Minor Swing, Daphne
A classical trio of violin, cello and theorbo/guitars, traversing the music of France. From the tender kernel of the French Baroque, through the vibrant colours of impressionism, and into the swinging jazz Hot Club de France — with a New Zealand composer’s own response — the music of France throughout the centuries has always been an emotional language of tenderness, colour and verve.
Les Voisins (translated, Neighbours) is a coming together of worlds, neighbours and friends. Violinist Justine Cormack and cellist James Bush grew up next door to each other in Christchurch and have remained close friends throughout their diverse careers: Justine nurturing and promoting the best of New Zealand music through her performances with NZTrio; James pursuing the freedom and energy of baroque performance practice with many of Europe’s top baroque groups. While performing, James met the Australian lutenist and guitarist Simon Martyn-Ellis—a sought-after theorbist who exudes musicality, warmth and positivity.
This journey begins with theorbo alone on stage. The music then unfolds as the violin and cello join to explore layers of the rich and intensely emotional world of the French baroque. This world will be New Zealand composer Alex Taylor’s source of inspiration for a new work—no doubt adding a fresh and quirky perspective.
Maurice Ravel’s unique voice is gloriously expressed in his Sonata for Violin and Cello, opening the door into the colour and vitality of French impressionism. This leads effortlessly to the Hot Club de France, offering a tribute to the irresistible swing of guitarist Django Reinhardt and the grandfather of jazz violin, Stephane Grappelli.
Additional performances:
August 2nd (Wanaka)
August 4th (Arrowtown)
August 5th (Bannockburn)
August 7th (Gisborne)
August 8th (Whakatāne)
August 12th (Christchurch)
August 14th (Warkworth)
August 15th (Wellington)
August 16th (Upper Hutt)
August 19th (Motueka)
August 21st (Kerikeri)
August 22nd (Whangārei)

Chamber Music NZ | Les Voisins (Christchurch)
ConcertJustine Cormack | violin
James Bush | cello
Simon Martyn-Ellis | theorbo & guitars
Programme:
Robert de Visée | Chaconne in G Major (Solo Theorbo)
Jean Marie Leclair | Sonata for Violin and Continuo, Op. 2, No. 1 in E minor
Robert de Visée | Prelude/Les Silvains des Mr. Couperin (Solo Theorbo)
Marin Marais | Sonnerie de Ste. Geneviève du Mont-de-Paris
Alex Taylor | Ordre (new commission for Violin, Cello and Theorbo)
Maurice Ravel | Sonata for Violin and Cello
Allégro, Très vif, Lent, Vif
Tribute to Django Reinhardt, Stéphane Grappelli and the Hot Club de France
Django Reinhardt | Nuages, Sweet Georgia Brown, Minor Swing, Daphne
A classical trio of violin, cello and theorbo/guitars, traversing the music of France. From the tender kernel of the French Baroque, through the vibrant colours of impressionism, and into the swinging jazz Hot Club de France — with a New Zealand composer’s own response — the music of France throughout the centuries has always been an emotional language of tenderness, colour and verve.
Les Voisins (translated, Neighbours) is a coming together of worlds, neighbours and friends. Violinist Justine Cormack and cellist James Bush grew up next door to each other in Christchurch and have remained close friends throughout their diverse careers: Justine nurturing and promoting the best of New Zealand music through her performances with NZTrio; James pursuing the freedom and energy of baroque performance practice with many of Europe’s top baroque groups. While performing, James met the Australian lutenist and guitarist Simon Martyn-Ellis—a sought-after theorbist who exudes musicality, warmth and positivity.
This journey begins with theorbo alone on stage. The music then unfolds as the violin and cello join to explore layers of the rich and intensely emotional world of the French baroque. This world will be New Zealand composer Alex Taylor’s source of inspiration for a new work—no doubt adding a fresh and quirky perspective.
Maurice Ravel’s unique voice is gloriously expressed in his Sonata for Violin and Cello, opening the door into the colour and vitality of French impressionism. This leads effortlessly to the Hot Club de France, offering a tribute to the irresistible swing of guitarist Django Reinhardt and the grandfather of jazz violin, Stephane Grappelli.
Additional performances:
August 2nd (Wanaka)
August 4th (Arrowtown)
August 5th (Bannockburn)
August 7th (Gisborne)
August 8th (Whakatāne)
August 11th (Rangiora)
August 14th (Warkworth)
August 15th (Wellington)
August 16th (Upper Hutt)
August 19th (Motueka)
August 21st (Kerikeri)
August 22nd (Whangārei)
Justine Cormack | violin
James Bush | cello
Simon Martyn-Ellis | theorbo & guitars
Programme:
Robert de Visée | Chaconne in G Major (Solo Theorbo)
Jean Marie Leclair | Sonata for Violin and Continuo, Op. 2, No. 1 in E minor
Robert de Visée | Prelude/Les Silvains des Mr. Couperin (Solo Theorbo)
Marin Marais | Sonnerie de Ste. Geneviève du Mont-de-Paris
Alex Taylor | Ordre (new commission for Violin, Cello and Theorbo)
Maurice Ravel | Sonata for Violin and Cello
Allégro, Très vif, Lent, Vif
Tribute to Django Reinhardt, Stéphane Grappelli and the Hot Club de France
Django Reinhardt | Nuages, Sweet Georgia Brown, Minor Swing, Daphne
A classical trio of violin, cello and theorbo/guitars, traversing the music of France. From the tender kernel of the French Baroque, through the vibrant colours of impressionism, and into the swinging jazz Hot Club de France — with a New Zealand composer’s own response — the music of France throughout the centuries has always been an emotional language of tenderness, colour and verve.
Les Voisins (translated, Neighbours) is a coming together of worlds, neighbours and friends. Violinist Justine Cormack and cellist James Bush grew up next door to each other in Christchurch and have remained close friends throughout their diverse careers: Justine nurturing and promoting the best of New Zealand music through her performances with NZTrio; James pursuing the freedom and energy of baroque performance practice with many of Europe’s top baroque groups. While performing, James met the Australian lutenist and guitarist Simon Martyn-Ellis—a sought-after theorbist who exudes musicality, warmth and positivity.
This journey begins with theorbo alone on stage. The music then unfolds as the violin and cello join to explore layers of the rich and intensely emotional world of the French baroque. This world will be New Zealand composer Alex Taylor’s source of inspiration for a new work—no doubt adding a fresh and quirky perspective.
Maurice Ravel’s unique voice is gloriously expressed in his Sonata for Violin and Cello, opening the door into the colour and vitality of French impressionism. This leads effortlessly to the Hot Club de France, offering a tribute to the irresistible swing of guitarist Django Reinhardt and the grandfather of jazz violin, Stephane Grappelli.
Additional performances:
August 2nd (Wanaka)
August 4th (Arrowtown)
August 5th (Bannockburn)
August 7th (Gisborne)
August 8th (Whakatāne)
August 11th (Rangiora)
August 14th (Warkworth)
August 15th (Wellington)
August 16th (Upper Hutt)
August 19th (Motueka)
August 21st (Kerikeri)
August 22nd (Whangārei)
Justine Cormack | violin
James Bush | cello
Simon Martyn-Ellis | theorbo & guitars
Programme:
Robert de Visée | Chaconne in G Major (Solo Theorbo)
Jean Marie Leclair | Sonata for Violin and Continuo, Op. 2, No. 1 in E minor
Robert de Visée | Prelude/Les Silvains des Mr. Couperin (Solo Theorbo)
Marin Marais | Sonnerie de Ste. Geneviève du Mont-de-Paris
Alex Taylor | Ordre (new commission for Violin, Cello and Theorbo)
Maurice Ravel | Sonata for Violin and Cello
Allégro, Très vif, Lent, Vif
Tribute to Django Reinhardt, Stéphane Grappelli and the Hot Club de France
Django Reinhardt | Nuages, Sweet Georgia Brown, Minor Swing, Daphne
A classical trio of violin, cello and theorbo/guitars, traversing the music of France. From the tender kernel of the French Baroque, through the vibrant colours of impressionism, and into the swinging jazz Hot Club de France — with a New Zealand composer’s own response — the music of France throughout the centuries has always been an emotional language of tenderness, colour and verve.
Les Voisins (translated, Neighbours) is a coming together of worlds, neighbours and friends. Violinist Justine Cormack and cellist James Bush grew up next door to each other in Christchurch and have remained close friends throughout their diverse careers: Justine nurturing and promoting the best of New Zealand music through her performances with NZTrio; James pursuing the freedom and energy of baroque performance practice with many of Europe’s top baroque groups. While performing, James met the Australian lutenist and guitarist Simon Martyn-Ellis—a sought-after theorbist who exudes musicality, warmth and positivity.
This journey begins with theorbo alone on stage. The music then unfolds as the violin and cello join to explore layers of the rich and intensely emotional world of the French baroque. This world will be New Zealand composer Alex Taylor’s source of inspiration for a new work—no doubt adding a fresh and quirky perspective.
Maurice Ravel’s unique voice is gloriously expressed in his Sonata for Violin and Cello, opening the door into the colour and vitality of French impressionism. This leads effortlessly to the Hot Club de France, offering a tribute to the irresistible swing of guitarist Django Reinhardt and the grandfather of jazz violin, Stephane Grappelli.
Additional performances:
August 2nd (Wanaka)
August 4th (Arrowtown)
August 5th (Bannockburn)
August 7th (Gisborne)
August 8th (Whakatāne)
August 11th (Rangiora)
August 14th (Warkworth)
August 15th (Wellington)
August 16th (Upper Hutt)
August 19th (Motueka)
August 21st (Kerikeri)
August 22nd (Whangārei)

Chamber Music NZ | Les Voisins (Warkworth)
ConcertJustine Cormack | violin
James Bush | cello
Simon Martyn-Ellis | theorbo & guitars
Programme:
Robert de Visée | Chaconne in G Major (Solo Theorbo)
Jean Marie Leclair | Sonata for Violin and Continuo, Op. 2, No. 1 in E minor
Robert de Visée | Prelude/Les Silvains des Mr. Couperin (Solo Theorbo)
Marin Marais | Sonnerie de Ste. Geneviève du Mont-de-Paris
Alex Taylor | Ordre (new commission for Violin, Cello and Theorbo)
Maurice Ravel | Sonata for Violin and Cello
Allégro, Très vif, Lent, Vif
Tribute to Django Reinhardt, Stéphane Grappelli and the Hot Club de France
Django Reinhardt | Nuages, Sweet Georgia Brown, Minor Swing, Daphne
A classical trio of violin, cello and theorbo/guitars, traversing the music of France. From the tender kernel of the French Baroque, through the vibrant colours of impressionism, and into the swinging jazz Hot Club de France — with a New Zealand composer’s own response — the music of France throughout the centuries has always been an emotional language of tenderness, colour and verve.
Les Voisins (translated, Neighbours) is a coming together of worlds, neighbours and friends. Violinist Justine Cormack and cellist James Bush grew up next door to each other in Christchurch and have remained close friends throughout their diverse careers: Justine nurturing and promoting the best of New Zealand music through her performances with NZTrio; James pursuing the freedom and energy of baroque performance practice with many of Europe’s top baroque groups. While performing, James met the Australian lutenist and guitarist Simon Martyn-Ellis—a sought-after theorbist who exudes musicality, warmth and positivity.
This journey begins with theorbo alone on stage. The music then unfolds as the violin and cello join to explore layers of the rich and intensely emotional world of the French baroque. This world will be New Zealand composer Alex Taylor’s source of inspiration for a new work—no doubt adding a fresh and quirky perspective.
Maurice Ravel’s unique voice is gloriously expressed in his Sonata for Violin and Cello, opening the door into the colour and vitality of French impressionism. This leads effortlessly to the Hot Club de France, offering a tribute to the irresistible swing of guitarist Django Reinhardt and the grandfather of jazz violin, Stephane Grappelli.
Additional performances:
August 2nd (Wanaka)
August 4th (Arrowtown)
August 5th (Bannockburn)
August 7th (Gisborne)
August 8th (Whakatāne)
August 11th (Rangiora)
August 12th (Christchurch)
August 15th (Wellington)
August 16th (Upper Hutt)
August 19th (Motueka)
August 21st (Kerikeri)
August 22nd (Whangārei)
Justine Cormack | violin
James Bush | cello
Simon Martyn-Ellis | theorbo & guitars
Programme:
Robert de Visée | Chaconne in G Major (Solo Theorbo)
Jean Marie Leclair | Sonata for Violin and Continuo, Op. 2, No. 1 in E minor
Robert de Visée | Prelude/Les Silvains des Mr. Couperin (Solo Theorbo)
Marin Marais | Sonnerie de Ste. Geneviève du Mont-de-Paris
Alex Taylor | Ordre (new commission for Violin, Cello and Theorbo)
Maurice Ravel | Sonata for Violin and Cello
Allégro, Très vif, Lent, Vif
Tribute to Django Reinhardt, Stéphane Grappelli and the Hot Club de France
Django Reinhardt | Nuages, Sweet Georgia Brown, Minor Swing, Daphne
A classical trio of violin, cello and theorbo/guitars, traversing the music of France. From the tender kernel of the French Baroque, through the vibrant colours of impressionism, and into the swinging jazz Hot Club de France — with a New Zealand composer’s own response — the music of France throughout the centuries has always been an emotional language of tenderness, colour and verve.
Les Voisins (translated, Neighbours) is a coming together of worlds, neighbours and friends. Violinist Justine Cormack and cellist James Bush grew up next door to each other in Christchurch and have remained close friends throughout their diverse careers: Justine nurturing and promoting the best of New Zealand music through her performances with NZTrio; James pursuing the freedom and energy of baroque performance practice with many of Europe’s top baroque groups. While performing, James met the Australian lutenist and guitarist Simon Martyn-Ellis—a sought-after theorbist who exudes musicality, warmth and positivity.
This journey begins with theorbo alone on stage. The music then unfolds as the violin and cello join to explore layers of the rich and intensely emotional world of the French baroque. This world will be New Zealand composer Alex Taylor’s source of inspiration for a new work—no doubt adding a fresh and quirky perspective.
Maurice Ravel’s unique voice is gloriously expressed in his Sonata for Violin and Cello, opening the door into the colour and vitality of French impressionism. This leads effortlessly to the Hot Club de France, offering a tribute to the irresistible swing of guitarist Django Reinhardt and the grandfather of jazz violin, Stephane Grappelli.
Additional performances:
August 2nd (Wanaka)
August 4th (Arrowtown)
August 5th (Bannockburn)
August 7th (Gisborne)
August 8th (Whakatāne)
August 11th (Rangiora)
August 12th (Christchurch)
August 15th (Wellington)
August 16th (Upper Hutt)
August 19th (Motueka)
August 21st (Kerikeri)
August 22nd (Whangārei)
Justine Cormack | violin
James Bush | cello
Simon Martyn-Ellis | theorbo & guitars
Programme:
Robert de Visée | Chaconne in G Major (Solo Theorbo)
Jean Marie Leclair | Sonata for Violin and Continuo, Op. 2, No. 1 in E minor
Robert de Visée | Prelude/Les Silvains des Mr. Couperin (Solo Theorbo)
Marin Marais | Sonnerie de Ste. Geneviève du Mont-de-Paris
Alex Taylor | Ordre (new commission for Violin, Cello and Theorbo)
Maurice Ravel | Sonata for Violin and Cello
Allégro, Très vif, Lent, Vif
Tribute to Django Reinhardt, Stéphane Grappelli and the Hot Club de France
Django Reinhardt | Nuages, Sweet Georgia Brown, Minor Swing, Daphne
A classical trio of violin, cello and theorbo/guitars, traversing the music of France. From the tender kernel of the French Baroque, through the vibrant colours of impressionism, and into the swinging jazz Hot Club de France — with a New Zealand composer’s own response — the music of France throughout the centuries has always been an emotional language of tenderness, colour and verve.
Les Voisins (translated, Neighbours) is a coming together of worlds, neighbours and friends. Violinist Justine Cormack and cellist James Bush grew up next door to each other in Christchurch and have remained close friends throughout their diverse careers: Justine nurturing and promoting the best of New Zealand music through her performances with NZTrio; James pursuing the freedom and energy of baroque performance practice with many of Europe’s top baroque groups. While performing, James met the Australian lutenist and guitarist Simon Martyn-Ellis—a sought-after theorbist who exudes musicality, warmth and positivity.
This journey begins with theorbo alone on stage. The music then unfolds as the violin and cello join to explore layers of the rich and intensely emotional world of the French baroque. This world will be New Zealand composer Alex Taylor’s source of inspiration for a new work—no doubt adding a fresh and quirky perspective.
Maurice Ravel’s unique voice is gloriously expressed in his Sonata for Violin and Cello, opening the door into the colour and vitality of French impressionism. This leads effortlessly to the Hot Club de France, offering a tribute to the irresistible swing of guitarist Django Reinhardt and the grandfather of jazz violin, Stephane Grappelli.
Additional performances:
August 2nd (Wanaka)
August 4th (Arrowtown)
August 5th (Bannockburn)
August 7th (Gisborne)
August 8th (Whakatāne)
August 11th (Rangiora)
August 12th (Christchurch)
August 15th (Wellington)
August 16th (Upper Hutt)
August 19th (Motueka)
August 21st (Kerikeri)
August 22nd (Whangārei)

Chamber Music NZ | Les Voisins (Wellington)
ConcertJustine Cormack | violin
James Bush | cello
Simon Martyn-Ellis | theorbo & guitars
Programme:
Robert de Visée | Chaconne in G Major (Solo Theorbo)
Jean Marie Leclair | Sonata for Violin and Continuo, Op. 2, No. 1 in E minor
Robert de Visée | Prelude/Les Silvains des Mr. Couperin (Solo Theorbo)
Marin Marais | Sonnerie de Ste. Geneviève du Mont-de-Paris
Alex Taylor | Ordre (new commission for Violin, Cello and Theorbo)
Maurice Ravel | Sonata for Violin and Cello
Allégro, Très vif, Lent, Vif
Tribute to Django Reinhardt, Stéphane Grappelli and the Hot Club de France
Django Reinhardt | Nuages, Sweet Georgia Brown, Minor Swing, Daphne
A classical trio of violin, cello and theorbo/guitars, traversing the music of France. From the tender kernel of the French Baroque, through the vibrant colours of impressionism, and into the swinging jazz Hot Club de France — with a New Zealand composer’s own response — the music of France throughout the centuries has always been an emotional language of tenderness, colour and verve.
Les Voisins (translated, Neighbours) is a coming together of worlds, neighbours and friends. Violinist Justine Cormack and cellist James Bush grew up next door to each other in Christchurch and have remained close friends throughout their diverse careers: Justine nurturing and promoting the best of New Zealand music through her performances with NZTrio; James pursuing the freedom and energy of baroque performance practice with many of Europe’s top baroque groups. While performing, James met the Australian lutenist and guitarist Simon Martyn-Ellis—a sought-after theorbist who exudes musicality, warmth and positivity.
This journey begins with theorbo alone on stage. The music then unfolds as the violin and cello join to explore layers of the rich and intensely emotional world of the French baroque. This world will be New Zealand composer Alex Taylor’s source of inspiration for a new work—no doubt adding a fresh and quirky perspective.
Maurice Ravel’s unique voice is gloriously expressed in his Sonata for Violin and Cello, opening the door into the colour and vitality of French impressionism. This leads effortlessly to the Hot Club de France, offering a tribute to the irresistible swing of guitarist Django Reinhardt and the grandfather of jazz violin, Stephane Grappelli.
Additional performances:
August 2nd (Wanaka)
August 4th (Arrowtown)
August 5th (Bannockburn)
August 7th (Gisborne)
August 8th (Whakatāne)
August 11th (Rangiora)
August 12th (Christchurch)
August 14th (Warkworth)
August 16th (Upper Hutt)
August 19th (Motueka)
August 21st (Kerikeri)
August 22nd (Whangārei)
Justine Cormack | violin
James Bush | cello
Simon Martyn-Ellis | theorbo & guitars
Programme:
Robert de Visée | Chaconne in G Major (Solo Theorbo)
Jean Marie Leclair | Sonata for Violin and Continuo, Op. 2, No. 1 in E minor
Robert de Visée | Prelude/Les Silvains des Mr. Couperin (Solo Theorbo)
Marin Marais | Sonnerie de Ste. Geneviève du Mont-de-Paris
Alex Taylor | Ordre (new commission for Violin, Cello and Theorbo)
Maurice Ravel | Sonata for Violin and Cello
Allégro, Très vif, Lent, Vif
Tribute to Django Reinhardt, Stéphane Grappelli and the Hot Club de France
Django Reinhardt | Nuages, Sweet Georgia Brown, Minor Swing, Daphne
A classical trio of violin, cello and theorbo/guitars, traversing the music of France. From the tender kernel of the French Baroque, through the vibrant colours of impressionism, and into the swinging jazz Hot Club de France — with a New Zealand composer’s own response — the music of France throughout the centuries has always been an emotional language of tenderness, colour and verve.
Les Voisins (translated, Neighbours) is a coming together of worlds, neighbours and friends. Violinist Justine Cormack and cellist James Bush grew up next door to each other in Christchurch and have remained close friends throughout their diverse careers: Justine nurturing and promoting the best of New Zealand music through her performances with NZTrio; James pursuing the freedom and energy of baroque performance practice with many of Europe’s top baroque groups. While performing, James met the Australian lutenist and guitarist Simon Martyn-Ellis—a sought-after theorbist who exudes musicality, warmth and positivity.
This journey begins with theorbo alone on stage. The music then unfolds as the violin and cello join to explore layers of the rich and intensely emotional world of the French baroque. This world will be New Zealand composer Alex Taylor’s source of inspiration for a new work—no doubt adding a fresh and quirky perspective.
Maurice Ravel’s unique voice is gloriously expressed in his Sonata for Violin and Cello, opening the door into the colour and vitality of French impressionism. This leads effortlessly to the Hot Club de France, offering a tribute to the irresistible swing of guitarist Django Reinhardt and the grandfather of jazz violin, Stephane Grappelli.
Additional performances:
August 2nd (Wanaka)
August 4th (Arrowtown)
August 5th (Bannockburn)
August 7th (Gisborne)
August 8th (Whakatāne)
August 11th (Rangiora)
August 12th (Christchurch)
August 14th (Warkworth)
August 16th (Upper Hutt)
August 19th (Motueka)
August 21st (Kerikeri)
August 22nd (Whangārei)
Justine Cormack | violin
James Bush | cello
Simon Martyn-Ellis | theorbo & guitars
Programme:
Robert de Visée | Chaconne in G Major (Solo Theorbo)
Jean Marie Leclair | Sonata for Violin and Continuo, Op. 2, No. 1 in E minor
Robert de Visée | Prelude/Les Silvains des Mr. Couperin (Solo Theorbo)
Marin Marais | Sonnerie de Ste. Geneviève du Mont-de-Paris
Alex Taylor | Ordre (new commission for Violin, Cello and Theorbo)
Maurice Ravel | Sonata for Violin and Cello
Allégro, Très vif, Lent, Vif
Tribute to Django Reinhardt, Stéphane Grappelli and the Hot Club de France
Django Reinhardt | Nuages, Sweet Georgia Brown, Minor Swing, Daphne
A classical trio of violin, cello and theorbo/guitars, traversing the music of France. From the tender kernel of the French Baroque, through the vibrant colours of impressionism, and into the swinging jazz Hot Club de France — with a New Zealand composer’s own response — the music of France throughout the centuries has always been an emotional language of tenderness, colour and verve.
Les Voisins (translated, Neighbours) is a coming together of worlds, neighbours and friends. Violinist Justine Cormack and cellist James Bush grew up next door to each other in Christchurch and have remained close friends throughout their diverse careers: Justine nurturing and promoting the best of New Zealand music through her performances with NZTrio; James pursuing the freedom and energy of baroque performance practice with many of Europe’s top baroque groups. While performing, James met the Australian lutenist and guitarist Simon Martyn-Ellis—a sought-after theorbist who exudes musicality, warmth and positivity.
This journey begins with theorbo alone on stage. The music then unfolds as the violin and cello join to explore layers of the rich and intensely emotional world of the French baroque. This world will be New Zealand composer Alex Taylor’s source of inspiration for a new work—no doubt adding a fresh and quirky perspective.
Maurice Ravel’s unique voice is gloriously expressed in his Sonata for Violin and Cello, opening the door into the colour and vitality of French impressionism. This leads effortlessly to the Hot Club de France, offering a tribute to the irresistible swing of guitarist Django Reinhardt and the grandfather of jazz violin, Stephane Grappelli.
Additional performances:
August 2nd (Wanaka)
August 4th (Arrowtown)
August 5th (Bannockburn)
August 7th (Gisborne)
August 8th (Whakatāne)
August 11th (Rangiora)
August 12th (Christchurch)
August 14th (Warkworth)
August 16th (Upper Hutt)
August 19th (Motueka)
August 21st (Kerikeri)
August 22nd (Whangārei)

Chamber Music NZ | Les Voisins (Upper Hutt)
ConcertJustine Cormack | violin
James Bush | cello
Simon Martyn-Ellis | theorbo & guitars
Programme:
Robert de Visée | Chaconne in G Major (Solo Theorbo)
Jean Marie Leclair | Sonata for Violin and Continuo, Op. 2, No. 1 in E minor
Robert de Visée | Prelude/Les Silvains des Mr. Couperin (Solo Theorbo)
Marin Marais | Sonnerie de Ste. Geneviève du Mont-de-Paris
Alex Taylor | Ordre (new commission for Violin, Cello and Theorbo)
Maurice Ravel | Sonata for Violin and Cello
Allégro, Très vif, Lent, Vif
Tribute to Django Reinhardt, Stéphane Grappelli and the Hot Club de France
Django Reinhardt | Nuages, Sweet Georgia Brown, Minor Swing, Daphne
A classical trio of violin, cello and theorbo/guitars, traversing the music of France. From the tender kernel of the French Baroque, through the vibrant colours of impressionism, and into the swinging jazz Hot Club de France — with a New Zealand composer’s own response — the music of France throughout the centuries has always been an emotional language of tenderness, colour and verve.
Les Voisins (translated, Neighbours) is a coming together of worlds, neighbours and friends. Violinist Justine Cormack and cellist James Bush grew up next door to each other in Christchurch and have remained close friends throughout their diverse careers: Justine nurturing and promoting the best of New Zealand music through her performances with NZTrio; James pursuing the freedom and energy of baroque performance practice with many of Europe’s top baroque groups. While performing, James met the Australian lutenist and guitarist Simon Martyn-Ellis—a sought-after theorbist who exudes musicality, warmth and positivity.
This journey begins with theorbo alone on stage. The music then unfolds as the violin and cello join to explore layers of the rich and intensely emotional world of the French baroque. This world will be New Zealand composer Alex Taylor’s source of inspiration for a new work—no doubt adding a fresh and quirky perspective.
Maurice Ravel’s unique voice is gloriously expressed in his Sonata for Violin and Cello, opening the door into the colour and vitality of French impressionism. This leads effortlessly to the Hot Club de France, offering a tribute to the irresistible swing of guitarist Django Reinhardt and the grandfather of jazz violin, Stephane Grappelli.
Additional performances:
August 2nd (Wanaka)
August 4th (Arrowtown)
August 5th (Bannockburn)
August 7th (Gisborne)
August 8th (Whakatāne)
August 11th (Rangiora)
August 12th (Christchurch)
August 14th (Warkworth)
August 15th (Wellington)
August 19th (Motueka)
August 21st (Kerikeri)
August 22nd (Whangārei)
Justine Cormack | violin
James Bush | cello
Simon Martyn-Ellis | theorbo & guitars
Programme:
Robert de Visée | Chaconne in G Major (Solo Theorbo)
Jean Marie Leclair | Sonata for Violin and Continuo, Op. 2, No. 1 in E minor
Robert de Visée | Prelude/Les Silvains des Mr. Couperin (Solo Theorbo)
Marin Marais | Sonnerie de Ste. Geneviève du Mont-de-Paris
Alex Taylor | Ordre (new commission for Violin, Cello and Theorbo)
Maurice Ravel | Sonata for Violin and Cello
Allégro, Très vif, Lent, Vif
Tribute to Django Reinhardt, Stéphane Grappelli and the Hot Club de France
Django Reinhardt | Nuages, Sweet Georgia Brown, Minor Swing, Daphne
A classical trio of violin, cello and theorbo/guitars, traversing the music of France. From the tender kernel of the French Baroque, through the vibrant colours of impressionism, and into the swinging jazz Hot Club de France — with a New Zealand composer’s own response — the music of France throughout the centuries has always been an emotional language of tenderness, colour and verve.
Les Voisins (translated, Neighbours) is a coming together of worlds, neighbours and friends. Violinist Justine Cormack and cellist James Bush grew up next door to each other in Christchurch and have remained close friends throughout their diverse careers: Justine nurturing and promoting the best of New Zealand music through her performances with NZTrio; James pursuing the freedom and energy of baroque performance practice with many of Europe’s top baroque groups. While performing, James met the Australian lutenist and guitarist Simon Martyn-Ellis—a sought-after theorbist who exudes musicality, warmth and positivity.
This journey begins with theorbo alone on stage. The music then unfolds as the violin and cello join to explore layers of the rich and intensely emotional world of the French baroque. This world will be New Zealand composer Alex Taylor’s source of inspiration for a new work—no doubt adding a fresh and quirky perspective.
Maurice Ravel’s unique voice is gloriously expressed in his Sonata for Violin and Cello, opening the door into the colour and vitality of French impressionism. This leads effortlessly to the Hot Club de France, offering a tribute to the irresistible swing of guitarist Django Reinhardt and the grandfather of jazz violin, Stephane Grappelli.
Additional performances:
August 2nd (Wanaka)
August 4th (Arrowtown)
August 5th (Bannockburn)
August 7th (Gisborne)
August 8th (Whakatāne)
August 11th (Rangiora)
August 12th (Christchurch)
August 14th (Warkworth)
August 15th (Wellington)
August 19th (Motueka)
August 21st (Kerikeri)
August 22nd (Whangārei)
Justine Cormack | violin
James Bush | cello
Simon Martyn-Ellis | theorbo & guitars
Programme:
Robert de Visée | Chaconne in G Major (Solo Theorbo)
Jean Marie Leclair | Sonata for Violin and Continuo, Op. 2, No. 1 in E minor
Robert de Visée | Prelude/Les Silvains des Mr. Couperin (Solo Theorbo)
Marin Marais | Sonnerie de Ste. Geneviève du Mont-de-Paris
Alex Taylor | Ordre (new commission for Violin, Cello and Theorbo)
Maurice Ravel | Sonata for Violin and Cello
Allégro, Très vif, Lent, Vif
Tribute to Django Reinhardt, Stéphane Grappelli and the Hot Club de France
Django Reinhardt | Nuages, Sweet Georgia Brown, Minor Swing, Daphne
A classical trio of violin, cello and theorbo/guitars, traversing the music of France. From the tender kernel of the French Baroque, through the vibrant colours of impressionism, and into the swinging jazz Hot Club de France — with a New Zealand composer’s own response — the music of France throughout the centuries has always been an emotional language of tenderness, colour and verve.
Les Voisins (translated, Neighbours) is a coming together of worlds, neighbours and friends. Violinist Justine Cormack and cellist James Bush grew up next door to each other in Christchurch and have remained close friends throughout their diverse careers: Justine nurturing and promoting the best of New Zealand music through her performances with NZTrio; James pursuing the freedom and energy of baroque performance practice with many of Europe’s top baroque groups. While performing, James met the Australian lutenist and guitarist Simon Martyn-Ellis—a sought-after theorbist who exudes musicality, warmth and positivity.
This journey begins with theorbo alone on stage. The music then unfolds as the violin and cello join to explore layers of the rich and intensely emotional world of the French baroque. This world will be New Zealand composer Alex Taylor’s source of inspiration for a new work—no doubt adding a fresh and quirky perspective.
Maurice Ravel’s unique voice is gloriously expressed in his Sonata for Violin and Cello, opening the door into the colour and vitality of French impressionism. This leads effortlessly to the Hot Club de France, offering a tribute to the irresistible swing of guitarist Django Reinhardt and the grandfather of jazz violin, Stephane Grappelli.
Additional performances:
August 2nd (Wanaka)
August 4th (Arrowtown)
August 5th (Bannockburn)
August 7th (Gisborne)
August 8th (Whakatāne)
August 11th (Rangiora)
August 12th (Christchurch)
August 14th (Warkworth)
August 15th (Wellington)
August 19th (Motueka)
August 21st (Kerikeri)
August 22nd (Whangārei)

Chamber Music NZ | Fantasy & Romance (Nelson)
ConcertMelanie Lançon | flute
Bede Hanley | oboe
Stephen De Pledge | piano
Programme:
Gaubert
Tarentelle
Schumann
Three Romances, op 94
Clara Wieck-Schumann
Liebst du um Schönheit
Sie liebten sich beide
Liebeszauber
Schumann
Abegg Variations, op 1
Glen Downie
new work (world premiere)
Fauré
Après un rêve
Mandoline
Fantasie, op 79
Nocturne No. 4 in E flat major, op 36
Dring
Trio for Flute, Oboe and Piano
Be transported to other worlds with the sublime marriage of flute, oboe and piano.
Breathing new life into some of Schumann and Fauré’s most beloved romantic works for chamber ensemble, Melanie Lançon and Bede Hanley partner with the inimitable Stephen De Pledge to whisk you away on flights of freedom, fantasy and romance.
Additional performances:
August 1st (Napier)
August 2nd (Hamilton)
August 3rd (Auckland)
August 19th (Christchurch)
August 20th (Dunedin)
August 22nd (Invercargill)
August 24th (Wellington)
August 25th (Palmerston North)
August 27th (New Plymouth)
Melanie Lançon | flute
Bede Hanley | oboe
Stephen De Pledge | piano
Programme:
Gaubert
Tarentelle
Schumann
Three Romances, op 94
Clara Wieck-Schumann
Liebst du um Schönheit
Sie liebten sich beide
Liebeszauber
Schumann
Abegg Variations, op 1
Glen Downie
new work (world premiere)
Fauré
Après un rêve
Mandoline
Fantasie, op 79
Nocturne No. 4 in E flat major, op 36
Dring
Trio for Flute, Oboe and Piano
Be transported to other worlds with the sublime marriage of flute, oboe and piano.
Breathing new life into some of Schumann and Fauré’s most beloved romantic works for chamber ensemble, Melanie Lançon and Bede Hanley partner with the inimitable Stephen De Pledge to whisk you away on flights of freedom, fantasy and romance.
Additional performances:
August 1st (Napier)
August 2nd (Hamilton)
August 3rd (Auckland)
August 19th (Christchurch)
August 20th (Dunedin)
August 22nd (Invercargill)
August 24th (Wellington)
August 25th (Palmerston North)
August 27th (New Plymouth)
Melanie Lançon | flute
Bede Hanley | oboe
Stephen De Pledge | piano
Programme:
Gaubert
Tarentelle
Schumann
Three Romances, op 94
Clara Wieck-Schumann
Liebst du um Schönheit
Sie liebten sich beide
Liebeszauber
Schumann
Abegg Variations, op 1
Glen Downie
new work (world premiere)
Fauré
Après un rêve
Mandoline
Fantasie, op 79
Nocturne No. 4 in E flat major, op 36
Dring
Trio for Flute, Oboe and Piano
Be transported to other worlds with the sublime marriage of flute, oboe and piano.
Breathing new life into some of Schumann and Fauré’s most beloved romantic works for chamber ensemble, Melanie Lançon and Bede Hanley partner with the inimitable Stephen De Pledge to whisk you away on flights of freedom, fantasy and romance.
Additional performances:
August 1st (Napier)
August 2nd (Hamilton)
August 3rd (Auckland)
August 19th (Christchurch)
August 20th (Dunedin)
August 22nd (Invercargill)
August 24th (Wellington)
August 25th (Palmerston North)
August 27th (New Plymouth)

Chamber Music NZ | Fantasy & Romance (Christchurch)
ConcertMelanie Lançon | flute
Bede Hanley | oboe
Stephen De Pledge | piano
Programme:
Gaubert
Tarentelle
Schumann
Three Romances, op 94
Clara Wieck-Schumann
Liebst du um Schönheit
Sie liebten sich beide
Liebeszauber
Schumann
Abegg Variations, op 1
Glen Downie
new work (world premiere)
Fauré
Après un rêve
Mandoline
Fantasie, op 79
Nocturne No. 4 in E flat major, op 36
Dring
Trio for Flute, Oboe and Piano
Be transported to other worlds with the sublime marriage of flute, oboe and piano.
Breathing new life into some of Schumann and Fauré’s most beloved romantic works for chamber ensemble, Melanie Lançon and Bede Hanley partner with the inimitable Stephen De Pledge to whisk you away on flights of freedom, fantasy and romance.
Additional performances:
August 1st (Napier)
August 2nd (Hamilton)
August 3rd (Auckland)
August 18th (Nelson)
August 20th (Dunedin)
August 22nd (Invercargill)
August 24th (Wellington)
August 25th (Palmerston North)
August 27th (New Plymouth)
Melanie Lançon | flute
Bede Hanley | oboe
Stephen De Pledge | piano
Programme:
Gaubert
Tarentelle
Schumann
Three Romances, op 94
Clara Wieck-Schumann
Liebst du um Schönheit
Sie liebten sich beide
Liebeszauber
Schumann
Abegg Variations, op 1
Glen Downie
new work (world premiere)
Fauré
Après un rêve
Mandoline
Fantasie, op 79
Nocturne No. 4 in E flat major, op 36
Dring
Trio for Flute, Oboe and Piano
Be transported to other worlds with the sublime marriage of flute, oboe and piano.
Breathing new life into some of Schumann and Fauré’s most beloved romantic works for chamber ensemble, Melanie Lançon and Bede Hanley partner with the inimitable Stephen De Pledge to whisk you away on flights of freedom, fantasy and romance.
Additional performances:
August 1st (Napier)
August 2nd (Hamilton)
August 3rd (Auckland)
August 18th (Nelson)
August 20th (Dunedin)
August 22nd (Invercargill)
August 24th (Wellington)
August 25th (Palmerston North)
August 27th (New Plymouth)
Melanie Lançon | flute
Bede Hanley | oboe
Stephen De Pledge | piano
Programme:
Gaubert
Tarentelle
Schumann
Three Romances, op 94
Clara Wieck-Schumann
Liebst du um Schönheit
Sie liebten sich beide
Liebeszauber
Schumann
Abegg Variations, op 1
Glen Downie
new work (world premiere)
Fauré
Après un rêve
Mandoline
Fantasie, op 79
Nocturne No. 4 in E flat major, op 36
Dring
Trio for Flute, Oboe and Piano
Be transported to other worlds with the sublime marriage of flute, oboe and piano.
Breathing new life into some of Schumann and Fauré’s most beloved romantic works for chamber ensemble, Melanie Lançon and Bede Hanley partner with the inimitable Stephen De Pledge to whisk you away on flights of freedom, fantasy and romance.
Additional performances:
August 1st (Napier)
August 2nd (Hamilton)
August 3rd (Auckland)
August 18th (Nelson)
August 20th (Dunedin)
August 22nd (Invercargill)
August 24th (Wellington)
August 25th (Palmerston North)
August 27th (New Plymouth)

Chamber Music NZ | Les Voisins (Motueka)
ConcertJustine Cormack | violin
James Bush | cello
Simon Martyn-Ellis | theorbo & guitars
Programme:
Robert de Visée | Chaconne in G Major (Solo Theorbo)
Jean Marie Leclair | Sonata for Violin and Continuo, Op. 2, No. 1 in E minor
Robert de Visée | Prelude/Les Silvains des Mr. Couperin (Solo Theorbo)
Marin Marais | Sonnerie de Ste. Geneviève du Mont-de-Paris
Alex Taylor | Ordre (new commission for Violin, Cello and Theorbo)
Maurice Ravel | Sonata for Violin and Cello
Allégro, Très vif, Lent, Vif
Tribute to Django Reinhardt, Stéphane Grappelli and the Hot Club de France
Django Reinhardt | Nuages, Sweet Georgia Brown, Minor Swing, Daphne
A classical trio of violin, cello and theorbo/guitars, traversing the music of France. From the tender kernel of the French Baroque, through the vibrant colours of impressionism, and into the swinging jazz Hot Club de France — with a New Zealand composer’s own response — the music of France throughout the centuries has always been an emotional language of tenderness, colour and verve.
Les Voisins (translated, Neighbours) is a coming together of worlds, neighbours and friends. Violinist Justine Cormack and cellist James Bush grew up next door to each other in Christchurch and have remained close friends throughout their diverse careers: Justine nurturing and promoting the best of New Zealand music through her performances with NZTrio; James pursuing the freedom and energy of baroque performance practice with many of Europe’s top baroque groups. While performing, James met the Australian lutenist and guitarist Simon Martyn-Ellis—a sought-after theorbist who exudes musicality, warmth and positivity.
This journey begins with theorbo alone on stage. The music then unfolds as the violin and cello join to explore layers of the rich and intensely emotional world of the French baroque. This world will be New Zealand composer Alex Taylor’s source of inspiration for a new work—no doubt adding a fresh and quirky perspective.
Maurice Ravel’s unique voice is gloriously expressed in his Sonata for Violin and Cello, opening the door into the colour and vitality of French impressionism. This leads effortlessly to the Hot Club de France, offering a tribute to the irresistible swing of guitarist Django Reinhardt and the grandfather of jazz violin, Stephane Grappelli.
Additional performances:
August 2nd (Wanaka)
August 4th (Arrowtown)
August 5th (Bannockburn)
August 7th (Gisborne)
August 8th (Whakatāne)
August 11th (Rangiora)
August 12th (Christchurch)
August 14th (Warkworth)
August 15th (Wellington)
August 16th (Upper Hutt)
August 21st (Kerikeri)
August 22nd (Whangārei)
Justine Cormack | violin
James Bush | cello
Simon Martyn-Ellis | theorbo & guitars
Programme:
Robert de Visée | Chaconne in G Major (Solo Theorbo)
Jean Marie Leclair | Sonata for Violin and Continuo, Op. 2, No. 1 in E minor
Robert de Visée | Prelude/Les Silvains des Mr. Couperin (Solo Theorbo)
Marin Marais | Sonnerie de Ste. Geneviève du Mont-de-Paris
Alex Taylor | Ordre (new commission for Violin, Cello and Theorbo)
Maurice Ravel | Sonata for Violin and Cello
Allégro, Très vif, Lent, Vif
Tribute to Django Reinhardt, Stéphane Grappelli and the Hot Club de France
Django Reinhardt | Nuages, Sweet Georgia Brown, Minor Swing, Daphne
A classical trio of violin, cello and theorbo/guitars, traversing the music of France. From the tender kernel of the French Baroque, through the vibrant colours of impressionism, and into the swinging jazz Hot Club de France — with a New Zealand composer’s own response — the music of France throughout the centuries has always been an emotional language of tenderness, colour and verve.
Les Voisins (translated, Neighbours) is a coming together of worlds, neighbours and friends. Violinist Justine Cormack and cellist James Bush grew up next door to each other in Christchurch and have remained close friends throughout their diverse careers: Justine nurturing and promoting the best of New Zealand music through her performances with NZTrio; James pursuing the freedom and energy of baroque performance practice with many of Europe’s top baroque groups. While performing, James met the Australian lutenist and guitarist Simon Martyn-Ellis—a sought-after theorbist who exudes musicality, warmth and positivity.
This journey begins with theorbo alone on stage. The music then unfolds as the violin and cello join to explore layers of the rich and intensely emotional world of the French baroque. This world will be New Zealand composer Alex Taylor’s source of inspiration for a new work—no doubt adding a fresh and quirky perspective.
Maurice Ravel’s unique voice is gloriously expressed in his Sonata for Violin and Cello, opening the door into the colour and vitality of French impressionism. This leads effortlessly to the Hot Club de France, offering a tribute to the irresistible swing of guitarist Django Reinhardt and the grandfather of jazz violin, Stephane Grappelli.
Additional performances:
August 2nd (Wanaka)
August 4th (Arrowtown)
August 5th (Bannockburn)
August 7th (Gisborne)
August 8th (Whakatāne)
August 11th (Rangiora)
August 12th (Christchurch)
August 14th (Warkworth)
August 15th (Wellington)
August 16th (Upper Hutt)
August 21st (Kerikeri)
August 22nd (Whangārei)
Justine Cormack | violin
James Bush | cello
Simon Martyn-Ellis | theorbo & guitars
Programme:
Robert de Visée | Chaconne in G Major (Solo Theorbo)
Jean Marie Leclair | Sonata for Violin and Continuo, Op. 2, No. 1 in E minor
Robert de Visée | Prelude/Les Silvains des Mr. Couperin (Solo Theorbo)
Marin Marais | Sonnerie de Ste. Geneviève du Mont-de-Paris
Alex Taylor | Ordre (new commission for Violin, Cello and Theorbo)
Maurice Ravel | Sonata for Violin and Cello
Allégro, Très vif, Lent, Vif
Tribute to Django Reinhardt, Stéphane Grappelli and the Hot Club de France
Django Reinhardt | Nuages, Sweet Georgia Brown, Minor Swing, Daphne
A classical trio of violin, cello and theorbo/guitars, traversing the music of France. From the tender kernel of the French Baroque, through the vibrant colours of impressionism, and into the swinging jazz Hot Club de France — with a New Zealand composer’s own response — the music of France throughout the centuries has always been an emotional language of tenderness, colour and verve.
Les Voisins (translated, Neighbours) is a coming together of worlds, neighbours and friends. Violinist Justine Cormack and cellist James Bush grew up next door to each other in Christchurch and have remained close friends throughout their diverse careers: Justine nurturing and promoting the best of New Zealand music through her performances with NZTrio; James pursuing the freedom and energy of baroque performance practice with many of Europe’s top baroque groups. While performing, James met the Australian lutenist and guitarist Simon Martyn-Ellis—a sought-after theorbist who exudes musicality, warmth and positivity.
This journey begins with theorbo alone on stage. The music then unfolds as the violin and cello join to explore layers of the rich and intensely emotional world of the French baroque. This world will be New Zealand composer Alex Taylor’s source of inspiration for a new work—no doubt adding a fresh and quirky perspective.
Maurice Ravel’s unique voice is gloriously expressed in his Sonata for Violin and Cello, opening the door into the colour and vitality of French impressionism. This leads effortlessly to the Hot Club de France, offering a tribute to the irresistible swing of guitarist Django Reinhardt and the grandfather of jazz violin, Stephane Grappelli.
Additional performances:
August 2nd (Wanaka)
August 4th (Arrowtown)
August 5th (Bannockburn)
August 7th (Gisborne)
August 8th (Whakatāne)
August 11th (Rangiora)
August 12th (Christchurch)
August 14th (Warkworth)
August 15th (Wellington)
August 16th (Upper Hutt)
August 21st (Kerikeri)
August 22nd (Whangārei)

Chamber Music NZ | Fantasy & Romance (Dunedin)
ConcertMelanie Lançon | flute
Bede Hanley | oboe
Stephen De Pledge | piano
Programme:
Gaubert
Tarentelle
Schumann
Three Romances, op 94
Clara Wieck-Schumann
Liebst du um Schönheit
Sie liebten sich beide
Liebeszauber
Schumann
Abegg Variations, op 1
Glen Downie
new work (world premiere)
Fauré
Après un rêve
Mandoline
Fantasie, op 79
Nocturne No. 4 in E flat major, op 36
Dring
Trio for Flute, Oboe and Piano
Be transported to other worlds with the sublime marriage of flute, oboe and piano.
Breathing new life into some of Schumann and Fauré’s most beloved romantic works for chamber ensemble, Melanie Lançon and Bede Hanley partner with the inimitable Stephen De Pledge to whisk you away on flights of freedom, fantasy and romance.
Additional performances:
August 1st (Napier)
August 2nd (Hamilton)
August 3rd (Auckland)
August 18th (Nelson)
August 19th (Christchurch)
August 22nd (Invercargill)
August 24th (Wellington)
August 25th (Palmerston North)
August 27th (New Plymouth)
Melanie Lançon | flute
Bede Hanley | oboe
Stephen De Pledge | piano
Programme:
Gaubert
Tarentelle
Schumann
Three Romances, op 94
Clara Wieck-Schumann
Liebst du um Schönheit
Sie liebten sich beide
Liebeszauber
Schumann
Abegg Variations, op 1
Glen Downie
new work (world premiere)
Fauré
Après un rêve
Mandoline
Fantasie, op 79
Nocturne No. 4 in E flat major, op 36
Dring
Trio for Flute, Oboe and Piano
Be transported to other worlds with the sublime marriage of flute, oboe and piano.
Breathing new life into some of Schumann and Fauré’s most beloved romantic works for chamber ensemble, Melanie Lançon and Bede Hanley partner with the inimitable Stephen De Pledge to whisk you away on flights of freedom, fantasy and romance.
Additional performances:
August 1st (Napier)
August 2nd (Hamilton)
August 3rd (Auckland)
August 18th (Nelson)
August 19th (Christchurch)
August 22nd (Invercargill)
August 24th (Wellington)
August 25th (Palmerston North)
August 27th (New Plymouth)
Melanie Lançon | flute
Bede Hanley | oboe
Stephen De Pledge | piano
Programme:
Gaubert
Tarentelle
Schumann
Three Romances, op 94
Clara Wieck-Schumann
Liebst du um Schönheit
Sie liebten sich beide
Liebeszauber
Schumann
Abegg Variations, op 1
Glen Downie
new work (world premiere)
Fauré
Après un rêve
Mandoline
Fantasie, op 79
Nocturne No. 4 in E flat major, op 36
Dring
Trio for Flute, Oboe and Piano
Be transported to other worlds with the sublime marriage of flute, oboe and piano.
Breathing new life into some of Schumann and Fauré’s most beloved romantic works for chamber ensemble, Melanie Lançon and Bede Hanley partner with the inimitable Stephen De Pledge to whisk you away on flights of freedom, fantasy and romance.
Additional performances:
August 1st (Napier)
August 2nd (Hamilton)
August 3rd (Auckland)
August 18th (Nelson)
August 19th (Christchurch)
August 22nd (Invercargill)
August 24th (Wellington)
August 25th (Palmerston North)
August 27th (New Plymouth)

Chamber Music NZ | Les Voisins (Kerikeri)
ConcertJustine Cormack | violin
James Bush | cello
Simon Martyn-Ellis | theorbo & guitars
Programme:
Robert de Visée | Chaconne in G Major (Solo Theorbo)
Jean Marie Leclair | Sonata for Violin and Continuo, Op. 2, No. 1 in E minor
Robert de Visée | Prelude/Les Silvains des Mr. Couperin (Solo Theorbo)
Marin Marais | Sonnerie de Ste. Geneviève du Mont-de-Paris
Alex Taylor | Ordre (new commission for Violin, Cello and Theorbo)
Maurice Ravel | Sonata for Violin and Cello
Allégro, Très vif, Lent, Vif
Tribute to Django Reinhardt, Stéphane Grappelli and the Hot Club de France
Django Reinhardt | Nuages, Sweet Georgia Brown, Minor Swing, Daphne
A classical trio of violin, cello and theorbo/guitars, traversing the music of France. From the tender kernel of the French Baroque, through the vibrant colours of impressionism, and into the swinging jazz Hot Club de France — with a New Zealand composer’s own response — the music of France throughout the centuries has always been an emotional language of tenderness, colour and verve.
Les Voisins (translated, Neighbours) is a coming together of worlds, neighbours and friends. Violinist Justine Cormack and cellist James Bush grew up next door to each other in Christchurch and have remained close friends throughout their diverse careers: Justine nurturing and promoting the best of New Zealand music through her performances with NZTrio; James pursuing the freedom and energy of baroque performance practice with many of Europe’s top baroque groups. While performing, James met the Australian lutenist and guitarist Simon Martyn-Ellis—a sought-after theorbist who exudes musicality, warmth and positivity.
This journey begins with theorbo alone on stage. The music then unfolds as the violin and cello join to explore layers of the rich and intensely emotional world of the French baroque. This world will be New Zealand composer Alex Taylor’s source of inspiration for a new work—no doubt adding a fresh and quirky perspective.
Maurice Ravel’s unique voice is gloriously expressed in his Sonata for Violin and Cello, opening the door into the colour and vitality of French impressionism. This leads effortlessly to the Hot Club de France, offering a tribute to the irresistible swing of guitarist Django Reinhardt and the grandfather of jazz violin, Stephane Grappelli.
Additional performances:
August 2nd (Wanaka)
August 4th (Arrowtown)
August 5th (Bannockburn)
August 7th (Gisborne)
August 8th (Whakatāne)
August 11th (Rangiora)
August 12th (Christchurch)
August 14th (Warkworth)
August 15th (Wellington)
August 16th (Upper Hutt)
August 19th (Motueka)
August 22nd (Whangārei)
Justine Cormack | violin
James Bush | cello
Simon Martyn-Ellis | theorbo & guitars
Programme:
Robert de Visée | Chaconne in G Major (Solo Theorbo)
Jean Marie Leclair | Sonata for Violin and Continuo, Op. 2, No. 1 in E minor
Robert de Visée | Prelude/Les Silvains des Mr. Couperin (Solo Theorbo)
Marin Marais | Sonnerie de Ste. Geneviève du Mont-de-Paris
Alex Taylor | Ordre (new commission for Violin, Cello and Theorbo)
Maurice Ravel | Sonata for Violin and Cello
Allégro, Très vif, Lent, Vif
Tribute to Django Reinhardt, Stéphane Grappelli and the Hot Club de France
Django Reinhardt | Nuages, Sweet Georgia Brown, Minor Swing, Daphne
A classical trio of violin, cello and theorbo/guitars, traversing the music of France. From the tender kernel of the French Baroque, through the vibrant colours of impressionism, and into the swinging jazz Hot Club de France — with a New Zealand composer’s own response — the music of France throughout the centuries has always been an emotional language of tenderness, colour and verve.
Les Voisins (translated, Neighbours) is a coming together of worlds, neighbours and friends. Violinist Justine Cormack and cellist James Bush grew up next door to each other in Christchurch and have remained close friends throughout their diverse careers: Justine nurturing and promoting the best of New Zealand music through her performances with NZTrio; James pursuing the freedom and energy of baroque performance practice with many of Europe’s top baroque groups. While performing, James met the Australian lutenist and guitarist Simon Martyn-Ellis—a sought-after theorbist who exudes musicality, warmth and positivity.
This journey begins with theorbo alone on stage. The music then unfolds as the violin and cello join to explore layers of the rich and intensely emotional world of the French baroque. This world will be New Zealand composer Alex Taylor’s source of inspiration for a new work—no doubt adding a fresh and quirky perspective.
Maurice Ravel’s unique voice is gloriously expressed in his Sonata for Violin and Cello, opening the door into the colour and vitality of French impressionism. This leads effortlessly to the Hot Club de France, offering a tribute to the irresistible swing of guitarist Django Reinhardt and the grandfather of jazz violin, Stephane Grappelli.
Additional performances:
August 2nd (Wanaka)
August 4th (Arrowtown)
August 5th (Bannockburn)
August 7th (Gisborne)
August 8th (Whakatāne)
August 11th (Rangiora)
August 12th (Christchurch)
August 14th (Warkworth)
August 15th (Wellington)
August 16th (Upper Hutt)
August 19th (Motueka)
August 22nd (Whangārei)
Justine Cormack | violin
James Bush | cello
Simon Martyn-Ellis | theorbo & guitars
Programme:
Robert de Visée | Chaconne in G Major (Solo Theorbo)
Jean Marie Leclair | Sonata for Violin and Continuo, Op. 2, No. 1 in E minor
Robert de Visée | Prelude/Les Silvains des Mr. Couperin (Solo Theorbo)
Marin Marais | Sonnerie de Ste. Geneviève du Mont-de-Paris
Alex Taylor | Ordre (new commission for Violin, Cello and Theorbo)
Maurice Ravel | Sonata for Violin and Cello
Allégro, Très vif, Lent, Vif
Tribute to Django Reinhardt, Stéphane Grappelli and the Hot Club de France
Django Reinhardt | Nuages, Sweet Georgia Brown, Minor Swing, Daphne
A classical trio of violin, cello and theorbo/guitars, traversing the music of France. From the tender kernel of the French Baroque, through the vibrant colours of impressionism, and into the swinging jazz Hot Club de France — with a New Zealand composer’s own response — the music of France throughout the centuries has always been an emotional language of tenderness, colour and verve.
Les Voisins (translated, Neighbours) is a coming together of worlds, neighbours and friends. Violinist Justine Cormack and cellist James Bush grew up next door to each other in Christchurch and have remained close friends throughout their diverse careers: Justine nurturing and promoting the best of New Zealand music through her performances with NZTrio; James pursuing the freedom and energy of baroque performance practice with many of Europe’s top baroque groups. While performing, James met the Australian lutenist and guitarist Simon Martyn-Ellis—a sought-after theorbist who exudes musicality, warmth and positivity.
This journey begins with theorbo alone on stage. The music then unfolds as the violin and cello join to explore layers of the rich and intensely emotional world of the French baroque. This world will be New Zealand composer Alex Taylor’s source of inspiration for a new work—no doubt adding a fresh and quirky perspective.
Maurice Ravel’s unique voice is gloriously expressed in his Sonata for Violin and Cello, opening the door into the colour and vitality of French impressionism. This leads effortlessly to the Hot Club de France, offering a tribute to the irresistible swing of guitarist Django Reinhardt and the grandfather of jazz violin, Stephane Grappelli.
Additional performances:
August 2nd (Wanaka)
August 4th (Arrowtown)
August 5th (Bannockburn)
August 7th (Gisborne)
August 8th (Whakatāne)
August 11th (Rangiora)
August 12th (Christchurch)
August 14th (Warkworth)
August 15th (Wellington)
August 16th (Upper Hutt)
August 19th (Motueka)
August 22nd (Whangārei)

Chamber Music NZ | Les Voisins (Whangārei)
ConcertJustine Cormack | violin
James Bush | cello
Simon Martyn-Ellis | theorbo & guitars
Programme:
Robert de Visée | Chaconne in G Major (Solo Theorbo)
Jean Marie Leclair | Sonata for Violin and Continuo, Op. 2, No. 1 in E minor
Robert de Visée | Prelude/Les Silvains des Mr. Couperin (Solo Theorbo)
Marin Marais | Sonnerie de Ste. Geneviève du Mont-de-Paris
Alex Taylor | Ordre (new commission for Violin, Cello and Theorbo)
Maurice Ravel | Sonata for Violin and Cello
Allégro, Très vif, Lent, Vif
Tribute to Django Reinhardt, Stéphane Grappelli and the Hot Club de France
Django Reinhardt | Nuages, Sweet Georgia Brown, Minor Swing, Daphne
A classical trio of violin, cello and theorbo/guitars, traversing the music of France. From the tender kernel of the French Baroque, through the vibrant colours of impressionism, and into the swinging jazz Hot Club de France — with a New Zealand composer’s own response — the music of France throughout the centuries has always been an emotional language of tenderness, colour and verve.
Les Voisins (translated, Neighbours) is a coming together of worlds, neighbours and friends. Violinist Justine Cormack and cellist James Bush grew up next door to each other in Christchurch and have remained close friends throughout their diverse careers: Justine nurturing and promoting the best of New Zealand music through her performances with NZTrio; James pursuing the freedom and energy of baroque performance practice with many of Europe’s top baroque groups. While performing, James met the Australian lutenist and guitarist Simon Martyn-Ellis—a sought-after theorbist who exudes musicality, warmth and positivity.
This journey begins with theorbo alone on stage. The music then unfolds as the violin and cello join to explore layers of the rich and intensely emotional world of the French baroque. This world will be New Zealand composer Alex Taylor’s source of inspiration for a new work—no doubt adding a fresh and quirky perspective.
Maurice Ravel’s unique voice is gloriously expressed in his Sonata for Violin and Cello, opening the door into the colour and vitality of French impressionism. This leads effortlessly to the Hot Club de France, offering a tribute to the irresistible swing of guitarist Django Reinhardt and the grandfather of jazz violin, Stephane Grappelli.
Additional performances:
August 2nd (Wanaka)
August 4th (Arrowtown)
August 5th (Bannockburn)
August 7th (Gisborne)
August 8th (Whakatāne)
August 11th (Rangiora)
August 12th (Christchurch)
August 14th (Warkworth)
August 15th (Wellington)
August 16th (Upper Hutt)
August 19th (Motueka)
August 21st (Kerikeri)
Justine Cormack | violin
James Bush | cello
Simon Martyn-Ellis | theorbo & guitars
Programme:
Robert de Visée | Chaconne in G Major (Solo Theorbo)
Jean Marie Leclair | Sonata for Violin and Continuo, Op. 2, No. 1 in E minor
Robert de Visée | Prelude/Les Silvains des Mr. Couperin (Solo Theorbo)
Marin Marais | Sonnerie de Ste. Geneviève du Mont-de-Paris
Alex Taylor | Ordre (new commission for Violin, Cello and Theorbo)
Maurice Ravel | Sonata for Violin and Cello
Allégro, Très vif, Lent, Vif
Tribute to Django Reinhardt, Stéphane Grappelli and the Hot Club de France
Django Reinhardt | Nuages, Sweet Georgia Brown, Minor Swing, Daphne
A classical trio of violin, cello and theorbo/guitars, traversing the music of France. From the tender kernel of the French Baroque, through the vibrant colours of impressionism, and into the swinging jazz Hot Club de France — with a New Zealand composer’s own response — the music of France throughout the centuries has always been an emotional language of tenderness, colour and verve.
Les Voisins (translated, Neighbours) is a coming together of worlds, neighbours and friends. Violinist Justine Cormack and cellist James Bush grew up next door to each other in Christchurch and have remained close friends throughout their diverse careers: Justine nurturing and promoting the best of New Zealand music through her performances with NZTrio; James pursuing the freedom and energy of baroque performance practice with many of Europe’s top baroque groups. While performing, James met the Australian lutenist and guitarist Simon Martyn-Ellis—a sought-after theorbist who exudes musicality, warmth and positivity.
This journey begins with theorbo alone on stage. The music then unfolds as the violin and cello join to explore layers of the rich and intensely emotional world of the French baroque. This world will be New Zealand composer Alex Taylor’s source of inspiration for a new work—no doubt adding a fresh and quirky perspective.
Maurice Ravel’s unique voice is gloriously expressed in his Sonata for Violin and Cello, opening the door into the colour and vitality of French impressionism. This leads effortlessly to the Hot Club de France, offering a tribute to the irresistible swing of guitarist Django Reinhardt and the grandfather of jazz violin, Stephane Grappelli.
Additional performances:
August 2nd (Wanaka)
August 4th (Arrowtown)
August 5th (Bannockburn)
August 7th (Gisborne)
August 8th (Whakatāne)
August 11th (Rangiora)
August 12th (Christchurch)
August 14th (Warkworth)
August 15th (Wellington)
August 16th (Upper Hutt)
August 19th (Motueka)
August 21st (Kerikeri)
Justine Cormack | violin
James Bush | cello
Simon Martyn-Ellis | theorbo & guitars
Programme:
Robert de Visée | Chaconne in G Major (Solo Theorbo)
Jean Marie Leclair | Sonata for Violin and Continuo, Op. 2, No. 1 in E minor
Robert de Visée | Prelude/Les Silvains des Mr. Couperin (Solo Theorbo)
Marin Marais | Sonnerie de Ste. Geneviève du Mont-de-Paris
Alex Taylor | Ordre (new commission for Violin, Cello and Theorbo)
Maurice Ravel | Sonata for Violin and Cello
Allégro, Très vif, Lent, Vif
Tribute to Django Reinhardt, Stéphane Grappelli and the Hot Club de France
Django Reinhardt | Nuages, Sweet Georgia Brown, Minor Swing, Daphne
A classical trio of violin, cello and theorbo/guitars, traversing the music of France. From the tender kernel of the French Baroque, through the vibrant colours of impressionism, and into the swinging jazz Hot Club de France — with a New Zealand composer’s own response — the music of France throughout the centuries has always been an emotional language of tenderness, colour and verve.
Les Voisins (translated, Neighbours) is a coming together of worlds, neighbours and friends. Violinist Justine Cormack and cellist James Bush grew up next door to each other in Christchurch and have remained close friends throughout their diverse careers: Justine nurturing and promoting the best of New Zealand music through her performances with NZTrio; James pursuing the freedom and energy of baroque performance practice with many of Europe’s top baroque groups. While performing, James met the Australian lutenist and guitarist Simon Martyn-Ellis—a sought-after theorbist who exudes musicality, warmth and positivity.
This journey begins with theorbo alone on stage. The music then unfolds as the violin and cello join to explore layers of the rich and intensely emotional world of the French baroque. This world will be New Zealand composer Alex Taylor’s source of inspiration for a new work—no doubt adding a fresh and quirky perspective.
Maurice Ravel’s unique voice is gloriously expressed in his Sonata for Violin and Cello, opening the door into the colour and vitality of French impressionism. This leads effortlessly to the Hot Club de France, offering a tribute to the irresistible swing of guitarist Django Reinhardt and the grandfather of jazz violin, Stephane Grappelli.
Additional performances:
August 2nd (Wanaka)
August 4th (Arrowtown)
August 5th (Bannockburn)
August 7th (Gisborne)
August 8th (Whakatāne)
August 11th (Rangiora)
August 12th (Christchurch)
August 14th (Warkworth)
August 15th (Wellington)
August 16th (Upper Hutt)
August 19th (Motueka)
August 21st (Kerikeri)

Chamber Music NZ | Fantasy & Romance (Invercargill)
ConcertMelanie Lançon | flute
Bede Hanley | oboe
Stephen De Pledge | piano
Programme:
Gaubert
Tarentelle
Schumann
Three Romances, op 94
Clara Wieck-Schumann
Liebst du um Schönheit
Sie liebten sich beide
Liebeszauber
Schumann
Abegg Variations, op 1
Glen Downie
new work (world premiere)
Fauré
Après un rêve
Mandoline
Fantasie, op 79
Nocturne No. 4 in E flat major, op 36
Dring
Trio for Flute, Oboe and Piano
Be transported to other worlds with the sublime marriage of flute, oboe and piano.
Breathing new life into some of Schumann and Fauré’s most beloved romantic works for chamber ensemble, Melanie Lançon and Bede Hanley partner with the inimitable Stephen De Pledge to whisk you away on flights of freedom, fantasy and romance.
Additional performances:
August 1st (Napier)
August 2nd (Hamilton)
August 3rd (Auckland)
August 18th (Nelson)
August 19th (Christchurch)
August 20th (Dunedin)
August 24th (Wellington)
August 25th (Palmerston North)
August 27th (New Plymouth)
Melanie Lançon | flute
Bede Hanley | oboe
Stephen De Pledge | piano
Programme:
Gaubert
Tarentelle
Schumann
Three Romances, op 94
Clara Wieck-Schumann
Liebst du um Schönheit