..."a performance of the utmost refinement and sensitivity in which each player suppressed his own individuality to find a common voice."...
(Lindis Taylor, "Middle C")
Donald Armstrong - Violin
Simeon Broom - Violin
Rachel Church - Piano
Ursula Evans - Violin
Alistair Fraser - Taonga pūoro
Joan Perarnau Garriga - Double Bass
Patricia Grace - Author
Ken Ichinose - cello
Hiroshi Ikematsu - Double Bass
Diedre Irons - Piano
Andrew Joyce - Cello
Dr Songwen Li - Piano
Jian Liu - Piano
Catherine McKay - Piano
Blythe Press - violin
Rowan Prior - Cello
Julian Raphael - Community Musician
Emma Sayers - Piano
Brian Shillito - Viola
Lyndon Johnson Taylor - Viola
Te Rau Taiohi Kapa Haka - Kapa Haka
Warren Warbrick - Taonga pūoro
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Next concerts

Tuesday, January 22 2019, 8:00pm - 10:00pm, Zhongshan Culture & Arts Centre, Zhongshan, China

An introduction to the string quartet through the ages, from Baroque to the present day. Our programme includes excerpts from works by Vitali, Mozart, Beethoven, Ligeti, Tan Dun & Gareth Farr. It finishes with a complete performance of Beethoven String Quartet No 13 in B-flat major Op 130
Thursday, May 2 2019, 7:30pm - 9:30pm, Princes Gate Hotel, Arawa St, Rotorua

Our programme starts with Mozart's String Quartet No 17 in B-flat K458. Nicknamed 'The Hunt, this is a high-spirited, joyful work, both rustic and sophisticated. It continues with String Quartet No 1 'Métamorphoses nocturnes' by Hungarian composer György Ligeti. Described by one writer as “Bartok's seventh string quartet”, this colourful work is written in seventeen wonderfully contrasting sections played as one continuous movement. The concert finishes with Beethoven's profound String Quartet No 13 in B-flat major Op 130, a piece that explores the limits of what can be expressed in music. This concert takes place in the Nellie Bud Room.