Aroha Quartet to join Ensō Quartet in Wellington for new work by NZ composer

...The explanation, then second performance of the Tornyai made it much more approachable. Well done! And the Schubert! We came especially to hear it and you were splendid. Many thanks....
(Concertgoer, Palmerston North, 4/10/12)
Submitted by robert on Tue, 2016-05-03 19:15

3 May 2016 - Auckland-based composer Alex Taylor has written two new miniatures, 'a coincidence of surface I and II' for the Ensō String Quartet tour with Chamber Music NZ. The two pieces can be performed on their own, or simultaneously as an octet.

Wellington audiences at the Michael Fowler Centre on 20 May will have the chance to hear each work played separately and together. We'll be performing 'a coincidence of surface I' at the pre-concert talk, then joining the Ensō Quartet to perform the octet version of the work in a special encore.

 

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Our programme begins with the elegant Classicism of Boccherini. In the next work, ‘The Bullet’ by French composer George Onslow, the composer dramatically depicts a hunting accident in which he was almost killed and his subsequent recovery. In the second half, the atmospheric ‘Swim the Sliding Continents’ by Auckland composer Louise Webster and the heartfelt ‘Postlude’ by Ukranian composer Valentyn Silvestrov are followed by Dvorak’s richly Romantic String Quintet No 2 in G. Tickets $40 General Admission & $15 Students from Eventfinda (fees apply)