Huntington Estate Winery Music Festival

...This was as good as it gets – a wonderful, insightful performance....
(Paul Serotsky, Seen and Heard International)
Submitted by Anonymous on Thu, 2011-09-08 15:08

2011 ends on a high note! On Sunday 20 November we head off to Mudgee, New South Wales to prepare for performances in the prestigious Huntington Estate Winery Music Festival (http://www.huntingtonestate.com.au). The festival programme is created by Musica Viva Australia and is held in the beautiful Huntington Estate Vineyard. In addition to the music there is gourmet food and great wines.

Aroha will perform Borodin's Second String Quartet (the one with the glorious Nocturne), Beethoven's Opus 18. No.1 and Tan Dun's Eight Colours for String Quartet, and the rousing 'Song of Emancipation' Fan Shou Dao Qing. We will also perform the Bax Harp Quintet with Alice Giles and Dvorak's Nocturne for String Quartet and Double Bass, with Andrew Meisel.

 

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Wednesday, May 15 2024, 7:30pm - 9:30pm, St Andrew's in the City, Palmerston North

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 ($30 General Admission, $25 Concessions, $10 Under 18s, $60 Families - 2 Adults + 2 Under 18s) available from Eventfinda (service fees apply) or at the door from 7 pm.