The travellers return

...Both muscularity and delicacy were made ours to relish...
(Peter Mechen, Middle C)
Submitted by admin on Thu, 2011-03-10 18:43

A very tired, but thoroughly exhilarated Aroha String Quartet has recently returned from three weeks of study and performances in Austria and China.

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Next concerts

Saturday, July 18 2020, 5:00pm - 7:15pm, Expressions Whirinaki, 833 Fergusson Drive, Upper Hutt

Come and hear the chamber groups and string orchestra (conducted by Donald Armstrong) perform works they have prepared during the last three days of the 2020 ASQ International Music Academy. The programme includes the sumptuous 'Fantasia on a Theme by Thomas Tallis' by Vaughan Williams. Entry by koha/donation.
Monday, August 31 2020, 7:30pm - 9:30pm, St Luke's, 2 Tees St, Oamaru

In our Phantasy programme we are joined by Robert Orr, NZSO Principal Oboe, for two British works by for oboe and strings: Britten's Phantasy Quartet Op 2, the first piece that brought him international recognition, and Bliss's gorgeous Oboe Quintet. In that programme we also celebrate the 250th anniversary of Beethoven's birth with his first 'Rasumovsky' quartet, the String Quartet No 7 in F Op 59 No 1. The fourth work in this programme is 'refrain' by award-winning New Zealand composer Alex Taylor. Tickets TBC.