...The Aroha Quartet played [the Beethoven] with passion, with beautiful tone and meticulous clear phrasing...This was a memorable concert and the Aroha Quartet are one of the great musical assets of our city....
(Steven Sedley in Middle C)
Taylor, Alex: refrain
Borodin, Alexander: String Quartet No 2 in D
Ritchie, Anthony: Whakatipua
A Kei-Jian & Zheng De-Ren 又称陕北道情 ， 阿克俭，郑德仁改编: Song of Emancipation 翻身道情
Ding Zhi-Nuo: Eternal Friendship 情深谊长
arr. Xiao-Zhi Huang 黄晓芝编: Camel Bell 驼铃
arr. Xiao-Zhi Huang 黄晓芝编: Happy Harvest 庆丰收
arr. Xiao-Zhi Huang 黄晓芝编: Song from the Heart 心中的歌
Zhu Jian-Er & Shi Yong-Kang: The Whitehaired Girl
Bacewicz, Grazyna: String Quartet No 4
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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.