...Did I find any cause for complaint? Yes, actually, I did – they didn’t encore the Brahms. But isn’t that the sign of an exceptional recital, that you send your audience away wishing they could have heard it all again?...
(Paul Serotsky, Seen and Heard International)

ASQ with Oleksandr Gunchenko (double bass) in Kerikeri

Our programme, presented by the Aroha Music Society, 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.

Sunday, March 24 2024, 4:00pm
Aroha String Quartet

Oleksandr Gunchenko - double bass

Boccherini: String Quintet in D Op 39 No 3 G339
Onslow: String Quintet No 15 in C min Op 59 'The Bullet'
Louise Webster: Swim the Sliding Continents
Silvestrov: Postlude
Dvořák: String Quintet No 2 in G, Op. 77