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Piers Lane - piano
Alex Redington - violin
Jonathan Stone - violin
Simon Tandree - viola
John Myerscough - cello
In their twelve years together, the prize-winning UK-based Doric String Quartet have successfully forged a career path that places them in highly acclaimed chamber music events and series around the world, and working in collaboration with world-class artists. This tour to New Zealand, in partnership with the Royal Overseas League, sees them team up with one of our favourite international touring pianists, Piers Lane.
London-based Australian pianist Piers Lane has a flourishing international career which has taken him to more than forty countries. He is in great demand as a chamber music collaborator, and in 2007 was appointed Artistic Director of the Australian Festival of Chamber Music, held annually in Townsville.
Two giants of the Romantic repertoire are presented on this tour – two piano quintets by Schumann and Brahms, both breathtaking in their scope and emotional range. Each is balanced by a classical Haydn string quartet, and a twentieth-century masterwork. Exquisite solo piano works pay homage to Chopin two hundred years after his birth.
Presented in association with Royal Over-Seas League
Programme:
Haydn -String Quartet in A Opus 20 No 6
Britten - String Quartet No 2 in C Opus 36 (1945)
Chopin - Nocturne in G Opus 37 No 2, Ballade No 4 in F minor
Schumann - Piano Quintet in E flat Opus 44
Note: single tickets will be on sale in early 2010. Subscriber tickets are available by contacting Chamber Music NZ on 0800 CONCERT (0800 266 2378).
For the first time in 46 years, the Vodafone New Zealand Music Awards (VNZMAs) is hitting the road, bringing the magic of this major music event to the regions.
Christchurch music lovers get a taste of the action, with a live Finalists Showcase. The show will consist of live performances by three of this year’s VNZMA finalists, with the line-up yet to be announced.
Come along for a great night of Salsa dancing! The 'South Island Salsa Competition 2010' at the James Hay Theatre, Saturday, 2nd October. Competitors range from Beginners to Professionals, Youths & Teams and come from throughout the South Island. Dance party afterwards and anyone welcome! For more information phone Donna on 03 3846318 or go to www.latinfire.co.nz
Following its highly successful debut season at the Body Festival in 2009, Christchurch based Southern Lights Dance Company is delighted to be back with a new season of works including two new commissions and a remounting of one previous work.
With the continued support of Creative New Zealand, The Arts Centre’s Artist in Residence Programme, and a new partnership with the Goethe-Institut, the company will present new works by New Zealand choreographer Maria Dabrowska and German choreographer Riki Von Falken. In addition Fleur de Thier’s work ‘Perch’ from the 2009 season will be revisited.
Featuring a company of outstanding dancers, be sure to catch this company at The Body Festival before it tours to The Otago Festival of the Arts and to The Edge in Auckland as part of its Stamp programme at the Tempo Festival.
“This dance material is a most sophisticated evening; perhaps the most sophisticated evening of contemporary dance produced in this country in the last few years?” Felicity Molloy – Theatre View 11/10/09
The Song Company The Seasons & Sweet Dreams
Singing together a cappella since 1984, the six members of the Song Company, and their Director Roland Peelman, give around 130 concerts a year around the world. They wholeheartedly embrace music from all continents and eras, and they work with artists of the highest calibre to create a distinctive and dynamic new voice, relevant to audiences of today and tomorrow.
Regular international tours to Europe and Asia have taken The Song Company to some of the most prestigious festivals and venues around the world such as the Dubrovnik Festival, MDR Sommerfest, Festival of Flanders and the Dresdner Festspiele. Their concerts have prompted great critical acclaim.
The Seasons is a programme that leaps into Spring, revels in the abundance of Summer, grieves through the losses of Autumn and faces Winter head on. Works from composers as diverse as Heinrich Schütz and Paul McCartney reflect on our relationships with the eternal influences of the seasons.
Sweet Dreams takes us into the world of fantasy in an exploration of the subconscious mind where not only are our deepest desires and phobias hidden, but also our wildest, sweetest dreams. Madrigals and songs from Medieval and Renaissance times lead into modern-day musings, including works by Jack Body, who will be composer-in-residence with the Song Company in early 2010.
Sweet Dreams
Including works by Wilbye, Weelkes, Gesualdo, Monteverdi, Warlock, Peter Sculthorpe, Jack Body
Note: single tickets will be on sale in early 2010. Subscriber tickets are available by contacting Chamber Music NZ on 0800 CONCERT (0800 266 2378).
Heath Franklin's Chopper in Harden the F**k Up, New Zealand!
James Hay Theatre Wednesday, 3 November, 7:30pm
