Chamber Music Subscription Series opens in heritage style
7 Mar, 2021 08:51 PM
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Wanganui Midweek
The first of the subscription concerts for Chamber Music Wanganui s 2021 series will take place on Wednesday, March 17 at 7.30pm in the Prince Edward Auditorium of Whanganui Collegiate School.
This is a concert with a difference, drawing on a heritage theme and presented in an informal manner with something for all musical tastes.
Hammers & Horsehair duo Douglas Mews (piano) and Robert Ibell (cello) toured extensively around Aotearoa in 2016, 2018 and 2020.
Their concert in Whanganui is the first of a six-stop tour of the North Island in which they are joined by well-known Wellington soprano Rowena Simpson to reimagine the triumphant 1922 New Zealand tour of Blenheim-born Rosina Buckman (soprano) with Adelina Leon (cello) and Percy Kahn (pianist-composer).
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Hammers & Horsehair: Chamber Music Wanganui presents first concert of 2021
8 Mar, 2021 04:00 PM
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Pianist Douglas Mews, soprano Rowena Simpson and cellist Robert Ibell will perform the first 2021 Wanganui Chamber Music concert at Prince Edward Auditorium next week.
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Whanganui Chronicle
The first of the subscription concerts for Chamber Music Wanganui s 2021 series will take place next week.
Convener Ingrid Culliford said it would be a concert with a difference. It draws on a heritage theme and will be presented in an informal manner with something for all musical tastes.
The Hammers & Horsehair duo of Douglas Mews (piano) and Robert Ibell (cello) have toured New Zealand extensively in recent years and Culliford said this concert was the first of a six-stop tour of the North Island and would be something special.
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