Dramatic Skies series, bringing
August 22. Having spent much of 2021
collaborating with clarinettists, ballet dancers, and pop
musicians,
Ashley Brown (cello),
Amalia Hall (violin), and
Somi
Kim (piano) are excited to perform in full flight
as a three-piece with this new programme which conveys both
catharsis and hope, featuring a new commission from
celebrated Kiwi composer Jenny McLeod.
Ultimately
representative of the clouds that signal fair weather,
Cumulus maps a dramatic voyage. From deep melancholy
touched with hints of hope in the
Grieg,
through a quirky reflection of Ravel’s life and music from
Schifrin’s unique point of view, and deep
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William Dart: NZTrio reaches for Dramatic Skies
19 Apr, 2021 05:00 PM
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NZTrio Ashley Brown (cello) Amalia Hall (violin) and Somi Kim (piano). Photo / James Davies
When: Sunday
Reviewer: William Dart NZTrio continues to strive onward and upward with Dramatic Skies, its aptly named 2021 season, consisting of three concerts titled Stratus, Cumulus and Cirrus.
Not only do they aim onward and upward but also around the globe, with Sunday night s Stratus programme beaming out online to the world, which may have occasioned the camera-friendly repositioning of players from the stage to the floor of the hall.
Rachmaninov s popular Trio Elegiaque set the scene with Somi Kim waxing dramatically behind Amalia Hall and Ashley Brown s murmuring strings, soon to be drawn into heart-tugging duet.
WORLD PREMIERE - AN AUCKLAND ARTS FESTIVAL / TE AHUREI TOI O TĀMAKI EVENT
A true festival coup, we present internationally renowned New Zealand composer John Psathas’ immersive world premiere featuring six grand pianos and a sweeping digital audio landscape.
Taking inspiration from the poetic documentary Planetary, you’ll be transported around the world with sounds and music from the Amazon jungle, outer space (literally), Japan, Armenia, Africa, the Mahabharata, Aotearoa forests, roaring multitudes, predators from the wild, cataclysmic weather events, Tibetan meditation, and more than a dozen musical genres… all in 45 minutes.
Leading New Zealand pianists Stephen De Pledge, Arts Foundation Laureate Michael Houstoun, Somi Kim, Jian Liu, Sarah Watkins and Liam Wooding form a rare combination of instrumental heft and world-class talent so rare, in fact, that as an extra treat we also present Six Pianos by groundbreaking and award-winning US composer, Steve Reich.