2011 Programme!!

Thursday 10 March 2011 Evening 7.30pm

Vocal Recital

Joanna Heslop and Richard Mapp

Soprano Joanna Heslop draws on her experience as Soloist of the Mariinsky Academy of Young Singers at the Mariinsky Theatre in St Petersburg in this recital of Russian song. The glorious passion and soulfulness of the music of Rachmaninov, Rimsky-Korsakov and Shostakovich is Joanna’s specialty and she will be accompanied by the virtuoso playing of Richard Mapp.

Friday 11 March 2011 Evening 7.30pm

Musika Ensemble

Cristina Vaszilcsin, Lyndon Taylor (violins)

Peter Garrity (viola)

David Chickering (cello)

Catherine McKay (piano)

Antonín Dvorák: Piano Quintet in A Major Op 81
Alexander Borodin: String Quartet No 2 in D major

Saturday 12 March 2011 Evening 7.30pm

Vocal Recital

Aivale Cole and Sharolyn Kimmorley

One of the finest New Zealand sopranos of her generation, Lexus Song Contest Winner Aivale Cole presents a stunning programme of song, including Robert Schumann’s shattering song cycle Frauenliebe und Leben and songs by Debussy, Tosti and Hahn. She is accompanied by renowned Australian accompanist Sharolyn Kimmorley.

Sunday 13 march 2011 Afternoon 3.00pm

Violin Recital

Dr Martin Riseley

JS Bach: Sonata in C BWV 1005
Nicolai Paganini: ‘In cor piu non mi sento’
Eugène Ysaÿe Sonata No 5 ‘L’ Aurore’
Béla Bartók: Sonata for Solo Violin

New Zealander Dr Martin Riseley is a violinist of vast international experience and his extraordinary feat of playing all 24 of Paganini’s Caprices for Solo Violin will live long in the memory of those who attended last years St Andrew’s Season of Concerts. This year he returns with an equally brilliant programme

Tuesday 15 March 2011 Evening 7.30pm

Elios Ensemble

Karen Batten (flute, alto flute)
Martin Jaenecke (violin, soprano saxophone)
Victoria Jaenecke (viola)

Max Reger: Serenade for Flute, Violin and Viola Op 141a
Alberto Ginastera: Duo for Flute and Violin
Tigran Mansurjan: Lachrymae for Soprano Saxophone and Viola
André Jolivet: Cinq Incantations for Alto Flute
Béla Bartók: Duos
Ludwig van Beethoven Serenade for Flute, Violin and Viola Op 25

Wednesday 16 March 2011 Evening 7.30pm

New Zealand Guitar Quartet

Jane Curry
Owen Moriarty
Christopher Hill
Cheryl Grice-Watterson

Andrew York: Lotus Eaters
J.S. Bach: Brandenburg Concerto No 6
Georges Bizet: Carmen Suite
Scott Tennant: Celtic Fare
Peter Warlock: Capriol Suite
Kaiser Beech (young New Zealand composer): The Storm
Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov: Capriccio Espagnol

Thursday 17 March 2011 Evening 7.30pm

Vocal Recital

NZ OPERA SOCIETY INC. (Wellington Branch)

Sarah Castle

Martin Snell

Bryony Williams

with Bruce Greenfield

Each year the NZ Opera Society presents a concert showcasing outstanding New Zealand singers. This year they are proud to present two New Zealanders enjoying prominent international careers – mezzo-soprano Sarah Castle and bass Martin Snell. Joining them is an up-and-coming young singer, soprano Bryony Williams. Accompanied by pianist Bruce Greenfield, they will perform an exciting programme of operatic arias and duets by
Wagner, Richard Strauss, Verdi, Handel and others. This will be an unmissable event for all who have an interest in the vocal arts.
(NZ Opera Society members: $20 admission.)

Friday 18 March 2011 Evening 7.30pm

The Pangea Piano Project

Piano music for 2 and 4 hands

Ya-Ting Liou and Blas González

Antonín Dvorák: Slavonic Dance Op 46 No 1
Tolga Zafer Özdemir: Mesopotamia Suite
Franz Liszt: Après une lecture de Dante: Fantasia quasi sonata
György Ligeti: Sonatina
Carlos Guastavino: Romance del Plata
Jack Body: Three Rythmics

Dr Ya-Ting Liou (Taiwan) and Blas González (Argentina) have performed widely internationally, including the Kennedy Center in New York and throughout South America, Asia, Canada and Australasia. The Pangea Piano Project aims to combine standard piano music with less conventional repertoire for solo, duet and duo. Ya-Ting and Blas have commissioned, premiered and recorded works by composers world-wide.

Saturday 19 March 2011 Evening 7.30pm

Cornucopia
Donald Armstrong (Violin)

Belinda Veitch (Viola)
Robert Ibell (Cello)

Victoria Jones (Bass)

Peter Dykes (Oboe)
Kirsten Eade (Flute)

Rachel Vernon (Clarinet)
Robert Weeks (Bassoon)

Heather Thompson (Horn)

Richard Strauss (arr Franz Hasenohrl): Till Eulenspiegel einmal anders (‘Till Eulenspiegel differently for once!’)

Carl Nielson: Serenata in vano (cello, clarinet, horn, bassoon, double bass)
WA Mozart: Oboe Quartet in F K370 (oboe, violin, viola, cello)
Louis Spohr: Nonet in F major Op 31
The return of a favourite ensemble, Cornucopia – all principal members of the New Zealand Symphony Orchestra – which presents another exciting programme. Let off the leash, this
group always makes brilliant music together.

Sunday 20 March 2011 Afternoon 3.00pm

Richard Mapp,
Anna van der Zee
Paul Mitchell

Leos Janácek: Sonata for Violin and Piano
Bohuslav Martinu: Sonata for Cello and Piano No 2
Johannes Brahms: Piano Trio No 2 in C Major

Pianist Richard Mapp joins with violinist Anna van der Zee, then with cellist Paul Mitchell, and then with both, to bring us three monumental works of the chamber music repertoire.