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A lavish tapestry of styles and emotions is explored in Fantastique, a programme of contrasts. Turina’s Circulo depicts a single day through dawn, midday and dusk, while brooding disquiet meets stark intensity in Shostakovich’s Piano Trio No.1 in C minorChen Yi’s Tibetan Tunes creates a fusion of traditional Tibetan melodies referencing Buddhist god Du Mu, before the premiere of Angelus, a new commission by one of Aotearoa’s most acclaimed composers, John Psathas. Finally, Franck’s youthful Piano Trio No. 1 in F sharp minor is as charming and intimate as it is powerful and explosive.

THE PROGRAMME

Joaquín Turina | Circulo
Shostakovich |
Piano Trio No.1 in C minor
Chen Yi |
Tibetan Tunes
John Psathas (NZ) |
Angelus
César Franck |
Piano Trio No.1 in F sharp minor

This programme will be performed with guest cellist Callum Hall

DATES AND VENUES

30 August – Wellington
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31 Aug – Greytown Music Society
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10 Sep – Yarragon Studio, Melbourne
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11 Sep – Tempo Rubato, Melbourne
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13 Sep – “NZTrio X Collectivo”
Thomas Dixon Centre, Brisbane
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ANNOUNCING OUR NEW CELLIST

NZTrio He Taonga Wairere are thrilled to announce the appointment of new permanent cellist, Matthias Balzat.
 
Matthias, an award-winning performer, brings a wealth of local and international performing experience to the trio’s next chapter.

Hypnotique presents a diverse array of works that challenges expectations of traditional chamber music. A whirlwind of motion typifies NZ composer Lyell Cresswell’s virtuosic Moto Perpetuo, ahead of the percussive and electronic influences in Le Boeuf’s jazz-adjacent Obliquely Wrecked. Fauré’s Piano Trio in D minor exhibits lyrical elegance, with transportative, lush harmonic textures, and Australian composer Elena Kats-Chernin pays homage to Haydn, blending classical and contemporary styles in Calliope Dreaming. Then finally, the full Romantic immersion of Schönberg’s Verklärte Nacht is structured around the five stanzas of a poem; deeply transcendent and utterly beautiful.

THE PROGRAMME

Lyell Cresswell (NZ) | Moto perpetuo

Pascal Le Boeuf | Obliquely Wrecked

Gabriel Fauré | Piano Trio in D minor, Op. 120

Elena Kats-Chernin | Calliope Dreaming

Arnold Schönberg | Verklärte Nacht arr. for piano trio

DATES AND VENUES

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