Iris Dreaming – NZTrio

Composer Dame Gillian Whitehead, NZTrio, Poet-librettist Fleur Adcock, and Soprano Joanne Roughton-Arnold. Premiered at the Adams Chamber Music Festival 2017.

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Very much looking forward to our Arrowtown gig thi

Very much looking forward to our Arrowtown gig this Saturday 23rd November 7 - 9pm. Hope you can join us for what will be a very intimate and powerful musical experience in the luscious surroundings of Lodge at the Hills. Thanks @mountain.scene for the editorial plug! Link to the article in link.tree. More info and booking details via What's On at nztrio.com.

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Next stop on the Untamed Hope tour is Õtepoti Dun

Next stop on the Untamed Hope tour is Õtepoti Dunedin Nov 22nd 7 - 9pm at the Dunedin Public Art Gallery. Birthplace of Frances Hodgkins, Grace Joel, and many other notable 19th C female artists currently being showcased in the Groundbreakers exhibition. Plus exciting new work by Xoë Hall, Kerrie Poliness, Shireen Taweel, and Angela Tiatia. Can't think of a better fit for our talented line up of wahine composers in this programme. Loads of enriching art to fill your boots ahead of the concert. Link to @d.p.a.g exhibitions in our link.tree. See What's On at nztrio.com to book or take a chance with door sales!

Special thanks to Aotearoa Gaming Trust and their venue The Black Dog Cafe & Bar for supporting this concert.

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📰 great review of ‘Untamed Hope’ from the w

📰 great review of ‘Untamed Hope’ from the wonderful @elizabethxkerr at Five Lines - thank you! (Link jn bio). Subscribe via her Contact page for very insightful and informative newsletters about all things classical in Aotearoa 👍🏻 Three shows left Nov 22/23, Dec 15 - visit What's On at nztrio.com for details.

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✨ a very special performance of ‘untamed hope’, marking @ashleybrowncello’s last concert chamber performance with us… thank you to everyone who joined us on this epic journey through four absolute gems in the piano trio repertoire 💎

✨ loving the energy at @sarjeantgallery tonight

✨ loving the energy at @sarjeantgallery tonight for our whanganui performance of ‘untamed hope’. feels extra special to be playing the collier family’s piano amidst edith collier’s exhibition 🎨

Memories from Motueka… 🤭 6 more outings of ou

Memories from Motueka… 🤭
6 more outings of our Untamed Hope programme - Wellington, Whanganui, Auckland, Dunedin, Arrowtown and Gisborne 🕊️

As we move into the last half of the tour with Unt

As we move into the last half of the tour with Untamed Hope, we'd like to say a huge Thank You for all the gorgeous feedback and audience support. There's nothing like the collective buzz of a live performance, especially in current climes. Arohanui ❤️🙏🙏🙏 Remaining concerts as follows:
Nov 14th - Wellington
Nov 15th - Whanganui
Nov 17th - Auckland
Nov 22nd - Dunedin
Nov 23rd - Arrowtown
Dec 15th - Gisborne

Visit What's On at nztrio.com for all booking details and full programme notes.

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We're stoked to be part of Te Whare o Rehua Sarjea

We're stoked to be part of Te Whare o Rehua Sarjeant Gallery's exciting re-opening events this week. What a long journey it's been for this gem of an arts establishment - and a boon for the great city of Whanganui. It's absolutely stunning! 🥳🥳🥳 We have the honour of playing the 'Collier piano' (under permanent care of the gallery) amongst the incredible works of Edith Collier – another celebrated female artist to add to our programme. Join us as we fill the space with Untamed Hope on Nov 15th, 7pm ❤️. Book via link in Linktree/bio or find more info at What's On nztrio.com. Note: scroll down once you're on Sarjeant's booking page - you do not need to be signed in👍🏻

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Ethel Smyth is another great composer and suffrage

Ethel Smyth is another great composer and suffragette on whose shoulders we proudly stand (see previous composer series posts for Untamed Hope). Considered one of Britain’s most important composers, she was a passionate campaigner for votes for women, arguing that the disadvantages women faced in music stemmed from their lack of political voice. She wrote the suffragette anthem 'The March of the Women' and is credited with teaching the corps of women (including her friend Emmeline Pankhurst) how to throw rocks: imprisoned in Holloway for just that, throwing a rock through the windows of the Houses of Parliament in 1912. Thomas Beecham described her leaning through the bars, conducting the chorus of women marching and singing outside with a toothbrush. She was a child prodigy from a typical wealthy Victorian family and consistently defied her father’s wishes (a major general in the Royal Artillery who forbade her to study music). She taught herself, and announced at age 17 that she was going to study in Leipzig. A major battle ensued. She won on the condition that she must complete her courses or return. But she disobeyed and after only one year, she chose to quit Reinecke and study privately with the Herzogenbergs (where she wrote this trio aged 21). Through them, she met all the major composers of the day: Brahms, Dvořák, Grieg, Tchaikovsky, Clara Schumann - described as a ‘jolly and amusing young Englishwoman who rides, hunts, fishes, swims, jumps over chairs, and has been writing some quite charming little songs’. She went on to make her name throughout Germany with these charming little songs.

Visit What’s On at nztrio.com for full notes, all concert info and booking links.
Original programme note and research by Charlotte Wilson.
Programmed work: Ethel Smyth (UK; 1858 -1944), Trio in D minor (1880) - c.28’

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🌞 blue skies for our ‘untamed hope’ show on

🌞 blue skies for our ‘untamed hope’ show on waiheke island today… feels like summer 🍦

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