Experience the dynamic energy of Fazıl Say’s Space Jump, vividly portraying a thrilling ascent and descent with vibrant rhythms and textures. Schumann’s Piano Trio No. 2 follows, showcasing lyrical warmth and expressive melodies with underlying jovial optimism. The programme features a new work for NZTrio by Keith Moss, melding inventive textures with contemporary flair, before revelling in Reena Esmail’s Piano Trio, a compelling fusion of Indian raags and Western classical traditions, creating a rich and evocative soundscape that bridges diverse musical cultures. 

Fazıl Say – Space Jump for piano trio
Robert Schumann – Piano Trio No. 2 in F Major
Keith Moss (NZ) – New work written for NZTrio
Reena Esmail – Piano Trio

Duration approx 105mins including 20min interval

Experience the dynamic energy of Fazıl Say’s Space Jump, vividly portraying a thrilling ascent and descent with vibrant rhythms and textures. Schumann’s Piano Trio No. 2 follows, showcasing lyrical warmth and expressive melodies with underlying jovial optimism. The programme features a new work for NZTrio by Keith Moss, melding inventive textures with contemporary flair, before revelling in Reena Esmail’s Piano Trio, a compelling fusion of Indian raags and Western classical traditions, creating a rich and evocative soundscape that bridges diverse musical cultures. 

Fazıl Say – Space Jump for piano trio
Robert Schumann – Piano Trio No. 2 in F Major
Keith Moss (NZ) – New work written for NZTrio
Reena Esmail – Piano Trio

Duration approx 105mins including 20min interval

Experience the dynamic energy of Fazıl Say’s Space Jump, vividly portraying a thrilling ascent and descent with vibrant rhythms and textures. Schumann’s Piano Trio No. 2 follows, showcasing lyrical warmth and expressive melodies with underlying jovial optimism. The programme features a new work for NZTrio by Keith Moss, melding inventive textures with contemporary flair, before revelling in Reena Esmail’s Piano Trio, a compelling fusion of Indian raags and Western classical traditions, creating a rich and evocative soundscape that bridges diverse musical cultures. 

Fazıl Say – Space Jump for piano trio
Robert Schumann – Piano Trio No. 2 in F Major
Keith Moss (NZ) – New work written for NZTrio
Reena Esmail – Piano Trio

Duration approx 105mins including 20min interval

Experience the dynamic energy of Fazıl Say’s Space Jump, vividly portraying a thrilling ascent and descent with vibrant rhythms and textures. Schumann’s Piano Trio No. 2 follows, showcasing lyrical warmth and expressive melodies with underlying jovial optimism. The programme features a new work for NZTrio by Keith Moss, melding inventive textures with contemporary flair, before revelling in Reena Esmail’s Piano Trio, a compelling fusion of Indian raags and Western classical traditions, creating a rich and evocative soundscape that bridges diverse musical cultures. 

Book tickets via efjac@xtra.co.nz

Fazıl Say – Space Jump for piano trio
Robert Schumann – Piano Trio No. 2 in F Major
Keith Moss (NZ) – New work written for NZTrio
Reena Esmail – Piano Trio

Duration approx 105mins including 20min interval

NZTrio He Taonga Wairere add a deeper hue with the addition of viola and double bass to perform Franz Schubert’s ebullient and beloved Trout Quintet. There is barely a cloud that passes over this unfailing lyrical and summery delight, allowing every instrument the opportunity to shine. The programme is balanced by Gareth Farr’s incendiary Ahi and Thousandth Orange for piano trio and viola by Caroline Shaw.

Of the latter, Shaw writes: I began thinking about the history of still-life paintings. Those bowls of fruit we see framed in museums – sort of lovely and banal, at first glance, but then richer when considered in the long story of humans painting things that they see, over and over and over again… More angles reveal themselves – more perspectives and corners and stories, more understanding – more appreciation of something that most would consider unremarkable.

NZTrio He Taonga Wairere add a deeper hue with the addition of viola and double bass to perform Franz Schubert’s ebullient and beloved Trout Quintet. There is barely a cloud that passes over this unfailing lyrical and summery delight, allowing every instrument the opportunity to shine. The programme is balanced by Gareth Farr’s incendiary Ahi and Thousandth Orange for piano trio and viola by Caroline Shaw.

Of the latter, Shaw writes: I began thinking about the history of still-life paintings. Those bowls of fruit we see framed in museums – sort of lovely and banal, at first glance, but then richer when considered in the long story of humans painting things that they see, over and over and over again… More angles reveal themselves – more perspectives and corners and stories, more understanding – more appreciation of something that most would consider unremarkable.

NZTrio He Taonga Wairere add a deeper hue with the addition of viola and double bass to perform Franz Schubert’s ebullient and beloved Trout Quintet. There is barely a cloud that passes over this unfailing lyrical and summery delight, allowing every instrument the opportunity to shine. The programme is balanced by Gareth Farr’s incendiary Ahi and Thousandth Orange for piano trio and viola by Caroline Shaw.

Of the latter, Shaw writes: I began thinking about the history of still-life paintings. Those bowls of fruit we see framed in museums – sort of lovely and banal, at first glance, but then richer when considered in the long story of humans painting things that they see, over and over and over again… More angles reveal themselves – more perspectives and corners and stories, more understanding – more appreciation of something that most would consider unremarkable.

NZTrio He Taonga Wairere add a deeper hue with the addition of viola and double bass to perform Franz Schubert’s ebullient and beloved Trout Quintet. There is barely a cloud that passes over this unfailing lyrical and summery delight, allowing every instrument the opportunity to shine. The programme is balanced by Gareth Farr’s incendiary Ahi and Thousandth Orange for piano trio and viola by Caroline Shaw.

Of the latter, Shaw writes: I began thinking about the history of still-life paintings. Those bowls of fruit we see framed in museums – sort of lovely and banal, at first glance, but then richer when considered in the long story of humans painting things that they see, over and over and over again… More angles reveal themselves – more perspectives and corners and stories, more understanding – more appreciation of something that most would consider unremarkable.

NZTrio He Taonga Wairere add a deeper hue with the addition of viola and double bass to perform Franz Schubert’s ebullient and beloved Trout Quintet. There is barely a cloud that passes over this unfailing lyrical and summery delight, allowing every instrument the opportunity to shine. The programme is balanced by Gareth Farr’s incendiary Ahi and Thousandth Orange for piano trio and viola by Caroline Shaw.

Of the latter, Shaw writes: I began thinking about the history of still-life paintings. Those bowls of fruit we see framed in museums – sort of lovely and banal, at first glance, but then richer when considered in the long story of humans painting things that they see, over and over and over again… More angles reveal themselves – more perspectives and corners and stories, more understanding – more appreciation of something that most would consider unremarkable.

NZTrio He Taonga Wairere add a deeper hue with the addition of viola and double bass to perform Franz Schubert’s ebullient and beloved Trout Quintet. There is barely a cloud that passes over this unfailing lyrical and summery delight, allowing every instrument the opportunity to shine. The programme is balanced by Gareth Farr’s incendiary Ahi and Thousandth Orange for piano trio and viola by Caroline Shaw.

Of the latter, Shaw writes: I began thinking about the history of still-life paintings. Those bowls of fruit we see framed in museums – sort of lovely and banal, at first glance, but then richer when considered in the long story of humans painting things that they see, over and over and over again… More angles reveal themselves – more perspectives and corners and stories, more understanding – more appreciation of something that most would consider unremarkable.

NZTrio He Taonga Wairere add a deeper hue with the addition of viola and double bass to perform Franz Schubert’s ebullient and beloved Trout Quintet. There is barely a cloud that passes over this unfailing lyrical and summery delight, allowing every instrument the opportunity to shine. The programme is balanced by Gareth Farr’s incendiary Ahi and Thousandth Orange for piano trio and viola by Caroline Shaw.

Of the latter, Shaw writes: I began thinking about the history of still-life paintings. Those bowls of fruit we see framed in museums – sort of lovely and banal, at first glance, but then richer when considered in the long story of humans painting things that they see, over and over and over again… More angles reveal themselves – more perspectives and corners and stories, more understanding – more appreciation of something that most would consider unremarkable.

NZTrio He Taonga Wairere add a deeper hue with the addition of viola and double bass to perform Franz Schubert’s ebullient and beloved Trout Quintet. There is barely a cloud that passes over this unfailing lyrical and summery delight, allowing every instrument the opportunity to shine. The programme is balanced by Gareth Farr’s incendiary Ahi and Thousandth Orange for piano trio and viola by Caroline Shaw.

Of the latter, Shaw writes: I began thinking about the history of still-life paintings. Those bowls of fruit we see framed in museums – sort of lovely and banal, at first glance, but then richer when considered in the long story of humans painting things that they see, over and over and over again… More angles reveal themselves – more perspectives and corners and stories, more understanding – more appreciation of something that most would consider unremarkable.

NZTrio He Taonga Wairere add a deeper hue with the addition of viola and double bass to perform Franz Schubert’s ebullient and beloved Trout Quintet. There is barely a cloud that passes over this unfailing lyrical and summery delight, allowing every instrument the opportunity to shine. The programme is balanced by Gareth Farr’s incendiary Ahi and Thousandth Orange for piano trio and viola by Caroline Shaw.

Of the latter, Shaw writes: I began thinking about the history of still-life paintings. Those bowls of fruit we see framed in museums – sort of lovely and banal, at first glance, but then richer when considered in the long story of humans painting things that they see, over and over and over again… More angles reveal themselves – more perspectives and corners and stories, more understanding – more appreciation of something that most would consider unremarkable.

NZTrio He Taonga Wairere add a deeper hue with the addition of viola and double bass to perform Franz Schubert’s ebullient and beloved Trout Quintet. There is barely a cloud that passes over this unfailing lyrical and summery delight, allowing every instrument the opportunity to shine. The programme is balanced by Gareth Farr’s incendiary Ahi and Thousandth Orange for piano trio and viola by Caroline Shaw.

Of the latter, Shaw writes: I began thinking about the history of still-life paintings. Those bowls of fruit we see framed in museums – sort of lovely and banal, at first glance, but then richer when considered in the long story of humans painting things that they see, over and over and over again… More angles reveal themselves – more perspectives and corners and stories, more understanding – more appreciation of something that most would consider unremarkable.

An intimate journey exploring devotion, memory, and the intersection between joy and sorrow.

Edvard Grieg’s Andante con moto begins the concert: a deep, solemn movement, the sole fragment of an unfinished trio, it is an intense meditation on loss and profound melancholy. Sorrow gives way to the breathless excitement of courtship and tantalising romance of Claire Cowan’s Subtle Dances, before Robert Schumann finishes with brilliant, joyful devotion in Piano Trio No. 2 in F Major. Written shortly after his long-awaited marriage to Clara, this sunlit masterpiece is filled with the effusive affection of a besotted husband, a beautiful “luminous image” of love realised.

LOVE AND LOSS
Edvard Grieg | Andante con moto
Claire Cowan | Subtle Dances
Robert Schumann | Piano Trio No. 2 in F Major

Reverie opens with a mesmerizing, atmospheric work that gently rocks between dream and reality – Hanna Kulenty’s A Cradle Song – before entering a state of Romantic fervour with Schumann’s Piano Trio No. 3, brimming with lyrical expression. Adam Schoenberg’s Las Estrellas highlights shimmering textures and celestial inspiration, while new commission Icarus on Titan from Karlo Margetič offers a fresh and distinctive New Zealand perspective. Finally, Leonard Bernstein’s youthful Piano Trio provides a taste of his early brilliance and quirky personality, foreshadowing the irrepressible energy of his later Broadway compositions.

Hanna Kulenty – A Cradle Song
Robert Schumann – Piano Trio No. 3 in g minor
Adam Schoenberg – Las Estrellas
Karlo Margetić (NZ) – Icarus on Titan (2026 NZTrio / SOUNZ Tarling Trust Commission)
Leonard Bernstein – Piano Trio 

Duration approx 105mins including 20min interval

Reverie opens with a mesmerizing, atmospheric work that gently rocks between dream and reality – Hanna Kulenty’s A Cradle Song – before entering a state of Romantic fervour with Schumann’s Piano Trio No. 3, brimming with lyrical expression. Adam Schoenberg’s Las Estrellas highlights shimmering textures and celestial inspiration, while new commission Icarus on Titan from Karlo Margetič offers a fresh and distinctive New Zealand perspective. Finally, Leonard Bernstein’s youthful Piano Trio provides a taste of his early brilliance and quirky personality, foreshadowing the irrepressible energy of his later Broadway compositions.

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Hanna Kulenty – A Cradle Song
Robert Schumann – Piano Trio No. 3 in g minor
Adam Schoenberg – Las Estrellas
Karlo Margetić (NZ) – Icarus on Titan (2026 NZTrio / SOUNZ Tarling Trust Commission)
Leonard Bernstein – Piano Trio 

5pm doors open. 6.30pm performance. Sarjeant Café and bar open for ticket holders 5-9pm.

Duration approx 105mins including 20min interval

Reverie opens with a mesmerizing, atmospheric work that gently rocks between dream and reality – Hanna Kulenty’s A Cradle Song – before entering a state of Romantic fervour with Schumann’s Piano Trio No. 3, brimming with lyrical expression. Adam Schoenberg’s Las Estrellas highlights shimmering textures and celestial inspiration, while new commission Icarus on Titan from Karlo Margetič offers a fresh and distinctive New Zealand perspective. Finally, Leonard Bernstein’s youthful Piano Trio provides a taste of his early brilliance and quirky personality, foreshadowing the irrepressible energy of his later Broadway compositions.

Hanna Kulenty – A Cradle Song
Robert Schumann – Piano Trio No. 3 in g minor
Adam Schoenberg – Las Estrellas
Karlo Margetić (NZ) – Icarus on Titan (2026 NZTrio / SOUNZ Tarling Trust Commission)
Leonard Bernstein – Piano Trio 

Duration approx 105mins including 20min interval

Reverie opens with a mesmerizing, atmospheric work that gently rocks between dream and reality – Hanna Kulenty’s A Cradle Song – before entering a state of Romantic fervour with Schumann’s Piano Trio No. 3, brimming with lyrical expression. Adam Schoenberg’s Las Estrellas highlights shimmering textures and celestial inspiration, while new commission Icarus on Titan from Karlo Margetič offers a fresh and distinctive New Zealand perspective. Finally, Leonard Bernstein’s youthful Piano Trio provides a taste of his early brilliance and quirky personality, foreshadowing the irrepressible energy of his later Broadway compositions.

Hanna Kulenty – A Cradle Song
Robert Schumann – Piano Trio No. 3 in g minor
Adam Schoenberg – Las Estrellas
Karlo Margetić (NZ) – Icarus on Titan (2026 NZTrio / SOUNZ Tarling Trust Commission)
Leonard Bernstein – Piano Trio 

Duration approx 105mins including 20min interval

Reverie opens with a mesmerizing, atmospheric work that gently rocks between dream and reality – Hanna Kulenty’s A Cradle Song – before entering a state of Romantic fervour with Schumann’s Piano Trio No. 3, brimming with lyrical expression. Adam Schoenberg’s Las Estrellas highlights shimmering textures and celestial inspiration, while new commission Icarus on Titan from Karlo Margetič offers a fresh and distinctive New Zealand perspective. Finally, Leonard Bernstein’s youthful Piano Trio provides a taste of his early brilliance and quirky personality, foreshadowing the irrepressible energy of his later Broadway compositions.

Hanna Kulenty – A Cradle Song
Robert Schumann – Piano Trio No. 3 in g minor
Adam Schoenberg – Las Estrellas
Karlo Margetić (NZ) – Icarus on Titan (2026 NZTrio / SOUNZ Tarling Trust Commission)
Leonard Bernstein – Piano Trio 

Duration approx 105mins including 20min interval

Reverie opens with a mesmerizing, atmospheric work that gently rocks between dream and reality – Hanna Kulenty’s A Cradle Song – before entering a state of Romantic fervour with Schumann’s Piano Trio No. 3, brimming with lyrical expression. Adam Schoenberg’s Las Estrellas highlights shimmering textures and celestial inspiration, while new commission Icarus on Titan from Karlo Margetič offers a fresh and distinctive New Zealand perspective. Finally, Leonard Bernstein’s youthful Piano Trio provides a taste of his early brilliance and quirky personality, foreshadowing the irrepressible energy of his later Broadway compositions.

Book a subscription tickets to all three 2026 Concert Chamber concerts: https://www.ticketmaster.co.nz/event/2400636ACBFC4845

Hanna Kulenty – A Cradle Song
Robert Schumann – Piano Trio No. 3 in g minor
Adam Schoenberg – Las Estrellas
Karlo Margetić (NZ) – Icarus on Titan (2026 NZTrio / SOUNZ Tarling Trust Commission)
Leonard Bernstein – Piano Trio 

Duration approx 105mins including 20min interval

Reverie opens with a mesmerizing, atmospheric work that gently rocks between dream and reality – Hanna Kulenty’s A Cradle Song – before entering a state of Romantic fervour with Schumann’s Piano Trio No. 3, brimming with lyrical expression. Adam Schoenberg’s Las Estrellas highlights shimmering textures and celestial inspiration, while new commission Icarus on Titan from Karlo Margetič offers a fresh and distinctive New Zealand perspective. Finally, Leonard Bernstein’s youthful Piano Trio provides a taste of his early brilliance and quirky personality, foreshadowing the irrepressible energy of his later Broadway compositions.

Hanna Kulenty – A Cradle Song
Robert Schumann – Piano Trio No. 3 in g minor
Adam Schoenberg – Las Estrellas
Karlo Margetić (NZ) – Icarus on Titan (2026 NZTrio / SOUNZ Tarling Trust Commission)
Leonard Bernstein – Piano Trio 

Duration approx 105mins including 20min interval

Reverie opens with a mesmerizing, atmospheric work that gently rocks between dream and reality – Hanna Kulenty’s A Cradle Song – before entering a state of Romantic fervour with Schumann’s Piano Trio No. 3, brimming with lyrical expression. Adam Schoenberg’s Las Estrellas highlights shimmering textures and celestial inspiration, while new commission Icarus on Titan from Karlo Margetič offers a fresh and distinctive New Zealand perspective. Finally, Leonard Bernstein’s youthful Piano Trio provides a taste of his early brilliance and quirky personality, foreshadowing the irrepressible energy of his later Broadway compositions.

Hanna Kulenty – A Cradle Song
Robert Schumann – Piano Trio No. 3 in g minor
Adam Schoenberg – Las Estrellas
Karlo Margetić (NZ) – Icarus on Titan (2026 NZTrio / SOUNZ Tarling Trust Commission)
Leonard Bernstein – Piano Trio 

Duration approx 105mins including 20min interval

Join us and Orchestra Wellington for Beethoven’s Triple Concerto and hear Amalia perform Ravel’s fiery and beguiling Tzigane!

Tzigane
Maurice Ravel (1875–1937)
Amalia Hall, violin

Triple Concerto for Violin, Cello, and Piano in C major, op. 56
Ludwig van Beethoven (1770–1827)
NZTrio

Ocean
Victoria Kelly (1973–)
WORLD PREMIERE

Reverie opens with a mesmerizing, atmospheric work that gently rocks between dream and reality – Hanna Kulenty’s A Cradle Song – before entering a state of Romantic fervour with Schumann’s Piano Trio No. 3, brimming with lyrical expression. Adam Schoenberg’s Las Estrellas highlights shimmering textures and celestial inspiration, while new commission Icarus on Titan from Karlo Margetič offers a fresh and distinctive New Zealand perspective. Finally, Leonard Bernstein’s youthful Piano Trio provides a taste of his early brilliance and quirky personality, foreshadowing the irrepressible energy of his later Broadway compositions.

Hanna Kulenty – A Cradle Song
Robert Schumann – Piano Trio No. 3 in g minor
Adam Schoenberg – Las Estrellas
Karlo Margetić (NZ) – Icarus on Titan (2026 NZTrio / SOUNZ Tarling Trust Commission)
Leonard Bernstein – Piano Trio 

Duration approx 105mins including 20min interval