Peter Scholes clarinet, Dianna Cochrane
violin
Adrianna Lis flute, Martin Lee oboe
Ben Hoadley bassoon, David Kay horn
Sarah Watkins piano, Owen Gordon viola
Tom Pierard cello, John Harrison bass
Samuel Barber – Summer Music
Francis Poulenc – Sextet for Piano and Winds
Louis Spohr – Nonet
P D Q Bach – Schleptet in E-Flat Major
To start the 2009 season the Auckland Chamber Orchestra led by director Peter Scholes and concertmaster Dianna Cochrane present a concert of glorious chamber music. The virtuoso Summer Music by American composer Samuel Barber opens the programme. This jazzy piece for wind quintet was written by the composer of the famous Adagio for Strings and is full of nostalgic and passionate writing. The Sextet by Poulenc juxtaposes French lyricism with comic twists and is musical entertainment at its best. The main work of the concert is the Spohr Nonet. The nine instruments blend together to create beautiful harmonies which accompany the romantic melodies by this popular composer. The concert ends end with one of the great musical dilemmas - the mysterious talent of P D Q Bach.
Peter Scholes conductor
Ben Hoadley bassoon
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart – Eine kleine Nachtmusik (Serenade, K.525)
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart – Bassoon Concerto K.191, B flat major
ACO presents – Clair de Lune
Arnold Schoenberg – Verklärte Nacht (Transfigured Night)
Here is a rare opportunity to hear the bassoon featured as a solo instrument. The Mozart concerto exploits the lyricism and vocal qualities of the instrument. In Transfigured Night, Schoenberg creates a tapestry of string sonority which represents the culmination of romanticsm. It is a work of transcendental beauty.
Patricia Wright soprano, Peter Scholes clarinet
David Guerin piano, Dianna Cochrane violin
Rachel Guan bassoon, Carl Wells horn
William Hanfling violin, Owen Gordon viola
David Garner cello, Evgeny Lanchtchikov bass
Franz Schubert – Shepherd on the Rock
Franz Schubert – Octet
ACO presents – Ave Maria
This concert is a celebration of the musical genius of Schubert. Patricia Wright is guest artist in Shepherd on the Rock, a piece which combines the drama of art song with the intimacy of chamber music. Following the success on Beethoven’s Septet in 2008, we perform the magnificent Octet by Schubert. This is chamber music at its grandest.
Peter Scholes conductor
Alexa Still flute
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart – Flute Concerto
David Hamilton – Hine Raukatauri
ACO presents – 4 Seasons in 4 Minutes
Franz Schubert – Death and the Maiden (arr. Mahler)
Alexa Still has a hugely successful career as a soloist and recording artist.
“Still’s skillful artistry is nothing but natural, pure and honest.” Sabine Kortals, Daily Camera
This concert is a must see and hear for flute fans. Schubert’s great Death and the Maiden quartet is a string quartet of symphonic proportions and is here presented in its arrangemnt for string orchestra by Gustav Mahler.
Chris Gendall – Wax Lyrical
Robin Toan – Barcelona Postcards
Sam Holloway – Strange Loops
Karlo Margetic – Chamber Concertino
Anthony Young – Firmament
Dylan Lardelli – Four Fragments
Michael Norris – Splinter Cells
ACO presents Schubert’s “Finished”
Seven works by seven of NZ’s top next generation of composers including the winner of the SOUNZ Contemporary Award 2008, Wax Lyrical. Hear the diversity, excitement and challenge of this 100% NZ music concert.
Music by Eve de Castro Robinson
A Resonance of Emerald
Commemoration for solo cello
Len Songs
These Boots (are made for dancing)
a pink-lit phase
Chaos of Delight II
Noah’s Ark
“And as for ‘why do I compose?’ There seems to be an inner surge of creative energy which must spring out and manifest itself in musical form. This usually involves much gazing out at trees and water (two life forces) and summoning up embryonic flickers and traces of sounds and ideas which may agree to be shaped and manipulated into larger forms and structures. I’m continually trying to figure out how to bridge the gap between being able to allow something to come into being and then to make some personal ‘concrete’ sense of it. I do try to achieve a balance between the peace of mind necessary for depth and clarity of contemplation, and the open and trusting (and therefore extremely vulnerable) state of being that is creative. I can only compose from inner conviction and speak with my heart. And I often return to a statement by Berio, who sees music as ‘a gift to be given and a gift to be received’“.
Sarah Watkins piano
Read Gainsford piano
Peter Scholes conductor & clarinet
Igor Stravinsky – Ebony Concerto
Leonard Bernstein – Prelude Fugue and Riffs
George Gershwin – Rhapsody in Blue
John Adams Grand – Pianola Music
The ACO, disguised as a jazz band delivers some of the hottest jazz inspired music including the amazing Rhapsody in Blue by Gershwin in its original form as played by the Paul Whiteman Big Band.
Peter Scholes conductor
Emma Sloman voice
Claire Scholes voice
What’s that Spell?
Garage Sale
Mozart’s Musical Joke
Just a Gigolo with special guest Frank Olsson
Some songs from Façade
Pizzicato Polka
Minute Waltz
Haydn’s Surprise
Knees Up Mambo
Happy Birthday Variations
…and more