FEATURING

Bridget Douglas — flute

Xenia Pestova — piano

PROGRAMME

Toru Takemitsu — Rain Spell (NZ premiere)

James Gardner — Fetish Effigies (world premiere)

Philip Brownlee — Synonta (NZ premiere)

György Ligeti — Five pieces for Wind Quintet

Kaija Saariaho — Lichtbogen (NZ premiere)

Paul Booth — Impossible Colour (world premiere)

Michael Norris — Wind Shear (world premiere)

Jenny McLeod — For Seven

PROGRAMME

Neville Hall — The Way Time Accumulates

John Bayer — Asana (world premiere)

Karlheinz Essl — Entsagung (New Zealand premiere)

Rachel Clement — knitting dust (world premiere)

György Ligeti — Chamber Concerto

FEATURING

Rowan Prior — cello

Hamish McKeich — contrabassoon

Bridget Douglas — flute

PROGRAMME

Rachel Clement — knitting dust

Lissa Meridan — devil on a wire

Chris Watson — Piano Quintet

James Gardner — Fetish Effigies

Ross Harris — Contra-Music (world premiere)

Philip Brownlee — Harakeke

John Rimmer — The Ripple Effect

FEATURING

Donald Nicolson — amplified harpsichord

Pepe Becker — soprano

PROGRAMME

Iannis Xenakis — Waarg

Douglas Lilburn — Wind Quintet

Iannis Xenakis — Naama

Jack Speirs — Three Poems of Janet Frame

Iannis Xenakis — Thallein

PROGRAMME

Arnold Schönberg — Verklärte Nacht

Anton Webern — Sinfonie Op. 21

Karlheinz Essl — Mise en Scène

Olga Neuwirth — Hooloomooloo

FEATURING

Strike — percussion quartet

Pedro Carniero — percussion

PROGRAMME

David Downes — Noise

Don McGlashan — Work Songs

Luis Tinoco — Ends Meet

John Psathas — Psyzygyzm

Frank Zappa — The Black Page #2

Steve Reich — Nagoya Marimbas

Iannis Xenakis — Rebonds B

FEATURING

Hayden Chisholm — saxophone & voice

Edward Allen — horn

Murray Hickman — percussion

PROGRAMME

Hayden Chisholm — Magnificat 3 for saxophone, boy soprano, ensemble and tape (world premiere)

Luigi Ceccarelli — Respiri for prepared horn and tape (NZ premiere)

Pablo Furman — Concerto for Ensemble and Electronic Sounds (NZ premiere)

Paul Doornbush — Continuity 3 (NZ premiere)

Tristan Murail — L'esprit des dunes (NZ premiere)

PROGRAMME

Igor Stravinsky — Symphonies of Wind Instruments

Luciano Berio — "Points on the curve to find..."

Toru Takemitsu — Tree Line

FEATURING

Jordan Reyne — voice

Donald Nicolson — piano

Jeff Henderson — sax

PROGRAMME

Miriama Young — Breathing on the A Train (world premiere)

David Prior — Somewhere Submarine (NZ premiere)

Franco Donatoni — HOT! (NZ premiere)

Victoria Kelly — Short Song Cycle (world premiere)

Theo Loevendie — Bons (NZ premiere)

John Zorn — For Your Eyes Only (NZ premiere)

FEATURING

Bridget Douglas — flute

Donald Nicolson — harpsichord

PROGRAMME

Lachlan McKenzie — Flute Quintet, Mvt I (world premiere)

György Ligeti — Continuum

György Ligeti — Hungarian Rock

Michael Norris — Wind Shear

Michael Norris — Scintilla (world premiere)

Jack Speirs — Three poems of Janet Frame

György Ligeti — Chamber Concerto

PROGRAMME

James Gardner — Fetish Effigies

Gillian Whitehead — Manutaki

Philip Brownlee — Harakeke

John Rimmer — The Ripple Effect

Chris Watson — Derailleurs

FEATURING

Ananda Sukarlan — pf

Madeleine Pierard — voice

PROGRAMME

Julian Yu — Philopentatonia

Gillian Whitehead — Manutaki

James Wood — crying bird, echoing star

Liza Lim — Diabolical Birds

Jack Body — In the Curve of Song (world premiere)

Olivier Messiaen — Oiseaux Exotiques

PROGRAMME

Ross Harris — Lament

Oliver Knussen — Two Organa

Toru Takemitsu — Water ways

Michael Norris — Scintilla

Karlheinz Essl — four2eight

Dugal McKinnon — Christ lag in Todesbanden — mise en scène (world premiere)

James Macmillan — Exsultet

FEATURING

Mark Menzies —

PROGRAMME

Brian Ferneyhough — Terrain

Edgar Varèse — Octandre

John Rimmer — De Aestibus Rerum

Dylan Lardelli — Four fragments

Richard Barrett — Stirrings

John Croft — Siramour

FEATURING

Andrew Uren — bass clarinet

PROGRAMME

Victoria Kelly — Song for Chamber Ensemble

Helen Bowater — Banshee

Iannis Xenakis — Échange

Liza Lim — The Heart’s Ear

Philip Brownlee — Sparks Among the Geysers (world premiere)

FEATURING

Jeff Henderson — saxes)

Riki Gooch — drums

David Long — guitar

PROGRAMME

Gavin Bryars — After the Requiem

John Adams — Chamber Symphony

Theo Loevendie — Bons

David Long — Cross Creek

David Downes — Utterances

David Downes — Generation

Howard Shore (arr. McKeich) — Naked Lunch Score

Charles Coleman — Rut Strut

PROGRAMME

George Crumb — Eleven echoes of autumn

Ross Harris — At the edge of silence (commission)

Olivier Messiaen — Quartet for the end of time

PROGRAMME

Yong Nan Park — River Bend Motion

Heejung Ahn — Labyrinth

Boknam Lee — Evolution

Chan Hae Lee — Colour in Colour

Dylan Lardelli — Paulownia

FEATURING

Susan Ung — viola

Kate Lineham — voice

PROGRAMME

José Evangelista — Ô Bali

Chinary Ung — ...Still Life after Death

Chinary Ung — Khse Buon

Alison Isadora — the little baby jesus and the bee

John Croft — murmures secrez...Avernales eaux

Roberto Sierra — Cuentos

FEATURING

Richard Nunns — taonga puoru

Hamish McKeich — bassoon

Aroha Yates-Smith — voice

PROGRAMME

Brigid Bisley — In memoriam (world premiere)

Gillian Whitehead — Hine Te Kakara for bassoon, voice and taonga puoro

Philip Brownlee — Te Hau o Tawhirimatea for flute and taonga puoro (world premiere)

Lyell Cresswell — Con Fuoco (world premiere)

FEATURING

Lars Mlekusch — Saxophones

PROGRAMME

Michael Norris — Splinter Cells (World premiere)

Chris Watson — New work for saxophone & chamber ensemble (World premiere — Wellington only)

Dugal McKinnon — Untitled (Counterfeit Readymade #1) (World premiere)

Jacob ter Veldhuis — Grab it!

Hanspeter Kyburz — Cells

PROGRAMME

Rachel Clement — knitting dust

Jeroen Speak — Musik für witwen, jungfrauen und unschuldige

Arnold Schoenberg — Wind Quintet

John Adams — Chamber Symphony

FEATURING

Manos Achalinotopoulos (Greece) — clarinet

Vangelis Karypis (NZ) — percussion

PROGRAMME

Salpinx Call

Tzamara

Manos Achalinotopoulos — Bacchic

Seikilos — Song of Seikilos

John Psathas — Abhisheka

Achalinotopoulos — Suk/Bazaar

Christos Hatzis — Fertility Rites I

Christos Hatzis — Fertility Rites II

Percussion solo

Manos Achalinotopoulos — Doxastiko

John Psathas — Mal Occhio

Taximi Kartsigar

Hymn to the Muse

Zeibekiko Dance

John Psathas — Maenads

FEATURING

Bridget Douglas — flute

Carolyn Mills — harp

Simon Docking — piano

PROGRAMME

Salvatore Sciarrino — Introduzione all‘oscuro

Jack Body — Rainforest for flute and harp (world premiere)

Brian Ferneyhough — Lemma-Icon-Epigram

Oliver Knussen — Coursing

Pierre Boulez — Dérive

FEATURING

Rowan Prior — Cello

Richard Haynes — Bass clarinet

PROGRAMME

Karlheinz Essl — Entsagung

Alfred Schnittke — Dialogue for cello and ensemble

Helen Bowater — Lumen

John Young — Arriverderci

György Kürtag — Kroó György in Memoriam

Sofia Gubaidulina — Concordanza

Stroma at the ASIA PACIFIC FESTIVAL 2007

FEATURING

Richard Haynes — E-flat clarinet

PROGRAMME

Songji Hong (Korea) — Descending Flow

Naoko Kachi (Japan) — Liberation

Nadav Ziv (Israel) — Circles

Anothai Nitibhon (Thailand) — Voiceless Sketches I & II

Christian Utz (Austria) — Together/Apart

Jeroen Speak (NZ) — Epeisodos

FEATURING

Richard Haynes — clarinet

Patrick Barry — clarinet

Andrew Uren — bass clarinet

Duo Stump-Linshalm (Petra Stump & Heinzpeter Linshalm) — bass clarinets

PROGRAMME

Jorge Sanchez-Chiong — Tropico Transito

Michael Norris — Icons & Artifice

John Adams — Gnarly Buttons

Chris Watson — Mandible

Giacinto Scelsi — Kya

FEATURING

Dylan Lardelli — guitar

Donald Nicolson — piano/harpsichord

PROGRAMME

György Ligeti — Melodien for ensemble

György Ligeti — Hungarian Rock for solo harpsichord

György Ligeti — Continuum for solo harpsichord

Elliot Carter — Changes for solo guitar

Magnus Lindberg — Engine for ensemble

Michael Norris — Machine Noises for solo piano

Harrison Birtwistle — Carmen Arcadiae Perpetuum Mobile for ensemble

A triple bill of classic Charlie Chaplin films shown on the big screen is injected with new life by maverick composer Benedict Mason’s ingenious contemporary live score, ChaplinOperas.

Inspired by three short masterpieces, Easy Street, The Adventurer and The Immigrant, ChaplinOperas explores Chaplin’s anarchic vision through an exuberantly inventive score. A riot of voices, classical instruments, toys, a coffee grinder, pop guns, brushes, sirens and sampled sounds, this semi-operatic filmspiel is a foil to Chaplin’s humour. ChaplinOperas wittily takes the movies to new places, playing for laughs as well as on the connections between contemporary stage and silver screen.

Benedict Mason — ChaplinOperas

FEATURING

Pedro Carneiro (Spain/France) — percussion

Jeremy Fitzsimons (NZ) — percussion

PROGRAMME

Tansy Davies — grind show (unplugged)

Gareth Farr — Dialogue

Iannis Xenakis — Psappha

Jennifer Walshe — unbreakable line hinged waist

Salvatore Sciarrino — Lo Spazio Inverso

John Psathas — Psyzygysm (concerto for percussion and ensemble)

FEATURING

Richard Haynes — bass clarinet

PROGRAMME

Gérard Grisey — Périodes

David Downes — Expulse (World premiere)

Samuel Holloway — Strange Loops (World premiere)

Dylan Lardelli — Four Scenes (World premiere)

Iannis Xenakis — Échange

PROGRAMME

Jenny McLeod — Cat Dreams (World premiere)

Gillian Whitehad — Hineteiwaiwa (NZ premiere)

David Downes — Bliss Mechanism (World premiere)

Michael Norris — tesserae...interstices (NZ premiere)

John Rimmer — The Ring of Fire

FEATURING

Jeff Henderson — Saxes

Christian Wolz — Voice

Nicholas Isherwood — Voice

PROGRAMME

Chris Gendall — Wax Lyrical

Jeff Henderson — UnCage my HeArt! (World premiere)

Salvatore Sciarrino — Quaderno di Strada (NZ premiere)

FEATURING

Bridget Douglas — Flute

Peter Dykes — Oboe

Leonard Sakofsky — Percussion

PROGRAMME

Chris Gendall — Rudiments

Luciano Berio — Sequenza I for solo flute

Luciano Berio — Sequenza VII for solo oboe

Ross Harris — Trombone Opera

Ross Harris — Fanitullin

Iannis Xenakis — Charisma

Frederic Rzewski — Song & Dance

Frederic Rzewski — To the Earth

FEATURING

Mark Carter — Trumpet

Richard Haynes — Clarinet

PROGRAMME

Iannis Xenakis — Thalleïn

Jeroen Speak — Silk Dialogue VI (NZ premiere)

Peter Scholes — Relic (World premiere)

Alexandra Hay — An Island Doesn’t Either (World premiere)

Thomas Adès — Living Toys (NZ premiere)

A short programme performed twice in one evening, featuring Warren Maxwell of Little Bushman & Trinity Roots. In a collaboration with leading NZ composer John Psathas, Warren presents a series of songs surrounded by the rich sonorities of Stroma’s ensemble. The concert finishes with the madcap, cartoonish antics of New York enfant terrible John Zorn’s For Your Eyes Only.

PROGRAMME

Warren Maxwell & John Psathas — Pounamu

John Zorn — For Your Eyes Only

A short programme performed twice in one evening, featuring Warren Maxwell of Little Bushman & Trinity Roots. In a collaboration with leading NZ composer John Psathas, Warren presents a series of songs surrounded by the rich sonorities of Stroma’s ensemble. The concert finishes with the madcap, cartoonish antics of New York enfant terrible John Zorn’s For Your Eyes Only.

PROGRAMME

Warren Maxwell & John Psathas — Pounamu

John Zorn — For Your Eyes Only

FEATURING

Peter Dykes — Oboe

Richard Haynes — Bass clarinet

Hamish McKeich — Conductor

PROGRAMME

Iannis Xenakis — Charisma

Jeroen Speak — Epeisodos (bass clarinet version)

Michael Norris — blindsight

Chris Hung — Fluorescence (World premiere)

Chan Ming-chi — The Song of Tai Chi Motion

Luciano Berio — Sequenza VI

Dylan Lardelli — Two Bells

Two barnstorming chamber symphonies: Schoenberg’s classic Op. 1 that defined a genre, and John Adam’s recent work "Son of Chamber Symphony". Alongside these two milestones are a smorgasbord of works by local composers, celebrating NZ Music Month: world premieres from Chris Cree Brown and Karlo Margetic, and performances of works by Dylan Lardelli and Samuel Holloway.

PROGRAMME

Karlo Margetic — Mad Scene [WORLD PREMIERE]

Samuel Holloway — Sillage

Chris Cree Brown — Munted [WORLD PREMIERE]

Dylan Lardelli — to give

John Adams — Son of Chamber Symphony [NZ PREMIERE]

Arnold Schoenberg — Chamber Symphony No. 1 in E major, Op. 9

Supported by a Wellington City Council venue subsidy grant.

A mesmerising flurry of amplified clarinet and electronics, amidst Page Blackie Gallery’s show of Neil Dawson sculptures. Let yourself be immersed in new universes of sound.

Featuring clarinet virtuoso Richard Haynes

PROGRAMME

Michael Norris — De Corporis Fabrica [NZ PREMIERE]

Dugal McKinnon — nowdrifts [NZ PREMIERE]

Karlheinz Essl — Sequitur II [NZ PREMIERE]

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A mesmerising flurry of amplified clarinet and electronics, amidst Page Blackie Gallery’s show of Neil Dawson sculptures. Let yourself be immersed in new universes of sound.

Featuring clarinet virtuoso Richard Haynes

PROGRAMME

Michael Norris — [NZ PREMIERE]

Dugal McKinnon — [NZ PREMIERE]

Karlheinz Essl — [NZ PREMIERE]

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A mesmerising flurry of amplified clarinet and electronics, amidst Page Blackie Gallery’s show of Neil Dawson sculptures. Let yourself be immersed in new universes of sound.

Featuring clarinet virtuoso Richard Haynes

PROGRAMME

Michael Norris — De Corporis Fabrica [NZ PREMIERE]

Dugal McKinnon — nowdrifts [NZ PREMIERE]

Karlheinz Essl — Sequitur II [NZ PREMIERE]

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A mesmerising flurry of amplified clarinet and electronics, amidst Page Blackie Gallery’s show of Neil Dawson sculptures. Let yourself be immersed in new universes of sound.

Featuring clarinet virtuoso Richard Haynes

PROGRAMME

Michael Norris — De Corporis Fabrica [NZ PREMIERE]

Dugal McKinnon — nowdrifts [NZ PREMIERE]

Karlheinz Essl — Sequitur II [NZ PREMIERE]

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One of NZ’s leading choreographer/filmmakers, DANIEL BELTON, in collaboration with composer and Stroma’s own MICHAEL NORRIS, brings to life a major new work of dance film. Featuring live music provided by a small Stroma ensemble, TIMEDANCE is a meditation on history, memory, time and space. The music — a modern "filtration" of one of Bach’s best-loved Baroque dance suites for 2 violins, cello, piano and live electronics — shimmers with glistening energy and luminescence, while Belton’s mesmerising images flicker and flow.

PROGRAMME

Michael Norris & Daniel Belton — TIMEDANCE

Jan-Bas Bollen, Jac Grenfell & Daniel Belton — Soma Songs

Glowing horizons, shimmering clouds, broad vistas of sound.

Stroma is joined in a concert of landscape-themed music by ROBERTO FABBRICIANI — one of the world’s greatest flute players and collaborator with luminaries such as Berio, Maderna, Nono and Sciarrino. In his first visit to New Zealand, Fabbriciani will perform in a number of works, including the premiere of PAOLO CAVALLONE’s Horos for flute and ensemble. Cavallone will be familiar to a number of Wellingtonians after he spent the second half of 2010 lecturing composition and orchestration at the New Zealand School of Music.

Also featured is NZer Dorothy Ker’s Water Mountain, Kaija Saariaho’s shimmering Cloud Trio and Gérard Pesson’s Nebenstück, a delicate deconstruction of a Brahms piano work.

FEATURING

Roberto Fabbriciani (flute)

Hamish McKeich (conductor)

PROGRAMME

Gérard Pesson — Nebenstück

Kaija Saariaho — Cloud Trio

Aldo Clementi — Duetto

Dorothy Ker — Water Mountain

Salvatore Sciarrino — L’orizzonte luminoso di Aton

Paolo Cavallone — Hóros for flute and ensemble [WORLD PREMIERE]

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One of NZ’s leading choreographer/filmmakers, DANIEL BELTON, in collaboration with composer and Stroma’s own MICHAEL NORRIS, brings to life a major new work of dance film. Featuring live music provided by a small Stroma ensemble, TIMEDANCE is a meditation on history, memory, time and space. The music — a modern "filtration" of one of Bach’s best-loved Baroque dance suites for 2 violins, cello, piano and live electronics — shimmers with glistening energy and luminescence, while Belton’s mesmerising images flicker and flow.

PROGRAMME

Michael Norris & Daniel Belton — TIMEDANCE

Jan-Bas Bollen, Jac Grenfell & Daniel Belton — Soma Songs

Arnold Schoenberg’s chilling, surreal classic, Pierrot Lunaire, was premiered in Berlin 100 years ago. Since then, it has entered the canon of twentieth-century works, for its unusual vocal qualities, its vivid, hallucinogenic text and shimmering music. Not heard in NZ in nearly twenty years, Stroma features hot young soprano MADELEINE PIERARD in the lead role. Other works on the programme include music by Schoenberg’s pupils Anton Webern (Streichtrio Op. 2) and Hanns Eisler’s Pierrot hommage, 14 Arten den Regen zu beschreiben (14 ways of depicting rain), set to Joris Ivens' minimalist film, Regen

FEATURING

Madeleine Pierard (soprano)

Hamish McKeich (conductor)

PROGRAMME

Hanns Eisler — 14 Arten den Regen zu beschreiben

Anton Webern — Streichtrio Op. 20

Arnold Schoenberg — Pierrot Lunaire

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Wellington’s favourite bearded, looping multi-instrumentalist ADAM PAGE joins Stroma in an evening of blues-inspired works for ensemble. In this concert we'll premiere a new work of his, scored for loops and ensemble, alongside JACK BODY’s recontextualisations of blues recordings, Tribute to the Blues. Rounding out the programme is Michael Norris’s deconstruction of a Monk standard and Jacob ter Veldhuis’s funk-laden voice+video+jazz trio work Grab It!

FEATURING

Adam Page (saxophones & looping pedals)

PROGRAMME

Jack Body — Tribute to the Blues

Adam Page — New work for loops and ensemble

Michael Norris — Heart Across Night (paraphrase on Straight No Chaser)

Jacob ter Veldhuis — Grab It!

Wellington’s favourite bearded, looping multi-instrumentalist ADAM PAGE joins Stroma in an evening of blues-inspired works for ensemble. In this concert we'll premiere a new work of his, scored for loops and ensemble, alongside JACK BODY’s recontextualisations of blues recordings, Tribute to the Blues. Rounding out the programme is Michael Norris’s deconstruction of a Monk standard and Jacob ter Veldhuis’s funk-laden voice+video+jazz trio work Grab It!

FEATURING

Adam Page (saxophones & looping pedals)

PROGRAMME

Jack Body — Tribute to the Blues

Adam Page — New work for loops and ensemble

Michael Norris — Heart Across Night (paraphrase on Straight No Chaser)

Jacob ter Veldhuis — Grab It!

"Rarely have I felt so disquieted and disturbed after a concert... high praise is well deserved for this astounding performance of a work that has clearly lost none of its ability to shock even 100 years after its birth" (Simon Holden, Bachtrack.com)

Arnold Schoenberg’s chilling, surreal classic, Pierrot Lunaire, was premiered in Berlin 100 years ago. Since then, it has entered the canon of twentieth-century works, for its unusual vocal qualities, its vivid, hallucinogenic text and shimmering, hyperexpressive music.

After a critically acclaimed performance in Wellington in 2012, Stroma reprises the show in Auckland. Featuring rising international star MADELEINE PIERARD as Pierrot, other works on the programme include music by Schoenberg’s pupils Anton Webern (Streichtrio Op. 2) and Hanns Eisler’s Pierrot hommage, 14 Arten den Regen zu beschreiben (14 ways of depicting rain), set to Joris Ivens' minimalist film, Regen.

"This Stroma concert will live long in the memory as a true milestone" (Garth Wilshere, Capital Times)

FEATURING

Madeleine Pierard (soprano)

Hamish McKeich (conductor)

PROGRAMME

Hanns Eisler — 14 Arten den Regen zu beschreiben

Anton Webern — Streichtrio Op. 20

Arnold Schoenberg — Pierrot Lunaire

A tasting-plate of sonic morsels spanning the centuries.

Bridging six centuries of music, Stroma’s own string quartet teams up again with early music specialists rec.sop — Kamala Bain (recorder) and Rowena Simpson (soprano) — in the beautiful surroundings of St Mary of the Angels.

Featured is a mixture of Medieval and Renaissance composers who truly ‘pushed the boundaries’ of music, often foreshadowing twentieth-century developments. These early works back onto selected pieces from the last century that provide a spacious environment.

We will also feature the world premiere of a new work for recorder and string quartet by Wellington composer Philip Brownlee.

FEATURING

Kamala Bain (recorders), Rowena Simpson (soprano), Vesa-Matti Leppänen, Rebecca Struthers (vn), Andrew Thomson (va), Rowan Prior (vc)

PROGRAMME

Works by

Erik SATIE

Jean-Féry REBEL

John CAGE

Josquin DES PREZ

Thomas ADÈS

Thomas PRESTON

Carlo GESUALDO

Arvo PÄRT

Mattheo da PERUGIA

Louis ANDRIESSEN

FLUXUS

and featuring a world premiere by Philip Brownlee

A tasting-plate of sonic morsels spanning the centuries.

Bridging six centuries of music, Stroma’s own string quartet teams up again with early music specialists rec.sop — Kamala Bain (recorder) and Rowena Simpson (soprano) — in the beautiful surroundings of St Mary of the Angels.

Featured is a mixture of Medieval and Renaissance composers who truly ‘pushed the boundaries’ of music, often foreshadowing twentieth-century developments. These early works back onto selected pieces from the last century that provide a spacious environment.

We will also feature the world premiere of a new work for recorder and string quartet by Wellington composer Philip Brownlee.

FEATURING

Kamala Bain (recorders), Rowena Simpson (soprano), Vesa-Matti Leppänen, Rebecca Struthers (vn), Andrew Thomson (va), Rowan Prior (vc)

PROGRAMME

Works by

Erik SATIE

Jean-Féry REBEL

John CAGE

Josquin DES PREZ

Thomas ADÈS

Thomas PRESTON

Carlo GESUALDO

Arvo PÄRT

Mattheo da PERUGIA

Louis ANDRIESSEN

FLUXUS

and featuring a world premiere by Philip Brownlee

A concert of scintillating percussion from Australia’s leading percussion virtuoso.

Australian percussion virtuoso Claire Edwardes joins Stroma, conducted by Hamish McKeich, in a concert of contrasting styles.

This concert features a ‘micro-concerto’ by American post-minimalist Steven Mackey. Clearly influenced by jazz sonorities and with reminiscences of favourite works by John Adams (that have appeared in previous Stroma concerts), the micro-concerto promises to be an excellent introduction to Claire’s skills.

Juxtaposed against this are works by New Zealand ex-patriates Alison Isadora and Jeroen Speak, and Australian composer Gerard Brophy. Rounding out the programme is an ear-shimmering version of Ligeti’s harpsichord classic Continuum, arranged for two marimbas.

FEATURING

Claire Edwardes (percussion), Hamish McKeich (conductor)

PROGRAMME

Steven Mackey — Micro-concerto for percussion and ensemble

György Ligeti — Continuum (marimba duo version)

Gerard Brophy — Coil

Jeroen Speak — Musik für Witwen, Jungfrauen und Unschuldige

Alison Isadora — Cornish Pasty

Stroma, New Zealand’s largest and most versatile chamber ensemble, performs again in Dunedin for the first time since 2002. The programme features 5 works by NZ composers, all associated with Otago University: Anthony Ritchie (who teaches at the University), Samuel Holloway (current Mozart Fellow at the university), and Michael Norris (Dunedin-born, studied undergraduate music courses at the university, and the 2002 Mozart Fellow).

The two works by Samuel Holloway are world premieres, written specially for this concert. Michael Norris’s Timedance is an acoustic version of a score for dance film commissioned by Dunedin-based choreographer and film-maker Daniel Belton and his Good Company Arts. This work was a finalist for the 2013 APRA/SOUNZ Contemporary Award. Rounding out the programme is the beautiful, haunting soundworld of George Crumb’s Eleven Echoes of Autumn.

FEATURING

Hamish McKeich (conductor)

Bridget Douglas (flute)

PROGRAMME

Samuel Holloway — Hard Science (world premiere)

Samuel Holloway — New work (world premiere)

Michael Norris — Timedance (excerpts)

Michael Norris — Tre Canzoni Imperfette

Anthony Ritchie — Oppositions

George Crumb — Eleven Echoes of Autumn

Back by popular demand, Stroma’s sonic feast that spans the centuries.

Bridging three millennia of music, Stroma’s own string quartet teams up again with early music specialists Kamala Bain (recorder) and Rowena Simpson (soprano) — in the beautiful surroundings of St Matthew-in-the-City.

Works by New Zealand composers are interleaved with arrangements of Medieval and Renaissance music from composers who truly ‘pushed the boundaries’ of music, often foreshadowing twentieth-century developments. One work is even based on the earliest known notated melody dating from 1400BC. We are also pleased to give the world premiere of a new work by Wellington composer Chris Watson.

FEATURING

Kamala Bain (recorders), Rowena Simpson (soprano), Vesa-Matti Leppänen, Rebecca Struthers (vn), Andrew Thomson (va), Rowan Prior (vc)

PROGRAMME

Works by

Jack BODY

Heinrich BIBER

Simon EASTWOOD

Johannes CICONIA

Michael NORRIS

Pierre DE LA RUE

Mary BINNEY

Christopher TYE

Karlo MARGETIC

Cipriano DE RORE

Rachael MORGAN

Maki ISHII

Ben VAUTIER

Anon

and featuring a world premiere by Chris WATSON

Four Performances:

Wed 18 June, 6 & 8pm, St. Matthews-in-The-City, AUCKLAND

Thu 26 June, 6 & 8pm, Sacred Heart Basilica, WELLINGTON

Back by popular demand, Stroma’s sonic feast that spans the centuries.

Bridging three millennia of music, Stroma’s own string quartet teams up again with early music specialists Kamala Bain (recorder) and Rowena Simpson (soprano) — in the beautiful surroundings of St Matthew-in-the-City.

Works by New Zealand composers are interleaved with arrangements of Medieval and Renaissance music from composers who truly ‘pushed the boundaries’ of music, often foreshadowing twentieth-century developments. One work is even based on the earliest known notated melody dating from 1400BC. We are also pleased to give the world premiere of a new work by Wellington composer Chris Watson.

FEATURING

Kamala Bain (recorders), Rowena Simpson (soprano), Vesa-Matti Leppänen, Rebecca Struthers (vn), Andrew Thomson (va), Rowan Prior (vc)

PROGRAMME

Works by

Jack BODY

Heinrich BIBER

Simon EASTWOOD

Johannes CICONIA

Michael NORRIS

Pierre DE LA RUE

Mary BINNEY

Christopher TYE

Karlo MARGETIC

Cipriano DE RORE

Rachael MORGAN

Maki ISHII

Ben VAUTIER

Anon

and featuring a world premiere by Chris WATSON

Four Performances:

Wed 18 June, 6 & 8pm, St. Matthews-in-The-City, AUCKLAND

Thu 26 June, 6 & 8pm, Sacred Heart Basilica, WELLINGTON

Back by popular demand, Stroma’s sonic feast that spans the centuries.

Bridging three millennia of music, Stroma’s own string quartet teams up again with early music specialists Kamala Bain (recorder) and Rowena Simpson (soprano) — in the beautiful surroundings of Sacred Heart Basilica.

Works by New Zealand composers are interleaved with arrangements of Medieval and Renaissance music from composers who truly ‘pushed the boundaries’ of music, often foreshadowing twentieth-century developments. One work is even based on the earliest known notated melody dating from 1400BC. We are also pleased to give the world premiere of a new work by Wellington composer Chris Watson.

FEATURING

Kamala Bain (recorders), Rowena Simpson (soprano), Vesa-Matti Leppänen, Rebecca Struthers (vn), Andrew Thomson (va), Rowan Prior (vc)

PROGRAMME

Works by

Jack BODY

Heinrich BIBER

Simon EASTWOOD

Johannes CICONIA

Michael NORRIS

Pierre DE LA RUE

Mary BINNEY

Christopher TYE

Karlo MARGETIC

Cipriano DE RORE

Rachael MORGAN

Maki ISHII

Ben VAUTIER

Anon

and featuring a world premiere by Chris WATSON

Four Performances:

Wed 18 June, 6 & 8pm, St. Matthews-in-The-City, AUCKLAND

Thu 26 June, 6 & 8pm, Sacred Heart Basilica, WELLINGTON

Back by popular demand, Stroma’s sonic feast that spans the centuries.

Bridging three millennia of music, Stroma’s own string quartet teams up again with early music specialists Kamala Bain (recorder) and Rowena Simpson (soprano) — in the beautiful surroundings of the Sacred Heart Basilica.

Works by New Zealand composers are interleaved with arrangements of Medieval and Renaissance music from composers who truly ‘pushed the boundaries’ of music, often foreshadowing twentieth-century developments. One work is even based on the earliest known notated melody dating from 1400BC. We are also pleased to give the world premiere of a new work by Wellington composer Chris Watson.

FEATURING

Kamala Bain (recorders), Rowena Simpson (soprano), Vesa-Matti Leppänen, Rebecca Struthers (vn), Andrew Thomson (va), Rowan Prior (vc)

PROGRAMME

Works by

Jack BODY

Heinrich BIBER

Simon EASTWOOD

Johannes CICONIA

Michael NORRIS

Pierre DE LA RUE

Mary BINNEY

Christopher TYE

Karlo MARGETIC

Cipriano DE RORE

Rachael MORGAN

Maki ISHII

Ben VAUTIER

Anon

and featuring a world premiere by Chris WATSON

Four Performances:

Wed 18 June, 6 & 8pm, St. Matthews-in-The-City, AUCKLAND

Thu 26 June, 6 & 8pm, Sacred Heart Basilica, WELLINGTON

Stroma brings the gorgeous spaces of the City Gallery Wellington to life with reverberant sonic colour.

Four works by NZ composers will provide 70 minutes of raw musical abandon: the world premiere of Jeroen Speak’s beguiling Eratosthene’s Sieve, a compressed concert version of Michael Norris’s Timedance, based on a deconstruction of Bach’s Suite in B minor, Alison Isadora’s quirky work for string quartet, in which the players have to operate percussion instruments with their feet, and Jack Body’s Interior, a work from 1987 for ensemble and field recordings that has never been performed before in Wellington.

PROGRAMME

Jeroen Speak Eratosthene’s Sieve

Michael Norris Timedance (compressed concert version)

Alison Isadora Point of departure

Jack Body Interior

Stroma presents a major tribute to New Zealand’s most important and influential composer, Douglas Lilburn, on the day of his 100th birthday.

Nine Echoes features nine new works written by New Zealand composers, each work responding to one of Lilburn’s Nine Short Pieces for piano, which will be played by Emma Sayers. The new pieces are as diverse as the composers themselves, who range from major figures such as Eve de Castro-Robinson and John Elmsly to talented postgraduate students such as 21-year-old Stephen Clothier.

Nine Echoes has been funded in large part by donations from music-lovers using the crowdfunding website Boosted, as well as receiving grants from the Lilburn Trust, Wellington City Council and philanthropist Dr. Jack C. Richards. Anyone who loves Lilburn, or wants to experience new contemporary music in small, perfectly-formed bites, should attend.

The Centre for New Zealand Music (SOUNZ) will partner with Stroma in presenting this event, and is providing a birthday cake and bubbles.

FEATURING

Emma Sayers (piano)

Hamish McKeich (conductor)

PROGRAMME

Works by Douglas Lilburn, Eve de Castro-Robinson, John Elmsly, Michael Norris, Dorothy Ker, Salina Fisher, Sarah Ballard, Louise Webster, Glen Downie, Stephen Clothier.

This ground-breaking new chamber opera from Ross Harris and Vincent O’Sullivan (Requiem for the Fallen) powerfully portrays Gallipoli as both a military story and one of domestic New Zealand.

Wives and families at home in Wellington are as much to the fore as men in uniform at the front in an innovative depiction of the 1915 battle of Chunuk Bair.

Directed by Jonathan Alver, with award-winning tenor James Egglestone as Wellington Regiment Lieutenant-Colonel William Malone, and the score performed by Stroma New Music Ensemble conducted by Hamish McKeich, Brass Poppies offers fresh perspectives on World War I, along with music and emotional resonances that will stay with you long after the curtain falls.

Co-produced by New Zealand Festival, Auckland Arts Festival and New Zealand Opera, with support from the Lottery Grants Board.

New directions in indigenous musical forms — Stroma meets New Zealand's masters of taonga puoro.

FEATURING

Ariana Tikao (voice & taonga puoro)

Alistair Fraser (taonga puoro)

Hamish McKeich (conductor)

PROGRAMME

Philip Brownlee/Ariana Tikao Ko te tātai whetū for ensemble and taonga puoro

Dylan Lardelli Musical Box for ensemble and taonga puoro

Tristan Carter Tohoraha for strings & taonga puoro

Gillian Whitehead Hineraukatauri for flute & taonga puoro

Ariana Tikao Ka taka te mōtoi for ensemble, voice & taonga puoro

Hirini Melbourne & Ariana Tikao Amokura for ensemble, voice & taonga puoro

Less is more — the scintillating sounds of the minimalist movement.

FEATURING

Hamish McKeich (conductor)

PROGRAMME

Steve Reich Double Sextet for ensemble

Julia Wolfe Lick for ensemble

Alison Isadora Alt for string quartet

Terry Riley In C for ensemble

Music from the frontiers of sound & technology

The works on this programme share a fascination with the materiality of sound, by revealing its inner structures in a series of meditative dronescapes that will fill the resonant spaces of City Gallery Wellington. Composers such as Kaija Saariaho, Salvatore Sciarrino, Luigi Ceccarelli and Annea Lockwood all provide deep and enveloping listening experiences.

Also featured is the world premiere of a new concerto for throatsinger, ensemble and live electronics by Michael Norris, with soloist Wellington-based throatsinger and improviser, Jonny Marks.

FEATURING

Mark Carter (conductor)

Jonny Marks (throat-singing)

Ed Allen (prepared horn)

PROGRAMME:

Kaija Saariaho Cendres for alto flute, cello and piano

Salvatore Sciarrino Fauno che fischia a un Merlo for flute and harp

Annea Lockwood Immersion for 3 percussion

Luigi Ceccarelli Respiri for prepared horn and electronics

Kaija Saariaho Ciel Étoilé for double bass and percussion

Michael Norris Sygyt for ensemble, throat-singer, and electronics

Drums that strike themselves. Loudspeakers that pivot and pirouette. Pianos whose keys tap dance ghostly toccatas. Welcome to a brave new world of mechatronic music, where self-playing instruments rule.

Autonomous instruments have fascinated composers since the dawn of the mechanical age. The most famous of these is arguably Georges Antheil’s epic work Ballet Mécanique (1925) – best described as The Rite of Spring meets heavy metal.

In Mechanical Ballet, experience the wonder for yourself as a crowd of mechatronic loudspeakers and percussion instruments come to life – created by Wellington-based musicians/engineers Jim Murphy, Bridget Johnson, Mo Zareei and David Downes. They keep pace with percussionists from leading Kiwi new music ensemble Stroma and top New Zealand pianists Sarah Watkins and Stephen De Pledge.

This concert of virtuosic proportions features two seminal works by US minimalist icon Steve Reich, Drumming Part 1 and Piano Phase, as well as world premieres of works by composers Bridget Johnson, David Downes and Michael Norris. The future starts here.

FEATURING

Stephen De Pledge, Sarah Watkins (piano)

Lenny Sakofsky, Jeremy Fitzsimons, Justin DeHart, Yoshiko Tsuruta (percussion)

PROGRAMME:

Steve Reich Drumming Part I for four percussionists

Mo Zareei Rasping Music for brutalist mechatronic sound-sculptures

David Downes Superflux for robotic drumkit, electronic playback

Michael Norris Tidal Flow for amplified percussion quartet and robotic drums

Bridget Johnson Pas de Quatre for mechatronic loudspeakers

Steve Reich Piano Phase for two pianos

Georges Antheil Ballet Mécanique for two pianos, four percussionists, four MIDI pianos and robotic percussion

Drums that strike themselves. Loudspeakers that pivot and pirouette. Pianos whose keys tap dance ghostly toccatas. Welcome to a brave new world of mechatronic music, where self-playing instruments rule.

Autonomous instruments have fascinated composers since the dawn of the mechanical age. The most famous of these is arguably Georges Antheil’s epic work Ballet Mécanique (1925) – best described as The Rite of Spring meets heavy metal.

In Mechanical Ballet, experience the wonder for yourself as a crowd of mechatronic loudspeakers and percussion instruments come to life – created by Wellington-based musicians/engineers Jim Murphy, Bridget Johnson, Mo Zareei and David Downes. They keep pace with percussionists from leading Kiwi new music ensemble Stroma and top New Zealand pianists Sarah Watkins and Stephen De Pledge.

This concert of virtuosic proportions features two seminal works by US minimalist icon Steve Reich, Drumming Part 1 and Piano Phase, as well as world premieres of works by composers Bridget Johnson, David Downes and Michael Norris. The future starts here.

FEATURING

Stephen De Pledge, Sarah Watkins (piano)

Lenny Sakofsky, Jeremy Fitzsimons, Justin DeHart, Yoshiko Tsuruta (percussion)

PROGRAMME:

Steve Reich Drumming Part I for four percussionists

Mo Zareei Rasping Music for brutalist mechatronic sound-sculptures

David Downes Superflux for robotic drumkit, electronic playback

Michael Norris Tidal Flow for amplified percussion quartet and robotic drums

Bridget Johnson Pas de Quatre for mechatronic loudspeakers

Steve Reich Piano Phase for two pianos

Georges Antheil Ballet Mécanique for two pianos, four percussionists, four MIDI pianos and robotic percussion

Author Alex Ross pulled back the curtain for the masses and hit the best seller lists with his compelling and revelatory history of twentieth-century music, The Rest Is Noise.

A tour-de-force of musicology and social history, Ross dispels the elitist myths surrounding modernist and post-modernist masterpieces, allowing audiences to share in his passion for this repertoire.

In partnership with the Auckland Writers Festival, Ross shares the stage with the exquisite mezzo-soprano Bianca Andrew and Aotearoa’s pre-eminent modern music ensemble STROMA. Together they present a musical tasting session that winds through the ages featuring work by Ravel, Bartók, Stravinsky and, of course, the modernist master himself, Schoenberg.

FEATURING

Alex Ross (narrator)

Bianca Andrews (soprano)

Bridget Douglas, Pat Barry, Emma Sayers, Vesa-Matti Leppänen, Andrew Thomson, Ken Ichinose, Hamish McKeich (Stroma)

PROGRAMME:

Arnold Schoenberg Pierrot Lunaire (selections)

Maurice Ravel No. 3 from Chansons Madécasses

Béla Bartók No. 3 from Constrasts

Olivier Messiaen VI from Quartet for the end of time

György Ligeti Balada si joc

Igor Stravinsky ‘Full Fathom Five’ from Three Songs from William Shakespeare

Jenny McLeod For Seven (selections)

Luciano Berio O King

Pierre Boulez Improvisé, pour le Dr. Kalmus

Iannis Xenakis Charisma

Gillian Whitehead Manutaki

Kaija Saariaho Oi Kuu

David Lang Short Fall

Author Alex Ross pulled back the curtain for the masses and hit the best seller lists with his compelling and revelatory history of twentieth-century music, The Rest Is Noise.

A tour-de-force of musicology and social history, Ross dispels the elitist myths surrounding modernist and post-modernist masterpieces, allowing audiences to share in his passion for this repertoire.

In partnership with the Auckland Writers Festival, Ross shares the stage with the exquisite mezzo-soprano Bianca Andrew and Aotearoa’s pre-eminent modern music ensemble STROMA. Together they present a musical tasting session that winds through the ages featuring work by Ravel, Bartók, Stravinsky and, of course, the modernist master himself, Schoenberg.

FEATURING

Alex Ross (narrator)

Bianca Andrews (soprano)

Bridget Douglas, Pat Barry, Emma Sayers, Vesa-Matti Leppänen, Andrew Thomson, Ken Ichinose, Hamish McKeich (Stroma)

PROGRAMME:

Arnold Schoenberg Pierrot Lunaire (selections)

Maurice Ravel No. 3 from Chansons Madécasses

Béla Bartók No. 3 from Constrasts

Olivier Messiaen VI from Quartet for the end of time

György Ligeti Balada si joc

Igor Stravinsky ‘Full Fathom Five’ from Three Songs from William Shakespeare

Jenny McLeod For Seven (selections)

Luciano Berio O King

Pierre Boulez Improvisé, pour le Dr. Kalmus

Iannis Xenakis Charisma

Gillian Whitehead Manutaki

Kaija Saariaho Oi Kuu

David Lang Short Fall

Author Alex Ross pulled back the curtain for the masses and hit the best seller lists with his compelling and revelatory history of twentieth-century music, The Rest Is Noise.

A tour-de-force of musicology and social history, Ross dispels the elitist myths surrounding modernist and post-modernist masterpieces, allowing audiences to share in his passion for this repertoire.

In partnership with the Auckland Writers Festival, Ross shares the stage with the exquisite mezzo-soprano Bianca Andrew and Aotearoa’s pre-eminent modern music ensemble STROMA. Together they present a musical tasting session that winds through the ages featuring work by Ravel, Bartók, Stravinsky and, of course, the modernist master himself, Schoenberg.

FEATURING

Alex Ross (narrator)

Bianca Andrews (soprano)

Bridget Douglas, Pat Barry, Emma Sayers, Vesa-Matti Leppänen, Andrew Thomson, Ken Ichinose, Hamish McKeich (Stroma)

PROGRAMME:

Arnold Schoenberg Pierrot Lunaire (selections)

Maurice Ravel No. 3 from Chansons Madécasses

Béla Bartók No. 3 from Constrasts

Olivier Messiaen VI from Quartet for the end of time

György Ligeti Balada si joc

Igor Stravinsky ‘Full Fathom Five’ from Three Songs from William Shakespeare

Jenny McLeod For Seven (selections)

Luciano Berio O King

Pierre Boulez Improvisé, pour le Dr. Kalmus

Iannis Xenakis Charisma

Gillian Whitehead Manutaki

Kaija Saariaho Oi Kuu

David Lang Short Fall

Author Alex Ross pulled back the curtain for the masses and hit the best seller lists with his compelling and revelatory history of twentieth-century music, The Rest Is Noise.

A tour-de-force of musicology and social history, Ross dispels the elitist myths surrounding modernist and post-modernist masterpieces, allowing audiences to share in his passion for this repertoire.

In partnership with the Auckland Writers Festival, Ross shares the stage with the exquisite mezzo-soprano Bianca Andrew and Aotearoa’s pre-eminent modern music ensemble STROMA. Together they present a musical tasting session that winds through the ages featuring work by Ravel, Bartók, Stravinsky and, of course, the modernist master himself, Schoenberg.

FEATURING

Alex Ross (narrator)

Bianca Andrews (soprano)

Bridget Douglas, Pat Barry, Emma Sayers, Vesa-Matti Leppänen, Andrew Thomson, Ken Ichinose, Hamish McKeich (Stroma)

PROGRAMME:

Arnold Schoenberg Pierrot Lunaire (selections)

Maurice Ravel No. 3 from Chansons Madécasses

Béla Bartók No. 3 from Constrasts

Olivier Messiaen VI from Quartet for the end of time

György Ligeti Balada si joc

Igor Stravinsky ‘Full Fathom Five’ from Three Songs from William Shakespeare

Jenny McLeod For Seven (selections)

Luciano Berio O King

Pierre Boulez Improvisé, pour le Dr. Kalmus

Iannis Xenakis Charisma

Gillian Whitehead Manutaki

Kaija Saariaho Oi Kuu

David Lang Short Fall

Author Alex Ross pulled back the curtain for the masses and hit the best seller lists with his compelling and revelatory history of twentieth-century music, The Rest Is Noise.

A tour-de-force of musicology and social history, Ross dispels the elitist myths surrounding modernist and post-modernist masterpieces, allowing audiences to share in his passion for this repertoire.

In partnership with the Auckland Writers Festival, Ross shares the stage with the exquisite mezzo-soprano Bianca Andrew and Aotearoa’s pre-eminent modern music ensemble STROMA. Together they present a musical tasting session that winds through the ages featuring work by Ravel, Bartók, Stravinsky and, of course, the modernist master himself, Schoenberg.

FEATURING

Alex Ross (narrator)

Bianca Andrews (soprano)

Bridget Douglas, Pat Barry, Emma Sayers, Vesa-Matti Leppänen, Andrew Thomson, Ken Ichinose, Hamish McKeich (Stroma)

PROGRAMME:

Arnold Schoenberg Pierrot Lunaire (selections)

Maurice Ravel No. 3 from Chansons Madécasses

Béla Bartók No. 3 from Constrasts

Olivier Messiaen VI from Quartet for the end of time

György Ligeti Balada si joc

Igor Stravinsky ‘Full Fathom Five’ from Three Songs from William Shakespeare

Jenny McLeod For Seven (selections)

Luciano Berio O King

Pierre Boulez Improvisé, pour le Dr. Kalmus

Iannis Xenakis Charisma

Gillian Whitehead Manutaki

Kaija Saariaho Oi Kuu

David Lang Short Fall

Author Alex Ross pulled back the curtain for the masses and hit the best seller lists with his compelling and revelatory history of twentieth-century music, The Rest Is Noise.

A tour-de-force of musicology and social history, Ross dispels the elitist myths surrounding modernist and post-modernist masterpieces, allowing audiences to share in his passion for this repertoire.

In partnership with the Auckland Writers Festival, Ross shares the stage with the exquisite mezzo-soprano Bianca Andrew and Aotearoa’s pre-eminent modern music ensemble STROMA. Together they present a musical tasting session that winds through the ages featuring work by Ravel, Bartók, Stravinsky and, of course, the modernist master himself, Schoenberg.

FEATURING

Alex Ross (narrator)

Bianca Andrews (soprano)

Bridget Douglas, Pat Barry, Emma Sayers, Vesa-Matti Leppänen, Andrew Thomson, Ken Ichinose, Hamish McKeich (Stroma)

PROGRAMME:

Arnold Schoenberg Pierrot Lunaire (selections)

Maurice Ravel No. 3 from Chansons Madécasses

Béla Bartók No. 3 from Constrasts

Olivier Messiaen VI from Quartet for the end of time

György Ligeti Balada si joc

Igor Stravinsky ‘Full Fathom Five’ from Three Songs from William Shakespeare

Jenny McLeod For Seven (selections)

Luciano Berio O King

Pierre Boulez Improvisé, pour le Dr. Kalmus

Iannis Xenakis Charisma

Gillian Whitehead Manutaki

Kaija Saariaho Oi Kuu

David Lang Short Fall

Author Alex Ross pulled back the curtain for the masses and hit the best seller lists with his compelling and revelatory history of twentieth-century music, The Rest Is Noise.

A tour-de-force of musicology and social history, Ross dispels the elitist myths surrounding modernist and post-modernist masterpieces, allowing audiences to share in his passion for this repertoire.

In partnership with the Auckland Writers Festival, Ross shares the stage with the exquisite mezzo-soprano Bianca Andrew and Aotearoa’s pre-eminent modern music ensemble STROMA. Together they present a musical tasting session that winds through the ages featuring work by Ravel, Bartók, Stravinsky and, of course, the modernist master himself, Schoenberg.

FEATURING

Alex Ross (narrator)

Bianca Andrews (soprano)

Bridget Douglas, Pat Barry, Emma Sayers, Vesa-Matti Leppänen, Andrew Thomson, Ken Ichinose, Hamish McKeich (Stroma)

PROGRAMME:

Arnold Schoenberg Pierrot Lunaire (selections)

Maurice Ravel No. 3 from Chansons Madécasses

Béla Bartók No. 3 from Constrasts

Olivier Messiaen VI from Quartet for the end of time

György Ligeti Balada si joc

Igor Stravinsky ‘Full Fathom Five’ from Three Songs from William Shakespeare

Jenny McLeod For Seven (selections)

Luciano Berio O King

Pierre Boulez Improvisé, pour le Dr. Kalmus

Iannis Xenakis Charisma

Gillian Whitehead Manutaki

Kaija Saariaho Oi Kuu

David Lang Short Fall

Author Alex Ross pulled back the curtain for the masses and hit the best seller lists with his compelling and revelatory history of twentieth-century music, The Rest Is Noise.

A tour-de-force of musicology and social history, Ross dispels the elitist myths surrounding modernist and post-modernist masterpieces, allowing audiences to share in his passion for this repertoire.

In partnership with the Auckland Writers Festival, Ross shares the stage with the exquisite mezzo-soprano Bianca Andrew and Aotearoa’s pre-eminent modern music ensemble STROMA. Together they present a musical tasting session that winds through the ages featuring work by Ravel, Bartók, Stravinsky and, of course, the modernist master himself, Schoenberg.

FEATURING

Alex Ross (narrator)

Bianca Andrews (soprano)

Bridget Douglas, Pat Barry, Emma Sayers, Vesa-Matti Leppänen, Andrew Thomson, Ken Ichinose, Hamish McKeich (Stroma)

PROGRAMME:

Arnold Schoenberg Pierrot Lunaire (selections)

Maurice Ravel No. 3 from Chansons Madécasses

Béla Bartók No. 3 from Constrasts

Olivier Messiaen VI from Quartet for the end of time

György Ligeti Balada si joc

Igor Stravinsky ‘Full Fathom Five’ from Three Songs from William Shakespeare

Jenny McLeod For Seven (selections)

Luciano Berio O King

Pierre Boulez Improvisé, pour le Dr. Kalmus

Iannis Xenakis Charisma

Gillian Whitehead Manutaki

Kaija Saariaho Oi Kuu

David Lang Short Fall

The revolution is here! Prepare yourself for big works and bold sounds from some of the most iconic ‘sonic revolutionists’ of the twentieth century — Witold Lutoslawski, György Ligeti, Kaija Saariaho and Iannis Xenakis. The next generation is represented by a world premiere from leading young New Zealand composer Reuben Jelleyman. Iconic Sonics will be held in the beautiful gallery spaces of City Galley Wellington, surrounded by images from their 'Iconography of Revolt' exhibition.

FEATURING

Hamish McKeich (conductor)

PROGRAMME

György Ligeti (HUN) • Ramifications for 12 solo strings

Kaija Saariaho (FIN) • New Gates for flute, viola and harp

Iannis Xenakis (GR) • Aroura for 12 solo strings

Reuben Jelleyman (NZ) • Designs for chamber ensemble (world premiere)

Witold Lutoslawski (POL) • Chain I for large ensemble

Join us to celebrate 125 years of women’s suffrage in New Zealand, in this concert of dynamic and diverse new works by women composers from New Zealand and Australia. Stroma will perform the music of Jasmine Lovell-Smith, Sarah Ballard, Alison Isadora, Antonia Barnett-McIntosh, Eve de Castro-Robinson and Lisa Illean in a high-octane cross-genre and cross-cultural collaboration with leading jazz octet The Jac, soprano Barbara Paterson, and a quartet of players of traditional Indian instruments.

FEATURING

Hamish McKeich (conductor)

Barbara Paterson (soprano)

The Jac (jazz octet)

Swami Madhuram Puri (bansuri)

Laurence Baker (harmonium + voice)

Pavla Charapovova (karatalas)

Thomas Vine (mridanga)

PROGRAMME

Eve de Castro-Robinson (NZ) • Quiet at her window for soprano and ensemble

Lisa Illean (AUS) • Cantor for soprano and ensemble

Alison Isadora (NZ/NL) • Stemmen

Sarah Ballard (NZ) • Paramātmā for Indian musicians and ensemble

Jasmine Lovell-Smith (NZ) • New work for jazz octet and ensemble

Antonia Barnett-Mcintosh (NZ) • New work

Immerse yourself in the music of composers who redefined the very boundaries of music. An intimate evening of song, water, glass, harmonics, beat frequencies & vases.  Featuring music by Alvin Lucier, James Tenney, John Cage, Chiyoko Szlavnics, Peter Ablinger and Antonia Barnett-McIntosh.

FEATURING

Barbara Paterson (voice)

Antonia Barnett-McIntosh (voice)

Ken Ichinose (cello)

PROGRAMME

John Cage (US) • Aria

Peter Ablinger (GER) • Weiss / Weisslich 31e for water and glass tubes

Chiyoko Szlavnics (CAN) • Triptych for AS

Alvin Lucier (US) • Music for Cello with One or More Amplified Vases

James Tenney (US) • ‘Shimmer’ from Glissade

Antonia Barnett-Mcintosh (NZ) • New work for voices

Immerse yourself in the music of composers who redefined the very boundaries of music. An intimate evening of song, water, glass, harmonics, beat frequencies & vases.  Featuring music by Alvin Lucier, James Tenney, John Cage, Chiyoko Szlavnics, Peter Ablinger and Antonia Barnett-McIntosh.

FEATURING

Barbara Paterson (voice)

Antonia Barnett-McIntosh (voice)

Ken Ichinose (cello)

PROGRAMME

John Cage (US) • Aria

Peter Ablinger (GER) • Weiss / Weisslich 31e for water and glass tubes

Chiyoko Szlavnics (CAN) • Triptych for AS

Alvin Lucier (US) • Music for Cello with One or More Amplified Vases

James Tenney (US) • ‘Shimmer’ from Glissade

Antonia Barnett-Mcintosh (NZ) • New work for voices

An evocative evening of chamber music evoking the sea and sky. Sometimes quiet and contemplative, sometimes tempestuous and stormy, Stroma performs six works from around the world are inspired by the natural environment. The concert also celebrates the iconic works of one of New Zealand’s most experienced, senior composers, John Rimmer, who celebrates his 80th birthday in 2019.

Rimmer’s piece, Where Sea Meets Sky 2, originally written in 1975, was inspired by a trans-Tasman plane journey, in which the composer was entranced by the qualities of light and play when looking out of his window at the horizon of the Tasman Sea. Deirdre Gribbin’s dark and mesmerising string quartet, What the Whaleship Saw, is based on the gruesome story of survival and cannibalism amongst the crew of the Nantucket whaler, the Essex, after it was wrecked by a whale. Also featured is the iconic brass work Fog Tropes by Ingram Marshall, which featured in the soundtrack to the feature film Shutter Island. Other works in the concert include the luminous shades of 13 Couleurs du Soleil Couchant (13 Colours of the Setting Sun) by Tristan Murail, the hypnotic minimalism of Reflections by young Icelandic composer Anna Thorvaldsdottir, and the evocative bass flute and harp work Pearls of the Sea by Eve de Castro-Robinson.

There will be a pre-concert at the venue Q&A at 6:45pm, with John Rimmer and Michael Norris.

FEATURING

Hamish McKeich (conductor)

PROGRAMME

Tristan Murail • Treize couleurs du soleil couchant (NZ premiere)

Eve de Castro-Robinson • Pearls of the Sea

Anna Thorvaldsdottir • Reflections (NZ premiere)

John Rimmer • Where Sea Meets Sky 2

Ingram Marshall • Fog tropes (NZ premiere)

Deirdre Gribbin • what the whaleship saw (NZ premiere)

A rich collection of works inspired by non-Western musical traditions from around the world, including the unforgettable song cycle, Luciano Berio’s Folk Songs, sung by outstanding New Zealand soprano Bianca Andrew, the world premiere of a work by John Psathas, and the NZ premiere of An Overture devised by Celeste Oram, Rob Thorne, Ludwig van Beethoven and ensemble. These works feature the violin of US virtuoso Keir GoGwilt and the taonga puoro of Rob Thorne and Alistair Fraser.

FEATURING

Bianca Andrew (mezzo-soprano)

Keir GoGwilt (violin)

Alistair Fraser (taonga puoro)

Rob Thorne (taonga puoro)

Hamish McKeich (conductor)

PROGRAMME

Luciano Berio • Folk songs

Julia Wolfe • Reeling (NZ premiere)

John Psathas • Irirangi (Meditation) (world premiere)

Jack Body • Bouyi

Anna Clyne • A wonderful day (NZ premiere)

An Overture (NZ premiere) devised by Celeste Oram, Rob Thorne, Ludwig van Beethoven, and ensemble

An evening of intimate chamber music, with five exciting composers from NZ and overseas, in the beautiful surroundings of the New Zealand Portrait Gallery. With guest soloists French cello virtuoso Séverine Ballon and Wellington-based taonga puoro legend Alistair Fraser, this concert also features the evocative masterwork Rain Coming by legendary Japanese composer Toru Takemitsu.

FEATURING

Séverine Ballon (cello)

Alistair Fraser (taonga puoro)

Hamish McKeich (conductor)

PROGRAMME

Salina Fisher • Kingfisher (NZ premiere)

Rebecca Saunders • Ire (NZ premiere)

Liza Lim • An Ocean Beyond Earth (NZ premiere)

Ashley Fure • Soma (NZ premiere)

Alistair Fraser & Simon Eastwood • New Work (world premiere)

Toru Takemitsu • Water Ways

(This is the first of the performances of Idiosyncrophilia — the second, below, is at 7pm)

Welcome to the quirky, curious world of Neil Feather's invented instruments. Surrounded by a mesmerising soundscape composed by Rosie Langabeer, the instruments — with names such as 'The Wiggler', 'Nondo' and 'Magnapooters' — whizz, whirr and crunch under the spotlight. A triumph of handmade analogue technology, these deliciously idiosyncratic instruments are made from materials such as cigar boxes, hacked-up guitars and vibrators. Come experience Idiosyncrophilia — a 45-minute semi-improvised soundscape. Immerse yourself in sonic invention!

FEATURING

Neil Feather, Erika Grant & Dan Beban (invented instrument performers)

PROGRAMME

Rosie Langabeer • Idiosyncrophilia: Suite for Invented Instruments

This concert supported by Creative New Zealand, Lilburn Trust, Stout Trust and the Wellington City Council.

(This is the second of the performances of Idiosyncrophilia — the first, above, is at 5:30pm)

Welcome to the quirky, curious world of Neil Feather's invented instruments. Surrounded by a mesmerising soundscape composed by Rosie Langabeer, the instruments — with names such as 'The Wiggler', 'Nondo' and 'Magnapooters' — whizz, whirr and crunch under the spotlight. A triumph of handmade analogue technology, these deliciously idiosyncratic instruments are made from materials such as cigar boxes, hacked-up guitars and vibrators. Come experience Idiosyncrophilia — a 45-minute semi-improvised soundscape. Immerse yourself in sonic invention!

FEATURING

Neil Feather, Erika Grant & Dan Beban (invented instrument performers)

PROGRAMME

Rosie Langabeer • Idiosyncrophilia: Suite for Invented Instruments

(This is the first of two repeat performances on the same evening — the second, at 8:30pm, is listed below)

Back by popular demand, Stroma explores the hip laneways of musical experimentalism. Composed theatre, musical bodies, comic strips, bandaging and a bit of Laura Branigan will star in this offbeat, set of works that you will be thinking about long after the show is over.

FEATURING

Barbara Paterson (soprano)

Elliot Vaughan & Marcus Jackson (performers)

PROGRAMME

Cathy Berberian Stripsody for for soprano

Yoko Ono Wrapping music for for ensemble and wrappers

Jessie Marino Rot Blau for for two performers

Alvin Lucier 'Clarinet' from Still and Moving Lines of Silence in Families of Hyperbolas for for clarinet and sound

James Tenney Having Never Written a Note for Percussion for for tam-tam

Julius Eastman Joy Boy for for four instruments

Elliot Vaughan Futures Past for for mixed ensemble

This concert supported by Creative New Zealand, Lilburn Trust, Stout Trust and the Wellington City Council.

(This is the second of two repeat performances on the same evening — the first, at 7pm, is listed above)

Back by popular demand, Stroma explores the hip laneways of musical experimentalism. Composed theatre, musical bodies, comic strips, bandaging and a bit of Laura Branigan will star in this offbeat, set of works that you will be thinking about long after the show is over.

FEATURING

Barbara Paterson (soprano)

Elliot Vaughan & Marcus Jackson (performers)

PROGRAMME

Cathy Berberian Stripsody for for soprano

Yoko Ono Wrapping music for for ensemble and wrappers

Jessie Marino Rot Blau for for two performers

Alvin Lucier 'Clarinet' from Still and Moving Lines of Silence in Families of Hyperbolas for for clarinet and sound

James Tenney Having Never Written a Note for Percussion for for tam-tam

Julius Eastman Joy Boy for for four instruments

Elliot Vaughan Futures Past for for mixed ensemble

In 2021 we will celebrate the end of our 20th anniversary season with a concert featuring some of our favourite music and composers, including a repeat performance of Stroma's original commission from Jenny McLeod, entitled 'Cat Dreams', in honour of her 80th birthday. Also hear NZ premieres of works by Salina Fisher and Michael Norris, two favourites from Saariaho and Berio, and a guest appearance by Wellington taonga puoro legend Al Fraser in his luminous collaboration with composer Simon Eastwood.

FEATURING

Alistair Fraser (taonga puoro)

Bridget Douglas (flute)

PROGRAMME

Jenny McLeod Cat Dreams for mixed ensemble

Salina Fisher Lumina for mixed ensemble

Kaija Saariaho Terreste for flute and ensemble

Simon Eastwood and Alistair Fraser Te Aitanga Pepeke for taonga puoro and ensemble

Luciano Berio Ricorrenze for wind quintet

Michael Norris Gyri for mixed ensemble

This concert supported by Creative New Zealand, Lilburn Trust, Stout Trust and the Wellington City Council.

Join Stroma on Wellington’s famous 'classical crawl', Classical on Cuba for a short half-hour 'taster menu’ of contrasting styles and energies. Featuring four of our top soloists— Anna van der Zee, Bridget Douglas, Thomas Guldborg and Ken Ichinose—this concert includes two works for vocalising flutist (by Toru Takemitsu and Michael Norris), gorgeous duos with percussion (by Salina Fisher and Gareth Farr), plus an exciting tribute to Greek composer Iannis Xenakis, whose 100th anniversary was in May.

PROGRAMME

TORU TAKEMITSU (JAP) — Voice for vocalising flutist

SALINA FISHER (NZ) — Komorebi for violin and vibraphone

GARETH FARR (NZ) — Kembang Suling (Mvt I) for flute and marimba

MICHAEL NORRIS (NZ) — Piccled for vocalising piccolo player

IANNIS XENAKIS (GR) — Dhipli Zyia for violin and cello

Dream Architects features three world premieres from New Zealand composers: Dream Compass by Chris Cree Brown, I write and chew and crack my bones and think about hospitality by Ihlara McIndoe and A Memory by Gemma Peacocke.

Dream Compass by Chris Cree Brown attempts to navigate musical material in a similar way to a sleeper steering a dream; I write and chew and crack my bones and think about hospitality by Ihlara McIndoe is a critique of the ‘social and bureaucratic microcosm in which our art germinates and manifests itself’, while A Memory by Gemma Peacocke is a setting of a poem of the same name by Irish-born New Zealand-American anarchist and modernist poet Lola Ridge.

Also on the programme is the NZ premiere of Reuben Jelleyman’s Klein Fountain, nominated for the 2021 SOUNZ Contemporary Prize, an homage to Felix Klein who conceived of the Klein Bottle, and ‘imaginary architecture’ that represents a 4D topology. Klein Fountain evokes the imaginary flow of water through such a bottle in an inventive, sonically brilliant manner.

Rounding out the concert are works by Anna Thorvaldsdottir and Iannis Xenakis, the latter's 100th anniversary being celebrated in 2022.

FEATURING

Barbara Paterson (soprano)

Hamish McKeich (conductor)

PROGRAMME

IANNIS XENAKIS (GR) — Rebonds A for solo percussion

CHRIS CREE BROWN (NZ) — Dream Compass for mixed ensemble (premiere)

IHLARA McINDOE (NZ) — I write and chew and crack my bones and think about hospitality for soprano and mixed ensemble (premiere)

REUBEN JELLEYMAN (NZ) — Klein Fountain for flute, violin, percussion and piano (NZ premiere)

GEMMA PEACOCKE (NZ) — New work for ensemble and soprano (premiere) 

ANNA THORVALSDOTTIR (ICE) — Spectra for ensemble (NZ premiere)

IANNIS XENAKIS (GR) — Dhipli Zyia for violin and cello

This concert supported by Creative New Zealand, Lilburn Trust, Stout Trust and the Wellington City Council.

Celebrating what Stroma is all about: big, bold sounds and compelling musical experiences, featuring commissions from leading New Zealand composers Linda Dallimore, Karlo Margetić, Dylan Lardelli and Kerian Varaine, plus Charlotte Bray's expressive Renga Miniatures and Iannis Xenakis's stonking ensemble work Anaktoria.

PROGRAMME

LINDA DALLIMORE (NZ) — Everything Feels Different Now for ensemble (premiere)

DYLAN LARDELLI (NZ) — Glow Close for ensemble (NZ premiere)

CHARLOTTE BRAY (UK) — Renga Miniatures for ensemble (NZ premiere)

KERIAN VARAINE (NZ) — AN DOOR for electric bass and ensemble (premiere)

KARLO MARGETIĆ (NZ) — Bricks and Mortar for ensemble (NZ premiere)

IANNIS XENAKIS (GR) — Anaktoria for ensemble

This concert supported by Creative New Zealand, Lilburn Trust, Stout Trust and the Wellington City Council.

EXPLORE OUR GALLERIES OF SOUND.

Featuring Jerome Kavanagh Poutama (taonga puoro), and a guest saxophone quartet.

This is no ordinary concert — you’ll ‘choose your own adventure’ by exploring the beautiful spaces of Toi Art at Te Papa (Levels 4 & 5) while Stroma plays multiple, simultaneous performances of ambient, spatial music throughout the evening.

Spread over 2½ hours, you can come and go as you please. Have a drink at the bar, then wander around the spaces to experience the sound events. Follow the schedule, or see where your ear takes you. If you position yourself right, you might even hear two or three pieces at the same time. If you miss a piece the first time, you can catch it again later in the evening.

Centred around the current exhibition from the Mataaho Collective, Stroma will be performing experimental works by renowned composers such as Pauline Oliveros, John Cage, James Tenney and Tom Johnson, as well as a selection of works by New Zealand composers. Low-level ambient sonic art by Wellington-based sonic artists will mingle with the acoustic sounds of Stroma, while prominent taonga puoro musician Jerome Kavanagh Poutama will respond musically to the artworks’ kaupapa.

Works included in the concert:

• John Cage Four for string quartet
• John Cage 4'33"
• John Cage Solo for Voice 13, 26 & 49
• John Cage Aria
• John Cage Four5
• John Cage Five
• John Cage Typewriter Music
• John Cage In a Landscape
• John Cage Dream
• John Cage Radio Music
• Ruth Crawford Seeger III from String Quartet 1931
• Eve de Castro-Robinson Whisper
• Eve de Castro-Robinson Whorl
• Julius Eastman Joy Boy
• Simon Eastwood The Spindle of Necessity
• Tom Johnson Rational Melodies I, III, IV, X
• Alvin Lucier I am sitting in a room
• Rachael Morgan Interiors II
• Michael Norris Prolation Canon on an Ancient Hurrian Hymn
• Pauline Oliveros 70 Chords for Terry
• Pauline Oliveros From Unknown Silences
• Pauline Oliveros A Fluting Moment
• Frederic Rzewski To the Earth
• Giacinto Scelsi Maknongan
• James Tenney Beast
• James Tenney In a large, reverberant space
• James Tenney Saxony
• James Tenney Critical Band
• James Tenney Shimmer
• James Tenney Cellogram
• James Tenney August Harp
• James Tenney Swell Piece for Alison Knowles
• James Tenney On Never Having Written a Note for Percussion
• La Monte Young Composition 1960 #7

This concert supported by Creative New Zealand, Lilburn Trust, Stout Trust and the Wellington City Council.

COME FACE TO FACE WITH THE SOLOISTS OF STROMA.

An intimate evening of poignant and compelling ‘musical conversations’, featuring tributes to recently passed composers Jenny McLeod and Kaija Saariaho, alongside three works by the next generation of New Zealand composers, and a work by lesser-known Canadian composer Norma Beecroft. The programme features two world premieres: and finding air between us by Marcus Jackson and Waipu by David Mason. It will also be the chance to hear Liam Furey’s Disturbances III: Light composed last year, which creates a parallel between the way that matter and energy interact with each other and the musical interferences and disturbances present in the score

PROGRAMME

Marcus Jackson and finding air between us for ensemble

David Mason Waipu for ensemble

Kaija Saariaho Oi Kuu for bass flute and cello

Norma Beecroft Face à Face for two amplified bass flutes and percussion

Liam Furey Disturbances III: Light for clarinet, viola and piano

Jenny McLeod Seascapes for violin, cello and piano

EXUBERANT, JOYFUL MUSIC TO CELEBRATE THE ARRIVAL OF SPRING!

From the patterns and permutations of György Ligeti and Carola Bauckholt, to the luscious tonal landscapes of Nina C. Young and Missy Mazzoli, there will be something for everyone. New Zealand composers are featured through a memorial to Lyell Cresswell and a world premiere by outstanding young composer Micah Thompson.

PROGRAMME

Lyell Cresswell Fogli Rugginosi for ensemble

Carola Bauckholt Treibstoff for ensemble

György Ligeti Balada si Joc for two violins

György Ligeti Wind Quintet

Micah Thompson Speaking Music for ensemble (world premiere)

Nina C. Young Memento Mori for string quartet

Missy Mazzoli Ecstatic Science for large ensemble

CHOOSE YOUR OWN (SONIC) ADVENTURE. AGAIN.

Following the acclaimed ‘performance installation’ at Te Papa in 2023, Stroma return to play multiple, simultaneous performances of ambient, spatial music in the gorgeous gallery spaces of City Gallery Wellington. The centrepiece is a new work by Riki Gooch, Poutama, a work in four parts for improvising taonga puoro ensemble blending with the sounds of Stroma’s musicians.

Throughout the evening, surround yourself in meditative, hypnotic works by composers such as Salina Fisher, Hildur Guðnadóttir, John Luther Adams, Pauline Oliveros, Dai Fujikura, James Tenney, Jonathan Harvey, Alex Turley, Michael Norris, Salvatore Sciarrino and, of course, John Cage. You can come and go as you please. Have a drink at the bar, then wander around the spaces to experience the sound events. Follow the schedule, or see where your ear takes you. 

FEATURING

Riki Gooch and Rangatuone Ensemble (taonga puoro): Te Kahureremoa Taumata, Dr Ruby Solly, Komako Silver, Māia-te-oho Holman-Wharehoka, Al Fraser

Salina Fisher (koto)

PROGRAMME

Riki Gooch — Poutama: 12 Steps of Ascension (PREMIERE)

Salina Fisher — woman 女 beneath a wave 波

Pauline Oliveros — A Fluting Moment, Antiphonal Meditation, Heart of Tones, Rock Piece

Michael Norris — Cirrus Drift

Hildur Guðnadóttir — From the other place

John Luther Adams — Canticles of the Sky, Roar

James Tenney — Harmonium #1 , Harmonium #7, Saxony

Alex Turley — Cloudscapes

John Cage — Five & One4

Salvatore Sciarrino — L’addio a Trachis

Felipe Lara — Meditation and Calligraphy

Toshio Ichiyanagi — Still Time III

Jonathan Harvey — Still

Dai Fujikura — Harahara & Inkling

Kaleidoscopes of refracted colour burst from the page, in this prismatic concert of luminous music. A world premiere by NZ/Canadian composer Nicholas Denton Protsack sits alongside meditative music by his compatriots R Murray Schafer and John Luther Adams, renowned for capturing the shifting colours of their wild northern landscapes. Other works in the light-themed programme are by NZ composer Leila Adu-Gilmore, Daniela Terranova (Italy) and Bree Van Ryk (Australia), rounded out by the dazzling final work Grammar of Dreams by Finnish composer Kaija Saariaho.

PROGRAMME

Leila Adu-Gilmore (NZL) — Alyssum

R Murray Schafer (CAN) — String quartet No. 2: Waves

Nicholas Denton Protsack (NZL/CAN) — A Gleaming Thing (PREMIERE)

John Luther Adams (CAN) — The Light Within

Daniela Terranova (ITA)— Rainbow Dust in the Sky

Bree Van Reyk (AUS) — Light for the First Time

Kaija Saariaho (FIN) — Grammaire des reves (Grammar of Dreams)