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The Warkworth Music 2023 concert season starts next month with a performance by the New Zealand String Quartet on Sunday April 2.
Recognised as New Zealand’s premier chamber music ensemble, the quartet has an international reputation for insightful interpretations and compelling communication, and a dynamic performance style.
The Warkworth concert will feature Schubert’s String Quartet No. 13 in A minor, D.804, Op. 29 Rosamunde; Shostakovich String Quartet no 1 in C Major, Op.59; Haydn’s Emperor Opus 76 no.3; and David Flynn’s Slip.
The quartet members are Helene Pohl on violin I, Monique Lapins on violin II, Gillian Ansell on viola and Rolf Gjelsten on cello. This year marks their 36th season together.
Over the decades they have cultivated a rich repertoire, including a wide variety of New Zealand music, composers’ cycles from Beethoven to Bartok, Mozart to Berg, in addition to theatrical presentations encompassing spoken word and dance, from Haydn’s Seven Last Words to Schoenberg’s Transfigured Night.
The quartet has also commissioned more than 150 New Zealand works, alongside collaborations with taonga pūoro players Rob Thorne, Horomona Horo and the late Richard Nunns.
All Warkworth Music concerts are held at the Warkworth Town Hall and start at 4pm. School students are admitted free of charge. Info: warkworthmusic.org.nz
