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The spectacular Duo Col Legno will play in Warkworth on Saturday May 25.
Cellist Heleen du Plessis and percussionist and marimba specialist Yoshiko Tsuruta first performed as a duo for the NZ premiere of Peter Klatzow’s A Sense of Place in 2014.
Inspired by the matching fusion of their instruments, they have since explored a wide and exciting repertoire – celebrating a huge variety of musical styles from all over the world.
Both players are highly acclaimed soloists and chamber musicians, and their individual strengths come together to form a dynamic and charismatic duo.
Warkworth Music president Lisa Outwin says Yoshiko Tsuruta played in Warkworth three years ago, enthralling the audience as she danced her way through the performance as if it were a ballet, double mallets in each hand, in complete control of every movement.
“Anyone who saw her will be awaiting this new concert with great anticipation,” Lisa says.
Duo Col Legno will share a diverse programme which includes Tchaikovsky, Fauré, Arvo Pärt, traditional Japanese songs and the infectious rhythms of Atanas Ourkouzounov. They have also commissioned Wellington-based composer Gareth Farr to write a new work for marimba and cello, which will be performed on the tour.
“This will be a thrilling and unusual performance with the singing tone of Heleen’s cello weaving through the reverberations of Yoshiko’s marimba – at three metres long, the largest in New Zealand.”
The concert will be held at the Warkworth Town Hall, starting at 4pm. Tickets are $35 and will be available at the door; school students free.
Info: warkworthmusic.org.nz
