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Vesa and friends
New Zealand Symphony Orchestra concertmaster Vesa-Matti Leppänen and friends will perform works of Beethoven and Mozart at the Warkworth Town Hall on Sunday, July 19.
Vesa is an internationally recognised chamber musician, teacher, adjudicator and soloist. Since moving to New Zealand from Finland in 2000, he has assembled a group of musician friends.
Warkworth Music spokesperson Lisa Outwin says they have put to together an exciting programme that shines a light on the sensational horn playing of Samuel Jacobs.
After several years playing principal horn in London with the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Samuel returned to New Zealand in 2017 to take up a permanent position with the NZSO.
Vesa and Sam will be joined by their NZSO colleagues Andrew Thomson (violin/viola), Nicholas Hancox (viola) and Andrew Joyce (cello).
This year marks Beethoven’s 250th birthday, and the Warkworth concert celebrates with a performance of the composer’s rarely performed Sextet for Two Horns and String Quartet.
Joining the ensemble as second horn in the Sextet will be Shadley van Wyk, principal horn for Orchestra Wellington.
The group will also perform an early Beethoven work, String Trio in E flat, and Mozart’s Horn Quintet.
The concert starts at 4pm. Tickets can be purchased online at warkworthmusic.org.nz, or $35 at the door.
