MENDELSSOHN & DVOŘÁK
Goldner String Quartet
“…the audience was the quietest I can remember …quite literally [the music making] seemed to take people’s breath away.”
– Sydney Morning Herald
With a legacy spanning almost three decades without a change of membership, the Goldner String Quartet is arguably Australia’s pre-eminent string quartet and recognised internationally through their wealth of recordings on the Hyperion label and live performances in such iconic venues as Wigmore Hall. CMNZ welcome back our old friends from across the ditch for an evening anchored by favourites of the repertoire including Dvořák and Mendelssohn.
Goldner String Quartet bring a programme brimming over with exuberance and energy. Australian composer Ross Edwards is celebrated for his characterful evocations of the natural landscape in all its vibrancy and our very own Gareth Farr is featured in a work inspired by the regeneration of planting new crops in the spring.
In his famous ‘American’ quartet, Dvořák gave us one of the most highly spirited contributions to the genre. While he searched for an American sound, drawing on bird song and inspired by African American spirituals, the piece is full of his home in Bohemia—to which he would soon yearn to return. A young Mendelssohn is likewise exuberant in a sparkling display of light and shade, and yet the letters BP inscribed across the manuscript hint at longing for a
romance forbidden.
GARETH FARR
Te Kōanga
FELIX MENDELSSOHN
String Quartet No. 1 in E flat Major, op 12
ROSS EDWARDS
White Cockatoo Spirit Dance
ANTONÍN DVOŘÁK
String Quartet No 12 in F Major, op 96, ‘American’
Dene Olding violin
Dimity Hall violin
Irina Morozova viola
Julian Smiles cello
TOUR DATES
7 – 20 June 2022
DURATION
100 minutes including an interval
LOCATIONS
Auckland, Hamilton, New Plymouth, Palmerston North, Napier, Wellington, Nelson, Christchurch, Dunedin Invercargill & Dunedin
PRICE RANGE*
$32 to $54
Limited $10 ‘Rush Tickets’ available
*prices differ city to city and exclude ticketing and booking fees.
GENRE
Contemporary, Classical, Romantic
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AUCKLAND
Tue 7 Jun at 7.30pm
Concert Chamber, Auckland Town Hall
HAMILTON
Wed 8 Jun at 7.30pm
Gallagher Academy of Performing Arts
NEW PLYMOUTH
Fri 10 Jun at 7.30pm
4th Wall Theatre
PALMERSTON NORTH
Sat 11 Jun at 7.30pm
The Globe
NAPIER
Sun 12 Jun at 5.00pm
MTG Century Theatre
WELLINGTON
Tue 14 Jun at 7.30pm
Public Trust Hall
NELSON
Wed 15 Jun at 7.30pm
Nelson Centre for Musical Arts
CHRISTCHURCH
Thu 16 Jun at 7.30pm
The Piano
INVERCARGILL
Sat 18 Jun at 7.30pm
Civic Theatre
DUNEDIN
Mon 20 Jun at 7.30pm
Glenroy Auditorium