One of the world’s greatest pianists, Michael Houstoun has been a treasured figure in New Zealand music for nearly 50 years.

This concert is a beautifully balanced evening in two parts: On the one hand Bach at his most ambitious and on the other, of course, Beethoven. Houstoun is one of the foremost interpreters of Beethoven’s piano music and in this concert you will hear the bright and joyous “Waldstein” as well as the momentous slow movement from “Hammerklavier”.

Houstoun says: “It was Beethoven who woke me up to myself as a musician. The thing about Beethoven is that he somehow synthesises human psychological truths, with all of their subtlety and all of their range, into music.”

A national treasure in concert.

BACH
Partita No 4 in D major, BWV 828

BACH arr Busoni
Violin Partita No 2 in D minor, BWV1004: Chaconne

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BEETHOVEN
Adagio sostenuto from Piano Sonata No 29 in B flat major, Op 106 “Hammerklavier”

BEETHOVEN
Piano Sonata No 21 in C major, Op 53 “Waldstein”

Michael Houstoun Piano

TOUR DATES
30 October – 16 December 2020

DURATION
110 minutes including an interval

PRE-CONCERT EVENT
There is no pre-concert talk for this tour

LOCATIONS
New Plymouth, Wellington, Christchurch & Auckland

PRICE RANGE*
Full Price $45 to $69
Concession Price $39 to $63
Limited $10 student rush tickets available**

*prices differ city to city and exclude ticketing and booking fees.
**from one hour prior to the concert.

GENRE
Baroque, Classical, 20th Century, Romantic