NZSO Alban Gerhardt (Cello)

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When:

Thu 31 Jul ’08, 8:00pm–10:00pm

Where: Founders Theatre, 221 Tristram St, Hamilton Show map

Ticket Information:

Adult - From: $20.00
Booking fees may apply

Website:

www.nzso.co.nz

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Gertjie

English conductor Julia Jones has received enthusiastic acclaim from critics and press for her decisive style of music-making, which cultivates a living, breathing texture of exceptional clarity while bristling with energy. Cellist Alban Gerhardt makes the most famous works sound newly discovered.

THE GUINNESS PEAT GROUP TOUR

HAYDN Cello Concerto No 2
SCHUMANN Symphony No 4
LODGE Winterlight for Bassoon and Orchestra (World Premiere)

JULIA JONES Conductor
ALBAN GERHARDT Cello
PREMAN TILSON Bassoon

Energy, subdued intimacy, and even menace interweave in Schumann’s Fourth Symphony, ostensibly in a sombre minor key, only for a major key conquest to prevail. Haydn’s Second Cello Concerto, with its once disputed authenticity, achieves symphonic proportions. Undoubtedly easier on audience ears than a performer’s technique, it is amiable yet demanding, undeniably a major contribution to the 18th century cello repertoire.