This concert - on April Fools Day - continues the fundraising efforts of James Tennant and the University of Waikato towards the 2016 Waikato International Cello Fest. that is being held from the 20th to the 28th of August. Tonight they bring recent prize winners of national and international competitions, and future stars, to deliver a wonderfully moving evening of passionate and out-of-this-world performances.
Among the performers are
- Matthias Balzat, who in December placed 2nd in the International Gisborne Instrumental Music Competition, and
- Sam Lucas who at the beginning of March won the first prize and performed with the Christchurch Symphony Orchestra Bloch's “Schelomo” in the National NZ Concerto Competition Finals. (This is a work you will enjoy hearing him perform tonight.)
Joining Mathias and Sam are up-and-coming young cellist Hyein Kim and pianists Noelle Dannebring and Liam Wooding performing works by Liszt, Debussy and Schumann.
So as you can see, there is nothing foolish about this exciting mix of sounds, emotions and expressions from the very top level of students at the University of Waikato.
PROGRAMME
Zoltan Kodaly Sonata for Solo Cello, Op.8, 1st movement
Allegro maestoso ma appassionato
Matthias Balzat, cello
Robert Schumann Adagio for Cello and Piano, Op.70
(originally for Horn+Piano)
Hyein Kim, cello. Katherine Austin, piano
Claude Debussy Sonata for Cello and Piano in D minor
Matthias Balzat, cello Katherine Austin, piano
Franz Liszt “Harmonies poetiques et religieuses No.7” Funerailles
Liam Wooding, piano
INTERVAL
Claude Debussy “Estampes” 3rd movement “Jardins sous la pluie”
1st movement “Pagodes”
Noelle Dannebring, piano
Ernest Bloch “Schelomo” for Cello and Piano
Sam Lucas, cello. Francis Cowan, piano