Festival Artistic Director – Simeon Broom
SIMEON BROOM – violin/ artistic director
DAVID SAMUEL - viola
JAMES BUSH – cello
AMELIA BERRY – soprano
ROSEMARY BARNES – piano
NZ STRING QUARTET
Festival Artistic Director – Simeon Broom
SIMEON BROOM – violin/ artistic director
ANDREW BEER - violin
DAVID SAMUEL - viola
JAMES SANG OH YOO – cello
SARAH WATKINS – piano
WADE KERNOT - bass
ROSEMARY BARNES – piano
JULIA JOYCE – viola
ANDREW JOYCE – cello
RACHEL CHURCH – piano
The 2018 festival programme followed the theme of "Contrasts".
The Friday programme contrasted two special works written for violin and piano - the Elgar and Debussy Sonatas - which were written within a year of each other 100 years ago. The Saturday programme featured one of Beethoven's earliest works (Piano Trio Opus 1, No. 2 in G major) alongside a work that heads towards what became known as 'late' Beethoven, the String Quartet Opus 95, 'Serioso’. The Festival fittingly finished on the Sunday with a rousing performance of Bartok's "fiendishly difficult" three Hungarian-Romanian dance movements, entitled 'Contrasts'.
Elgar Violin Sonata in E minor, Op.82
Debussy Sonata for Violin and Piano
Simeon Broom (violin), Rachel Church (piano)
Beethoven Piano Trio in G major, Op.1 No.2
Beethoven String Quartet in F minor, Op. 95 No. 11 "Serioso"
Auckland Piano Trio with Yuri Cho (violin) and David Samuel (viola)
Brahms Clarinet Trio in A minor, Op.114
Bartok "Contrasts", Sz.111
NZ Chamber Soloists - Peter Scholes (clarinet), James Tennant (cello),
Katherine Austin (piano) with Simeon Broom (violin)
SIMEON BROOM – VIOLIN/ ARTISTIC DIRECTOR
RACHEL CHURCH – PIANO
AUCKLAND PIANO TRIO
JAMES JIN – violin
JAMES YOO – cello
XING WANG – piano
YURI CHO – VIOLIN
DAVID SAMUEL – VIOLA
NEW ZEALAND CHAMBER SOLOISTS
KATHERINE AUSTIN – piano
JAMES TENNANT – cello
PETER SCHOLES – CLARINET
For our second festival we presented some of New Zealand's foremost chamber musicians in a programme which explored the development of chamber music, from its beginnings in the parlour, through the house concert to the concert hall. Simeon Broom reprised his role as artistic director and the series was aptly titled "A Room with a View", reflecting the settings and stories behind some of the finest chamber works.
The weekend began with players from NZ Barok, who performed a programme of early classical chamber music. On Saturday evening the audience was treated to an evening of song, with the established duo partnership of Catrin Johnsson (mezzo) and Rachel Fuller (piano) performing song works from Mozart to Brahms. Finally, the Sunday concert consisted of the early Beethoven Piano Trio in C minor and the much loved 'Dumky' Trio by Dvorak, performed by the always exciting NZ Chamber Soloists.
Haydn String Quartet Op.1 No.3 in D major
Boccherini String Quartet Op.10 No.2 in D minor
Highlights from Mozart's "Magic Flute" in an original arrangement for flute quartet from 1799
Mozart Flute Quartet No.3 in C major
Sally Tibbles (baroque flute), Miranda Hutton (baroque violin), Graham McPhail (baroque violin),
Alison Salmons (baroque viola), Helen Brinkman (baroque cello)
Grieg "Haugtussa" Song Cycle Op.67
C Schumann "Ich stand in dunklen Träumen” Op.13 No.1, "Die stille Lotusblume" Op.13 No.6
R Schumann "Widmung" from "Myrthen" Op.25, "Mondnacht" from "Liederkreis"Op.39
Brahms "Liebestreu" Op.3 No.1, "Minnelied" Op.71 No.5
Brahms "Zwei Gesänge" Op.91 - “Gestillte Sehnsucht”, “Geistliches Wiegenlied”
Catrin Johnsson (mezzo soprano), Edith Salzmann (cello), Rachel Fuller (piano)
Beethoven Piano Trio Op.1 No.3 in C minor
Dvorak "Dumky" Trio Op. 90 No. 4 in E minor
Lara Hall (violin), James Tennant (cello), Katherine Austin (piano)
NZ BAROK
GRAHAM McPHAIL & MIRANDA HUTTON – baroque violins
ALISON SALMONS – baroque viola
HELEN BRINKMAN – baroque cello
FIONA TIBBLES – historical flute
CATRIN JOHNSSON - MEZZO SOPRANO
RACHEL FULLER - PIANO
EDITH SALZMANN - CELLO
NEW ZEALAND CHAMBER SOLOISTS
LARA HALL – violin
JAMES TENNANT – cello
KATHERINE AUSTIN – piano
The festival seed was sown when Mt Eden violinist Simeon Broom approached Eden Arts with his long held dream of holding a local chamber music festival in the mould of the world class festivals he had encountered in Europe. He gathered professional colleagues and put together a programme of German Romantic music ("Eine Romantische Reise") which delved deep into the romantic spirit of what was one of the most exciting periods in classical music.
Playing world class chamber music to packed houses, we could not have envisaged a more uplifting and successful launch of this inaugural event. Intensely difficult repertoire was performed with ease and aplomb, interspersed with a gentle narrative from the musicians to introduce each work. This was chamber music at its finest, and a rare chance to hear these programmes performed live over one weekend.
Beethoven “Ghost” Piano Trio in D major, Op.70 No.1
Schumann Piano Quartet in E flat major Op.47
Simeon Broom (violin), Julia Joyce (viola), Andrew Joyce (cello), Rachel Church (piano)
Schubert String Quintet in C major, D 956
Aroha String Quartet with Andrew Joyce
Beethoven String Trio in G major, Op.9 No.1
Schumann Piano Quintet in E flat major Op.44
Simeon Broom (violin), Anna van der Zee (violin), Julia Joyce (viola), Andrew Joyce (cello),
Rachel Church (piano)
SIMEON BROOM – VIOLIN
JULIA JOYCE – VIOLA
ANDREW JOYCE – CELLO
RACHEL CHURCH – PIANO
AROHA STRING QUARTET
HAIHONG LIU & SIMEON BROOM – violins
ZHONGXIAN JIN – viola
ROBERT IBELL – cello
ANNA VAN DER ZEE – VIOLIN