Join Andrew Beer for a special farewell concert before he begins his new role as Concertmaster of the Singapore Symphony Orchestra.
This celebratory evening brings together close friends and collaborators from across New Zealand in a programme of chamber music, tango, and audience favourites. The concert will feature duo and trio performances with Sarah Watkins (piano), Ingrid Bauer (harp), James Yoo (cello), Eric Renick (Percussion), Morag Atchison (Soprano) and Rosemary Song (piano). Featured ensembles include the Auckland Philharmonia Principal String Quartet with Andrew Beer, Minglun Liu, Rob Ashworth, and Ashley Brown, alongside AOTANGO Quintet featuring Gordon Hill, Kat Tomacruz, and Grayson Masefield.
CDs will also be available for purchase and presale on the night, including the Levansa Trio album 'Kintsugi', Dame Gillian Whitehead’s album featuring the concerto 'Tai timu tai pari', as well as forthcoming AOTANGO Duo and AOTANGO Quintet CD releases.
5pm, Saturday June 13th – Symphonia Hall, 59 Wellington Street, Freemans Bay - Tickets
Selections from D. Shostakovich’s Piano Trio
Handel - Halvorsen Passacaglia
Mvt of Beethoven Quartet Op 59 No. 2
Tōrua - G. Whitehead
A Evaristo Carriego - E. Rovira
Oblivion - A. Piazzolla
Escualo - A. Piazzolla
Méditation from Thais - J. Massenet
3 Bartok Duos
Komorebi - S. Fisher
Selection of Mvts from Büchlein Reimaginings - R. Jelleyman
Fou Rire - R. Galliano (with Eric Renick)
Ave Maria - A. Piazzolla
Czardas - V. Monti
Morgen! - R. Strauss
Solo (Morag)
Pōkarekare ana
ngā wai o Waiapu,
Whiti atu koe hine
marino ana e.
E hine e
hoki mai ra.
Ka mate ahau
I te aroha e.
Tutti (All)
Tuhituhi taku reta
tuku atu taku rīngi,
Kia kite tō iwi
raru raru ana e.
E hine e
hoki mai ra.
Ka mate ahau
I te aroha e.
E kore te aroha
e maroke i te rā,
Mākūkū tonu i
aku roimata e.
E hine e
hoki mai ra.
Ka mate ahau
I te aroha e.
E hine e
hoki mai ra.
Ka mate ahau
I te aroha e.