Adam Chamber Music Festival 2017 - Beethoven Plus
RNZ recording engineer Darryl Stack sets up his microphones ready to record 'Karekurenai' Photo: RNZ/Tim Dodd
This programme combines performances from two concerts in Nelson's Theatre Royal: 'Fire in the Belly' and 'Beethoven Plus'.
As with other concerts at the Adam Festival, the marimba and the cello are prominent.
American marimba player Ian Rosenbaum features in two works, including the world premiere of a work by New Zealand percussionist Edward Ware.
And we have the two last cello sonatas by Beethoven, composed at the time of the budding of his late-period composition style. Rolf Gjelsten gives us an introduction to this.
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Ian Rosenbaum introduces Karakurenai
7:00 PM.Ian Rosenbaum talks to Tim Dodd about 'Karekurenai' by his friend and colleague Andy Akiho. Audio
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AKIHO: Karakurenai
7:00 PM.Ian Rosenbaum on marimba, and Naoto Segawa on vibes and glockenspiel play 'Karakurenai' by American percussionist and composer Andy Akiho. The title - Japanese for "crimson" - relates to Akiho's… Read more Audio
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Rolf Gjelsten introduces Beethoven's Op 102 Cello Sonatas
7:00 PM.Rolf Gjelsten talks about the two cello sonatas of Beethoven's Op 102 in the context of his (Beethoven's) late composition style. Audio
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BEETHOVEN: Cello Sonata No 4
7:00 PM.Rolf Gjelsten and Dénes Várjon play Beethoven's Cello Sonata in C Op 102 No 1. Audio
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BODY: Fire in the Belly
7:00 PM.NZTrio plays Jack Body's 'Fire in the Belly', a work they commissioned from him in 2006. Audio
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Ed Ware introduces Cavernous Ruins
7:00 PM.Ed Ware, a New Zealand percussionist resident in New York, talks to Tim Dodd about his career and about the work 'Cavernous Ruins'. Audio
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WARE: Cavernous Ruins
7:00 PM.Marimba player Ian Rosenbaum and the New Zealand String Quartet perform the world premiere of Edward Ware's work 'Cavernous Ruins'. Audio
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BEETHOVEN: Cello Sonata No 5
7:00 PM.Andrew Joyce and Denes Varjon perform Beethoven's Cello Sonata in D Op 102 No 2. Audio
