Fazioli International Piano Recital Series 2018: Read Gainsford & Orchestra Wellington: Planets
3.00pm Fazioli International Piano Recital Series 2018
In a beautifully curated programme, Read Gainsford introduces and performs music that links to Impressionism in some way, but is not impressionistic in itself.
Read Gainsford is a New Zealand pianist currently based in Tallahassee, where he’s Professor of Piano and Coordinator of Keyboard Studies at Florida State University.
He eloquently introduces each of the works in this recital.
8.00pm Orchestra Wellington: Planets
Orchestra Wellington offers a multi-media extravaganza with one of the grandest and most popular works in the orchestral repertoire - The Planets - preceded by not one but two premières from New Zealand composers.
-
LISZT: Benediction of God in Solitude
8:00 PM.Introduced and performed by Read Gainsford at his recital in the 2018 Fazioli International Piano Recital Series, Auckland War Museum Auditorium, 5 October 2018. Read more Audio
-
DEBUSSY: Études, Book 1
8:10 PM.Introduced and performed by Read Gainsford at his recital in the 2018 Fazioli International Piano Recital Series, Auckland War Museum Auditorium, 5 October 2018. Read more Audio
-
DEBUSSY: Études, Book 2
8:20 PM.Introduced and performed by Read Gainsford at his recital in the 2018 Fazioli International Piano Recital Series, Auckland War Museum Auditorium, 5 October 2018. Read more Audio
-
BEETHOVEN: Piano Sonata No 30 in E Op 109
8:30 PM.Introduced and performed by Read Gainsford at his recital in the 2018 Fazioli International Piano Recital Series, Auckland War Museum Auditorium, 5 October 2018. Read more Audio
-
POULENC: Novelette No 1
8:40 PM.Performed as an encore by Read Gainsford at his recital in the 2018 Fazioli International Piano Recital Series, Auckland War Museum Auditorium, 5 October 2018. Read more Audio
-
I'll Hum the First Few Bars by David Long
7:00 PM.David Long of The Mutton Birds has composed ‘I’ll Hum the First Few Bars' for amplified guitar, orchestra, and something called 'mechatronics'. Read more Video, Audio
-
Claire COWAN: Stark - The Violin Concerto (première)
7:00 PM.The concerto takes its inspiration from iconic NZ dancer Freda Stark, made famous in the 1930’s after her lover, Thelma Mareo was allegedly murdered with a glass of poisoned milk. Read more Video, Audio
-
Orchestra Wellington: HOLST - The Planets
7:00 PM.Holst's pieces describe the moods or personalities of seven planets. Performed by Orchestra Wellington, and women of the Orpheus Choir, conducted by Marc Taddei, and accompanied by video by NASA. Read more Video, Audio
3.00pm Fazioli International Piano Recital Series 2018: Read Gainsford
LISZT: Benediction of God in Solitude
DEBUSSY: Etudes, Book 1
DEBUSSY: Etudes, Book 2
BEETHOVEN: Piano Sonata in E Op 109
POULENC: Novellette No 1
Recorded by RNZ Concert in Auckland War Memorial Museum Auditorium, 5 October 2018, by Rangi Powick and Tim Dodd.
8.00pm Orchestra Wellington: Planets
DAVID LONG: I'll hum the first few bars;
CLAIRE COWAN: Stark - The Violin Concerto;
HOLST: The Planets
Amalia Hall (violin), David Long (guitar), David Downes (visuals), Jim Murphy (mechatronics), Orpheus Choir, Orchestra Wellington conducted by Marc Taddei
Recorded by RNZ Concert in Michael Fowler Centre Wellington - Producer: David McCaw, Engineer: Graham Kennedy.