NZCT Chamber Music Contest Final 2019
Six groups of secondary school students strive to be the top young chamber musicians for 2019.
The New Zealand Community Trust Chamber Music Contest is the longest running youth music competition in New Zealand. Many of its participants have gone on to have successful musical careers both here and abroad.
From more than 400 ensembles competing nationwide in 2019, only 12 groups made it through to the finals weekend in Auckland. Then, from those 12, six groups representing regions across New Zealand were chosen for the final concert.
What you hear here are the very best of our young secondary school student musicians and the result of months of planning and preparation, discussions and decisions. Most of all, you hear a passion for the power of chamber music.
RNZ salutes and celebrates the skill, dedication and artistry of all of these players.
Being a competition though, there had to be winners.
The judging panel of Diedre Irons, Robert Orr and Ashley Brown awarded overall first prize to Sixteen Strings.
The People's Choice award went to Virtuoso Strings Octet.
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ORFF: Carmina Burana
8:00 PM.Amelia Berry (soprano), Declan Cudd (tenor), Joel Amosa (bass baritone), Orpheus Choir of Wellington, Children's Choir from Wellington region, Thomas Nikora and Stephen Clothier (pianos), Orchestra… Read more Audio
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ROSAURO: Marimba Concerto No 1
8:00 PM.Yoshiko Tsuruta (marimba), Orchestra Wellington Percussion Ensemble/Brent Stewart. Read more Audio
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Virtuoso Strings Octet plays Utting
3:06 PM.Virtuoso Strings Octet from Wellington plays 'Goodnight Kiwi' by Craig Utting at the 2019 NZCT Chamber Music Contest final. Read more Audio
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Szerenád Trió plays Kodály
3:05 PM.Szerenád Trió from Canterbury plays movements from the Serenade for Two Violins and Viola by Zoltan Kodaly at the 2019 NZCT Chamber Music Contest final. Read more Audio
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Quartetto Maduro plays Shatford
3:04 PM.Quartetto Maduro from Canterbury plays 'Real Mature' by Isaac Shatford at the 2019 NZCT Chamber Music Contest final. Read more Audio
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Rerekē plays Bartók
3:03 PM.Rerekē from Wellington plays the 1st and 3rd movements of 'Contrasts' by Bela Bartok at the 2019 NZCT Chamber Music Contest final. Read more Audio
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Farr-Out Trio plays Farr
3:02 PM.Farr-Out Trio from Northland plays 'Ahi' by Gareth Farr at the 2019 NZCT Chamber Music Contest final. Read more Audio
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Sixteen Strings plays Schulhoff
3:01 PM.Sixteen Strings from Wellington plays Pieces for String Quartet by Erwin Schulhoff at the 2019 NZCT Chamber Music Contest final. Read more Audio
Music details
Erwin SCHULHOFF: Five Pieces for string quartet (2, 3, 4, 5) – Sixteen Strings (Wellington)
Gareth FARR: Ahi (1, 2, 4) – Farr-Out Trio (Northland)
Bela BARTÓK: Contrasts (1, 3) – Rerekē (Wellington)
Isaac SHATFORD: Real Mature – Quartetto Maduro (Canterbury)
Zoltan KODÁLY: Serenade for two violins & viola (1, 3) – Szerenád Trió (Canterbury)
Craig UTTING: Goodnight Kiwi – Virtuoso Strings Octet (Wellington)
Recorded by RNZ, Auckland Town Hall, 3 August 2019
Producer: Tim Dodd, Engineer: Adrian Hollay