1 May 2020

LIVE VIDEO - NZSO: Shed Series - Speed

From Music Alive, 6:30 pm on 1 May 2020

Move quickly into the weekend with Shed Series – Speed, a fast paced, rapid-fire concert curated by Hamish McKeich.

Each piece of music is no longer than 3 minutes long, including works from Britten, Rimsky-Korsakov, Strauss, Gareth Farr and more. 

Players from across each section of the orchestra perform with members of the NZSO cello section joined by special guest, internationally renowned cellist Johannes Moser, to perform Gareth Farr’s 'Ascent'.

Shed Series – Speed is introduced by Clarissa Dunn.

 

Programme:

Mark Carter (trumpet)

BRITTEN: Fanfare for St Edmondsbury

Leonard Sakofsky, Thomas Guldborg, Sam Rich (percussion), Larry Reese (timpani)

CAGE: Living Room Music I. To Begin

RIMSKY-KORSAKOV arr. Bruce McKinnon: Flight of the Bumblebee

Leonard Sakofsky, Thomas Guldborg, Sam Rich (percussion)

Joe TOMPKINS:Trio in Rudimental Style

Carolyn Mills (harp)

Michelle VELVIN: Bones

Andrew Thomson (violin)

R. STRAUSS arr. Jenö Hubay: Morgen

Johannes Moser (guest cello), Andrew Joyce (cello), Ken Ichinose (cello), Rowan Prior (cello)

Gareth FARR: Ascent

Bridget Douglas (flute), Carolyn Mills (harp), David Long (electronics)

David LONG: Needing a Long Long Walk

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