2022 Adam Summer Celebration Grand Finale

Our Grand Finale concert features a fabulous range of works, including the luscious Saint-Saëns Fantaisie for Violin and Harp, a world premiere for the NZSQ with Bob Bickerton playing Taonga Puoro, some beloved Italian Arias, and to end, Tchaikovsky’s blockbuster ‘Souvenir de Florence’ string sextet.

Phil Brownlee and Ariana Tikao - Commissioned by the Aotearoa New Zealand Festival of the Arts

NZ String Quartet - Helene Pohl (first violin), Monique Lapins (second violin), Gillian Ansell (viola), Rolf Gjelsten (cello), Bob Bickerton (taonga puoro)

Camille Saint-Saëns - Fantaisie for Violin and Harp, Opus 124

Amalia Hall (violin), Helen Webby (harp)

Guiseppe Verdi - Dei miei bollenti spiriti from “La Traviata”

Vincenzo Bellini - Fervido desiderio 

Paolo Tosti - Abruzzese

Ipu Laga’aia (tenor), Somi Kim (piano)

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Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky - 'Souvenir de Florence'

Helene Pohl (violin), Amalia Hall (violin) Gillian Ansell (viola), Monique Lapins (viola), Rolf Gjelsten (cello), Ashley Brown (cello)

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