Sat, 10 Feb
|Nelson Centre of Musical Arts
Adam Chamber Music Festival: The Romantic Bartók
New Zealand's International Chamber Music Festival, hosted in sunny Nelson and curated by our very own Gillian Ansell and Helene Pohl.
Time & Location
10 Feb 2024, 2:00 pm – 3:20 pm
Nelson Centre of Musical Arts, 48 Nile Street, Nelson 7010, New Zealand
About the event
Hungarian pianist Dénes Várjon and New Zealand String Quartet present Bartók’s early piano quintet in a dramatic and powerful work super-charged with expressivity, showing the influences of Brahms, Debussy, Liszt and Strauss and the beginnings of Bartók’s fascination with folk music. To the best of our knowledge this is a New Zealand premiere.
But first up is Liszt’s Hungarian Rhapsody ‘Héroïde-élégiaque’, setting the heady tone for the delights to come.
Liszt – Hungarian Rhapsody No 5 ‘Héroïde-élégiaque’ – Izabella Simon
Bartók – Piano Quintet in C major – Dénes Várjon (piano), New Zealand String Quartet
Duration: Approximately 75 minutes, no interval
Proudly supported by Robert Hirschhorn & John Hall