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Pearls of Russian and Tatar Music

Auckland Chamber Orchestra Presents

Price:	Free - bookings essential
Dates:	Sunday, 10 February 7pm

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Welcome to our first concert of 2019!

A Concert of Orchestral New Music from Russia and Tatarstan.

The ‘Pearls of Russian and Tatar Music’ concert event will feature music for piano and strings by Rashid Kalimullin, Elena Anisimova, Elmir Nizamov, Anatoly Luppov, Leonid Lyubovsky, Julia Beck, and Ilgam Baytiryak. It will also include Australian works by Andrián Pertout, Michael Kieran Harvey, and Natalya Vagner. The New Zealand edition of ‘Pearls of Russian and Tatar Music’ is curated by Andrián Pertout, and sponsored and supported by the Ministry of Culture of the Republic of Tatarstan, and Union of Composers of the Republic of Tatarstan (Kazan, Tatarstan, Russia).

Featuring the Auckland Chamber Orchestra & Australian Pianist Michael Kieran Harvey Conducted by Peter Scholes

SUNDAY February 10 @ 7pm

FREE ADMISSION! see below for instructions to reserve seats.

Easy and free parking! Great sight lines – intimate venue.

Peter Scholes conductor

Soloist – Michael Kieran Harvey piano

Rashid Kalimullin “Symphony No. 4” for string orchestra,
Rashid Kalimullin Cities of the World” for pianoforte
Elena Anisimova “Spring Dance for string orchestra”
Elmir Nizamov “At the Wailing Wall” for string orchestra
Andrián Pertout “Navigating the Labyrinth” for string orchestra
Anatoly Luppov “Two Preludes” for string orchestra
Leonid Lyubovsky “Litany” for string orchestra
Michael Kieran Harvey “Module Fugue” for pianoforte
Julia Beck “Continuum” for pianoforte and string orchestra
Ilgam Baytiryak “Ethnic Diptych” for string orchestra
Natalya Vagner “Curlews in the Night” for string orchestra

Michael Kieran Harvey is one of the foremost interpreters of contemporary piano music of his generation. A champion of Australian music and himself a composer, he regularly commissions new Australian music and has performed with Australia’s leading contemporary music ensembles and orchestras. As a pianist Harvey’s awards include the Grand Prix in the Ivo Pogorelich Competition, USA (1993 – the world’s richest at the time), the Debussy Medal, Paris (1986), the Australian government’s Centenary Medal (2002) and the 2009 APRA award for Distinguished Services to Australian Music.

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[in case you missed it, click here for the review of August’s DREAM FRAGMENTS – music by John Elmsly]

[in case you missed it, click here for the review of July’s THE FRIVOLOUS CAKE – music by Helen Bowater]