Christopher’s Classics presents “Wilma & Friends” presented in association with Chamber Music New Zealand

Christopher’s Classics  presents Wilma and Friends features Melbourne based former NZSO Concert Master Wilma Smith (violin) with Melbourne colleagues Caroline Henbest (viola); Alexandra Partridge (cello) and Andrew Leathwick (piano) on Tuesday 26th September 2017; 7.30 p.m. at The Piano, 156 Armagh Street, Christchurch.

Each year, celebrated Melbourne-based Kiwi violinist Wilma Smith invites performers of promise to form a group and create vibrant programmes that include everything from revered masterpieces to undiscovered gems of every musical era. This year she is joined by well-known viola player Caroline Henbest and two rising New Zealand-born stars of the Australian National Academy of Music (ANAM) in Melbourne – Alexandra Partridge on cello and Andrew Leathwick on piano.

The concert includes music by William Walton, written when the English composer was aged 16, the passionate, anguished love song by a young Brahms, extensively revised 20 years later with all its emotional power intact, and the premiere of a work by composer/pianist Andrew Leathwick, aged 24. Wilma commissioned Andrew to write the piece for this tour. “His compositional style is so original and appealing.”

Programme:

Walton – Piano Quartet in D Minor

Andrew Leathwick – Piano Quartet No. 1 (new commission)

Brahms – Piano Quartet No. 3 in C Minor, op. 60

Tickets: are available on Eventfinda.  Door sales, cash and eftpos available $40.00; full-time students with ID $15.00.

For information: contact Diana Moir (03) 355 2691; 021 126 5738; dhmoir@xtra.co.nz