Christopher’s Classics Series XIX – 2014 – Amici Ensemble – 8.00 p.m.

Programme:
Shostakovich – Two Pieces for String Octet, Op. 11
Enescu – String Octet in C Major, Op. 7
Mendelssohn – Octet in E-flat Major, Op. 20

Audiences have the opportunity to hear three vibrant youthful works performed by the critically acclaimed Amici Ensemble in the second concert in the Christopher’s Classics 2014 season.

Chosen by the Ensemble to demonstrate the emerging genius of three great composers, the works include a Shostakovich Scherzo described by one critic as “… the wildest single movement in the literature of the string octet”, an Enescu String Octet combining the musical language of the late Romantic era with melodies steeped in Romanian folk tradition, and Mendelssohn’s famous string Octet.

Performers:
Donald Armstrong, Kristina Zelinska, Rebecca Struthers, Malavika Gopal (violins); Andrew Thomson, Lyndsay Mountfort (violas); Andrew Joyce, Sophie Williams (cellos)

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

Tickets available from the Court Theatre Booking Office with credit card or cash payment.  Telephone (03) 963 0870 or book online at www.courttheatre.org.nz.  Cash only door sales available at the concert.

Bring a cushion to soften the pews!