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 Saturday 17 April, Wellington Town Hall, 7.30pm
Stravinsky Danses Concertantes
Psathas Djinn (world premiere)*
Beethoven Symphony No 3 in E flat major Op55 Eroica
Marc Taddei – conductor
Pedro Carneiro – percussion
Stravinsky's Danses Concertantes offer a lively opening to the orchestra's concert season. Imagine Haydn dancing with a Russian bear for this short, tuneful piece of Neoclassical fun. Audiences were dazzled by percussionist Pedro Carneiro's virtuosic technique in John Psathas' View from Olympus; he returns to perform the world premiere of Djinn, a new Psathas concerto written for him. Beethoven's powerful Third Symphony, the Eroica, never outwears its welcome. Here Beethoven forges a new landscape of Romantic music, filled with drama and emotional intensity. "Marimba player Pedro Carneiro ... appeared to be a superman from another galaxy." Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung (Germany) "An amazing display of virtuosity ... When master Carneiro performs, any composer would be tempted to throw himself immediately into writing a piece for him... An astounding success at the end of every work in the program." Eduardo Rincón, El Punt *Commissioned by Vector Wellington Orchestra with funding from Creative New Zealand Free pre-concert talk one hour prior to the performance. Ticket information
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