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NZTrio are thrilled to close out a tumultuous 2021 with the final concert in the series Dramatic Skies 3: Cirrus, taking them to Auckland, Christchurch and Wellington from 12 December.

Despite restrictions NZTrio have been busy over the past months, releasing their superb new album Merge and performing their second livestreamed concert earlier this month at the Auckland Town Hall’s Concert Chamber, without an in-person audience.

Ashley Brown (cello), Amalia Hall (violin), and Somi Kim (piano) are pleased to return to the stage after so many months of postponements and cancellations. NZTrio’s concert at the Auckland Town Hall on 12 December will have a limited capacity of 100 and will once again be livestreamed for a koha/donation for those who aren’t able to attend in person in Tāmaki Makaurau and throughout the country.

Completing our journey through the clouds, Cirrus sweeps us into the heights of Schubert's musical charm, shifting us into Rachel Clement's glassmaking inspired sound world. Through passionate mood changes and luscious melodies reminiscent of the late French Romantics, Panufnik's piano trio takes us into the depths of the nebulous glow of Aotearoa's clouds in NZTrio’s new commission by Gillian Whitehead. Rachmaninov's masterpiece reflects on the huge journey of the whole series and brings the year to a dramatic close with a sense of pathos and heightened emotion.

Dame Gillian Whitehead (Ngāi Te Rangi) is one of Australasia’s most important composers, and whose wide variety of works include opera, orchestral, chamber and choral works. Whitehead is a three-times winner of the SOUNZ Contemporary Award and has been composer-in-residence with a variety of organisations. In 2000 she was an inaugural Arts Foundation Laureate and in 2003 Victoria University of Wellington awarded her an honorary DMus. In 1999 Whitehead was honoured with membership of the New Zealand Order of Merit for her services to music, before later being promoted in 2008 to Distinguished Companion of the New Zealand Order of merit.

Dramatic Skies: Cirrus
Franz Schubert: Sonatensatz, D. 28
Rachel Clement: Shifting States
Andrzej Panufnik: Piano Trio Op. 1
Gillian Whitehead: Ka maranga ngā kapua (new commission)
Sergei Rachmaninov: Trio élégiaque No. 2 in D minor, Op. 9 

DATES AND BOOKING DETAILS:

Auckland
Sunday 12 December, 5PM
Concert Chamber, Auckland Town Hall
Tickets via Ticketmaster
Livestreamed free by JX Live and RNZ Concert
Details about livestream

Christchurch
Thursday 16 December, 7PM
The Arts Centre Te Matatiki Toi Ora
Tickets via Eventfinda

Wellington
Friday 17 December, 7PM
St Andrew’s on The Terrace
Tickets via Eventfinda

Tickets and more information at: www.nztrio.com/event-directory/

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