Juxtaposing famous baroque music inspired by birdsong and contemporary New Zealand works championing our own bird life and those lost to us.

Juxtaposing famous baroque music inspired by birdsong and contemporary New Zealand works championing our own bird life and those lost to us.

We celebrate our New Zealand composers with the premiere of Mārū for strings and harpsichord by Bjorn Arntsen – the 2024 Tertiary Winner of the Composition Workshop Competition in collaboration with the University of Waikato, Anthony Ritchie’s Tuifor solo flute and Janet Jennings’ The Lost Birds of Aotearoa.

Programme:
Vivaldi | Concerto for violin in A major RV 335 ‘Il Cucù’ / The Cuckoo
Anthony Ritchie | Tui for solo flute opus 109 (2004)
Janet Jennings | The Lost Birds of Aotearoa for string quartet (2023) 
– Interval –
Bjorn Arntsen | Mārū for strings and harpsichord (world première)
Vivaldi | Concerto for flute in D major, Op. 10, No. 3 ‘Il gardellino’ /Goldfinch
Vivaldi | Concerto for Violin in A minor RV 356

This event is part of Central Celebrates, Orchestras Central’s mini-festival celebrating the joy of ensemble music making.