A fascinating concert of known and rare music in the beautiful Fairfield Marae.

Solo for Pipa: (arranged Marjorie Mu-tzu Hsu)
Quintet for Pipa & Strings, “Water of the Field in June“: W. P. Lee Hope
Trio for Pipa, Violin and Cello: Yu-Hsin Chang
Dance of Yao (trad. Chinese) for pipa and strings
String Quartet No. 2, Op. 13: Felix Mendelssohn
​Dryads from “Three Nocturnes” for string quartet: Arnold Trowell

This will be the final classical music concert for 2024 in the Fairfield Community Marae, and what a very special one it is too.

The first time that traditional Chinese instruments will have been heard in this beautiful wharenui. As well as these Chinese discoveries for all of us, there will be for many in the audience, me included, the first encounter with a New Zealand composer from over a century ago, Arnold Trowell. What a discovery this will be. Although his name may be known to people very familiar with the life of Katherine Mansfield as both he and his twin brother were romantically entwined with her.