NZ String Quartet
St Andrews on the Terrace, 30 The Terrace, Wellington
Sunday 27 April 2025 3:00pm – 5:00pm
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The NZ String Quartet now consists of Helene Pohl (violin), Peter Clark (violin) Gillian Ansell (viola) and Rolf Gjelsten (cello). This concert includes works that have been an important part of Wellington Chamber Music history. The Shostakovich quartet was played in the year Wellington Chamber Music was formed in 1945. The Psathas work was commissioned by us for our 60th anniversary in 2005. The Grieg quartet was composed in 1877-78. The composer wrote in a letter to a friend “It strives towards breadth, soaring flight and above all resonance for the instruments for which it is written.”
John Psathas, Kartsigar (2005)
Dimitri Shostakovich, String Quartet No. 1 in C major Op 49
Edvard Grieg, String Quartet in G minor Op 27