Martinborough Music Festival
BRAHMS: String Quintet No 2 in G Op 111
Performed by Benjamin Baker, Wilma Smith (vlns), Amanda Verner, Wenhong Luo (violas), Matthias Balzat (cello) at the Martinborough Music Festival, 24 September, 2023 Audio
A RITCHIE: Farewell for bassoon and string quartet
Todd Gibson-Cornish (bssn), Donald Armstrong, Wilma Smith (vlns), Amanda Verner (vla), Matthias Balzat (cello) at the Martinborough Music Festival, 24 September, 2023 Audio
MOZART: Piano Quartet in G minor K478
Performed by Donald Armstrong (vln), Wenhong Luor (vla), Matthias Balzat (cello) at the Martinborough Music Festival, 24 September, 2023 Audio
Martinborough Music Festival 2023: Final Concert
From the Martinborough Music Festival 2023, the final concert features music by Mozart, Brahms, and new commission from New Zealand composer Anthony Ritchie Audio
W MARSALIS: Meeelaan for bassoon and string quartet
Performed by Todd Gibson-Cornish (bssn), Benjamin Baker, Wilma Smith (vlns), Amanda Verner (vla), Ashley Brown (cello) at the Martinborough Music Festival, 24 September, 2023 Audio
LOEFFLER: Two Rhapsodies for oboe, viola and piano
Performed by Robert Orr (ob), Wenhong Luo (vla), Laurence Matheson (pno) at the Martinborough Music Festival, 23 September, 2023 Audio
BOCCHERINI: String Quintet in E G275
Performed by Donald Armstrong, Wilma Smith (vlns), Amanda Verner (vla), Matthias Balzat, Ashley Brown (cellos) at the Martinborough Music Festival, 23 September, 2023 Audio
FALLA: Spanish Dance, from La Vida breve
Performed by Benjamin Baker (vln), Laurence Matheson (pno) at the Martinborough Music Festival, 23 September, 2023 Audio
POULENC: Trio for oboe, bassoon and piano
Robert Orr (ob), Todd Gibson-Cornish (bssn), Laurence Matheson (pno) Audio
SCHUMANN: Piano Quintet in Eb Op 44
Benjamin Baker, Donald Armstrong (vlns), Wenhong Luo (vla), Matthias Balzat (cello), Laurence Matheson (pno) Performed at the Martinborough Music Festival in the Martinborough Town Hall, 23 September… Audio
MOZART: Oboe Quartet in F K370
Robert Orr (ob), Wilma Smith (vln), Amanda Verner (vla), Matthias Balzat (cello) Performed at the Martinborough Music Festival in the Martinborough Town Hall, 23 September, 2023 Audio
S FISHER: Mata-Au for string trio
Benjamin Baker (vln), Amanda Verner (vla), Matthias Balzat (cello) Performed at the Martinborough Music Festival in the Martinborough Town Hall, 23 September, 2023 Audio
FRANCAIX: Trio for oboe, bassoon and piano
Robert Orr (ob), Todd Gibson-Cornish (bssn), Laurence Matheson (pno) Performed at the Martinborough Music Festival in the Martinborough Town Hall, 23 September, 2023 Audio
Martinborough Music Festival 2023: Françaix, Fisher, Mozart and Schumann
Chamber music by Françaix, Fisher, Mozart and Schumann at the 2023 Martinborough Music Festival Audio
RACHMANINOV: Cello Sonata in G minor Op 19
Todd Gibson-Cornish (bssn), Wilma Smith, Donald Armstrong (vlns), Wenhong Luo (viola), Ashley Brown (cello) Performed at the Martinborough Music Festival in the Martinborough Town Hall, 22 September… Audio
TCHAIKOVSKY: Souvenir de Florence
Benjamin Baker, Donald Armstrong (vlns), Wenhong Luo, Amanda Verner (violas), Ashley Brown, Matthias Balzat (cellos) Performed at the Martinborough Music Festival in the Martinborough Town Hall, 22… Audio
ELGAR: Romance for bassoon in D minor Op 62
Todd Gibson-Cornish (bssn), Wilma Smith, Donald Armstrong (vlns), Wenhong Luo (viola), Ashley Brown (cello) Performed at the Martinborough Music Festival in the Martinborough Town Hall, 22 September… Audio
Small town attracts big talent
Some of New Zealand’s biggest names in music will be heading to the Wairarapa town of Martinborough. Festival artistic directors Vicki Jones and Wilma Smith explain how they managed to convince some… Audio
Passion for piano leads to festival
The love of the piano has been the driving force behind a new classical music festival in Martinborough. Former music teacher Cherry van Kranen bequeathed her Schimmel grand piano to the town, so it… Audio
