February 2021
Adam Summer Celebration: Grand Opening
Grand Opening Concert Welcome to the Adam Summer Celebration! Opening with New Zealander Claire Cowan's charming Latin-inspired work, moving to Spain for Ravel's colourful Don Quichotte songs and further east for Smetana's heartfelt 2nd quartet, we then detour to America for some Gershwin favourites. Finally we enter the world of Viennese ultra-Romanticism with prodigy Erich Korngold's deliciously melodious and richly-textured sextet, where you can hear the foreshadowings of his later illustrious career as a Hollywood composer. An extraordinary accomplishment for…
Find out more »Adam Summer Celebration: A Bounty of Brahms
A Bounty of Brahms We are delighted to present an entire evening of Brahms chamber music - from the loving spirit of the E flat viola sonata, to the movement Brahms contributed as part of the collaborative "Frei Aber Einsam" ("free but lonely") sonata, which Schumann organised as a tribute to violinist Joseph Joachim, who famously lived by that motto. Brahms' "Four Serious Songs" with biblical texts were completed on his last birthday as he anticipated the death of his…
Find out more »Adam Summer Celebration: Celebrating NZ
Celebrating NZ In this Waitangi Day celebration of NZ music we welcome Anna Leese to the Festival to sing the touching and fascinating arrangements by Jack Body of some old favourites. These are followed by the NZ premiere of David Taylor's quintet with marimba, the live premiere of Louise Webster's atmospheric new quartet finished during Lockdown in 2020, and to send you rocking out the door, Psathas' riveting dance, Tarantismo. Jack Body - Songs my Grandmother Sang Anna Leese…
Find out more »Adam Summer Celebration: Afternoon Delight
Afternoon Delight We take you on a journey from the playful yet haunting violin and marimba duo by multi-talented and prolific Danish film composer Anders Koppel, to the subtle atmosphere of Harris' 9th Quartet (in a world premiere!). Then enjoy the lyricism and virtuosity of Chopin's brilliant Polonaise and the exotic and magical colours of Ravel's much loved Piano Trio. Anders Koppel - Tarantella Monique Lapins (violin), Naoto Segawa (marimba) Ross Harris - Quartet #9 World Premiere New Zealand…
Find out more »Adam Summer Celebration: Romance
Romance The concert opens with our virtuoso marimbist Naoto Segawa dazzling us with South African composer Peter Klatzow's "Dances of Earth and Fire", and continues with Anna Leese's specially curated set of songs, in partnership with beloved Nelson-based pianist Richard Mapp. Enjoy Anna's soaring, sumptuous vocal lines in favourite Strauss lieder along with Britten and Howells songs and two gems by Debussy. After interval, Dvořák's masterful and tragic F minor trio, written just after his mother's death, will be sure…
Find out more »Adam Summer Celebration: Grand Finale
Grand Finale What a feast! We open with Beethoven's joyous early piano trio, followed by Debussy's only violin sonata filled with exotic colours and quirky textures, and round out the first half with glorious operatic favourites from our soprano diva Anna Leese and pianist Richard Mapp. The evening culminates with the great Schumann piano quintet, the first of this genre and premiered with Mendelssohn at the piano. A wonderful close to our Adam Summer Celebration. Ludwig van Beethoven - Trio…
Find out more »Adam Summer Celebration: Endres Plays Schubert
Experience pianist extraordinaire Michael Endres' masterful interpretation of Schubert's sweet and innocent Ländler and Scottish dances before we embark on the otherworldly late sonata, written just two months before Schubert's death - "a work of vast dimensions and vertiginous depths, which has long struck listeners as a kind of premature communication from the beyond" (Alex Ross, The New Yorker). Franz Schubert - Wiener Damenländler D 734 Franz Schubert - Sonata in B Flat Major Michael Endres (piano) Sunday 7th February 2pm…
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NCMA’s Classical Guitar Festival: Closing Concert
The NCMA Festival Guitar Orchestra Featuring guitar ensembles and orchestra playing a selection of works, under the leadership of Owen Moriarty, Dominique Blatti and Miles Jackson. A merchant fee may be charged on credit and debit card transactions. Cash and eftpos available for door sales at Nelson Centre of Musical Arts from 11am – 5pm, Monday to Friday. Please contact Nelson Centre of Musical Arts if you require wheelchair seating on 03 548 9477 or music@ncma.nz.
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Adam Summer School Finale Concert 1
The Adam Summer School returns to Nelson in February, showcasing rising young stars of string and piano performance from all around New Zealand. In its 27 year history, the Adam Summer School has seen more than 350 students attending the school, many having gone on to achieve international success on the music stage. Coached by members of the internationally acclaimed New Zealand String Quartet and guest pianist-in-residence, Richard Mapp, students immerse themselves in eight days of tutoring and masterclasses, finishing…
Find out more »Adam Summer School Finale Concert 2
The Adam Summer School returns to Nelson in February, showcasing rising young stars of string and piano performance from all around New Zealand. In its 27 year history, the Adam Summer School has seen more than 350 students attending the school, many having gone on to achieve international success on the music stage. Coached by members of the internationally acclaimed New Zealand String Quartet and guest pianist-in-residence, Richard Mapp, students immerse themselves in eight days of tutoring and masterclasses, finishing…
Find out more »January 2021
The Committee feat. Mat Fieldes “Jazz in the 21st Century”
Fresh off 2 sell out concerts at the Wellington Jazz Festival we present The Committee: "Jazz in the 21st Century". Mat Fieldes has spent 25 years based in New York and touring the world, playing and recording with such legends as Ornette Coleman and Joe Zawinul, Jay Z and the Gorillaz and contemporary 'crossover' group Absolute Ensemble. He has played on 4 Grammy nominated albums including one win with English rocker Joe Jackson. The 'Committee' brings together some of the…
Find out more »March 2021
Lunchtime Concert: Juliet Ayre & Zeb Wulff
Juliet Ayre and Zeb Wulff both grew up in Nelson studying at NCMA, they now teach and perform in Nelson. In this programme they will be playing Prokofiev”s magical Violin sonata no.1 Op.80 Prokofiev's enigmatic 1st violin sonata was written during Russia's Great Terror. After losing so many colleagues and friends who were purged under Stalin's regime, It’s thought that he wrote it to heal himself of his inner traumas. He commented that the eerily peaceful gliding scales that begin…
Find out more »Lunchtime Concert: Allison Cormack
Allison is a classically trained Spinto Soprano, she enjoys Opera, both comical and serious. Born in Dunedin, grew up in Dannevirke, Hawkes Bay and Levin. Allison moved to Nelson from Wellington in 2007. Allison studies singing at Victoria University, she has a diploma in Performing Arts - Voice from E.I.T and spent a year studying voice at Queensland Conservatorium of Music in Brisbane. Allison has sung solo with the Auckland Philharmonia, Orchestra Wellington, Christchurch Symphony, Wellington Youth, Waikato Youth, Nelson…
Find out more »April 2021
Lunchtime Concert: Voice Collective, Central School & NMIT
Nelson Central School Choir Collaborates with Voice Collective and NMIT Creative Writing course and brings you 40 mins of poetry and song. The main concert feature is "In Golden Downs" a poem by Cliff Fell; The chorus based on a Ngati Tumatakokiri oriori collected by Percy Smith, as “recorded from ‘some of the women who were taken prisoner by their conquerors and it’s through them that the following old song was learnt by some of the Ngati Kuia and Ati-awa…
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Adam Summer Celebration – Conversation 1
Meet our pianists Michael Endres, Somi Kim and Richard Mapp in conversation with Gillian Ansell. This event will be held in NSOM Auditorium beginning at 10am.
Find out more »Adam Summer Celebration – Bach Chat Conversation
A musical conversation between Rolf Gjelsten and Bach himself as he plays one of the master's suites in the wonderful acoustics of Nelson Cathedral.
Find out more »Adam Summer Celebration – Troubadours in Concert
Hear the 2021 Adam Troubadours play in the wonderful acoustics of Nelson Cathedral. This is as part of the Adam Summer Celebration Series.
Find out more »Adam Summer Celebration – Conversation 2
Eavesdrop as the New Zealand String Quartet discuss aspects of quartet life both on and off the stage. This event will be held in the Recital Theater.
Find out more »Adam Summer Celebration – Troubadours in Concert 2
Come hear the Adam Troubadours strut their stuff on the NCMA stage. Free! All quartet fans welcome! Repertoire to be announced. This event is going to be held in the NSOM Auditorium.
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