Whakatipu Music Festival Photo: © 2023 JR Media Productions, all rights reserved.
Hello and welcome to the Whakatipu Music Festival. RNZ went to Queenstown to record the festival again in 2022. In this programme we have three more young artists who are at the start of their professional careers.
We start with soprano Clare Hood. She studied at the Royal Northern College of Music Manchester and already has sung some principal roles in opera productions. Today she’s presenting us a colourful selections of songs. She’s accompanied by Sarah Watson.
Clare Hood and Sarah Watkins perform at the Whakatipu Music Festival. Photo: © 2023 JR Media Productions, all rights reserved.
Clare Hood and Sarah Watkins perform at the Whakatipu Music Festival. Photo: © 2023 JR Media Productions, all rights reserved.
Stefenie Pickson and Xuan Liu perform at the Whakatipu Music Festival. Photo: © 2023 JR Media Productions, all rights reserved.
And now at the 2022 Whakatipu Music Festival in Queenstown we have a clarinettist. The festival gives a platform to younger performers who are at the start of their professional careers. Stefenie Pickson recently finished her studies at the University of Waikato.
She starts her recital with a solo piece for clarinet by Elliott Carter called Gra. It was written in 1993 as a tribute to Witold Lutoslawski.
Peter Gjelsten performs at the Whakatipu Music Festival. Photo: © 2023 JR Media Productions, all rights reserved.
And we have one more performer in this young artists’ recital. It’s violinist Peter Gjelsten. He’s joined by pianist Otis Prescott-Mason to perform a new piece of New Zealand composer Ross Harris. This is Incantantion.
Produced and engineered by Adrian Hollay.
