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Adam Chamber Music Festival 2024 - Metamorphosen

From Music Alive, 6:00 am today

Taking its title from Richard Strauss's late masterpiece, written in mourning for the destroyed Munich National Theatre, this concert also includes performances of two other works that riff on the theme of transformation.

The Munich Opera House after bombing in World War 2 ... interior scene of the devastation

Photo: public domain

James Campbell (clarinet), Rolf Gjelsten (cello), Izabella Simon (piano)

Simeon Broom (violin), Arna Morton (violin), Alex McFarlane (viola), Heather Lewis (cello), Justin Bird (piano)

New Zealand String Quartet, Sergey Malov (viola), Heather Lewis (cello), Hiroshi Ikematsu (contrabass)

Recorded by RNZ Concert, Nelson Centre of Musical Arts, 10 February 2024
Producer: Tim Dodd
Engineer: Darryl Stack