Adam Chamber Music festival 2017

The three string quartets at the Adam Festival join with double bassist Joan Perarnau Garriga to bring the Festival to a close with Dvorak's sunny Serenade for Strings. Audio

Clarinettist James Campbell and the New Zealand String Quartet play Brahms's beautiful Clarinet Quintet. Audio

Marimba player Ian Rosenbaum and the Goldner Quartet play the 4th and 5th movements of Andy Akiho's LIgNEouS Suite. This performance of the 5th movement is the world premiere. Audio

Marimba player Ian Rosenbaum and cellist Matthew Barley play a work by Osvaldo Golijov, written in memory of a dear friend who died suddenly. Audio

Soprano Joanne Roughton-Arnold joins NZTrio to perform the NZ premiere of Gillian Whitehead and Fleur Adcock's short opera, 'Iris Dreaming', based on the life of Robin Hyde. Video, Audio

NZTrio performs 'The Faraday Cage' by David Hamilton, a work they commissioned in 2015. Audio

NZTrio performs 'Ultraviolet' by Claire Cowan, a work they commissioned with CMNZ in 2015. Video, Audio

British cellist Matthew Barley plays the first Cello Suite by Bach. He begins with a fascinating introduction exploring how the suite evolves out of the harmonic series. Audio

British cellist Matthew Barley plays three works for solo cello: John Tavener's 'Threnos', Mark O'Connor's 'Appalachian Waltz', and Giovanni Sollima's 'Lamentatio'. He links them with short… Audio

Rolf Gjelsten and Dénes Várjon play Beethoven's Cello Sonata in C Op 102 No 1. Audio

NZTrio plays Jack Body's 'Fire in the Belly', a work they commissioned from him in 2006. Audio

Ian Rosenbaum on marimba, and Naoto Segawa on vibes and glockenspiel play 'Karakurenai' by American percussionist and composer Andy Akiho. The title - Japanese for "crimson" - relates to Akiho's… Audio

Andrew Joyce and Denes Varjon perform Beethoven's Cello Sonata in D Op 102 No 2. Audio

Marimba player Ian Rosenbaum and the New Zealand String Quartet perform the world premiere of Edward Ware's work 'Cavernous Ruins'. Audio

Monique Lapins plays Bach's Violin Concerto in A minor, a piece inspired by the concertos by Vivaldi, with a small orchestra led by Dene Olding. Audio

Gillian Ansell and Irina Morozova take the solo "viola da braccio" parts in the Brandenburg Concerto No 6. Accompanying them, two violinists: Monique Lapins and Justine Cormack, cellist Ashley Brown… Audio

Andrew Goodwin sings the aria, "Herr, so weit die Wolken gehn" from the cantata "Gott, wie dein Name, so ist auch dein Ruhm", with Monique Lapins, Helene Pohl (violins), Rolf Gjelsten (cello), Douglas… Audio

Ian Rosenbaum plays the Cello Suite No 5 in C minor by Bach in a version transcribed for marimba. Audio

Andrew Goodwin sings the aria "Woferne du den edlen Frieden" from the cantata "Jesu, nun sei gepreiset" by Bach, with Rolf Gjelsten (cello), Joan Perarnau Garriga (d bass), Douglas Mews (harpsichord).

Andrew Goodwin performs the aria "Ich eile, die Lehren" from the cantata "Bringet dem Herrn Ehre seines Namens", with Helene Pohl (violin), Rolf Gjelsten (cello), Douglas Mews (harpsichord) Audio

A trio for violin, clarinet and marimba by American composer Kevin Puts, played by Dimity Hall, James Campbell, and Ian Rosenbaum. Audio

Andrew Goodwin sings the aria "Ich traue seiner Gnaden" from the cantata "In allem meinen Taten" by Bach, with Helene Pohl (violin), Rolf Gjelsten (cello), Douglas Mews (harpsichord). Audio

Mozart's String Quintet in C played by Dimity Hall, Justine Cormack (violins), Gillian Ansell, Irina Morozova (violas), Rolf Gjelsten (cello) Audio

The world premiere performance of Gareth Farr's String Octet, played by the combined forces of the Goldner Quartet and the New Zealand String Quartet. Video, Audio

The world première of Wellington composer Natalie Hunt's new work, played by James Campbell (clarinet), Helene Pohl (violin), Monique Lapins (viola), Matthew Barley (cello) Video, Audio

The cello ensemble of the Adam Chamber Music Festival plays the Suite of Spanish Folk Songs (Suite Populaire Espagnol) by Manuel de Falla. Audio

Pachelbel's Canon, arranged for cello ensemble, played by James Tennant, Inbal Megiddo, Rolf Gjelsten, Edith Salzmann, and Anna-Marie Alloway. Audio

The cello ensemble of the Adam Chamber Music Festival plays 'Hymnus' by Julius Klengel. Audio

The Air from Orchestral Suite No 3 by Bach - played by cellists Inbal Megiddo, Matthew Barley, Edith Salzmann, and Andrew Joyce. Audio

Dvorak's "Silent Woods" performed by Eliah Sakakushev-von Bismarck with Julian Smiles, Heleen du Plessis, Ashley Brown, Ken Ichinose. Audio

Rachmaninov's Vocalise performed by cellists Julian Smiles, Matthew Barley, Eliah Sakakushev-von Bismarck, Edith Salzmann, and Rolf Gjelsten. Audio

The opening section of the William Tell Overture by Rossini played by an ensemble of cellists (and a lone double bass) led by Andrew Joyce. Audio

Pau Casal's arrangement of the traditional Catalan folk song 'Song of the Birds', played by Rolf Gjelsten and an ensemble of cellists. Audio

Soprano Jenny Wollerman sings the Cantilena from Bachianas Brasileiras No 5 by Heitor Villa-Lobos with an ensemble of Adam Festival cellists. Audio

Violinist Helene Pohl and pianist Dénes Várjon perform the 'Three Romances' by Clara Schumann. Audio

Australian tenor Andrew Goodwin and Hungarian pianist Izabella Simon perform together for the first time and achieve a remarkable rapport in Schumann's glorious song-cycle 'Dichterliebe'. Audio

Hungarian pianist Dénes Várjon joins the New Zealand String Quartet for a performance of the Piano Quintet in F minor Op 34. Audio

Hungarian pianist Dénes Várjon plays a series of short pieces by Bartok based on Hungarian folk music: Three Hungarian Folk Songs from Csik, the Sonatina, and nine 'Old Dance Tunes' from the… Audio

Hungarian pianist Dénes Várjon plays the 'Improvisations on Hungarian Peasant Songs' by Bartok. Audio

Hungarian pianist Dénes Várjon plays three pieces by Liszt: 'Schlaflos! Frage und Antwort', 'Valse Oubliee No 1', and 'The Fountains of the Villa d'Este'. Audio

Hungarian pianist Dénes Várjon plays the Fantasy Pieces Op 12 by Robert Schumann. Audio

Hungarian pianist Dénes Várjon plays Beethoven's Sonata in E minor Op 90 Audio

The Goldner Quartet plays the String Quartet No 2 in D by Alexander Borodin. It's introduced by the quartet's first violinist Dene Olding. Audio

Clarinettist James Campbell and the Goldner Quartet play the Clarinet Quintet by Jean Françaix. James Campbell provides an introduction. Audio

Matthew Barley and Denes Varjon play Beethoven's Cello Sonata in A Op 69. Audio

Monique Lapins (violin) and Naoto Segawa (marimba) play the final movement of Sonata for violin and marimba by South African composer Peter Klatzow. Audio

James Campbell (clarinet) and Ian Rosenbaum (mallet percussion) play Cadenzas by Alexina Louie. Audio

Julian Smiles and Sarah Watkins play Beethoven's Cello Sonata in G minor Op 5/2 Audio

Dénes Várjon (piano), Izabella Simon (piano). Recorded in Nelson Centre of Musical Arts by RNZ. Audio

Wilma Smith (violin), Helene Pohl (violin). Recorded in Nelson Centre of Musical Arts by RNZ. Video, Audio

Monique Lapins (violin), Dénes Várjon (piano). Recorded in Nelson Centre of Musical Arts by RNZ. Audio

Helene Pohl (violin), Monique Lapins (violin), Gillian Ansell (viola), Rolf Gjelsten (cello), Dénes Várjon (piano). Recorded in Nelson Centre of Musical Arts by RNZ Audio