Dave Angus Photo: David McCaw
Dave Angus – the source of the some of the New Zealand Symphony Orchestra’s deepest notes – is about to retire.
The NZSO contra-bassoonist’s final concerts are this weekend, playing the ultra-low part in Shostakovich’s 10th Symphony.
But (as Bryan Crump discovered recently) while his days of plumbing sonic depths might be over, Dave's days of tinkering with rumbling machines are only just beginning.
Bloch & Shostakovich: Enduring Spirit
Nicolas Altstaedt (cello), New Zealand Symphony Orchestra, Sir Donald Runnicles (conductor)
6.30pm, Friday 28 April, Michael Fowler Centre, Wellington
7.30pm, Saturday 29 April, Town Hall, Auckland
The Wellington concert will be broadcast live on RNZ Concert.
Music:
LIGETI: Bagatelle No. 1 – Carion (Ars Production 2014)
HUMMEL: Movt 3, Rondo, from Grand Concerto in F for Bassoon & Orchestra, excerpt/Sophie Dervaux (bassoon), Mozarteum Orchestra Salzburg (Berlin Classics 0301708BC)
BEETHOVEN: Symphony No 9 in D minor Op 125, Choral (4), excerpt - Klaus Florian Vogt (ten), Bremen German Chamber Phil/ Paavo Järvi (Sony 88697 57606)
