Adam Chamber Music Festival

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

The Jerusalem Quartet give New Zealand String Quartet violist Gillian Ansell a glimpse into their genesis as an ensemble meeting as teenagers in Israel soon after emigrating from the Soviet Union.  

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Alexander Pavlovsky (violin), Dénes Várjon (piano). Audio

Thomas Hutchinson (oboe). Audio

Helene Pohl (violin), Gillian Ansell (viola), Kyril Zlotnikov (cello), Dénes Várjon (piano) Audio

Sam Jacobs (horn), Anthony Marwood (violin), Dénes Várjon (piano) Audio

RNZ Concert's Clarissa Dunn gives the lowdown on what to expect from the Adam Chamber Music Festival on in Nelson. Audio

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

Clarinettist James Campbell provides an introduction to Brahms's 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

Ian Rosenbaum talks about Andy Akiho's LIgNEouS Suite with Tim Dodd. Audio

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

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