Aroha Music Society, with generous support from the Dalton Trust, presents:

Homecoming

A Salon Concert inspired by the triumphant 1922 New Zealand tour of Blenheim-born soprano Rosina Buckman (1881-1948) with cellist Adelina Leon (1885–1978) and pianist-composer Percy Kahn (1880-1966).

Performed by Soprano Rowena Simpson with Hammers & Horsehair

Jonathan Berkahn  (pianist) is an accompanist, soloist, chamber musician, choral conductor, composer and educator. He regularly accompanies Wellington’s Festival Singers and The Orpheus Choir, and is organist and choir master at St James’ Anglican Church in Lower Hutt. He has a degree in composition from Victoria University, an honours degree in keyboard performance, and a PhD in musicology.

Robert Ibell (cellist) was a member of the New Zealand Symphony Orchestra from 1993 to 2019. He is now a cello and double bass teacher, chamber music coach, adjudicator and freelance performer. Robert is a member of the Aroha String Quartet, Hammers & Horsehair, the Papaioea Piano Trio and indie/folk/rock band Milkthistle

Rowena Simpson (soprano) performs in chamber music and opera, and collaborates on new projects that connect classical music with the land and its performers. She studied and worked in The Netherlands from 1997-2006 and since her return has sung with many groups including NZ Opera, Pinchgut Opera, NZ Barok, The Queen’s Closet and Hammers & Horsehair.

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The artists will perform pieces from the following list:

Danse Rustique Op 20 No 5  by William Squire (1871-1963)  

Tarantella Op 23 by William Squire

Waiata Poi by Alfred Hill (1869-1960)

Love's a Merchant by Molly Carew (1886-1953)

Orientale Op 50 No 9 by Cesar Cui (1835-1918)

Chante Hindoue by Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov (1844-1908)

Guitarre by Moritz Moszkowski (1854-1925)

Annie Laurie Traditional arr. Douglas Mews

The Rose Enslaves the Nightingale by Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov

Sing Joyous Bird by Montague Philips (1885-1969)

Will o’ the Wisp by Charles Spross (1874-1961)

La Cinquantaine by Jean Gabriel-Marie (1852-1958)

Humoresque Op 101 No 7  by Antonín Dvorák (1841-1904)

Impromptu in Ab D899  by Franz Schubert (1797-1828)

Intermezzo in B-flat for Piano, Op117 No2  by Johannes Brahms (1833-1897)

Ave Maria by Percy Kahn

‘One Fine Day’ from Madame Butterfly by Giacomo Puccini (1858-1924)

Lullaby Op 57 No 2  by Cyril Scott (1879-1970)

The Swan by Charles-Camille Saint-Saens (1835-1921)

Romance Op 36 by Saint-Saens

Valse Triste Op 44  by Jean Sibelius (1865-1957)

The Cuckoo by Liza Lehmann (1862-1918)

The Lass with the Delicate Air  by Thomas Arne (1710-1778)

Butterfly Wings by Montague Phillips

Villanelle by Eva Dell’Acqua (1856-1930)

Lullaby D498  by Franz Schubert

Evening Song Op 85 No 12  by Robert Schumann (1810-1856)

Londonderry Air Traditional arr. O’Connor Morris (1886-1964)

Il Bacio by Luigi Arditi (1822-1903) 

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Turner Centre Theatre Bar 
Sunday 19 March 2023, 4pm 
Adults $40
Friends $30
FREE Community Services Card holders and 18yrs and under.