Melodies from Europe and the Orient make up this concert celebrating the tenth anniversary of the Aroha String Quartet, one of New Zealand's finest chamber ensembles.
Ravel's tuneful and sumptuous String Quartet is coupled with energetic early masterworks by Beethoven and Shostakovich, and two evocative traditional Chinese pieces arranged for string quartet.
Beethoven - String Quartet in A Opus 18 No 5
Shostakovich - String Quartet No 1 in C Opus 49
A Bing - 'Spring Water Reflects the Moon'
Chinese Traditional - 'Song of Emancipation'
Ravel - String Quartet in F
Accomplished brilliance, soulfulness and sublime intensity in perfect balance and tonal unity (Dominion Post)
