Arts Festival Review: New Zealand String Quartet27 February 2006
New Zealand String QuartetReviewed byStephen M Thompson
New Zealand String Quartet(with Budi Putra and Michael Houston) 26 Feb (also 10March with different programme) 7pm St Mary of theAngels
We heard five works by the following composers(with the date of the premiere in brackets ): Jack Body(1996), Ross Harris (2005), Gareth Farr (1993), Tan Dun(1988) and Lyell Cresswell (2000).
In Body s "CampurSari", there was a gamelan part contributed by Budi Putra:first metalophone, then his strong voice and finally a drum,with the strings providing a light accompaniment. In Harris "Quartet No III" the viola and cello held a tune, with theviolins providing a light accompaniment, until near the endwhen the tune was broken up into jagged bits. Then again inFarr s "Owhiro" the lower strings dominated until a lastpart when the violins sang for the first time in theconcert; at least that is how this reviewer heard it. In TanDun s "Eight Colors", there were short silences between eachcolor when the audience could savour the melted togethersounds they had just heard. Cresswell s "And Every SparkleShivering" with Michael Houston piano, was the longest piecetaking 24 minutes, and the five performers were all equallysignificant, creating a complicated and fascinatingfinale.
The audience filled the church for this brilliantconcert of contemporary music. The best piece seemed to meto be the last, but whichever had been last would probablyhave seemed to be the best, as I warmed to this kind ofmusic. The New Zealand String Quartet will give anotherconcert at 7pm on 10 March at the samevenue.
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