CMNZ is delighted to be presenting NZ Arts Foundation laureate and multiple award-winning musician Delaney Davidson for a five-centre tour to launch his 10th studio album – Out of my Head.

One of the most distinctive figures in Aotearoa’s musical landscape, Delaney Davidson is well known for his hypnotic and original One Man and his Ghost Orchestra. Enigmatic, multi-instrumentalist both defines and commands his own unique realm in the shadowy musical world some call ‘Country-Noir'.

Recorded in Kurow and Diamond Harbour, the songs from Out of My Head were largely written by Delaney Davidson with notable co-writers Marlon Williams, Hayley Westenra, Sam Scott, and Miranda Eastern.

For this exclusive launch tour, Delaney is joined by a string ensemble, who’ll bring to life the exquisite arrangements from Tom Rainey.

Delaney Davidson, Vocals & Guitar
String ensemble
Delaney Davidson Band

CMNZ is delighted to confirm a new date for Tami Neilson - Kingmaker, 7.30pm Saturday 19 November 2022. Tickets for the 17 August show are valid for this new date without the need for exchange.

Hailed by Rolling Stone Magazine as a “Fire Breathing R&B Belter on her own terms”, award-winning country artist Tami Neilson brings to the stage both her incredible voice and a keen understanding of the history of the genre.

Premiering brand new songs written especially for New Zealand audiences, with stunning string arrangements by Victoria Kelly, Kingmaker is a high octane mix of Tami’s own original songs and tributes to iconic women in country music.

This night promises to be a driving, toe tapping musical tour de force.

"There's a big, vivacious, steel-belt of a sound Imani gets when playing at the top of its lungs that is most appealing" - Peter Dobrin, The Philadelphia Inquirer

The season concludes with fun, fire and flair thanks to the Imani Winds. Their mission is to use collaboration, outreach, and new commissions to bridge diverse musical tradition, including America, Latin American, and Africa.

Celebrated for the 'sultry sophistication' of their performances, Imani Winds are truly an ensemble for our time: they are young, outstandingly talented musicians whose reputation for musical innovation is growing all over the world.

Their unique programme reflects their commitment to the traditional and the new: Rimsky-Korsakov, Piazzolla and Ravel are surrounded by the flamboyant, genre-disrupting and entertaining music by less well-known Latin composers. And they'll be presenting a new work by our very own Natalie Hunt.

Beethoven's ten Sonatas for Violin and Piano form a transcendent, transformative monument of the duo sonata repertoire: they present a formidable, unique challenge to violinists and pianists.

Bella Hristova is known for the power and lyrical beauty of her sound, a violinist perfectly suited to the huge technical and emotional demands of Beethoven's Sonatas. Michael Houstoun's recent performances of Beethoven's complete Piano Sonatas met with huge acclaim for fluency and appreciation of Beethoven's wit, as well as the moments of profound desolation.

Hristova and Houstoun's collaboration in our Beethoven Mini-Festivals will be a landmark musical event of 2017.

Programme:
Sonata No. 3 in E-flat Major, op 12, no. 3
Sonata No. 8 in G Major, op 30, no. 3
Sonata No. 2 in A Major, op. 12, no. 2
Sonata No. 7 in C Minor, op 30, no. 2

"You could see the joy in the performers' faces and movements as much as you could hear it in the playing." - The New York Times

Juilliard415 represent the best-of-the-best early-music ensemble from the Julliard School, with a reputation for combining youthful energy with poise, precision, and a luminous sound. For this New Zealand tour, J415 join forces with maestro Masaaki Suzuki, hugely esteemed for his performances and recordings of Bach.

The programme concentrates on Bach and Handel, the giants of the baroque era. It will give audiences a tantalising taste of Bach's work, and guarantees an evening of luminous, vital performances.

There will be a prelude event before the concert. Check http://www.chambermusic.co.nz for more updates.

Renowned for her interpretations of French piano repertoire - full of ‘evanescent colours and shimmering, elusive light’ - British pianist Kathryn Stott will perform recitals in New Plymouth and Napier, before joining the New Zealand String Quartet for solo and chamber music.

Debussy’s L'Isle joyeuse - inspired by Watteau’s enigmatic painting L’Embarquement pour Cythère - is at the centre of Kathryn’s recitals, alongside Dutilleux’s Piano Sonata: this is a rare opportunity to hear these ravishing works programmed together.

A Member of NZSQ will lead a discussion with Kathryn Stott at 4:15pm
- free entry -

Smokefree Rockquest is New Zealand's only nationwide, live, original music, youth event. Now in its 28th year, the series of over 40 events reaches audience numbers in excess of 10,000 every year. Founded in 1989 by music teachers Glenn Common and Pete Rainey, Smokefree Rockquest has now become a New Zealand institution.

Smokefree Rockquest aims to motivate young musicians to prove their ability and realise the heights they can reach in their music careers, and to encourage their peers to support original New Zealand music.

The London Conchord Ensemble is one of Europe's leading chamber ensembles. They are known for their imaginative programming, which has won them many accolades in their twelve-year history. This is their debut New Zealand tour, taking them to ten centres nationwide.

This superb UK collective of musicians is dividing in half for part of their debut NZ tour - their Nelson/Palmerston North concert features flute, oboe, bassoon and cello.

This instrumental combination features Bach's first Cello Suite, Villa-Lobos' Bachianas Brasilieras No. 6 (flute and bassoon), Mozart's Sonata in Bb K292 (bassoon and cello), Ginastera's Duo Op. 13 (flute and oboe), and two works by Beethoven.

Programme:
Bach | Suite No. 1 in G BWV1007
Villa-Lobos | Bachianas Brasileiras No. 6
Beethoven | Variations on "La ci darem la mano" from Mozart's Don Giovanni
Ginastera | Duo Op. 13
Mozart | Sonata in B flat K292
Beethoven | Serenade Op. 25

Daniel Pailthorpe (flute), Emily Pailthorpe (oboe), Andrea de Flammineis (bassoon), Thomas Carroll (cello)

There will be a Prelude Talk at 4.15pm with CMNZ Artistic Manager, Catherine Gibson.

"...the London Supergroup...playing with panache, wit and discreet sensitivity in performances that are a constant joy." - Gramophone Magazine

The Mozart and Brahms Quintet Experience with Grammy-nominated American violist James Dunham on a special tour highlighting masterpieces from Brahms and Mozart.

When Mozart wrote his first double-viola quintet, he created a new sound world that he continued to explore for the rest of his life. His later quintets are at the pinnacle of the chamber music repertoire. A century later, Brahms was inspired to write two of his most eloquent chamber works for the same combination. And this year, young NZ composer Salina Fisher has been commissioned to write a work to accompany these works by Mozart and Brahms.

Programme:
Mozart: String Quintet No. 5 in D K593
Salina Fisher: New work (CMNZ commission)
Brahms: String Quintet No. 1 in F 'Spring' Op. 88

British clarinet prodigy Julian Bliss is back in the country, joining forces with our own adventurous NZTrio. This is an opportunity to hear one of the finest living clarinetists with one of New Zealand's leading ensembles.

At the heart of their collaboration is Messiaen's seminal Quartet for the End of Time, whose wit and beauty belie the fact that it was composed in a German prisoner-of-war camp. Alongside this classic is an inspired and evocative new work written for the ensemble by Ross Harris. Julian Bliss will dazzle you with Debussy's Première Rhapsodie and Milhaud's Suite for violin, clarinet and piano.

"Bliss must no longer be regarded merely as a great talent, but rather as a consummate master of his instrument." - Fanfare Magazine

Programme:
Debussy | Première Rhapsodie
Milhaud | Suite for violin, clarinet and piano
Ross Harris | There may be light (CMNZ commission)
Messiaen | Quartet for the End of Time

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