NZTRIO’S 2023 FOLK MUSIC JOURNEY EXPLORES HOME WITH SOUNDS FROM AFAR

2023 season photography by Katherine Brook

NZTrio presents
Homeland 2: Tunes From My Home
 
Continuing this season’s focus on the nostalgia of folk-influenced compositions, NZTrio prepares to commence their second concert tour for the year, Homeland 2: Tunes From My Home. The second of the three part Homeland series, the acclaimed Amalia Hall (Violin), Ashley Brown(Cello), and Somi Kim (Piano) will be performing Homeland 2 in Auckland, Christchurch, Dunedin and Greytown this August and September.
 
Homeland 2 begins with Chen Yi's "Tunes from My Home", transporting audiences to her upbringing in China with musical stories filled with bustling energies and happy memories. Then we hear George Enescu’s luscious A minor trio, one of the very few works he composed during WWII. Enescu was known for his fascination with the countryside and folk music of his homeland of Romania. 
 
Victoria Kelly’s gently rhythmic and mystical sound world brings concertgoers back home to Aotearoa with a new composition “Lyre”, before the final stop in Prague, where a 42-year old Antonín Dvořák takes us into the depths of Czech folk music traditions through the dark and brooding romanticism of his F minor piano trio.
 
Homeland 2’s presentation of the new work from Kelly marks a continued commitment from NZTrio in commissioning works from Aotearoa based composers. Kelly has collaborated with the likes of Neil Finn, Tami Neilson, Finn Andrews / The Veils, Don McGlashan, Anika Moa, SJD, Moana Maniapoto, and Shapeshifter, encompassing film, television and theatre as a composer and performer. She has previously been commissioned by NZTrio with her piece Toi Huarewa.
 
NZTrio’s packed year of performances exploring home will close with seven performances of Homeland 3: Dumky across Aotearoa in November.
 
HOMELAND 2: TUNES FROM MY HOME PROGRAMME DETAILS:
Chen Yi - Tunes from My Home
George Enescu - Piano Trio A minor
Victoria Kelly – Lyre (New NZTrio commission)
Antonín Dvořák - Piano Trio No. 3 in F minor, Op. 65
 

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DATES AND BOOKING DETAILS:
 
Homeland 2: Tunes From My Home
 
Christchurch:
The Piano: Centre for Music and the Arts
31 August 7.30pm
Adults $40 / Students $15
Tickets
 
Dunedin:
Dunedin Public Art Gallery
1 September 7pm
Adults $40 / Students $20
Tickets via NZTrio
 
Greytown:
Greytown Music Society
57 Wood Street, Greytown
3 September 4pm
Tickets by phone reservation (evenings)
Ed & Juliet 06 304 9497 or efjacooke@gmail.com
 
Auckland:
Concert Chamber
Auckland Town Hall
24 September 5pm
Adults $55 / Students $27.50
Tickets via Ticketmaster
 
Further upcoming NZTrio performances:
 
The Rule of Three
NZTrio & Nelson Symphony Orchestra
Nelson Centre of Musical Arts
30 September 7.30pm
Tickets via Patronbase
 
NZTrio Composing Competition Winners’ Concert
Music Theatre
The University of Auckland
8 October 5pm
Entry by koha
 
Homeland 3 - Dumky
 
Nelson Centre of Musical Arts
Nelson
3 November 7pm
Adults $40 / Students $20
Tickets via Patronbase
 
Nathan Homestead
Manurewa
4 November 5pm
Adults $30 / Students $15
Tickets via Eventfinda
 
Whittaker’s Musical Museum
Waiheke
5 November 5pm
Tickets via Musical Museum
 
Lawson Field Theatre
Gisborne
22 November 7pm
Adults $25 / Students $15
Tickets via Ticketek
 
Public Trust Hall
Wellington
23 November 7pm
Adults $45 / Students $22.50
Tickets via Eventfinda
 
The Old Library
Whangārei
25 November 2pm
Adults $30 / Students $15
Tickets via Eventfinda
 
Concert Chamber
Auckland Town Hall
26 November 7pm
Adults $55 / Students $27.50
Tickets via Ticketmaster