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14 October 2015

URI CAINE & NEW ZEALAND STRING QUARTET AT AAF 2016

Friday 18 March 2016
Concert Chamber, Auckland Town Hall

Uri Caine headshot Hightail 1 CREDIT Bill Douthart

Grammy Award-nominated New York jazz pianist Uri Caine joins the New Zealand String Quartet for a concert at Auckland Town Hall’s Concert Chamberas part of Auckland Arts Festival 2016, presented in association with Chamber Music New Zealand.

Known for his collaborations with a range of musicians and ensembles from the Beaux Arts Trio to John Zorn, the Woody Herman Band to the Moscow Chamber Orchestra, Uri Caine re-imagines the classics, taking classical music and using it as a springboard for improvisation in fascinating and entertaining ways.

The programme for the Auckland concert features novel variations on classic themes reflecting on the Allegretto convariazioni of Beethoven’s ‘Harp’ Quartet Op. 74, and Bach’s magnificent Goldberg Variations, described by the composer as “diverse variations composed for music lovers to refresh their spirits”. The concert will also include Uri Caine originals for piano and string quartet - Jagged Edges and String Theories.

Following the performance, concertgoers can continue the experience at a post-concert Q&A session with Uri Caine.

 

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"Caine's arrangements are wonderfully inventive and they're brilliantly executed, too. There's humour aplenty, yet Caine respects musicality - each variation is crafted with due expertise. Parody? Pastiche? It's more a carnivalesque celebration of Bach's enduring appeal. If only more tributes could be this bold, this creative, this much fun.” – ClassicalMusic.com (BBC)

SEASON DETAILS

Show

URI CAINE with the New Zealand String Quartet

Where

Concert Chamber, Auckland Town Hall

When

 Friday 18 March   6.30pm

Duration

2hrs including interval

Price

         

A Res $85*/Concession $72/Groups     (8 +) $77

B Res $65/Concession $55/Groups     $59

C Res $35/Concession $30/Groups     $32

Generation You tickets – under 35s     pay their age

Child $10

*Part of Chamber Music New Zealand     Kaleidoscopes 2016 Subscription Season – further discounts available     depending on subscription options   

 

Bookings

Book at Ticketmaster: www.ticketmaster.co.nz/ tel 09 970 9700 or 0800 111 999

Information

www.aaf.co.nz /   www.chambermusic.co.nz

Video

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QuE3lWeHdc4

Uri Caine talks about Bach:   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9_kHjW0-OUU

Social Media

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Media enquiries

Sally Woodfield, CMNZ publicist

M: 021 868 020 E: sally@swpr.co.nz