NZTrio presents Hypnotique

NZTrio He Taonga Wairere returns to Whitianga this November, ready to take Coromandel audiences to new musical heights.  Hypnotique presents a diverse array of works that challenges expectations of traditional chamber music. A whirlwind of motion typifies NZ composer Lyell Cresswell’s virtuosic Moto Perpetuo, ahead of the percussive and electronic influences in Le Boeuf’s jazz-adjacent Obliquely Wrecked. Australian composer Elena Kats-Chernin pays homage to Haydn, blending classical and contemporary styles in Calliope Dreaming, then finally, the full Romantic immersion of Schönberg’s Verklärte Nacht is structured around the five stanzas of a poem; deeply transcendent and utterly beautiful. please note this is a 1 hour version of the Hypnotique programme, with no interval. The Programme (1 hour, no interval): Lyell Cresswell (NZ) | Moto perpetuo Pascal Le Boeuf | Obliquely Wrecked Elena Kats-Chernin | Calliope Dreaming Arnold Schönberg | Verklärte Nacht arr. for piano trio