1 Rachel Reese THE MAYOR Colleen Marshall THE CHAIR Welcome to Nelson Welcome to Festival 2017 It is a pleasure to welcome you to one of New Planning for Festival 2017 has been challenged Congratulations to our Artistic Directors Gillian Zealand’s major musical events, the Adam by the unavailability of the Nelson School of Ansell and Helene Pohl for their inspirational Chamber Music Festival. Music but we are delighted to be showcasing selection of artists and repertoire and to our Nelson’s recently refurbished Theatre Royal. We Manager Bob Bickerton for bringing these Every two years, we are privileged to host this have taken steps to enhance the acoustic and aspirations to our concert platforms. Thanks to world-class event, which draws chamber music we know our audiences will enjoy the hospitable my colleagues on the Board of Trustees, to other lovers from all over the world. Of course, we also features it provides. staff members and all our volunteers and friends welcome the brilliant performers themselves for who make essential and valued contributions to this distinguished festival. Our Festival would not be possible without this celebration of chamber music. our committed principal sponsor, the Adam Along with enjoying the festival, I encourage you Foundation and our major funding body, the Best wishes as together we celebrate this to take the time to experience our spectacular Nelson City Council. Thank you to Creative New wonderful feast of chamber music. region. Whether it be exploring our pristine Zealand and the Rat- a- Foundation who continue to natural environment or indulging in the city’s support us. renowned restaurants and bustling cafés and Colleen Marshall galleries, there really is something for everyone. We also thank our major sponsor, Nelson Chair, Nelson Music Festival Trust Pine Industries Limited, charitable trusts and I look forward to sharing in this wonderful event especially our private donors whose generosity with you all. and on going support collectively make the Adam Chamber Music Festival a reality. Rachel Reese Mayor of Nelson 2 The Artistic directors Welcome to our 25th anniversary It’s always so delicious to actually be here after are also delighted to announce the return of To bring all this wonderful music and great per- all those many months of planning, scheduling, legendary Canadian clarinetist, James Campbell. formers closer to you, our audience, we will once practising and so looking forward to it! Our dear friends, the inspiring Goldner Quartet again feature a series of talks, Master Classes join us to celebrate their 22nd anniversary. Also and Meet the Artist sessions, which have become From humble beginnings from Australia is the tenor Andrew Goodwin, a popular part of the Festival over the years. Starting in 1992 with five concerts, our whose communicative gifts captivated us at the The Troubadours return... festival has grown to become a major 10-day, Australian Festival of Chamber Music a few years 24-concert, international musical event, with ago. His Dichterliebe, with pianist Izabella Simon, Our engaging young Troubadour quartet will audiences and artists coming from all over the is sure to be transcendent. be bringing music to the streets, rest-homes, world. This year, the spotlight is on many people’s schools, parks, malls and libraries of Nelson and Marimba and Improv... favourite instrument, the cello. We have gathered you can hear them in the Cathedral at their free a wonderful group of cellists with us to perform We’re thrilled to have celebrated American concerts at 6:30pm on Feb 10 and 11. Beethoven’s complete cycle of sonatas for cello marimba soloist, Ian Rosenbaum, who is also Audiences always love returning to the Nelson and piano, and on Feb 10 we will present two an accomplished improviser. We have asked Cathedral with its stately ambience and attractive extravagant concerts with all of NZ’s top cellists. composer/drummer Ed Ware to curate a special acoustic. The cello theme continues and broadens with 21st century Improv concert which will include our special guest, English cellist Matthew Barley, Ian, Matthew, and NZ’s own Jeff Henderson. Our new venue will be the elegant, centrally known for his wide-ranging musical interests. Following in the footsteps of some of history’s located and air-conditioned Theatre Royal. (You can read about his collaboration with Indian greatest improvisers (Bach, Beethoven...) this musicians on his website matthewbarley.com.) concert will look at some of the Festival’s We look forward to meeting and chatting with many He will be presenting a solo cello recital which repertoire from a fresh new angle. of you as our paths cross in the next few days. includes Bach, O’Connor, improvisation - and Wonderful New Zealand artists... We love this Festival! It is a special time of even audience participation! relaxed summer musical pleasure in this beautiful Our stellar line-up of New Zealand artists International guests... setting, a chance to make new friends and include the NZ Trio, sopranos Joanne Roughton- renew old ones, and to be lifted out of everyday The great Hungarian pianist Dénes Varjon Arnold and Jenny Wollerman, Douglas Mews on cares and transported by the inspiration of has been on our must-invite list for years. An harpsichord, marimba player Naoto Segawa, great composers and performers. Those of you exceptional musician, he has performed with NZSO’s Joan Perarnau Garriga on double bass, and who have attended before know the joy and many of the greatest artists of our time. We the Festival’s founding cellist Jim Tennant. excitement of our collaborations... that special sizzle of music made by friends savouring the opportunity to create magic together. 7 premieres including two festival commissions... Great to have you with us! Once again, New Zealand works are an integral Gillian and Helene part of the festival, with 7 premieres including Artistic Directors two festival commissions. - We are especially looking forward to Dame Gillian Whitehead’s new one-woman opera “Iris Dreaming” with the NZ Trio and London- based NZ soprano Joanne Roughton-Arnold. Other New Zealand premieres include works by Andy Akiho, Alexina Louie, and 3 Noticeboard Ticket sales The Troubadours Sign Up If you’d like to buy extra tickets during the We have again engaged a quartet of young Most concert goers will already be on our Festival, call into the Theatre Royal Box Office performers who will pop up all around town during database. If you do not receive our e-newsletters, (see map below) between 10am and 4pm or call the Festival playing in the Nelson community. perhaps you would like to sign up by going to 548- 3840. Please give them your support when you see our website www.music.org.nz or see our front them and do come along to their short recitals on of house manager. It’s a great way of receiving Door sales and doors open 10 and 11 February 6.30pm in Nelson Cathedral. news from the Festival and keeping in touch with Door sales (when not sold out) are available one You can follow the Troubadours on their facebook developments. Please note that in the interests hour before the concert time at the venue. Doors page: www.facebook.com/TroubadourQuartet/ of saving a tree or two, we will no longer be open 30 minutes before the concert time. posting out brochures prior to future Festivals. Masterclasses and Festival Conversations We also welcome new friends on Facebook. Festival CafÉ Entry to Meet The Artists sessions, Festival We are delighted to announce that East Street Conversations and Masterclasses is free. Nelson Music Festival Trust Foundation Café in Church Lane is the official Festival Café. The Nelson Music Festival Trust has established It’s a great place to meet before or after concerts. Artists and programmes may be subject to a Foundation to secure the future viability of the East Street have agreed to keep their kitchen change. Adam Chamber Music Festival. Please talk to a open late so that people can enjoy a light meal We’ve done our best to lock in all aspects of trust board member or Bob Bickerton to find out and a drink after concerts. See you there! the Festival, but reserve the right to change how you can help. programme works and order as well as artists, EAST STREET SESSIONS even though this is most unlikely. Experience eight unique nights with three of New Zealand’s first call, leading exponents of jazz Mobile phones and pagers and improvised music and you never know, other As a courtesy to performers, other audience artists performing in the Festival just might make members and radio listeners, please ensure your a cameo appearance. A great way to wind down mobile phones and pagers are switched off. and chat about the day’s musical experiences! Thanks to the Dean Concerts at Nelson Cathedral are produced with kind permission from the Dean. We very much appreciate his support. Cathedral Refreshments BRIDGE STREET We have decided not to run a bar at the Cathedral this Festival but will have complimentary water THEATRE ROYAL THE SUTER GALLERY available. HARDY STREET EAST TRAFALGAR ST CATHEDRAL Toilets STREET CAFE There are two new permanent toilets on the west SELWYN PLACE side of the Cathedral. These will be supplemented COLLINGWOOD STREET RUTHERFORD STREET Nelson with two more portaloos. Cathedral NILE STREET NILE STREET 4 contents New Zealand Sotheby’s International Realty Matthew Barley in Concert . Page 29 Gala Dinner . Page 6 Festival Conversations . Page 31 Grand Opening Concert . Page 6 Love Triangle . Page 32 Meet Dénes Varjon . Page 9 21st Century Improv . Page 34 Kids’ Concert . Page 9 Piano Masterclass .