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Bohemian Baroque Concert Tour

Ticket Information

  • General Admission: $49.42 each ($45.00 + $4.42 fees)
  • SuperGold and Community Service Card Holders: $39.18 each ($35.00 + $4.18 fees)
  • Student: $23.25 each ($20.00 + $3.25 fees)
  • Child: $5.12 each ($5.00 + $0.12 fees)
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Dates

  • Fri 21 Feb 2025, 7:00pm

Restrictions

All Ages

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Presented by Baroque Music Community and Educational Trust of New Zealand

Feedback from the first five concerts of the tour:

"Their authenticity of timbre and stylistic delivery was outstanding...billed as vibrant and innovative and certainly impressed." Elizabeth Baumann in Otago Daily

"Elizabeth Baumann's review & critique could have well described the same programme & performance from the night previous in St Lukes Oamaru: the acoustic there might have been kinder to the harpsichord: the Cello Adagio also resonated sublimely - all round we are grateful both for the genre and the international ensemble bringing us such rarity of Baroque in live performance." Bruce, Oamaru

"If I hadn't had a last minute call to drive a school bus I would've headed down to Dunedin without a camera - to just listen, I couldn't listen and take photos, the music swept me away" Elizabeth from Oamaru

"Just attended the concert in Invercargill this evening. Superb musicians and beautiful music. So wonderful to hear the harpsichord have the spotlight. Edita’s playing was wonderful. Looking forward to your next concert! " Christine, Invercargill

"Tonight's concert was absolutely sublime." Lis, Invercargill

"This really was something special - best wishes for the rest of the tour!" Tony, Dunedin

Wonderful show as always!" Darryl, Gore

Otago Daily Times, full review of the Dunedin Bohemian Baroque Concert 2025 by Elizabeth Bouman

A unique recital presented by the Baroque Music Community and Educational Trust of New Zealand was performed for a good-sized audience in St Paul’s Cathedral on Thursday evening. Five musicians performed a 90-minute programme of Baroque works by Bohemian composers of that era. Their instruments were authentic with gut strings and Baroque tunings, and the works performed are rarely heard in concert in New Zealand.

Artists performing were violinist Szabolcs Illes Partita from Hungary, Rakuto Kurano (violin), Sarah Kadas (viola), Tomas Hurnik (cello) and Edita Kegterova from the Czech Republic at the harpsichord. Their authenticity of timbre and stylistic delivery was outstanding. They began with a five-movement Partita a Quattro in D Minor by Frantisek Tuma (1704-74) and I was immediately reminded of how music of this period tends to be so predictable for astute listeners, with motifs, sequential repetition and strict adherence of modulation only to related keys. The second movement Presto was particularly impressive, immediately demonstrating the abilities and genre devotion of this ensemble.

Cello Concerto in D Minor by Antonin Reichenauer  (c.1694-1730) performed by Tomas Hurnik included effective lyricism in the Adagio second movement. A five movement Concertus II in D Minor Op.4 by Jan Josef Brentner (1689-1742) began with a rather plaintive Largo. The various sections were not lengthy but effectively stylised and the final bright Menuet ended suddenly with a weak appoggiatura.

Harpsichord Concerto in G Major by Jiri Antonin Benda (1722-1795) starred Edita Keglerova and was an absolute highlight. Such nimble fingers for the two Allegro sections, and even the middle Largo belied the meaning of the word. The positioning and instrumental balance could have given more exposure to the harpsichord, which was often overwhelmed by the strings in tutti sections.

Sinfonia in C by Vaclav Vodicka (1720-1774) ended this unique recital by the Southern Baroque Ensemble, which was billed as vibrant and innovative and certainly impressed.

For more info on artists, go to www.baroquemusic.co.nz/artists

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