Name: Gala Dinner
Start: 2026-01-29T08:00:00+13:00
End: 2026-01-29T11:30:00+13:00
Location: Founders Heritage Park

The Adam Chamber Music Festival opens in true style with our signature Gala Dinner – an elegant evening of exquisite cuisine, fine wine and sublime music. You’ll enjoy an intimate preview of the festival’s musical highlights, specially curated for this enchanting evening.
Share a table with fellow music lovers and meet some of our musicians – the acclaimed Jupiter String Quartet, New Zealand String Quartet, clarinettist James Campbell, bassoonist Todd Gibson-Cornish, horn-player Shadley van Wyck and contrabass virtuoso Phoebe Russell.
The Gala Dinner is at The Granary at Founders Heritage Park
Duration: Approx 3.5 hours
Programme:
First Set Part 1 – Jupiter String Quartet
Joseph Haydn – Quartet in C major, Op. 33 No. 3 ‘The Bird’. I. Allegro moderato – Jupiter String Quartet
Alberto Ginastera – String Quartet No. 1. l. Allegro violento ed agitato. ll. Vivacissimo – Jupiter String Quartet
Florence Price – from "Five folksongs in Counterpoint”. II. Drink to me only with thine eyes. III. Shortnin' Bread – Jupiter String Quartet
First Set Part 2
Bernardo Alviz Iriarte – Elegia y brillo para dos – Arna Morton (violin), Phoebe Russell (double bass)
Astor Piazzolla – Tango – Arna Morton (violin), Phoebe Russell (double bass)
Carl Nielsen – Serenata in vano – James Campbell (clarinet), Shadley van Wyck (horn) Todd Gibson-Cornish (bassoon), Martin Smith (cello), Phoebe Russell (double bass)
Second Set
Wolfgang Mozart – String Quintet in B-flat major, K174. I. Allegro Moderato - New Zealand String Quartet, Liz Freivogel (viola)
Wolfgang Mozart – Clarinet Concerto in A major K 622 (arr. for sextet). II. Adagio - James Campbell (clarinet), Phoebe Russell (double bass), New Zealand String Quartet
Gioachino Rossini – Duet in D major for cello and double bass. III. Allegro & V. Scherzo - Martin Smith (cello), Phoebe Russell (double bass)
Ludwig van Beethoven – Septet in E-flat major, Op. 20. III. Tempo di Minuetto - Peter Clark (violin), Gillian Ansell (viola), Martin Smith (cello), Phoebe Russell (double bass), James Campbell (clarinet), Shadley van Wyck (horn), Todd Gibson-Cornish (bassoon)