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đšJoin us on September 28th for our next concert at the Michael Fowler Centre! đ6:30pm - pre-concert talk in the Renouf Foyer
đ7pm - doors open
đ7:30pm - The Secret Society begins
The Secret Society programme presents music by Maurice Ravel, Florent Schmitt, Claude Debussy, and Lili Boulanger with artists Dr Jian Liu and The Tudor Consort. đ¶
đč Celebrated piano soloist Dr Jian Liu will perform Ravelâs Piano Concerto for the Left Hand â written at the request of Paul Wittgenstein, a concert pianist who had lost his right arm in WWI â while specialist early music choir The Tudor Consort will present Schmittâs The Tragedy of Salome, the second New Zealand premiere of Orchestra Wellingtonâs 2024 season! đ€©
âšLa TragĂ©die de SalomĂ© begins with an Orientalist sunset in Herodâs palace overlooking the Dead Sea and culminates in a rite-like dance of terror, sweeping through a broad range of passionate emotions.
Debussy described his Prelude to the Afternoon of a Faun as âa very free illustration of [StĂ©phane] MallarmĂ©âs poem⊠to evoke the successive scenes in which the longings and desires of the faun pass in the heat of the afternoon.â đȘ
Dâun Soir Triste was one of the very last works written in Boulangerâs own hand â started in the spring of 1917, and largely finished by January 1918. The final tempo marking expresif resignĂ© (expressive, resigned) leaves us wondering if Boulanger found acceptance, resignation, or some combination of both in what would be some of her final, fateful notes. đ
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Event Venue & Nearby Stays
Michael Fowler Centre, Michael Fowler Centre, 111 Wakefield St, Te Aro, Wellington 6011, New Zealand,Wellington, New Zealand
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