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Australia tour 2012
Friday 18 May, 2012 New Zealand String Quartet in Canberra 12 midday at the Australian War Memorial
Admission: SOLD OUT.
Address: Treloar Crescent, Campbell ACT 2612. Canberra International Music Festival -Concert 18: ‘The Qualities of Valour’ featuring works by Bach, Beethoven, Dvorak, Sibelius, Barber, Ives, Nigel Butterley, Andrew Ford, Peggy Glanville-Hicks, Omar Faruk Tekbilek, Péteris Vasks and Arvo Pärt. Performances by the Song Company and ANU School of Music Chamber Choir, Louise Page (soprano), Christine Wilson (mezzo soprano), Tegan Peemoeller (harp), New Zealand String Quartet and Omar Faruk Tekbilek.
Sunday 20 May, 2012 New Zealand String Quartet in Canberra 7.30pm at National Museum of Australia
Admission: $59 -$65.
Address: Lawson Crescent, Acton Peninsula, Canberra ACT 2601http://www.cimf.org.au/default.asp?id=422. Canberra International Music Festival: Concert 27, Festival Finale ‘The Tulip’
PROGRAMME:
Ali Ufki Mezmurlar, The Resonants with Omar Faruk Tekbilek (*Australian Premiere); JS Bach – Goldberg Variations, Variation XXV arr for string quartet – Ross Harris (*Australian Premiere) performed by the New Zealand String Quartet; Elena Kats-Chernin – Blue Silence for string orchestra (*Australian Premiere); perf by Canberra Festival Camerata; Omar Faruk Tekbilek – ‘The Tulip’ perf by Omar Faruk Tekbilek with the Canberra Festival Camerata, ANU Harp Ensemble, Michael Askill, Gary France and DRUMatiX percussion and special guests Songül Karahasanoglu Mey and Roland Peelman (conductor)
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NZSO 2012
Friday 25 May, 2012 New Zealand String Quartet in Wellington 6.30pm at Wellington Town Hall
Admission: $12 – $40.
Address: 109 Wakefield Street, Wellington, 6011. WONDERLAND – Made in New Zealand
with Hamish McKeich conductor; Helen Medlyn mezzo-soprano;the New Zealand String Quartet
Programme: BROWN – Celestial Bodies;
CRESSWELL- Concerto for String Quartet;
WHITEHEAD – Alice
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Saturday 9 June, 2012 New Zealand String Quartet in Auckland 8pm at Auckland Town Hall
Admission: $12 – $40.
Address: Auckland, 1010. WONDERLAND – Made in New Zealand
with Hamish McKeich conductor; Helen Medlyn mezzo-soprano;the New Zealand String Quartet
Programme: BROWN – Celestial Bodies;
CRESSWELL- Concerto for String Quartet;
WHITEHEAD – Alice
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BEETHOVEN! Revolution – Regional centres
Monday 11 June, 2012 New Zealand String Quartet in Upper Hutt 7.30pm at Expressions
Admission: $35 – $40.
Address: 836 Fergusson Drive. BEETHOVEN! The Revolution tour Beethoven String Quartets No. 10 in E-flat major Op 74 (Harp); No. 11 in F minor Op 95 (Serioso); No. 9 in C major Op 59 No. 3 (Razumovsky) To book your tickets click here.
Sunday 17 June, 2012 New Zealand String Quartet in Waikanae, Kapiti Coast 2.30 pm at Waikanae Memorial Hall

Address: 7 Pehi Kupa St, Waikanae. BEETHOVEN! The Revolution tour Beethoven String Quartets No. 10 in E-flat major Op 74 (Harp); No. 11 in F minor Op 95 (Serioso); No. 9 in C major Op 59 No. 3 (Razumovsky)

North America July 2012
Saturday 14 July, 2012 New Zealand String Quartet in Pennsylvania 1pm at State College, PA

Address: 403 S. Allen Street, Suite 205A, State College, PA 16804. Haydn Allegro from String Quartet Opus 20 No 2; Barber ‘Adagio’ from String Quartet No 1 in B minor; Jack Body 3 transcriptions, Lilburn String Quartet No 8
Dvorak “Finale” from String Quartet in F major, Opus 96 “American; Cavatina” from String Quartet No 13 in Bb flat major, Opus 130; “Finale” from String Quartet No 9 in C major, Opus 59, No 3 (Razumovsky)
Monday 16 July, 2012 New Zealand String Quartet in Ithaca Ford Hall, Whalen Centre for Music, Ithaca College

Address: School of Music · 3322 Whalen Center · Ithaca College · Ithaca, NY 14850 . Haydn String Quartet in C Major Opus 20, No 2; Douglas Lilburn String Quartet (1946); Jack Body 3 Transcriptions;
Beethoven String Quartet, Opus 132, “Heiliger Dankgesang”

Tuesday 24 July, 2012 New Zealand String Quartet in Parry Sound, Ontario Charles W. Stockey Centre for the Performing Arts
Wednesday 25 July, 2012 New Zealand String Quartet in Parry Sound, Ontario Charles W. Stockey Centre for the Performing Arts

BEETHOVEN! The Late Quartets tour
Wednesday 22 August, 2012 New Zealand String Quartet in Palmerston North BEETHOVEN! The Late Quartets Spiers Centre at 6.30pm
Time: 6:30pm. Admission: $43 – $48.
Address: 263 Featherston Street, Palmerston North, New Zealand. Programme 5 : Beethoven – String Quartets No 12 in Eb major ,Opus 127; No 16 in F Major, Opus 135; and No 15 in A minor, Opus 132 To book your tickets click here.
Thursday 23 August, 2012 New Zealand String Quartet in Palmerston North BEETHOVEN! The Late Quartets Spiers Centre at 6.30pm
Time: 6:30pm. Admission: $43 – $48.
Address: 263 Featherston Street, Palmerston North, New Zealand. Programme 6: Beethoven String Quartets No 13 in Bb major, Opus 130 with Grosse Fuge; and No 14 in C# minor, Opus 131 To book your tickets click here.
Saturday 25 August, 2012 New Zealand String Quartet in Napier, BEETHOVEN! The Late Quartets Church Road Winery, Taradale at 7.30pm
Time: 7:30pm. Admission: $43 – $48.
Address: 150 Church Road Taradale, Napier 4112. Programme 5 – Beethoven String Quartets No 12 in Eb major, Opus 127; No 16 in F major, Opus 135; and No 15 in A minor, Opus 132 To book your tickets click here.
Sunday 26 August, 2012 New Zealand String Quartet in Napier BEETHOVEN: The Late Quartets Church Road Winery, Taradale at 2.30pm
Time: 2:30pm. Admission: $43 – $48.
Address: 150 Church Road Taradale, Napier 4112. Programme 6 – Beethoven String Quartets No 13 in Bb Major, Opus 130 with Grosse Fuge; and No 14 in C# minor, Opus 131
Wednesday 29 August, 2012 New Zealand String Quartet in Dunedin, BEETHOVEN! The Late Quartets First Church at 7.30pm
Admission: $43 – 48.
Address: 415 Moray Place Dunedin 9016. Programme 5:
Beethoven String Quartets No 12 in Eb major, Opus 127; No 16 in F major, Opus 135; No 15 in A minor, Opus 132
Thursday 30 August, 2012 New Zealand String Quartet in Dunedin, BEETHOVEN! The Late Quartets First Church at 7.30pm
Admission: $43- $48.
Address: 415 Moray Place Dunedin 9016. Programme 6:
Beethoven String Quartets No 13 in Bb major, Opus 130 with Grosse Fuge; No 14 in C# minor, Opus 131
Saturday 1 September, 2012 New Zealand String Quartet in Auckland BEETHOVEN! The Late Quartets St Matthew-in-the-city at 6pm
Admission: $43 – $48.
Address: 187 Federal Street Auckland 1010. Programme 5 – Beethoven String Quartets No 12 in Eb major,Opus 127; No 16 in F major, Opus 135; and No 15 in A minor, Opus 132 To book your tickets click here.
Sunday 2 September, 2012 New Zealand String Quartet in Auckland BEETHOVEN! The Late Quartets St Matthew-in-the-city at 2.30pm
Time: 2:30pm. Admission: $43 – $48.
Address: 187 Federal Street Auckland 1010. Programme 6 – Beethoven String Quartets No 13 in Bb major, Opus 130 with Grosse Fuge; and No 14 in C# minor, Opus 131
Tuesday 4 September, 2012 New Zealand String Quartet in Nelson BEETHOVEN! The Late Quartets Nelson School of Music at 7.30pm
Time: 7:30pm. Admission: $43 – $48.
Address: 48 Nile Street Nelson 7010. Programme 5 – Beethoven String Quartets No 12 in Eb major, Opus 127; No 16 in F major, Opus 135; and No15 in A minor Opus 132
Friday 7 September, 2012 New Zealand String Quartet in Wellington BEETHOVEN! The Late Quartets St Mary of the Angels Church at 6.30pm
Time: 6:30pm. Admission: $43 – $48.
Address: 17 Boulcott Street Wellington 6011. Programme 5 – Beethoven String Quartets No 12 in Eb major; No 16 in F major, Opus 135; and No 15 in A minor Opus 132
Saturday 8 September, 2012 New Zealand String Quartet in Wellington St Mary of the Angels Church at 6.30pm
Time: 6:30pm. Admission: $43 – $48.
Address: 17 Boulcott Street Wellington 6011. Programme 6 – Beethoven String Quartets No 13 in Bb major, Opus 130 with Grosse Fuge and No 14 in C# minor, Opus 131 To book your tickets click here.