Event listing: Peter Scholes plays Vivaldi | Raye Freedman Arts Centre | Sun 18 Aug 2013 at 17:00

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Raye Freedman Arts CentreSilver Epsom, Auckland, Auckland 1023, New Zealand

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Programme

Mendelssohn, Felix (1809-1847)	String Octet in E flat major, Op.20
Vivaldi, Antonio (1678-1741)	The Four Seasons (Il cimento dell'armonia e dell'inventione), Op.8 no. 1-4

Performers

Auckland Chamber Orchestra
Peter Scholes	Clarinet, Saxophone, Recorder

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A mixed bag at Auckland Chamber Orchestra's Four Seasons concert

Simon Holden, 18th August

How does one approach performing a piece as ubiquitous and overexposed as Vivaldi’s Four Seasons (particularly here in New Zealand, where various movements have haunted us through the National Bank television advertisements for years now)? The Auckland Chamber Orchestra, with musical director Peter Scholes, decided in this case to recast Vivaldi’s concertos as works for wind and orchestra with Sch

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