Werk: Le Bal masqué, FP 60

Œuvres de Martinů, Turina et Poulenc dépeints en pleines couleurs par l’ensemble de l’Orchestre royal du Concertgebouw.

Auckland Chamber Orchestra returned to Raye Freedman Arts Centre with a typically eclectic programme. The pieces were performed in reverse chronological order, from Ligeti of the 1950s back to Wagner of the 1860s, via Poulenc and Janáček.

There are musical moments that lift you up into a jet stream you ride till your feet are on the pavement again. Last evening in Koerner Hall was a flow of such moments as the Amici Chamber Ensemble celebrated their first set of twenty-five musical years.