Romeo & Juliet - Wellington
Schedule
Fri, 05 Jun, 2026 at 08:30 am
UTC+12:00Location
Michael Fowler Centre | Wellington, WG
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Benjamin Northey conducts a programme pulsing with the intimate power of love itself, featuring cellist Li-wei Qin.Programme:
Kenneth Young Douce Tristesse
Barber Cello Concerto
Prokofiev Selections From Romeo And Juliet
Sergei Prokofiev’s Romeo and Juliet is one of the greatest ballet scores of all time. Among the courtly grandeur of Dance of the Knights, the circling, slicing, jabbing music of Death of Tybalt, and the crunching dissonances symbolising the Montagues versus the Capulets, swirls the indescribably sweet lyricism of Romeo and Juliet’s eternal love.
The same emotional depth can be found in Barber’s Cello Concerto, performed by virtuoso Li-Wei Qin. Celebrated for a sound both “incisive and searing, yet filled with tenderness” (Straits Times), Qin will steep Barber’s concerto in deep feeling and passion. Sweet nostalgia reigns in the “drifting, Ravelian waltz” (New Zealand Herald) of Kenneth Young’s Douce Tristesse.
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Where is it happening?
Michael Fowler Centre, 111 Wakefield St,Wellington, New ZealandEvent Location & Nearby Stays:
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