...My thanks are due to the Aroha Quartet and Oleksandr Gunchenko for their wondrously committed efforts, and especially in bringing to life music whose sounds I felt “enlarged my world” that evening....
(Peter Mechen (Middle C, 15/7/24))

Aroha Quartet with Oleksandr Gunchenko (double bass) for Christopher's Classics

Our programme begins with the elegant Classicism of Boccherini. In the next work, ‘The Bullet’ by French composer George Onslow, the composer dramatically depicts a hunting accident in which he was almost killed and his subsequent recovery. In the second half, the atmospheric ‘Swim the Sliding Continents’ by Auckland composer Louise Webster and the heartfelt ‘Postlude’ by Ukranian composer Valentyn Silvestrov are followed by Dvorak’s richly Romantic String Quintet No 2 in G. Tickets $40 General Admission & $15 Students from Eventfinda (fees apply)
Tuesday, May 21 2024, 7:00pm - 9:00pm
The Piano, 156 Armagh St, Christchurch
Aroha String Quartet

Oleksandr Gunchenko - double bass

Boccherini: String Quintet in D Op 39 No 3 G339
Onslow: String Quintet No 15 in C min Op 59 'The Bullet'
Louise Webster: Swim the Sliding Continents
Silvestrov: Postlude
Dvořák: String Quintet No 2 in G, Op. 77
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Next concerts

Sunday, September 21 2025, 2:30pm - 4:30pm, Waikanae Memorial Hall

For this programme we are joined by four wonderful guest artists - Nick Walshe (clarinet), Justin Sun (bassoon), Alexander Hambleton (horn) and Oleksandr Gunchenko (double bass) - to present a programme enlivened by the varied timbres of wind instruments. Beginning with the Mozart String Quartet in B-flat K589 we move on to 'Serenata in vano' for Clarinet, Bassoon, Horn, Cello & Double Bass by Danish composer Carl Nielsen. This characterful work depicts a short and unsuccessful attempt at seduction. We finish with Schubert's mighty and virtuosic Octet, a work filled with jaunty dances, singable melodies and heart-rending moments. Tickets $40 Members, $50 Non Members, $10 Students.