About the event

Programme (1.5 hour with an interval):

• Rachmaninoff: Trio élégiaque No. 1 in G minor

  Haydn: Piano Trio in G Major, Hob XV:25

  Suk: Elegie in D flat Major, Op. 23

  Cowan: Ultra Violet

  de Lautour: an auscultation of water (new commission)

  Chausson: Trio in G minor, Op. 3

Stratus is the first of our 2021 subscription series. It begins by enveloping us in a foggy blanket of sound, with the dark, sumptuous depths of Rachmaninoff’s Trio élégiaque and Suk’s yearning Elegie, sandwiched around the cosy, rustic nature of Haydn’s sunny G Major trio. Claire Cowan’s ultra violet shimmers through the spectrum with its millions of colours; in Reuben De Latour’s new commission an auscultation of water we sink into the undulations of an aquatic heart beat; and we ascend again, evaporating into the melancholy, linear architecture of the Chausson Trio, reminiscent of Aotearoa’s eponymous threads of clouds hugging the horizon.

Duration 1.5 hours, plus interval followed by complimentary refreshments in the lounge.