Mark Menzies - Sundays at Four 2024

*Due to unforeseen circumstances, Jason Bae is unable to perform for our Sundays at Four programme and we are delighted to have Mark Menzies perform. All tickets to the original concert are automatically transferred to this new concert.

Sundays at Four 2024
Celebrate the joy of live music in a one hour recital series on Sundays at 4pm at The Piano.

Pianist Mark Menzies describes this programme as "A Raranga of Delights & Surprises" weaving together ideas from the European piano tradition and our beautiful Aotearoa New Zealand landscape.

Two of Brahms' intensely personal compositions frame the programme; in between sit two works reimagined with Aotearoa flavour and improvisations on Eric Satie's 5th Gnossienne (with birds) & Bartok's Two Major Pentachords (with trees) and a duet of baroque surprises via Francis Couperin, and the baroque-like evocations of Mompou. At the heart of the programme is Gillian Whitehead's moving Voices of Tane. 
Mark Menzies will be joined by two special guests for an intriguing surprise finale to round out this carefully crafted afternoon of music. 

Brahms - Four Pieces for Piano Op119/1 in B minor
Francis Couperin - Les Pavots (Poppies)
Bartók - Two Major Pentachords from Microcosmos
Gillian Whitehead - Voices of Tane
Federico Mompou - Cançons i Danses I-III
Eric Satie - Gnossienne with variations
Francis Couperin - La Convalescente
Brahms - Ballade Op.10/4 in B Major