Intern. Akaroa Music Festival - Music for a while

Magdalena Pikuła, soprano
Tim Emerson, piano

Coming directly from the Chamber Opera in Warsaw, Magdalena Pikuła whisks you away into the glamorous world of opera. From Henry Purcell’s Music for a While, Mozart’s “Batti batti”, or Puccini’s Musetta aria “Quando m’en vo” from La Boheme and Verdi’s “Saper vorreste” from Ballo in maschera, let yourself be enchanted.
With Tim Emerson on piano.

Henry Purcell
Music for a While

George Frideric Handel
Cleopatra aria- Non disperar, Piangero la sorte mia, V’adoro pupille
Giulio Cesare in Egitto
Melissa aria- Io godo, scherzo e rido
Amadigi di Gaula

Henry Purcell
Thy hand Belinda
When I am laid in earth
(Dido and Eneas)

Christoph Willibald Gluck
Euridice’s aria Qual vita e questa mai
Che fiero momento
Orfeo ed Euridice

Stanisław Moniuszko
Grajek
Prząśniczka, Cztery pory roku
K. Szymanowski- „Lecioły zurazie”
from 12 kurpian songs

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart-
Zerlina’s aria „Batti batti”
from Don Giovanni

Giuseppe Verdi
Oscar’s aria „Saper vorreste”
from Un ballo in maschera

Giacomo Puccini
Musetta aria „Quando m’en vo”
from La boheme

Ernst Krähmer
Variations Brillantes
for csakan and piano

Come and join us for the 18th International Akaroa Music Festival split between wonderful Akaroa and the ‘The Piano’ event centre in Christchurch.
For the 2025 series, we have created an exciting programme, featuring NZ’s most accomplished musicians as well as fabulous international guest artists.
An array of national and international guest artists will present concerts ranging from classical to jazz, from Irish folk to baroque music, from Opera to Vivaldi’s famous 4 Seasons presented by our resident cello ensemble. We truly think that we have something for everyone in this year’s festival.
As every year, we will bring stellar young talented from NZ and Australia along, performing in a lunchtime concert series at ‘The Piano’ and getting the opportunity to be working with our high calibre international guests such as Magdalena Pikuła from the Warsaw Chamber Opera. We can’t wait to start the festival and are hoping to have you all as our guests.

Edith Salzmann & Wolfgang Kraemer

PROUDLY SPONSORED BY
Maureen Pettman and The Pettman Foundation
St Peter’s Church Akaroa
Trinity Church, Akaroa
Orion Powerhouse Gallery
Michael Snowden
University of Canterbury
Jardin Musical Trust