Morning Melodies: NZTrio He Taonga Wairere

Child Policy: Children under 3 years of age will be admitted free of charge if they are seated on a caregiver's knee. Lap ticket must be collected from the Box Office prior to entry. Children over 3 years must purchase a ticket for entry. An intimate journey exploring devotion, memory, and the intersection between joy and sorrow with a performance of LOVE AND LOSS. Edvard Grieg's Andante con moto begins the concert: a deep, solemn movement, the sole fragment of an unfinished trio, it is an intense meditation on loss and profound melancholy. Sorrow gives way to the breathless excitement of courtship and tantalising romance of Claire Cowan's Subtle Dances, before Robert Schumann finishes with brilliant, joyful devotion in Piano Trio No. 2 in F Major. Written shortly after his long-awaited marriage to Clara, this sunlit masterpiece is filled with the effusive affection of a besotted husband, a beautiful "luminous image" of love realised.