Child Policy: This performance is not suitable for children under six years old. Children aged 16 and under must be accompanied by a caregiver who attends the event with the child. Conductor — Giordano Bellincampi Piano — Andrea Lam Maria Grenfell — Hinemoa Mendelssohn — Piano Concerto No.1 Dvorák — Symphony No.8 The scintillating pianist Andrea Lam is at her best in Mendelssohn’s bright, bubbly concerto. Brightness and contentment too in Dvorák’s most bucolic symphony – few pieces are so uncomplicatedly happy. It’s out-of-doors music by a humble man with simple tastes. Closer to home, the Maori legend tells of the beautiful maiden Hinemoa who swam across Lake Rotorua to her lover, the warrior Tutanekai. What inspired Maria Grenfell, though, was that Hinemoa was guided by music – the sound of Tutanekai’s flute.
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