Rosina, Adelina & Percy

Hammers & Horsehair with Rowena Simpson (soprano) present a Salon Concert with an historical theme.

Hammers & Horsehair duo Douglas Mews (piano) and Robert Ibell (cello) toured extensively around Aotearoa in 2016, 2018 and 2020. In 2021 they join forces once again with well-known Wellington soprano Rowena Simpson to reimagine the triumphant 1922 New Zealand tour of Blenheim-born Rosina Buckman (soprano) with Adelina Leon (cello) and Percy Kahn (pianist-composer).

Hammers & Horsehair present period classics from the 1922 tour, such as Arditi's “Il Bacio” and “Love's a Merchant” by Molly Carew for soprano & piano, Percy Kahn’s own arrangement of his “Ave Maria” for soprano, cello & keyboard, “Orientale” by Cui, and Rimsky Korsakov’s “Chanson Indoue” for cello & piano. Their programme also includes some of their own favourites, including Brahms Intermezzo in B-flat and Schubert Impromptu in A-flat for piano solo, and “L’Etoile” by Offenbach for soprano, cello & piano.

The musical items are interspersed with anecdotes from the 1922 Rosina Buckman tour, comparing the touring life then and now, and adding local or personal history appropriate to the pieces.

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Dates/Venues

Wednesday 17 March, 7:30pm, for Wanganui Chamber Music
Prince Edward Auditorium, Whanganui Collegiate, Whanganui

Tickets: $35 Adults, $32 Seniors, $20 Chamber Music Wanganui subscribers, $5 Students in advance from the Royal Wanganui Opera House or at the door (cash only).

Thursday 18 March, 7:30pm
House Concert in Kinloch, Taupō

Tickets: $30 (including refreshments) from brigideady@gmail.com

Friday 19 March, 7:30pm
House Concert in Karaka

Tickets: $40 Adults, $10 Children (including refreshments) from benjaminspeedy@gmail.com

Saturday 20 March, 7:30pm
House Concert in Clevedon

Tickets: $40 (including refreshments) from cowanjoyce@gmail.com

Sunday 21 March, 2pm, for the Cambridge Autumn Festival
St Andrew’s Church, 85 Hamilton Rd, Cambridge

Visit Festival website for ticketing information

Saturday 27 March, 5pm
House Concert in Palmerston North

Tickets: $20 from kiwichristine@fastmail.fm

Hammers & Horsehair in Three's Company

Music for Fortepiano, Violin & Cello from the Classical period.

Hammers & Horsehair duo Douglas Mews (fortepiano) and Robert Ibell (cello) join with violinist HyeWon Kim in a programme of lively music from the Classical period, presented in an intimate, relaxed, candlelit setting.

In their 2016 and 2018 national tours, Hammers & Horsehair brought their lively music making and informal style to twenty towns and cities around New Zealand, from Cromwell to the Hokianga.

In 2020, Hammers & Horsehair brings you Three's Company, a vibrant and varied programme of music from the late Classical period. In between two wonderful piano trios by Mozart and Beethoven are a much loved Rondo for piano by Mozart, a set of lively variations by Beethoven for piano and cello on a theme from Handel's Judas Maccabeus, and a beautiful Sonatina for violin and piano by Schubert.

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Douglas Mews – Fortepiano
HyeWon Kim – Violin
Robert Ibell – Cello 

Douglas Mews studied organ and harpsichord with the late Anthony Jennings at Auckland University (New Zealand) followed by harpsichord studies with Bob van Asperen at the Royal Conservatory in the Hague.

He is now a freelance musician, teaching at the New Zealand School of Music in Wellington and directing the music at St Teresa's Catholic Church. In 2010 he recorded a CD on the Wellington Town Hall 1906 Norman and Beard organ for Priory Records’ ‘Great Australasian Organs’. His most recent CD (released in 2012) is 'The Lost Chord', also recorded at the Wellington Town Hall.

In these concerts Douglas will perform on a fortepiano made by Derek Adam (UK) in 1991. The piano is a copy of an Anton Walter instrument from 1798.

HyeWon Kim began her violin studies in Seoul, continued her studies at the University of Auckland (David Nalden) and the Guildhall School of Music and Drama London (David Takeno) 

HyeWon worked with BBC Philharmonic, Royal Liverpool Philharmonic, Halle, Scottish Chamber, Royal Northern Sinfonia, London Mozart players, Southbank Sinfonia, Hyogo Performing Arts Center Japan, Orquesta Sinfonica de Castilla y León , Orquesta de Cadaqués, Verbier, Schleswig-Holstein, Pacific music festival, Opera festival Sanxay orchestras.

HyeWon enjoys being a freelancer covering a variety of repertoire with New Zealand and overseas ensembles.

Robert Ibell was born in Dannevirke and brought up in Palmerston North. While training there as a school teacher he learned cello from Judith Hyatt in Wellington.

From 1986 to 1992 Robert lived in London, studying cello with Tania Hunt, Derek Simpson and Christopher Bunting. He played at music schools and in masterclasses (where his teachers included Alexander Baillie, Steve Doane, Anner Bylsma and Steven Isserlis), taught, gave recitals and played in professional and amateur orchestras.

Since 1993 Robert has been a member of the New Zealand Symphony Orchestra. He is also an experienced chamber musician, touring regularly for Chamber Music New Zealand. Formerly the cellist of the Nevine Quartet, Robert has been a member of the Aroha Quartet since 2009. He also plays in contemporary music group Stroma New Music Ensemble and is a Recording Artist for Radio NZ Concert.

Robert plays an 18th Century cello by an unknown Italian or German maker, gifted to him by Judith Hyatt. 

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Programme

Mozart - Piano Trio in C K548 (23')

Mozart - Rondo in A minor K511 (10')

Beethoven - Twelve Variations for Piano & Cello on 'See the conqu’ring hero comes' WoO45 (12')

Interval

Schubert - Sonatina No 3 in G minor for Violin & Piano D408 (16')

Beethoven - Piano Trio in G Op 1 No 2 (30')

We will speak about the works and the instruments during the concert.

Hammers & Horsehair to tour in 2018

German & Bohemian Music for Soprano, Piano and Cello

Hammers & Horsehair presents a rich and varied programme of music from the first half of the Nineteenth Century. Three beautiful but rarely heard songs by Bohemian composer Jan Kalivoda and Schubert’s famous ‘Shepherd on the Rock’ begin and end the concert. In between are excerpts from Schumann’s evocative ‘Scenes from Childhood’, two special Lieder by Schubert and one of the best-loved sonatas for piano and cello, Beethoven’s Sontata in A major Op 69.

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Rowena Simpson – Soprano
Douglas Mews – Square Piano
Robert Ibell – Cello

Rowena Simpson grew up in Wellington, Hamilton and London and began her performing career as a cellist, chorister and dancer. She studied singing with German soprano Rosemary Gordon and graduated with degrees in musicology and linguistics from Victoria University before leaving for The Netherlands in 1997, where she studied singing and historical performance practice at the Royal Conservatoire.

While based in Europe, she performed with professional chamber ensembles and was a soloist in the baroque and classical repertoires. Since returning to NZ in 2006, Rowena has developed a freelance career in chamber music and opera, performing for many organisations including Chamber Music NZ (Barocca & Tōku Ao), Stroma New Music Ensemble, NZ Barok, CBS Music Trust, Pinchgut Opera (Sydney), Days Bay Opera and as a member of the NZ Opera chorus.

Douglas Mews studied organ and harpsichord with the late Anthony Jennings at Auckland University (New Zealand) followed by harpsichord studies with Bob van Asperen at the Royal Conservatory in the Hague.

He is now a freelance musician, teaching at the New Zealand School of Music in Wellington and directing the music at St Teresa's Catholic Church. In 2010 he recorded a CD on the Wellington Town Hall 1906 Norman and Beard organ for Priory Records’ ‘Great Australasian Organs’. His most recent CD (released in 2012) is 'The Lost Chord', also recorded at the Wellington Town Hall.

In these concerts Douglas will perform on a square piano made by Broadwood in 1843.

Robert Ibell was born in Dannevirke and brought up in Palmerston North. While training there as a school teacher he learned cello from Judith Hyatt in Wellington.

From 1986 to 1992 Robert lived in London, studying cello with Tania Hunt, Derek Simpson and Christopher Bunting. He played at music schools and in masterclasses (where his teachers included Alexander Baillie, Steve Doane, Anner Bylsma and Steven Isserlis), taught, gave recitals and played in professional and amateur orchestras.

Since 1993 Robert has been a member of the New Zealand Symphony Orchestra. He is also an experienced chamber musician, touring regularly for Chamber Music New Zealand. Formerly the cellist of the Nevine Quartet, Robert has been a member of the Aroha Quartet since 2009. He also plays in contemporary music group Stroma New Music Ensemble and is a Recording Artist for Radio NZ Concert.

Robert plays an 18th Century cello by an unknown Italian or German maker, gifted to him by Judith Hyatt.

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Programme

Kalivoda – Three Songs for Soprano, Piano & Cello Op. 91

Beethoven – Sonata in A major Op. 69 for Piano & Cello

Schumann – ‘Scenes from Childhood’ for Piano Op. 15

Schubert – ‘Suleika No 1' D720 & ‘Im Haine’ D738 for Soprano & Piano

Schubert – ‘Shepherd on the Rock’ D965 for Soprano, Cello & Piano, arr. D. Mews

The musical pieces will be linked by short readings that reflect the era or the mood of the music and the contribution of German-speaking musicians to life in
New Zealand.

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Dates/Venues

Sunday 22 April 2018, 4pm
Greytown

57 Wood St, Greytown

Tickets: $25 Adult | $10 Student
Door sales cash only, reservations 06 304 9497 or efjac@xtra.co.nz

Thursday 26 April 2018, 7.30pm
Kerikeri

New World Theatre Bar, Turner Centre, 43 Cobham Rd, Kerikeri

Tickets:  $30 Adult | $25 Friends | Free for 18 yrs & under
Available from Turner Centre Box Office or at turnercentre.co.nz

Friday 27 April 2018, 7:30pm
South Hokianga

Old Pakanae School, 30 Waiotemarama Gorge Rd

Tickets: $20
Door sales only

Saturday 28 April 2018, 7:30pm
Auckland

Ponsonby Baptist Church Hall, 43 Jervois Rd, Auckland

Tickets: $30 Full | $20 Concession | $60 family (2 adults + 2 children) | $10 Under 18 yrs
Available from Eventfinda

Sunday 29 April 2018, 2.30pm
Te Awamutu

Methodist Church, 261 Bank St, Te Awamutu

Tickets: $15 | Students Free
Door sales only

Monday 30 April 2018, 7:30pm
Clevedon

House Concert

Tickets: $40 (including supper)
Where to buy tickets: 027 484 9874 or cowanjoyce@gmail.com

Tuesday 1 May 2018, 7:30pm
Whangamata

Whangamata Hall, 326 Port Rd, Whangamata

Includes musical performances by students from Whangamata Area School and Opoutere Primary School

Tickets: $15 Adult | $30 Families (2 adults + 2 children) | $5 Under 18 yrsTickets available at Whanga Books, Whangamata Area School, and Opoutere Primary School. Light refreshments included, bar available. 

Thursday 3 May 2018, 7.30pm
Coromandel

The Club, Woollams Avenue, Coromandel

Tickets: $25 Pre-sales | $30 Door sales
Pre sale tickets available from Coro Info Centre or pay direct to Coromandel Music Society BNZ 02-0304-0310833-000 ($25.00 each, put your name as reference, pick up tickets at the door)
coromusicsociety.org.nz

Friday 4 May, 7.30pm
Whakatane

Church of St George & St John, 30 Domain Rd, Whakatane

Tickets: $30 Adult | $25 Concession | $5 Child
Available from ‘The Good Life’, The Strand, Whakatane.

Saturday 5 May, 2.30pm
Putaruru

Living Spring Christian Centre, 59 Tirau St, Putaruru

Tickets: $25 Adult | $20 South Waikato Music Society Members | Students free
Door sales cash only

Sunday 6 May 2018, 7pm
Palmerston North

Awhina Room, Caccia Birch House, 130 Te Awe Awe St, Palmerston North

Tickets: $25 Full | $20 concession | $50 for families (2 adults + 2 children) | $10 under 18 yrs
Available from Eventfinda

Monday 2 July 2018, 7.30pm
Rotorua

Memories Room, Princes Gate Hotel, 1057 Arawa St, Rotorua

Tickets: $30 Adult | $15 Student (18-25 yrs) | School-age children free, if accompanied by ticket holder.
Door sales from 7pm Or pre-sales from secretary@rotoruamusic.org.nz
rotoruamusic.org.nz

Tuesday 3 July 2018, 7:30pm
Hastings

Guild Room, St Matthew’s Anglican church, Corner King St South & Lyndon Rd West, Hastings

Tickets: $25 Full | $20 Concession | $50 for families (2 adults + 2 children) | $10 under 18 yrs
Available from Eventfinda

Tuesday 16 October 2018, 7:30pm
Dunedin

House Concert

Wednesday 17 October 2018, 7:30pm
Oamaru

St Lukes Anglican Church, Corner of Tees St and Itchen St, Oamaru

Tickets: Adult $25 | Senior $20 | Student $10

Bookings:
Bruce Albiston: info@burnsidehomestead.com or txt 022 687 6365
Annie Baxter: livingtrad@xtra.co.nz or txt 027 648 6023

All bookings reserved in front seating. Door sales on night.

Thursday 18 October 2018, 7pm
Timaru

St Mary’s Church, 24 Church St, Timaru

Tickets: $25 Adult | $5 Children
Available from St Mary’s Office (03) 688 8377, 027 275 7563 or lucy.stmarys@yahoo.com.au

Friday 19 October 2018, 7.30pm
Rangiora

Chamber Gallery, Rangiora Library

Tickets: $30 Adults | $10 Students
Available from Rangiora Library (cash or cheque only)

Saturday 20 October, 3:30pm for 4pm start
Christchurch

House Concert, Corsair Bay

Tickets: $35 (including refreshments)
Available from ‭021 134 1797‬

Sunday 21 October 2018, 3pm
Picton

Picton Little Theatre, 9 Dublin St, Picton

Tickets: $25 (includes afternoon tea)
Available from Take Note (Picton) or Alyssums (Blenheim)
pictonlittletheatre.weebly.com

Thursday 25 October, 8pm
Wellington

Aro Valley Community Centre, 48 Aro St, Wellington

Tickets: $30 Full | $20 Concessions | $10 under 18 yrs | $60 Families (2 Adults + 2 Children)

Available from Eventfinda. Service fees may apply.

Hammers & Horsehair on tour in 2016

Period Pieces for
Fortepiano and Cello

Enjoy lively music-making in a candlelit performance of five virtuosic works for fortepiano and cello. Two well-known New Zealand musicians perform a programme of Classical and early Romantic pieces on period instruments, transporting the audience to another place and time.

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Douglas Mews – Fortepiano
& Robert Ibell – Cello

Douglas Mews was born in Cheam, Surrey in 1956. He began playing the organ at St Patrick's Cathedral in Auckland, where his father (and first organ teacher) was choir conductor. He studied organ and harpsichord with the late Anthony Jennings at Auckland University, followed by harpsichord studies with Bob van Asperen at the Royal Conservatory in the Hague.

He is now a freelance musician, teaching at the New Zealand School of Music in Wellington and directing the music at St Teresa's Catholic Church. In 2010 he recorded a CD on the Wellington Town Hall 1906 Norman and Beard organ for Priory Records’ ‘Great Australasian Organs’. His most recent CD (released in 2012) is 'The Lost Chord', also recorded at the Wellington Town Hall.

Douglas performs on a Broadwood square piano built in 1843. The piano previously belonged to the Tait family who emigrated in the 1870s from Lerwick in the Shetland Islands to live in the Aro Valley, Wellington, where the piano still resides.

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Robert Ibell was born in Dannevirke in 1961 and brought up in Palmerston North. While training there as a school teacher he learned cello from Judith Hyatt in Wellington.

From 1986 to 1992 Robert lived in London, studying cello with Tania Hunt, Derek Simpson and Christopher Bunting. He played at music schools and in masterclasses (where his teachers included Alexander Baillie, Steve Doane, Anner Bylsma and Steven Isserlis), taught, gave recitals and played in professional and amateur orchestras.

Since 1993 Robert has been a member of the New Zealand Symphony Orchestra. He is also an experienced chamber musician, touring regularly for Chamber Music New Zealand. Formerly the cellist of the Nevine Quartet, Robert has been a member of the Aroha Quartet since 2009. He also plays in contemporary music group Stroma and is a Recording Artist for Radio NZ Concert.

Robert plays an 18th Century cello by an unknown Italian or German maker, gifted to him by Judith Hyatt. The cello had previously been owned by Greta Ostova, a Czech who escaped the Nazi occupation to arrive in New Zealand in 1940, later becoming a founding member of the National Orchestra (later the NZSO).

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Programme

Beethoven – Twelve Variations for Piano & Cello on “Ein Mädchen oder Weibchen” from Mozart's opera "The Magic Flute" Op. 66

Mozart – Piano Sonata in C K330

Bréval – Sonata for Piano & Cello in G Op. 12 No 5

Romberg – Grand Sonata in E-flat for Cello & Piano Op. 5 No 2

Beethoven – Sonata for Piano & Cello in F Op. 5 No 1

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Dates/Venues

Sunday 26 June, 3:00pm
Taihape

Taihape and District Womens Club, Huia St, Taihape

Door sales only: Adults $25, Members $20, Children Free
Period (early 19th Century) costume optional.

Monday 27 June, 7:30pm
Clevedon

1 Monument Road, Clevedon

Tickets: $40 (including supper) | Bookings essential, call 09 292 9589

Wednesday 29 June, 7:30pm
Auckland

Ponsonby Baptist Church, 43 Jervois Rd, Auckland

Tickets from Eventfinda (service fees may apply) or at the door: Adults $25, Concessions $15, Children (accompanying an adult) $5, Families $50 (2 Adults + 2 Children)

Friday 1 July, 7:30pm
Omapere

Copthorne Hotel, Omapere, South Hokianga

Door sales only: $15
Drinks may be purchased from the bar. Hotel restaurant open for meals before the concert.

Saturday 2 July, 4:00pm
Warkworth

Ascension Vineyard, 480 Matakana Rd, Warkworth

Door sales only: $30
Bar open before & during performance for purchase of food and drink.

Sunday 3 July, 4:00pm
Tauranga

Tauranga Park Auditorium, 383 Pyes Pah Rd

Tickets in advance from Tauranga Musica or at the door: $32, Students $10 (free if accompanied by a ticket holder), Music teachers + up to four students $25

Sunday 10 July, 4:00pm
Putaruru

Living Springs Christian Centre, 59 Tirau St

Door sales only: $25, South Waikato Music Society members/CMNZ subscribers $20, Students free

Wednesday 13 July, 7:30pm
Lower Hutt

St Mark’s Church, 58 Woburn Rd, Lower Hutt

Tickets in advance from Eventfinda or at the door: Adults $38, Chamber Music Hutt Valley members $25, Students $10, School-age Child Free

Thursday 14 July, 7:30pm
Palmerston North

Awhina Room, Caccia Birch House, 130 Te Awe Awe St, Palmerston North

Tickets in advance from Eventfinda (service fees may apply) or at the door: Adults $25, Concessions $15, Children (accompanying an adult) $5, Families $50 (2 Adults + 2 Children)

Friday 15 July, 7:30pm
Hastings

St Matthew’s Church Hall, 200 King St South, Hastings

Tickets in advance from Eventfinda (service fees may apply) or at the door: Adults $25, Concessions $15, Children (accompanying an adult) $5, Families $50 (2 Adults + 2 Children)

Saturday 16 July, 3:00pm
Taupo

Hilton Lake Taupo, 80-100 Napier Rd

Part of the Taupo Winter Festival. Admission price (TBC) includes high tea, to be served from 2:30pm.

Sunday 17 July, 2:30pm
Paekakariki

Memorial Hall, 96 The Parade, Paekakariki

Tickets in advance from Mulled Wine Concerts or at the door: $25, Students (under 14) $10

Saturday 17 September, 7:30pm
Motueka

Chanel Arts Centre, cnr High St & Fearon St, Motueka

Tickets 3 weeks in advance from Floral Affaire, High St, Motueka or at the door: Adults $25, Students $5

Sunday 18 September, 7:30pm
Christchurch

Nut Point Centre, 703 Old West Coast Rd, West Melton

Tickets in advance from Nut Point Centre : $25 (includes light supper)

Monday 19 September, 7:30pm
Ashburton

At Violinos, 629 Methven Highway, Winchmore,

Tickets: Adults $30, Senior Citizens and Students $20, Children $10, Family of four $70

To book, ring 03-307 2010

Tuesday 20 September, 7:30pm
Timaru

Bank St Chapel, 38-40 Bank Street, Timaru

Tickets: Adults $25, concession $15, Children $5, Family Pass $50

To book, ring 03-688 5597

Wednesday 21 September
Dunedin

House concert

Thursday 22 September, 7:30pm
Cromwell

St Andrew’s Anglican Church Hall, cnr Blyth & Donegal Sts, Cromwell

General Admission $40

Tickets available from Cromwell iSite, 2D The Mall, or phone 03-262 7999

Friday 23 September, 7:30pm
Arrowtown

Athenaeum Hall, 33 Buckingham St, Arrowtown

Tickets from Eventfinda (service fees may apply) or at the door: Adults $25, Children $15, Family Pass $50

Sunday 25 September, 3pm

Picton

Picton Little Theatre, 9 Dublin St

Tickets from Take Note (Picton) or Alyssum (Blenheim) Members $27 Adults $30, Children $20. Admission price includes afternoon tea. Proceeds from the concert will go towards the renovation of the Picton Little Theatre.