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Karori Classics

Name: Karori Classics
Address: 8 Fancourt Street Karori, Wellington, 6012, NZ
Telephone: 02102269411

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TGI Friday! Come, relax and enjoy informal Classical Music Concerts in Karori at the end of the working week. Concerts are held monthly in Fridays at 7pm.

Entry by donation.

16/04/2026

Dear Music Lovers,

It is that exciting time of the year when we can finally have our first Karori Classics concert. On the musical menu, we are serving up works with French horn (ou la la!) violin and piano. The wonderful Brahms Horn Trio is on the programme, preceded by a showy piece for horn and piano, "En Foret" by impressionist composer Eugene Bozza, and Fritz Kreisler's charming "Schön Rosmarin". Two of our musicians are known and well-loved by Karori Classics audiences: Beth Chen (piano) and Christine Wang (violin). They'll be joined by horn player Sebastian Dunn, who audiences may have seen and heard in the horn section of the NZSO.

The proceeds of this concert will go to the Wellington Brain Injury Association.

We are really excited to be bringing this lovely programme to you. Please spread the word and let's get a big crowd to usher in the 2026 Karori Classics season.

When: Friday 24 April, 7pm
Where: St Mary's Anglican Church Karori
Entry: Koha: suggested donation of $20, kids free
What: Music by Brahms, Kreisler and Bozza
Who: Beth Chen (piano), Christine Wang (violin) and Sebastian Dunn (horn)

Hope to see you there!
Anna and the Karori Classics Crew

04/11/2025

Dear Music Lovers,

You are in for a treat! We are excited to present our upcoming concert on Friday November 14th. Duo Takirua, comprising marimbist Thomas Guldborg and double bassist Oleksandr Gunchenko, will be performing some well-known classics and some thrilling newer works, and are set to put their own spin on both. A unique combination of timbres and musical styles, Duo Takirua will guide you through their own arrangements with effortless virtuosity.

Your entry donation will be used to support Voices of Children, a charity which helps children affected by the war in Ukraine.

When: Friday, November 14, 7pm.
What: Works by Astor Piazzolla, Gioachino Rossini, Myroslav Skoryk, Frank Proto and Chick Corea, arranged by Duo Takirua
Who: Duo Takirua (Oleksandr Gunchenko, Double Bass and Thomas Guldborg, Marimba.)
Where: St Mary's Anglican Church, Karori
Beneficiary: Voices of Children, Ukraine
Koha: Suggested donation $20 waged, $10 unwaged, kids free

More about the artists here:
Thomas Guldborg
Oleksandr Gunchenko

Don't miss the opportunity to hear this fascinating pair of musicians. See you there!

Kind regards,
Anna and the Karori Classics team

14/08/2025

Dear Friends,

Thank you again to all of you who were able to join us in supporting our talented young musicians earlier this month. Hot on the heels of that concert is our next offering: the dynamic duo of prominent Wellington musicians violinist Christine Wang and pianist Rachel Thomson. They will present an engaging and virtuosic programme which will hopefully help to warm the cockles of your hearts. (Don't worry, we will have the heating on too!)

When: Friday 22 August, 7pm
Where: Karori Anglican Church
What: Sonata for Violin and Piano No. 2 - Ravel, Suite Populaire Espagnole- Manuel de Falla, Pampeana op 16 no 1- Ginastera
Who: Christine Wang (violin) and Rachel Thomson (piano)
Koha: goes to Autism New Zealand ($20 suggested donation, kids free)

Please join in the fun - hope to see you there!

Anna and the Karori Classics Team

25/07/2025

Dear Friends of Karori Classics,

At around this time last year, we shared a concert which showcased some of the extraordinary young talent we are surrounded with in Wellington. Due to the success of that concert, we decided to do the same this year.

The young people you will hear next week have worked very hard to prepare for the National Chamber Music Competition, rehearsing together for many hours and attending lessons with world class professional musicians and teachers.

Come and celebrate the beautiful playing of our young people next SATURDAY. They will play music by Théodore Dubois, Joseph Haydn, Maurice Moszkowski and Dmitri Shostakovich.

The musicians will be supporting Barnardos Aotearoa with this concert. Please come and support kids supporting kids!

When: SATURDAY 2 August, 7pm
Where: St Mary's Anglican Church Karori
Why: Because it's going to be a great concert and we all get to share the moment
Entry: Koha--suggested donation $20, kids free
See you there!
The Karori Classics Team

21/06/2025

Kia Ora Music Lovers,

We have a treat lined up for you. An evening of music for string quartet and flute with the Elouan Quartet and Bridget Douglas. Written in the late romantic style, both of the quintets, by Amy Beach and Arthur Foote, are full of colour and lush beauty. An early Beethoven string quartet and a short and sassy quintet by Ginastera round out the programme.

The Elouan Quartet consists of violinists Jessica Oddie and Anna van der Zee, violist Alexander Macfarlane and cellist Ken Ichinose.

Please come and support us and our chosen charity, the Mary Potter Hospice. Bring lots of friends and stay for a chat and refreshments after the concert!

When: Friday, June 27, 7pm
Where: St Mary’s Anglican Church Karori
Who: Elouan Quartet with Bridget Douglas (flute)
What: Beethoven Quartet op 18 no 6, Amy Beach Quintet, Arthur Foote “A Night Piece”, Ginastera “Impresiones de la Puna”
Entry: Koha—suggested donation $20

Photo by Profile Photos

14/03/2025

Kia Ora Music Lovers,

We are happy to share that the first Karori Classics concert for the year is coming up soon. Next Friday, March 21, to be precise. On the programme is a group of pieces from the Danish String Quartet’s highly popular and evocative album “Last Leaf”. Based around the aesthetic of traditional Nordic folk music, the pieces are toe-tapping, heartfelt, and full of raw emotion.

All proceeds for the concert will go to the Fred Hollows Foundation.

When: Friday 21 March, 7pm
Where: St Mary’s Anglican Church, Karori
What: Last Leaf by the Danish String Quartet
Who: Anna van der Zee (violin), Megan Molina (violin), Beatrix Francis (viola), Eleanor Carter (cello) and Matthew Cave (double bass).

We really hope you can make it! Please spread the word and share the music!

Anna and the Karori Classics team

07/09/2024

Greetings music lovers!

Our next concert is shaping up to be a goodie! It is a not-to-be-missed opportunity to hear NZSO associate principal oboe Helen Clinton with fellow NZSO players and Karori Classics regulars Anna van der Zee (violin), Eli Vincent (viola) and Eleanor Carter (cello).

On the programme: Mozart's F major oboe quartet, Britten's Phantasy Quartet, and three movements from Dohnanyi's Serenade for String Trio.

We hope you will join us!

When: Friday Sept 13, 7pm
Where: St Mary's Anglican Church, Fancourt St, Karori
Koha: suggested $20 waged, $10 unwaged, kids free
Beneficiary: Camp Quality

11/07/2024

Hello music enthusiasts!

PLEASE NOTE our next Karori Classics Concert will take place on SATURDAY the 20th of July at 7pm.

We are very happy to present a concert featuring Brahms' divine trio for piano, horn and violin, plus a sumptuous elegy extracted from Ethel Smythe's concerto for horn and violin.

The Players
Beth Chen (piano) is well known to Wellington audiences for her performances with Duo Enharmonics, a delightful piano duo with Nicole Chao.
Alexander Hambleton (horn) is a sub-principal horn player in the New Zealand Symphony Orchestra, previously studying in the UK and Sweden.
Anna van der Zee (violin) is a first violinist in the New Zealand Symphony Orchestra. She co-founded the Tasman Quartet, and studied in NZ, Germany, Denmark and the US.

The pieces
Brahms, horn trio, opus 40
Ethel Smyth, Elegy from concerto for violin and horn (arr E. Smyth)

The place
St Mary's Anglican Church, Karori. Fancourt St. It is warm inside!

The time
7pm. Stay for a cuppa or glass of wine afterwards.

The cause
All donations will be passed on to Women's Refuge. Suggested koha $20, kids free.

We hope to see many of you there. Please forward to anyone you think might be interested!

Best regards,
The Karori Classics Team

13/06/2024

"A Celebration of Youth"

Dear Friends,

We present to you some of the finest young musicians of their generation, right here on your doorstep. It turns out we have so much talent in the Wellington region (and Karori!) that it is really hard to narrow it down to one evening. Our next concert will focus on some of these young musicians playing up a storm around the place.

As part of this concert we will present some of the highlights from Chamber Music New Zealand's Chamber Music Contest so far. We cannot speak highly enough of the dedication, commitment and the wonderful music these students bring to us. Come and see for yourself!

Join us for a celebration of some wonderful young talents; musicians that leave us assured that classical music has a bright and brilliant future.

Sincerely,
The Karori Classics Team

22/04/2024

Hello chamber music fans,

THIS Friday the 26th of April is the date for our next Karori Classics concert. This concert will feature flutist and NZSO principal piccolo player Johanna Gruskin, alongside two special guests from Auckland, Hye-Won Suh (flute) and Jesse Oh (piano). On the programme is a fabulous mix of genres from baroque to modern, and really showcases the versatility of the flute!

When: 7pm Friday 26 April
Where: St Mary’s Anglican Church Karori
Who: Johanna Gruskin and Hye-Won Suh (flutes) and Jesse Oh (piano)
What: Suite in B Minor by Jacques Hotteterre
Maya by Ian Clarke
Fantasy on Hungarian Motives by Franz and Charles Doppler
Transcending Time by Yuko Uebayashi
Selections from “Blowing a Storm” by Mike Mower
Beneficiaries: Samaritans Wellington

We hope to see lots of you there!

Chris and Anna van der Zee

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