Important Travel Update 11/11/25
Please note that from Sun 16 to Wed 19 Nov, night works will be taking place on Mayoral Drive for road resurfacing and linemarking.
During this time, access to and from the Aotea Centre via Mayoral Drive will be closed. We recommend allowing extra time for your journey and considering alternative routes. Thank you for your understanding!
Hypnotique presents a diverse array of works that challenges expectations of traditional chamber music. Uzbek-born Australian composer Elena Kats-Chernin pays homage to Haydn, blending classical and contemporary styles in Calliope Dreaming, ahead of Fauré's Piano Trio in D minor with lyrical elegance and lush harmonic textures, contrasting with the percussive and electronic influences in Le Boeuf's jazz-adjacent Obliquely Wrecked. A whirlwind of motion typifies NZ composer Lyell Cresswell's virtuosic Moto Perpetuo, then finally, the full Romantic immersion of Schönberg's Verklärte Nacht is structured around the five stanzas of a poem; deeply transcendent and utterly beautiful.
Elena Kats-Chernin | Calliope Dreaming
Gabriel Fauré | Piano Trio in D minor, Op. 120
Pascal Le Boeuf | Obliquely Wrecked
Lyell Cresswell (NZ) | Moto perpetuo
Arnold Schönberg | Verklärte Nacht arr. for piano trio
