Hold Up the Bank!

Walk up the grand Hunter Building stairs while listening to Douglas Lilburn's Staircase Music (an electroacoustic composition with a backstory!). Be greeted with a glass of bubbles and canapes in the Hunter Common Room. Move into the Hunter Council Chamber for a concert that includes a Lilburn premiere performed by the New Zealand School of Music String Ensemble, alongside the premiere of Sheen and Shadow by current Composer-in-Residence Penelope Axtens, and offerings from some of the composers who have lived in the house since the Lilburn Residence Trust was formed 20 years ago. Hear the world premiere of Ross Harris's Light is Where You Are (in memory of Vincent O'Sullivan) with pianist Luu Hong Quang. Return to the Hunter Common Room for the auction of works by Anne Noble, John Drawbridge, Joanna Paul, Janet Paul, Doreen Blumhardt, Shane Cotton, Dick Frizzell, Layla Walter, Gregory O'Brien and more. Lilburn’s Glass Music – not heard since 1971 – will farewell guests as they exit the Hunter Building. Experienced auctioneer, former Porirua City Councillor and Chair of the Pātaka Foundation Euon Murrell QSM will conduct the auction.

Refreshments and a chance to view auction items from 5.30 pm. Concert commences at 6 pm.

This concert and charity auction are in support of the stabilizing the bank on the Western side of the Lilburn House.