Music at its best in Napier

On July 25 to 29 Napier will host an international chamber music festival, including the Aradia Chamber Orchestra, which uses 18th-century instruments.

Swedish Baroque trumpeter Niklas Eklund and Swedish soprano Maria Keohane.

Five of America's leading chamber musicians will perform: violinist Steven Copes violist Theodore Kuchar, pianist Stephen Prutsman, cellist Carol Ou, and violinist James Buswell, who plays a Stradivarius.