The Argyle Trio – Wilma Smith (violin) with Matthias Balzat (cello) and Michael Houstoun at the piano - are due to perform in the Concert Chamber of the Whanganui War Memorial Centre on Friday, September 17 at 7.30pm.
Of course, this is entirely dependent on where we are with Covid alert levels. If the lower North Island makes it to alert level 2 next week, the artists are ready to go and eager to bring us wonderful piano trio music by Beethoven and Ravel.
Chamber Music Wanganui was scheduled to have the trio last year, but their tour was cancelled due to the pandemic.
This time round their tour has been fraught with difficulties – Wilma managed to leave Melbourne on a red flight when the transtasman bubble shut down at the end of July, Matthias has negotiated MIQ after flying back from Germany, and Michael has stepped in to play piano with the trio since the original pianist, Laurence Matheson, had to remain in Australia.
They have already rearranged the early part of their tour due to the current lockdown – Whanganui was to have been their final concert and will now (fingers crossed) be their first.