Gareth Farr Cello Concerto Album

In 2019* the New Zealand Symphony Orchestra and superb French cellist S�bastien Hurtaud will record my Cello Concerto 'Chemin des Dames' - one of the most important works I have created to date.

I'd love you to join me in making this recording into an official album.

I'm a New Zealand composer based in Wellington, and I've been working professionally for 25 years. I've just returned from France for the European premiere of my concerto, which was performed superbly by the Lorraine New Zealand Orchestra with S�bastien as soloist - a very moving experience.

The work is about my three great-great-uncles who all died within a year of each other in WWI (I visited one of their graves while in France), and has been an exciting, moving, sad, and elating experience - a real emotional roller coaster.

The title 'Chemin Des Dames' refers to one of the bloodiest battles in France during WWI and is only a few miles from where the French premiere took place (behind me in the banner image above).

I don't want this concerto to be just for the people who were there at the concert - I want everyone to be able to experience it whenever they like.

This recording is a significant milestone in my career, and has the potential to increase my New Zealand exposure - and while I have had many performances overseas, I'm still pretty unknown outside New Zealand - let's change that!

I look forward to keeping you up to date with the behind-the-scenes of the album making process: recording, album pressing, album launch and yet-to-be-announced performances.

Please be a part of this exciting project by donating - as little or as much as you like. Together we can do this.

Thank you so much!

* The recording date has changed from 2018 to April 2019.