Alfred Hill (1869-1960) A Birthday Celebration (139 years young) ALFRED HILL - String Quartets: Nos. 7 and 9 The Dominion String Quartet (Yury Gezentsvey, Rosemary Harris, violins / Donald Maurice, viola / David Chickering, ‘cello) Wadestown Presbyterian Church 16th December 2008 Introducing the music and the performers for this concert was Donald Maurice, the violist of the Dominion String Quartet, a musician and scholar who has worked tirelessly to re-establish the reputation and credentials of Alfred Hill as New Zealand’s first professional composer. He talked about the formation of the Quartet in response to the challenge of recording all seventeen of Alfred Hill’s works in this...  Read More »