Paris in the Rain with Michael Houstoun and Ambient Ousia in Tauranga (5pm)

Paris in the Rain, an hour of French piano music set in an ephemeral, dream-like ambience, with the audience seated around the performers. Presented as part of the Tauranga Arts Festival, in the second performance of the day.

Michael Houstoun, piano, with Ambient Ousia, the duo of John Psathas and Jack Hooker, creating the electronic soundscapes around the music. The programme includes Debussy's Clair de lune, Satie's Gymnopédies and Gnossiennes, and Ravel's Le Gibet.