Written and directed by Siliga Sani Muliaumaseali’i
A global gathering of Pasefika opera greats, song, storytelling and movement.
Immigrants to Aotearoa from the Pacific Islands in the 1950s, ’60s and ’70s had all sorts of dreams for their families – but being an opera singer wasn’t one of them. Today, Pasefika
opera voices are heard around the globe.
The O.Gs is a concert in motion celebrating the first wave, a veritable who’s who, of Pasefika opera singers. These virtuosos have sung all over the world, and for this once in
a lifetime event, are coming home to sing and share their stories with you.
Each has a different story. All have the same story. Celebrate the triumphs and learn about the challenges faced by these pioneering wave makers as they take us on a journey from the
music of their islands to Bellini, Mozart, Verdi, Strauss, Gershwin, Sondheim and more. With choir and orchestra.
@ Whare Wananga, Level 2, Central City Library(44-46 Lorne street, Auckland City Centre)
Yuhka Nagai, Violin
Kent Isomura, Piano
Winds from Japan and Europe
Japan born and raised violinist, Yuhka Nagai and
NZ raised Kent Isomura present a program including two NZ premier Japanese pieces,A. Mozart and R. Schumann.
Six pieces by Hikaru Hayashi(1931-2012) and
Nursery song by Rikuya Terashima(1964-) from Amami are related to Okinawan folk music. Okinawa is located in the South of Japan, warmest and slow pace of lifestyle. Yuhka was incredibly lucky to
get these two Japanese pieces from Japanese pianist and composer, Rikuya Terashima. Opéra is something special for Hikaru Hayashi and he composed many Japanese operas and they are still performed
in his Opéra theatre Konnyakuza in Tokyo, Japan.
Traveling from Japan to Europe, they also play
Rondo K.269/261 by W.A.Mozart and Violin Sonata No.1 by R.Schumann. Mozart Rondo K.269/261 was most likely composed for A. Brunetti and written in the time he wrote a lot of music for violin
including his famous 5 violin concertos between 1773 and 1777. It was possibly a replacement of finale for his violin concerto No.1, K.207. R. Schumann’s 1st violin Sonata is dramatic and has his expressions of unstable emotions and the depth
of energy.
Ravishing Italian Music and Music fit for Royalty!
Join NZ Barok in May for Viva Vivaldi! The full orchestra and guest vocalists create a sumptuous concert of Italian music by Corelli and Vivaldi including Vivaldi’s
famous Gloria for voices, strings, and trumpets.
Don’t miss the chance to hear Hark, Sweet Music in October. You will be entranced by Handel’s glorious Water Music and Purcell’s
sparkling Fairy-Queen in all their shining glory on baroque instruments.
Subscribe to both Viva Vivaldi! and Hark
Sweet Music for the best prices, priority seating and flexible dates. Subscriptions include one ticket to each concert and are available until Sunday 5 April 2020. NB Booking and transaction
fees will apply.
Featuring sopranos Jayne Tankersley and Rowena Simpson, altos Helen Acheson and Jessica Wells, tenors Lachlan Craig and Harry Grigg and basses Chalium Poppy and Alex Matangi.
Friday 1 May – 7.30pm St George’s Presbyterian Church, Takapuna, Auckland Saturday 2 May – 7.30pm St Luke’s Church, Remuera, Auckland
Sunday 3 May – 2.00pm St Luke’s Church, Remuera, Auckland
Hark, Sweet Music: Handel’s Water Music and Purcell’s Fairy-Queen
Friday 2 October – 7.30pm St George’s Presbyterian Church, Takapuna, Auckland
Saturday 3 October – 7.30pm St Luke’s Church, Remuera, Auckland
Sunday 4 October – 2.00pm St Luke’s Church, Remuera, Auckland
NZ Barok thanks Auckland Council and Dragon Community Trust for their generous support of NZ Baroks’ 2020 Subscription Series.
DOOR SALES
Adults $52 per ticket
Senior Citizens $47 per ticket
Students/Children $15 per ticket
Auckland Choral’s much-loved Christmas show, Messiah returns to the Auckland Town Hall this month. Buy your tickets now to
experience the freshness, inspiration and joy of a truly timeless classic.
This year, Auckland Choral is also collecting donations for the City Mission. Simply bring some non-perishable food to the Town Hall just before either
of the concerts and drop them in one of the designated places.
The music from the greatest soundtrack of a generation. Baz Luhrmann's Romeo + Juliet performed live in concert (in its entirety) by Gin Wigmore, Jon Toogood, Dave Gibson, Milan
Borich, Laughton Kora and soprano Isabella Moore, supported by a 30-piece orchestra, choir and rock band.
If you lived within earshot of the pop culture zeitgeist in 1996, you remember the greatest love story of all time grabbing hold of the radio airwaves and squeezing like a sweet
teen crush.
The magic of Baz Luhrmann's Romeo + Juliet was recasting Shakespeare's timeless romantic tragedy in the heady rush of mid-'90s cool, with a soundtrack blending grunge, dance,
classical, opera and dawning girl power into a record-breaking chart phenomenon.
From Radiohead to Everclear, Cardigan's Love Fool to Garbage's #1 Crush; from the mirror ball ecstasy of Young Hearts Run Free to the aching gravitas of When Doves Cry and O
Verona - get ready to relive the soundtrack of a generation (Volumes 1 & 2) with a cast of star performers radiating a combined chemistry as potent as the young Claire Danes
and Leonardo DiCaprio.
For two nights only at The Civic, experience the epic pop grandeur of Gin Wigmore, Jon Toogood (Shihad), Laughton Kora, Milan Borich (Pluto), Dave Gibson (Elemeno P) and acclaimed
soprano Isabella Moore backed by a 30-piece orchestra, full choir and rock band, as this freak NZ #1 phenomenon is reborn with all due rock-dance-operatic-orchestral drama.
Don’t forget to dress for hedonistic success: masks, wings, chain mail, or anything else that takes you back to a Capulet house party circa '96.
Book now or die of heartbreak!
Dawn Dust Palace and Auckland Philharmonia
Fri Oct 11 2019, 8:00 PM
Sat 12 Oct 2019,
2:00pm
ASB Theatre Aotea center
Conductor Tianyi Lu Cirque Performers The Dust Palace Artistic Director Mike Edward
After sell-out
show Midnight in 2017, the APO is collaborating again with The Dust Palace, Auckland’s leading Circus Theatre
company.
In an enchanted realm a
young warrior searches for her father before the darkness consumes him. Fighting back the shadows, she is pushed to the limits of her bravery. In the darkest hour, we all fear the
morning might not arrive...
While our hero searches
in the darkness, encountering magical creatures and a dazzling display of cirque artistry, the orchestra sets the scene. From the subtle drama of Handel’s beautiful Sarabande, to Respighi’s quirky portrait of ‘The Nightingale’ and meeting the new day with the most famous sunrise ever set to music, Grieg’s shimmering
‘Morning Mood’ from Peer Gynt.
THU JUN 21 2018, 8:00
PM
Auckland Town Hall
Conductor Carlos Miguel Prieto Clarinet Andreas Ottensamer
CoplandQuiet City Weber Clarinet Concerto No.1 Shostakovich Symphony No.5
Shostakovich’s most popular
symphony is a two-edged work. On one hand, it’s immediately accessible, with a devastating slow movement and an exhilarating conclusion. It is also, however, an anguished hymn to the Soviet
Russia which brought it forth.
In contrast is Copland’s calm, warm
music for the reflective combination of trumpet, cor anglais and strings.
The clarinet, that instrument both
dulcet and playful, is rarely as charming as it is in Weber’s delightful concerto. Played by Andreas Ottensamer, Principal Clarinet of the Berlin Philharmonic, this is not to be
missed.
Pre-concert talk by Kerry Stevens at 7:15 pm in the concert chamber.
THU APR 19 2018, 8:00 PM
Auckland Town Hall
Conductor Anthony Hermus
Violin Yanghe Yu Soprano Allison Bell Tenor Henry Choo Bass-baritone Joel Amosa
Choir Voices New Zealand Chamber Choir Director Karen Grylls
Vaughan Williams The Lark Ascending Ross HarrisFace (world premiere)* Elgar 'Enigma' Variations
Noodling on the piano one evening, Elgar came up with a theme, hitting on the idea of writing variations, each affectionately depicting one of his friends. They have gone on to become one of the
most adored pieces of English music, second only perhaps to Vaughan Williams’ wistful, quietly ecstatic song of arcadia.
Between these two favourites is a new commission from Ross Harris. Face is inspired by the story of Sir Harold Gillies, the New Zealander who became the father of plastic surgery through his
pioneering work treating the disfiguring facial injuries sustained by soldiers during the First World War. This multimedia work also includes visuals by Tim Gruchy, based on an original artwork
by Barry Cleavin.
Pre-concert talk by Amber Read at 7:15 pm in the concert chamber.
*Face is generously supported by Creative New Zealand and the William & Lois Manchester Trust.
THU FEB 15 2018, 8:00 PM
Auckland Town Hall
Conductor Giordano Bellincampi Piano Jean-Efflam Bavouzet
Eve de Castro-Robinson New work Beethoven Piano Concerto No.5, ‘Emperor’ Tchaikovsky Symphony No.5
Giordano Bellincampi opens the 2018 season with a new piece by the distinguished Auckland composer Eve de Castro-Robinson, a former Composer-in-Residence with the APO.
Then a highlight of the season, the absolutely sensational French pianist Jean-Efflam Bavouzet. For his much-anticipated return to Auckland, he’s playing Beethoven’s grandest and most monumental
concerto.
Tchaikovsky’s tempestuous Fifth Symphony is an equally tremendous work. With emotion at its most raw and music at its most passionate, it’s the perfect start to a year of concert-going.
Pre-concert Talk by Ronan Tighe at 7:15 pm in the concert chamber.
Georg Philipp Telemann: Suite for 2 flutes,
strings and basso continuo, TWV 55:e1(Tafelmusik)
Antonio Vivaldi: Concerto for 2 violins
in A, from 'L'estro armonico' Op 3 No 5 RV 519 Antonio Vivaldi: Concerto
for 2 cellos and strings in G minor RV531
Johann Sebastian Bach: Double Violin
Concerto in D minor BWV 1043
OUTCRY ENSEMBLE: Beethoven + Mahler
Saint John's Notting Hill, London, United Kingdom
7:30pm Thu 25th Feb
Orchestra Vitae – Life in Performance
John Adams
Short Ride in a Fast Machine
Mozart
Piano Concerto for two pianos No. 10 in Eb K365/316a
Shostakovich
Symphony No. 10 in E minor Op. 93
with the Françoise-Green piano duo
Thursday 18th February 2016
Orchestra Vitae say ‘hello’ to 2016 with John Adams’ Short Ride in a Fast Machine. Mozart’s Piano Concerto No. 10
for two pianos follows, for which the ensemble is joined by the Françoise-Green piano duo. Shostakovich’s Symphony
No. 10 provides the orchestra with its first Russian outing: not to be missed.
11th Feb 2016 13pm Simone Spagnolo: Dice
Faces, music theatre for string quartet
Kodo String Quartet St. Alfege, Greenwich
TRINITY LABAN SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA
THU 4 FEB 19.30h Martin André and George Jackson conductors WagnerDer Fliegende Holländer WWV 59 ‘Flying Dutchman’:
Overture WebernPassacaglia Op. 1 Alexander Ling (TL student) Mandala BrucknerSymphony No. 6 in A major WAB 106 Martin André and George Jackson conduct the Trinity Laban Symphony Orchestra
in an evocative and dramatic programme of Austro-German works. Wagner’s overture to the dramatic opera The Flying Dutchman opens the evening, followed by Webern’s luscious yet compressed writing
in Passacaglia. Continuing the programme is a world premiere by student composer Alexander
Ling, while the evening concludes with Bruckner’s majestic Symphony No. 6, perhaps his most intriguing symphonic masterpiece. Great Hall, Blackheath Halls £12 (£7) Please note the change in personnel: Martin André and
George Jackson will now conduct instead of Elgar Howarth, who can longer perform due to personal circumstances.
30th Jan 2016
19:30
Woodham Church in Working
Chamber music concert
Chausson: Concerto for Piano, Violin and string quartet
Soo Park, Beatrz Carbonell and Yuhka Nagai,Violins
Eralys Fernandez, Piano
Kristin Chai, Viola
Alice Grafin Grote, Cello
YUHKA NAGAI, VIOLIN, ELENA ABAD, VIOLIN AND YONGQIU YUAN, PIANO
Chapel Concert Series
FRI 15 JAN 13.05h Two violin recitals in one lunchtime, featuring music by
Brahms. Join us for a free lunchtime recital in the beautiful setting of the The
Chapel at the Old Royal Naval College. These concerts offer the perfect opportunity to take a midday break, relax and feel reinvigorated for the afternoon. Full programme information is not usually available for these concerts until a
few days before. To find out programme information as it comes available, join our regular
concerts e-list here. We will send you an email each Monday with up-to-date details on our
forthcoming concerts taking place locally in Greenwich and Blackheath over the week. The Chapel, Old Royal Naval College Admission free
FRI 8 JAN & FRI 4
MAR 18.00h Jonathon Tilbrook and George Jackson conductors Our ever popular Side By Side series returns with Jonathan Tilbrook and George
Jackson conducting well-known works by Debussy, Ravel and Schumann, all performed by highly experienced orchestral musicians alongside Trinity Laban students. FRI 8 JAN 18.00h DebussyLa Mer RavelAlborada del Gracioso Both written in the early twentieth century, Debussy’s impressionistic
milestone La
Mer – a work inspired by the Eastbourne coast – begins
the evening, followed by Ravel’s Alborada del Gracioso – a highly spirited Spanish morning dance FRI 4 MAR 18.00h With members of the Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra SchumannSymphony No. 3 in E-flat major, Op. 97 Players from the Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra join Trinity Laban students in
a performance of Schumann’s Symphony No. 3 or the Rhenish Symphony. Composed during Schumann’s tenure as conductor in Düsseldorf, this late work
embodies the spirit of the River Rhine. Great Hall, Blackheath Halls Admission free but ticketed
THU 26 NOV 19.30h Nic Pendlebury conductor Jon Frank horn Guy Elliott tenor Benjamin Pearson (TL student) Skin Arvo PärtCantus in Memoriam Benjamin
Britten BrittenSerenade for Tenor, Horn and
Strings Ken PaigeTwo String Pictures DvořákSerenade in E major, Op
22 This inspiring programme is focused around two Serenades, both
masterpieces of the string repertoire. Written in 1943, Britten's Serenade for Tenor, Horn and
Strings is a setting of six English poems on the subject of night.
Written some sixty years earlier Dvořák's Serenade encapsulates an auspicious time in the composer’s life, a work
full of charm, lyricism and exuberance. Complementing the Serenades are new works celebrating the wealth of
talent of our own composers, student Ben Pearson and professor Ken Paige. The programme is completed by Arvo Pärt's Cantus In Memoriam Benjamin
Britten. Great Hall, Blackheath
Halls £5
STRING DEPARTMENT STAFF CONCERT
CHAPEL CONCERT SERIES
TUE 10
NOV 13.05h Join us for a free lunchtime recital in the beautiful setting of the
The Chapel at the Old Royal Naval College. These concerts offer the perfect opportunity to take a midday break, relax and feel reinvigorated for the afternoon. Full programme information is not usually available for these concerts
until a few days before. To find out programme information as it comes available, join our
regular concerts e-list here. We will send you an email each Monday with up-to-date details on our
forthcoming concerts taking place locally in Greenwich and Blackheath over the week. THE CHAPEL, OLD ROYAL NAVAL COLLEGE
ADMISSION FREE
Aleph Orchestra - Stravinsky & Beethoven
BRITTEN: A MIDSUMMER NIGHT'S DREAM
Presented by Trinity Laban Opera
WED 1 - SAT 4 JUL 19.00h SAT 4 JUL 14.00h Diego Masson musical director Olivia Fuchs director Cordelia Chisholm set and costume designer Step into an enchanted world at Blackheath Halls this
July, as Trinity Laban Opera presents Benjamin Britten’s A Midsummer Night’s
Dream. Shakespeare’s magical, comical tangle of love and mischief
is brought to life by one of Britten’s most sparkling scores, featuring folk song, parody, and moments of riotous comedy and stunning beauty. Leading Trinity Laban Opera is a fantastic creative team,
including conductor Diego Masson – one of the world’s leading exponents of 20th century music – and director Olivia Fuchs, whose 2005 production of A Midsummer Night’s
Dream for the Royal Opera House
won great acclaim. So join our talented young cast as they bring this
wonderful opera to life, with a performance full of colour, fun and energy, all coated with a liberal sprinkling of fairy dust. Great Hall, Blackheath
Halls £15 (£12)
Weds July 8th
Mayumi Fujikawa (violin) Robin Wedderburn (viola) Richard Markson (cello) Oliver Markson (piano) and friendsSchubert : Piano
Trio in E flat D929, Schubert : String Quintet in C D956
4th March 2015
Kodo Quartet Concert at
Bloomsbury Central Baptist Church
18:00
Programme
Haydn: String Quartet No.6 "Fifth"
Mendelssohn: String Quartet No.6
Etc
Saturday 28th Feb 2015
Kodo String Quartet Concert at Barley Room, Farnham Maltings (Bridge Square, Farnham, Surrey, GU9
7QR www.farnhammaltings.com/events/)
13.00
Programme
Haydn: String Quartet No.6 "Fifth"
Mendelssohn: String Quartet No.6
Etc
Kodo String Quartet
Violin Yuhka Nagai, Claire Sledd
Viola Kristin Chai
Cello Ivana Peranic
Tuesday 24th Feb 2015
Piano Trio Concert at Old Royal Naval College Chapel
13.05
Mendelssohn: Piano Trio No.1
Piano trio Member
Violin Yuhka Nagai
Cello Olivia Clayton
Piano Edgar Cadoso
16th Jan 2015
Wren Ensemble Concert at Old Royal Naval College Chapel
13.05
Mahler: Symphony No.4 for chamber ensemble ver.
Conductor, James Ham
Previous Concert in 2014
Monday 24th November 2014 Lunchtime Concert at All Saint's Church in High Wycombe
13.10
Piano, Edgar Cardoso
Programme
Bach: Adagio from Violin Solo Sonata No.1 G minor
Debussy: La Fille Aux Cheveux De Lin & Ce Qu'a Vu Le Vent D'oue
Prokofiev:Violin and Piano Sonata
No.2
Rikuya Terashima: Nursery Song from Atami
21st July Lunchtime Concert at High Wycombe
13.10
Programme coming soon
10th July Music on Thursday
at Leatherhead Methodist Church
12.30
Hayashi Hikaru:6 Pieces
Bloch:Nigun
etc
27th May Final Recital
Pianist Tadashi Imai
15.30
Duke's Hall at the Royal Academy of
Music
Hikaru Hayashi:Six Pieces
Nigun:Bloch
Bloch:Violin Sonata No.3
2nd April Concerto Exam
Pianist Tadashi Imai
Duke's hall at the Royal Academy of
Music
11.50
Glasunow:Violin Concerto
A-minor
29th March The 3rd Commemoration Concert
Hokusai Orchestra with
Akiko Ohtomo
Solist:Joji Hirota,Taiko
Drummer and Elizabeth McNulty,Harpist
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