Concerts
Concerts and Tours
AUGUST
The World of Rodgers & Hammerstein
A spectacular, romantic concert containing more than twenty of the composers' wonderful songs. Two West End soloists join the NZSO.
Martin Yates conductor
with
Andrew Halliday
Jacqui Scott
Wellington / Fri 6 August / 8pm
Auckland / Sat 7 August / 8pm and
Sun 8 August / 2.30pm
Close Encounters
Join conductor Richard Gill and the NZSO to solve the puzzle of classical music greats.
Richard Gill conductor
Wellington / Thursday 19 August / 6:30pm and
Friday 19 August / 6:30pm
NZSO National Youth Orchestra
Vaughan Williams Fantasia on a Theme by Thomas Tallis
Stravinsky Concerto for Piano and Wind
Adams The Chairman Dances
Rachmaninov Symphonic Dances
Wellington / Thursday 26 August / 7:30pm
Auckland / Saturday 28 August / 7:30pm
SEPTEMBER
Soundscapes
The Radio Network Tour
Concert 9
Alexander Shelley conductor
Colin Currie percussion
COPLAND Appalachian Spring Suite
HIGDON Percussion Concerto
CRESSWELL Landscapes of the Soul
BEETHOVEN Symphony No.6 Pastoral
Wellington / Fri 3 September / 6.30pm
Auckland / Sat 11 September / 8pm
Soundscapes
The Radio Network Tour
Concert 10
Alexander Shelley conductor
Colin Currie percussion
BRITTEN Peter Grimes Four Sea Interludes
MACMILLAN Veni, Veni, Emmanuel
RAVEL Pavane for a dead princess
STRAUSS Death and Transfiguration
Napier / Thu 9 September / 8pm
Auckland / Fri 10 September / 6.30pm
Dunedin / Wed 15 September / 6.30pm
Christchurch / Thu 16 September / 6.30pm
Wellington / Sat 18 September / 3pm
OCTOBER
NZSO Soloists
Concert 11
Vesa-Matti Leppänen director
TELEMANN Burlesque de Don Quixotte
SALLINEN Some Aspects of Peltoniemi Hintrik’s Funeral March (arr. for string orchestra)
GRIEG Two Norwegian Melodies
FOOTE A Night Piece
SIBELIUS Impromptu
MENDELSSOHN String Symphony No.10
Wellington / Thu 30 September / 7.30pm
Auckland / Fri 1 October / 7.30pm
Hamilton / Sat 2 October / 7.30pm
Invercargill / Wed 13 October / 7.30pm
Dunedin / Thu 14 October / 7.30pm
Christchurch / Fri 15 October / 7.30pm
NZSO International Tour
29 October / Shanghai, China: World Expo Concert
3 November / Freiburg, Germany: Concert Hall
4 November / Maribor, Slovenia: Narodni Dom Maribor
6 November / Vienna, Austria: Musikverein
7 November / Lucerne, Switzerland: Concert Hall of the Culture and Convention Centre
8 November / Geneva, Switzerland: Victoria Hall
10 November / Stuttgart, Germany: Liederhalle
11 November / Mannheim, Germany: Rosengarten
13 November / Frankfurt, Germany: Alte Oper
14 November / Essen, Germany: Philharmonie
15 November / Dusseldorf, Germany: Tonhalle
16 November / Hamburg, Germany: Laeiszhalle
DECEMBER
Christmas
The Pacific Blue Tour
Concert 12
Paul Goodwin conductor
Aivale Cole soprano
Choirs and Choristers of Wellington Cathedral of St Paul
The Choir of Holy Trinity Cathedral Auckland
NZYC Alumni Choir
Wellington Michael Fowler Centre /Thu 9 December / 7.30pm
Auckland Town Hall / Sat 11 December / 7.30pm
Christchurch Town Hall / Tue 14 December / 7.30pm
