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Symphonic Dances

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Explore the energy and svelte sounds of the saxophone, the adventurous youngest child of the orchestral whānau.

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Michael Fowler Centre
Wellington
Nov
20
6:30pm
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Christchurch Town Hall
Christchurch
Nov
22
7:30pm

Duration

Approx. 1 hour 27 minutes, including interval.

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Tags

Concerto
Romantic
New Zealand Composer

Programme

Tabea Squire NZSO Commission (World Premiere)
Glazunov Saxophone Concerto        
Milhaud Scaramouche
Rachmaninov Symphonic Dances

UK saxophonist Jess Gillam partners with the NZSO to show off the vast expressive range of the saxophone. Associated more nowadays with jazz, the instrument also has wide-ranging classical repertoire. Gillam, the first saxophonist ever to reach the finals of BBC Young Musician of the Year and acclaimed for her “effortless virtuosity and limitless expressiveness” (ArtsDesk), is equally at home in the late Romantic style of Glazunov’s concerto, or Milhaud’s Brazilian-influenced Scaramouche.

In case you needed more energy, Rachmaninov’s Symphonic Dances is guaranteed to make your toe tap and your heart pound.


Jess Gillam is supported by Tim Fulton and Anna Greenwood

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