LISTINGS - May – June
LISTINGS - May 2004
NEW ZEALAND SYMPONY ORCHESTRA
Friday 7 May, 7pm TOWN HALL WELLINGTON COMPOSER FOCUS 2 HAYDN
Joseph Haydn was one of the great revolutionaries of classical music. Born in the Baroque era, his advances in structure
melody and harmony anticipated the stormy creations of Beethoven. His music shows depth of feeling, drama, elegance and
wit and his vast output rewards the listener with many delights and surprises along the way.
Geoffrey Lancaster conductor
Catherine Carby mezzo soprano
HAYDN Symphony No.100 'Military'
Trauersymphonia
Arianna a Naxos
Symphony No. 94 'Surprise'
NZSO SUBSRIPTION SERIES
Series 1
Friday 14 May, 6.30pm MICHAEL FOWLER CENTRE WELLINGTON
Thursday 27 May, 8pm REGENT ON BROADWAY PALMERTSON N'TH (opening of Palmerston North subscription season)
Friday 28 May, 6.30 pm TOWN HALL AUCKLAND
A virtuosic showcase for the remarkable young violinist Hilary Hahn, introduced by an exciting Rossini overture and
followed by Schubert's tour de force, his Ninth Symphony, the 'Great'.
Christian Gansch conductor
Hilary Hahn violin
ROSSINI La Cenerentola Overture
PAGANINI Violin Concerto No 1 in D
SCHUBERT Symphony No 9 'Great'
Series 2
Friday 21 May, 8pm NAPIER MUNICIPAL THEATRE HAWKE'S BAY (opening of Hawke's Bay season)
Saturday 22 May, 8pm MICHAEL FOWLER CENTRE WELLINGTON
Saturday 29 May, 8.00pm TOWN HALL AUCKLAND
Two American beauties open this concert - the humble themes of Appalachian Spring and the neo-romantic Barber Violin
Concerto in the hands of young American superstar Hilary Hahn, plus a' brief encounter'. What better way to top off the
evening than Mozart's great Jupiter Symphony?
Christian Gansch conductor
Hilary Hahn violin
COPLAND Appalachian Spring Suite
BARBER Violin Concerto
MOZART Symphony No 41 'Jupiter'
LISTINGS - June 2004
NEW ZEALAND SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA
NZSO SUBSRIPTION SERIES
Series 1
Friday 18 June, 6.30pm MICHAEL FOWLER CENTRE WELLINGTON
Yoel Levi returns with one of the year's most dramatic programmes - two vivid Russian works separated by sorbet -
Mendelssohn's highly enjoyable piano concerto. Even the gothic soundscape of one of Mussorgsky's best-known works is
surpassed by the immense, unforgettable score of Shostakovich's Eleventh Symphony.
Yoel Levi conductor
Diedre Irons piano
MUSSORGSKY Night on the Bare Mountain
MENDELSSOHN Piano Concerto in G Minor
SHOSTAKOVICH Symphony No 11 'The Year 1905'
Thursday 24 June,8pm REGENT ON BROADWAY PALMERSTON N'TH
Conductor Yoel Levi presents a concert of music from the heart of the repertoire. Mozart's delightful Haffner Symphony
heralds a highly enjoyable Mendelssohn piano concerto, the gothic soundscape of Mussorgsky and the Romantic world of
Robert Schumann.
Yoel Levi conductor
Diedre Irons piano
MOZART Symphony No 35 Haffner
MENDELSSOHN Piano Concerto in G Minor
MUSSORGSKY Night on the Bare Mountain
SCHUMANN Symphony No 1 SERIES 2
Friday 25 June, 8pm MUNICIPAL THEATRE HAWKE'S BAY
Saturday 26 June, 8pm MICHAEL FOWLER CENTRE WELLINGTON
Welcome returns from both Yoel Levi and Stephen Kovacevich in this concert of music from the heart of the repertoire.
Mozart's delightful Haffner Symphony heralds the most lyrical of Beethoven's piano concertos and leads to a 'brief
encounter' and then on to the Romantic world of Robert Schumann.
Yoel Levi conductor
Stephen Kovacevich piano
MOZART Symphony No 35 Haffner
BEETHOVEN Piano Concerto No 4 in G
SCHUMANN Symphony No 1
ENDS