Listings - July - September 2004
New Zealand Sympony Orchestra
Subscription Tour 3
Friday 18 June, 6.30pm MICHAEL FOWLER CENTRE WELLINGTON Friday 2 July, 6.30pm TOWN HALL
AUCKLAND
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 at 8.00pm 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
Friday 25 June, 8pm MUNICIPAL THEATRE HAWKE'S BAY Saturday 26 June, 8pm MICHAEL FOWLER
CENTRE WELLINGTON Thursday 1 July, 8pm FOUNDERS THEATRE HAMILTON Saturday 3 July, 8pm
TOWN HALL AUCKLAND
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
Free pre-concert talk: Wellington: 26 June, 7.15pm, Civic Suite, Town Hall - Martin Lodge on Schumann Hamilton: 1 July,
7.15pm, Rehearsal Room, Founders Theatre - Martin Lodge on Schumann Auckland: 3 July, 7.15pm, Concert Chamber (Town
Hall) - Martin Lodge on Schumann
SUBSCRIPTION SERIES 4 - presented by The National Bank
Friday 9 July, 6.30pm MICHAEL FOWLER CENTRE WELLINGTON Friday 16 July, 6.30pm TOWN HALL AUCKLAND
Steven Isserlis is the perfect soloist here to explore the visual images inspired by Baudelaire's poetry in French
composer Dutillerux's 'Tout un monde lointain', while Ravel's enchanting fairytale 'Mother Goose' sets the scene for
Beethoven's most popular symphony.
James Judd conductor Steven Isserlis cello RAVEL Ma Mere L'Oye DUTILLEUX Tout Un Monde Lointain BEETHOVEN Symphony No 6
'Pastoral'
Thursday 15 July at 8.00pm BAYCOURT TAURANGA
One of the greatest cello concertos performed by one of the world's leading cellists, preceded by Ravel's enchanting
fairy tale 'Mother Goose' and followed by Beethoven's most popular symphony.
James Judd conductor Steven Isserlis cello RAVEL Ma Mere L'Oye DVORAK Cello Concerto in B minor BEETHOVEN Symphony No 6
'Pastoral'
Saturday 17 July, 8pm TOWN HALL AUCKLAND Wednesday 21 July, 8pm TOWN HALL
DUNEDIN Thursday 22 July, 8pm TOWN HALL CHRISTCHURCH Saturday 24 July, 8pm
MICHAEL FOWLER CENTRE WELLINGTON
One of the greatest cello concertos performed by one of the world's leading cellists is preceded by Webern's translucent
arrangement of J S Bach's masterpiece. A brief encounter leads into Janacek's vivid rhapsody, Taras Bulba, about a
battle, capture and execution of an historic Cossack leader
James Judd conductor Steven Isserlis cello
JS BACH arr. WEBERN Ricercare, from A Musical Offering DVORAK Cello Concerto in B Minor JANACEK Taras Bulba
AUGUST
2004 CELEBRITY SERIES
Wednesday 11 August, 8pm TOWN HALL CHRISTCHURCH
Friday 13 August, 6.30pm TOWN HALL AUCKLAND Saturday 14 August, 6.30pm MICHAEL FOWLER CENTRE WELLINGTON
The NZSO is thrilled to bring to New Zealand the astonishing talent and musicianship of the young pianist, Lang Lang,
who became an international star performer while still in his teens.
Edo De Waart conductor (Please note change in conductor from previous advertised material) Lang Lang piano BEETHOVEN
Leonore Overture No.3. (Please note change in work from previous advertised material) RACHMANINOV Rhapsody on a Theme of
Paganini TCHAIKOVSKY Symphony No 4
NEW CONCERT NEW CONCERT NEW CONCERT Birds of Fire A Concert in association with the Festival of Japan Wellington
Friday 20 August, 7pm MICHAEL FOWLER CENTRE WELLINGTON
East meets West in a colourful explosion of music that celebrates the best of both worlds. Stravinsky's dramatic
Firebird is the guaranteed highlight of a concert that also features the best of contemporary Japanese and New Zealand
music.
Takua Yuasa Conductor Takako Nishizaki violinist
GARETH FARR Pembukaan' BRITTEN 'Gloriana' Courtly Dances' BUTTERFLY Japanese Violin Concerto based on Japanese folk
songs MAYUZUMI 'Bugaku' (Imperial Court Dance) STRAVINSKY Firebird This concert has been generously sponsored by Harbour
City Florist with the support of Mrs Yoshie Itakura and Asia 2000.
NZSO CHAMBER ORCHESTRA
Friday 27 August, 8 pm CATHOLIC CATHEDRAL, HILL ST WELLINGTON Saturday 28 August at 8pm TOWN HALL
CONCERT CHAMBERAUCKLAND Wednesday 1 September, 8pm SCHOOL OF MUSIC NELSON
Music by Bach
Donald Armstrong Director/Soloist Douglas Mews harpsichord Pepe Becker soprano
BACH Concerto for Keyboard in D Minor JS BACH Cantata No 199 'Meine Herze Schwimmt im Blut' BACH Concerto for
Violin in E Major JS BACH Cantata No 202 'Weichet Nur, Betrübte Schatten' - "Wedding Cantata"
NZSO NATIONAL YOUTH ORCHESTRA
Tuesday 31 August, 8pm MICHAEL FOWLER CENTRE WELLINGTON Thursday 2 September, 8pm TOWN HALL
CHRISTCHURCH Saturday 4 September, 8pm TOWN HALL AUCKLAND
Always a great night out! New Zealand's National Youth Orchestra proves just what it can do in this enjoyable programme
which showcases the orchestra and its individual talents.
Alasdair Neale conductor BERLIOZ Roman Carnival ELGAR Enigma Variations BRAHMS Symphony No 1
SEPTEMBER
SUBSCRIPTION SERIES 5 - SPONSORED BY MONTANA
Saturday 11 September, 8pm MICHAEL FOWLER CENTRE WELLINGTON Saturday 18 September, 8pm TOWN HALL
AUCKLAND
Yan Pascal Tortelier conducts two famous French works plus a brief encounter before the orchestra grabs everyone's
attention for the work that caused a riot at its first performance and then changed the course of music forever -
Stravinsky's astonishing and hypnotic Rite of Spring.
Yan Pascal Tortelier conductor DUKAS Polyeucte DEBUSSY Nocturnes STRAVINSKY The Rite of Spring
Wednesday 15 September, 8pm REGENT ON BROADWAY P'NORTH Thursday 16 September, 8pm FOUNDERS THEATRE
HAMILTON Friday 17 September, 6.30pm TOWN HALL AUCKLAND Sunday 19 September, 8pm MICHAEL FOWLER
CENTRE WELLINGTON Tuesday 21 September, 8 pm TOWN HALL CHRISTCHURCH
Charismatic French conductor Yan Pascal Tortelier celebrates his long-awaited return to New Zealand with a colourful
French overture, a lively Saint-Saëns concerto with star pianist Stephen Hough, and caps it off with Tchaikovsky's
impassioned final symphony
Yan Pascal Tortelier conductor Stephen Hough piano BERLIOZ Les Franc-Juges - Overture SAINT SAENS Piano Concerto No 4
TCHAIKOVSKY Symphony No 6 'Pathétique'
2004 CELEBRITY SERIES LEMALU'S NBR HOMECOMING TOUR
Tuesday 28 September, 8pm ASB Theatre, Aotea Centre AUCKLAND Thursday 30 September, 8pm MICHAEL FOWLER
CENTRE WELLINGTON Saturday 2 October, 8pm TOWN HALL DUNEDIN (The Dunedin concert will be a
televised event)
The NZSO celebrates the exceptional voice and star quality of New Zealand's Jonathan Lemalu, now on the threshold of the
kind of career most can only dream of.
James Judd conductor Jonathan Lemalu bass-baritone Music by MOZART, MENDELSSOHN, WAGNER, VERDI and MAHLER
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Artists and programmes are correct at time of compilation; the NZSO reserves the right to change concert details without
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