2010 SUBSCRIPTION SERIES
Pese Muamua means ‘song number one’. The choir will call ‘mua mua mua’— let's begin, let's begin, let's begin — the words which are used in traditional Samoan singing to introduce a set of songs. This symbolises the beginning of all the ‘songs’ Auckland Choral will sing in 2010. A wonderful, varied one-hour FREE concert follows with excerpts from Brahms's Requiem, Bach's B minor Mass and even a Sing Along ‘Hallelujah’ from the Messiah. Concert highlights include Dean Sky Lucas, Australia's finest counter tenor, David Hamilton's Dance Song to the Creator and Bach’s sparkling Brandenburg Concerto No. 4.
Dean Sky Lucas, Counter-tenor | Catherine Bowie, Flute | Uwe Grodd, Flute | Elisabeth Holowell, Violin
University of Auckland Chamber Choir
St Mary's Schola | Pipers Sinfonia
Karen Grylls, Conductor
Sunday 7 March, 5.00pm
Auckland Town Hall
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Dean Sky
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Catherine Bowie | Uwe Grodd |
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Elisabeth Holowell |
Karen Grylls |
Of his greatest choral masterwork, A German Requiem, Johannes Brahms wrote: “As for the title, I must admit I should like to leave out the word ‘German’ and refer instead to ‘Humanity’.” Written as a memorial to Brahms’s mother, the German Requiem is a work of great beauty which transcends religion and instead offers in its profound humanism, comfort and consolation to the grieving. The concert opens with a new piano concerto by Dunedin-based composer Anthony Ritchie which is bursting with rhythmic vitality and a sense of adventure.
Also in this concert: Anthony Ritchie: Piano Concerto 3
FREE pre-concert talk by Dr Nelson Wu, 6.30 pm
Ileana Otto-Johansen | Grant Dickson
Emma Sayers, Piano
Auckland Philharmonia Orchestra
Uwe Grodd, Conductor
Saturday 29 May, 7.30pm
Auckland Town Hall
Bookings at The Edge
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Ileana Otto-Johansen |
Grant Dickson | Emma Sayers | Uwe Grodd |
03 BEETHOVEN ODE TO JOY - Symphony No 9 "Choral"
Beethoven’s Symphony No.9 broke all boundaries when it was written by introducing singers into an orchestral work. Now it is one of the most famous pieces in the world. The first concert in the Auckland Philharmonia Orchestra’s Splendour of Vienna Series sees Auckland Choral join the APO to bring this great work to Auckland for the first time in more than five years. The programme also features Schoenberg’s deeply moving A Survivor from Warsaw, which, like Beethoven’s symphony, is a tribute to the human spirit.
Aivale Cole | Anna Pierard | Christopher Lincoln | Joshua Bloom | Stuart Devenie
Auckland Philharmonia Orchestra
Eckehard Stier, Conductor
Thursday 15 July, 8:00pm
Friday 16 July, 8:00pm
Auckland Town Hall
Tickets and booking information available from Auckland Choral, phone 09-3582892 or email Ruth Farrant.
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Aivale Cole |
Anna Pierard | Christopher Lincoln |
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Stuart
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Eckehard Stier |
Bach’s B Minor Mass, written over a period of 25 years, marks the pinnacle of his achievement as a composer of choral music. The work embraces a variety of musical styles in its epic progress from the majestic opening Kyrie to the final gripping Dona nobis pacem fugue. Along the way we encounter virtuoso arias, great ceremonial choruses and music unmatched in its richness and complexity in the entire history of Western music. Auckland Choral combines with Musica Sacra and a team of specialist soloists to create the most spine-tingling choral experience of the year.
FREE pre-concert talk by Dr Indra Hughes 6.30 pm
Lauren Armishaw | Kate Spence | David Hamilton | Stephen Bennett
Musica Sacra | Pipers
Sinfonia
Uwe Grodd, Conductor
Saturday 6 November, 7.30pm
Auckland Town Hall
Bookings at The Edge
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Lauren Armishaw |
Kate Spence | David Hamilton |
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Stephen
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Uwe Grodd |
A ‘hit’ from its first performance in Dublin in 1742, Handel’s Messiah is performed by choral groups large and small around the globe every year and remains the most popular oratorio of all time. Whether you are hearing it for the first time or the fiftieth time, the work never fails to move its audience as it retells the most famous story of all.
Christmas isn’t Christmas without Auckland Choral's Messiah under the baton of the effervescent Uwe Grodd.
Ursula Langmayr | Anna Pierard | Paul McMahon | Martin Snell
Pipers Sinfonia
Uwe Grodd, Conductor
Monday 13 December, 7:30pm
Tuesday 14 December, 7:30pm
Auckland Town Hall
Bookings at
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Tickets $50 - $60 Concessions available
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Ursula
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Anna Pierard | Paul McMahon |
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Martin Snell |
Uwe Grodd |