Auckland Philharmonia Orchestra (APO) is New Zealand’s only full-time, professional, city-based symphony orchestra serving the Auckland region with a comprehensive programme of concerts, education and outreach activities.
Auckland Philharmonia Orchestra is the musical heart of Auckland and its communities, and inspires a life-long love of orchestral music. Ko Te Rāngai Puoro Tuatini o Tāmaki Makau Rau te hā o te oro ki Tāmaki whānui, me te whakaoho i te manawaroa mō te rāngai puoro.
In more than 70 performances annually, the APO presents a full season of symphonic work showcasing many of the world’s finest classical musicians. Renowned for its innovation, passion and versatility, the APO collaborates with some of New Zealand’s most inventive contemporary artists. The APO is proud to support both New Zealand Opera and the Royal New Zealand Ballet in their Auckland performances. It also works in partnership with Auckland Arts Festival, Auckland Live, the New Zealand International Film Festival, the Michael Hill International Violin Competition and The Dust Palace circus theatre company, among other organisations. Through its numerous APO Connecting (education, outreach and community) initiatives, the APO offers opportunities to more than 20,000 young people and adults nationwide. More than 250,000 people hear the orchestra live each year, in the concert hall and through video live streams and radio broadcasts. Many thousands more are reached through special events, recordings and other media.
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Music plays an important role in forming the identity and telling the stories of a city. In the APO, there is a story of great heritage and civic pride. The APO is embedded in the cultural life of Auckland, and like this city, it is vibrant and cosmopolitan. We are proud to have the APO resident in our beautiful and historic Auckland Town Hall, a world-class concert hall for a world-class city. I encourage you to join the APO at one of its concerts in 2019 and share in the excitement as the great musical stories of our city come to life.
Phil Goff Mayor of Auckland It is my pleasure to welcome you to APO’s 2019 season. This Government has a vision of a flourishing arts and cultural sector that inspires and enriches the lives of all New Zealanders. The arts are critical to the wellbeing of our country and its people, and the APO plays an important part in achieving our vision. I congratulate the orchestra on its commitment to bringing high-quality musical experiences week after week to audiences throughout Auckland, and for its outstanding education programme that encourages and supports children and young people to access and engage with the arts. I would like to thank the APO for enriching Auckland with uplifting music, and wish the orchestra a successful 2019 season.
Jacinda Ardern Prime Minister Minister for Arts, Culture and Heritage On concert night something extraordinary happens in the moments before the orchestra tunes. The lights dim, a hush descends, and the sense of anticipation becomes palpable. It’s the anticipation of the shared musical experience to come, connecting our musicians with you, our audience, week after week. In our 2019 season there is varied, entertaining and thrilling music for you to connect with your orchestra. We are proud that Auckland has been named a UNESCO City of Music, and prouder still that we continue to play a major role in the artistic vibrancy of this city. We thank our partners for their continued support, particularly our core funders Auckland Council, Creative New Zealand, Foundation North, and Four Winds Foundation. And our thanks to you for sharing in the music with us.
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WELCOME
Our 2019 season takes you on an unforgettable musical journey, from the uplifting and inspiring symphonic masterworks to thought-provoking new music. It is music to connect with every soul, opening with Wagner’s brilliant overture from his opera Die Meistersinger, through to Mozart’s beloved Don Giovanni, and closing with a programme featuring Beethoven’s Violin Concerto and Danish composer Carl Nielsen’s extraordinary Symphony No.5. We continue our commitment to the core orchestral repertoire as well as exploring new artistic territory through exciting collaborations with the Auckland Writers Festival, the Auckland Arts Festival, the Australian National Academy of Music, The Dust Palace, and more. It has always been my intention to present music programmes that showcase the brilliance and commitment of this fine ensemble of musicians alongside some exceptional international artists, and what we have in store this season is no exception. Whether you are joining us as one of our seasoned concertgoers or for the first time, be assured that the APO will be performing this great music with all our heart, so that you may hear it with all of yours.
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PREMIER SERIES The New Zealand Herald Premier Series presents an exciting mix of familiar favourites, big, bold masterworks and inspiring new and contemporary works. Joining the APO will be internationally acclaimed soloists and conductors to surprise and delight you.
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FANTASY
Tianwa Yang (Photo: Friedrun Reinhold)
Tadaaki Otaka (Photo: Martin Richardson)
LANDSCAPES
8pm, Thursday 14 February Auckland Town Hall
BEETHOVEN’S TRIPLE
Conductor Giordano Bellincampi Violin Anthony Marwood
8pm, Thursday 28 February Auckland Town Hall
Conductor Tadaaki Otaka Piano Alessio Bax
Wagner Die Meistersinger: Overture Thomas Adès Violin Concerto ‘Concentric Paths’ Berlioz Symphonie fantastique
Conductor Giordano Bellincampi Violin Tianwa Yang Cello Gabriel Schwabe Piano Nicholas Rimmer
Ritchie Suite No.1 for Strings Grieg Piano Concerto Sibelius Symphony No.5
Berlioz composed this spectacular symphony to recover from a failed love affair. He evidently found it therapeutic to write music depicting his own beheading and to conclude the piece with his beloved appearing as the bride of the Devil. Unsurprisingly, it is music which is bizarre, deliriously romantic, and irresistibly exciting.
Beethoven Triple Concerto Bruckner Symphony No.7
Like Berlioz, the British composer Thomas Adès has a wild, far-ranging imagination and an extraordinary ear. His coolly dazzling concerto was written for our soloist, the marvellous violinist Anthony Marwood. Wagner kicks off the season with the grand yet warm overture to his only comedic opera.
The conductor Bruno Walter once said that ‘Mahler was seeking God; Bruckner had found God’. Vast as a mountain, this cosmically spacious symphony is a cathedral in sound. Bruckner dedicated it to the memory of his idol, Wagner, and calls for the otherworldly sound of a quartet of Wagner tubas. To precede it, a rare performance of Beethoven’s lightest, most charming concerto. The slow movement gives a tantalising glimpse of what a Beethoven cello concerto might have been, but more exciting is the vivacity of three superb soloists playing off each other and the APO.
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Grieg’s genius for melody troubled him terribly. Improbable though it sounds, he found it hard to obey the official rules of form when all he wanted to do was write one delightful tune after another! Equally delightful is the Suite No.1 by the late Christchurch composer John Ritchie. This New Zealand classic is as fresh today as it was when Ritchie wrote it in 1956. The crowning theme of Sibelius’s heroic Fifth Symphony came to the composer when he saw 16 swans flying in formation above the forests. Yet it emerges organically from the music, as if it has always been there.
The soloists’ performances are supported by Naxos Music Group
Gabriel Schwabe (Photo: Giorgia Bertazzi)
Anthony Marwood (Photo: Walter van Dyck)
Nicholas Rimmer (Photo: Andrej Grilc)
Alessio Bax (Photo: Lisa-Marie Mazzucco)
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All that matters in lifestyle, culture and entertainment.
James Ehnes (Photo: Ben Ealovega)
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ELGAR’S CELLO CONCERTO
EHNES PLAYS BRUCH
PATHÉTIQUE
8pm, Thursday 30 May Auckland Town Hall
8pm, Thursday 27 June Auckland Town Hall
8pm, Thursday 9 May Auckland Town Hall
Conductor Giordano Bellincampi Violin James Ehnes
Conductor Mikhail Tatarnikov Violin Andrew Beer
Conductor Ludovic Morlot Cello Umberto Clerici
Strauss Metamorphosen Bruch Violin Concerto No.1 R. Schumann Symphony No.3 ‘Rhenish’
Khachaturian Gayane Suites (excerpts) Ligeti Violin Concerto Tchaikovsky Symphony No.6 ‘Pathétique’
L. Boulanger D’un matin de printemps Elgar Cello Concerto Stravinsky Petrushka Lili Boulanger died tragically young. It is hard to believe that this fresh, vibrant tone-poem is one of her last works. In fact the details in the score had to be completed by her elder sister. Acclaimed soloist and Sydney Symphony principal cellist Umberto Clerici joins the APO to play Elgar’s elegiac concerto, a lament for the England erased by the First World War. Stravinsky’s vividly colourful ballet celebrates Russian folk culture. It is set in a fairground and Stravinsky said you should be able to smell the food in the music. Amongst the gaudy hustle and bustle, a sinister Magician brings his puppets to life.
Umberto Clerici
The superstar violinist James Ehnes is absolutely not to be missed. His APO return with Bruch’s evergreen concerto, with its dramatic opening and spirited finale, will be a highlight of the season. Schumann’s ‘Rhenish’ Symphony was inspired by the country of the River Rhine and by Cologne Cathedral. It was a particularly happy time in Schumann’s life, and this shines through in buoyant, ebullient music. In contrast, Strauss’s indescribably moving tone-poem for 23 solo strings is a lament for the destruction of civilised Germany in World War II.
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Step forward, Andrew Beer! Our marvellous concertmaster plays Ligeti’s brilliant, and fiendishly difficult, concerto. This wonderful piece glitters, shimmers, soars; at times the music seems to come from other worlds. It is music that is not entirely tame but it is profoundly human and it is an unforgettable musical experience. From far-off Armenia, Khachaturian’s flashy and exotic ballet Gayane provides a scintillating beginning to the concert, and we finish with Tchaikovsky’s last, most powerful and most deeply felt symphony. Tchaikovsky’s soul is always on his sleeve but his tragic, fate-ridden passion is never more desperate than here.
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REIMAGINED
REVERIES
8pm, Thursday 8 August Auckland Town Hall
8pm, Thursday 22 August Auckland Town Hall
Conductor Tung Chieh Chuang Pipa Wu Man
Conductor Bertrand de Billy Organ Benjamin Sheen
Stravinsky Pulcinella Suite Harrison Pipa Concerto Shostakovich Symphony No.1
Debussy Prélude à L’Apres-midi d’une faune Poulenc Organ Concerto Franck Symphony in D minor
To hear an unfamiliar instrument is a revelation, but doubly so when its unexpected depths are revealed by a virtuoso. Wu Man is the preeminent player of the pipa, a Chinese lute, with five Grammy nominations to her name. The American composer Lou Harrison, a lifelong devotee of Asian music, wrote this fabulously eclectic concerto for her. Shostakovich’s First Symphony is a madcap piece that instantly propelled its 19-year-old composer onto the world stage. Stravinsky reached back to the past with Pulcinella, reinventing 18th-century music in what can only be called an exceedingly Stravinskyian way.
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The distinguished French conductor Bertrand de Billy makes his début with the APO, opening with Debussy’s languid masterpiece of high summer. Then the mighty Auckland Town Hall organ lets rip, as the organist Benjamin Sheen plays Poulenc’s darkly Gothic but very French concerto. The composer César Franck, who was an organist in his day job, would have approved. His only symphony, written in the twilight of his career, is an ingenious blend of French sensibility and German form set in a three-movement format. This open, approachable work is laced with one splendid melody after another.
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ASHKENAZY & MULLOVA 8pm, Thursday 12 September Auckland Town Hall Conductor Vladimir Ashkenazy Violin Viktoria Mullova Tchaikovsky Romeo and Juliet Fantasy-Overture Sibelius Violin Concerto Dvořák Symphony No.7 Vladimir Ashkenazy is, quite simply, one of the greatest musicians alive. It is wonderful to welcome him back to the APO. Joining him is the breath-taking violinist Viktoria Mullova. Together, they’ll give us a night to remember for a long time. Sibelius’s mighty concerto is a mountain for the soloist to scale, requiring not only technical wizardry but also profound artistry. Tchaikovsky’s homage to Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet provides us with one of his loveliest melodies. And to close the evening Dvořák’s turbulent symphony starts with dark foreboding, but ends in hard-won triumph.
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BOLÉRO
ZARATHUSTRA
8pm, Thursday 17 October Auckland Town Hall
8pm, Thursday 31 October Auckland Town Hall
CONFLICT & TRIUMPH
Conductor Kazuki Yamada Piano Louis Schwizgebel
Conductor Giordano Bellincampi Cello Harriet Krijgh
8pm, Thursday 14 November Auckland Town Hall
Arvo Pärt Fratres Bartók Music for Strings, Percussion and Celeste Ravel Piano Concerto in G Ravel Boléro
Mozart Symphony No.29 Haydn Cello Concerto No.1 R. Strauss Also sprach Zarathustra
Conductor Giordano Bellincampi Violin Ning Feng
Meditative, timeless, unutterably beautiful, Pärt’s Fratres is something that seems to exist outside of this world. Bartók inhaled the essence of Hungarian folk music and from it made his own language. In the Music for Strings, Percussion and Celeste, we have the mysterious sounds of a moonlit night and the rustic energy of a village dance. Ravel’s featherweight concerto is infused with the essence of jazz, but it is jazz through a very Ravellian filter. Then, an endlessly repeated rhythm, a sinuously feline melody, an imperceptible but implacable crescendo: it is the most hypnotic piece in the business, Ravel’s always-exhilarating Boléro.
Although born a generation apart, Mozart and Haydn were dear friends and these two pieces are well paired. One of Mozart’s sunniest symphonies bounces off Haydn’s cheerful concerto, played by the outstanding Dutch cellist Harriet Krijgh. Then Strauss’s huge tone-poem. It is best known for that music in 2001: A Space Odyssey, but there’s much more to it than that, including some seriously glorious music for the strings and a sparkling solo for the concertmaster. It is a piece that offers Maestro Bellincampi and the APO a chance to really shine.
Salina Fisher New work Beethoven Violin Concerto Nielsen Symphony No.5 The extraordinarily talented young New Zealand violinist and composer, Salina Fisher, was the youngest ever winner of the SOUNZ Contemporary Award, and she’s won it again since. We are eagerly waiting to hear what she’s got in store for us in her new piece. APO favourite Ning Feng returns with Beethoven’s titanic concerto, one of the summits of the violinist’s repertoire. Giordano Bellincampi continues his survey of his compatriot Carl Nielsen’s music with this remarkable symphony. The then-recent First World War is echoed in staggeringly violent music, with a rogue snare drum doing its best to upend the orchestra.
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The Templar Family Office is proud to be the new partner for our Great Classics Series. The series continues to promise music that you know and love, whether you are a seasoned concertgoer or looking for something familiar as you begin your classical music adventure. MUSICAL POSTCARDS 7.30pm, Thursday 21 February Auckland Town Hall Conductor Giordano Bellincampi Piano Tamara-Anna Cislowska Gershwin An American in Paris Gershwin Rhapsody in Blue Falla The Three Cornered Hat A concert of musical postcards, literally so in the case of An American in Paris. Gershwin’s love song to the Paris of the Twenties is a jaunty romp, complete with taxi horns and a swooning theme when our hero meets an elegant Parisian lady. Terrific fun, too, is the Rhapsody in Blue, the quintessential picture of Jazz Age New York, performed by TamaraAnna Cislowska, one of Australia’s most acclaimed and recognised pianists. Then to sun-drenched Spain. In Falla’s ballet of village life, the oafish magistrate, whose official headgear gives the piece its title, pursues the miller’s wife. When she outwits him, everybody dances a joyful fandango, with castanets blazing.
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A BAROQUE EASTER 7.30pm, Thursday 18 April Auckland Town Hall Conductor Sofi Jeannin Singers include: Sally-Anne Russell, Henry Choo, James Ioelu Voices New Zealand Chamber Choir Director Karen Grylls Arias and choruses from: Handel Messiah J.S. Bach Easter Oratorio J.S. Bach St John Passion J.S. Bach St Matthew Passion Handel’s Messiah is always played in December, but liturgically this is quite wrong. The familiar Christmas music is a prelude to Handel’s main concern, the Passion and Resurrection of Christ. It is an Easter piece, then, and so too are Bach’s two Passions and his Easter Oratorio. Sofi Jeannin, the new Chief Conductor of the prestigious BBC Singers, has devised an imaginative programme telling the Easter story using all four of these towering pieces, including the ever-popular Hallelujah Chorus. With an exceptional cast of singers and Voices New Zealand Chamber Choir it promises to be profoundly moving on a spiritual level and sublime on a musical one, just in time for Easter.
TRAGIC HEROES 7.30pm, Thursday 25 July Auckland Town Hall Conductor Giordano Bellincampi Piano Javier Perianes Schubert Symphony No.8 ‘Unfinished’ R. Schumann Manfred overture Beethoven Piano Concerto No.4 In one way, of course, it is a musical tragedy that Schubert never finished his Eighth Symphony. In another way, though, the torso we have is oddly perfect, and it is no surprise that it is the best-loved of Schubert’s symphonies. Spanish pianist Javier Perianes returns to the APO for Beethoven’s Piano Concerto No.4. It begins quietly, with the piano ruminating alone, then opens out into one of his most elegant and poetic works. Schumann passed a sleepless night after reading Byron’s dramatic poem Manfred, his imagination fired. The overture encapsulates the struggle and defiance of its tortured anti-hero. 16
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PASTORAL 7.30pm, Thursday 3 October Auckland Town Hall Conductor Douglas Boyd Violin Amalia Hall Elgar Introduction and Allegro Saint-Saëns Violin Concerto No.3 Beethoven Symphony No.6 ‘Pastoral’ The dynamic Scottish conductor Douglas Boyd returns with a programme of pure pleasure. Elgar’s carefree Introduction and Allegro gives the APO strings a moment in the sun. The prodigiously talented New Zealand violinist Amalia Hall made her début with the APO at the age of nine. She joins us for Saint-Saëns’ delightful champagne concerto. Getting out of Vienna and into the country was vital for Beethoven, and in this piece he pours his love of nature into ever more magnificent music: singing of birds, streams, a storm with thunderbolts and lightning, and the rainbow after the downpour.
MAGIC & MOZART 7.30pm, Thursday 7 November Auckland Town Hall Conductor Giordano Bellincampi Piano Alexander Gavrylyuk Mendelssohn A Midsummer Night’s Dream: Overture Mozart Piano Concerto No.21 Brahms Symphony No.1 Mendelssohn’s gossamer music for Shakespeare’s fairies has always been loved by audiences. It is incredible that it was written by a teenager. Brahms was into middle age before he felt confident tackling the symphony. It was worth the wait. The First Symphony bursts into turbulent life, travels through passages of deep emotional intensity and ends in exultant glory. Between these two wonderful works, popular pianist Alexander Gavrylyuk returns to the APO for one of Mozart’s finest concertos, with its dreamy slow movement made famous in the Swedish film Elvira Madigan.
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TURANGALÎLA
in collaboration with the Australian National Academy of Music (ANAM)
An astounding 20th-century masterpiece Conductor Stefan Asbury Piano Joanna MacGregor Ondes Martenot Cynthia Millar Messiaen Turangalîla Symphony
Everything about the Turangalîla Symphony is exuberant, colourful and excessive. It is an extravagant celebration of love, with music of total exhilaration centred around a blissful movement called, beguilingly, The Garden of Love’s Sleep.
To open the concert, musical expert Graham Abbott will present an insightful and informative mini Unwrap Messiaen’s Turangalîla, which is sure to enrich your enjoyment of this monumental work.
It requires a massive orchestra of over 100 musicians and two soloists – piano, and an electronic instrument called the ondes martenot. Joining the APO are musicians from the Australian National Academy of Music, innovative pianist Joanna MacGregor and the world’s finest ondes player, Cynthia Millar.
The opportunity to experience a live concert performance of the Turangalîla Symphony is a stupendous event that may only come along once in a lifetime. It will be one of the true highlights of Auckland Arts Festival 2019.
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MOZART’S
7.30PM, FRIDAY 19 JULY, AUCKLAND TOWN HALL
DON GIOVANNI
The Trusts Community Foundation Opera in Concert Presented by Auckland Philharmonia Orchestra in association with New Zealand Opera
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OPERA IN CONCERT
Hedonistic desire, passion, guilt – there’s hell to pay for opera’s legendary lover
Conductor Giordano Bellincampi Don Giovanni Audun Iversen Leporello Jonathan Lemalu Donna Elvira Heidi Stober Donna Anna Ekaterina Siurina Zerlina Natasha Wilson The Freemasons New Zealand Opera Chorus
Don Giovanni lives for one thing – women! He seduces compulsively and unrepentantly, while his long-suffering servant Leporello maintains the catalogue. Making a postassignation getaway from one noble woman, he kills her father. But the father was a highly respected citizen: passing a statue erected in his memory, Don Giovanni invites it to dinner. Slowly, very slowly, the statue nods its head … Funny, dark, earthy, witty, shocking, this all-embracing score has some of Mozart’s most sublime music, some of his most catchy tunes, and – when the legions of Hell catch
Don Giovanni in the end – music which, after 200 years is still terrifying. Norwegian baritone Audun Iversen makes his debut with the APO in the title role alongside Grammy award-winning bass baritone Jonathan Lemalu as Leporello and fellow New Zealander and emerging artist Natasha Wilson as Zerlina. Giordano Bellincampi will again lead the orchestra and the stellar cast of singers, infusing his innate sense of theatre for what promises to be a sensational opera in concert performance. APO.CO.NZ
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MAN, SITTING IN A GARDEN
6PM, WEDNESDAY 15 MAY, AUCKLAND TOWN HALL
MAN, SITTING IN A GARDEN presented in association with the Auckland Writers Festival
A new New Zealand work from writer Witi Ihimaera and composer Kenneth Young Conductor Tecwyn Evans Tenor Simon O’Neill Libretto Witi Ihimaera Music Kenneth Young
Outstanding international tenor Simon O’Neill stars in this impressionistic and poignant score inspired, in part, by the garden paintings of Karl Maughan. The performance journeys through all four seasons and promises that, despite Man, Sitting in a Garden is a new collaborative everything, the flowers will bloom again. New Zealand work, from award-winning The APO will perform this world premiere as writer Witi Ihimaera and composer Kenneth part of the Auckland Writers Festival and will Young that examines the nature of love and include an on-stage Q&A with the creative team. overwhelming grief. When a man loses his wife and two sons, he learns that love is not simply a neurochemical reaction of hormones but instead grows like a garden and is fed by laughter and memories.
Image: Karl Maughan, Ohinemuri Crescent, 2017, reproduced with kind permission. APO.CO.NZ
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7.30PM, WEDNESDAY 22 MAY, ASB THEATRE, AOTEA CENTRE
PLANET EARTH II LIVE IN CONCERT
The wonder of nature, the power of music Presented by BBC Studios, Auckland Philharmonia Orchestra & Auckland Live Conductor David Kay
Planet Earth II Live in Concert will bring you closer to the spellbinding animals, landscapes and wildlife dramas on our planet than ever before.
Shea and Jasha Klebe, will accompany the antics of acrobatic primates, fearsome hunting lions, death-defying penguins and dancing grizzly bears.
This musical and visual concert features breath-taking footage from Sir David Attenborough’s iconic BBC Earth series, on the big screen. The full force of the APO performing the remarkable music by the Academy Award winner Hans Zimmer, Jacob
Celebrate the greatest treasures of our planet in a thrilling, unique way. Planet Earth II Live in Concert is the story of nature on an unprecedented, noble and epic scale. Planet Earth II is a BBC Studios Natural History Unit production, co-produced with BBC America, ZDF, Tencent and France Télèvisions
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8PM, TUESDAY 11 JUNE, THE CIVIC
Bayleys presents
THE NZ MIX TAPE in association with Auckland Live
Celebrating the music and songwriters of Aotearoa Conductor David Kay Featuring the APO and special guests
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Special guest artists will join the APO to perform beloved songs by some of New Zealand’s most iconic songwriters. Songs we have sung with our families over BBQs, shared with friends on long road-trips and danced to late into the night at parties. From Don McGlashan to Supergroove, Prince Tui Teka to Nadia Reid, Crowded House, Dave Dobbyn and Lorde.
The NZ Mix Tape is the APO’s music compilation of who we are and where we live, reflecting memories of childhood, first loves, special places, and the milestones that mark our lives. With a setlist that includes ‘Anchor Me’, ‘Four Seasons in One Day’, ‘Preservation’ and ‘Home, Land and Sea’ this concert should not be missed!
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8PM, FRIDAY 11 OCTOBER & 2PM, SATURDAY 12 OCTOBER, ASB THEATRE, AOTEA CENTRE
Bayleys presents
DAWN
Magical music and spellbinding circus Conductor Tianyi Lu Cirque Performers The Dust Palace Artistic Director Mike Edward
After sell-out show Midnight in 2017, the APO is collaborating again with The Dust Palace, Auckland’s leading Circus Theatre company. In an enchanted realm a young warrior searches for her father before the darkness consumes him. Fighting back the shadows, she is pushed to the limits of her bravery. In the darkest hour, we all fear the morning might not arrive...
While our hero searches in the darkness, encountering magical creatures and a dazzling display of cirque artistry, the orchestra sets the scene. From the subtle drama of Handel’s beautiful Sarabande, to Respighi’s quirky portrait of ‘The Nightingale’ and meeting the new day with the most famous sunrise ever set to music, Grieg’s shimmering ‘Morning Mood’ from Peer Gynt. APO.CO.NZ
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ALTOGETHER
The Bayleys Foundation is stepping into the future with the APO as sponsors of a unique selection of concerts for 2019. This fresh approach incorporates performances by New Zealand’s pre-eminent circus theatre company The Dust Palace, a reimagining of classic Kiwi pop with full orchestra and a fantastical concert of music inspired by Roald Dahl’s stories for family audiences. The Bayleys Foundation is proud to have sponsored the APO’s Bayleys Great Classics programme for the last six years. This programme brought many of the best-loved and most well-known orchestral works to New Zealand audiences and helped to spark a new generation of classical music lovers. The new contemporary programme is a continuation of that journey and will support the future advocates of the APO across the generations.
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FAMILY CONCERTS
11AM & 2PM, SATURDAY 11 MAY, AUCKLAND TOWN HALL
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DAHLESQUE Music inspired by Roald Dahl’s classic stories
A gloriumptious world of pure imagination Conductor David Kay Featuring Elise McCann Musical arrangements and direction Stephen Amos
Join the APO and artist Elise McCann for a scrumdiddlyumptious musical adventure inspired by the fantastical imagination of Roald Dahl. Dahl is one of the world’s most popular authors. His stories have entertained generations of children combining fun, fear and a sprinkling of naughtiness.
Grab your golden ticket for this magical family concert. Elise McCann (2016 Helpmann Award Winner, Miss Honey in Matilda the Musical) and the APO will perform music from Matilda the Musical, Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory, James and the Giant Peach, original compositions of Dahl’s Revolting Rhymes and more. APO.CO.NZ
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Introduce your littlies to the big sights and sounds of the orchestra
APO 4 KIDS: STORYTIME 10am & 11.30am Saturday 30 March, Auckland Town Hall Saturday 6 April, Bruce Mason Centre, Takapuna
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APO 4 Kids is a fantastic way to show the youngest members of your family just how much fun music can be. Join the APO for pre-concert musical activities and an hour-long interactive concert with the full orchestra. Sing-along, dance-along and conduct-along to some popular orchestral works. And, don’t miss the chance to walk through the orchestra while the musicians are playing to see the instruments up close.
FAMILY CONCERTS
11AM & 2PM, SUNDAY 21 JULY, ASB THEATRE, AOTEA CENTRE
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PROKOFIEV’S
PETER & THE WOLF LIVE
FILM WITH LIVE ORCHESTRA
Who’s afraid of the wolf? Conductor Giordano Bellincampi
See Sergei Prokofiev’s classic musical story on the big screen in Peter & the Wolf Live. This innovative OSCAR®-winning animated film, directed by Suzie Templeton, brings the familiar characters to life using stop-frame animation and puppets to recreate the timeless tale. The APO conducted by Maestro Giordano Bellincampi will perform the beloved score live on stage.
In Prokofiev’s Peter and the Wolf each character has its own signature tune. It is one of the most beloved, frequently performed orchestral works, and is an exciting and entertaining way for children to learn more about the orchestra. Join the APO for this fun family event! APO.CO.NZ
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UNWRAP THE MUSIC
UNWRAP THE MUSIC
Graham Abbott returns to the APO to entertain and inform. Part-concert, part-interactive talk, the APO’s Unwrap series takes you ‘behind the scenes’ of some of the world’s great orchestral works to discover what makes them so special. Supported by Pub Charity Limited and the Maurice Paykel Charitable Trust
UNWRAP BEETHOVEN’S PASTORAL SYMPHONY UNWRAP HANDEL’S WATER MUSIC
UNWRAP MOZART’S CLARINET CONCERTO
6.30pm, Tuesday 26 March Auckland Town Hall
6.30pm, Wednesday 19 June Auckland Town Hall
Enjoying a pleasure cruise down the Thames, King George I was serenaded by Handel’s music, played by an orchestra perched uneasily on a barge. The APO will be more comfortable! Handel is particularly close to Graham Abbott’s heart, and it should be a real treat to hear him talk about this music.
Clarinet Paul Dean This autumnally glowing piece of music may well be Mozart’s most beloved concerto. Remarkably, written for an instrument which had only recently ‘joined’ the orchestra. Learn more about the clarinet as Graham Abbott unpicks the pinnacle of the clarinet repertoire.
6.30pm, Wednesday 25 September Auckland Town Hall The country nourished Beethoven’s soul: one of the cruellest blows of his deafness was his inability to hear birds. But the ‘Pastoral’ is more than just a picture of nature. As Graham Abbott will explain, it is about one’s state of mind when immersed in nature.
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IN YOUR NEIGHBOURHOOD
APO musicians are bringing their passion for orchestral music closer to your homes.
With early evening or afternoon performances of varied and eclectic chamber music, in small venues in and around Auckland, In Your Neighbourhood is a wonderful way to get to know some of APO’s principal players and their fellow musicians. Proudly supported by
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In 2019, we have added an extra concert for people whose neighbourhood is the central city, as well as returning to Waiheke Island and our regular haunts in the suburbs.
AUTUMN STRINGS
3.30pm, Sunday 3 March Concert Chamber, Auckland Town Hall
6.30pm, Monday 8 April Somervell Church, Remuera
Violin Tianwa Yang Cello Gabriel Schwabe Piano Nicholas Rimmer
6.30pm, Tuesday 9 April St Peter’s Church, Takapuna
Korngold Suite Beethoven Septet Our soloists for Beethoven’s Triple Concerto (see page 9) join with APO musicians to bring us another of his most appealing pieces. Beethoven, alas, came to loathe his Septet’s extreme popularity, which overshadowed his more ‘serious’ works. Korngold’s seldom-heard Suite, written for the one-armed pianist Paul Wittgenstein, is a nostalgic reminiscence of pre-World War I Vienna. Tianwa Yang, Nicholas Rimmer and Gabriel Schwabe’s performances are supported by Naxos Music Group.
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SEPTET IN THE CITY
3.30pm, Sunday 14 April Artworks Theatre, Waiheke Featuring Associate Concertmaster Liu-Yi Retallick Niels Gade String Octet in F Major Mendelssohn Octet in E-flat APO Associate Concertmaster Liu-Yi Retallick leads fellow APO musicians in two works for eight string players. Mendelssohn, unbelievably, was just 16 when he wrote his weightless Octet. This immortal music gave Niels Gade a high standard to meet when he composed his own Octet, not long after his friend Mendelssohn had died.
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6.30pm, Monday 1 July All Saints Church, Howick
6.30pm, Monday 23 September St Heliers Church & Community Centre
6.30pm, Tuesday 2 July St Luke’s Church, Remuera
6.30pm, Tuesday 24 September Takapuna Methodist Church
Featuring Eric Renick, Principal Percussion
Featuring Ingrid Hagan, Principal Bassoon
Michael Torke Mojave Mason Bates Stereo is King Phil Dadson Percussion works
Vivaldi Bassoon Concerto in D minor Vivaldi Bassoon Concerto in G ‘La Notte’ Vivaldi Bassoon Concerto in G minor Vivaldi Chamber Concerto for flute, violin and bassoon
A percussion recital is always an exciting and innovative event. The variety of instruments is astonishing: so is the variety of music, from the roar of thunder to subtle glints of musical light and delicate washes of sound. Eric Renick and friends show off the orchestra’s most versatile section.
Vivaldi was one of many composers who loved the bassoon, and he lavished on it some of his most delicious concertos. Ingrid Hagan and her friends show off this lovely instrument – stately, dignified, mellow like a fine port wine, yet also dizzyingly agile. Vivaldi knew what he was on about!
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THE MAGIC FLUTE
March 7-24 2019
MOZART’S
KOMISCHE OPER BERLIN BARRIE KOSKY / 1927
WITH THE AUCKLAND PHILHARMONIA ORCHESTRA PRESENTS
Unforgettable - The Guardian
Irresistible – New York Times
With its magical blend of live action and film animation, this globe-conquering production is endlessly thrilling – don’t miss it!
8 - 10 MARCH 2019 | ASB THEATRE, AOTEA CENTRE $79 - $279 * | Book now at aaf.co.nz | 09 951 2501 * Booking fees apply
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Performed in German with English surtitles.
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Solo and piano-accompanied works
Mozart String Quintets with Andrew Beer and musicians from NZ’s leading ensembles
Grand Finale with the Auckland Philharmonia Orchestra
Flexible attendance options
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Auckland rounds can be purchased as part of your APO subscription
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CELEBRATE CHRISTMAS
7.30PM, FRIDAY 13 DECEMBER & 3PM, SATURDAY 14 DECEMBER, HOLY TRINITY CATHEDRAL
CELEBRATE CHRISTMAS
Join the APO to celebrate a special time of year Conductor Holly Mathieson Soprano Isabella Moore The Graduate Choir NZ Director Terence Maskell
Christmas in Auckland is a wonderful time of year with fairy lights twinkling on the tree, the summer sun glinting on the Waitemata Harbour and the APO’s annual Yuletide celebration in Parnell’s beautiful Holy Trinity Cathedral. Music is always at the heart of any celebration and Christmas music is the most marvellous
way to embrace the festive spirit. This year we welcome New Zealand-born Samoan soprano Isabella Moore as our soloist as well as the return of the sublime Graduate Choir NZ. The concert programme will include Humperdinck’s Overture to Hansel and Gretel, Mozart’s Laudate Dominum and Prokofiev’s Troika, as well as a selection of beloved Christmas carols.
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APO CONNECTING 2019 MUSIC OPENS MINDS
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Arataki ai ngā kura HIGHLIGHTS APO Partnership Schools (APOPS) APOPS brings the orchestra into the classroom through educational programmes that stimulate and engage students in more than 60 schools across Auckland. APO Orchestral Summer School An intensive five-day ‘boot camp’ for aspiring young orchestral musicians aged 10-16 years, culminating in a full public concert performance. “Bringing our students to concert performances has augmented and strengthened their appreciation and understanding of the works that they are studying in class.” Chris Adams, Director of Performance Music, Auckland Grammar School
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CONNECTING WITH COMMUNITIES Tūhono ai ngā iwi HIGHLIGHTS Community Classics: Light & Dark There are as many shades of colour as there are tones of music. Join the orchestra for our free Community Classics concerts in venues around Auckland. In 2019 we’ll be exploring how composers illustrate themes of ‘light’ and ‘dark’ in music. Featuring a new work by Dr Charles Royal (Marutūahu Ngāti Raukawa and Ngā Puhi), as APO Te Arapūoru Community Commission. “It was my first time, I thought it was really good and I liked it. The choir were amazing. ‘Goose bump material.” Audience member, Community Classics Central 2018
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CONNECTING WITH FAMILIES
INSPIRE PARTNERSHIP PROGRAMME
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The Inspire Partnership Programme is one of New Zealand’s most comprehensive practical training programmes for young musicians aged 16 to 25. Inspire gives up-and-coming performers, composers and conductors the opportunity to hone their craft and build their confidence through regular workshops, masterclasses, open rehearsals and mentoring.
APO 4 Kids Delight your little ones with an interactive orchestral concert full of great music and activities across Auckland! Little Singer & Little Drummer Little Singer is a series of workshops for young singers run by the APO and New Zealand Opera. APO Principal Percussion Eric Renick leads the Little Drummer workshop for young snaredrummers. One participant from each workshop is chosen to perform in a family concert alongside the APO. “I attended with a 4-year-old and a 2-year-old. The 4-year-old loved it and went home and spent the next two days ‘conducting’ around the house.” Audience member, APO 4 Kids 2018
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CONNECTING WITH SCHOOLS
Made possible by a partnership with the University of Auckland and the generous support of the Freemasons Foundation. “All the APO musicians have a strong musical connection with each other, you feel like one gigantic family. This is something I have been lucky to experience and it is truly amazing.” Micah Sullivan, 2018 APO Orchestral Intern
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MEET YOUR ORCHESTRA APO is the country’s designated Metropolitan Orchestra, serving the largest and most vibrant city in New Zealand with more than 70 concerts and events throughout the year. Our orchestra employs more than 70 full-time professional musicians, from home and abroad. We are the largest performing arts employer in Auckland.
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MEET YOUR ORCHESTRA MUSIC DIRECTOR Giordano Bellincampi CONCERTMASTER Andrew Beer ASSOCIATE CONCERTMASTER Liu-Yi Retallick ASSISTANT CONCERTMASTER Miranda Adams FIRST VIOLINS Artur Grabczewskiz # Mark Bennett Yuri Cho Elzbieta Grabczewska Ainsley Murray Alexander Shapkin Yanghe Yu Lucy Qi Zhang SECOND VIOLINS Dianna Cochrane β Xin (James) Jin + William Hanfling # Rae Crossley-Croft = Sarah Hart Jocelyn Healy Rachel Moody Milena Parobczy Ewa Sadag Katherine Walshe
VIOLAS Robert Ashworth β David Samuel + Christine Bowie # Anne Draffin # Helen Bevin Ping Tong Chan Gregory McGarity Susan Wedde
COR ANGLAIS Martin Lee*
TIMPANI Steven Logan β
CLARINETS Bridget Miles (Bass Clarinet) + James Fry (E Clarinet) +
PERCUSSION Eric Renick β Jennifer Raven # Shane Currey
CELLOS David Garner + Liliya Arefyeva Katherine Hebley You Lee James sang-oh Yoo
CONTRABASSOON Ruth Brinkman*
BASSES Gordon Hill β Annabella Zilber + Evgueny Lanchtchikov # Matthias Erdrich Michael Steer FLUTES Kathryn Moorhead + PICCOLO Jennifer Seddon-Mori * OBOES Bede Hanley β Camille Wells +
BASSOONS Ingrid Hagan β Yang Rachel Guan Ebbett +
HARP Ingrid Bauer *
HORNS Nicola Baker β Emma Eden * Carl Wells # Simon Williams # David Kay TRUMPETS Huw Dann β Rainer Saville + Josh Rogan # TROMBONES Douglas Cross β BASS TROMBONE Timothy Sutton * TUBA Tak Chun Lai *
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“Last night [at APO Does Disco] was sensational, the place was packed, and every person in the place, by the end of the night, was dancing in the aisles. It was amazing.” Murray Inglis, concert-goer
“The orchestra provided a rich emotional drama ranging from the peaceful and contemplative to the thunderous and ferocious.” John Daly-Peoples, National Business Review 44
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“…so versatile, polished, and professional – we are truly blessed to have [the APO] as the official Auckland City Band.” Vicki Burnitt, concert-goer
“With the APO at its considerable best… there was just the right degree of dark and light in the second movement and, after the scherzo had been launched over fierce strumming, the final [movement] brought the evening to a rousing close.” William Dart, The New Zealand Herald
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SUPPORT YOUR ORCHESTRA Arts organisations survive through the passion and support of their audiences. The APO is no exception. APO is a cultural leader. Inside and outside the concert hall, we share, inspire and guide the musical experiences of thousands of people every week. We are at the heart of Auckland’s creative community, working across the region, performing a full symphony one day, mentoring a school ensemble the next. Ticket sales cover only a portion of the APO’s work, so we also rely on support from individuals, trusts and the business sector to help us deliver our exciting concert series and our innovative APO Connecting (education, outreach and community) events and activities. We want to continue creating these lifelong memories with you, investing in the musical education of our young people and presenting music that leaves its mark on our audiences.
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SUPPORT YOUR ORCHESTRA
GIVE You can help by making a donation Subscription Appeal – when you make your subscription booking for 2019, please add a donation in the space provided on the booking form – it’s easy! Annual Appeal – launches near the start of each year. Follow our inspirational story when it lands in your letterbox. You can make a difference and become a cherished member of the APO family. Now or any time – make a donation online. apo.co.nz/give
PLEDGE Leave your mark in the music Give a gift in your will to the Auckland Philharmonia Foundation and ensure that future generations are touched by music in the way that you have been. Help build the long-term future and growth of your orchestra without affecting your lifestyle now. No matter the size, every gift in a will makes a difference. apo.co.nz/pledge Auckland Philharmonia Orchestra is a registered charitable trust and all donations over $5 are tax deductible.
BECOME A CHAIR DONOR Support an APO musician and build a unique relationship with the orchestra Becoming a Chair Donor is as close as it gets to being on stage yourself. With opportunities to meet ‘your’ musician, the Music Director and Chief Executive and attend exclusive events. Your annual gift will help put the musicians on stage and support them to achieve the highest artistic standards. apo.co.nz/chair-donor
PARTNER Partner with the APO and align your brand with one of New Zealand’s leading arts organisations The support from the business community is vital in continuing the work of the APO both on and off the stage. The APO works with businesses to create unique and bespoke partnerships, enabling companies to support all areas of the APO’s work, meet key business objectives and gain recognition for a commitment to strengthen the cultural life of our city and communities. apo.co.nz/partner
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The APO Friends host monthly Meet the Artist (MTA) events on Friday mornings at the Ellerslie War Memorial Community Centre Hall in Ellerslie. They are generally held the morning after a concert and provide the opportunity to hear the conductor or soloist from the previous night talk about their life and music. The events also include music from APO players or emerging young talent from the University of Auckland and a light finger food lunch. A membership subscription of only $30 per year gives you the opportunity to get closer to the orchestra and be an integral part of the APO family, involved in essential concert activities and providing support. Your orchestra needs you – join APO Friends today!
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APO FRIENDS
The APO Friends are a group of music enthusiasts who have supported the APO for more than 35 years. They provide vital help for many areas of our work, including providing suppers for musicians, staffing the information table, selling programmes at concerts and organising fundraising events and activities. They also coordinate the special buses from Auckland’s suburbs to the Town Hall concerts – a simple and convenient service for our concertgoers.
SISTEMA AOTEAROA
Sistema Aotearoa, a youth development programme that uses music as a vehicle to improve educational and social outcomes for children, their families and the wider community, is a vibrant part of the South Auckland community.
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Based in Otara, the programme provides young people with inspirational opportunities, with music sessions taking place in schools, after school in the community and during school holidays. In 2019 over 1200 students between the ages of 2 and 16 will take part in diverse activities including lively pre-school music sessions, in-school musicianship lessons and instrumental tuition and concert performances. Sistema Aotearoa gives young people hope and opportunity in their lives and the programme builds not only musical expertise but develops important life-skills. Many of the founding students from the programme’s inception in 2011 are achieving highly, academically and musically, at school and in their community. Over 350 families are involved with the Pūoru Tuakana core programme, some with several children attending, allowing the joy of music-making to become an exciting part of their family activities. Sistema Aotearoa is an independent charitable trust. It has its own individual governance and while it enjoys a close partnership with the Auckland Philharmonia Orchestra the trust receives no financial support from the APO. The Sistema Aotearoa Trust acknowledges the support, commitment and involvement in our organisation received from our many valued donors, partners and funders. APO.CO.NZ
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ENHANCE YOUR CONCERT EXPERIENCE
We hope you are excited by the concerts and events we have on offer for 2019. Here are a few suggestions to help you get even more enjoyment from your trip to see the orchestra perform.
TAKE THE BUS
An easy transport option for concerts The APO Friends offer a dedicated bus service to most APO main series concerts at Auckland Town Hall. This makes attending concerts easy. Not only do you have safe, easy transport to the concert, you have the chance to travel with like-minded concertgoers. See page 55 for schedules and pickups. apo.co.nz/concert-bus
PRE-CONCERT TALKS Let us set the scene for the concert to come
Join us in the Concert Chamber 45 minutes before the start of each APO main concert in the Town Hall. Our knowledgeable guest speakers will share fascinating insights into the programme you are about to hear. Our Pre-concert Talks are included in the price of your concert ticket. This is your chance to discover more about the composers, and enrich your musical appreciation. apo.co.nz/pre-concert-talks
CRESCENDO MEMBERSHIP PROGRAMME Enjoy a richer experience with the APO
As a Crescendo member you will make friends with fellow music lovers and enjoy exclusive events – from sneak previews behind the scenes and open rehearsals to activities with APO musicians and guest artists. Crescendo gives you the chance to gain an inner glimpse into the APO. Purchase your Crescendo membership with your 2019 subscription or at any time during the year. Choose Crescendo Gold to experience a special level of hospitality at main stage concerts, including wine and canapÊs during the interval. apo.co.nz/crescendo
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APO YOUNG COMPANION TICKETS
Introduce a young person to the orchestra
Bring a guest who is under 16 along to an APO main series concert free of charge when you buy a full-price adult or senior ticket. This offer is available for all the APO main series concerts so look out for the APO Young Companion symbol when you book. Please note that tickets are limited, and terms and conditions apply. apo.co.nz/+1C
MEET THE MUSICIANS
Get to know the talented people behind the music Linger awhile at our casual gatherings after the concert. Everyone is welcome to join the musicians, soloists, conductors and fellow concertgoers after most APO concerts at the Auckland Town Hall, in the D Bar on Stalls level.
CORPORATE ENTERTAINMENT
Fabulous entertainment and seamless hospitality Hearing a symphony orchestra in full flight is unlike anything else. The APO collaborates with some of the finest artists to create unique events that are certain to captivate, entertain and thrill your guests. A corporate entertainment experience with the APO enables you to share a one-of-a-kind night with your clients or colleagues. With more than 50 performances a year, there is plenty to choose from classical symphonies to film with live orchestra. The team at APO make life easy, working with you to create the perfect evening. hospitality@apo.co.nz apo.co.nz/hospitality
SUBSCRIPTION OPTIONS
APO subscriber packages come in a variety of shapes and sizes to suit your lifestyle with flexible payment options to suit your pocket. Full Series Subscription Select the series you like and enjoy the benefits of being a full series subscriber. You can also add on further concerts from our 2019 programme through the Choose Your Own (CYO) booking option. It’s easy! The APO offers two main series in 2019: yy The New Zealand Herald Premier Series – Book all 12 concerts and save up to 25% off public ticket prices. yy Templar Great Classics – Book all five concerts and save up to 15% off public ticket prices All full series subscribers receive a complimentary programme book, priority booking and the best seats. If you were a full series subscriber in 2018 you can retain your chosen seats in 2019, or request new seats. Choose Your Own (CYO) Subscription Create a flexible Choose Your Own (CYO) package where you select concerts from across the year – the ultimate package for busy people who want to enjoy the orchestra on their terms. Start a CYO subscription by booking just four tickets to one or more concerts in our 2019 season. Then add tickets for additional concerts at CYO prices during the year, whenever you wish. Where CYO prices are available, you’ll save at least 10% off public ticket prices and receive priority seat selection until 20 January 2019.
EXCLUSIVE SUBSCRIBER BENEFITS
Subscribers save on public ticket prices and receive a range of other benefits including: yy No booking fees – even for additional concerts, booking through APO Ticketing yy Priority seat selection yy Full series subscribers can retain favourite seats yy Flexible ticket exchange to another concert if your plans change yy The option to buy now, pay later in two or four easy instalments yy Discounted tickets to additional concerts you purchase throughout the year yy Free subscription to the Naxos online music library yy Free lost ticket replacement. Find out more about subscriber benefits including discounts with partner organisations: apo.co.nz/subs-benefits
GET A GROUP TOGETHER! The APO offers fantastic discounts of more than 25% for groups of eight or more including one free ticket for every eight tickets booked.
SUBSCRIBE AND BUY TICKETS
A trip to see the orchestra is always a great night out and there are many ways to buy tickets and share the music with us.
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APO GO Are you a student or under the age of 30? Purchase a 2019 APO Go membership for $5 and receive an APO Go card – your pass to enjoying $10 tickets to APO’s mainstage concerts throughout the 2019 season. apo.co.nz/apo-go
GIFT CERTIFICATES Gift certificates are the perfect gift for someone who loves music or to introduce friends to the orchestra. Available at $50, $100 and $250 values and redeemable through APO Ticketing for any APO concert(s), subject to seat availability. APO.CO.NZ
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HOW TO BOOK TICKETS
HOW TO BOOK
There are a variety of options to make your subscription booking: yy Visit apo.co.nz and complete your booking online yy Complete the booking form on page 53 and send it to APO Ticketing (address is on the form)
yy Call APO Ticketing on (09) 623 1052 and the team will assist with your booking. If you have any questions or need any assistance with your subscription please contact APO Ticketing: (09) 623 1052 ticketing@apo.co.nz apo.co.nz/become-a-subscriber
IN PERSON APO Ticketing is open 9am-4.30pm Monday – Friday and also until 8pm on concert nights (main series concerts at Auckland Town Hall only). APO Ticketing, Lower Ground Floor, Auckland Town Hall, 301-303 Queen Street, Auckland 1010 Entrance from Aotea Square
3 WAYS TO PAY (in full or by instalments) yy Major credit card (Visa, MasterCard, Amex) yy Cheque payable to Auckland Philharmonia Orchestra yy Cash payments in person (visit APO Ticketing at address above)
PUBLIC TICKETS Non-subscribers can buy tickets to any concert through Ticketmaster. Please note that service and booking fees apply. Public ticket sales to most APO concerts open Monday 21 January 2019. Some concerts may be on sale to the public earlier. Aotea Centre Box Office 0800 111 999 ticketmaster.co.nz
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KEY DATES WEDNESDAY 19 SEPTEMBER 2018 Subscription priority period begins. Seats will be allocated in the following order for bookings received by Friday 26 October 2018: 1. Renewing full (12-concert) New Zealand Herald Premier Series subscribers 2. New full New Zealand Herald Premier Series subscribers 3. Renewing full Templar Great Classics subscribers 4. New full Templar Great Classics subscribers 5. Remaining subscriptions in date order. FRIDAY 26 OCTOBER 2018 Priority period ends. All bookings received from 27 October onwards will have seats allocated in the order that they are received. N.B. All subscription tickets will be in your mail box before APO Ticketing closes for 2018 on Friday 21 December. For enquiries, please phone APO Ticketing on (09) 623 1052.
FRIDAY 21 DECEMBER 2018 APO Ticketing closes for the Christmas break. You can still book online. Your tickets will be posted out in the new year. MONDAY 7 JANUARY 2019 APO Ticketing reopens. MONDAY 21 JANUARY 2019 2019 Season open for public ticket sales. FRIDAY 25 JANUARY 2019 Subscriber competition closes.
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$780
$780
$698
$395
A Reserve
$335
$335
$293
$170
B Reserve
$624
$624
$569
$330
B Reserve
$263
$263
$242
$140
C Reserve
$468
$468
$422
$239
C Reserve
$200
$200
$172
$98
Thrifty
$269
$269
$245
$159
Thrifty
$172
$172
$148
$83
SUBTOTAL
$824
SUBTOTAL
$1,928
TOTAL THE NEW ZEALAND HERALD PREMIER SERIES * Limited availability
$
Transfer this total to Box 2A in Section 7 of this form.
TOTAL TEMPLAR GREAT CLASSICS SERIES * Limited availability
QTY
$
Transfer this total to Box 2B in Section 7 of this form.
3 “CHOOSE YOUR OWN” SUBSCRIPTION Start a Choose Your Own subscription and save at least 10% by booking four or more tickets to concerts in this section. Full Series Subscribers can book extra tickets here at Choose Your Own prices. PRICES SHOWN ARE INCLUSIVE OF THE DISCOUNT SERIES OR CONCERT
PG
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EXAMPLE (NUMBER OF SEATS) THE NEW ZEALAND HERALD PREMIER SERIES
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12
Fantasy Beethoven’s Triple Landscapes Elgar’s Cello Concerto Ehnes plays Bruch Pathétique Reimagined Reveries Ashkenazy & Mullova Boléro Zarathustra Conflict & Triumph
9 9 9 11 11 11 12 12 12 13 13 13
TEMPLAR GREAT CLASSICS
1 2 3 4 5
Musical Postcards A Baroque Easter Tragic Heroes Pastoral Magic & Mozart
MOZART’S DON GIOVANNI (OPERA IN CONCERT) Tickets required MESSIAEN’S TURANGALÎLA Tickets required PLANET EARTH II Tickets required THE NZ MIX TAPE Tickets required DAWN: APO & THE DUST PALACE Tickets required 8pm, Fri 11 Oct Tickets required 2pm, Sat 12 Oct CELEBRATE CHRISTMAS Tickets required Fri 13 Dec Tickets required Sat 14 Dec
15 16 16 17 17
A RES A RES B RES SENIOR STUDENT/ ADULT CHILD
B RES B RES C RES SENIOR STUDENT/ ADULT CHILD
C RES C RES SENIOR STUDENT/ SUBTOTAL CHILD
2
$442
$115 $106
$97
$88
$52
$79
$69
$40
$62
$57
$33
$47
$42
$23
$115 $106
$97
$88
$52
$79
$69
$40
$62
$57
$33
$47
$42
$23
$128 $115 $110 $101
$59
$94
$84
$50
$80
$71
$42
$62
$58
$34
$115 $106
$88
$52
$79
$69
$40
$62
$57
$33
$47
$42
$23
$107 $107
$89
$93
$93
$75
$84
$84
$66
$66
$66
$48
21 19
$97
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
$82
$73
$43
$72
$63
$35
$47
$43
$25
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
$89
$77
$43
$79
$68
$35
$47
$40
$25
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
$56
$43
$29
$45
$39
$24
N/A
N/A
N/A
25 26 27 27 39 39
MICHAEL HILL INTERNATIONAL VIOLIN COMPETITION
Round III – Wed 5 Jun Round III – Thu 6 Jun Grand Finale – Sat 8 Jun
DELUXE DELUXE PREMIER PREMIER PREMIER A RES ADULT* SENIOR* ADULT SENIOR STUDENT/ ADULT CHILD
SUBSCRIBER ADULT
37 37 37
$115 $106
DAHLESQUE
$40
SUBSCRIBER SENIOR
$97
$88
$52
$79
A RES ADT/SNR
QTY
A RES STD/CHD
QTY
11am, Sat 11 May 2pm, Sat 11 May
29 29
$49 $49
PETER & THE WOLF LIVE
31 11am, Sun 21 Jul
MAN, SITTING IN A GARDEN
23 6pm, Wed 15 May
$25 $25
$15
SUBSCRIBER ADULT + CHILD
$50
$69
$40
$62
$57
$33
$47
$42
$23
A RES FAMILY
QTY
B RES ADT/SNR
QTY
B RES STD/CHD
QTY
B RES FAMILY
QTY
$125 $125 ADULT/SENIOR
2pm, Sun 21 Jul
SUBSCRIBER STUDENT/CHILD
$35
$40 $40
QTY
$40 $40 $45
$19 $19
STUDENT/CHILD
QTY
$25 $25 $20
$98 $98
FAMILY PASS†
QTY
$110 $110 N/A
TOTAL $ Transfer this total to Box 3 in Section 7 of this form.
* Limited availability
4 APO CONNECTING CONCERTS – LOW COST AND FAMILY SERIES OR CONCERT
PG
UNWRAP THE MUSIC
33 Handel’s Water Music, Tue 26 Mar
IN YOUR NEIGHBOURHOOD
APO 4 KIDS: STORYTIME
APO 4 KIDS: CHRISTMAS
CONCERT DETAILS
Mozart’s Clarinet Concerto, Wed 19 Jun Beethoven’s Pastoral Symphony, Wed 25 Sep 35 Septet in the City, Sun 3 Mar, City Autumn Strings, Mon 8 Apr, Remuera Autumn Strings, Tue 9 Apr, Takapuna Autumn Strings, Sun 14 Apr, Waiheke Beats, Working, Mon 1 Jul, Howick Beats, Working, Mon 2 Jul, Remuera Baroque Bassoon, Mon 23 Sep, St Heliers Baroque Bassoon, Tue 24 Sep, Takapuna 30 10am, Sat 30 Mar, Auckland Town Hall 11.30am, Sat 30 Mar, Auckland Town Hall 10am, Sat 6 Apr, Bruce Mason Centre 11.30am, Sat 6 Apr, Bruce Mason Centre 30 10am, Sat 30 Nov, Auckland Town Hall 11.30am, Sat 30 Nov, Auckland Town Hall 10am, Sun 15 Dec, The Trusts Arena 11.30am, Sun 15 Dec, The Trusts Arena
ADULT/ SENIOR
$28 $28 $28 $28 $28 $28 $28 $28 $28 $28 $28 $15 $15 $15 $15 $15 $15 $15 $15
QTY
STUDENT/ CHILD
$15 $15 $15 $15 $15 $15 $15 $15 $15 $15 $15 $15 $15 $15 $15 $15 $15 $15 $15
QTY
FAMILY PASS†
QTY
SUBTOTAL
$70 $70 $70 $70 $70 $70 $70 $70 $70 $70 $70 $50 $50 $50 $50 $50 $50 $50 $50 TOTAL $
†
Family = 2 adults + 2 children /1 adult + 3 children
Transfer this total to Box 4 in Section 7 of this form.
5 GIFT CERTIFICATES You can buy gift certificates for the person in your life who loves music or who would like to try an APO concert. We have certificates available in a range of denominations. Please say how many you wish to purchase and put the total in the final column as indicated: VALUE
QTY
SUBTOTAL
VALUE
$50
QTY
SUBTOTAL
VALUE
$100
QTY
SUBTOTAL
$250
TOTAL $ Transfer this total to Box 5 in Section 7 of this form.
6 BECOME A 2019 CRESCENDO MEMBER As a Crescendo member you will make friends with fellow music lovers and enjoy exclusive events – from behind the scenes and open rehearsals with APO musicians and guest artists. I want to join or renew: CRESCENDO STANDARD MEMBERSHIP:
CRESCENDO GOLD MEMBERSHIP: $175 per annum single membership
$100 per annum single membership
$300 per annum double membership
$175 per annum double membership
7 PAYMENT DETAILS APO 2019 SEASON TOTAL
I WOULD LIKE TO PAY:
Once you have selected your concerts, please fill in your totals from previous pages in the table below.
The full amount now In instalments
2A
2 instalments – min spend $200. 50% on booking and 50% on 20 February 2019 4 instalments – min spend $400. 25% on booking and 25% on 23 January, 13 February and 13 March 2019
The New Zealand Herald Premier Series – full series
$
Templar Great Classics – full series
$
2B
Choose Your Own concerts
$
3
APO Connecting concerts
$
4
Gift Certificates
$
5
Crescendo
$
6
Donation to the APO
$
TOTAL PAYMENT
$
(Donations over $5 are tax deductible.)
PLEASE SELECT YOUR METHOD OF PAYMENT: Cheque (made payable to Auckland Philharmonia Orchestra) Credit Card. We prefer Visa or Mastercard CARDHOLDER’S NAME CARD NO. EXPIRY DATE
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Mail booking form to APO Ticketing, PO Box 7083, Wellesley St, Auckland 1141. Scan and email to ticketing@apo.co.nz or phone 09 623 1052
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TERMS & CONDITIONS GENERAL
GROUP BOOKINGS
The orchestra reserves the right to change artists, programmes or venues without notice. Seat retention from season to season is guaranteed for Full Series subscribers only. The APO cannot guarantee the same seat at the same venue for Choose Your Own (CYO) subscribers. Where available, one programme voucher will be issued for every two seats purchased in a full series subscription. Additional programme vouchers can be provided at $25 for the New Zealand Herald Premier Series and $15 for Templar Great Classics. Full New Zealand Herald Premier Series concerts subscribers are entitled to two complimentary tickets in the same reserve as the full New Zealand Herald Premier Series subscription. (Maximum of two complimentary tickets per subscription). These can be redeemed for any APO concert excluding Opera in Concert. Full New Zealand Herald Premier Series complimentary tickets redeemed for non-New Zealand Herald Premier Series concerts must accompany the purchase of tickets (minimum of one) in non-New Zealand Herald Premier Series. Complimentary tickets can be redeemed from Monday 21 January 2019. Senior citizen prices are available on most mainstage concerts to persons aged 65 years and over. Please provide suitable ID with your booking form if you are a new Senior/Student or Community Services card holder subscriber. APO Choose Your Own Subscriber (CYO) discounts apply to APO main concert performances only, as indicated. Full Series discounts do not apply to additional concerts purchased subsequent to your full series subscription. You will, however, receive CYO discounts. Community Services Card holders may purchase tickets at the senior ticket price. Child age is 6 to 16 years and children’s tickets must be accompanied by an adult ticket purchase. Please note, children under 6 years are not allowed entry into the Town Hall for the APO 7.30pm or 8pm concerts.
A ‘group’ consists of a booking of eight or more people. A booking of fewer than eight patrons will pay full price for their tickets. A complimentary ninth ticket is offered for every eight tickets booked. Group discounts are not offered for APO Family Concerts – Peter and the Wolf and Dahlesque, In Your Neighbourhood, Unwrap the Music and APO 4 Kids concerts. All group bookings are subject to availability. Tickets must be paid for a week before the performance date. No refunds will be offered except as required by law. If group tickets are to be collected on the door, they must be picked up all together and it is the group’s responsibility to distribute the tickets as they see fit. One payment per group booking. The group discount is not available in conjunction with any other offers.
REFUNDS & TICKET EXCHANGES No refunds are possible after tickets are purchased except as required by law however ticket exchanges are possible as follows: We are happy to exchange subscriber tickets if you cannot attend a concert. Ticket exchanges will incur a $5 exchange fee. Subscribers may exchange tickets into any concert. All ticket exchanges are subject to seat availability and must be requested through the APO Ticketing at least 48 hours prior to the ticketed performance. Should a ticket be exchanged from a Full Series concert to a different series, an individual concert, or a price reserve of higher value, the patron will pay the price difference. Any balance remaining from an exchange will be held in credit in the patron record. This credit may be used to purchase APO concert tickets or merchandise items within the same calendar year. All unused credit will automatically expire at 9am on the final business day of the year (22 December 2019). Transaction will appear on your statement as “Auckland Philharmonia”. 2019 Ticket exchanges are possible from Monday 21 January 2019.
APO GO MEMBERSHIP APO Go is open to patrons under 30 years of age during the period 1 January 2019 to 31 December 2019 (born 1989 and later) and students. APO Go memberships cards are valid only for the duration of the season in which they are purchased. At the beginning of each season, those who are still eligible may renew their membership. Membership tickets must be picked up at the APO ticketing desk on the night of the concert. Photo ID and an APO Go card must be shown to APO Ticketing staff when collecting a ticket. If there are discrepancies APO reserves the right to deny you entry to the concert. Your date of birth must be supplied at time of purchasing a membership. Tickets are available for selected concerts only, subject to availability at the APO’s discretion. APO reserves the right to revoke seats or set a limit on seat availability. Tickets must be paid for at time of booking. Members will get the best available seats at the discretion of APO ticketing. APO Go members can only purchase $10 tickets for themselves and other membership holders. Tickets are non-transferable & nonrefundable unless required by law. The replacement of a lost APO GO membership card will incur a $5 charge. Membership tickets are not available in conjunction with any other offers.
Complimentary tickets are strictly subject to availability. The APO are happy to relocate your whole party to accommodate an extra seat if there is not a seat available next to your current booking. The APO will, under no circumstances, relocate a patron who is not part of your booking to accommodate your complimentary ticket holder. Complimentary tickets can only be collected from the APO desk on the night of the performance in question and suitable ID may be called for at the APO staff member’s request. Failure to do so may result in the full price of the ticket being charged. Complimentary tickets are only available to patrons already booked in to the concert.
YOUNG COMPANIONS TICKETS – FOR TICKETMASTER TICKET BUYERS If your booking includes one or more main series concerts (The New Zealand Herald Premier Series, Templar Great Classics), then you are entitled to one complimentary ticket per main series concert to bring an under 16 if you wish. This offer is only available for concerts in The New Zealand Herald Premier Series and Templar Great Classics. Complimentary tickets are only issued as part of a full-priced booking. Your complimentary ticket must be requested at the time of booking. Complimentary tickets will not be added post-payment. Complimentary tickets are strictly subject to availability. Complimentary tickets can only be collected from the Ticketmaster desk on the night of the performance in question and suitable ID may be called for at the Ticketmaster staff member’s request. Failure to do so may result in the full price of the ticket being charged. Service and booking fees apply.
CHILDREN’S AND FAMILY CONCERTS A Family Pass is four tickets for a group of Two Adults and two Children or one Adult and three Children. A Baby under 12 months old does not require a ticket. A Toddler between one and two years old will be issued a free ticket. To book a Toddler ticket, please contact APO Ticketing (09) 623 1052 or ticketing@apo.co.nz before booking your other tickets. Every Child 2 years or over must have a Child price ticket purchased.
YOUNG COMPANIONS TICKETS – FOR APO SUBSCRIBERS If your subscription includes one or more main series concerts (The New Zealand Herald Premier Series, Templar Great Classics), then you are entitled to one complimentary ticket per main series concert to bring an under 16 if you wish. This offer is only available for concerts in The New Zealand Herald Premier Series and Templar Great Classics. To claim your complimentary ticket, please contact APO Ticketing after the public ticket sale date of Monday 21 January 2019. Complimentary tickets will not be booked in before this date.
For a complete list of APO terms and conditions please visit our website apo.co.nz.
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P1 Skycity Car Park – Victoria Street/Federal Street. Approx 10-min walk. P2 Wilson Parking – Elliott Street. Approx 5-min walk. P3 Atrium Car Park – Albert Street. Approx 5-min walk. P4 Tournament Parking – Corner Hobson Street & Wellesley Street West. Approx 8-min walk. P5 Civic Car Park – Greys Avenue/Mayoral Drive. Approx 2-min walk.
ACCESSIBILITY At least 48 hours before the day of a concert, please let APO Ticketing know if you have any special needs, and we will make sure the venue supervision team is aware of your requirements. There is mobility access at all central city venues where the APO performs, with a combination of lifts (elevators) and ramps to provide access. Companion seats are available for those booking wheelchair spaces and guide dogs are welcome. Wheelchairs can be accommodated in the Stalls level of the Great Hall and the Aotea Centre. Please advise ticketing staff when booking if you require a wheelchair position. Hearing impaired: An induction loop system is available with full coverage in most seats in Auckland Town Hall and Aotea Centre. Find out more about Auckland Live patron services and venues, including Auckland Town Hall, Aotea Centre and The Civic:
P6 Rendevous Hotel Car Park – Mayoral Drive/ Vincent Avenue. Approx 5-min walk. P7 Tournament Parking – Airedale Street. Approx 5-min walk.
WATCH & LISTEN AT HOME Most concerts in The New Zealand Herald Premier Series and Templar Great Classics Series, plus other selected concerts are broadcast live on Radio New Zealand Concert (92.6MHz). APO selects a number of concerts to livestream online each year via the APO Facebook page and website, as well as through our partner organisations. Information about 2019 concert livestreams will be published on the APO website prior to the event. You can also replay some of your favourite pieces from recent APO concerts, presented in partnership with Radio New Zealand Concert: apo.co.nz/watchlisten
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APO PEOPLE
PATRONS
Dame Kiri Te Kanawa, DBE, ONZ Dame Catherine Tizard, GCMG, GCVO, DBE, ONZ, QSO Sir James Wallace, KNZM, ONZM Dame Rosanne Meo, DNZM, OBE VICE PATRON
Dame Jenny Gibbs, DNZM AUCKLAND PHILHARMONIA ORCHESTRA BOARD
Geraint A. Martin (Chairman) Leigh Auton Richard Ebbett Lope Ginnen Pare Keiha Kieran Raftery QC Eric Renick Julian Smith CHIEF EXECUTIVE
Barbara Glaser
AUCKLAND PHILHARMONIA ORCHESTRA SOCIETY EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE
Huw Dann (Chairman) Xin (James) Jin Martin Lee Tim Sutton Sue Wedde
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Thomas Adès
Violin Concerto ‘Concentric Paths’
J.S. Bach
Easter Oratorio (excerpts) St John Passion (excerpts) St Matthew Passion (excerpts)
16 16 16
9
Bartók
Music for Strings, Percussion and Celeste
13
Mason Bates
Stereo is King
35
Beethoven
Triple Concerto Symphony No.6 ‘Pastoral’ Septet Piano Concerto No.4 Violin Concerto
9 17, 33 35 16 13
Berlioz
Symphonie fantastique
L. Boulanger
D’un matin de printemps
11
9
Brahms
Symphony No.1
17
Bruch
Violin Concerto No.1
11
Bruckner
Symphony No.7
9
Phil Dadson
Percussion works
35
Debussy
Prélude à L’Apres-midi d’une faune
12
Dvořák
Symphony No.7
12
Elgar
Cello Concerto Introduction and Allegro
11 17
Falla
The Three Cornered Hat
15
Salina Fisher
New Work
13
Franck
Symphony in D minor
12
Niels Gade
String Octet in F Major
35
Gershwin
An American in Paris Rhapsody in Blue
15 15
Grieg
Piano Concerto
Handel
Water Music Messiah (excerpts)
33 16
9
Harrison
Pipa Concerto
12
Haydn
Cello Concerto No.1
13
Khachaturian
Gayane Suites (excerpts)
11
Korngold
Suite
35
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Ligeti
Violin Concerto
11
Mendelssohn
Octet in E-flat A Midsummer Night’s Dream: Overture
35 17
Messiaen
Turangalîla-Symphony
19
Mozart
Clarinet Concerto Don Giovanni Symphony No.29 Piano Concerto No.21
33 20 13 17
Nielsen
Symphony No.5
13
Arvo Pärt
Fratres
13
Poulenc
Organ Concerto
12
Prokofiev
Peter and the Wolf
31
Ravel
Boléro Piano Concerto in G
13 13
Ritchie
Suite No.1 for Strings
9
Saint-Saëns
Violin Concerto No.3
17
Schubert
Symphony No.8 ‘Unfinished’
16
R. Schumann
Manfred overture Symphony No.3 ‘Rhenish’
16 11
Shostakovich
Symphony No.1
12
Sibelius
Symphony No.5 Violin Concerto
9 12
R. Strauss
Also sprach Zarathustra Metamorphosen
13 11
Stravinsky
Petrushka Pulcinella Suite
11 12
Tchaikovsky
Romeo and Juliet, Fantasy-Overture Symphony No.6 ‘Pathétique’
12 11
Michael Torke
Mojave
35
Vivaldi
Bassoon Concerto in D minor Bassoon Concerto in G ‘La Notte’ Bassoon Concerto in G minor Chamber Concerto for flute, violin and bassoon
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Wagner
Die Meistersinger: Overture
Kenneth Young Man, Sitting in a Garden
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CONCERT CALENDAR
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CONCERT
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Fri 18 Jan
2.30pm
APO Connecting
Summer School Finale Concert
Auckland Town Hall
41
Thu 14 Feb
8.00pm
Premier 1
Fantasy
Auckland Town Hall
9
Thu 21 Feb
7.30pm
Great Classics 1
Musical Postcards
Auckland Town Hall
15
Thu 28 Feb
8.00pm
Premier 2
Beethoven’s Triple
Auckland Town Hall
9
Sun 3 Mar
3.30pm
In Your Neighbourhood 1
Septet in the City
Concert Chamber
35
Fri 8 – Various Sun 10 Mar
Auckland Arts Festival
The Magic Flute
Aotea Centre
36
Sat 23 Mar
7.00pm
Auckland Arts Festival
Turangalîla
Auckland Town Hall
19
Tue 26 Mar
6.30pm
Unwrap 1
Handel’s Water Music
Auckland Town Hall
33
Sat 30 Mar
10.00am & 11.30am
APO Connecting
APO 4 Kids: Storytime
Auckland Town Hall
30
Thu 4 Apr
8.00pm
Premier 3
Landscapes
Auckland Town Hall
Sat 6 Apr
10.00am & 11.30am
APO Connecting
APO 4 Kids: Storytime
Bruce Mason Centre, Takapuna
30
Mon 8 Apr
6.30pm
In Your Neighbourhood 2
Autumn Strings
Somervell Church, Remuera
35
Tue 9 Apr
6.30pm
In Your Neighbourhood 2
Autumn Strings
St Peter’s Church, Takapuna
35
Sun 14 Apr
3.30pm
In Your Neighbourhood 2
Autumn Strings
Artworks Theatre, Waiheke
35
Thu 18 Apr
7.30pm
Great Classics 2
A Baroque Easter
Auckland Town Hall
16
Thu 9 May
8.00pm
Premier 4
Elgar’s Cello Concerto
Auckland Town Hall
11
Sat 11 May
11.00am & 2.00pm
Family Concerts
Dahlesque
Auckland Town Hall
29
Wed 15 May 6.00pm
Auckland Writers Festival
Man, Sitting in a Garden
Auckland Town Hall
23
Wed 22 May 7.30pm
Together with APO
Planet Earth II
Aotea Centre
25
Thu 30 May 8.00pm
Premier 5
Ehnes plays Bruch
Auckland Town Hall
11
Round III
Concert Chamber
37
Round III
Concert Chamber
37
Grand Finale
Auckland Town Hall
37
Together with APO
The NZ Mix Tape
The Civic
26
Wed 19 Jun 6.30pm
Unwrap 2
Mozart’s Clarinet Concerto
Auckland Town Hall
33
Thu 27 Jun
8.00pm
Premier 6
Pathétique
Auckland Town Hall
11
Sat 29 Jun
3.00pm
APO Connecting
Light & Dark
Auckland Town Hall
41
Mon 1 Jul
6.30pm
In Your Neighbourhood 3
Beats, working
All Saints Church, Howick
35
Tue 2 Jul
6.30pm
In Your Neighbourhood 3
Beats, working
St Luke’s Church, Remuera
35
Fri 19 Jul
7.30pm
Opera in Concert
Don Giovanni
Auckland Town Hall
21
Sun 21 Jul
11.00am & 2.00pm
Family Concerts
Peter & the Wolf Live
Aotea Centre
31
Thu 25 Jul
7.30pm
Great Classics 3
Tragic Heroes
Auckland Town Hall
16
Sat 27 Jul
3.00pm
APO Connecting
Light & Dark
Trusts Arena, Henderson
41
Thu 8 Aug
8.00pm
Premier 7
Reimagined
Auckland Town Hall
12
Thu 22 Aug 8.00pm
Premier 8
Reveries
Auckland Town Hall
12
Thu 12 Sep 8.00pm
Premier 9
Ashkenazy & Mullova
Auckland Town Hall
12
Mon 23 Sep 6.30pm
In Your Neighbourhood 4
Baroque Bassoon
St Helier’s Church & Community Centre
35
Tue 24 Sep
In Your Neighbourhood 4
Baroque Bassoon
Takapuna Methodist Church
35
Wed 25 Sep 6.30pm
Unwrap 3
Beethoven’s Pastoral Symphony
Auckland Town Hall
33
Thu 3 Oct
7.30pm
Great Classics 4
Pastoral
Auckland Town Hall
17
Fri 11 Oct
8.00pm
Together with APO
Dawn
Aotea Centre
27
Sat 12 Oct
2.00pm
Together with APO
Dawn
Aotea Centre
27
Thu 17 Oct
8.00pm
Premier 10
Boléro
Auckland Town Hall
13
Sat 19 Oct
3.00pm
APO Connecting
Light & Dark
Vodafone Events Centre
41
Thu 31 Oct
8.00pm
Premier 11
Zarathustra
Auckland Town Hall
13
Thu 7 Nov
7.30pm
Great Classics 5
Magic & Mozart
Auckland Town Hall
17
Fri 14 Nov
8.00pm
Premier 12
Conflict & Triumph
Auckland Town Hall
13
Sat 30 Nov
10.00am & 11.30am
APO Connecting
APO 4 Kids: Christmas
Auckland Town Hall
30
Fri 13 Dec
7.30pm
Christmas
Celebrate Christmas
Holy Trinity Cathedral, Parnell
39
Sat 14 Dec
3.00pm
Christmas
Celebrate Christmas
Holy Trinity Cathedral, Parnell
39
APO Connecting
APO 4 Kids: Christmas
The Trusts Arena, Henderson
30
Wed 5 Jun
7.30pm
Thu 6 Jun
7.30pm
Sat 8 Jun
7.30pm
Tue 11 Jun
8.00pm
6.30pm
Sun 15 Dec 10.00am & 11.30am
Michael Hill International Violin Competition
9
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THANK YOU
Auckland Philharmonia Orchestra gratefully acknowledges the contributions made by the following companies, trusts and organisations.
CORE FUNDERS
PLATINUM
Sir William & Lady Manchester Charitable Trust
GOLD Chisholm Whitney Family Charitable Trust
The Douglas Goodfellow Charitable Trust
SILVER Alexander Harold Watson Charitable Trust
Australian Communities Foundation – Sylvia Fisher Fund
Lesley French Estate
Maurice Paykel Charitable Trust
BRONZE Adrian Malloch Photography APRA AMCOS NZ Artedomus (NZ) Ltd The Hamana Charitable Trust
James Russell Lewis Trust Karajoz Coffee Marshall Day Acoustics Ministry of Education
Mt Wellington Foundation Naxos Music Group North & South Trust NZCT
Orongo Bay Homestead Scarecrow – deli, café & florist St John
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