2021 Concert Series Programmes
PASSIONATE – Sunday 21 March, 2021 at 2.30pm
Conductor Timothy Carpenter
Soloist Hamilton Civic Choir
Bach St Matthew Passion BWV244
RACH 2 – Sunday 16 May, 2021 at 2.30pm
Conductor Beth Cohen
Soloist Somi Kim
Fauré Pelléas et Mélisande Suite Op 80
Rachmaninoff Piano Concerto No 2 Op 18 in C minor
Copland Appalachian Spring
THE EMPEROR – Sunday 25 July, 2021 at 2.30pm
Conductor Michael Joel
Soloist Diedre Irons
Leonie Holmes Prelude for Strings
Beethoven Piano Concerto No 5 Op 73 in E flat “Emperor”
Beethoven Symphony No 3 Op 55 in E flat “Eroica”
RISING STARS – Sunday 15 August, 2021 at 2.30pm
Conductor Michael Joel
Soloist Students from the Classical Voice Department, University of Auckland
Join us for an afternoon of arias, duets and ensembles presented by the very talented Classical Voice Students of Auckland University. Full details will be listed closer to the concert.
A FRENCH AFTERNOON – Sunday 12 September, 2021 at 2.30pm
Conductor Brent Stewart
Soloist Andrew Beer
Debussy Prélude à “l’après-midi d’un faune”
Saint-Saëns Havanaise Op 83
Wieniawski Violin Concerto No 2 Op 22 in D minor
Debussy Nocturnes (revised version)
THE LATE ROMANTICS – Sunday 17 October, 2021 at 2.30pm
Conductor Vincent Hardaker
Soloist Ashley Brown
Kenneth Young Douce Tristesse
Lalo Cello Concerto in D minor
Brahms Symphony No 2 Op 73 in D