Nzso 70Th Birthday Concert

20 17 We Kiwis aim high on the global stage, delivering excellence in sport, business, science and the arts. And the New Zealand Symphony Orchestra is no exception. Whether it’s our Grammy nominated musicianship or the world’s best conductors and soloists we perform with, an NZSO concert is an experience as good as anything anywhere in the world. The NZSO, in our 70th year, will blow away all your expectations. Experience more exceptional performances from your national orchestra, our amazing Music Director Edo de Waart and the world-leading line up of guests at the top of their game. SEASON 17. BE PROUD. BE HERE. 01 02 MUSIC DIRECTOR Edo de Waart WELCOME TO SEASON 2017 I’ve spent more than five decades on In the spirit of sharing, we offer the podium, often in the gold-leafed 20th century treasures in John Adams, halls of Europe leading grand and Sir James MacMillan and Thomas esteemed old orchestras. Adès. Such works will become core Yes, New Zealand’s national orchestra repertoire of the future; perhaps we is youthful by comparison, praised for may ignite a love affair with this music the fresh vitality of our style. But to that will burn in you for years. me, our most magical quality is the Dutch superstar Janine Jansen returns; empathy with which our musicians among others we present American play. You can hear this sensitivity in sensations Joyce Yang and Michelle the music, so what explains it? DeYoung, and Swedish clarinet We rehearse, travel, eat and perform virtuoso Martin Fröst. We mark our together for most of the year as 70th year with works by generations this country’s largest musical family. of New Zealanders, and welcome new If we didn’t tour, we wouldn’t know talents in composer Salina Fisher and each other so well. soprano Madison Nonoa. I was built to perform music; I cannot Such genuine togetherness live without it. In dark times classical is rare in an orchestra and music is more than a pleasure but a it’s a quality New Zealanders symbol of what humanity, at our finest, can achieve. share as a people In New York’s Museum of Modern Art stands an original room by the architect This season we continue to explore Frank Lloyd Wright. It’s wrought of oak those glories of the repertoire I’ve and leaded glass, laid out in a pattern of loved since youth, from Mahler’s First air and light. Maybe it’s the dimensions Symphony to Beethoven’s Pastoral. and the colours, but when I go there I We move forward with Strauss, Mozart always feel everything’s going to be okay. and Brahms yet introduce other joys I can feel what’s being told to me, and such as Elgar, the Berg Violin Concerto, the message is full of hope. and an evening of Rachmaninov. This is what art can do. This, I hope, The time is right to stage a concert is what our Season will offer you. performance of Berlioz’s Damnation of Faust, complete with a mighty choir and the acclaimed voices of Eric Owens and Andrew Staples. — THE NZSO FOUNDATION IS PROUD TO SUPPORT EDO DE WAART Edo de Waart MUSIC DIRECTOR 03 20 17 Season Calendar AUCKLAND CHRISTCHURCH DUNEDIN HAMILTON NAPIER TAURANGA WELLINGTON PAGE TOWN HALL HORNCASTLE ARENA TOWN HALL CLAUDELANDS ARENA MUNICIPAL THEATRE BAYCOURT THEATRE MICHAEL FOWLER CENTRE NZSO 70TH BIRTHDAY CONCERT 12 Mon 6 Mar, 7.00pm SUMMER POPS WITH THE MODERN MĀORI QUARTET 13 Fri 24 Feb, 7.30pm Fri 3 Mar, 7.00pm Thu 2 Mar, 7.00pm Thu 23 Feb, 7.00pm Wed 15 Mar, 7.30pm Fri 10 Mar, 6.30pm ELGAR & STRAUSS 13 Fri 24 Mar, 7.30pm Sat 25 Mar, 7.30pm MOZART & BEETHOVEN 14 Fri 31 Mar, 7.30pm Tue 4 Apr, 7.00pm Wed 5 Apr, 7.00pm Thu 30 Mar, 7.30pm Sat 1 Apr, 7.00pm Fri 7 Apr, 6.30pm AOTEAROA PLUS FARR, ADAMS & BOULEZ 14 Sat 6 May, 7.30pm Fri 5 May, 6.30pm PATHÉTIQUE DVOŘÁK & TCHAIKOVSKY 15 Sat 27 May, 7.30pm Thu 25 May, 7.00pm Fri 26 May, 7.30pm Sat 20 May, 7.30pm Wed 21 Jun, 7.00pm SCHUMANN & BARBER 15 Fri 16 Jun, 7.30pm Thu 15 Jun, 7.30pm Sat 17 Jun, 7.30pm Isaac Theatre Royal BRITISH FESTIVAL LANDS OF HOPE AND GLORY 16 Fri 30 Jun, 6.30pm BRITISH FESTIVAL BOLD WORLDS 16 Fri 7 Jul, 7.30pm Thu 6 Jul, 7.30pm Sat 8 Jul, 7.30pm BRITISH FESTIVAL NZSO NATIONAL YOUTH ORCHESTRA YOUNG PERSON’S GUIDE TO 17 Sat 15 Jul, 7.30pm Fri 14 Jul, 6.30pm THE ORCHESTRA MILOŠ PLAYS HOWARD SHORE 17 Sat 22 Jul, 7.30pm Thu 27 Jul, 7.00pm Wed 26 Jul, 7.30pm Sat 29 Jul, 7.30pm MAHLER & BERG WITH KAREN GOMYO 18 Fri 18 Aug, 7.30pm Fri 11 Aug, 6.30pm BEETHOVEN & BRUCH WITH KAREN GOMYO 18 Sat 19 Aug, 7.30pm Sat 12 Aug, 7.30pm THE DAMNATION OF FAUST: CONCERT OPERA 19 Sun 27 Aug, 2.30pm Fri 25 Aug, 6.30pm Wed 20 Sep, 7.00pm PIANOMANIA WITH FREDDY KEMPF 19 Fri 15 Sep, 7.30pm Thu 21 Sep, 7.00pm Sat 16 Sep, 7.30pm Thu 14 Sep, 7.00pm Sat 23 Sep, 7.30pm Air Force Museum Wed 11 Oct, 7.00pm TRAVELS IN ITALY 20 Fri 13 Oct, 7.30pm Fri 6 Oct, 6.30pm Air Force Museum RACHMANINOV WITH JOYCE YANG 20 Sat 4 Nov, 7.30pm Tue 31 Oct, 7.00pm Wed 1 Nov, 7.00pm Fri 3 Nov, 7.30pm Fri 27 Oct, 6.30pm JANINE JANSEN PLAYS SIBELIUS 21 Sat 11 Nov, 7.30pm Fri 10 Nov, 6.30pm MESSIAH 21 Sat 9 Dec, 7.30pm EDO DE WAART’S MASTERWORKS BLENHEIM INVERCARGILL GISBORNE KERIKERI NEW PLYMOUTH PALMERSTON NORTH ROTORUA WHANGAREI OTHER CENTRES PAGE ASB THEATRE MARLBOROUGH CIVIC THEATRE WAR MEMORIAL THEATRE THE TURNER CENTRE TSB SHOWPLACE REGENT ON BROADWAY CIVIC THEATRE FORUM NORTH SUMMER POPS WITH THE MODERN MĀORI QUARTET 13 Wed 1 Mar, 7.30pm Fri 17 Mar, 7.00pm Wed 8 Mar, 7.30pm Thu 9 Mar, 7.30pm Thu 16 Mar, 7.30pm Sat 25 Feb, 7.00pm SCHUMANN & BARBER 15 Tue 20 Jun, 7.00pm MILOŠ PLAYS HOWARD SHORE 17 Sun 23 Jul, 6.30pm PIANOMANIA WITH FREDDY KEMPF 19 Tue 19 Sep, 7.00pm 04 AUCKLAND CHRISTCHURCH DUNEDIN HAMILTON NAPIER TAURANGA WELLINGTON PAGE TOWN HALL HORNCASTLE ARENA TOWN HALL CLAUDELANDS ARENA MUNICIPAL THEATRE BAYCOURT THEATRE MICHAEL FOWLER CENTRE NZSO 70TH BIRTHDAY CONCERT 12 Mon 6 Mar, 7.00pm SUMMER POPS WITH THE MODERN MĀORI QUARTET 13 Fri 24 Feb, 7.30pm Fri 3 Mar, 7.00pm Thu 2 Mar, 7.00pm Thu 23 Feb, 7.00pm Wed 15 Mar, 7.30pm Fri 10 Mar, 6.30pm ELGAR & STRAUSS 13 Fri 24 Mar, 7.30pm Sat 25 Mar, 7.30pm MOZART & BEETHOVEN 14 Fri 31 Mar, 7.30pm Tue 4 Apr, 7.00pm Wed 5 Apr, 7.00pm Thu 30 Mar, 7.30pm Sat 1 Apr, 7.00pm Fri 7 Apr, 6.30pm AOTEAROA PLUS FARR, ADAMS & BOULEZ 14 Sat 6 May, 7.30pm Fri 5 May, 6.30pm PATHÉTIQUE DVOŘÁK & TCHAIKOVSKY 15 Sat 27 May, 7.30pm Thu 25 May, 7.00pm Fri 26 May, 7.30pm Sat 20 May, 7.30pm Wed 21 Jun, 7.00pm SCHUMANN & BARBER 15 Fri 16 Jun, 7.30pm Thu 15 Jun, 7.30pm Sat 17 Jun, 7.30pm Isaac Theatre Royal BRITISH FESTIVAL LANDS OF HOPE AND GLORY 16 Fri 30 Jun, 6.30pm BRITISH FESTIVAL BOLD WORLDS 16 Fri 7 Jul, 7.30pm Thu 6 Jul, 7.30pm Sat 8 Jul, 7.30pm BRITISH FESTIVAL NZSO NATIONAL YOUTH ORCHESTRA YOUNG PERSON’S GUIDE TO 17 Sat 15 Jul, 7.30pm Fri 14 Jul, 6.30pm THE ORCHESTRA MILOŠ PLAYS HOWARD SHORE 17 Sat 22 Jul, 7.30pm Thu 27 Jul, 7.00pm Wed 26 Jul, 7.30pm Sat 29 Jul, 7.30pm MAHLER & BERG WITH KAREN GOMYO 18 Fri 18 Aug, 7.30pm Fri 11 Aug, 6.30pm BEETHOVEN & BRUCH WITH KAREN GOMYO 18 Sat 19 Aug, 7.30pm Sat 12 Aug, 7.30pm THE DAMNATION OF FAUST: CONCERT OPERA 19 Sun 27 Aug, 2.30pm Fri 25 Aug, 6.30pm Wed 20 Sep, 7.00pm PIANOMANIA WITH FREDDY KEMPF 19 Fri 15 Sep, 7.30pm Thu 21 Sep, 7.00pm Sat 16 Sep, 7.30pm Thu 14 Sep, 7.00pm Sat 23 Sep, 7.30pm Air Force Museum Wed 11 Oct, 7.00pm TRAVELS IN ITALY 20 Fri 13 Oct, 7.30pm Fri 6 Oct, 6.30pm Air Force Museum RACHMANINOV WITH JOYCE YANG 20 Sat 4 Nov, 7.30pm Tue 31 Oct, 7.00pm Wed 1 Nov, 7.00pm Fri 3 Nov, 7.30pm Fri 27 Oct, 6.30pm JANINE JANSEN PLAYS SIBELIUS 21 Sat 11 Nov, 7.30pm Fri 10 Nov, 6.30pm MESSIAH 21 Sat 9 Dec, 7.30pm BLENHEIM INVERCARGILL GISBORNE KERIKERI NEW PLYMOUTH PALMERSTON NORTH ROTORUA WHANGAREI OTHER CENTRES PAGE ASB THEATRE MARLBOROUGH CIVIC THEATRE WAR MEMORIAL THEATRE THE TURNER CENTRE TSB SHOWPLACE REGENT ON BROADWAY CIVIC THEATRE FORUM NORTH SUMMER POPS WITH THE MODERN MĀORI QUARTET 13 Wed 1 Mar, 7.30pm Fri 17 Mar, 7.00pm Wed 8 Mar, 7.30pm Thu 9 Mar, 7.30pm Thu 16 Mar, 7.30pm Sat 25 Feb, 7.00pm SCHUMANN & BARBER 15 Tue 20 Jun, 7.00pm MILOŠ PLAYS HOWARD SHORE 17 Sun 23 Jul, 6.30pm PIANOMANIA WITH FREDDY KEMPF 19 Tue 19 Sep, 7.00pm 05 01 02 20 17 03 04 05 06 THE WORLD’S BEST 07 08 01—Michelle DeYoung 02—Martin Fröst 03—Joyce Yang 04—Modern Māori Quartet 05—Brett Weymark 06—Antoine Tamestit 07—Celeste Lazarenko 08—Jonathan Abernethy 09 10 11 12 09—Daniel Müller-Schott 10—James Feddeck 11—Jared Holt 12—Deborah Humble 13—Andrew Staples 14—Eric Owens 15—Narek Hakhnazaryan 16—Miloš Karadaglić 13 14 17—Sébastian Hurtaud 18—James Judd 19—Darrell Ang 20—Janine Jansen 21—Karen Gomyo 22—Colin Currie 23—Freddy Kempf 24—Alexander Shelley 25—James Clayton 26—Hamish McKeich 27—James MacMillan 06 15 16 17 19 20 18 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 07 The New Zealand Symphony Orchestra has been the nation’s full size, full-time professional orchestra since 1946.

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