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2019 NEW ZEALAND SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA PODIUM SERIES
Welcome to the Podium Series,
the New Zealand Symphony Orchestra’s
subscription series for 2019.
In 2019 we bring you a diverse mix of
soloists and conductors from New Zealand
and around the world, including our Music
Director, Maestro Edo de Waart. This
diversity is also reflected in the repertoire
with The Planets, Linz Symphony, Prague
Symphony and contemporary works from
Europe and America, performed alongside
NZSO commissions, marking 250 years
since the first encounters between Māori and
Captain James Cook. The Beethoven Festival
will also be a rare chance to hear all nine of
Beethoven’s Symphonies performed across
four concerts.
Since being established in 1947, the kaupapa
of the New Zealand Symphony Orchestra has
been to be accessible to all New Zealanders.
That is why we perform to schools, tour
extensively throughout the country, and
make our performance venues as accessible
as possible.
Symphonic music runs throughout our lives –
on radio, film, television and online. But the
best place to enjoy it is still the concert hall.
We hope you enjoy this first series of
concerts from the NZSO. Watch out as we
release more events for the 2019 season.
We look forward to seeing you and your
family in 2019 – there’s a lot of great music
to make everyone happy.
Robert Ibell
Cello
Here it is! For music-lovers around New Zealand, a New Zealanders are always eager for us to unveil our
preview of the annual programme for the NZSO is next season. We are just as excited and in 2019 New
something to look forward to and to savour. Zealanders will be spoilt for choice.
Our national orchestra is deservedly regarded as One of our biggest undertakings will be the
a cultural taonga. And it will once more be delivering Beethoven Festival, led by NZSO Music Director Edo de
another year of imaginative programming – as well Waart. We will perform all nine Beethoven symphonies.
as the opportunity to hear performances by exciting Maestro de Waart again excels with his
world-class soloists. Masterworks series, which includes Holst’s epic The
New Zealanders are fortunate to have an Planets and Mahler’s glorious and ambitious Symphony
orchestra of the calibre of the NZSO. It consistently No. 2, the Resurrection symphony.
demonstrates its versatility by performing works We have American Susan Graham, one of the finest
across the broad spectrum of the musical canon – mezzo-sopranos performing today, pianist Joyce Yang,
from early to modern, classical favourites through to who enraptured audiences in 2017, and outstanding
innovative and experimental works. All are performed violinist Jennifer Koh. Swedish mezzo-soprano Anna
with great style and virtuosity. Larsson and American soprano Lauren Snouffer will join
I will certainly be taking my place in the audience, us for Mahler’s Resurrection, accompanied by Voices
whenever my schedule allows. New Zealand with The Orpheus Choir (in Wellington)
I extend to everyone associated with the NZSO and Auckland Choral (in Auckland).
my very best wishes for another triumphant year of Audience favourites also return. Our Summer tour
music-making. features spirited works by Rossini, Haydn, Prokofiev and
Brahms, and we end the year with Handel’s Messiah.
The Rt Hon Dame Patricia Reddy GNZM QSO 2019 is also a very special year for the NZSO
GOVERNOR-GENERAL OF NEW ZEALAND National Youth Orchestra. It turns 60 and to celebrate,
NZSO PATRON the New Zealand Youth Choir will join the orchestra for
performances led by NZSO Music Director Emeritus
James Judd.
Throughout the season we have a magnificent
assortment of internationally acclaimed conductors and
soloists: Danish conductor Thomas Søndergård with
Russian pianist Denis Kozhukhin; Russian conductor
Dima Slobodeniouk and German violinist Carolin
Widmann; Uruguayan conductor Carlos Kalmar with
Scottish pianist Steven Osborne; Israeli conductor
Asher Fisch and French-Canadian pianist Louis Lortie.
Håkan Hardenberger, one of the best trumpeters in the
world, teams up with conductor and chansonnier
HK Gruber in a unique concert where the two swap
places on the podium for Gruber to perform his
mesmerising Frankenstein!!
We’re delighted to include among our line-up of
soloists, NZSO Section Principal Horn Samuel Jacobs,
who will be joined by German-Japanese conductor
Jun Märkl. The orchestra will continue to perform
exciting works by New Zealand composers, including
commissions by Michael Norris and Kenneth Young.
Whether 2019 will be the first time you attend an
NZSO concert, or you’ve been a passionate supporter for
many years, your national orchestra will perform music
that will move, delight and inspire.
Christopher Blake QSO
Photo: TIm Watson
TE KAIHAUTŪ O TE TIRA PŪORO O AOTEAROA
NZSO CHIEF EXECUTIVE
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Throughout my time as Music Director of the New Zealand Symphony
Orchestra, my aim has always been to give audiences an overview of the
magnificence of classical music. I have loved every piece I have presented
and love working with the Orchestra.
In 2019 my Masterworks series will feature the familiar and the new.
Holst’s The Planets is one of my favourite pieces in the canon of popular
classics. Everybody who knows me knows that I love Elgar and I am so
pleased to present his Enigma Variations. Schubert’s Symphony No. 9 is
rightly known as The Great and is a work that completely envelops the
listener. Mahler’s Symphony No. 2 Resurrection is a masterpiece. For his
First Symphony he was very much a youthful composer still finding his way.
With Resurrection his talent and potential exploded.
I am also delighted to present three movements from a cycle of a very
recent work by an exceptional British composer Anna Clyne. It is wonderful,
evocative music.
The soloists also bring so much to each Masterworks concert.
La Mort de Cléopâtre by Berlioz is a tour de force so needed a world-class
mezzo-soprano. With Susan Graham we have filled the bill. She is a strong,
powerful performer with a tremendous passion and commitment. After
Joyce Yang played Rachmaninov with us in 2017, I was eager for her to return.
Her wish was to play Brahms’ Piano Concerto No. 1. Jennifer Koh is a terrific
violinist and she is the best person to play Finnish composer and conductor
Esa-Pekka Salonen’s Violin Concerto.
I am elated to lead the Beethoven Festival. Conducting the complete
cycle of Beethoven symphonies is always for me one of the high points
of any concert season. It is not often that we can play all the symphonies
of a great composer in one season. In my experience, the only thing it
compares to is going to Bayreuth to hear Wagner. I am looking forward
to the Beethoven cycle tremendously because of the enormous quality of
the material. You will gain more insight into the genius of Beethoven.
Edo de Waart Music Director
Susan Graham Joyce Yang Thomas Søndergård Denis Kozhukhin
Dima Slobodeniouk Carolin Widmann Carlos Kalmar Steven Osborne
Asher Fisch Louis Lortie HK Gruber Håkan Hardenberger
Jun Märkl Jennifer Koh Anna Larsson Lauren Snouffer
Sabina Cvilak Kristin Darragh Kim Begley Anthony Robin
Schneider
Graham Abbott Celeste Lazarenko Anna Pierard
Jonathan Abernethy
Hadleigh Adams James Judd
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Classical 10 Sat, 16 Feb, 7.30pm Wed, 27 Feb, 7.30pm Fri, 15 Feb, 7.30pm Wed, 20 Feb, 7.30pm Fri, 22 Feb, 7.30pm
Journey Auckland Town Hall Michael Fowler Centre Claudelands Arena Baycourt Addison Theatre Municipal Theatre
The Planets 12 Fri, 29 Mar, 7.30pm Sat, 30 Mar, 7.30pm
Auckland Town Hall Michael Fowler Centre
Enigma 14 Thu, 11 Apr, 7.30pm Sat, 13 Apr, 7.30pm Fri, 12 Apr, 7.30pm Fri, 5 Apr, 7.30pm Sat, 6 Apr, 7.30pm
Auckland Town Hall Michael Fowler Centre Claudelands Arena Christchurch Town Hall Dunedin Town Hall
Love 16 Fri, 24 May, 7.30pm Sat, 18 May, 7.30pm Thu, 23 May, 7.30pm Wed, 22 May, 7.30pm
Eternal Auckland Town Hall Michael Fowler Centre Claudelands Arena Baycourt Addison Theatre
Winter 18 Fri, 21 Jun, 7.30pm Thu, 20 Jun, 7.30pm Thu, 27 Jun, 7.30pm Wed, 26 Jun, 7.30pm
Daydreams Auckland Town Hall Michael Fowler Centre Christchurch Town Hall Dunedin Town Hall
Mātauranga 20 Sat, 20 Jul, 7.30pm Sat, 13 Jul, 7.30pm Fri, 19 Jul, 7.30pm Thu, 18 Jul, 7.30pm Wed, 17 Jul, 7.30pm
Auckland Town Hall Michael Fowler Centre Claudelands Arena Baycourt Addison Theatre Municipal Theatre
Beethoven Festival 24 Fri, 16 Aug, 7.30pm Wed, 28 Aug, 7.30pm
Heroic Auckland Town Hall Michael Fowler Centre
Beethoven Festival 26 Sat, 17 Aug, 7.30pm Thu, 29 Aug, 7.30pm
Destiny Auckland Town Hall Michael Fowler Centre
Beethoven Festival 28 Fri, 23 Aug, 7.30pm Fri, 30 Aug, 7.30pm
Pastoral Auckland Town Hall Michael Fowler Centre
Beethoven Festival 30 Sat, 24 Aug, 7.30pm Sat, 31 Aug, 7.30pm
Joy Auckland Town Hall Michael Fowler Centre
Transfiguration 32 Sat, 7 Sep, 7.30pm Fri, 6 Sep, 6.30pm Sat, 14 Sep, 7.30pm Fri, 13 Sep, 7.30pm
Auckland Town Hall Michael Fowler Centre Christchurch Town Hall Dunedin Town Hall
Frankenstein!! 34 Fri, 11 Oct, 7.30pm Thu, 10 Oct, 7.30pm
Auckland Town Hall Michael Fowler Centre
Te Māpouriki 36 Fri, 18 Oct, 7.30pm Thu, 24 Oct, 7.30pm Sat, 19 Oct, 7.30pm Tue, 22 Oct, 7.30pm Wed, 23 Oct, 7.30pm
Auckland Town Hall Michael Fowler Centre Claudelands Arena Baycourt Addison Theatre Municipal Theatre
The Great 38 Sat, 9 Nov, 7.30pm Fri, 8 Nov, 6.30pm Thu, 14 Nov, 7.30pm Fri, 15 Nov, 7.30pm
Auckland Town Hall Michael Fowler Centre Christchurch Town Hall Dunedin Town Hall
Resurrection 40 Sat, 23 Nov, 7.30pm Fri, 22 Nov, 6.30pm
Auckland Town Hall Michael Fowler Centre
Messiah* 42 Sat, 7 Dec, 7:30pm
Michael Fowler Centre
*This concert can be booked using add-on ticketing – see page 42 for details
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Classical 10 Sun, 17 Feb, 6.30pm Thu, 21 Feb, 7.30pm Sat, 23 Feb, 7.30pm Thu, 28 Feb, 7.30pm
Journey The Turner Centre Great Lake Centre Regent on Broadway ASB Theatre Marlborough
Love 16 Sat, 25 May, 7.30pm
Eternal TSB Showplace
Te Māpouriki 36 Thu, 17 Oct, 7.30pm
War Memorial Theatre
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Bridget Douglas
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Hamish McKeich Conductor
Rossini Overture to L’Italiana in Algeri
(The Italian Girl in Algiers)
Haydn Symphony No. 104 in D major, Hob. 1/104 London
Prokofiev Symphony No. 1 in D major, Op. 25
Classical Symphony
Brahms Variations on a Theme by Haydn, Op. 56a
Start your year off with a summer treat of music written during or
inspired by the late 18th century.
Under the guidance of NZSO Associate Conductor Hamish
McKeich, the concert opens with Rossini’s overture to his opera
The Italian Girl in Algiers. Written in 1813 when Rossini was just
21, the full work was a form of opera known as ‘dramma giocoso’,
literally a ‘drama with jokes’.
Haydn’s London Symphony was his last and one of his most
popular. According to a review at the time ‘the fullness, richness,
and majesty, in all its parts, is thought by some to surpass all his
other compositions.’
Sergei Prokofiev named his first symphony Classical
and wrote it ‘in the style of Haydn’. Though his dissonant early
compositions caused scandals, this symphony, which premiered in
1918, proved Prokofiev could also write beautiful lyrical melodies.
Classical
Brahms’ Variations on a Theme by Haydn is often referred
to as The Saint Anthony Variations, as the original Saint Anthony
Chorale theme was used in a divertimento attributed to Haydn. It
is highly likely that Haydn did not compose the theme, which in
Journey
Brahms’ work, is followed by eight variations and a majestic finale.
Hamilton Napier
Fri, 15 Feb, 7.30pm Fri, 22 Feb, 7.30pm
Claudelands Arena Municipal Theatre
Auckland Palmerston North
Sat, 16 Feb, 7.30pm Sat, 23 Feb, 7.30pm
Auckland Town Hall Regent on Broadway
Kerikeri Wellington
Sun, 17 Feb, 6.30pm Wed, 27 Feb, 7.30pm Hamish McKeich
The Turner Centre Michael Fowler Centre
Tauranga Blenheim
Wed, 20 Feb, 7.30pm Thu, 28 Feb, 7.30pm
Baycourt Addison Theatre ASB Theatre Marlborough
Photo: Tracy Valarie
Taupo
Thu, 21 Feb, 7.30pm PRINCIPAL PARTNER
Great Lake Centre
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Edo de Waart Conductor
Susan Graham Mezzo-soprano
Voices New Zealand Chamber Choir
Anna Clyne Abstractions: II, III, IV
Berlioz La Mort de Cléopâtre, Hob. 36
(The Death of Cleopatra)
Holst The Planets, Op. 32
Let the music paint pictures as you journey to Baltimore, Egypt
and the edge of the solar system in this awe-inspiring concert
conducted by NZSO Music Director Edo de Waart.
Composer Anna Clyne has collaborated with choreographers,
artists, orchestras and musicians worldwide. One such
collaboration, Abstractions II (Auguries), III (Seascape) and
IV (River) was inspired by several artworks from the Baltimore
Museum of Art.
La Mort de Cléopâtre (The Death of Cleopatra) by
Hector Berlioz is a dramatic cantata, with text by French poet
and playwright Pierre-Ange Vieillard. It was composed when
Berlioz was just 25 years old. Featuring leading American
mezzo-soprano Susan Graham, whose operatic appearances
include the Paris Opera, The Met, Milan’s La Scala and Covent
Garden Royal Opera House.
English composer Gustav Holst’s most famous work,
The Planets, finds inspiration not only in the planets of our
solar system, but their astrological character. Written in seven
The Planets
movements (one for each of the known planets at the time), the
first, Mars, inspired the composers of both the Star Wars and
Gladiator movies. The last, Neptune, deploys an off-stage female
choir. We are delighted to welcome Voices New Zealand to join us
in this dramatic work.
Edo de Waart Susan Graham
Auckland
Fri, 29 Mar, 7.30pm
Auckland Town Hall
Photos: Jesse Willems
Wellington
Sat, 30 Mar, 7.30pm
Dario Acosta
IN ASSOCIATION WITH
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Edo de Waart Conductor
Joyce Yang Piano
Brahms Piano Concerto No. 1 in D minor, Op. 15
Richard Strauss Serenade for Winds in E flat major, Op. 7
Elgar Variations on an Original Theme, Op. 36
Enigma Variations
If you like music of the late Romantic era, then you will thoroughly
enjoy this concert conducted by the NZSO’s Music Director
Edo de Waart.
Brahms’ First Piano Concerto was written in his early
twenties. Not initially well received, Clara Schumann, a soloist in
an early performance, said “the public understood nothing and
felt nothing”. South Korean pianist Joyce Yang, 2010 winner of
Julliard’s Arthur Rubenstein Prize returns to the NZSO to perform
Brahms’ ambitious and challenging concerto.
Richard Strauss was only 17 when he composed his
Serenade for Winds – one of four works he wrote for wind
ensemble. His father was principal horn in the Munich Court
Orchestra so Strauss had expert knowledge on hand when it
came to writing for wind instruments.
Edward Elgar’s famous Enigma Variations is an intriguing
orchestral work featuring fourteen variations on an original
theme. Each variation is a musical sketch of a different person
in Elgar’s close circle of friends. The theme itself is the Enigma.
“The Enigma I will not explain,” explained Elgar enigmatically,
“its ‘dark saying’ must be left unguessed”. The Nimrod variation
Enigma
recently featured in the 2017 film Dunkirk.
Christchurch
Fri, 5 Apr, 7.30pm
Christchurch Town Hall
Dunedin
Sat, 6 Apr, 7.30pm
Dunedin Town Hall
Auckland
Thu, 11 Apr, 7.30pm Edo de Waart Joyce Yang
Auckland Town Hall
Hamilton
Fri, 12 Apr, 7.30pm
Claudelands Arena
Photos: Jesse Willems
Wellington
Sat, 13 Apr, 7.30pm
Michael Fowler Centre
KT Kim
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Thomas Søndergård Conductor
Denis Kozhukhin Piano
Auckland & Wellington
Beethoven Coriolan Overture, Op. 62
Schumann Piano Concerto in A minor, Op. 54
Sibelius Symphony No. 6 in D minor, Op. 104
Sibelius Symphony No. 7 in C major, Op. 105
Tauranga, Hamilton & New Plymouth
Schumann Manfred Overture, Op. 115
Schumann Piano Concerto in A minor, Op. 54
Beethoven Coriolan Overture, Op. 62
Mozart Symphony No. 36 in C major, K. 425 Linz
Danish maestro Thomas Søndergård returns to take the NZSO
on tour.
Although Beethoven was familiar with Shakespeare’s
tragedy Corialanus, this solemn concert overture is thought to
be inspired by Austrian writer Heinrich Joseph von Collin’s drama
Coriolan.
Love
Schumann’s Piano Concerto premiered in 1845 with his
wife Clara Schumann as soloist. This is not a showy virtuoso
concerto, rather a strong musical partnership between soloist
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and orchestra. Soloist Denis Kozhukhin, winner of First Prize
in the 2010 Queen Elisabeth Competition in Brussels joins the
NZSO to perform this popular piano concerto.
Finnish composer Jean Sibelius’ Sixth and Seventh
Symphonies are well known for depicting the rugged
Scandinavian landscape. Sibelius said his Sixth Symphony
Wellington “always reminds me of the scent of the first snow.” English
Sat, 18 May, 7.30pm composer Benjamin Britten was less kind, saying “he must have
Michael Fowler Centre been drunk when he wrote it.” Sibelius’ Seventh Symphony is
Tauranga in just one movement and is considered by some as one of the
Wed, 22 May, 7.30pm most original and remarkable pieces he composed. It was also
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one of the last.
Hamilton Manfred Overture, written in 1848, is based on Manfred, the
Thu, 23 May, 7.30pm Thomas Søndergård Denis Kozhukhin Gothic dramatic poem by Lord Byron. You’ll hear the despair and
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passion of Byron’s supernatural poem in the music.
Auckland Mozart’s 1783 Linz Symphony was composed while Mozart
Fri, 24 May, 7.30pm and his wife were on a stopover in the Austrian town of Linz.
Auckland Town Hall
Photos: Martin Bubandt
On Mozart’s arrival, a local Count announced a concert and as
New Plymouth he had no work ready to perform, Mozart set about writing the
Marco Borggreve
Sat, 25 May, 7.30pm entire four-movement masterpiece in just four days.
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Dima Slobodeniouk Conductor
Carolin Widmann Violin
Christopher Blake Angel at Ahipara
Stravinsky Violin Concerto in D major
Tchaikovsky Symphony No. 1 in G minor, Op. 13
Winter Daydreams
Your winter daydreams may not be as full of snow as
Tchaikovsky’s, but this concert will still warm your heart.
Russian conductor Dima Slobodeniouk opens the concert
with Angel at Ahipara from Northland Panels, Christopher Blake’s
award-winning work for string orchestra. Based on New Zealand
photographer Robin Morrison’s iconic image of an angel at the
head of a grave in a churchyard at Ahipara in Northland, the music
is a beautiful evocation of desolation and hope.
Stravinsky was reluctant to accept the commission for his
1931 Violin Concerto as he believed he knew too little about the
instrument. An early musical idea he developed, a chord spanning
over two and a half octaves, was thought to be technically
unplayable by the soloist. However, upon experimenting with the
chord he found it easy to play. This gave Stravinsky the confidence
to continue with the composition. German violinist Carolin
Winter
Widmann joins the NZSO to perform Stravinsky’s only
violin concerto.
Tchaikovsky titled his First Symphony Winter Daydreams.
Despite working enormously hard, the symphony caused him
Daydreams
much suffering. The work did not impress musicians he showed
it to and individual movements were played to little enthusiasm.
However, when the entire symphony was first performed, it was a
great success.
Wellington
Thu, 20 Jun, 7.30pm
Michael Fowler Centre
Auckland
Fri, 21 Jun, 7.30pm Dima Slobodeniouk Carolin Widmann
Auckland Town Hall
Dunedin
Wed, 26 Jun, 7.30pm
Photos: Marco Borggreve
Dunedin Town Hall
Christchurch
Lennard Ruehle
Thu, 27 Jun, 7.30pm
Christchurch Town Hall
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Carlos Kalmar Conductor
Steven Osborne Piano
Auckland & Wellington
Michael Norris Mātauranga
Mozart Piano Concerto No. 12 in A major, K. 414
Osvaldo Golijov Last Round
Nielsen Symphony No. 4, Op. 29 The Inextinguishable
Napier, Tauranga & Hamilton
Mendelssohn The Hebrides Overture, Op. 26
Beethoven Piano Concerto No. 4 in G major, Op. 58
Michael Norris Mātauranga
Mozart Symphony No. 38 in D major, K. 504
Mātauranga, by Wellington-based Michael Norris, was
commissioned as part of the NZSO Cook’s Landfall Series to mark
250 years since the first encounters between Māori and Europeans
at Captain Cook’s first landfall. Featuring taonga pūoro – Māori
musical instruments, it conveys Cook’s journey to study the stars,
flora, fauna and chart continents and islands.
Renowned Scottish pianist Steven Osborne returns to New
Zealand to perform two great concertos. Piano Concerto No. 12 is
a standout early work of Mozart’s. Beethoven’s revolutionary Piano
Mātauranga
Concerto No. 4 starts with just the piano – a first. A beautiful slow
second movement contrasts loud spiky strings with a soft, smooth
piano melody that segues into a scintillating finale.
Last Round, by Argentinian Osvaldo Golijov, was written
following the death of Astor Piazzolla, the great tango composer.
Golijov wrote “The piece is conceived as an idealised bandoneon.
Wellington The first movement represents the act of a violent compression
Sat, 13 Jul, 7.30pm of the instrument and the second a final, seemingly endless
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opening sigh.”
Napier Written during the First World War, Carl Nielsen’s Fourth
Wed, 17 Jul, 7.30pm Symphony, The Inextinguishable, features a “battle” between two
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sets of timpani. Nielsen explained that the name refers to “the
Tauranga elemental will to live” as “that is inextinguishable.”
Thu, 18 Jul, 7.30pm Carlos Kalmar Steven Osborne Mendelssohn’s famous Hebrides Overture was inspired by his
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visit to Fingal’s Cave, on the Scottish island of Staffa.
Hamilton Mozart’s Prague Symphony premiered in Prague during
Fri, 19 Jul, 7.30pm the composer’s first visit there. The Bohemian wind players were
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famous throughout Europe, which might explain the symphony’s
Photos: Michael Jones
Auckland lavish use of wind instruments. This work has just three movements
Sat, 20 Jul, 7.30pm
Ben Ealovega
not four, which was more common at the time.
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‘I have always
felt that you are
a richer person
after hearing all
of Beethoven’s
nine symphonies.
You gain a little
bit more insight
and you have
been touched
by greatness.’
Edo de Waart
NZSO Music Director
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Edo de Waart Conductor
Beethoven Symphony No. 1 in C major, Op. 21
Beethoven Beethoven Symphony No. 2 in D major, Op. 36
Beethoven Symphony No. 3 in E flat major, Op. 55 Eroica
Festival NZSO Music Director Edo de Waart, one of the foremost
authorities of Beethoven’s music, brings all nine Beethoven
Heroic
symphonies to the stage in 2019.
Beethoven’s First Symphony premiered in Vienna where
the young Beethoven was already well-known. Mozart had
recently died and Haydn was nearly retired so Vienna wanted a
new hero. Even though this symphony is in C major, it does not
start that way. Beethoven wanted to startle people.
The year before the Second Symphony was composed,
Beethoven told a friend that “for almost two years I have
ceased to attend any social functions, because I find it
impossible to say to people: I am deaf.” Despite Beethoven’s
hearing loss, it is one of his most energetic and cheerful works.
Eroica is one of Beethoven’s most celebrated works
and was famously dedicated to Napoleon Bonaparte before
being changed after Bonaparte declared himself Emperor.
This “heroic” symphony is considered a landmark in the
transition between the Classical and Romantic eras. The
second movement is often played at funerals. In 1963, news
of the assassination of John. F. Kennedy was announced to
a stunned audience as they attended a performance by the
Boston Symphony Orchestra. As the noise from the crowd
subsided, the orchestra gave an impromptu performance of
the second movement.
Edo de Waart
Auckland
Fri, 16 Aug, 7.30pm
Auckland Town Hall
Photo: Jesse Willems
Wellington
Wed, 28 Aug, 7.30pm
Michael Fowler Centre
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Edo de Waart Conductor
Beethoven Symphony No. 4 in B flat major, Op. 60
Beethoven Beethoven Symphony No. 5 in C minor, Op. 67
Festival
The Beethoven Festival continues as NZSO Music Director
Edo de Waart conducts two of Beethoven’s middle symphonies.
The Fifth is one of the most popular and performed symphonies
in the entire classical music repertoire. The Fourth is far less
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known, but a delightful work.
Beethoven began composing his Fourth Symphony
after he had started work on his Fifth. Though less known than
the symphonies before and after it, the Fourth is charming and
cheerful. Romantic composer Robert Schumann called it
“a slender Grecian maiden between two Nordic giants.”
Beethoven wrote his famous Fifth Symphony between 1804
and 1808. The four-note opening motif is known worldwide, often
appearing in popular culture – from disco versions and rock and
roll covers to film and television scores.
It is commonly thought that this motif is said to be fate
knocking on the door, although there is little evidence that this
was what Beethoven had intended. Author and music critic E.T.A.
Hoffman, a contemporary of Beethoven’s, wrote that the Fifth
Symphony “sets in motion the machinery of awe, of fear, of terror,
of pain, and awakens that infinite yearning which is the essence
of Romanticism.”
Edo de Waart
Auckland
Sat, 17 Aug, 7.30pm
Auckland Town Hall
Photo: Jesse Willems
Wellington
Thu, 29 Aug, 7.30pm
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Edo de Waart Conductor
Beethoven Symphony No. 6 in F major, Op. 68 Pastoral
Beethoven Beethoven Symphony No. 7 in A major, Op. 92
Festival
The Beethoven Festival, conducted by NZSO Music Director
Edo de Waart, continues with two of Beethoven’s late great
symphonies.
Beethoven’s Sixth Symphony, also known as the Pastoral,
Pastoral
was composed in 1808. Beethoven was a nature lover and often
went for long country walks. He described this symphony as
“more the expression of feeling than painting.”
This symphony has five movements with each subtitled by
the composer: Awakening of cheerful feelings on arrival in the
countryside; Scene by the brook; Merry gathering of country
folk; Thunder storm; Shepherd’s song and Cheerful and thankful
feelings after the storm. The symphony was used in Walt Disney’s
famous 1940 animated film Fantasia.
Beethoven wrote his Seventh Symphony while he was
spending time at the Bohemian spa town of Teplice. The work
is filled with lively dance-like rhythms. A drone-like line in the
double basses recurs in the fourth movement hinting at a rustic,
outdoor celebration. Though some critics didn’t like the work,
Beethoven described it as his “most excellent symphony.” When
the Seventh Symphony premiered in 1813, the second movement
Allegretto was so popular the audience demanded an encore.
Edo de Waart
Auckland
Fri, 23 Aug, 7.30pm
Auckland Town Hall
Photo: Jesse Willems
Wellington
Fri, 30 Aug, 7.30pm
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Edo de Waart Conductor
Sabina Cvilak Soprano
Beethoven Kristin Darragh Mezzo-soprano
Kim Begley Tenor
Festival
Anthony Robin Schneider Bass
Voices New Zealand Chamber Choir
Joy
Beethoven Symphony No. 8 in F major, Op. 93
Beethoven Symphony No. 9 in D minor, Op. 125 Choral
The Beethoven Festival concludes in a brilliant finale with
Beethoven’s last two symphonies, including the iconic Ninth.
NZSO Music Director Edo de Waart, is joined by a stellar group
of soloists and Voices New Zealand to end the Beethoven
Festival in style.
Beethoven’s Eighth Symphony is light-hearted and cheerful.
It is one of Beethoven’s shortest symphonies, with a second
movement that is much faster than most symphonic second
movements. It is said to imitate the newly invented metronome.
Beethoven met the metronome’s inventor, Johann Mälzel, at a
dinner party while writing this work.
The Ninth Symphony is regarded as one of Beethoven’s
finest works. It has the largest orchestra of his symphonies and
was the first symphony by a major composer to use voices.
In the final movement, the voices sing the triumphant Ode to Joy,
a poem by Friedrich Schiller.
The work premiered in 1824 in Vienna. The audience gave
rousing ovations, including waving handkerchiefs and lifting hats
so that the deaf composer, who could not hear the applause,
Sabina Cvilak Kristin Darragh could see the ecstatic response.
Beethoven’s Choral Symphony is frequently featured in film,
TV and even video games.
As we head towards the 250th anniversary of Beethoven’s
birthday in 2020, his music is as relevant today as it was when it
premiered.
Edo de Waart Kim Begley Anthony Robin Schneider
Auckland
Jesse Willems, Andrew Bogard
Sat, 24 Aug, 7.30pm
Auckland Town Hall
Photos: Marjan Laznik,
Wellington
Sat, 31 Aug, 7.30pm
Michael Fowler Centre
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Asher Fisch Conductor
Louis Lortie Piano
Rachmaninov Piano Concerto No. 2 in C minor, Op. 18
Richard Strauss Tod und Verklärung, Op. 24
(Death and Transfiguration)
Wagner Overture to Tännhauser, WWV 70
The rich, lush sounds of three great Romantic composers feature
in this concert conducted by Asher Fisch, current Principal
Conductor of West Australian Symphony Orchestra and former
chief conductor of Vienna Volksoper.
Rachmaninov’s famous Second Piano Concerto premiered
with the composer as soloist. The concerto was dedicated to the
doctor who treated Rachmaninov through his clinical depression.
The second theme of the Allegro scherzando provides the basis for
Frank Sinatra’s 1945 hit song Full Moon and Empty Arms. French-
Canadian pianist Louis Lortie is a world renowned soloist who tours
a vast repertoire internationally. His versatility as a performer will
be well suited to Rachmaninov’s athletic piano concerto.
Richard Strauss’ Tod und Verklärung (Death and
Transfiguration) is a tone poem depicting a dying artist reflecting
on his life. At the end, the moment of death is a sweeping upward
glissando towards heaven. On his deathbed, Strauss said ‘dying is
just as I composed it in Death and Transfiguration.’
Wagner’s opera Tannhäuser, about a troubadour who
becomes the lover of the goddess Venus, tells a story of lust,
love, and redemption. The overture contains many of the opera’s
Transfiguration
important themes.
Wellington
Fri, 6 Sep, 6.30pm
Michael Fowler Centre
Auckland
Sat, 7 Sep, 7.30pm Asher Fisch Louis Lortie
Auckland Town Hall
Dunedin
Fri, 13 Sep, 7.30pm
Dunedin Town Hall
Christchurch
Photos: Nik Babic,
Sat, 14 Sep, 7.30pm
Christchurch Town Hall
Elias
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HK Gruber Conductor & Chansonnier
Håkan Hardenberger Trumpet & Conductor
Unknown Kindersinfonie: Toy Symphony
Stravinsky Circus Polka: For a Young Elephant
HK Gruber Aerial
Haydn Symphony No. 22 in E flat major, Hob. 1/22
The Philosopher
HK Gruber Frankenstein!!
Arrgghh!! Hang onto your seats in this entertaining concert full
of drama and irony. It features Austrian composer, conductor
and chansonnier HK Gruber and Swedish trumpet virtuoso
Håkan Hardenberger.
The concert starts with the playful Toy Symphony, a work
with toy instruments, including a trumpet, ratchet, nightingale,
cuckoo and drum.
Stravinsky’s charming Circus Polka: For a Young Elephant
was written for Ringling Bros. and Barnum and Bailey Circus and
performed by 50 elephants and 50 ballerinas.
HK Gruber’s Aerial is a trumpet concerto specially written
for Hardenberger. The first movement depicts aerial views of a
Nordic landscape; the second imagines seeing the world from
space.
Written in 1764 while Haydn was at the court of Prince
Nicolaus Esterházy, Symphony no. 22 The Philosopher was
ground breaking in its time. With innovative instrumentation
Frankenstein!!
and reordering of the movements, it broke tradition with a style
that Haydn himself had been instrumental in creating.
HK Gruber describes Frankenstein!! as a “pan-demonium”
for chansonnier (a performer who sings in a combination of
melody and rapid spoken patter) and orchestra after children’s
rhymes by H.C. Artmann. But there is a serious side as Artmann
stated “The monsters of political life have always tried to hide
their true faces. Frankenstein is not the protagonist, but the
figure behind the scenes whom we forget at our peril.”
HK Gruber Håkan Hardenberger
Wellington
Thu, 10 Oct, 7.30pm
Michael Fowler Centre
Photos: Jon Super,
Auckland
Marco Borggreve
Fri, 11 Oct, 7.30pm
Auckland Town Hall
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Jun Märkl Conductor
Samuel Jacobs French horn
Kenneth Young Te Māpouriki
Mozart Symphony No. 31 in D major, K. 297 Paris
Richard Strauss Horn Concerto No. 1 in E flat major, Op. 11
Mendelssohn Calm Sea and Prosperous Voyage, Op. 27
Schumann Symphony No. 1 in B flat major, Op. 38 Spring
German-Japanese conductor Jun Märkl conducts a spring
concert that includes an exciting new New Zealand work and
some popular classics.
Te Māpouriki by New Zealand composer Kenneth Young
was commissioned as part of the NZSO Cook’s Landfall Series
to mark 250 years since the first encounters between Māori
and Europeans when Captain Cook’s ‘Endeavour’ made its first
New Zealand landfall. It reflects how Cook was changed by his
experiences.
Mozart’s vigorous Paris Symphony was written while the
composer was in Paris looking for work. The first movement
begins with a rising, accelerating scale – an effect known as the
Mannheim rocket.
Richard Strauss was a prolific composer of the late
Romantic and early modern eras, composing many chamber,
orchestral and solo works as well as many operas. His first horn
concerto, written when he was just 18 is still a popular work
today and will be performed by NZSO Section Principal horn
Te Māpouriki
Samuel Jacobs.
Mendelssohn’s concert overture Calm Sea and Prosperous
Voyage is based on two poems by Goethe. The fanfare at the
end of the work suggests that despite the absence of wind at the
beginning, the sailing ship reached its destination.
Robert Schumann wrote his First Symphony – Spring in just
Gisborne Wellington
four days. According to his wife, the title is inspired by poet Adolf
Thu, 17 Oct, 7.30pm Thu, 24 Oct, 7.30pm
Böttger’s Frühlingsgedicht (Spring poem). The last lines read
War Memorial Theatre Michael Fowler Centre
“O turn, O turn and change your course—In the valley spring
Auckland
blooms forth!”.
Fri, 18 Oct, 7.30pm
Auckland Town Hall
Hamilton
Sat, 19 Oct, 7.30pm Jun Märkl Samuel Jacobs
Claudelands Arena
Tauranga
Tue, 22 Oct, 7.30pm
Baycourt Addison Theatre
Napier
Wed, 23 Oct, 7.30pm
Municipal Theatre
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Edo de Waart Conductor
Jennifer Koh Violin
Esa-Pekka Salonen Violin Concerto
Schubert Symphony No. 9 in C major, D. 944 The Great
NZSO Music Director Edo de Waart conducts this exciting
concert which features a contemporary violin concerto and
Schubert’s magnificent symphony, The Great.
Finnish composer Esa-Pekka Salonen’s Violin Concerto
has four contrasting movements. “When I had written the
very last chord of the piece,” explains the composer, “I felt
confused: why does the last chord – and only that – sound
completely different from all other harmony of the piece? …
Now I believe I have the answer. That chord is a beginning
of something new.” American violinist Jennifer Koh has
premiered more than 70 works specially written for her. She
has also been a top prize winner at Moscow’s International
Tchaikovsky Competition.
Schubert’s Symphony No. 9 The Great was originally
numbered the 7th, causing considerable confusion. It is the
composer’s last completed symphony and he never heard
it performed. Its first public performance was 11 years after
Schubert’s death. As one would expect with Schubert, who
wrote over 600 songs, it is full of beautiful melodies. However,
it is also an ambitious and profound work, with a complex
thematic development, showing the influence of Beethoven –
Schubert’s hero.
The Great
Wellington
Fri, 8 Nov, 6.30pm
Michael Fowler Centre
Auckland
Sat, 9 Nov, 7.30pm Edo de Waart Jennifer Koh
Auckland Town Hall
Christchurch
Thu, 14 Nov, 7.30pm
Christchurch Town Hall
Photos: Jesse Willems,
IN ASSOCIATION WITH
Dunedin
Fri, 15 Nov, 7.30pm
Jürgen Frank
Dunedin Town Hall
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Edo de Waart Conductor
Lauren Snouffer Soprano
Anna Larsson Mezzo-soprano
Voices New Zealand Chamber Choir
Orpheus Choir of Wellington (Wellington only)
Auckland Choral (Auckland only)
Mahler Symphony No. 2 in C minor Resurrection
Join NZSO Music Director Edo de Waart, two outstanding
soloists, and choirs for Mahler’s huge Second Symphony –
Resurrection.
This is one of Mahler’s most popular works. Using massive
forces – vocal soloists, a choir, extra wind and percussion and
offstage brass and percussion – to create high drama, there are
also many quieter, intimate moments.
Mahler wrote various programs for this work highlighting
the struggles of a hero who finally succumbs to death. The first
movement represents a funeral. The second remembers happy
times. The third “when you awaken from a blissful dream and are
forced to return to this tangled life of ours.” The fourth is a wish
for release from a life without meaning. In the final movement
“the end of every living thing has come; the Last Judgment is at
hand … the trumpets of the Apocalypse ring out.”
Mahler later withdrew the program, telling his wife that ‘it
gives only a superficial indication, all that any program can do for
a musical work.’
Resurrection
Swedish mezzo-soprano Anna Larsson is renowned for
her Mahler interpretations, which she has sung with the world’s
greatest orchestras.
Graduating from The Juilliard School in 2011, American
soprano Lauren Snouffer is one of the most versatile young
sopranos on the international stage.
Edo de Waart Anna Larsson Lauren Snouffer
Wellington
Fri, 22 Nov, 6.30pm
Michael Fowler Centre
Photos: Jesse Willems
Anna Thorbjîrnsson
Auckland
Sat, 23 Nov, 7.30pm
Auckland Town Hall
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Messiah NYO
Celebrates
Graham Abbott Conductor James Judd Conductor
Celeste Lazarenko Soprano New Zealand Youth Choir
Anna Pierard Mezzo-soprano
In 2019 we celebrate the 60th anniversary of our National
Jonathan Abernethy Tenor Youth Orchestra.
Over this time it has proved itself pivotal in shaping New
Hadleigh Adams Bass Zealand’s musical future through bringing together many of
New Zealand’s most gifted young orchestral players. The high
Orpheus Choir of Wellington
percentage of players in the NZSO – around 50% - who at one
stage or another were members of the NYO, demonstrates
Handel Messiah the lasting effect this establishment leaves on our young
generations.
Hallelujah! In what is now a tradition, the NZSO performs Of the thousands of former NYO members, many can be
Messiah as our final concert for the year. found in New Zealand and all over the world with successful
Composed in 1741, it received a lukewarm reception careers as orchestral players, soloists, chamber musicians,
at its first London performance. However, over the years music teachers and just about every other career you can
it has grown in popularity. Although Messiah is structured think of.
like an opera, it features no characters or dialogue. Handel The dramatic events and passionate performances of
completed the work in just 24 days. the 2018 National Youth Orchestra confirmed yet again that
Sydney-born conductor Graham Abbott has the NYO is an experience not to be missed.
conducted Messiah more than 70 times and is a Life In 2019, the NYO will work with another performance
Member of the American Handel Society. He is joined partner celebrating a significant anniversary – New Zealand
by four stunning soloists, Australian soprano Celeste Youth Choir celebrates 40 years of energetic music making.
Lazarenko and New Zealand’s own Anna Pierard They will take the stage to premiere a work by the 2019 NZSO
(mezzo-soprano), Jonathan Abernethy (tenor) and National Youth Orchestra Composer-in-Residence, as well as
Hadleigh Adams (bass). present Elgar’s The Music Makers.
Since it was formed in 1947, the NZSO regularly
We are the music makers,
performed Messiah until 1975. However, we did not perform
And we are the dreamers of dreams,
the world’s most famous oratorio in full again until 2012.
Wandering by lone sea-breakers,
This year we are joined by Wellington’s Orpheus Choir for a
And sitting by desolate streams...
rousing performance of Handel’s best- known work.
Wellington
Fri, 5 Jul, 6.30pm
Michael Fowler Centre
Wellington Auckland
IN ASSOCIATION WITH
Sat, 7 Dec, 7.30pm Sat, 6 Jul, 7.30pm
Michael Fowler Centre Auckland Town Hall
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Follow That Star...
Join New Zealand’s award-winning chamber choir Voices New
Zealand for a mid-winter Yulefest. Think cosy ambience under
high-vaulted ceilings, candlelight and divine music.
This Yulefest celebration brings you a constellation of
well-known Christmas carols with music about stars and the mystery
of the season. Works will include Stars by Esenvalds, Sisask’s Oremus,
Daniel Elder’s O Magnum Mysterium and Birthday Sleep by John
Tavener. As additional treats there will be newly-commissioned
arrangements of familiar Christmas carols from five New Zealand
composers, our own musical Southern Cross, one for each star.
Let the ambience excite your senses and celebrate with Voices
New Zealand, with music familiar and new, in our July Yulefest!
Voices New Zealand Chamber Choir concert tickets
can be included in your NZSO Subscription as an Add-on
Add-on GA $44 full price / GA $40 concession
Casual ticket GA $49 full price / GA $45 concession
Supported by Chisholm Whitney Charitable Trust
Wellington
Fri, 19 July, 7.30pm
St Mary of the Angels
Dunedin
Sat, 20 July, 4pm
St Paul’s Cathedral
Auckland
Sun, 21 Jul, 4pm
St Matthew-in-the-City
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50 512019 nzso.co.nz/bookingform PRICE & PACKAGES AUCKLAND SUBSCRIBER TICKET PRICING WELLINGTON SUBSCRIBER TICKET PRICING The Works The Works (15 fixed concerts) (15 fixed concerts) The Works includes all Auckland concerts detailed on pages 10 to 41 of this brochure. The Works includes all Wellington concerts detailed on pages 10 to 41 of this brochure. Full Price Concession Full Price Concession Premium A Reserve B Reserve C Reserve D Reserve Premium A Reserve B Reserve C Reserve D Reserve Premium A Reserve B Reserve C Reserve D Reserve Premium A Reserve B Reserve C Reserve D Reserve $1,410 $1,125 $840 $570 $345 $1,260 $1,020 $750 $510 $300 $1,410 $1,125 $840 $570 $345 $1,260 $1,020 $750 $510 $300 Add other concerts to this package – use Add on pricing below Add other concerts to this package – use Add on pricing below The Mini-Works The Mini-Works (11 fixed concerts) (11 fixed concerts) The Mini-Works includes all Auckland concerts detailed on pages 10 to 41 of this brochure except The Beethoven Festival (pages 24-31). The Mini-Works includes all Wellington concerts detailed on pages 10 to 41 of this brochure except The Beethoven Festival (pages 24-31). Full Price Concession Full Price Concession Premium A Reserve B Reserve C Reserve D Reserve Premium A Reserve B Reserve C Reserve D Reserve Premium A Reserve B Reserve C Reserve D Reserve Premium A Reserve B Reserve C Reserve D Reserve $1,100 $880 $660 $440 $264 $990 $792 $594 $396 $242 $1,100 $880 $660 $440 $264 $990 $792 $594 $396 $242 Add other concerts to this package – use Add on pricing below Add other concerts to this package – use Add on pricing below Masterworks Masterworks (4 fixed concerts) (4 fixed concerts) Masterworks includes the following four concerts: The Planets, Enigma, The Great, Resurrection Masterworks includes the following four concerts: The Planets, Enigma, The Great, Resurrection Full Price Concession Full Price Concession Premium A Reserve B Reserve C Reserve D Reserve Premium A Reserve B Reserve C Reserve D Reserve Premium A Reserve B Reserve C Reserve D Reserve Premium A Reserve B Reserve C Reserve D Reserve $436 $352 $264 $176 $104 $392 $316 $236 $156 $96 $436 $352 $264 $176 $104 $392 $316 $236 $156 $96 Add other concerts to this package – use Add on pricing below Add other concerts to this package – use Add on pricing below Beethoven Festival Beethoven Festival (4 fixed concerts) (4 fixed concerts) Beethoven Festival includes the following four concerts: Heroic, Destiny, Pastoral, Joy Beethoven Festival includes the following four concerts: Heroic, Destiny, Pastoral, Joy Full Price Concession Full Price Concession Premium A Reserve B Reserve C Reserve D Reserve Premium A Reserve B Reserve C Reserve D Reserve Premium A Reserve B Reserve C Reserve D Reserve Premium A Reserve B Reserve C Reserve D Reserve $436 $352 $264 $176 $104 $392 $316 $236 $156 $96 $436 $352 $264 $176 $104 $392 $316 $236 $156 $96 Add other concerts to this package – use Add on pricing below Add other concerts to this package – use Add on pricing below Flexi Package Flexi Package Build your own subscription package | Special Events | Add other concerts | In Conversation events to your package. Build your own subscription package | Special Events | Add other concerts, including the Messiah | In Conversation events to your package. Full Price Concession Full Price Concession Premium A Reserve B Reserve C Reserve D Reserve Premium A Reserve B Reserve C Reserve D Reserve Premium A Reserve B Reserve C Reserve D Reserve Premium A Reserve B Reserve C Reserve D Reserve $109 $88 $66 $44 $26 $98 $79 $59 $39 $24 $109 $88 $66 $44 $26 $98 $79 $59 $39 $24 Casual Ticket Pricing Casual Ticket Pricing Full Price Concession Full Price Concession A Reserve B Reserve C Reserve D Reserve A Reserve B Reserve C Reserve D Reserve A Reserve B Reserve C Reserve D Reserve A Reserve B Reserve C Reserve D Reserve $100 $75 $50 $30 $90 $67 $45 $27 $100 $75 $50 $30 $90 $67 $45 $27 52 53
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The Works The Works
(All 5 concerts) (All 4 concerts)
Full Price Concession Full Price Concession
A Reserve B Reserve C Reserve D Reserve A Reserve B Reserve C Reserve D Reserve A Reserve B Reserve A Reserve B Reserve
$275 $215 $170 $130 $235 $180 $145 $120 $220 $172 $188 $144
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$65 $50 $40 $30 $55 $43 $34 $27 $65 $50 $55 $43
CHRISTCHURCH / DUNEDIN SUBSCRIBER TICKET PRICING NAPIER SUBSCRIBER TICKET PRICING
The Works The Works
(All 4 concerts) (All 3 concerts)
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Full Price Concession
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A Reserve B Reserve C Reserve D Reserve A Reserve B Reserve C Reserve D Reserve
A Reserve B Reserve C Reserve D Reserve A Reserve B Reserve C Reserve D Reserve
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