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2020 TE TIRA PUORO O AOTEAROA
From Kerikeri to Invercargill, the NZSO ventures
into the heart of New Zealand communities with
concerts and other unique musical experiences.
2020 is the 250th anniversary of Beethoven’s
birth and your national orchestra celebrates this
beloved composer with performances of some of
his greatest works. Highlights include the rarely
performed Missa Solemnis and a special
performance of Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony as
part of Carnegie Hall’s international collaboration
All Together: A Global Ode to Joy.
The Podium Series continues to present
contemporary works alongside the tried-and-true.
Mozart, Haydn and JS Bach rub shoulders with
Prokofiev, Bartók and Rachmaninov, with Kiwi
composers delivering musical taonga of and for
the people of Aotearoa New Zealand. Audiences
will be treated to some of the biggest names
in classical music with Marin Alsop, Donald
Runnicles and Esther Yoo joining the NZSO for the
first time. YouTube sensation Valentina Lisitsa,
Alexander Shelley, Johannes Moser and Augustin
Hadelich return in 2020.
NZSO Experience offers something special
for New Zealanders. Shed Series brings innovative
and unique music to communities in relaxed
environments, while the Baroque Series presents
works from the extended Bach family.
Beyond the concert hall, NZSO Engage is
all about music and community. With a host of
performance, education and community activities,
Engage gets you closer to your Orchestra than
ever before. NZSO’s new residency programme,
Setting up Camp, takes the NZSO to locations
across the North Island, performing concerts
and taking up residence for several days to bring
music to your town.
The New Zealand Symphony Orchestra
doesn’t just do concerts, it reaches beyond the
stage to bring music to all New Zealanders.
Enjoy.
Podium Series 6
Mavericks 12
Devotion 14
Emperor 16
Provocateurs 18
Idyllic 20
Rebels 22
Spirit 24
Passion 26
Inspiration 28
Eroica 30
Monumental 32
Metamorphosis 34
Timeless 36
Spectacular 38
Ticketing 40
NZSO Experience 48
Shed Series 52
NZSO Setting up Camp 60
NYO Leningrad 62
Kia Kotahi 64
Baroque Series 66
Messiah 68
NZSO Engage 70
Elspeth Gray and Katherine Rowe, Second Violin
It is my pleasure to introduce the 2020 season The New Zealand Symphony Orchestra’s 2019
of the NZSO, Aotearoa’s national Orchestra. Beethoven Festival was a resounding success.
The exciting line-up of concerts reflects the For our 2020 Season, the 250th anniversary of
depth and diversity of live symphonic music the Beethoven’s birth, we’re excited to present more
Orchestra is bringing to our cities and towns. of his great music, along with works by other
From North to South, the NZSO makes world- renowned composers and a superb array of soloists
class orchestral music accessible to audiences and conductors.
throughout our country. The Season includes Beethoven’s timeless
In 2020 our Orchestra brings together Ninth Symphony – but in a way never before heard in
past and present, combining Bach with newly New Zealand. The performances are part of a unique
commissioned works. Connecting New Zealand international project All Together: A Global Ode to
with the world, it brings together artists and works Joy, instigated by Carnegie Hall and led by acclaimed
from around the globe. American conductor Marin Alsop.
Kia Kotahi: He Toirangi Ā-Ao Kia Harikoa The international guests in 2020 are some of the
concerts are a great example of this. Beethoven is most exceptional and talented in the world today. We
given new life with a te reo Māori performance welcome back maestros Osmo Vänskä, Vasily Petrenko
of the iconic Ninth Symphony Ode to Joy performed and Miguel Harth-Bedoya, and the NZSO debut of six-
with school and youth choirs. In the spirit of the time Grammy Award winner Giancarlo Guerrero.
Ninth, this concert also unites Aotearoa New Audiences were enthralled by cellist Johannes
Zealand with the global community – with other Moser and violinist Augustin Hadelich in 2018.
performances in local languages to be held in They’re back, along with star pianist Valentina Lisitsa
Brazil, the United Kingdom, the United States, and the NZSO premiere of the extraordinary pianist
Australia, Austria and South Africa. Alongside Yeol Eum Son.
Beethoven, audiences will hear four new Maestro Edo de Waart, as our Conductor
New Zealand works showcasing the musical talent Laureate, also returns, and with him the exceptional
our country proudly fosters. singer, Erin Wall.
I acknowledge the talent and dedication of Another highlight is the NZSO debut of New
the musicians. I also extend a warm welcome to the Zealander Gemma New, hailed as a leader among
international and guest artists joining the NZSO this a new generation of conductors. Our hit Shed Series,
season, including acclaimed young New Zealand initiated by NZSO Principal Conductor in Residence
conductor Gemma New. To the Orchestra, and to the Hamish McKeich, will be even bigger in 2020 and
many other people who make their performances includes our first concerts in Auckland.
possible, I wish you a successful 2020 season. More communities around the country can
also enjoy our popular Baroque Series with the Bach
Hon Carmel Sepuloni Extended tour and as part of an innovative new
ASSOCIATE MINISTER FOR ARTS, CULTURE residency programme, Setting up Camp. The NZSO
AND HERITAGE will meet and perform to schools, youth and community
groups during the day, as well as perform each
evening. It’s a fresh new way for us to engage with
all New Zealanders and we’re very excited to see
where it takes us.
As we tour from Kerikeri to Invercargill in 2020,
we look forward to seeing you.
Christopher Blake QSO
TE KAIHAUTŪ O TE TIRA PŪORO O AOTEAROA
NZSO CHIEF EXECUTIVE
Photo: TIm Watson
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Podium Series
Podium Series 2020 marks 250 years since
Beethoven’s birth and the New Zealand Symphony
Orchestra celebrates his legacy with performances
of some of his greatest works. The much-loved
Eroica, Fifth and Pastoral symphonies, the Emperor
Piano Concerto and other seminal works will be
heard in concert halls across the country.
Though Beethoven remains the common
thread throughout the season, the Podium Series
offers something for all music lovers. Mozart’s
Symphony No. 40, Haydn’s Tempora Mutantur,
JS Bach’s Toccata and Fugue, Elgar’s Cello Concerto,
Prokofiev’s Piano Concerto No. 3, Bartók’s
The Miraculous Mandarin, Shostakovich and
Tchaikovsky’s Fifth symphonies all feature in 2020.
The NZSO brings some of the best classical
NEW
artists to our shores. International conductors
Alexander Shelley, Donald Runnicles, Giancarlo
Guerrero, Marin Alsop and Osmo Vänskä feature
alongside world-class musicians. Organist Cameron
Carpenter, violinists Augustin Hadelich and Esther
ZEALAND
Yoo, cellist Johannes Moser and pianists Valentina
Lisitsa and Yeol Eum Son are just some of the
musicians you’ll see in 2020.
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ORCHESTRA
PODIUM SERIES 9
Jenaro Garita, Viola
2020
PODIUM SERIES
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AUCKLAND WELLINGTON CHRISTCHURCH DUNEDIN TAURANGA NAPIER HAMILTON TAUPO KERIKERI GISBORNE
Mavericks 12 Fri, 20 Mar, Sat, 21 Mar,
7.30pm 7.30pm
Devotion 14 Sat, 4 Apr, Fri, 3 Apr,
7.30pm 6.30pm
Emperor 16 Fri, 22 May, Thu, 21 May, Wed, 22 Apr, Fri, 24 Apr, Thu, 23 Apr,
7.30pm 7.30pm 7.30pm 7.30pm 7.30pm
Provocateurs 18 Sat, 27 Jun, Fri, 26 Jun,
7.30pm 6.30pm
Idyllic 20 Thu, 2 Jul, Tue, 30 Jun, Fri, 3 Jul, Wed, 1 Jul,
7.30pm 7.30pm 7.30pm 7.30pm
Rebels 22 Sat, 25 Jul, Fri, 24 Jul,
7.30pm 6.30pm
Spirit 24 Fri, 7 Aug, Thu, 6 Aug,
7.30pm 7.30pm
Passion 26 Sat, 5 Sep, Sat, 29 Aug, Wed, 2 Sep, Tue, 1 Sep,
7.30pm 7.30pm 7.30pm 7.30pm
Inspiration 28 Fri, 25 Sep, Fri, 18 Sep,
7.30pm 6.30pm
Eroica 30 Sat, 26 Sep, Thu, 24 Sep,
7.30pm 7.30pm
Monumental 32 Sat, 10 Oct, Fri, 9 Oct,
7.30pm 6.30pm
Metamorphosis 34 Wed, 14 Oct, Tue, 13 Oct,
7.30pm 7.30pm
Timeless 36 Fri, 23 Oct, Sat, 24 Oct, Thu, 22 Oct, Tue, 20 Oct, Wed, 21 Oct,
7.30pm 7.30pm 7.30pm 7.30pm 7.30pm
Spectacular 38 Sat, 21 Nov, Fri, 20 Nov,
7.30pm 6.30pm
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2020
PODIUM SERIES
Alexander Shelley Conductor
Cameron Carpenter Organ
JS Bach Toccata and Fugue in D Minor, BWV 565
Poulenc Organ Concerto
Beethoven Symphony No. 5
Alexander Shelley returns to conduct this tribute to the mightiest
of instruments – the organ. The only instrument to match the
orchestra itself in scale and grandeur of sound, its limits will be
thrillingly pushed under the hands of maverick organist Cameron
Carpenter.
Known for his dramatically individualistic takes on classic
organ repertoire, Carpenter revolutionises one of Bach’s greatest
organ works: the iconic Toccata and Fugue in D Minor. His
prodigious talents will be further showcased in Francis Poulenc’s
Organ Concerto in G Minor. Originally intended as an easy
showcase for a wealthy commissioner’s organ-playing skills,
Poulenc soon expanded this original concept, drawing on JS Bach’s
and Dietrich Buxtehude’s great Baroque organ works to create his
own grand masterpiece.
Beethoven enlarged the scope of the symphony when he
wrote arguably his most famous: the Fifth. The opening “da-da-
da-dah” rhythmic motif ties the symphony together in a previously
uncommon cyclic structure. Beethoven’s structural daring is only
matched by the symphony’s breathless urgency, making the work
irresistible to listeners even today.
Mavericks
Alexander Shelley Cameron Carpenter
Christchurch
Fri, 20 Mar, 7.30pm
Christchurch Town Hall
Photo: Rémi Thériault
Dunedin
Sat, 21 Mar, 7.30pm
Dunedin Town Hall
Laurence Reese,
14 Section Principal Timpani 15
2020
PODIUM SERIES
Donald Runnicles Conductor
Jennifer Davis Soprano
Vasilisa Berzhanskaya Mezzo-soprano
Samuel Sakker Tenor
Jonathan Lemalu Bass
Voices New Zealand Chamber Choir
Beethoven Missa Solemnis
Following the triumphant 2019 Beethoven Festival, NZSO’s
celebration of the 250th anniversary of Beethoven’s birth continues
with a masterwork from the end of his life – the Missa Solemnis.
Imbued with theatrical spirit of opera and deep spirituality of
Catholic mass, mixed choir, soloists and orchestra bring to life this
rarely heard magnum opus.
Maestro Donald Runnicles visits New Zealand for the first
time to conduct this work. Currently Music Director of Deutsche
Oper Berlin and Music Director of the Grand Teton Music Festival,
Runnicles is also Principal Guest Conductor of the Atlanta
Symphony Orchestra and the Sydney Symphony Orchestra. Under
his baton, a quartet of local and international soloists will be
supported by Voices New Zealand Chamber Choir. Runnicles brings
his considerable operatic expertise to Beethoven’s Missa Solemnis,
a work whose manuscript Beethoven inscribed with the phrase:
“From the heart – may it return to the heart!”
Devotion Donald Runnicles Jennifer Davis Vasilisa Berzhanskaya
JD Photo: Marshall Light
DR Photo: Simon Pauly
Samuel Sakker Jonathan Lemalu
Wellington
Fri, 3 Apr, 6.30pm
JL Photo: Sussie Ahlberg
Michael Fowler Centre
Auckland
Sat, 4 Apr, 7.30pm
Auckland Town Hall
Beatrix Francis,
16 Viola 17
2020
PODIUM SERIES
Hamish McKeich Conductor
Diedre Irons Piano
Weber Overture to Der Freischütz
Beethoven Piano Concerto No. 5 Emperor
Beethoven Symphony No. 5
(Tauranga, Hamilton & Napier)
Brahms Symphony No. 4
(Christchurch & Dunedin)
NZSO Principal Conductor in Residence Hamish McKeich presents
some of Beethoven’s most iconic works in the 250th anniversary of
his birth.
Diedre Irons joins the Orchestra as soloist for Beethoven’s
Emperor Concerto. Awarded an MBE and an ONZM for her
outstanding contributions to music as both a stunning performer
and dedicated educator, her formidable talent and musicality will
bring out every nuance of Beethoven’s last-written and best-loved
Piano Concerto.
Beethoven’s Symphony No. 5 has perhaps the most famous
opening of any piece of classical music. Its “da-da-da-dah” rhythmic
motif has found its way into pop songs, Morse code and even
Doctor Who. But its ubiquity hides its genius: using this distinctive
motif as a common thread throughout all four movements,
Beethoven wrote a symphony whose form was cyclic, rather than
linear, and thus revolutionised symphonic form.
Brahms initially struggled to find his voice while still under the
shadow of Beethoven’s immense influence on the symphonic form.
Emperor
By the time he came to write his fourth symphony, however, Brahms
had come into his own as the next great German symphonist. The
work alludes to multiple Beethoven compositions, but also forges
its own path forward in its structural innovations and organic
development.
The Orchestra also presents Carl Maria von Weber’s Overture
Tauranga
Wed, 22 Apr, 7.30pm
to Der Freischütz. Though rarely performed now, Weber’s opera
Baycourt Theatre Der Freischütz was an overnight sensation in its time, and is a clear
forerunner to Wagner’s operas with its use of German folk tunes and
Hamilton
Thu, 23 Apr, 7.30pm mythology.
Claudelands Arena
Napier
Fri, 24 Apr, 7.30pm Hamish McKeich Diedre Irons
Municipal Theatre
Dunedin
Thu, 21 May, 7.30pm
Dunedin Town Hall
Christchurch
Fri, 22 May, 7.30pm
Christchurch Town Hall
Hamish McKeich,
18 Principal Conductor in Residence 192020
PODIUM SERIES
Giancarlo Guerrero Conductor
Valentina Lisitsa Piano
Tabea Squire Variations
Prokofiev Piano Concerto No. 3
Rachmaninov The Isle of the Dead
Bartók Suite from The Miraculous Mandarin
Conductor Giancarlo Guerrero, renowned for his Grammy Award-
winning recordings of contemporary American composers,
conducts the NZSO in a clutch of provocative 20th-century classics.
Rachmaninov’s lush and brooding Isle of the Dead sprang
from Arnold Böcklin’s painting of a looming island, approached by
a lone rowboat carrying a coffin. Bartók’s The Miraculous Mandarin
was originally a pantomime ballet depicting both the sounds of the
urban jungle, but also the depravity within.
Valentina Lisitsa performs Prokofiev’s best-loved Piano
Concerto, his third. Lisitsa, one of the first viral classical music stars,
is now a globe-trotting concert pianist whose playing has been
praised by The Guardian as displaying “a special combination of
utterly self-assured virtuosity and real lyricism and communication.”
NZ composer Tabea Squire’s piece Variations is the first of
her works to be premiered in an NZSO subscription series. The
youngest ever composer to be awarded the NYO Composer-in-
Residence position, her works have been premiered in Melbourne,
Adelaide, and London.
Provocateurs
Giancarlo Guerrero Valentina Lisitsa
VL Photo: Gilbert Francois
Wellington
Fri, 26 Jun, 6.30pm
Michael Fowler Centre
Auckland
Sat, 27 Jun, 7.30pm
Auckland Town Hall
Ellen Deverall,
20 Associate Principal Clarinet 212020
PODIUM SERIES
Giancarlo Guerrero Conductor
Valentina Lisitsa Piano
Lilburn Drysdale Overture
Prokofiev Piano Concerto No. 3
Beethoven Symphony No. 6 Pastoral
Conductor Giancarlo Guerrero has won six Grammys for his
recordings as Music Director of the Nashville Symphony. Maestro
Guerrero visits New Zealand to conduct a programme awash in
musical landscapes.
When studying at the Royal College of Music, Douglas Lilburn
was asked by his teacher Ralph Vaughan Williams, “isn’t it time you
composed something?” Lilburn responded by writing the Drysdale
Overture, a loving depiction of his family’s farm in the upper
Turakina River Valley.
By contrast, Beethoven’s Sixth Symphony is his famous
expression of his love of the German countryside. Replete with
simulated cuckoo calls, country dances, babbling brooks and a wild
storm; the Pastoral nickname is well-earned.
Valentina Lisitsa performs Prokofiev’s Third Piano Concerto.
One of the first viral classical music stars, with more than 214 million
views on YouTube, Lisitsa is a highly sought after concert pianist,
praised for “the aesthetic honesty of her performances.”
Idyllic
Napier
Tue, 30 Jun, 7.30pm
Municipal Theatre
Taupo
Wed, 1 Jul, 7.30pm Giancarlo Guerrero Valentina Lisitsa
Great Lake Centre
VL Photo: Gilbert Francois
Tauranga
Thu, 2 Jul, 7.30pm
Baycourt Theatre
Hamilton
Fri, 3 Jul, 7.30pm
Claudelands Arena
Robert Orr,
22 Section Principal Oboe 232020
PODIUM SERIES
Marin Alsop Conductor
Anna Clyne Night Ferry
Shostakovich Symphony No. 5
Renowned conductor Marin Alsop visits New Zealand for the first
time. A ground-breaking role model for 21st century conductors
worldwide, Alsop is capable of inspiring an orchestra to give “a life
changing performance” and is praised by the New York Times as a
“formidable musician and a powerful communicator.”
Alsop conducts Anna Clyne’s Night Ferry and Shostakovich’s
Fifth Symphony, which both represent extremes. Night Ferry was
inspired by Schubert’s and poet Robert Lowell’s struggles with
bipolar disorder, charting the stormy voyages between the highs
and lows of this illness.
Shostakovich’s Fifth was received rapturously by both the
Soviet government and the public. Officials saw it as Shostakovich
finally toeing the party line after falling dangerously out of favour
in 1936. For the public, however, it was a raw expression of misery
forced upon them by Stalin. Whether Shostakovich meant it as a
government-approved work of obedience or an anguished cry from
the heart of the people, its emotional power is without question.
PRINCIPAL PARTNER
Rebels
Marin Alsop
Wellington
Fri, 24 Jul, 6.30pm
Michael Fowler Centre
Photo: Grant Leighton
Auckland
Sat, 25 Jul, 7.30pm
Auckland Town Hall
Shannon Pittaway,
24 Principal Bass Trombone 252020
PODIUM SERIES
Vasily Petrenko Conductor
Yeol Eum Son Piano
Wagner Prelude to Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg
WA Mozart Piano Concerto No. 27
Prokofiev Symphony No. 5
Chief Conductor of the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra,
Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra and soon-to-be Chief Conductor
of the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Vasily Petrenko draws out
performances “rich in mood and character … a conductor with an
intelligent, informed but deep love of this music.”
Wagner’s comic opera Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg begins
with a Prelude masterfully presenting the main melodies of the
opera before cleverly combining all four for a glorious climax. The
brightness of Wagner’s tunes is matched in Prokofiev’s Symphony
No. 5, which he wrote as “a hymn to free and happy Man, to his
mighty powers, his pure and noble spirit.”
The NZSO welcomes stunningly talented Korean pianist Yeol
Eum Son for the first time to perform Mozart’s last Piano Concerto,
No. 27. A versatile performer, Son’s interpretations of Mozart are
garnering notice. Her all-Mozart album with Sir Neville Marriner and
the Academy of St Martin in the Fields received abundant praise,
with The Times calling her performance, “a model of clarity and
fleetness.”
IN ASSOCIATION WITH
Spirit
Vasily Petrenko Yeol Eum Son
Wellington
Thu, 6 Aug, 7.30pm
VP Photo: Svetlana Tarlova
Michael Fowler Centre
Auckland
Fri, 7 Aug, 7.30pm
Auckland Town Hall
Kirstin Eade,
26 Associate Principal Flute 272020
PODIUM SERIES
Gemma New Conductor
Johannes Moser Cello
Robin Toan Tū-mata-uenga “God of War, Spirit of Man”
Elgar Cello Concerto
Tchaikovsky Symphony No. 6 Pathétique
New Zealand conductor Gemma New is on the rise. A former
Conducting Fellow under the mentorship of LA Philharmonic’s
Music Director Gustavo Dudamel, New has lead performances at
Carnegie Hall and with the symphony orchestras of San Diego,
Atlanta, Indianapolis, and San Francisco. Music Director of the
Hamilton Philharmonic Orchestra in Ontario, as well as Principal
Guest Conductor of the Dallas Symphony Orchestra and the
Resident Conductor of the St. Louis Symphony, New returns home
to lead the NZSO in her “unusually sensitive and expressive”
style. You will look forward to her intelligent interpretation of
Tchaikovsky’s Sixth Symphony, Pathétique – the vehicle par
excellence for expressivity and emotion.
Johannes Moser also returns to perform Elgar’s well-loved
Cello Concerto in E Minor. His third time performing with the
NZSO, Moser’s easy-going demeanour belies his intensely lyrical
playing and superb musicianship.
Written in 2005 as the first NYO Composer-in-Residence
commission, Robin Toan’s Tū-mata-uenga “God of War, Spirit of
Man” was inspired by the Māori story of creation.
IN ASSOCIATION WITH
Passion
Wellington
Sat, 29 Aug, 7.30pm
Michael Fowler Centre
Dunedin
Tue, 1 Sep, 7.30pm Gemma New Johannes Moser
Dunedin Town Hall
Christchurch
Wed, 2 Sep, 7.30pm
Christchurch Town Hall
GN Photo: Roy Cox
Auckland
Sat, 5 Sep, 7.30pm
Auckland Town Hall
Rowan Prior,
28 Cello 292020
PODIUM SERIES
Miguel Harth-Bedoya Conductor
Augustin Hadelich Violin
Rimsky-Korsakov Capriccio Espagnol
Sibelius Violin Concerto
Debussy Images pour orchestre, II. Ibéria
Ravel Rapsodie Espagnole
Perennial favourite Miguel Harth-Bedoya returns to conduct the
NZSO in a sumptuous Spanish-inspired musical feast – with a
Finnish cherry on top. The concert opens with Rimsky-Korsakov’s
Capriccio Espagnol, ripe with Spanish melodies. Both Debussy’s
Images, from which Iberia is drawn, and Ravel’s piece Rapsodie
Espagnole began life as works for piano, but in these vividly
colourful orchestral versions, Debussy’s dreamy impressions of
Spain and Ravel’s own maternally-inherited Spanish roots are
brought here to full flower.
Augustin Hadelich also returns, after wowing New Zealanders
in 2018. Named “Instrumentalist of the Year” by Musical America
and lauded by NPR as capable of evoking “every nuanced
colour and ethereal sound the instrument can make”, Hadelich’s
superlative violin playing is sure to bring out the evocative flavours
of Sibelius’ well-loved Violin Concerto. The only concerto Sibelius
ever wrote, its fiendish technical difficultly is matched only by its
expressive power. Indeed, musicologist Donald Tovey wrote, “I have
not met a more original, a more masterly, and a more exhilarating
work than the Sibelius Violin Concerto.”
Inspiration
Miguel Harth-Bedoya Augustin Hadelich
Wellington
Fri, 18 Sep, 6.30pm
MH-B Photo: Michal Novak
Michael Fowler Centre
Auckland
Fri, 25 Sep, 7.30pm
Auckland Town Hall
Beiyi Xue,
30 First Violin 312020
PODIUM SERIES
Miguel Harth-Bedoya Conductor
Augustin Hadelich Violin
Anthony Ritchie Remember Parihaka
Sibelius Violin Concerto
Beethoven Symphony No. 3 Eroica
Conductor Miguel Harth-Bedoya is a familiar face to New Zealand
audiences, returning to conduct an offering of time-tested classics.
Anthony Ritchie was inspired to write Remember Parihaka as
testament to the plight of Māori at Parihaka, forcibly removed from
their Pā, unjustly arrested and imprisoned in 1881.
Augustin Hadelich, one of this generation’s greatest violinists,
performs Sibelius’ Violin Concerto. After a disastrous premiere,
Sibelius reworked the concerto substantially, removing some of its
most difficult sections. Even in this more commonly played revised
version, the Concerto remains one of the most difficult works
written for violin – while still retaining the power to move, inspire
and exhilarate.
Beethoven’s Third Symphony also looms large as a great work.
Its effect on 19th-century classical music was cataclysmic; after the
Third, the symphony as a form was never the same again.
Eroica
Miguel Harth-Bedoya Augustin Hadelich
Gisborne
Thu, 24 Sep, 7.30pm
MH-B Photo: Michal Novak
War Memorial Theatre
Kerikeri
Sat, 26 Sep, 7.30pm
The Turner Centre
Megan Molina,
32 Second Violin 332020
PODIUM SERIES
Edo de Waart Conductor
Erin Wall Soprano
R Strauss Metamorphosen
R Strauss Four Last Songs
Tchaikovsky Symphony No. 5
Edo de Waart conducts his first concert as NZSO’s Conductor
Laureate with this programme of lush orchestral masterpieces.
Two of Strauss’ late works deal in their own way with the end of
all things. Metamorphosen has been interpreted as a lament to the
destruction of Germany in World War II. In Four Last Songs, Strauss
expresses the mellow sweetness of looking back, in the winter of
your years, upon a life well lived. Canadian soprano Erin Wall is
particularly acclaimed for her performances of Strauss and has
sung leading roles at the Metropolitan Opera, La Scala and Opéra
National de Paris. Her first performances in New Zealand will be
unforgettable, as she gives voice to Strauss’ elegiac song cycle.
The programme concludes with Tchaikovsky’s well-loved
Fifth Symphony. Not well received upon its premiere, it has won a
place in every concert-goer’s heart for its colourful orchestration, its
emotional qualities, and its brooding, soul-stirring melodies.
PRINCIPAL PARTNER
Monumental
Edo de Waart Erin Wall
EW Photo: Kirstin Hoebermann
Wellington
Fri, 9 Oct, 6.30pm
Michael Fowler Centre
Auckland
Sat, 10 Oct, 7.30pm
Auckland Town Hall
Cheryl Hollinger,
34 Associate Principal Trumpet 352020
PODIUM SERIES
Edo de Waart Conductor
Erin Wall Soprano
R Strauss Metamorphosen
R Strauss Four Last Songs
Beethoven Symphony No. 3 Eroica
NZSO Conductor Laureate, Edo de Waart, conducts the works
of two German greats – Richard Strauss and Ludwig van
Beethoven. To close out the South Island season, the NZSO plays
the Beethoven symphony that changed the world – The Third,
nicknamed Eroica (Heroic).
Strauss’ Metamorphosen is often seen as an elegy to the
destruction of German culture during World War II. Scored for
string orchestra, Metamorphosen quotes the funeral march of
Beethoven’s Third – a poignant reference to that touchstone of
German culture which Strauss felt had been jeopardised by the
awful violence of World War II.
A versatile performer who has sung everything from Mozart to
Kaija Saariaho, Canadian soprano Erin Wall visits New Zealand for
the first time to perform Strauss’ Four Last Songs. Described by the
Financial Times as “wielding a soprano [voice] of radiance, pristine
beauty and tingling top notes,” Wall will use her glorious vocal
talents to breathe life into Strauss’ late vocal masterpiece.
PRINCIPAL PARTNER
Metamorphosis
Edo de Waart Erin Wall
EW Photo: Kirstin Hoebermann
Dunedin
Tue, 13 Oct, 7.30pm
Dunedin Town Hall
Christchurch
Wed, 14 Oct, 7.30pm
Christchurch Town Hall
Joan Perarnau Garriga,
36 Section Principal Bass 372020
PODIUM SERIES
Edo de Waart Conductor
Beethoven orch. Weingartner Grosse Fuge
Haydn Symphony No. 64 Tempora Mutantur
WA Mozart Symphony No. 40
The NZSO sees out Beethoven’s anniversary year with a
programme placing Beethoven’s achievements in the context of
his great contemporaries Haydn and Mozart.
Haydn, Mozart and Beethoven comprise the main pillars
of the First Viennese School. They are the par excellence of
quintessential Classical style. Haydn’s Symphony No. 64 Tempora
Mutantur (Times Change) exemplifies the classical symphony.
However, Mozart’s Symphony No. 40 is the more famous work,
instantly recognisable from its opening theme.
Although Beethoven’s Grosse Fuge (Great Fugue) is originally
for string quartet, here it is performed by NZSO’s formidable string
section. The work itself bewildered critics when it premiered, and
even now its structural complexity leaves musicians both perplexed
and fascinated. In this work, Beethoven shows that though Haydn
and Mozart provided the launchpad for his inspiration, his works
aimed for heights that ultimately left them behind and which few
could follow.
PRINCIPAL PARTNER
Timeless
Napier
Tue, 20 Oct, 7.30pm
Municipal Theatre
Taupo
Wed, 21 Oct, 7.30pm
Great Lake Centre
Tauranga
Thu, 22 Oct, 7.30pm Edo de Waart
Baycourt Theatre
Auckland
Fri, 23 Oct, 7.30pm
Auckland Town Hall
Wellington
Sat, 24 Oct, 7.30pm
Michael Fowler Centre
Alan Molina,
38 First Violin 392020
PODIUM SERIES
Osmo Vänskä Conductor
Esther Yoo Violin
Vaughan Williams Fantasia on a Theme
by Thomas Tallis
Saint-Saëns Violin Concerto No. 3
Sibelius Symphony No. 5
World renowned conductor Osmo Vänskä returns to New Zealand
to lead the NZSO in a concert celebrating the full might of the
symphony orchestra. Music Director of the Minnesota Orchestra,
Vänskä has been praised for interpretations rife with “an urgency
and spontaneity that send shivers down one’s back”.
In his hands, new life will spring forth in the much-loved
Fantasia on a Theme by Thomas Tallis, by Ralph Vaughan Williams.
This work is paired with another great classic – Sibelius’ Symphony
No. 5. With its glorious “swan-call” horn theme in the third
movement, the Fifth Symphony remains one of the lushest and
most deeply moving symphonies of the 20th-century.
Violinist Esther Yoo performs for the first time with the
NZSO and will play Saint-Saëns’ Violin Concerto No. 3. Named
a BBC Radio 3 New Generation Artist in 2014, Yoo was just six
years old when she made her first concerto debut. Her dazzling
musicality will come to the fore in the Saint-Saëns. Written for
violinist/composer Pablo de Sarasate, its subtle nuances provide
interpretative challenges for even the most skilled performer.
Yoo is certainly up to the task.
Spectacular
Osmo Vänskä Esther Yoo
Wellington
EY Photo: Marco Borggreve
Fri, 20 Nov, 6.30pm
Michael Fowler Centre
OV Photo: Joel Larson
Auckland
Sat, 21 Nov, 7.30pm
Auckland Town Hall
Samuel Jacobs,
40 Section Principal Horn 41Ticketing and Subscriptions
2020
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48 49Welcome to NZSO Experience
From the stage to the classroom, the
New Zealand Symphony Orchestra Experience
has something for everyone.
Shed Series returns to Shed 6 in Wellington
and debuts at Auckland’s Q Theatre in 2020.
Principal Conductor in Residence Hamish
McKeich, rising conducting star Gemma New and
other special guests join the NZSO to perform a
mix of traditional and contemporary works seldom
heard in New Zealand. Shed Series isn’t just about
the music, it’s a chance to share experiences
with friends and enjoy an evening in a relaxed
environment. Grab a drink, a bite to eat and get
up close to the Orchestra or find a spot to sit back
and relax. It’s up to you.
NZSO Setting up Camp brings your Orchestra
NEW
to regional towns and cities throughout March
2020. With concerts, workshops, masterclasses
and social events, communities get the chance to
spend time with and learn from your Orchestra.
Bach looms large in 2020 with works from
ZEALAND
the great composer and his children as part of
the Baroque Series. NZSO Concertmaster
Vesa-Matti Leppänen leads a baroque ensemble
of NZSO players and guest artists as they
SYMPHONY
perform in intimate venues across the country.
NZSO Engage reaches out to people
and communities throughout New Zealand
with concerts, education and performance
ORCHESTRA
opportunities and accessibility activities, bringing
the joy of live music to all New Zealanders.
It goes to show, seeing the NZSO isn’t just a
concert, it’s an experience.
EXPERIENCE 51Shed Series, Wellington
2020
SHED SERIES
Hamish McKeich Conductor
Brahms orch. Brahms Hungarian Dances Nos. 1 & 3
Lissa Meridan Tuning the head of a pin
WA Mozart Divertimento No. 11 Rondo
Birtwistle Bach Measures
John Adams Fearful Symmetries
Symmetries is an exhilarating mix of high energy works, all tied
together by rhythm, phrase, structure and mathematics.
Brahms’ instantly recognisable Hungarian Dances and Rondo
from Divertimento are short, perfectly structured pieces and
irresistible to the ear.
New Zealand composer Lissa Meridan’s Tuning the head of a
pin is a vibrant and rhythmic work, while British composer Harrison
Birtwistle’s Bach Measures are his acclaimed arrangements of eight
Symmetries
of Bach’s Chorale Preludes. Critics have likened this mesmerising
work to eight miniature plays for an orchestra, as Birtwistle assigns
the musicians, like actors, to different roles in each piece.
Adams’ Fearful Symmetries premiered in 1988 after his
hit opera Nixon in China. Composed of “almost maddeningly
symmetrical” four and eight-bar phrases, Adams sees it as closely
allied to pop and minimalist rock. It’s also his most choreographed
work, used by more than a dozen dance companies, including the
Royal Ballet and New York City Ballet.
Tickets
Adult $35
Student/Child $15
Visit nzso.co.nz/shed for more
Wellington
Fri, 31 Jan, 7.30pm
Shed 6
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SHED SERIES
Hamish McKeich Conductor
Ariana Tikao Taonga Puoro
Toru Takemitsu Archipelago S.
Chinary Ung Water Rings
Kaija Saariaho Nymphéa Reflection
Philip Brownlee / Ariana Tikao Ko te tātai whetū
Wai features four outstanding 20th and 21st century works on the
theme of water – its power, tranquillity, flow and different forms.
Japanese composer Toru Takemitsu’s Archipelago S. will have
the NZSO dispersed into five groups like an archipelago of islands.
Wai
Water Rings is influenced by dance rhythms and folk tunes of
composer Chinary Ung’s native Cambodia. Finnish composer Kaija
Saariaho is renowned for sonic images of magnetic power, blending
acoustic and electronic music. Her acclaimed Nymphéa Reflection
features a poem whispered by the players, echoing the reflection of
water.
Premiered in 2015, Ko te tātai whetū is a concerto for orchestra
and taonga puoro. Featuring performer Ariana Tikao, it tells the
story of Tāne’s journey between the underworld and the world of the
living.
Auckland’s concert is presented in association with ISCM
World New Music Days 2020.
Tickets
Adult $35
Student/Child $15
Visit nzso.co.nz/shed for more
Wellington
Sat, 18 Apr, 7.30pm
Shed 6
Auckland
Tue, 21 Apr, 7.30pm
Rangatira, Q Theatre
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SHED SERIES
Gemma New Conductor
Johannes Moser Electric Cello
Brahms orch. Parlow Hungarian Dances Nos. 5 & 6
Schulhoff Suite für Kammerorchester
New work for solo electric cello
Stravinsky Danses Concertantes
Maria Grenfell Clockwerk
Mozart Selections from Idomeneo Ballet Music
New Zealand conductor Gemma New leads the NZSO in a concert
full of rhythm and dance.
Originally written for piano, Brahms’ Hungarian Dances evokes
the spirit of the travelling gypsy bands that served as the inspiration
for this music, while Schulhoff’s Suite für Kammerorchester is
reminiscent of 1920’s jazz.
Acclaimed cellist Johannes Moser brings something different
to his performance as he presents a solo work for electric cello, an
instrument that allows him to add new textures and effects to his
performance.
Stravinsky originally wrote Danses Concertantes for
the concert hall, but it wouldn’t feel out of place as a ballet.
The rhythms, syncopation and structure of the piece led to it
being choreographed several times, first in 1944 by acclaimed
choreographer and co-founder of the New York City Ballet,
George Balanchine.
Clockwerk, with its fugal structure, introduces the different
string sections of the Orchestra. The feeling of the work changes
Cadence
often before ending on a driving, accelerating end.
Written when he was just 24, Idomeneo is considered one of
Mozart’s first great operas. Dance was a large part of opera at the
time and the selection of works performed from this opera shows
the young genius’ talent as a composer and adaptability to the style.
Tickets
Adult $35
Student/Child $15
Visit nzso.co.nz/shed for more
Wellington
Fri, 28 Aug, 7.30pm
Shed 6
Auckland
Fri, 4 Sep, 7.30pm
Rangatira, Q Theatre
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SHED SERIES
Hamish McKeich Conductor
Eisler Kleine Sinfonie
Simon Eastwood Quanta
Weill arr. Brückner-Rüggerberg Suite from
Rise and Fall of the City of Mahagonny
Satie arr. Debussy Gymnopédies Nos. 1 & 3
Schreker Kammersymphonie
The final Shed Series concert of 2020 celebrates some of the weird
and wonderful music linked to the flourishing cabaret scene of
the 1920s and 30s and which continues to inspire composers and
delight audiences today.
The concert opens with Austrian composer Hanns Eisler’s
sweeping and engrossing Kleine Sinfonie, followed by New Zealand
composer Simon Eastwood’s Quanta.
Kabarett
Kurt Weill is best known for his cabaret-era songs with
librettist Bertolt Brecht. His Suite from Aufstieg und Fall der Stadt
Mahagonny (Rise and Fall of the City of Mahagonny) is a stunning
arrangement by Wilhelm Brückner-Rüggeberg. Rarely performed
in New Zealand, it features banjo, bass guitar, saxophone and more,
alongside orchestral instruments, to capture the essence of Weill
and Brecht’s hit 1930 opera.
Shed Series 2020 concludes with Claude Debussy’s orchestral
arrangement of fellow Frenchman Eric Satie’s timeless and hugely
influential Gymnopédies Nos. 1 & 3 and Austrian Franz Schreker‘s
Kammersymphonie. Written in 1916 Kammersymphonie was ahead
of its time and remains a heartfelt and emotive work, anticipating
orchestral music’s wide use in film.
Tickets
Adult $35
Student/Child $15
Visit nzso.co.nz/shed for more
Wellington
Fri, 13 Nov, 7.30pm
Shed 6
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ENGAGE
The NZSO travels through Community activity
Greater Wellington, Wairarapa, The Orchestra visits communities throughout the country
Palmerston North, Hamilton delivering school and relaxed concerts, ensemble coaching,
NZSO
instrumental workshops, professional development for teachers,
and Tauranga for several days and even the chance to work side-by-side with NZSO musicians
with a variety of performances on stage. There will also be masterclasses for skilled students and
and activities. From evening amateurs, where NZSO players can provide insights on playing with
Setting
others at a world class level.
concerts featuring Bach The Orchestra will also host Happy Hour sessions as open
and Beethoven, to NZSO events providing a chance to meet players, discuss music and hear
musicians providing what being in the Orchestra means to them.
up
educational opportunities
and relaxed events for all ages, Goldberg Variations
NZSO Setting up Camp is a Vesa-Matti Leppänen Director/Violin
Camp
great chance to spend time Stephen De Pledge Fortepiano
with your Orchestra and
friends. JS Bach Goldberg Variations
For full details of what’s happening in your town, JS Bach’s Goldberg Variations is a masterpiece. First written for
visit nzso.co.nz/camp harpsichord, it opens with a beautifully tranquil and ornamented
aria followed by intricate and distinct variations. NZSO performs
this gem of the baroque idiom for regional audiences with the
GREATER WELLINGTON TAURANGA
variations performed on a variety of instruments.
Community activity Community activity “The different instruments will add a huge amount of colour
Wed, 4 Mar – Thu, 5 Mar Tue, 10 Mar – Thu, 12 Mar to the variations, making an already exquisite work even more
mesmerising for audiences” says NZSO Concertmaster and
Goldberg Variations Realising Beethoven
Baroque Series Director Vesa-Matti Leppänen. “Bach’s Goldberg
Wairarapa Tauranga
Wed, 4 Mar, 7.30pm Wed, 11 Mar, 7.30pm
Variations is hauntingly beautiful and a work of genius. It’s the most
Carterton Event Centre Baycourt Community & Arts Centre incredible piece.”
Lower Hutt
Goldberg Variations
Thu, 5 Mar, 7.30pm
Lower Hutt Town Hall Tauranga Realising Beethoven
Thu, 12 Mar, 7.30pm
Kāpiti
Sat, 7 Mar, 7.30pm
Baycourt Community & Arts Centre Hamish McKeich Conductor
Kāpiti Performing Arts Centre
HAMILTON
To mark the 250th anniversary of his birth, the NZSO presents a
PALMERSTON NORTH Community activity unique concert guiding you through the music of Beethoven, his
Community activity Wed, 11 Mar – Sat, 14 Mar influences and composers he subsequently inspired. Realising
Fri, 6 Mar – Sat, 7 Mar Goldberg Variations Beethoven features works from the great composer himself, such
as his dramatic Egmont Overture, as well as movements from his
Goldberg Variations Hamilton
Wed, 11 Mar, 7.30pm great symphonies alongside Wagner’s The Flying Dutchman
Palmerston North Overture, Berlioz’ Beatrice et Benedict Overture and works by
Gallagher Concert Chamber
Fri, 6 Mar, 6.30pm
other celebrated composers who admired Beethoven’s
The Regent on Broadway Realising Beethoven phenomenal talents. The journey through this magical
Realising Beethoven Hamilton
performance will be narrated by NZSO players, telling stories
Fri, 13 Mar, 7.30pm
Palmerston North
Claudelands Arena
and offering insights for audiences old and new.
Sat, 7 Mar, 6.30pm
The Regent on Broadway
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ENGAGE
Giancarlo Guerrero Conductor
Joshua Pearson NYO Composer-in-Residence
New Work (World Premiere)
Shostakovich 7 Revealed
Shostakovich Symphony No. 7 Leningrad
Shostakovich’s Seventh Symphony is legendary. Titled Leningrad
Symphony, it premiered in 1942 in the midst of the Siege of
Leningrad, a brutal blockade of the city by Nazi forces. Written in
a white-hot heat in between Shostakovich’s frequent evacuations
to bomb shelters, the work was premiered by a cobbled-together
orchestra of army recruits and those professional musicians who
hadn’t yet starved to death. Despite the incomprehensible misery
of the times, the symphony was held up as a defiant symbol of
resistance against Nazi invasion. Its premiere was even played over
NYO
speakers throughout the city to broadcast the Russian people’s
refusal to give in. Smuggled in the work’s subtext, however, is
Shostakovich’s critique of Stalinist oppression. Today, the work is
seen as a heroic expression of the people’s fight against adversity,
and against all odds. Shostakovich’s monumental symphony will be
performed by the NYO alongside the NZSO.
Shostakovich’s Seventh Symphony will be further unpacked in
Shostakovich 7 Revealed, an interactive presentation that lets you
delve even deeper into this masterpiece.
In addition, a new work by the 2020 NYO Composer-in-
Residence, Joshua Pearson, will be premiered. Conducted by
Giancarlo Guerrero, this concert featuring New Zealand’s finest
young musicians will undoubtedly prove to be a landmark event.
Leningrad
Tickets
All ages $10
Book at nzso.co.nz/2020
IN ASSOCIATION WITH
Wellington
Thu, 9 Jul, 7.30pm
Michael Fowler Centre
Auckland
Fri, 10 Jul, 7.30pm
Auckland Town Hall
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ENGAGE
Marin Alsop Conductor
Beethoven Symphony No. 9 Choral
Kia Kotahi: He Toirangi Ā-Ao Kia Harikoa - All Together: A Global
Ode to Joy will see the New Zealand Symphony Orchestra join a
unique international project in 2020 where leading orchestras on
five continents perform new versions of Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony
to mark the 250th anniversary of Beethoven’s birth.
Internationally renowned conductor Marin Alsop and the
NZSO will be joined by Secondary Schools and Youth Choirs
to perform a new version of Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony in
te reo Māori.
Beethoven’s values of fraternity and unity for all, regardless
of race, creed or class, reach their fullest expression in his Ninth
Symphony, and are sentiments just as relevant today as they were
when this sublime work was first performed.
KIA KOTAHI
In addition, NZSO will perform four newly commissioned works
by New Zealand composers to complement Beethoven’s great
masterpiece. Join this once-in-a-lifetime celebration of music, for and
by the people of Aotearoa, New Zealand.
He Toirangi Ā-Ao Kia Harikoa All Together: A Global Ode to Joy is presented in partnership with
Carnegie Hall’s Weill Music Institute.
For more information visit nzso.co.nz/alltogether
Auckland
Sun, 26 Jul, 4.00pm
Auckland Town Hall
Wellington
Tue, 28 Jul, 7.30pm
Michael Fowler Centre
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BAROQUE SERIES
Vesa-Matti Leppänen Director/Violin
Donald Nicolson Harpsichord
Diedre Irons Fortepiano
Andrew Joyce Cello
BACH
WF Bach Duet for Two Flutes
CPE Bach Concerto for Harpischord and Fortepiano
JS Bach The Art of Fugue, Contrapunctus XIV,
Unfinished
JS Bach Selections from Cello Suite No. 6 in D Major
JS Bach Orchestral Suite No. 3
JS Bach Chorale Vor deinen Thron
While Johann Sebastian Bach is the undisputed master of baroque
music, talent also ran in his family.
Bach Extended presents four of JS Bach’s most beloved works
EXTENDED
alongside two exceptional pieces by his sons Wilhelm and Carl.
Both were heavily influenced by their father, but also pushed the
boundaries of what baroque music could achieve.
WF Bach’s inventive Duet for Two Flutes features the
unmistakable sweet sound of baroque flutes before CPE Bach’s
adventurous and beguiling Concerto for Harpsichord and the then-
new Fortepiano, the first piece written for both instruments to be
played together.
JS Bach’s magnificent The Art of Fugue was the last major
work before his death and one of the best of its 14 fugues is the
Unfinished.
Suite No. 3 is one of the composer’s best-known works due
to its beautiful second movement known as Air on the G String. His
Cello Suite No. 6 is an exceptional work, light and festive in nature,
while Chorale Vor deinen Thron, reputedly written on JS Bach’s
deathbed, makes for a haunting and evocative finale.
Tickets
Adult $35
Student/Child $15
Visit nzso.co.nz/bach for more
Wellington Oamaru
Sat, 31 Oct, 7:30pm Thu, 5 Nov, 7.30pm
Wellington College Opera House
Invercargill Christchurch
Tue, 3 Nov, 7.30pm Fri, 6 Nov, 7.30pm
Civic Theatre The Piano
Dunedin Nelson
Wed, 4 Nov, 7.30pm Sat, 7 Nov, 7.30pm
Dunedin Town Hall, Centre of Musical Arts
Glenroy Auditorium
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