Vaughan Williams The Lark Ascending
Ross Harris Face (world premiere)
Elgar Variations on an Original Theme, ‘Enigma’

Enjoy two of the most adored pieces of English music, Elgar’s Enigma Variations and Williams The Lark Descending in a concert by the Auckland Philharmonia Orchestra joined by VOICES NZ. Conductor is Anthony Hermus.

Between these two favourites is a new commission from Ross Harris. Face is inspired by the story of Sir Harold Dillies, the New Zealander who became the father of plastic surgery through his pioneering work treating the disfiguring facial injuries sustained by soldiers during the First World War. This multimedia work also includes visuals by Tim Gruchy, based on and original artwork by Barry Cleavin and features VOICES NZ.

 

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With “voices of spun gold” (BBC Music Magazine), The King’s Singers are masters of vocal harmony. These polished entertainers will sing a mix of ancient and contemporary, classical and popular, all delivered with “pinpoint precision and total rapport” (The Times, UK).

In a rare visit to New Zealand, this irresistibly charismatic ensemble performs at the New Zealand Festival in Wellington and the Auckland Arts Festival on their whistle-stop “Gold” world tour to celebrate 50 years in the business. Double Grammy Award–winners, The King’s Singers are beloved the world over, from London’s Royal Albert Hall to New York’s Carnegie Hall, and now New Zealand!

They will be joined on stage by our country’s internationally renowned choir Voices New Zealand – who will themselves be celebrating the 20th anniversary of their founding at the 1998 New Zealand Festival. This celebratory programme will feature especially commissioned anniversary pieces by contemporary composers Nico Muhly, Bob Chilcott and New Zealand’s Leonie Holmes.

“Supreme polish and breathtaking accuracy” The Dominion Post review of Voices NZ

 

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Conceived by the ground-breaking New Zealand composer and ethnomusicologist Jack Body (1944-2015), Passio is a rich re-contextualisation of Richard Davy’s (1467?-1538) moving Passion according to St Matthew and a testament to Body’s adventurous musical vision.

In this remarkable revisiting of Davey’s early-Renaissance work, ancient mingles with modern as chamber choir, vocal soloists and brass are given new voice by a consortium of six New Zealand composers.

Passio will be an immersive and rare musical experience in which audiences are free to wander the performance area to more fully absorb the resonances of musicians and singers – the Auckland Chamber Orchestra and New Zealand’s premiere chamber choir, VOICES.

Seize the moment and come celebrate, remember and acknowledge the genius, guile and inventiveness of the much-loved Jack Body in a concert where exquisite voice invokes the past amidst a dynamic instrumental present.

Conductors: Dr Karen Grylls and Peter Scholes
Soprano soloist: Madeleine Pierard
Tenor soloist: Lachlan Craig
Voices New Zealand Chamber Choir
Auckland Chamber Orchestra

General admission is standing. Some seating provided – arrive early if you require a seat.

This concert is presented by the Auckland Arts Festival

Programme: PASSIO – by Jack Body, David Farquhar, Ross Harris, Lissa Meridan, Michael Norris and Dame Gillian Whitehead

 

After a sell-out Auckland Concert, VOICES is taking SALUT PRINTEMPS on tour. SALUT PRINTEMPS is a concert welcoming Spring, which brings the beauty of trembling flowers, the fresh green growth, the animals awakening, the enchanting evenings, and the season of youth, love and light – all in a mesmerizing programme using the ’official’ language of love – French.

The music skips from the better-known pieces of Debussy and Poulenc to romantic chansons and a quirky four-song cycle about a dromedary, a crayfish, a carp and a cat that will make you giggle.

A blissful concert full of sunshine – not to be missed!

Conductor: Dr Karen Grylls
Pianist: Rachel Fuller
Narrator: Catrin Johnsson

 

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Celebrate the glory of the high Baroque!

Bayleys Great Classics
Auckland Philharmonia Orchestra

Conductor: Matthew Halls
Soprano: Siobhan Stagg
Tenor: Andrew Goodwin
Choir: Voices New Zealand Chamber Choir

Programme:
HANDEL Zadok the Priest
J.S. BACH Orchestral Suite No.3 in D Major
HANDEL Ode for St Cecilia’s Day

Nothing compares to the glory of the voice in the high Baroque, especially when accompanied by a sparkling orchestra. The overpowering splendour of Zadok the Priest has accompanied the coronation of every King and Queen of England since George II in 1727.

St. Cecilia is the patron saint of music, and Handel’s ode in her honour is an uninhibited celebration of the joy of music.

Between these two magnificent pieces, is one of Bach’s happiest works, whose second movement has become famously known as the ‘Air on the G String’.

Free Organ Recital
The Auckland Town Hall Organ Trust, in association with the APO, presents a 30-minute recital at 6pm prior to each Bayleys Great Classics concert in the Auckland Town Hall. Each recital features a different organist playing classics from the organ repertoire.

Pre-concert Talk by Sam Girling at 6:45 pm.

When: Thursday 3 Aug 2017, 7:30pm
Where: Auckland Town Hall - Great Hall, 303 Queen St, CBD, Auckland
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Inspired by the museum’s collection of War artifacts, including letters from New Zealand soldiers, Victoria Kelly writes of the musical concept for this work, THE UNUSUAL SILENCE, “This piece will explore silence and the transience of sound; the silence that descends when battles stop; the unspoken relief, hope and desolation that is left resonating in the spaces between bursts of sound; the soldiers left deafened by noise and events too great for their bodies to withstand; the silence that so many soldiers maintained when they came home, the echoes of battle ringing only within; the effect of time on sound; the way that sound exists in memory and in dreams, filtered and altered by the unique human landscape of the people whose memories they are.”

In an emotional roller coaster ride the music programme travels from Keep the Home Fires Burning to Chatman’s In Flanders Fields, Eric Whitacre's A Boy and A Girl to Oh, it's a lovely War.

THE UNUSUAL SILENCE will also tour to the Hawke's Bay Arts Festival, and feature local boys choirs for both concerts.

These concerts and the Victoria Kelly commissioned work are presented in partnership with the Auckland War Memorial Museum and Toronto Children’s Chorus

THE UNUSUAL SILENCE is planned to be performed in Toronto, Canada, at the 100th anniversary of Armistice Day in 2018.

Conductor: Dr Karen Grylls
Voices New Zealand Chamber Choir
Boy’s choirs

            

The Unusual Silence Event Programme