1001 Nights - APN News & Media Premier Series 5
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| Thu 19 Jun ’08 |
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Where: Auckland Town Hall, THE EDGE, 303 Queen St, Auckland CBD Show map
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Presented by the Auckland Philharmonia Orchestra
Arvo Volmer - conductor
Bella Hristova - violin
Conductor Arvo Volmer, who led the orchestra’s groundbreaking 2006 performance of Shostakovich’s Leningrad symphony, returns for a spectacular evening opening with Janacek’s Sinfonietta, featuring no less than 12 trumpets with the APO augmented by members of the Central Band of the of the Royal NZ Air Force.
Winner of the 2007 Michael Hill International Violin Competition, Bella Hristova, also returns to perform Prokofiev’s haunting Violin Concerto No. 1 with Rimsky-Korsakov’s kaleidoscopic Scheherazade closing the concert.
Free pre-concert talk 7pm in stalls.
Programme
Janacek - Sinfonietta
Prokofiev - Violin Concerto No. 1
Rimsky-Korsakov - Scheherazade
Note: Bella Hristova will also appear in recital with Diedre Irons as part of the Lion Foundation Twilight Series on June 23.
To enquire about Subscriptions to the APN News & Media Premier Series please contact the APO Ticket Office phone 09 623 1052.
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