NZSO National Tour Begins Friday 5 June!

National Tour Begins Friday 5 June!

BOOK BEFORE THURSDAY 4 JUNE TO RECEIVE $10 OFF A & B RESERVE TICKETS
(Phone and box office bookings only – you will need to quote ‘EARLYBIRD’ for the discount)

The Manpower Tour

Concert One

ROSSINI William Tell Overture
MAGNUS LINDBERG Clarinet Concerto
BERLIOZ Symphonie fantastique

PIETARI INKINEN Music Director
KARI KRIIKKU Clarinet

Rossini’s William Tell Overture is full of well-loved melodies, finishing with that famous barnstorming finale. Berlioz's gorgeously orchestrated Symphonie fantastique is surely the most evocative monument to unrequited love, touching every register from adoration to rage. From Finland comes both soloist and Magnus Lindberg’s clarinet concerto, which the BBC Music Magazine described as, “A marvellous vehicle for the amazing virtuosity of clarinettist Kari Kriikku …”
WELLINGTON 6.30pm Friday 5 June
AUCKLAND 6.30pm Friday 12 June
CHRISTCHURCH 6.30pm
Preconcert talk 5.45pm Wednesday 17 June

Concert Two

TCHAIKOVSKY Overture 1812
TIENSUU Puro for clarinet and orchestra
RIMSKY-KORSAKOV Scheherazade

PIETARI INKINEN Music Director
KARI KRIIKKU Clarinet

Tchaikovksy’s Overture 1812 makes a rousing start to any concert, but its overwhelming finale should not obscure the pathos of its opening hymn with its heartfelt plea for peace. Finnish composer Tiensuu’s Puro is less of a concerto than a “hall of mirrors” where the clarinet throws out ideas for the orchestra to reflect. Vesa-Matti Leppänen’s ravishing violin solos set the tone for Rimsky-Korsakov’s treasure-chest of Russian melody tinged with Oriental exoticism in Scheherazade.
HAMILTON 8pm
Preconcert talk 7.15pm Thursday 11 June
AUCKLAND 8pm
Preconcert talk - 7.15pm Saturday 13 June
DUNEDIN 6.30pm
Preconcert talk 5.45pm Thursday 18 June
WELLINGTON 3pm
Preconcert talk - 2.15pm Saturday 20 June

Venues and Bookings
WELLINGTON Michael Fowler Centre Book at Ticketek / 0800 TICKETEK

AUCKLAND Town Hall Book at The Edge / 0800 BUY TICKETS

CHRISTCHURCH Town Hall Book at Ticketek / 0800 TICKETEK

HAMILTON Founders Theatre Book at TicketDirect / 0800 4 TICKET

DUNEDIN Town Hall Book at TicketDirect / 0800 4 TICKET

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