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NZSO: Pacific Blue Series 1

5 November 2009
13 November 2009


Conductor: Leif Segerstam

Leif Segerstam conducts the NZSO with guest soloist, Solveig Kringleborn (soprano).

Chris Cree Brown’s experiences in Antarctica left a deep impression, as heard in his Icescape.
Sibelius found inspiration in the Kalevala’s creation myth for his 1913 song-cycle Luonnotar, filled with his sense of wonder and awe towards the natural world.
Greig wrote many songs for his wife and they are touched with the exotic allure of the Northland he loved.
Brahms’ Fourth Symphony is distinguished by its sense of nobility and grandeur, culminating in the powerful chaconne that drives the finale through its superb variations.

Opera News (USA) says of Solveig Kringleborn: “…[she] is incandescent, glowing with ardor and purpose in an arrestingly characterful programme, [with] her responsive wit, communicative urgency and musical imagination…”

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New Zealand

Events Happening at this Event

05 Nov 2009 NZSO: Napier Napier Municipal Theatre
06 Nov 2009 NZSO: Auckland Auckland Town Hall
13 Nov 2009 NZSO: Wellington Michael Fowler Centre