Radiance

Three different composers’ responses to the sights and sounds of the world around them are presented in this opening concert. CSO Principal Serenity Thurlow, one of this country’s finest violists, will be premiering a concerto by senior New Zealand composer Chris Cree Brown, in addition to performing Prokofiev’s fifth symphony and Debussy’s masterpiece Nocturnes.

There is a pre-concert talk at 6.40 p.m.