Your cart

Total
NZD
Shipping and discount codes are added at checkout.
November 14, 2020 7:30PM—November 14, 2020 9:30PM • Vodafone Events Centre, Manukau

Manukau Symphony Orchestra | Seascapes

Concert

Uwe Grodd | Conductor
Andrew Joyce | Cello
Gina Sanders | Soprano
Auckland Choral

Bliss | Concerto for Cello and Orchestra
Beethoven | Calm Sea and Prosperous Voyage
Brahms | Schicksalslied 'Song of Destiny'
Chris Artley | Of Land and Sea (new MSO commission)


Sir Arthur Bliss wrote of his Cello Concerto, ‘I sketched out the music in the spring of 1969, and, on his acceptance, I dedicated it “to Mstislav Rostropovich with admiration and gratitude”. It is a light-hearted work and there are no problems for the listener – only for the soloist!’

We are thrilled to welcome back Andrew Joyce, Principal Cellist of the NZSO, as soloist for the first performance of this colourful English concerto in Manukau.

Then it is Auckland Choral’s turn to join the MSO for Beethoven’s Calm Sea and Prosperous Voyage – based on two poems by Goethe, and Brahms’ major choral work Schicksalslied – Song of Destiny. It has been said that ‘had Brahms never written anything but this one work, it would alone have sufficed to rank him with the best masters’.

Our final music offering for the year is Chris Artley’s Of Land and Sea – a major new work by this Auckland composer, renowned for his sumptuous choral writing. Scored for Soprano Solo, 4-part Choir and a full Symphony Orchestra, and commissioned by the Manukau Orchestral Society, the MSO is proud to present the premiere performance of this inspirational work based on poems by Aucklander Robina Adamson.


View the press release here


Start time

November 14, 2020 7:30PM


End time

November 14, 2020 9:30PM


Location

Vodafone Events Centre, Manukau
770 Great South Road


Ticketing

Website