Work
Symphony No. 2
for mezzo-soprano and orchestra
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About
Described as “often beautiful and sometimes frightening” (NZ Listener), Ross Harris’s Symphony No 2 is a setting of poems on the subject of New Zealand soldiers shot for desertion in World War One. Writer Vincent O’Sullivan’s deeply felt descriptions of violence, love and tragedy are reflected in a moving and dramatic score.
Commissioned note
Written for the Auckland Philharmonia and Madeleine Pierard
Contents note
Four movements
Text note
Text by Vincent O'Sullivan
Performance history
01 Jun 2006: Performed by Madeleine Pierard (mezzo-soprano), Auckland Philharmonia Orchestra and conducted by Bundit Ungrangee at the Auckland Town Hall, Auckland
19 Aug 2010: Echoes of War
21 Apr 2016: Performed by the New Zealand Symphony Orchestra, conductor Hamish McKeich, with Madeleine Pierard (mezzo-soprano) at the Michael Fowler Centre.
Performed by Madeleine Pierard (mezzo-soprano), Auckland Philharmonia Orchestra and conducted by Bundit Ungrangee at the Auckland Town Hall, Auckland