Auckland Philharmonia | NZH Premier Series: Fantastique!
16/10/25
to 16/10/25
7:30pm to 9:30pm Thursday, 16 October
Louise Webster Proof Against Burning Liszt Totentanz Berlioz Symphonie fantastique
Closes
Oct 16, 2025Posted on
Aug 29, 2025Event type:
Music ,Price:
$30-$140Venue:
Auckland Town HallRegion:
Auckland ,
Conductor Pierre Bleuse
Piano Sylvia Jiang
Louise Webster Proof Against Burning
Liszt Totentanz
Berlioz Symphonie fantastique
Berlioz’s utterly spectacular Symphonie fantastique is not to be missed — a gripping masterpiece of hallucinogenic nightmares and ghoulish delights which shocked audiences at its premiere. New Zealand composer Louise Webster, meanwhile, meditates on the gruesome ‘tests’ used in historical trials for witchcraft.
Liszt’s Totentanz is a fantasia for piano and orchestra on an ancient musical symbol of Death, the Dies irae plain chant from the Requiem Mass. Kiwi pianist Sylvia Jiang returns to supply the profusion of pianistic fireworks.
Presented in association with ICBC