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The New Zealand Herald Premier Series: City Lights

28/11/24  to 28/11/24
7:30pm to 9:30pm Thursday, 28 November
Wynton Marsalis Violin Concerto Bernstein Symphonic Dances from West Side Story Gershwin An American in Paris

Closes

Nov 28, 2024

Posted on

Oct 8, 2024

Event type:

Music ,

Price:

Tickets from $25 to $121

Venue:

Auckland Town Hall

Address:

301-303 Queen St, Auckland Central

Region:

Auckland ,

Written by

Auckland Philharmonia Orchestra
Oct 14, 2024

Conductor Giordano Bellincampi
Violin Andrew Beer

Wynton Marsalis Violin Concerto
Bernstein Symphonic Dances from West Side Story
Gershwin An American in Paris

Est. running time one hour and 45 minutes including a 20-minute interval

To call Wynton Marsalis a legendary trumpeter is merely to scratch the surface of one of the most multifaceted musicians around. His music is a glorious melting pot of jazz, Latin, Bartók, hoedown, Prokofiev, blues… and it’s absolutely thrilling. So, his Violin Concerto needs a soloist with immense musical flexibility (few concertos have a movement called ‘Hootenanny’) as well as high virtuosity, and of course the Auckland Philharmonia’s Andrew Beer is one of those rare musicians.

Bernstein and Gershwin were also both American genre-hopping composers, and their tributes to New York and Paris, respectively, round out an incredibly exciting programme.