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The New Zealand Herald Premier Series: Enigma

27/02/25  to 27/02/25
7:30pm to 10:30pm Thursday, 27 February
Grieg Norwegian Dances James MacMillan Concerto for Orchestra ‘Ghosts’ [NZ premiere]* Elgar Enigma Variations

Closes

Feb 27, 2025

Posted on

Jan 15, 2025

Event type:

Music ,

Price:

Tickets from $30–$142

Venue:

Auckland Town Hall

Address:

301–303 Queen Street, Auckland Central, Auckland 1010

Region:

Auckland ,

Written by

Auckland Philharmonia Orchestra
Jan 29, 2025

Conductor Karl-Heinz Steffens


Elgar’s beloved Enigma Variations offers audiences a brilliant portrayal of his circle of friends in musical form, while Grieg’s love of the folk tunes of his motherland are celebrated in his Norwegian Dances.

 

Co-commissioned by the Auckland Philharmonia together with some of the world’s great orchestras, Sir James MacMillan says his brand-new piece, ‘seems to be haunted by other, earlier musical spirits and memories’. It’s written for an orchestra at the top of its game.

 

*Co-commissioned by the London Symphony Orchestra with the support of the Ernst von Siemens Music Foundation, Melbourne Symphony Orchestra, Singapore Symphony Orchestra, Auckland Philharmonia, Royal Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra and the St. Louis Symphony Orchestra.

 

Notes Fund - Music for this concert has ben supported by Charline Hamilton Baker

 

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