The New Zealand Herald Premier Series: Mozart's Jupiter
01/05/25
to 01/05/25
7:30pm, Thursday, 1 May
Tchaikovsky Suite No.4 ‘Mozartiana’ Elena Kats-Chernin Re-inventions (after Bach) Purcell (trans. George Benjamin) Three Consorts Mozart Symphony No.41 ‘Jupiter’
Closes
May 1, 2025Posted on
Mar 10, 2025Event type:
Music ,Price:
$57–$142Venue:
Auckland Town HallAddress:
301/317 Queen Street, Auckland Central, Auckland 1010Region:
Auckland ,
Conductor Leo Hussain
Recorder Genevieve Lacey
Tchaikovsky Suite No.4 ‘Mozartiana’
Elena Kats-Chernin Re-inventions (after Bach)
Purcell (trans. George Benjamin) Three Consorts
Mozart Symphony No.41 ‘Jupiter’
In a programme designed to pay tribute to musical predecessors, the evening opens with Tchaikovsky’s sentimental tribute to the composer he worshipped and culminates in Mozart’s Jupiter — his last and greatest symphony.
Working with the astonishing recorder virtuoso Genevieve Lacey, Elena Kats-Chernin radically reshaped Bach’s Two-Part Inventions and one even became ‘a kind of mysterious tango’. George Benjamin’s transcription of Purcell’s work honours the man who ‘changed my path as a composer’.