Celebrate the glory of the high Baroque!

Bayleys Great Classics
Auckland Philharmonia Orchestra

Conductor: Matthew Halls
Soprano: Siobhan Stagg
Tenor: Andrew Goodwin
Choir: Voices New Zealand Chamber Choir

Programme:
HANDEL Zadok the Priest
J.S. BACH Orchestral Suite No.3 in D Major
HANDEL Ode for St Cecilia’s Day

Nothing compares to the glory of the voice in the high Baroque, especially when accompanied by a sparkling orchestra. The overpowering splendour of Zadok the Priest has accompanied the coronation of every King and Queen of England since George II in 1727.

St. Cecilia is the patron saint of music, and Handel’s ode in her honour is an uninhibited celebration of the joy of music.

Between these two magnificent pieces, is one of Bach’s happiest works, whose second movement has become famously known as the ‘Air on the G String’.

Free Organ Recital
The Auckland Town Hall Organ Trust, in association with the APO, presents a 30-minute recital at 6pm prior to each Bayleys Great Classics concert in the Auckland Town Hall. Each recital features a different organist playing classics from the organ repertoire.

Pre-concert Talk by Sam Girling at 6:45 pm.

When: Thursday 3 Aug 2017, 7:30pm
Where: Auckland Town Hall - Great Hall, 303 Queen St, CBD, Auckland
Tickets: LOVE VOICES Package $95* (just book to more than one VOICES concert to get this special rate for this amazing concert!)

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Inspired by the museum’s collection of War artifacts, including letters from New Zealand soldiers, Victoria Kelly writes of the musical concept for this work, THE UNUSUAL SILENCE, “This piece will explore silence and the transience of sound; the silence that descends when battles stop; the unspoken relief, hope and desolation that is left resonating in the spaces between bursts of sound; the soldiers left deafened by noise and events too great for their bodies to withstand; the silence that so many soldiers maintained when they came home, the echoes of battle ringing only within; the effect of time on sound; the way that sound exists in memory and in dreams, filtered and altered by the unique human landscape of the people whose memories they are.”

In an emotional roller coaster ride the music programme travels from Keep the Home Fires Burning to Chatman’s In Flanders Fields, Eric Whitacre's A Boy and A Girl to Oh, it's a lovely War.

THE UNUSUAL SILENCE will also tour to the Hawke's Bay Arts Festival, and feature local boys choirs for both concerts.

These concerts and the Victoria Kelly commissioned work are presented in partnership with the Auckland War Memorial Museum and Toronto Children’s Chorus

THE UNUSUAL SILENCE is planned to be performed in Toronto, Canada, at the 100th anniversary of Armistice Day in 2018.

Conductor: Dr Karen Grylls
Voices New Zealand Chamber Choir
Boy’s choirs

            

The Unusual Silence Event Programme