Conductor Olari Elts
Piano Sylvia Jiang
Trumpet Huw Dann
Weber Oberon: Overture
Shostakovich Piano Concerto No.1
Brigid Ursula Bisley Illumination
Mendelssohn A Midsummer Night’s Dream (selections)
Mendelssohn, unbelievably, was just 17 when he wrote his magical Overture to A Midsummer Night’s Dream. Years later, he recaptured the fairy land in his gossamer music for the entire play. Auckland Phil will perform a selection of highlights, including the beloved Wedding March. And the concert opens with an extra thematic treat in the Overture to Oberon, Weber's only English opera.
Auckland’s own Sylvia Jiang joins our Principal Trumpet Huw Dann for Shostakovich’s gleefully crazy concerto. It’s uproarious music from a high-spirited young man.
Kiwi connections continue after the interval with New Zealand composer Brigid Ursula Bisley’s music – an illumination of distant stars and far horizons, with undercurrents of darkness.
$2.50 per hour to a max of $12.50 on weekends and a $12.50 flat rate for weekday evenings at The Civic car park. Find out more.