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27-06-2025
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National Youth Orchestra To Take Audience On A Musical Adventure
Press Release – NZSO Rising opera star Madison Horman will join the NZSO National Youth Orchestra for an unforgettable evening of artistry and passion in Wellington and Auckland next week. NYO Adventure: Rachmaninov & Strauss, in association with the Adam Foundation, features Horman, a 2024 Lexus Song Quest semi-finalist, performing the exquisite 4 Lieder Op. 27, a set of songs originally composed as a wedding gift for composer Richard Strauss' wife, soprano Pauline de Ahna. With her refined talent and fresh experience from the Royal Academy of Music, Horman is poised to bring these romantic and expressive works to life in a way that is both intimate and breathtaking. NYO Adventure includes the world premiere of glacier by NZSO NYO 2025 Composer-in-Residence Luka Venter, offering a fresh and bold addition to the orchestral repertoire. Audiences can also revel in the daring and charismatic energy of Strauss' Don Juan, followed by the sweeping emotions of Rachmaninov's Second Symphony —a masterwork that dances between moods of deep longing, playful charm, and soaring passion. NYO Adventure also marks the New Zealand debut of acclaimed Canadian conductor Adam Johnson. From conducting Canada's top orchestras to collaborating with rock stars, Johnson is proving himself one of his homeland's best talents in orchestral conducting, including engagements with Opéra National de Paris and orchestras in Spain, Germany and the United States. Music Director of the Baton Rouge Symphony Orchestra and Canada's Guelph Symphony Orchestra, Maestro Johnson completed his tenure as resident conductor of the Orchestre Symphonique de Montréal (OSM) in 2019 and has conducted over 90 concerts with the OSM. He recorded his first full album, Riopelle Symphonique, with the OSM in 2022 and won an Opus Prize with the famed orchestra in 2018. Don't miss the chance to support and celebrate these talented young musicians as they make their mark in the world of symphonic music. Tickets to NYO Adventure are $10. To book and for more information go to NYO Adventure: Rachmaninov & Strauss in association with Adam Foundation ADAM JOHNSON Conductor MADISON HORMAN Soprano R STRAUSS Don Juan R STRAUSS Lieder LUKA VENTER glacier (World Premiere NZSO NYO 2025 Composer-in-Residence) RACHMANINOV Symphony No. 2 TE WHANGANUI-A-TARA WELLINGTON | Michael Fowler Centre| Saturday, 5 July| 7.30pm
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27-06-2025
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National Youth Orchestra To Take Audience On A Musical Adventure
Rising opera star Madison Horman will join the NZSO National Youth Orchestra for an unforgettable evening of artistry and passion in Wellington and Auckland next week. NYO Adventure: Rachmaninov & Strauss, in association with the Adam Foundation, features Horman, a 2024 Lexus Song Quest semi-finalist, performing the exquisite 4 Lieder Op. 27, a set of songs originally composed as a wedding gift for composer Richard Strauss' wife, soprano Pauline de Ahna. With her refined talent and fresh experience from the Royal Academy of Music, Horman is poised to bring these romantic and expressive works to life in a way that is both intimate and breathtaking. NYO Adventure includes the world premiere of glacier by NZSO NYO 2025 Composer-in-Residence Luka Venter, offering a fresh and bold addition to the orchestral repertoire. Audiences can also revel in the daring and charismatic energy of Strauss' Don Juan, followed by the sweeping emotions of Rachmaninov's Second Symphony —a masterwork that dances between moods of deep longing, playful charm, and soaring passion. NYO Adventure also marks the New Zealand debut of acclaimed Canadian conductor Adam Johnson. From conducting Canada's top orchestras to collaborating with rock stars, Johnson is proving himself one of his homeland's best talents in orchestral conducting, including engagements with Opéra National de Paris and orchestras in Spain, Germany and the United States. Music Director of the Baton Rouge Symphony Orchestra and Canada's Guelph Symphony Orchestra, Maestro Johnson completed his tenure as resident conductor of the Orchestre Symphonique de Montréal (OSM) in 2019 and has conducted over 90 concerts with the OSM. He recorded his first full album, Riopelle Symphonique, with the OSM in 2022 and won an Opus Prize with the famed orchestra in 2018. Don't miss the chance to support and celebrate these talented young musicians as they make their mark in the world of symphonic music. Tickets to NYO Adventure are $10. To book and for more information go to NYO Adventure: Rachmaninov & Strauss in association with Adam Foundation ADAM JOHNSON Conductor MADISON HORMAN Soprano R STRAUSS Don Juan R STRAUSS Lieder LUKA VENTER glacier (World Premiere NZSO NYO 2025 Composer-in-Residence) RACHMANINOV Symphony No. 2 TE WHANGANUI-A-TARA WELLINGTON | Michael Fowler Centre| Saturday, 5 July| 7.30pm
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29-04-2025
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Bach Musica NZ Present An Evening Of Mozart And C.P.E. Bach In June
Press Release – Elephant Publicity Join the renowned Bach Musica NZ, New Zealand's leading combined choir and orchestra, at the Auckland Town Hall on Sunday 22 June for an evening of exquisite performance with Mozart's Piano Concerto in D minor & C.P.E. Bach's Magnificat. The June concert welcomes young award-winning pianist, Madeleine Xiao, as soloist in Mozart's famous Piano Concerto in D minor. Madeleine began learning the piano at age five. At just 16, she went on to study a Bachelor of Music at the University of Auckland. She won 3rd place at the National Concerto Competition in 2023 and received the Royal Overseas League Pettman Scholarship in 2024. In the second half of the concert, Bach Musica NZ's chorus and orchestra present the 45-minute glorious Magnificat by C.P.E. Bach, the gifted son of J.S. Bach. They are joined by vocal soloists Joanna Foote (soprano), 2024 Lexus Song Quest winner Katie Trigg (alto), Taliai Fifita (tenor) and Edward Laurenson (baritone). This concert is conducted by Bach Musica NZ's Music & Artistic Director, Rita Paczian. 'Mozart and Bach will forever remain two of the greatest composers, and that includes the gifted son Carl Philip Emanuel. His Magnificat is magnificent!' says Paczian. Bach Musica NZ also continue their popular workshop series, with their Sight-Reading Workshop on Saturday 17 May and Singing Workshop on Saturday 1 November. All ages and skill levels are welcome. 'Bach Musica NZ offers a great shout of joy. With a lively Rita Paczian on harpsichord, surrounded by her string players, Bach's Gloria opened with a high celebration and ended with another, chorus and full orchestra giving their considerable all.' – William Dart, NZ Herald Mozart Piano Concerto in D minor & C.P.E. Bach Magnificat Sunday 22 June 2025 at 5pm – Auckland Town Hall Tickets are available via Ticketmaster. Rita Paczian Conductor Madeleine Xiao Piano Joanna Foote Soprano Katie Trigg Alto Taliai Fifita Tenor Edward Laurenson Baritone Content Sourced from Original url
Otago Daily Times
21-04-2025
- Entertainment
- Otago Daily Times
Festival all about 'uplifting the next generation'
REPORT: TRACEY ROXBURGH / PHOTO: SADHBH PHOTOGRAPHY Members of the Rejoice! community choir project brought the curtain down on the 2025 Whakatipu Music Festival at the Queenstown Memorial Centre yesterday afternoon. Festival director Anne Rodda said the choir, primarily comprising members of the Queenstown community, supported by members of the National Youth Choir and Lexus Song Quest prizewinners, learnt The Hallelujah Chorus, O Fortuna and Ode to Joy and had just three rehearsals under the guidance of directors Dr Karen Grylls and Elise Bradley before yesterday's performance. "The whole premise of this festival is about uplifting the next generation and about creating space for them to work next to, and alongside, the professionals, and so here you have it — the professionals, the young artists and community artists making a joyful noise together." Held every three years, this year's festival, again sponsored by the family of Arrowtown-based music philanthropist Sir Michael Hill, featured six public concerts, three private concerts and three workshops. Participants had shown "150% commitment", but "we need the community to invest in supporting by coming to live music", she said. "The community needs to invest in events ... by buying tickets and by being there, otherwise it's too hard."
