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Classical music, opera, ballet and dance in Auckland, New Zealand

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AucklandBach, Stravinsky

Holy Trinity Cathedral, Fri 28 Apr at 19:30
Bach, Stravinsky
Auckland Philharmonia Orchestra; Benjamin Morrison; Liu-Yi Retallick; Bede Hanley
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AucklandBloch and Shostakovich

Auckland Town Hall, Sat 29 Apr at 19:30
Kernis, Bloch, Shostakovich
New Zealand Symphony Orchestra; Sir Donald Runnicles; Nicolas Altstaedt
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AucklandLise de la Salle plays Rachmaninov

Auckland Town Hall, Thu 4 May at 19:30
Korngold, Rachmaninov, Schumann
Auckland Philharmonia Orchestra; Constantin Trinks; Lise de la Salle
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AucklandDragspil

Auckland Town Hall, Thu 18 May at 19:30
Sibelius, Cresswell, Elgar
Auckland Philharmonia Orchestra; Luke Dollman; James Crabb
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AucklandCosì fan tutteNew production

Kiri Te Kanawa Theatre, May 31, Jun 02, 04 mat
Mozart: Così fan tutte
Natalie Murray Beale; Lindy Hume; New Zealand Opera; Tracy Grant Lord; Matthew Marshall; Auckland Philharmonia Orchestra
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AucklandA Night of Sondheim

The Civic, Thu 22 Jun at 19:30
Sondheim
Auckland Philharmonia Orchestra; TBC
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A sublime Mahler 3 from Gemma New and the NZSO in Auckland

Simon Holden, 01 Apr
The strings brought gleaming tone to their long phrases, the cellos particularly gorgeous in tone and deeply felt in phrasing, and New built each restatement to glorious and emotional crushing climax. 
****1
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The Wishing Tree: the Gesualdo Six at the Auckland Arts Festival

Simon Holden, 15 Mar
From the oppressed Catholic minority of 16th-century England to contemporary settings, The Gesualdo Six bring their Wishing Tree programme to Auckland. 
****1
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A triumphant final chapter in the Auckland PO's Beethoven cycle

Simon Holden, 02 Mar
Much delayed by the pandemic, Giordano Bellincampi's Beethoven symphony cycle with the Auckland PO finally reaches its conclusion with a triumphant closing concert. 
*****
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The Auckland Philharmonia takes audience to the New World

Simon Holden, 23 Feb
New Zealand-born violinist Geneva Lewis soars in Samuel Barber's Violin Concerto, framed in Giordano Bellincampi's programme by Korngold and Dvořák.
****1
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Unearthing New Zealand's lost art-song tradition

Simon Holden, 14 Aug
In this part-concert and part-lecture, Michael Vinten chronicles the history or New Zealand art song through the lives of the composers and poets featured, stories alternately hilarious and tragic.
****1
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The highest beauty imaginable: astonishing Prokofiev from Hilary Hahn

Simon Holden, 05 Aug
Hahn balanced tranquility and ferocity in Prokofiev's First Violin Concerto, and conductor Gemma New drew out an especially nuanced reading of Shostakovich's Fifth Symphony.
*****
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