2014 CONCERT sERiEs

WaraNdPeace Friday 25 april 5.00pm auckland Town HallOn Anzac Day

WavesUpONWaves saturday 15 November 7.30pm auckland Town HallIncluding Vaughan Williams A Sea Symphony

MessiaH Monday 15 December 7.30pm auckland Town Hall

Tuesday 16 December 7.30pm auckland Town Hall

BEETHOVEN: SYMPHONY NO. 9 Sunday 22 June 3.00pm Auckland Town Hall New Zealand Symphony Orchestra

HAYDN: THE CREATION Saturday 30 August 7.30pm Auckland Town Hall New Zealand Symphony Orchestra

HOLST: THE PLANETS Saturday 6 December 7.30pm Vodafone Events Centre Manukau Symphony Orchestra

*Please note that Symphony No. 9, The Creation and The Planets are not part of Auckland Choral’s subscription series

Dear music lovers,

Welcome to the 2014 concert season of Auckland Choral.

“Music is the most direct and mysterious way of conveying and evoking feeling,” says neurologist Oliver Sacks. “It is a way of connecting one consciousness to another. The nearest thing to telepathy is making music together.”

For me, singing is the simplest way of communicating the essence of the human spirit, of hope and love, across all continents. We sing to energise and calm ourselves, ease stress and pain, socialise, bond or even move ourselves to tears. Time so often stands still during these moments.

Come and experience this empowering feeling during a live concert and be carried away in our beautiful Town Hall with its sumptuous acoustics. There is much on offer – from the most famous music of all time, to inspiring, exciting and new creations.

I look forward to sharing our love of singing with you.

Uwe GroddMUSIC DIreCTOr

WaraNdPeaceFriday 25 April 5.00pm Auckland Town HallANZAC DAY

JOHANN SeBASTIAN BACH TOccaTa aND FUGUe iN D MiNOrMICHAeL reNHArT reQUieMDAVID HAMILTON aNTHeM FOr DOOMeD YOUTHJOSePH HAYDN Mass iN TiMe OF War

MORAG ATCHISON, sopranoBIANCA ANDREW, mezzo sopranoDANA WILSON, tenorJAMES CLAYTON, bass baritoneJOHN WELLS, organ AUCKLAND CHORALPIPERS SINFONIAUWE GRODD, conductor

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One hundred years after the start of WWI AucklandChoral presents a moving programme entitled ‘War and Peace’. The concert opens with the powerful and famous Toccata and Fugue by JS Bach. Haydn’s Mass in Time of War, his most popular mass, was composed as a cry for peace, and portrays an era of unprecedented political and military unrest in Austria.German composer Michael Renhart reflects his deepwish for peace in the pure structure of his Requiem,a work unfinished at the time of his death in New Zealand. Similar sentiments are found in Wilfred Owen’s revered Anthem for Doomed Youth, which is set to music by David Hamilton for this special Anzac Day Commemoration.

WavesUpONWavesSaturday 15 November, 7.30pm

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reINHArD FLATISCHLer/JOHNNY BerTL Waves UPON WavesrALPH VAUGHAN WILLIAMS a sea sYMPHONY

Vaughan Williams’ A Sea Symphony turns texts by the lateromantic Walt Whitman into choral splendour.Auckland Choral is thrilled to perform this fantastic workwith the compelling Auckland Philharmonia Orchestra and welcome back City Choir Dunedin for this special occasion. Soloists are the distinguished baritone David Griffiths and Viennese soprano Ursula Langmayr, whose poetic expression enthralled audiences on her last visit.We welcome Reinhard Flatischler and percussion soloist, and composer Johnny Bertl, also from Vienna, whotogether wrote Waves Upon Waves especially for thisworld premiere. This Suite for Choir, Percussion andOrchestra promises to be a tremendous feast of colour,rhythm and drive.

URSULA LANGMAYR, sopranoDAVID GRIFFITHS, baritoneREINHARD FLATISCHLER, percussionCITY CHOIR DUNEDINAUCKLAND CHORALAUCKLAND PHILHARMONIA ORCHESTRAUWE GRODD, conductor

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MADELEINE PIERARD, sopranoCARMEL CARROLL, mezzo sopranoHENRY CHOO, tenorDAVID GRECO, baritoneAUCKLAND CHORALPIPERS SINFONIAUWE GRODD, conductor

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It’s Christmas . . . which means it is time to give yourself over to the fervour and divine inspiration of Handel’s Messiah, the cornerstone of classical music!

First performed in Dublin in 1742, this work remains the world’s most popular oratorio. From the spellbinding recitative ‘Comfort Ye’ to the magnificent, resounding ‘Hallelujah’ chorus, Handel’s music never fails to move its audience as it retells the most famous story of all time.

MessiaHMonday 15 December, 7.30pmTuesday 16 December, 7.30pm Auckland Town Hall

GeOrGe FrIDerIC HANDeL MessiaH

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NZSO Beethoven Symphony No. 9 sunday 22 June, 3.00pm auckland Town Hall

NZSO Haydn Creation saturday 30 august, 7.30pm auckland Town Hall

MSO Holst The Planets saturday 6 december, 7.30pm Vodafone Events Centre

*please note these special Events are not part of auckland Choral’s subscription series. For further information please visit www.nzso.co.nz andwww.manukausymphony.org.nz

MORAG ATCHISON, sopranoWar and Peace25 April, 5.00pmAuckland Town Hall

BIANCA ANDREW, mezzo sopranoWar and Peace25 April, 5.00pmAuckland Town Hall

DANA WILSON, tenorWar and Peace25 April, 5.00pmAuckland Town Hall

JAMES CLAYTON, bass baritoneWar and Peace25 April, 5.00pmAuckland Town Hall

URSULA LANGMAYR, sopranoWaves Upon Waves15 November, 7.30pmAuckland Town Hall

DAVID GRIFFITHS, baritoneWaves Upon Waves15 November, 7.30pmAuckland Town Hall

MADELEINE PIERARD, sopranoMessiah15 & 16 December, 7.30pmAuckland Town Hall

CARMEL CARROLL, mezzo sopranoMessiah15 & 16 December, 7.30pmAuckland Town Hall

HENRY CHOO, tenorMessiah15 & 16 December, 7.30pmAuckland Town Hall

DAVID GRECO, baritoneMessiah15 & 16 December, 7.30pmAuckland Town Hall

2014SOLOISTS

JOHN WELLS, organ War and Peace25 April, 5.00pmAuckland Town Hall

REINHARD FLATISCHLER, percussionWaves Upon Waves15 November, 7.30pmAuckland Town Hall

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