MANUKAU SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA - SEASON 2021
←
→
Page content transcription
If your browser does not render page correctly, please read the page content below
MANUKAU SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA SEASON 2021
WELCOME
MSO SEASON 2021
Welcome to 2021 with the MSO. Join us for enriching classical music
performances including three world premieres in Manukau this year.
IHITAI ‘AVEI’A - STAR NAVIGATOR We are excited to join New Zealand Opera in presenting a world
Friday 19 March 8pm premiere concert-staging of Ihitai’Avei’a – Star Navigator. Written
Saturday 20 March 2pm & 8pm by Tim Finn and Tahitian writer Célestine Hitiura Vaite, this dramatic TERRY SPRAGG
new work is based on the ultimately tragic relationship between Manukau Symphony
Chairperson
Tahitian star navigator Tupaia and Lieutenant James Cook on the
HOUSTOUN PLAYS Endeavour’s maiden voyage. MSO is delighted to collaborate with
THE EGYPTIAN NZ Opera, Auckland Choral and the Graduate Choir New Zealand for
three performances in March 2021.
Sunday 2 May 5pm
In May, we are pleased to reschedule Saint-Saëns’ Piano Concerto
No. 5 Egyptian performed by Michael Houstoun. We thank Michael
BRAHMS 4 who has delayed his retirement for this one final performance with us. UWE GRODD
Manukau Symphony
Saturday 3 July 7.30pm Romantic masters follow - Brahms and Mahler, each with their
Music Director
fourth symphony. Together with these grand symphonies, we feature
MAHLER 4 Beethoven’s Third Piano Concerto performed by Henry Wong Doe
and Strauss’ Orchestral Songs, with soprano Anna Leese.
Saturday 28 august 7.30pm
Committed to the development of New Zealand works, the MSO is
proud to be premiering David Hamilton’s Fanfare for Matariki and
SCHEHERAZADE Erin Fagan’s Alqualonde as part of our 2021 season.
Saturday 20 november 7.30pm Our year concludes with the captivating Scheherazade with award-
winning guest conductor, Tianyi Lu, and percussionist Rachel
Thomas’ performance of Eric Ewazen’s hauntingly beautiful Concerto
for Marimba and String Orchestra.
SYMPHONIC JOURNEY
THE MOLDAU
Sunday 23 may 4pm | te tuhi The Manukau Symphony Orchestra is firmly established, having
presented classical music concerts to the people of Manukau for
over 27 years and has been ‘orchestra in residence’ at the Vodafone
Events Centre since the venue’s opening in 2005. I applaud the
dedication of its director and members who work enthusiastically to
make sure that this wonderful asset remains firmly anchored in our SIR NOEL
Pacific South. ROBINSON KNZM
Manukau symphony
PATRON
I highly recommend you all to continue to support the artistic and
770 Great South Road, financial endeavours of this amazing group of musicians.
Manukau 2104
2 1
IHITAI ‘AVEI’A - STAR NAVIGATOR
Friday 19 March 8pm
Saturday 20 March 2pm & 8pm
TIM FINN Composer and Lyricist*
TOM MCLEOD Arrangement and Additional Music
CÉLESTINE HITIURA VAITE Tahitian Monologist
ENA MANUIREVA Translation and Language Coach
UWE GRODD Conductor TIM FINN
composer
JOHN G. DAVIES Director
PAUL WHELAN as James Cook
NATASHA WILSON as Purea
TBC as Tupaia
TBC as Teata
CÉLESTINE HITIURA VAITE as Monologist CÉLESTINE HITIURA
VAITE
Monologist
Aboard a cramped British scientific vessel in the vastness
of the Pacific, two navigators find themselves locked on
a collision course. One is a Tahitian priest, guided by his
ancient knowledge of star pathways. The other a naval
officer, desperate to prove both himself and his faith in
science.
This beautiful and haunting new work by composer Tim
Finn with Tahitian monologues by Célestine Hitiura Vaite
tells the story of Tupaia, the Tahitian star navigator who
sailed with James Cook, on the maiden voyage of the
Endeavour in 1769. Ihitai ‘Avei’a - Star Navigator explores
the relationship between two master mariners, each from
vastly different worlds, both far from home and unable to
find their way into each other’s world.
The production is sung in English and Tahitian with English
surtitles.
90 minute duration. Additional lyrics by Gary Henderson.
2 3HOUSTOUN PLAYS
THE EGYPTIAN
Sunday 2 may 5pm
BEETHOVEN Name Day Overture
MOZART Symphony No.40
OFFENBACH La Vie Parisienne Overture
SAINT-SAëNS The Egyptian Piano Concert
UWE GRODD Conductor
michael houstoun piano
Originally programmed for Beethoven's 250th
Anniversary, the Name Day Overture is a 'Happy
Birthday' song!
We look forward to presenting Mozart’s wonderful
G minor Symphony - an emotional work, full of melodic UWE GRODD
writing of surpassing beauty, which rightly deserves
to be called the ‘crown’ of Mozart’s symphonies.
This is followed by Offenbach’s overture to La Vie
Parisienne – a celebration of all things Parisian. We
invite you to dance to the gaiety and joie de vivre of
this fun work. MICHAEL HOUSTOUN
Finally, New Zealand’s one and only Michael
Houstoun will perform one of his favourite concertos
- Saint-Saȅns’ remarkable Egyptian Piano Concerto!
A keen traveller, Saint-Saȅns wrote this dazzling
concerto while in Luxor, the sunny Egyptian city of
famous temples. An exotic work, it is full of Javanese,
Spanish and middle-Eastern influences – a musical
“sea voyage” in Saint-Saȅns’ words.
How wonderful that Michael has chosen to perform
this at Manukau!
4 5BRAHMS 4
BRAHMS 4
saturday 3 july 7.30pm
DAVID HAMILTON (NZ) Fanfare for Matariki
BEETHOVEN piano Concerto No. 3
BRAHMS Symphony No. 4
UWE GRODD Conductor
henry wong doe piano
Brahms’ fourth and last Symphony in E minor was
written in 1885. The character of the minor key
pervades the work, with an overwhelming sense of
reflection on the seriousness of life and fate, and
how, despite transitory strength and enthusiasm,
bitter resignation is the lot of mankind. It is a ballad UWE GRODD
about heroes and their heroic deeds.
Beethoven’s C minor Piano Concerto displays
masterly strength and grandeur. Energy from the
soloist is the driving force combined with expressive
power, while the slow movement, a tender dream, is HENRY WONG DOE
filled with melodic writing.
We welcome celebrated New Zealand pianist Henry
Wong Doe to perform this concerto with us. Henry is
currently Professor of Piano at Indiana University of
Pennsylvania and is well known and highly sought
after internationally. He brings brilliance and vitality
as well as poetry to all his performances.
New Zealand composer, David Hamilton, sees
‘composition a little like a sculpture - manipulating
sounds and moving things around until one is satisfied.
Sometimes working instinctively, sometimes in a
more structured way.’ We are delighted to give the
world premiere performance of his new work Fanfare
for Matariki, commissioned by MSO.
6 7MAHLER 4
saturday 28 august 7.30pm
MOZART Il Seraglio Overture
STRAUSS Orchestral songs
Morgen, Zueignung, Cäcilie
:
MAHLER Symphony No. 4
UWE GRODD Conductor
anna leese soprano
A Mahler symphony is, for any orchestra, a symbol of
maturity. His fourth Symphony in G major, completed
in 1900, is built around a single song - Das himmlische
Leben (The Heavenly Life) - which describes, with
naivety, all the pleasures awaiting us in heaven. The
song is prefigured in various ways in the first three
movements and sung in its entirety by a solo soprano UWE GRODD
in the fourth movement.
MSO welcomes lyric soprano, Anna Leese, now based
in Dunedin, to sing Mahler’s Das himmlische Leben
- a fervent and happy message - in this amazing 4th
symphony.
ANNA LEESE
Anna will also charm us with Richard Strauss’ emotional
orchestral songs Morgen (Tomorrow) - one of his most
well known and frequently recorded songs - Zueignung
(Devotion) and Cäcilie (Cecily) completed the day
before his wedding and offered to his wife, Pauline, as
a wedding gift.
Mozart’s curtain-raiser Overture to his opera Il
Seraglio is characterised by the use of instruments -
unusual for its time - such as cymbals, big (Turkish)
drums, piccolo and triangles. With The Abduction
from the Seraglio, Mozart created the first of his great
operatic masterpieces. It premiered on July 16, 1782, in
Vienna and was a great success.
8 9SCHEHERAZADE
Saturday 20 november 7.30pm
TCHAIKOVSKY Swan Lake Excerpts
ERIC EWAZEN (USA) Concerto for Marimba &
Strings
RIMSKY-KORSAKOV Scheherazade
tianyi lu Conductor
Rachel thomas marimba
Guest conductor, New Zealander Tianyi Lu, who in 2020
won first prize at both the Sir Georg Solti International
Conductors' Competition in Germany, as well as the
Guido Cantelli International Conducting Competition in
Italy, will lead the MSO in this colourful programme. We
very much look forward to welcoming her return in our TIANYI LU
2021 season. She has chosen some of her favourite
excerpts from Tchaikovsky's magical Swan Lake ballet
to commence this wonderful concert.
Percussionist, Rachel Thomas, will introduce us to Eric
Ewazen’s Concerto for Marimba and String Orchestra.
RACHEL THOMAS
Written for the virtuoso She-E Wu, this work is considered
to be one of the flagships of the marimba repertoire, as
well as one of the most popular concertos played by
percussionists. It is one of the most beautiful pieces
written for the instrument, composed in Ewazen’s neo-
romantic harmonic language. Rachel brings her own five
octave marimba to Manukau to perform this exhilarating
work.
Rimsky-Korsakov is a captivating magician in his mastery
of the orchestra’s capabilities and his Scheherazade
is a dazzling example of this. Oriental in flavour and
dominated by the characters of the Sultan and the
beautiful Scheherazade, the work tells their tender love
story and paints fairy-tale pictures of an oriental bazaar
and a whirling festival. Great power is overcome by
beauty and love.
10 11SYMPHONIC JOURNEY SUBSCRIBE TODAY
THE MOLDAU Subscribe to more than one concert, pre-pay your parking and supper and save!
Sunday 23 may 4pm | te tuhi RESERVE AREA nUMBER OF CONCERTS
IHITAI ‘AVEI’A -
STAR nAVIGATOR 4 3 2 1
beethoven coriolan overture
SMETANA The Moldau Premium Adult $69 $61 $65 $68 $73
ERIN FAGAN (NZ) Alqualonde (world premiere)
Premium Senior $62 $58 $59 $61 $63
The MSO will hold a Symphonic Journey weekend
WEI CHANGMUWEI workshop for its members and youth musicians from the Reserve A Adult $69 $47 $50 $52 $55
guest Conductor
Howick School of Music at the Te Tuhi Centre for the Arts,
13 Reeves Road, Pakuranga, on Saturday and Sunday 22 Reserve A Senior $62 $42 $44 $46 $49
and 23 May 2021.
Reserve B Adult $69 $37 $39 $41 $43
An informal play-through for family and friends of the
Coriolan Overture by Beethoven, The Moldau by Smetana
Reserve B Senior $62 $32 $34 $36 $37
and the world premiere of Alqualonde by Erin Fagan (NZ) Student $25 $18 $18 $18 $18
will be presented on Sunday 23 May at 4pm.
Parking $6 $6 $6 $6 $6
Youth players interested in participating in this FREE
workshop weekend should contact the MSO at Supper na $10 $10 $10 $10
admin@manukausymphony.org.nz
Supper $15 on the night
SEATING PLAN
BNZ Theatre Seating Plan
MANUKAU SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA Ticket Location
Established in 1993 as ‘Manukau’s orchestra’, the Manukau Symphony Orchestra
Premium
(MSO) is a community orchestra with a ‘very special spirit.’ Composed of a
unique mix of eighty professional, youth and community musicians led by Music A Reserve
Director Uwe Grodd, the MSO is the only full symphony orchestra in South B Reserve
Auckland able to present a full range of genres from established orchestral
repertoire to 21st century works at a high standard.
SUPPORT YOUR LOCAL ORCHESTRA
By donating, making a bequest or volunteering your time and expertise, you can
help secure the future and sustainability of your local orchestra. Please visit our
website at www.manukausymphony.org.nz/donations-and-bequests or contact
us for more information on how your contribution can make a difference. STAGE
12 13SUBSCRIPTION FORM
Select your concerts, tickets and parking
Support the MSO with your donation
SUB Supper Parking
Title Reserve Area No. of Tickets TOTAL $ 10 $6
TOTAL
Prem A B Adult Senior Stud
Ihitai ‘Avei’a
Star $
Navigator
HOUSTOUN
PLAYS THE $
HOW TO BOOK EGYPTIAN
POST
Post booking form with cheque or credit card details to Manukau BRAHMS 4 $
Symphony Orchestra PO Box 38-233, Howick, Auckland 2145.
PHONE
Phone MSO on (09) 577 3031. MAHLER 4 $
EMAIL
Email orders to admin@manukausymphony.org.nz.
ONLINE SCHEHERAZADE $
Visit Eventfinda at www.eventfinda.co.nz and search "Manukau
Symphony Orchestra.''
DOOR SALES $
TOTAL
Vodafone Events Centre 770 Great South Road, Manukau (Tickets, Supper & Parking)
Door Sales on performance night 2 hours prior to start.
DONATION
Name your Donation Fund
Manukau Symphony Orchestra reserves the right to alter any advertised (See page 16) $
schedule of artists and programmes.
PARKING
Parking at Vodafone Events Centre costs $6 for subscribers. Vouchers can be GRAND TOTAL $
pre-paid using the booking form.
14 15SUBSCRIBER INFORMATION
First Name _____________________________________________________________
Last Name _____________________________________________________________
Bravo!
Address _____________________________________________________________
_____________________________________________________________
Suburb _____________________________________________________________
City ____________________________________ Postcode _____________ Thank you to our Sponsors
Phone _____________________________________________________________
Mobile _____________________________________________________________
Email _____________________________________________________________
PAYMENT
Cheque enclosed and payable to Manukau Orchestral Society
VISA Mastercard
Card No.
__ __ __ __ / __ __ __ __ / __ __ __ __ / __ __ __ __
Expiry Date ___ ___ / ___ ___
Sir Noel and Lady Robinson Phil and Helen Greenbank
Name on Card _____________________________________________________
Dr Tom and Mrs Ann Morris
Signature _____________________________________________________
Would you like to receive information about bus trips from Howick or Pakuranga for the
concerts at the Vodafone Events Centre.
Would you like to receive the newsletter by post
OR
Would you like to receive the newsletter by email
16 17manukausymphony.org.nz manukausymphonyorchestra
You can also read
