Auckland Town Hall

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The Edge,
303 Queen Street,
Auckland Central
Auckland,
1010

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NZ Pops Orchestra:Follow your Dream
Following on from the phenomenal success of the unique blend of classical and popular contemporary music by the NZ Pops Orchestra its debut concerts in 2012, two further concerts are planned for 2013.
When
Sunday, 26 May 2013 -
Sunday, 26 May 2013 5:00pm
Genre
Live Music -
Cost
From $10
Ehnes Plays Elgar
In two very different works inspired by composers of the past, we hear Beethoven’s Haydn-esque First Symphony, and British composer Thomas Adès’s Three Studies from Couperin, written in 2006.
When
Thursday, 30 May 2013 -
Thursday, 30 May 2013 8:00pm
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Arts -
Cost
From $26
Michael Hill International Violin Competition - Finals
Don't miss these outstanding young violinists – the exceptional stars of tomorrow!
When
Saturday, 8 June 2013 -
Saturday, 8 June 2013 7:30pm
Genre
Arts -
Cost
From $26
Tokyo String Quartet
In this concert, the culmination of their magnificent history, the Tokyo String Quartet bring with them three masterpieces from three very different centuries.
When
Friday, 14 June 2013 -
Friday, 14 June 2013 8:00pm
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Arts -
Cost
From $10
Life of a Hero
Olivia Francis - winner of the 2nd annual Auckland Youth Orchestra Concerto Competition – steps up from the Concertmaster chair to perform Beethoven’s legendary violin concerto.
When
Tuesday, 18 June 2013 -
Tuesday, 18 June 2013 7:30pm
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Arts -
Cost
Free
Dance!
As long as there has been music, there has been dance. Pianist Sergio Tiempo returns to perform Liszt’s Totentanz, a dance of the dead, while Kodaly’s Dances of Galánta celebrates Hungarian folk traditions.
When
Thursday, 20 June 2013 -
Thursday, 20 June 2013 8:00pm
Genre
Live Music -
Cost
From $26.00
The Planets
The English composer Gustav Holst also looked to the skies for inspiration, and one of his best-known works, The Planets, reflects his deep interest in both astrology and astronomy.
When
Friday, 21 June 2013 -
Friday, 21 June 2013 7:00pm
Genre
Live Music -
Cost
Tickets available January 14 2013
New Zealand Symphony Orchestra Requiem
We gather together some of Australasia’s finest singing talent in this performance of Verdi’s moving and majestic Requiem.
When
Saturday, 22 June 2013 -
Saturday, 22 June 2013 7:30pm
Genre
Arts -
Cost
$15
Unwrap Tchaikovsky
An entertaining concert in which presenter/conductor Graham Abbott and the APO examine what makes this great work great.
When
Wednesday, 26 June 2013 -
Wednesday, 26 June 2013 6:30pm
Genre
Live Music -
Cost
From $15.00
Bach to the Future
Young Scottish conductor Rory Macdonald boasts an impressive series of debuts in the UK and Europe. In his first New Zealand performance, he leads the orchestra in a programme inspired by and including the music of Bach.
When
Thursday, 4 July 2013 -
Thursday, 4 July 2013 8:00pm
Genre
Arts -
Cost
From $26
Qantas presents The Last Night of the Proms
Ben Northey, Musical Director for the re-opening concerts of Hamer Hall in Melbourne in 2012, takes the baton for the always-exciting Qantas Last Night of the Proms.
When
Thursday, 11 July 2013 -
Thursday, 11 July 2013 8:00pm
Genre
Live Music -
Cost
From $19.00
Bold Worlds
Beginning with evocative tubular bells, cascading layers of translucent sound are collected together in Pärt’s Cantus in Memoriam Benjamin Britten.
When
Friday, 12 July 2013 -
Friday, 12 July 2013 7:30pm
Genre
Arts -
Cost
Tickets available January 14 2013
Not Your Grandma’s Organist
Cameron Carpenter is that rare entity: a superstar organist. From engineering and building virtual pipe organs to designing his own clothing, he approaches the world and music with dynamic flair and energy.
When
Thursday, 18 July 2013 -
Thursday, 18 July 2013 8:00pm
Genre
Arts -
Cost
From $26
Not Your Grandma’s Organist
Cameron Carpenter is that rare entity: a superstar organist. From engineering and building virtual pipe organs to designing his own clothing, he approaches the world and music with dynamic flair and energy.
When
Thursday, 18 July 2013 -
Thursday, 18 July 2013 8:00pm
Genre
Arts -
Cost
From $26
NZ Herald Premier Series: Not Your Grandma's Organist
Cameron Carpenter is that rare entity: a superstar organist. From engineering and building virtual pipe organs to designing his own clothing, he approaches the world and music with dynamic flair and energy.
When
Thursday, 18 July 2013 -
Thursday, 18 July 2013 8:00pm
Genre
Live Music -
Cost
From $26.00
Cameron Carpenter
Carpenter is amongst the most technically accomplished and musically gifted organists the world has seen. As a virtuoso performer he has enjoyed extraordinary acclaim since the age of 11 when he publicly performed Bach's 48 Preludes and Fugues.
When
Saturday, 20 July 2013 -
Saturday, 20 July 2013 8:00pm
Genre
Arts -
Cost
From $10
Einstein’s Universe
Albert Einstein was not only the greatest physicist of the 20th century – he was also a keen musician.
When
Monday, 22 July 2013 -
Monday, 22 July 2013 8:00pm
Genre
Workshops & Conferences -
Cost
From $10
Einstein’s Universe Special Illustrated Talk
A companion to the Einstein's Universe Concert (on at 8:00pm after the talk) the Royal Society of New Zealand illustrated talk will be led by from Professor Brian Foster, Professor of Physics at Oxford and Hamburg Universities and European Director of the International Linear Collider at CERN.
When
Monday, 22 July 2013 -
Monday, 22 July 2013 5:30pm
Genre
Workshops & Conferences -
Cost
From $15
The Newstalk ZB Splendour Series: A New Era
With the dawn of a new century came brave new artistic directions, and in the music of Debussy and Schoenberg, the birth of new musical languages.
When
Thursday, 25 July 2013 -
Thursday, 25 July 2013 8:00pm
Genre
Live Music -
Cost
From $26.00
NZ Herald Premier Series: Demidenko Plays Rachmaninov
Nicolai Demidenko is an audience favourite for his passionate performances of Russian piano music. He makes his return with another of Rachmaninov’s piano concerti, the Second, in a performance that is sure to sweep you away.
When
Thursday, 1 August 2013 -
Thursday, 1 August 2013 8:00pm
Genre
Arts -
Cost
From $26
James Blake, Auckland
James Blake will play a one-off New Zealand show as part of a series of Australasian side shows while in this part of the world for Splendour in the Grass festival. The melodramatic alt-pop artist will play the Auckland Town Hall on August 2nd, after Splendour in the Grass which runs from July 26th-28th.
When
Friday, 2 August 2013 -
Friday, 2 August 2013 8:00pm
Genre
Live Music -
Cost
TBA
Stravinsky: The Rake's Progress
New Zealand’s own Paul Whelan makes a triumphant return in the tour-de-force vocal part of Nick Shadow, with Australian Andrew Goodwin in the title role and Helen Medlyn and Madeleine Pierard among a strong supporting cast.
When
Friday, 9 August 2013 -
Friday, 9 August 2013 7.30pm
Genre
Arts -
Cost
From $38
The New Zealand Herald Premier Series: Voices of Youth
The two symphonies on tonight’s programme are inspired by a childhood perspective, and each incorporates vocal parts that reflect the inspiration from which the work developed.
When
Thursday, 15 August 2013 -
Thursday, 15 August 2013 8:00pm
Genre
Live Music -
Cost
From $26.00
National Geographic Live: Grizzlies, Piranhas, and Man-Eating Pigs
An intrepid explorer and daring photographer, Joel Sartore’s assignments have seen him adventure to some of the world’s most beautiful and challenging environments.
When
Friday, 23 August 2013 -
Friday, 23 August 2013 6.30pm
Genre
Workshops & Conferences -
Cost
From $29
Beethoven reCYCLE, Part Two Appassionata
Beethoven’s cycle of 32 piano sonatas is remarkable. Written the whole length of his creative life, from the early Op 2 dedicated to Haydn to the mighty Op 111 which takes the piano into the realms of pure imagination
When
Monday, 26 August 2013 -
Monday, 26 August 2013 8:00pm
Genre
Arts -
Cost
From $10
NZSO National Youth Orchestra
For 54 years the NZSO National Youth Orchestra has provided New Zealand’s finest young musicians the opportunity to work together towards the common goal of excellence.
When
Saturday, 31 August 2013 -
Saturday, 31 August 2013 7:30pm
Genre
Arts -
Cost
From $15
Bayleys Great Classics Series: My Country
In this final Great Classics concert, we celebrate composers who reflect and helped define the musical character of their country. Lilburn’s Drysdale Overture is an early work, written while the composer was studying in London; it depicts memories of his homeland and of “childhood happiness”.
When
Thursday, 5 September 2013 -
Thursday, 5 September 2013 8:00pm
Genre
Live Music -
Cost
From $26.00
Stan Walker Tour Tickets - Auckland
Stan Walker's World Tour of New Zealand may well be the longest anyone has attempted in recent New Zealand Music history.
When
Saturday, 7 September 2013 -
Saturday, 7 September 2013 8:00pm
Genre
Live Music -
Cost
$66.50
Mozart Requiem
Canadian conductor Bernard Labadie leads the orchestra and Voices New Zealand in a performance of Mozart’s Requiem, written and left unfinished while the composer lay on his death-bed.
When
Thursday, 12 September 2013 -
Thursday, 12 September 2013 8:00pm
Genre
Live Music -
Cost
From $26.00
Spring Pops
Following on from the phenomenal success of the unique blend of classical and popular contemporary music by the NZ Pops Orchestra its debut concerts in 2012, two further concerts are planned for 2013.
When
Sunday, 15 September 2013 -
Sunday, 15 September 2013 5:00pm
Genre
Arts -
Cost
From $10
Joie de Vivre
Let conductor Fabrice Bollon guide you through a programme of music from his native France. This is French music at its best, full of sparkling melodies, both enchanting and impressionistic.
When
Thursday, 19 September 2013 -
Thursday, 19 September 2013 8:00pm
Genre
Arts -
Cost
From $26
Auckland Choral's Elgar Dream of Gerontius
Widely considered Elgar’s masterpiece, Auckland audiences are treated to this epic tale for the first time in 12 years. Often referred to as an oratorio, much to Elgar’s dislike.
When
Saturday, 21 September 2013 -
Saturday, 21 September 2013 7:30pm
Genre
Live Music -
Cost
From $10.00
Elgar’s The Dream of Gerontius
Auckland Choral is proud to present Elgar's The Dream of Gerontius with the Auckland Philharmonic Orchestra. Featuring soloists Helen Medlyn (mezzo soprano), David Hamilton (tenor), and Martin Snell (bass).
When
Saturday, 21 September 2013 -
Saturday, 21 September 2013 7:30pm
Genre
Arts -
Cost
From $10
Unwrap Haydn
We take you behind the score to understand Haydn’s motivation and the compositional tools that helped form this most unusual work.
When
Wednesday, 25 September 2013 -
Wednesday, 25 September 2013 6:30pm
Genre
Arts -
Cost
From $15
Heights of Passion
This is an evening of both luscious excess and elegant restraint. Winding violin melodies curve around the orchestra in Britten’s concerto.
When
Saturday, 28 September 2013 -
Saturday, 28 September 2013 7:30pm
Genre
Live Music -
Cost
Tickets available January 14 2013
Goldner String Quartet with Piers Lane
Immensely popular on both sides of the Tasman, the Goldner String Quartet and pianist Piers Lane have won numerous accolades for their recordings that include both Gramophone and BBC Music Magazine’s Editor’s Choice.
When
Thursday, 3 October 2013 -
Thursday, 3 October 2013 8:00pm
Genre
Arts -
Cost
From $10
Foals
Secret Sounds are thrilled to announce the return visit of this acclaimed Mercury-nominated band, who are heading to Auckland in October.
When
Saturday, 5 October 2013 -
Saturday, 5 October 2013 8:00pm
Genre
Live Music -
Cost
From $74.50
Fouls Tickets - Auckland
Foals have been announced to return to New Zealand in October for a one-off Auckland show. Last here in 2010 for Laneway Festival, this will be the Brits first headline show and comes on the back of their third album Holy Fire released last month.
When
Saturday, 5 October 2013 -
Saturday, 5 October 2013 TBC
Genre
Live Music -
Cost
TBC
The New Zealand Herald Premier Series: German Romantics
French-born Lionel Bringuier, who at the age of 25 has already been Resident Conductor of the Los Angeles Philharmonic for six years, is acclaimed for his infectiously incandescent performances. And what better programme to demonstrate his ability than this.
When
Thursday, 17 October 2013 -
Thursday, 17 October 2013 8:00pm
Genre
Arts -
Cost
From $26
The Newstalk ZB Splendour Series: The Roaring 20s
The music of the 1920s reflected the ebullience of the decade, as the horrors of World War I receded. This concert reflects the party mood of the time, with its overtones of ragtime, jazz, cabaret and underground clubs.
When
Thursday, 24 October 2013 -
Thursday, 24 October 2013 8:00pm
Genre
Arts -
Cost
From $26
The Roaring '20s
The music of the 1920s reflected the ebullience of the decade, as the horrors of World War I receded.
When
Thursday, 24 October 2013 -
Thursday, 24 October 2013 8:00pm
Genre
Arts -
Cost
From $26
Qantas Presents: Music of the Night
A night of the otherworldly. Composers have always been drawn to the supernatural, and in this special concert, coinciding with Halloween, the orchestra presents a staged performance of several macabre and dramatic classics.
When
Thursday, 31 October 2013 -
Thursday, 31 October 2013 8:00pm
Genre
Arts -
Cost
From $19
New Zealand Herald Premier Series: Scandinavian Adventure
Sibelius’s Seventh Symphony is a fitting end to this Scandinavian programme. It was written 33 years before his death, but was one of his final compositions. In this magisterial statement, he evokes the organic beauty of his home, Finland.
When
Thursday, 7 November 2013 -
Thursday, 7 November 2013 8:00pm
Genre
Arts -
Cost
From $26
Fireworks & Fantasy, Auckland
Britten: A Young Person’s Guide to the Orchestra Op.34 Tchaikovsky: Piano Concerto No.1 Op.23 in B flat minor Berlioz: Symphonie Fantastique Op.14
When
Friday, 8 November 2013 -
Friday, 8 November 2013 7:00pm
Genre
Festivals & Lifestyle -
Cost
TBA
Sky Dancer
Capital E National Theatre for Children and the New Zealand Symphony Orchestra transform myth into a legendary performance in this new collaborative work created specifically for young people.
When
Friday, 8 November 2013 -
Friday, 8 November 2013 1:00pm
Genre
Arts -
Cost
From $10
The New Zealand Herald Premier Series: Season Finale
And for a stunning close to the season, a century after its riotous first performance, don’t miss the breathtaking and electrifying force of Stravinsky’s The Rite of Spring.
When
Thursday, 14 November 2013 -
Thursday, 14 November 2013 8:00pm
Genre
Arts -
Cost
From $26
APO 4 Kids Christmas
A family Christmas concert that kids don’t have to sit still for. We bring the magic of the Christmas season alive with a musical programme specially geared for preschoolers.
When
Saturday, 30 November 2013 -
Saturday, 30 November 2013 10:00am
Genre
Kids & Family -
Cost
$15
APO 4 Kids Christmas
A family Christmas concert that kids don’t have to sit still for. We bring the magic of the Christmas season alive with a musical programme specially geared for preschoolers.
When
Saturday, 30 November 2013 -
Saturday, 30 November 2013 11:30am
Genre
Kids & Family -
Cost
$15
Auckland Choral's Handel Messiah
One of the best-known and most frequently performed choral works, Händel’s Messiah is an annual fixture in Auckland Choral’s concert season, with this being our 158th consecutive year of performing the work.
When
Monday, 16 December 2013 -
Monday, 16 December 2013 7:30pm
Genre
Live Music -
Cost
From $10.00
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