Post by kcuteus1 on Aug 1, 2005 17:23:52 GMT
Hayley is going to be a gust for tham for there Auckland date.
premier.ticketek.co.nz/shows/show.aspx?sh=GUANGZHOU&searchId=f6d336db-38fa-4eb2-810d-71db1448dbed
Here is what tickettek says.
Guangzhou Symphony Orchestra NZ Tour 2005
Special guest HAYLEY WESTENRA is for Auckland only
Please note: Group discounts are available for groups of 6 or more. If you would like to make a group booking please contact our groups department on (09) 3075058 (Auckland) or (04) 3843842 (Wellington).
FULL PROGRAMME:
Shostakovich: Festival Overture Op. 96
Dvorak: Moon Aria from ‘Rusalka’
Ballad ‘Jasmine’: Cui Zhengrong, Soprano
The Butterfly Lovers Violin Concerto: Leung Kin-fung, Violin
Hayley Westenra: May it be, from move Lord of the Ring (Auckland only)
Tchaikovsky: Symphony No.5 in E minor Op. 64
Classical music lovers have a unique experience in store as China’s top flight orchestra comes to New Zealand in August. The Guangzhou Symphony Orchestra, 101 strong, is making its first visit here and will debut in Auckland on 13 August, with a follow-up concert in Wellington on the 15th. The Orchestra represents Guangzhou City, GuangDong Province, in support of the upcoming NZ-China Trade Expo Week. It is significant that Guangzhou is the sister-city of Auckland.
The Orchestra was founded in 1957, one of the first-born Chinese orchestras since the establishment of the new China. Decades of artistic growth and distinguished leadership have seen the GSO become one of the top three orchestras in China.
Maestro Long Yu, the current Music Director, is a Chinese conductor with an established international reputation. He has collaborated with and has been guest conductor of numerous prestigious orchestras and opera companies throughout the world. He is also Artistic Director of the China Philharmonic Orchestra and the Beijing Music Festival.
Besides regular concert engagements featuring the traditional classical repertoire, the GSO features much in the way of Chinese music. The Orchestra has also presented numerous opera and ballet performances in collaboration with world-leading companies such as the English National Ballet, the Royal Ballet Company, the Bolshoi, the Paris Opera Ballet as well as various other European and Asian companies. Among many, productions have included Swan Lake, The Nutcracker, Giselle, La Traviata and Anna Karenina.
In its pursuit of artistic excellence, the GSO engages not only distinguished Chinese conductors and soloists but also those from many other countries such as Germany, Britain, Russia, USA, Cuba, New Zealand, Japan, France and Italy.
The GSO was named a “Shining Star” at the First Beijing International Music Festival in 1998 for its performance at La Bohème. At the 1999 Festival it was Carmen, and in 2000 the French opera Werther. “It was the best sound I’ve ever heard from among Chinese orchestras” said the Polish composer Krzysztof Penderecki on hearing the GSO. The Beijing media reported “It warms the heart to see the GSO rising from southern China to quickly become one of the mainstream orchestras”.
In October 2002 at the opening concert of the Fifth Beijing Music Festival, the GSO gave the Peoples’ Republic of China premiere of Mahler’s Symphony of a Thousand with one thousand Chinese and foreign musicians taking part.
The GSO travels widely. Since 1990, it has performed more than 20 concerts at the Hong Kong Arts Festival, Festival de Artes de Macau and the Macau International Music Festival to much critical acclaim. Japan in 1999, South Korea in 2000, then Europe in 2001 (Vienna, Linz, Berlin). The highlight of the 2001 season was a well-received concert in Guangzhou itself with violinist Itzhak Perlman as soloist.
In 2003 the GSO collaborated with cellist Mischa Maisky in Europe with concert performances in Paris, in Luxembourg and at the Concertgebouw in Amsterdam. The Orchestra later travelled to Egypt for concerts in Cairo. 2004 saw a successful Australian debut with the celebrated young Australian violinist Niki Vasilakis at the Sydney Opera House.
These later years have seen the GSO receive growing critical acclaim and its level of artistry has been acknowledged internationally.
The Orchestra’s programme in New Zealand, with Long Yu conducting, will feature Shostakovich, Dvorak and Tchaikovsky, as well as traditional and modern Chinese music, with soloists Cui Zhengrong (soprano) and Leung Kin-fung (violin). The Auckland concert will also feature Hayley Westenra as special guest singing with the GSO. This very special inclusion is expressive of the link between Guangzhou and Auckland as well as appropriate to the NZ-China Trade Expo Week.
premier.ticketek.co.nz/shows/show.aspx?sh=GUANGZHOU&searchId=f6d336db-38fa-4eb2-810d-71db1448dbed
Here is what tickettek says.
Guangzhou Symphony Orchestra NZ Tour 2005
Special guest HAYLEY WESTENRA is for Auckland only
Please note: Group discounts are available for groups of 6 or more. If you would like to make a group booking please contact our groups department on (09) 3075058 (Auckland) or (04) 3843842 (Wellington).
FULL PROGRAMME:
Shostakovich: Festival Overture Op. 96
Dvorak: Moon Aria from ‘Rusalka’
Ballad ‘Jasmine’: Cui Zhengrong, Soprano
The Butterfly Lovers Violin Concerto: Leung Kin-fung, Violin
Hayley Westenra: May it be, from move Lord of the Ring (Auckland only)
Tchaikovsky: Symphony No.5 in E minor Op. 64
Classical music lovers have a unique experience in store as China’s top flight orchestra comes to New Zealand in August. The Guangzhou Symphony Orchestra, 101 strong, is making its first visit here and will debut in Auckland on 13 August, with a follow-up concert in Wellington on the 15th. The Orchestra represents Guangzhou City, GuangDong Province, in support of the upcoming NZ-China Trade Expo Week. It is significant that Guangzhou is the sister-city of Auckland.
The Orchestra was founded in 1957, one of the first-born Chinese orchestras since the establishment of the new China. Decades of artistic growth and distinguished leadership have seen the GSO become one of the top three orchestras in China.
Maestro Long Yu, the current Music Director, is a Chinese conductor with an established international reputation. He has collaborated with and has been guest conductor of numerous prestigious orchestras and opera companies throughout the world. He is also Artistic Director of the China Philharmonic Orchestra and the Beijing Music Festival.
Besides regular concert engagements featuring the traditional classical repertoire, the GSO features much in the way of Chinese music. The Orchestra has also presented numerous opera and ballet performances in collaboration with world-leading companies such as the English National Ballet, the Royal Ballet Company, the Bolshoi, the Paris Opera Ballet as well as various other European and Asian companies. Among many, productions have included Swan Lake, The Nutcracker, Giselle, La Traviata and Anna Karenina.
In its pursuit of artistic excellence, the GSO engages not only distinguished Chinese conductors and soloists but also those from many other countries such as Germany, Britain, Russia, USA, Cuba, New Zealand, Japan, France and Italy.
The GSO was named a “Shining Star” at the First Beijing International Music Festival in 1998 for its performance at La Bohème. At the 1999 Festival it was Carmen, and in 2000 the French opera Werther. “It was the best sound I’ve ever heard from among Chinese orchestras” said the Polish composer Krzysztof Penderecki on hearing the GSO. The Beijing media reported “It warms the heart to see the GSO rising from southern China to quickly become one of the mainstream orchestras”.
In October 2002 at the opening concert of the Fifth Beijing Music Festival, the GSO gave the Peoples’ Republic of China premiere of Mahler’s Symphony of a Thousand with one thousand Chinese and foreign musicians taking part.
The GSO travels widely. Since 1990, it has performed more than 20 concerts at the Hong Kong Arts Festival, Festival de Artes de Macau and the Macau International Music Festival to much critical acclaim. Japan in 1999, South Korea in 2000, then Europe in 2001 (Vienna, Linz, Berlin). The highlight of the 2001 season was a well-received concert in Guangzhou itself with violinist Itzhak Perlman as soloist.
In 2003 the GSO collaborated with cellist Mischa Maisky in Europe with concert performances in Paris, in Luxembourg and at the Concertgebouw in Amsterdam. The Orchestra later travelled to Egypt for concerts in Cairo. 2004 saw a successful Australian debut with the celebrated young Australian violinist Niki Vasilakis at the Sydney Opera House.
These later years have seen the GSO receive growing critical acclaim and its level of artistry has been acknowledged internationally.
The Orchestra’s programme in New Zealand, with Long Yu conducting, will feature Shostakovich, Dvorak and Tchaikovsky, as well as traditional and modern Chinese music, with soloists Cui Zhengrong (soprano) and Leung Kin-fung (violin). The Auckland concert will also feature Hayley Westenra as special guest singing with the GSO. This very special inclusion is expressive of the link between Guangzhou and Auckland as well as appropriate to the NZ-China Trade Expo Week.
