APO | The NZ Herald Premier Series: The Radical
303 Queen St, CBD, Auckland
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Conductor - Giordano Bellincampi
Soprano - Kirstin Sharpin
Mezzo-soprano - Sally-Anne Russell
Tenor - Manase Latu
Baritone - Samuel Dundas
Combined choir from:
Voices New Zealand
New Zealand Youth Choir
New Zealand Secondary Students’ Choir
The Graduate Choir New Zealand
Director - Karen Grylls
Beethoven - Symphony No.8
Beethoven - Symphony No.9
Beethoven’s genial Eighth Symphony is the work of an unrivalled artist revealing himself as a fellow human, laughing and joking like the rest of us.
And our universal humanity is the explicit concern of his next symphony, but it’s on an entirely different scale. For the heaven-storming Ninth, the orchestra alone wasn’t enough: voices were necessary for Beethoven’s ecstatic vision. ‘All men shall become brothers,’ they sing. ‘I embrace you, O you millions – this kiss is for all the world!’
With this concert, the APO finally completes its much-anticipated symphony cycle. Through the music, with its vast, elemental force, Beethoven speaks to us across the centuries and into infinity.
Presented in association with ICBC.
*Please also note that there are artist changes for this performance:
Samuel Dundas replaces the previously advertised Teddy Tahu Rhodes.
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