'Bach and the Birds'
Schedule
Sat Aug 03 2024 at 05:00 pm to 07:15 pm
Location
Kings and Queens Performing Arts Centre | Dunedin, OT
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Telemann’s skills as a composer of programmatic music are evident in this highly witty and entertaining suite. In it, Don Quixote’s adventures are depicted, and these adventuresinclude: his bleary-eyed awakening, his attack on windmills, his yearning for a princess, and it ends with his dreaming of further adventures.
Bach’s 'Brandenburg Concerto No. 2' features four solo instruments (violin, flute, oboe and trumpet), each with its own distinctive tone colour. Their interaction is described as ‘having a really fascinating conversation between themselves and with the orchestra, while also sharing it with the audience’.
The bird-themed second half opens with 'Four NZ Bird Songs' and each paints a picture of some of New Zealand’s native birds, including the tara-iti (fairy tern), pukeko, and the karearea (falcon). The songs will be sung by local soprano Rebecca Ryan. Of her, the
Otago Daily Times wrote: “Ryan’s performances were stupendous!”
Haydn’s symphony, 'La Poule', gained its nickname from the first movement’s humorous hen-like quirky exchange between violin and oboe.
The concert will be conducted by distinguished conductor James Judd who has been appointed as the DSO’s 2024 Principal Guest Conductor. He conducts extensively in the USA, the UK, Europe and Asia, and he is also the NZSO’s Music Director Emeritus.
James Judd: Principal Guest Conductor
Tessa Petersen: Violin
Hye-Won Suh: Flute
Nick Cornish: Oboe
Ralph Miller: Trumpet
Rebecca Ryan: Soprano
Telemann: 'Don Quixote Suite'
JS Bach: 'Brandenburg Concerto No. 2'
Rod Biss: 'Four New Zealand Bird Songs'
Haydn: 'Symphony No. 83', "La Poule' ('The Hen')
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Where is it happening?
Kings and Queens Performing Arts Centre, Kings and Queens Performing Arts Centre, Bay View Rd, South Dunedin, Dunedin 9012, New Zealand,Dunedin, New ZealandEvent Location & Nearby Stays:
