The New Zealand Herald Premier Series: Midsummer Night's Dream
Schedule
Thu, 23 Apr, 2026 at 09:30 am
UTC+12:00Location
Auckland Town Hall | Auckland, AU
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Conductor – Olari EltsPiano – Sylvia Jiang
Trumpet – Huw Dann
Weber – Oberon: Overture
Shostakovich – Piano Concerto No.1
Brigid Ursula Bisley – Illumination
Mendelssohn – A Midsummer Night’s Dream (selections)
Mendelssohn, unbelievably, was just 17 when he wrote his magical Overture to A Midsummer Night’s Dream. Years later, he recaptured the fairy land in his gossamer music for the entire play. Auckland Phil will perform a selection of highlights, including the beloved Wedding March. And the concert opens with an extra thematic treat in the Overture to Oberon, Weber's only English opera.
Auckland’s own Sylvia Jiang joins our Principal Trumpet Huw Dann for Shostakovich’s gleefully crazy concerto. It’s uproarious music from a high-spirited young man.
Kiwi connections continue after the interval with New Zealand composer Brigid Ursula Bisley’s music – an illumination of distant stars and far horizons, with undercurrents of darkness.
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