Vector Wellington Season 2009
2009
AMI Summer Symphony at the Basin
Saturday 7 March, Allied Nationwide Finance Basin Reserve, Wellington
Gates open 3.00pm for 5.00pm concert
Pre-concert entertainment 3.30pm
Marc Taddei – conductor
Jenny Wollerman – soprano
Helen Medlyn – mezzo soprano
Richard Greager – tenor
Footnote Dance
Pelorus Trust Wellington Brass Band
Pulse
Saturday 18 April, Wellington Town Hall, 8.00pm
Jack Body Pulse
Beethoven Piano Concerto No 1 in C, Op 15
Janácek Sinfonietta
Marc Taddei – conductor
Michael Houstoun – piano
Central Band of the Royal New Zealand Air Force
Four Last Songs
Saturday 13 June, Wellington Town Hall, 8.00pm
J S Bach Brandenburg Concerto No 3 in G, BWV 1048
Beethoven Piano Concerto No 2 in B Flat, Op 19
Richard Strauss Death and Transfiguration
Richard Strauss Four Last Songs
Marc Taddei – conductor
Michael Houstoun – piano
Aivale Cole – soprano
On the Town
Sunday 19 July, Regent on Broadway, Palmerston North, 4.00pm
Saturday 25 July, Wellington Town Hall, 8.00pm
Bernstein On the Town: ‘Three Dance Episodes’
Beethoven Piano Concerto No 3 in C Minor, Op 37
Britten Les Illuminations
Brahms Variations on a Theme of Haydn, Op 56a
Marc Taddei – conductor
Michael Houstoun – piano
Benjamin Fifita Makisi – tenor
AMI Last Night of the Proms
Saturday 22 August, Wellington Town Hall, 7.30pm
Marc Taddei – conductor
Helen Medlyn – mezzo soprano
Orpheus Choir of Wellington – music director Michael Fulcher
Tangazo
Sunday 6 Sept, Royal Wanganui Opera House, 3.00pm
Friday 11 Sept, Masterton Town Hall, 7.30pm
Saturday 12 Sept, Wellington Town Hall, 8.00pm
Piazzolla Tangazo
Beethoven Piano Concerto No 4 in G, Op 58
Haydn Symphony No 104 in D, ‘London’
Marc Taddei – conductor
Michael Houstoun – piano
Pines of Rome
Sunday 22 November, Wellington Town Hall, 4.00pm
Beethoven Piano Concerto No 5 in Eb, Op 73 ‘Emperor’
Duke Ellington Suite from ‘The River’
Respighi Pines of Rome
Marc Taddei – conductor
Michael Houstoun – piano
Central Band of the Royal New Zealand Air Force
Pelorus Trust Wellington Brass Band
Titan Hutt City Brass Band
www.ofmusic - Whole Wide World of Music
A concert especially for school children years 1 - 8
Monday 25 May, Michael Fowler Centre, 10.30am
Tuesday 26 May Regent on Broadway Palmerston North, 1.15PM
Tuesday 2 June, Rathkeale Trust House Theatre, Masterton, 1.15PM
Marc Taddei – conductor
U² – Uniquely Ukulele Orchestra
Footnote Dance
Baby Pops - Down on the Farm
Especially for children aged 2 - 6 years
Sunday 24 May, Michael Fowler Centre, 3.00PM
Tuesday 26 May, Regent on Broadway Palmerston North, 10.15AM
Tuesday 2 June, Rathkeale Trust House Theatre, Masterton, 10.15AM
Marc Taddei – conductor
Janet Roddick – presenter
Circus Proms
A fun concert for all ages
Sunday 20 September, Michael Fowler Centre, 4.00pm
Marc Taddei – conductor
In association with Wellington Circus Trust
Sealord Opera in the Park
Saturday 24 January, Trafalgar Park, Nelson, 7.30pm
Marc Taddei – conductor
Anna Leese – soprano
Helen Medlyn – mezzo soprano
Simon O’Neill – tenor
Royal New Zealand Ballet - La Sylphide
Lovenskjold - La Sylphide
30 July – 2 August, St James Theatre
Marc Taddei – conductor
This classic romantic ballet is timeless in its ability to move and captivate audiences. In a lavish production with grand sets from The Australian Ballet, the dangerously beautiful Sylphide bewitches a young Scotsman in a tale of fey enchantment and doomed love.
For more information please visit www.nzballet.org.nz
2007
February
3.
Peregrine Winery Dave Dobbyn, Deborah Wai Kapohe,
Christchurch Symphony
5.
Classical Sparks, Christchurch Symphony
11. Summer
Matinee, Auckland Philharmonia
13. St
James Private function, Vector Wellington
Orchestra
17. Nelson
Sealord Night of the Stars, Vector Wellington
Orchestra
24.
Starlight Symphony, Auckland Philharmonia
March
3. Govt
House Concert, Vector Wellington Orchestra
April
4.
Dunedin, New Zealand Symphony Orchestra
5.
Wellington tba, Vector Wellington Orchestra
14. View
From Olympus, Vector Wellington Orchestra
22.
Auckland Concert, St Matthews Chamber Orchestra
May
11-15.
School Baby Proms concerts, Vector Wellington
Orchestra
20. Tour
Martinborough, Wellington Youth Orchestra
June
31 May -
June 1. Adelaide debut concerts, Adelaide Symphony Orchestra
24.
Auckland Concert, St Matthews Chamber Orchestra
July
4.
Composers readthrough, Auckland Philharmonia
6-8. TOUR
ONE, Vector Wellington Orchestra
18.
Wellington tba, Vector Wellington Orchestra
22.
Auckland tba, Auckland Philharmonia
August
11. VWO
Ode to Joy, Vector Wellington Orchestra
14.
Wellington tba, Vector Wellington Orchestra
15. APN
15/8 Happy Hour, Auckland Philharmonia
16. 16/8
APN 10, Auckland Philharmonia
20.
Martinborough Concert, Wellington Youth Orchestra
September
31 August
- September 8. Royal NZ Ballet tour Wellington, Vector
Wellington Orchestra
4.
Palmerston North, New Zealand Symphony Orchestra
19-22.
Royal NZ Ballet tour Christchurch, Christchurch
Symphony
26.
Composers workshop, Auckland Philharmonia
27.
Composers competition, Auckland Philharmonia
tba.
Commission readthrough, Auckland Philharmonia
October
10-14.
Royal NZ Ballet tour Auckland, Auckland
Philharmonia
27. VWO
Circus Proms, Vector Wellington Orchestra
28.
Wellington Concert, Wellington Youth Orchestra
November
9-11. TOUR
TWO, Vector Wellington Orchestra
2006
February
2-3.
Recording Session, New Zealand Symphony Orchestra,
Wellington
12. Opera
in the Park, Christchurch Symphony, Nelson
25.
Starlight Symphony, Auckland Philharmonia,
Auckland
March
1-5. World
Premiere of (Whale Rider Author) Witi Ihimaera's "The
Wedding" to a new score by New Zealand composer Gareth Farr
with Royal New Zealand Ballet, Auckland
9-12. Tour
with Royal New Zealand Ballet to Christchurch
22-26.
Tour with Royal New Zealand Ballet to Wellington
April
1.
Christchurch Symphony, Christchurch, Masterworks II, Deidre
Irons - piano
- Debussy
- Prelude to the Afternoon of a Faun
- Rachmaninov
- Concerto #2
- Shostakovich
- Symphony No. 5
22. Family
Proms, Christchurch Symphony
May
7-8.
Recording Session, New Zealand Symphony Orchestra,
Wellington
13.
Christchurch Symphony, Christchurch, Masterworks III,
Richard Mapp - piano
- Brahms
- Piano Concerto No. 1
- Ritchie
- Symphony No. 2
- Stravinsky
- Firebird 1919 Version
-
- 22.
Wellington Youth Orchestra, Michael Fowler Centre
June
2. Debut,
Melbourne Symphony Orchestra, Melbourne Town Hall, Song of
Nature, John Chen piano
- LILBURN
Overture:Aotearoa
- RACHMANINOV
Piano Concerto No. 1
- BEETHOVEN
Symphony No. 6 Pastoral
10.
Christchurch Symphony, Christchurch, Masterworks IV, Feng
Ning - violin
- Mozart
- Idomeno Ballet Music (Munich 1781 - Mannheim
Orchestra)
- Mozart
- Symp #39
- Beethoven
- Violin Concerto
19. Play
with the New Zealand Symphony Orchestra workshop
July
2. St
Matthews Chamber Orchestra, Auckland
7. Play
with the New Zealand Symphony Orchestra workshop
August
5.
Christchurch Symphony, Christchurch, Masterworks VI, Michael
Houston - piano
- Ritchie
- Symphony No. 1
- Shostakovich
- Piano Concerto No. 1
- Rachmaninov
- Symphonic Dances
13. Wellington Youth
Orchestra, Town Hall
12. Dave
Dobbyn in Concert, Auckland Philharmonia
26.
Cabaret City Series, Christchurch Symphony
September
16.
Christchurch Symphony, Christchurch, Masterworks VII, NZCT
Woolston Brass, Canterbury Foundation Brass
- Shostakovich
- Festival Overture
- Saint
Saens - Symphony No. 3
- Satie
- Parade
- Respighi
- Pines of Rome
21.
Auckland Philharmonia, APN Premiere Series, Michael Houston
- piano, Leonard Sakofsky - percussion
- Stravinsky
- The Song of the Nightingale
- Psathas
- View from Olympus
- Ravel
- Bolero
- De
Falla - Nights in the Gardens of Spain
23. Family
Proms, Christchurch Symphony
30. 1812
Proms, Christchurch Symphony
2006
October
7 Debut, Orchestra
Victoria, Port Fairy Festival (Australia)
15 Wellington Youth
Orchestra, Wellington Town Hall
2006
November
10, 11 Debut, Southwest
Florida Symphony Orchestra (US), "Colors in Sound", SWFL
Symphony Chorus and soloists
- Brahms - Academic
Festival Overture
- Dvorak - Te
Deum
- Bartok - Concerto for
Orchestra
16, 17 Debut, New Haven
Symphony Orchestra (US), "Teutonic Titans" Brenda Harris -
soprano
- Wagner - Rienzi
Overture
- Strauss - Four Last
Songs
- Mahler - Symphony No.
4
2006
December
9.
Christchurch Symphony, Christchurch, Masterworks Gala
Closing, Patricia Wright - Soprano
- Strauss
- Four Last Songs
- Mahler
- Symphony No. 9
16, 17 Auckland
Philharmonia "Not a Silent Christmas"