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Vector Wellington Season 2009

2009

AMI Summer Symphony at the Basin

vwo artworkSaturday 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

Michael HoustounSaturday 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

Aivale ColeSaturday 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

Benjamin Fifita MakisiSunday 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

Helen MedlynSaturday 22 August, Wellington Town Hall, 7.30pm

Marc Taddei – conductor     
Helen Medlyn – mezzo soprano
Orpheus Choir of Wellington – music director Michael Fulcher

 

Tangazo

Piazzolla TangazoSunday 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

But NOT Conductor Marc Taddei's son...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
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    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"

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