NZSO Breaks It Down With Leading Aussie Conductor

NZSO Breaks It Down With Leading Aussie Conductor

Audiences new to classical music will hear two famous masterpieces broken into bits in August, in two special Wellington concerts marking a new departure for the NZSO.

Respected Australian conductor Richard Gill will lead the Orchestra for Close Encounters at the Wellington Town Hall on August 19 and 20, presenting classical music with a fresh twist.

Thursday’s concert breaks down Beethoven’s famous Sixth Symphony, and Friday’s unpicks Dvorak’s shimmering Ninth – revealing the composers’ tricks of the trade and explaining why these symphonies soar.

The NZSO will play both extracts and a full movement from each work, with Richard Gill on piano. Hear why the Dvorak is also called From the New World, and find out how Beethoven’s symphony earned the nickname Pastoral.

Richard Gill is internationally respected as a leading music educator. He is Music Director of Victorian Opera and Artistic Director of the Sydney Symphony Orchestra’s education programme. He has worked extensively with all Australia’s leading orchestras and has received an Order of Australia Medal, along with many other awards.

Close Encounters is based on his wonderfully popular “Discovery” series with the Sydney Symphony.

Close Encounters is Wellington’s chance to get up close and personal with the nation’s symphony – offering two essential concerts for anyone who always wanted to know more about classical music, but was afraid to ask!

This is an NZSO Community Programme, proudly supported by the Community Trust of Wellington.

NZSO Close Encounters

Proudly supported by the Community Trust of Wellington

Richard Gill conductor

Wellington Town Hall / Thu 19 August / 6.30pm - Beethoven Symphony No 6
Wellington Town Hall / Fri 20 August / 6.30pm - Dvorak Symphony No 9

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