The Auckland Philharmonia Orchestra (APO) is delighted to announce its revamped line up for August with two great main series concerts in Auckland Town Hall, two intimate chamber ensemble performances in Howick and Remuera and a free community concert in South Auckland celebrating music from the movies.
The announcement comes on the eve of the APO’s triumphant return to the Auckland Town Hall stage with a sold-out concert featuring New Zealand pianist Michael Houstoun and the world premiere of a fanfare by New Zealand composer John Psathas, in celebration of the collective effort of our ‘Team of Five Million’.
As with the July concerts already announced some of the content for the main series programmes has had to change due to the ongoing impact of Covid-19. Audiences will still be able to enjoy Tchaikovsky’s Violin Concerto in the Great Classics programme on 13 August, but the soloist will be talented New Zealander Amalia Hall. Similarly for the New Zealand Herald Premier Series concert on 20 August APO’s brilliant, young Associate Concertmaster Liu-Yi Retallick has stepped in to perform Barber’s lyrical Violin Concerto.
