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7.30pm, Thursday 13 February
Auckland Town Hall

Conductor Giordano Bellincampi
Piano Haochen Zhang

Claire Cowan My Alphabet of Light
Beethoven Piano Concerto No.5 ‘Emperor’
R. Strauss Ein Heldenleben

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7.30pm, Thursday 27 February
Auckland Town Hall

Conductor Giordano Bellincampi
Violin James Ehnes

Ligeti Concert Romanesc
Bartók Violin Concerto No.1
Brahms Symphony No.3
Brahms Hungarian Dances Nos.1, 3 & 10

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7.30pm, Thursday 27 March
Auckland Town Hall

Conductor Karl-Heinz Steffens

Grieg Norwegian Dances
James MacMillan Concerto for Orchestra ‘Ghosts’ [NZ premiere]*
Elgar Enigma Variations

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7.30pm, Thursday 1 May
Auckland Town Hall

Conductor Leo Hussain
Recorder Genevieve Lacey

Tchaikovsky Suite No.4 ‘Mozartiana’
Elena Kats-Chernin Re-inventions (after Bach)
Purcell (trans. George Benjamin) Three Consorts
Mozart Symphony No.41 ‘Jupiter’

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7.30pm, Thursday 15 May
Auckland Town Hall

Conductor Shiyeon Sung
Piano Alexander Gavrylyuk

Kenneth Young Douce Tristesse
Prokofiev Piano Concerto No.3
Tchaikovsky Symphony No.5

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7.30pm, Thursday 10 July
Auckland Town Hall

Conductor Giordano Bellincampi
Violin Andrew Beer
Oboe Bede Hanley
Clarinet Jonathan Cohen
Bassoon Ingrid Hagan
Horn Gabrielle Pho

Strauss II Emperor Waltzes
Mozart Sinfonia Concertante for Four Winds
Wagner Träume (arr. for violin and orchestra)
Schoenberg Verklärte Nacht

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7.30pm, Thursday 31 July
Auckland Town Hall

Conductor Pablo Gonzalez
Guitar JIJI

Turina Danzas fantásticas
Rodrigo Concierto de Aranjuez
Falla La vida breve: Interlude & Dance
Falla The Three-Cornered Hat: Suites Nos.1 and 2

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7.30pm, Thursday 7 August
Auckland Town Hall

Conductor Jun Märkl
Piano Javier Perianes
Choir Sydney Philharmonia Choir

Saint-Saëns Piano Concerto No.5 ‘Egyptian’
Ravel Daphnis et Chloé (complete ballet)

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7.30pm, Thursday 28 August
Auckland Town Hall

Conductor Antony Hermus

Glinka Russlan & Ludmilla: Overture
Tchaikovsky Romeo & Juliet Fantasy-Overture
Wagner (arr. Henk de Vlieger) Die Meistersinger – An Orchestral Tribute

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7.30pm, Thursday 2 October
Auckland Town Hall

Conductor Shiyeon Sung
Piano Benjamin Grosvenor

Respighi (after Rossini) La boutique fantasque
Mozart Piano Concerto No.21
Shostakovich Symphony No.9

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7.30pm, Thursday 16 October
Auckland Town Hall

Conductor Pierre Bleuse
Piano Sylvia Jiang

Louise Webster Proof Against Burning
Listz Totentanz
Berlioz Symphonie fantastique

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7.30pm, Thursday 20 November
Auckland Town Hall

Conductor Giordano Bellincampi
Mezzo-Soprano Deborah Humble
Choir Women of Voices New Zealand

Mahler Symphony No.3

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