Make your mid-week evening dazzle with sensational live music at Auckland Phil’s new Six-thirty Session event on Wednesday 25 June in the Auckland Town Hall. With a 6.30pm start time and a more compact format, this concert offers just the right timing for you to grab a pre-concert drink after work, experience an incredible performance by Auckland’s professional orchestra, and make it to an 8pm dinner reservation.
Auckland Phil’s CEO, Diana Weir, is delighted to see this new early evening concert experience come to fruition and says, “We're excited to offer this new concert format for Aucklanders to experience the orchestra. Whether you're a busy CBD professional looking to avoid the rush hour with an event straight after work or have an evening dinner reservation in one of city's fantastic restaurants, this 75-minute concert in the beautiful Auckland Town Hall is the perfect mid-week plan."
This additional concert is in response to high demand for tickets for the orchestra’s Classic Series: Beethoven 5 concert the following night, giving more music-lovers an alternative, earlier evening option. Aptly named the Six-thirty Session, the programme opens with Mozart’s Violin Concerto No.5, followed by Beethoven’s mighty Symphony No.5 — the perfect midwinter tonic to give Aucklanders a special mid-week music boost.
Exhilarating is the best word to describe Beethoven’s hugely popular Fifth Symphony. In the orchestral music world, this is one of the biggest ‘bangers’. And for good reason – whether it’s your first time hearing it, or it’s a contender for your Spotify Wrapped, seeing Auckland’s 70-piece professional orchestra perform this music will be an unforgettable experience.