A Capella Singers and The Ensemble join with local secondary school choirs FEMME, Dimensions and Momentum to bring you music to chase away the winter chills. Each choir will present their own items and at the conclusion will join together to sing the beautiful 'My Heart's in the Highlands' by Donna Gartman Schulz

Enjoy an evening of competition and entertainment with the The Vocal Collective at this year's 'Not Just a Quiz' night. Fun and entertaining, show off your amazing trivia skills, win fantastic prizes, and be treated to the sounds of one of the best choirs in the city.

Spot prizes, silent auctions and raffles. Cash bar available for food and beverages.

Our previous fundraiser quizzes were sell out events, so make sure you get your tickets early.

Get your teams ready - 6 max per table ($100 per table or $20 each)

Pre ordered platters $50 per table.

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A selection of songs to celebrate the winter season.

Performance begins 2pm followed by a delicious Afternoon Tea.

Join Christchurch City Choir for an evening of music by female composers through the centuries.

Conductor John Linker has selected music including works by Hildegard Bingen, Isabella Leonarda, Fanny Hensel Clara Schumann, Lili Boulanger, Gillian Weir and Jenny McLeod among others.

Performing for the first time in the beautiful chapel at St Andrew's College the Choir continues in a year of 30th Anniversary celebrations.

Concert Sponsor: Ryman Healthcare

The major drawcard for this concert is our Special Guest, Jeremy Woodside. Not only will Jeremy be performing  a stunning organ solo, he is also accompanying some of our repertoire, and has composed a piece specially for us, which will receive its Premiere at this concert. Our repertoire  ranges from Purcell, through the Romantics -  Faure and Mendelssohn -  to twentieth-century music by Gustav Holst and Benjamin Britten, coming up to the 21st century with Don Macdonald and Jeremy Woodside.

Join us in 50 year old Celebratory Concert.

Songs and Stories from Around the World

Orpheus Choir Wellington is delighted to present a programme featuring an all-star lineup of soloists with Music Director Brent Stewart.

I Was Glad is a programme of two halves. Accompanied by an instrumental ensemble, the programme first explores awe-inspiring works from Parry’s glorious anthem, I Was Glad, to Hopkin’s mysterious Past Life Melodies - featuring harmonic overtone singing. To finish, Orpheus Choir Wellington is thrilled to bring together soprano Madeleine Pierard, mezzo Margaret Medlyn, and bass Wade Kernot in a performance of Szymanowski’s masterpiece, Stabat Mater. This work combines traditional liturgical text with Polish folk music, fluctuating between powerful drama and poignant sorrow.

Orpheus Choir Wellington is delighted to present a programme featuring an all-star lineup of soloists with Music Director Brent Stewart.

I Was Glad is a programme of two halves. Accompanied by an instrumental ensemble, the programme first explores awe-inspiring works from Parry’s glorious anthem, I Was Glad, to Hopkin’s mysterious Past Life Melodies - featuring harmonic overtone singing. To finish, Orpheus Choir Wellington is thrilled to bring together soprano Madeleine Pierard, mezzo Margaret Medlyn, and bass Wade Kernot in a performance of Szymanowski’s masterpiece, Stabat Mater. This work combines traditional liturgical text with Polish folk music, fluctuating between powerful drama and poignant sorrow.

The most famous guitar concertos of all time, followed by Rachmaninov’s favourite work, the choral symphony The Bells. Featuring international stars Barkin Sertkaya, Paul Whelan and more.

Vivaldi Guitar Concerto 

Rodrigo Concierto de Aranjuez 

Rachmaninov The Bells op. 35 (choral symphony)

PRESENTED BY Bach Musica NZ orchestra & chorus:

Rita Paczian: Conductor
Barkin Sertkaya: Guitar
Chelsea Dolman: Soprano
Patrick Power: Tenor
Paul Whelan: Bass

From the resplendent energy of Jonathan Dove’s motet ‘Vast Ocean of Light’ to the serenity and warmth of Eric Whitacre’s ‘Lux Aurumque’, this concert explores various composers’ responses to light.

‘Lux Aeterna’ is a tranquil, light-filled piece, which is at the same time transportive and transcendent; penned by one of America’s best-loved choral composers, Morten Lauridsen.

The young choir, Virtuoso Voce, from Diocesan School for Girls, joins Auckland Choral for David Hamilton’s award-winning ‘American Triptych’, setting three texts by American poets on the subject of music and specifically the art of singing; and in ‘A Blessing of Light’, Mezzo

Soprano Sarah Court is the soloist.

Completing the programme is Handel’s ‘Largo of Love’ – Ombra mai fu, the opening aria in the opera ‘Serse”, as well as Philip Smith providing nourishment for lovers of

organ music.

DOVE Vast Ocean of Light

LAUDRIDSEN Lux Aeterna

HAMILTON American Triptych

A Blessing of Light

HANDEL Ombra mai fu

BACH Organ Concerto in C major, BWV 595

WHITACRE Lux Arumque

Sarah Court, Mezzo Soprano

Philip Smith, Organ

Virtuoso Voce

Auckland Choral

Pipers Sinfonia

Uwe Grodd, Conductor

7.30pm

Saturday, September 18

Holy Trinity Cathedral

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Join us to create Auckland’s biggest choir at the Auckland Town Hall and experience the joy of singing.

A free, fun, short afternoon concert where everyone is welcome – no need to worry about your singing ability! Just bring your enthusiasm and your friends for an uplifting singing experience, designed to bring Aucklanders together for a truly exhilarating community event.

This 1-hour programme will include popular choral favourites and everyone will be invited to join in and ‘sing along’ with choral tunes that you’ve heard before, in a relaxed and informal concert.

This will be a memorable occasion to sing alongside Auckland Choral!

Sunday, October 17

Auckland Town Hall

FREE

Ben Kubiak, Bass-Baritone

Auckland Choral

Uwe Grodd, Conductor

Orpheus Choir Wellington is delighted to present a programme featuring an all-star lineup of soloists with Music Director Brent Stewart.

To close the year, we combine forces with Orchestra Wellington for an unmissable
performance of Bach’s monumental masterpiece, Mass in B Minor — the most beautiful and magnificent exhibition of Bach’s life.

Our featured artists are sopranos Emma Pearson and Jenny Wollerman, alto Maaike Christie-Beekman, tenor Declan Cudd, bass Wade Kernot, and Douglas Mews on harpsichord.

A French Christmas with famous music by Poulenc, Debussy, Canteloube, Saint-Saens and more, featuring Bach Musica NZ and international star soprano, Marlena Devoe.

Poulenc Gloria  

Debussy Prélude à l'après-midi d'un faune 

And excerpts from:

Canteloube Chants d’Auvergne 

Saint-Saëns Organ Symphony 

Charpentier Te Deum 

PRESENTED BY:  Bach Musica NZ orchestra & chorus.

Rita Paczian: Conductor

Marlena Devoe: Soprano

Every bar of Handel’s masterpiece speaks to us with passion, beauty and spirituality; it is guaranteed to fill your hearts with joy. From dazzling solos and instrumental fireworks to the most glorious choral writing of all time, this masterwork never fails to thrill all ages.

A musical rite of the Christmas season, Handel’s oratorio still awes listeners nearly three centuries after it burst into existence.

Join your Auckland Choral and Pipers Sinfonia, along with the exciting soloists we will reveal, for this not-to-be-missed Christmas experience.

Soloists to be announced in Spring ‘21

Auckland Choral

Pipers Sinfonia

Uwe Grodd, Conductor

Monday 13 December, 7.30pm

Tuesday 14 December, 7.30pm

Auckland Town Hall