Regent Theatre - Dunedin

New Zealand Symphony Orchestra present
Soundscapes with Colin Currie

The Radio Network Tour
Concert 2

Alexander Shelley conductor
Colin Currie percussion

BRITTEN Peter Grimes Four Sea Interludes
MACMILLAN Veni, Veni, Emmanuel
RAVEL Pavane for a dead princess
STRAUSS Death and Transfiguration.

Scottish composer James MacMillan’s heaven-and-earth-shaking percussion concerto Veni, Veni, Emmanuel has become a contemporary classic, electrifying audiences with its savage joy. MacMillian explores a medieval chant, but also a message of hope: the text of Veni, Veni, Emmanuel speaks of transcending anguish and oppression. From quiet heartbeats to an explosive, dancing finale, this concerto is a stunning demonstration of soloist Colin Currie’s skill and athleticism: he plays dozens of drums, gongs, marimba and bells.

If the MacMillan and Strauss works are about the struggles of the soul, Britten takes us to a place where human cares disappear into insignificance. His Four Sea Interludes are studies of the moods of nature: the huge skies of Suffolk at morning and night, a tumultuous storm, the glitter of the waves and Sunday bells.

Strauss’ visionary Death and Transfiguration imagines nothing less than death and the hereafter. Strauss places us beside the bed of our hero as he takes his final breath, surveys his life and begins his journey to eternity. The power of a vast orchestra and arcing melody lifts us all to heaven in a blaze of brass. They say that when Strauss reached his own time for transfiguration he told his daughter-in-law that indeed death was exactly as he had depicted it. It is a suitably grandiose end for a towering composer.

Tickets - prices listed exclude any booking fee.

2010 SEASON PRICING TABLE

DUNEDIN	A Res	B Res	C Res
Adult - Single Ticket	52.00	38.00	28.00
Adult - 3 Concert Sub	42.00	32.00	23.00
Concession - Single Ticket	47.00	34.00	24.00
Concession - 3 Concert Sub	38.00	28.00	21.00
Additional Subscriber Tickets	47.00	34.00	24.00
15% Group Discount (8 or more)	44.00	32.00	23.50
Unwaged, Disabled	46.00	34.00	25.00
Child (up to and including high school age)	15.00	15.00	15.00
Family Pass (1 adult and 2 children)	60.00	60.00	60.00
Family Pass (2 adults and 2 children)	99.00	99.00	-
Additional Young person with Family Pass	15.00	15.00	-
30 and Under	26.00	26.00	-
30-For-30	30.00	30.00	-

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Event Date:	Time:	Location:
Wednesday 15 September 2010	6.30pm	Dunedin Town Hall

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