Principal Conductor Gemma New starts the 2025 NZSO season with vivid paintings in sound.
Programme
Gareth Farr - From the Depths Sound the Great Sea Gongs: Part 1 - The Invocation of the Sea Guillaume Connesson - Danses Concertantes Concerto No. 2 for Flute and Orchestra (World Premiere with Emily Beynon) Mussorgsky orch. Ravel - Pictures at an Exhibition
Mussorgsky’s Pictures at an Exhibition depicts paintings by Viktor Hartmann, with each movement musically describing each painting in piquant detail.
Similarly, Gareth Farr’s The Invocation of the Sea paints a vivid picture of many of the sounds and instruments of the Pacific.
Emily Beynon, currently Principal Flute of the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, premieres a new work by French composer Guillaume Connesson.
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