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Conductor - Alan Buribayev
Piano - Sylvia Jiang
Melody Eötvös - The Saqqara Bird
Prokofiev - Piano Concerto No.2
Rimsky-Korsakov - Scheherazade
Audience favourite Alan Buribayev takes the podium as Sylvia Jiang returns to join her home-town orchestra with Prokofiev’s steely, ferociously difficult concerto. Written when its composer was only 22 years old, it’s a suitable foil for this prodigiously gifted pianist.
Australian composer Melody Eötvös found her imagination sparked by a model of a bird, carved of sycamore 2000 years ago and discovered in an Egyptian tomb. Its purpose is totally unknown.
Rimsky-Korsakov, sparked by the Tales of the 1001 Nights, wrote a piece that was ‘a kaleidoscope of fairy-tale images’. His much-loved suite is a fabulous orchestral showpiece.
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Auckland Philharmonia Orchestra Biography
The Auckland Philharmonia Orchestra (APO) is Auckland’s professional symphony orchestra, presenting more than 60 performances annually with a comprehensive season of symphonic work and multi-disciplinary events with contemporary artists.
Through its numerous APO Connecting (education, outreach and community) initiatives, APO offers opportunities to more than 20,000 young people and adults nationwide.
Each year the APO performs to more than 250,000 people live and over the course of the pandemic, has reached more than 4.3 million viewers globally through livestreams and other digital offerings.
Read MoreThrough its numerous APO Connecting (education, outreach and community) initiatives, APO offers opportunities to more than 20,000 young people and adults nationwide.
Each year the APO performs to more than 250,000 people live and over the course of the pandemic, has reached more than 4.3 million viewers globally through livestreams and other digital offerings.
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