Stephen De Pledge and the NZSO perform music by Mozart, Brahms and a new composition by Dame Gillian Whitehead, under the baton of Conductor Alexander Shelley.
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Alexander Shelley: Conductor
Stephen De Pledge: Piano
Gillian Whitehead: retrieving the fragility of peace
Mozart: Piano Concerto No. 20
Brahms: Symphony No. 1 in C minor
The NZSO open a weekend of concerts in Christchurch with retrieving the fragility of peace, a new work by Dunedin composer Dame Gillian Whitehead. Pianist Stephen De Pledge brings his considerable gifts to Mozart’s Piano Concerto No. 20, a darkly toned jewel in the piano repertoire.
Brahms laboured over his First Symphony for 14 years, hampered by his painful awareness of constantly hearing “the giant [Beethoven] marching behind you!” But despite comparisons to his musical forebear, the Finale’s alphorn melody and the symphony’s complex rhythms mark his First as quintessential Brahms, all the way.
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Christchurch Town Hall
86 Kilmore Street
Christchurch Central
86 Kilmore Street
Christchurch Central
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From $15 to $65
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Christchurch Town Hall
86 Kilmore Street
Christchurch Central
86 Kilmore Street
Christchurch Central
Pricing
From $15 to $65
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