UPDATE Thursday 17 October 2024:
Auckland Philharmonia regrets to announce that tonight’s concert NZ Herald Premier Series: Pictures at an Exhibition at Auckland Town Hall has been cancelled due to unforeseen circumstances beyond our control. We apologise for the short notice of this cancellation.
The affected concert is as follows:
The New Zealand Herald Premier Series: Pictures at an Exhibition
7.30pm, Thursday 17 October
Auckland Town Hall
We appreciate your patience regarding this situation and are saddened that the orchestra will not be able to perform this evening.
Auckland Philharmonia Ticketing and/or Ticketmaster will be communicating directly with ticketholders regarding this concert.
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The scintillating French pianist Jean-Efflam Bavouzet, an Auckland Philharmonia favourite, returns with Bartók’s gleefully punchy concerto.
It is framed by two vivid translations of art into music. Martinů’s vision of the translucent murals of the Renaissance master is followed by artwork from a more obscure figure. The architect and artist Viktor Hartmann would be unknown today had he not been a close friend of Mussorgsky, who mourned his early death by immortalising his pictures in a suite for piano. 48 years later, Maurice Ravel transformed it into one of the most spectacular orchestral showpieces of them all.
