Saturday 1 August 5:30 pm
Knox Church
DAVID BURCHELL, conductorSOLOISTS: Caroline Burchell (soprano), Scott Bezett (baritone)
DUNEDIN SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA
City Choir Dunedin presents a programme of choral music to celebrate peace. Whether it's peace of mind or universal peace you're after, it begins here with the ever-popular Faure Requiem and contemporary works by Peteris Vasks: Dona nobis pacem, Ola Gjeilo: Song of the Universal, and Christopher Marshall: Pastorale. "Peace is liberty in tranquility" said Marcus Tullius Cicero (106-43 BC), one of Rome's greatest philosophers.
Ode to Joy
Saturday 22 August 7:30 pm
Dunedin Town Hall
The Dunedin Symphony Orchestra presents Beethoven's mighty Symphony No. 9, ‘Choral’. Regarded by some as one of the supreme achievements in the history of Western music, it is also one of the most performed symphonies in the world. Based on Schiller’s ‘Ode to Joy‘, it finishes with a celebration of the unity of humankind, a theme still topical today. USA-based Gemma New will be the concert conductor. Originally from Christchurch, her short career so far has been most impressive. Simon O’Neill (originally from Ashburton) is one of the world’s acclaimed tenors, singing on the most prestigious stages around the world, but as the pandemic has curtailed his international performances, Dunedin audiences have the opportunity to experience this superstar in our concert. With him on stage will be some of New Zealand’s leading singers: soprano Anna Leese, alto Kate Webber and bass-baritone Joel Amosa. In the concert’s first half, this fine quartet will perform a variety of arias which are designed to display their superb vocal talents. City Choir Dunedin and the Southern Youth Choir join the DSO on stage for this performance.
Saturday 28 November 7:30 pm
Dunedin Town Hall
DAVID BURCHELL, conductorSOLOISTS
DUNEDIN SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA
City Choir Dunedin presents a programme of choral music for the Christmas season. The programme will include Bach's Magnificat, Benjamin Britten's A Ceremony of Carols, and Charpentier's Messe de Minuit. City Choir is delighted that the DSO will once again provide the accompaniment.
Sunday 20 December 2:00 pm
Otago Museum
DAVID BURCHELL, conductorMARK ANDERSON, assistant conductor
CITY CHOIR DUNEDIN
City Choir Dunedin will delight you with an hour-long programme of Christmas music at the Otago Museum. This event is free!
Accompanists: Roland Storm and David Burchell
