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Fantasy   ·   More Info »
Fantasy

Conductor Giordano Bellincampi

Violin Anthony Marwood


Wagner Die Meistersinger: Overture

Thomas Adès Violin Concerto ‘Concentric Paths’

Berlioz Symphonie fantastique


Wagner kicks off the season with the grand yet warm overture to his only comedy.



Beethoven's Triple   ·   More Info »
Beethoven's Triple

Conductor Giordano Bellincampi

Violin Tianwa Yang

Piano Nicholas Rimmer

Cello Gabriel Schwabe


Beethoven Triple Concerto

Bruckner Symphony No.7


A rare performance of Beethoven’s lightest, most charming concerto.



Landscapes   ·   More Info »
Landscapes

Conductor Tadaaki Otaka

Piano Alessio Bax


[John] Ritchie Suite No.1 for Strings

Grieg Piano Concerto

Sibelius Symphony No.5


One delightful tune after another!



Elgar's Cello Concerto   ·   More Info »
Elgar's Cello Concerto

Conductor Ludovic Morlot

Cello Umberto Clerici


Lili Boulanger D’un matin de printemps

Elgar Cello Concerto

Stravinsky Petruska


Sydney Symphony Orchestra principal cellist Umberto Clerici joins the APO to play Elgar’s elegiac concerto.



Ehnes Plays Bruch   ·   More Info »
Ehnes Plays Bruch

Conductor Giordano Bellincampi

Violin James Ehnes


Strauss Metamorphosen

Bruch Violin Concerto No.1

Schumann Symphony No.3 'Rhenish'


The superstar violinist James Ehnes is absolutely not to be missed.



Pathétique   ·   More Info »
Pathétique

Conductor Mikhail Tatarnikov

Violin Andrew Beer


Khachachurian Gayane Suites (excerpts)

Ligeti Violin Concerto

Tchaikovsky Symphony No.6 Pathétique


Andrew Beer! Our marvellous concertmaster plays Ligeti’s brilliant (and fiendishly difficult) concerto.



Reimagined   ·   More Info »
Reimagined

Conductor Tung Chieh Chuang

Pipa Wu Man


Stravinsky Pulcinella Suite

Harrison Pipa Concerto

Shostakovich Symphony No.1


To hear an unfamiliar instrument is a revelation, but doubly so when its unsuspected depths are revealed by a virtuoso.



Reveries   ·   More Info »
Reveries

Conductor Bertrand de Billy

Organ Benjamin Sheen


Debussy Prélude à L’Apres-midi d’une faune

Poulenc Organ Concerto

Franck Symphony in D minor


Hear the mighty Auckland Town Hall organ let rip, as the British organist Benjamin Sheen plays Poulenc’s darkly Gothic (but very French) concerto.



Ashkenazy & Mullova   ·   More Info »
Ashkenazy & Mullova

Conductor Vladimir Ashkenazy

Violin Viktoria Mullova


Tchaikovsky Romeo and Juliet Fantasy: Overture

Sibelius Violin Concerto

Dvorák Symphony No.7


Vladimir Ashkenazy is, quite simply, one of the greatest musicians alive.



Bolero   ·   More Info »
Bolero

Conductor Kazuki Yamada

Piano Louis Schwizgebel


Arvo Pärt Fratres

Bartok Music for Strings, Percussion and Celeste

Ravel Piano Concerto

Ravel Bolero


The most hypnotic piece in the business and always exhilarating.



Zarathustra   ·   More Info »
Zarathustra

Conductor Giordano Bellincampi

Cello Harriet Krijgh


Mozart Symphony No.29

Haydn Cello Concerto No.1

Strauss Also sprach Zarathustra


Best known for that music in 2001: A Space Odyssey.



Conflict & Triumph   ·   More Info »
Conflict & Triumph

Conductor Giordano Bellincampi

Violin Ning Feng


Salina Fisher New work

Beethoven Violin Concerto

Neilsen Symphony No.5


APO favourite Ning Feng returns with Beethoven’s titanic concerto.



Musical Postcards   ·   More Info »
Musical Postcards

Conductor Giordano Bellincampi

Piano Tamara-Anna Cislowska


Gershwin An American in Paris

Gershwin Rhapsody in Blue

Falla The Three Cornered Hat


A concert of musical postcards.



A Baroque Easter   ·   More Info »
A Baroque Easter

Conductor Sofi Jeannin

Handel Messiah (excerpts)

J.S. Bach Easter Oratorio (excerpts)

J.S. Bach St John Passion (excerpts)

J.S. Bach St Matthew Passion (excerpts)


Profoundly moving on a spiritual level and sublime on a musical one just in time for Easter.



Tragic Heroes   ·   More Info »
Tragic Heroes

Conductor Giordano Bellincampi

Piano Javier Perianes


Schubert Symphony No.8 Unfinished

Schumann Manfred Overture

Beethoven Piano Concerto No.4


Spanish pianist Javier Perianes returns to the APO for Beethoven’s Piano Concerto No.4.



Pastoral   ·   More Info »
Pastoral

Conductor Douglas Boyd

Violin Amalia Hall


Elgar Introduction and Allegro

Saint-Saëns Violin Concerto No.3

Beethoven Symphony No.6 ‘Pastoral’


A programme of pure pleasure.



Magic & Mozart   ·   More Info »
Magic & Mozart

Conductor Giordano Bellincampi

Piano Alexander Gavrylyuk


Mendelssohn A Midsummer Night's Dream: Overture

Mozart Piano Concerto No.21

Brahms Symphony No.1


Alexander Gavrylyuk resumes his fruitful collaboration with the APO.



Michael Hill Grand Finale   ·   More Info »

The three finalists, selected after grueling rounds in Queenstown and the chamber music round in the Auckland Town Hall Concert Chamber earlier in the week, go head to head in the grand finale of this prestigious competition, each performing a concerto with the Auckland Philharmonia Orchestra.



Mozart's Don Giovanni   ·   More Info »
Mozart's Don Giovanni

Mozart’s Don Giovanni


Conductor Giordano Bellincampi


Don Giovanni lives for one thing – women!



Unwrap Handel's Water Music   ·   More Info »
Unwrap Handel's Water Music

Conductor/Presenter Graham Abbott


A pleasure cruise down the Thames.



Unwrap Mozart's Clarinet Concerto   ·   More Info »
Unwrap Mozart's Clarinet Concerto

Conductor/Presenter Graham Abbott


Mozart’s most beloved concerto.



Unwrap Beethoven's Pastoral Symphony   ·   More Info »
Unwrap Beethoven's Pastoral Symphony

Conductor/Presenter Graham Abbott


Nourishment for the soul.



Messiaen's Turangalila   ·   More Info »
Messiaen's <i>Turangalila</i>

Messiaen Turagalîla Symphony


Everything about the Turangalîla Symphony is exuberant, colourful and excessive. It is considered a 20th-century masterpiece - an extravagant celebration of love, with music of total exhilaration.



Planet Earth II - Wed 22 May   ·   More Info »
Planet Earth II - Wed 22 May

Breath-taking footage from the highly acclaimed BBC series, shown on big screens, accompanied by a live orchestra.



The NZ Mixtape   ·   More Info »
The NZ Mixtape

Celebrating OUR music and OUR songwriters.



Dawn - Friday evening performance   ·   More Info »
Dawn - Friday evening performance

Magical music and spellbinding circus.



Dahlesque 11am   ·   More Info »
Dahlesque 11am

An evening of anarchic, outrageous, playful, moving and imaginative storytelling!



Peter & the Wolf Live - 11am   ·   More Info »
Peter & the Wolf Live - 11am

See Sergei Prokofiev's classic musical story on the big screen in Peter & the Wolf Live.



Celebrate Christmas - Friday   ·   More Info »
Celebrate Christmas - Friday

Join the APO and friends in the stunning Holy Trinity Cathedral for a musical celebration of this very special time of year.



Septet in the City   ·   More Info »
Septet in the City

Violin Tianwa Yang

Piano Nicholas Rimmer

Cello Gabriel Schwabe


Korngold Suite, Op.23

Beethoven Septet


Our soloists for Beethoven’s Triple Concerto bring us another of his most appealing pieces.



APO4Kids Storytime - Town Hall 10am   ·   More Info »
APO4Kids Storytime - Town Hall 10am

Show the youngest memebers of your family just how much fun music can be.



APO4KIDS Christmas - Town Hall 10am   ·   More Info »
APO4KIDS Christmas - Town Hall 10am

Show the youngest memebers of your family just how much fun music can be.



2019 Orchestral Summer School Finale Concert   ·   More Info »

A concert showcasing the next generation of young musicians, aged 10-16 years, as they demonstrate the benefits of week-long intensive mentoring by APO players.



Man Sitting in a Garden   ·   More Info »
Man Sitting in a Garden

A new New Zealand work from writer Witi Ihimaera and composer Kenneth Young presented in association with the Auckland Writers Festival.