Sunday 7 December 2008, St Andrew’s on The Terrace, Wellington.
Conductor: Rachel Hyde
Leader: Ann Goodbehere
Soloists: Janey MacKenzie, Jody Orgias, John Beaglehole and Justin Pearce
Choir: Cantoris
Programme
- Felix Mendelssohn Saint Paul Oratorio (Paulus)
Sunday 21 September 2008, St Andrew’s on The Terrace, Wellington.
Conductor: Donald Armstrong
Leader: Ann Goodbehere
Soloist: Heather Lewis (cello)
Programme
- Hector Berlioz Hungarian March
- Camille Saint-Saëns Cello Concerto
- Joseph Haydn Symphony No.86
- Camille Saint-Saëns Danse Macabre
Sunday 6 July 2008, Sacred Heart Cathedral, Wellington.
Conductor: Michael Joel
Leader: Ann Goodbehere
Soloist: Tom McGrath (piano)
Programme
- Anthony Ritchie Diary of a Madman
- Dmitri Shostakovich Piano Concerto No.2
- Antonín Dvořák Symphony No.8 in G major
For a review of this concert, click here
Sunday 13 April 2008, Sacred Heart Cathedral
Conductor: Justin Pearce
Leader: Ann Goodbehere
Soloists: Janey MacKenzie (Soprano), Jody Orgias (Mezzo Soprano)
Programme
- Alexander Borodin Overture from Prince Igor
- Modest Mussorgsky Four Songs and Dances of Death for solo voice and orchestra
- Igor Stravinsky Eight Instrumental Miniatures for Fifteen Players
- Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky Symphony No.2 (Little Russian)
Peter Mechen reviewed our first concert for 2008.
In such an immediate, even raw-sounding acoustic, it’s difficult for any orchestral group to produce a pleasing tone, not to mention surviving a fairly analytical spotlight; and the Chamber Orchestra emerged from this concert with considerable credit on both counts…