Nelson Symphony Orchestra

Nelson Symphony Orchestra Presents "250+1"
2021-03-27 19:30 - 21:30 (Pacific/Auckland) | Nelson Centre of Musical Arts, Nelson, 7010, New Zealand
NSO presents Beethoven at his best.
‘Egmont Overture’ and Tony Chen plays the ‘Emperor Concerto’.
Plus American town and country contrasts by Aaron Copland – ‘Quiet City’ and excerpts from ‘Rodeo’.

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Nelson Symphony Orchestra presents Royal Finale
2020-11-28 19:30 (Pacific/Auckland) | Nelson Centre of Musical Arts, Nelson, 7010, New Zealand
Nelson Symphony Orchestra presents style under the spotlight – a symphonic re-imagining of the music of Queen by composer Tolga Kashif plus local soloists performing the works of Haydn, Verdi, Puccini and Tchaikovsky.
Conductor: Nigel Weeks QSM
Ticket prices excluding service fee:
Adult: $30Family (2 adults and 2 children): $70
Student (under 18 with ID): $15

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CANCELLED Nelson Symphony Orchestra presents Last Night of the Proms
2020-09-20 14:30, 2020-09-19 19:30 (Pacific/Auckland) | Nelson Centre of Musical Arts, Nelson, 7010, New Zealand
Time honoured favourites plus selections from Tchaikovsky’s first Piano Concerto and Elgar’s Sea Pictures.Soloists: Louis Lucas – Perry and Allison CormackConductor: Nigel Weeks QSM Tickets on sale – 14th February Ticket prices excluding service fee:Adult: $30Family (2 adults and 2 children): $70Student (under 18 with ID): $15 A merchant fee may be charged on credit and debit card transactions. Cash and eftpos available for door sales at Nelson Centre of Musical Arts from 9am – 5pm, Monday to Friday and one hour prior to the scheduled performance time. Please contact Nelson Centre of Musical Arts if you require wheelchair seating on 03 548 9477 or music@ncma.nz.

Nelson Symphony Orchestra presents Beethoven
2020-06-27 19:30 (Pacific/Auckland) | Nelson Centre of Musical Arts, Nelson, 7010, New Zealand
The symphonic music of Beethoven 250 years after his birth alongside Elgar’s celebrated Cello Concerto.Soloist: Raeul Pierard. Programme: Egmont Overture – Beethoven Cello Concerto – Elgar (soloist Raeul Pierard) Symphony No. 1 – Beethoven. Conductor: Nigel Weeks QSM Tickets on sale – 14th February Ticket prices excluding service fee:Adult: $30Family (2 adults and 2 children): $70Student (under 18 with ID): $15 A merchant fee may be charged on credit and debit card transactions. Cash and eftpos available for door sales at Nelson Centre of Musical Arts from 9am – 5pm, Monday to Friday and one hour prior to the scheduled performance time. Please contact Nelson Centre of Musical Arts if you require wheelchair seating on 03 548 9477 or music@ncma.nz.

Nelson Symphony Orchestra presents Russian Revolutionaries
2019-11-30 19:30 (Pacific/Auckland) | Nelson Centre of Musical Arts, Nelson, 7010, New Zealand
Piano concerto No.2 Op 18 C min
Rachmaninov
Soloist: Matteo Napoli
Symphony No.5 Op 64 in E min
Tchaikovsky
Conductor: Nigel E. Weeks
Ticket prices excluding service fee:
Adult: $30
Family (2 adults and 2 children): $70
Student (under 18 with ID): $15
A merchant fee may be charged on credit and debit card transactions.
Cash and eftpos available for door sales at Nelson Centre of Musical Arts from 9am – 5pm, Monday to Friday and one hour prior to the scheduled performance time.
Please contact Nelson Centre of Musical Arts if you require wheelchair seating on 03 548 9477 or music@ncma.nz.

Nelson Symphony Orchestra presents Last Night of the Proms
2019-09-22 14:00 - 17:00 (Pacific/Auckland) | Nelson College, 67 Waimea Road, Nelson, 7010, New Zealand
A cornucopia of all the traditional and well loved lollipops.
Audience participation.
Conductor: Nigel E. Weeks
Ticket prices excluding service fee:
Adult: $30
Family (2 adults and 2 children): $70
Student (under 18 with ID): $15
A merchant fee may be charged on credit and debit card transactions.
Cash and eftpos available for door sales at Nelson Centre of Musical Arts from 9am – 5pm, Monday to Friday and one hour prior to the scheduled performance time.
Please contact Nelson Centre of Musical Arts if you require wheelchair seating on 03 548 9477 or music@ncma.nz.

Nelson Symphony Orchestra presents Last Night of the Proms
2019-09-21 19:30 - 21:30 (Pacific/Auckland) | Nelson Centre of Musical Arts, Nelson, 7010, New Zealand

Nelson Symphony Orchestra presents Aotearoa Showcase & Solo Spotlight
2019-07-27 19:30 - 21:30 (Pacific/Auckland) | Nelson Centre of Musical Arts, Nelson, 7010, New Zealand
Solo spotlight featuring 3 young soloists.
Programme of NZ pieces including:
Ko te tatai whetu – Brownlee/Tikao
Guest Conductor:
James Donaldson
Ticket prices excluding service fee:
Adult: $30
Family (2 adults and 2 children): $70
Student (under 18 with ID): $15
A merchant fee may be charged on credit and debit card transactions.
Cash and eftpos available for door sales at Nelson Centre of Musical Arts from 9am – 5pm, Monday to Friday and one hour prior to the scheduled performance time.
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Nelson Civic Choir & Nelson Symphony Orchestra present Carmina Burana
2019-05-19 14:00 - 16:00 UTC | Nelson College, 67 Waimea Road, Nelson, 7010, New Zealand
Nelson Civic Choir & Nelson Symphony Orchestra present their first ever joint venture concert to bring you Carl Orff’s iconic and glorious Carmina Burana, together with Ralph Vaughan Williams’ Dona Nobis Pacem and Antiphon from ‘Five Mystical Songs’!
This historic concert marks the first time our long-established community choir and regional orchestra have collaborated fully to bring you a high-quality concert to add to Nelson’s rich cultural repertoire.
The choir and orchestra, with distinguished vocal soloists and instrumentalists, will perform under the baton of Nigel E. Weeks on Sunday May 19th, 2 pm at Nelson College.
Orff described Carmina Burana as a ‘scenic cantata’. It is powerful and evocative, and uses a very large orchestra, making the great traditional hall at Nelson College a fitting venue for this concert.
The first part of the joint venture concert features Antiphon and Dona Nobis Pacem from ‘Five Mystical Songs’ by Ralph Vaughan Williams.
Antiphon is the final of ‘Five Mystical Songs’, which set poems by George Herbert to music. Antiphon is a triumphant hymn of praise often performed on its own, as a church anthem for choir and organ. The musical setting of the two verses is lyrical, in contrast to the triumphant mood of the chorus: Let all the world in every corner sing.
Dona Nobis Pacem is a cantata, written by Ralph Vaughan Williams in 1936, that is an eloquent plea for peace during the growing fears of a World War. His texts were taken from the Mass, three poems by Walt Whitman, a political speech, and sections of the Bible.
The work is scored for chorus and large orchestra, with soprano and baritone soloists. The phrase ‘Dona nobis pacem’ (‘Give us peace’), in different settings, is reiterated throughout the entire piece, and our performance is dedicated by the Nelson Civic Choir and Nelson Symphony Orchestra to the victims of the Christchurch mosque shootings on March 15th.
Ticket prices (excluding service fees)
$35 Adults
$15 Students
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Cash and eftpos available at Nelson Centre of Musical Arts from 9am – 5pm, Monday to Friday
Please contact Nelson Centre of Musical Arts if you require wheelchair seating on 03 548 9477 or music@ncma.nz.

Nelson Symphony Orchestra presents Dvorak Czech mate!
2019-03-30 19:30 (Pacific/Auckland) | Nelson Centre of Musical Arts, Nelson, 7010, New Zealand
The Nelson Symphony Orchestra’s first concert for 2019 Czech Mate! will take place at the Auditorium, Nelson Centre of Musical Arts on Saturday 30 March at 7.30pm.
The centrepiece of this popular programme of music by Antonin Dvorak will be the performance of his well known cello concerto with soloist Rolf Gjelsten.
Mr Gjelsten a native of Victoria, British Columbia, Canada has been the cellist in the New Zealand String Quartet since May 1994. In 2014 he was made a Member of the New Zealand Order of Merit (MNZM) for his outstanding services to music in New Zealand.
Dvorak’s famous Symphony “From the New World” occupies the second half of the concert which commences with one of his popular Slavonic dances.
Czech Mate! will be conducted by the NSO’s Director of Music, Nigel Weeks.

NSO Romance Mystery
2018-11-24 19:30 - 21:30 (Pacific/Auckland) | Nelson Centre of Musical Arts, Nelson, 7010, New Zealand
The Nelson Symphony Orchestra’s final concert for 2018 Romance Mystery will take place at the Auditorium, Nelson Centre of Musical Arts on Saturday 24 November at 7.30pm.
The highlight of the programme will be the return of young Nelson pianist Louis Lucas-Perry performing Rachmaninoff’s dazzling concerto Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini on the Steinway Grand.
Louis has recently graduated Bachelor of Music in Classical Performance from the Victoria University of Wellington.
Popular classical music works in the programme include Schubert’s best loved symphony The Unfinished, Tschaikovsky’s March Slav and Tales from Vienna Woods by Johann Strauss.
Romance Mystery will be conducted by the NSO’s Director of Music, Nigel Weeks.
