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  • Handel’s Messiah Reimagined

    Nelson Centre of Musical Arts, 48 Nile St, Nelson, 7010, New Zealand

    Handel’s MESSIAH has been in the concert repertoire since it was written almost 300 years ago. Nelson Symphony Orchestra and Nelson Civic Choir are joined by narrator and soloists to present an exciting new semi-staged version of this much-loved masterpiece. Whether you know and love Handel’s MESSIAH or will be hearing it for the first…

  • Nelson Symphony Orchestra presents: Mozartiana

    Nelson Centre of Musical Arts, 48 Nile St, Nelson, 7010, New Zealand

    Mozartiana Mozart & Tchaikovsky: Homage to Genius Conductor Jason Balla   Programme: Mozart – ‘Don Giovanni’ Overture K.527 Tchaikovsky – Suite No.4 Op.61 ‘Mozartiana’  Intermission Mozart ‘Ave Verum Corpus’  (with guests Nelson Civic Choir) Mozart – Symphony No. 40 in G minor K.550   Welcome to Nelson Symphony Orchestra’s performance of Mozartiana, an evening dedicated to the…

  • Mozartiana: Family Matinee!

    Nelson Centre of Musical Arts, 48 Nile St, Nelson, 7010, New Zealand

    Programme includes highlights from the previous evening performance. Programme: Mozart – ‘Don Giovanni’ Overture K.527 Tchaikovsky – Suite No.4 Op.61 ‘Mozartiana’  Mozart ‘Ave Verum Corpus’  (with guests Nelson Civic Choir) Mozart – Symphony No. 40 in G minor K.550 Welcome to Nelson Symphony Orchestra’s Family Matinée! performance of Mozartiana. The whole family will enjoy this shortened…

  • Harp in Harmony

    Nelson Centre of Musical Arts, 48 Nile St, Nelson, 7010, New Zealand

    Music, and the instruments used to make it, tells the most evocative stories. NSO is delighted to present Harp in Harmony, a collaboration with guest conductor Anthony Ferner and renowned Kiwi harpist, Helen Webby, where remembrance, romance, reflection and heroism intertwine. The concert begins with New Zealand composer Anthony Ritchie’s poignant Remember Parihaka, before Helen…

  • Romantic Echoes

    Nelson Centre of Musical Arts, 48 Nile St, Nelson, 7010, New Zealand

    “Romantic Echoes” brings together works of profound emotion and orchestral colour. Schubert’s Symphony No. 5 offers classical grace and melodic charm, while Wagner’s Götterdämmerung Fantasy immerses listeners in the drama and grandeur of late Romantic opera. Together, these masterpieces highlight the expressive depth and innovation of the Romantic era. Programme: Hérold   Zampa: Overture Schubert: ‘Symphony…

  • Symphonic Odyssey: From Steppes to Sands

    Nelson Centre of Musical Arts, 48 Nile St, Nelson, 7010, New Zealand

    Programme: Borodin – In the Steppes of Central Asia Saint-Saëns – Piano Concerto No. 5 (‘The Egyptian’). Intermission Rimsky-Korsakov – Scheherazade Conductor: Jose Aparicio Soloist: Shan Liu (Piano) For centuries, composers have looked beyond their own borders to create musical journeys. In this concert, the Nelson Symphony Orchestra invites you to travel to deserts and…

  • Symphonic Odyssey: Matinée Highlights

    Nelson Centre of Musical Arts, 48 Nile St, Nelson, 7010, New Zealand

    Our matinée concert opens with teenage piano sensation Shan Liu, a student at Auckland’s Westlake Boys High School and one of New Zealand’s most promising young musicians, playing Camille Saint-Saëns’ colourful Piano Concerto Number 5. Written while the composer was in Egypt, the piece, subtitled ‘Egyptian’, is an exotic reflection of the East inspired by…