NZ Symphony Orchestra

The great flowering of music during the Baroque era inspired composers to seek sumptuous sounds and create melodies of pure delight. NZSO SOLOISTS BACK TO BACH, Robert Orr – Oboe TELEMAN – Volker Ouverture (Suite) BACH – Oboe Concerto in D minor RAMEAU – Zoroastre Suite BACH – Air The great flowering of music during the Baroque era inspired composers to seek sumptuous sounds and create melodies of pure delight.  This offers a celebration of brilliance of their achievement.  Baroque composers particularly loved the oboe for it’s melodic richness.  Bach’s D minor concerto for the instrument was written during his happy time with the court orchestra at Cöthen.  In the work now known as Air on a G-String from the Suite No.3, Bach created one of the most famous melodies of all times.  For the Paris Opera, Rameau created music of luxurious opulence and dramatic excitement, and in his Volker Ouverture, Telemann draws inspiration from his insatiable curiosity for the melodies and dance music of different countries and folk traditions, here traversing Turkish, Swiss, Russian, Portugese and French sources in a rich display of his vivacious worldly musical style.
Dates:	12 Aug 2011
Time:	7.30pm
Location:	Ashburton
Venue:	Ashburton Trust Event Centre, Wills Street
Category:	Concert & Live Music
Cost:	Adult $31 - $55, Senior $28 - $50
Ticket Outlets:	Ticket Direct, Ashburton Trust Event Centre
Organisation:	Ashburton Trust Event Centre
Contact:	Gudrun Weber
Contact Phone:	03 307 2010
Specials:	Tickets: Adult $31-$55 , Senior $28-$50, other discount prices on request (plus service fee)