St Matthew’s Chamber Orchestra | 2020 Concert Season

St Matthew’s Chamber Orchestra is an accomplished orchestra performing a wide repertoire of music and is dedicated to providing performance opportunities for New Zealand musicians, composers and conductors.

If you have not heard St Matthew’s Chamber Orchestra play then you are missing one of the finest musical experiences in Auckland.

Sunday, 15 March

2:30 PM

FROM THE LAND

Conductor: Peter Thomas

Soloist: Tessa Petersen

Lilburn: Aotearoa Overture

Vaughan Williams: Violin Concerto in D minor

Elgar: Serenade for Strings Op 20 in E minor

Dvořák: Symphony No 8 Op 88 in G

“Petersen gave a nuanced performance … tackling the work’s strident, dance-like and pastoral passages with equal aplomb” – Allied Press

Sunday, 17 May

2:30 PM

PASSIONATE

Conductor: Timothy Carpenter

Soloist: Hamilton Civic Choir

Bach: St Matthew Passion BWV244

“Acapella perfection, flowing phrasing, perfect pitch and harmonic balance, superb choral sound to match some of the best professional moments - and we heard it in a small provincial town in the Antipodes.” – Sam Edwards, Waikato Times

Sunday, 26 July

2:30 PM

TAMING THE FURIES

Conductor: Michael Joel

Soloist: Diedre Irons

Mozart: La clemenza di Tito Overture K621

Beethoven: Piano Concerto No 4 Op 58 in G

Dvořák: Symphony No 9 Op 95 in E minor ‘New World’ 

“The incomparable Diedre Irons ... fulfilled every expectation. Such magnificent power! Right from the tempestuous opening, Irons put her masterly stamp on the work.” – The Hook, July 16, 2019

Sunday, 16 August

2:30 PM

DOUBLE CHEMISTRY

Conductor: Michael Joel

Soloist: Amalia Hall – Violin | Ashley Brown – Cello

Borodin: In the Steppes of Central Asia

Brahms: Concerto for Violin and Cello Op 102 in A minor

Borodin: Symphony No 2 in B minor 

“Brilliance and immense understanding.” – John Button, Dominion Post

“ Unimpeachable artistry... full-blooded lyricism.” – William Dart, NZ Herald

Sunday, 20 September

2:30 PM

RACH 2

Conductor: Beth Cohen

Soloist: Somi Kim

Fauré: Pelléas et Mélisande Suite Op 80

Rachmaninoff: Piano Concerto No 2 Op 18 in C minor

Copland: Appalachian Spring

“...Kim on piano was utterly mesmerising...” – Clare Martin, Radio 13 Auckland

Sunday, 18 October

2:30 PM

VIOLINISSIMO

Conductor: José Aparicio

Soloist: Andrew Beer

Ravel: Le Tombeau de Couperin Suite

Conus: Violin Concerto in E Minor

Sinding: Suite im alten Stil Op 10 for Violin and Orchestra

Poulenc: Sinfonietta

“Beer’s performance of the Ligeti Concerto was one of the most exciting things I’ve heard for a while” – Peter Hoar at RNZ

All concerts, Sundays 2.30 PM, St MATTHEW-IN-THE-CITY CHURCH, 187 Federal street, corner WELLESLEY AND HOBSON streets, Auckland city. 

TICKETS available on Eventfinda or door sales (cash only) | Adults $30, Seniors $25, Children under 12 (with an adult) Free, Student Rush—Can only be purchased at the door on the day of the concert and are subject to seats being available—$15.

www.smco.org.nz

To purchase tickets and for more information, click the link here to download the St Matthew's Chamber Orchestra 2020 Concert Season Brochure