NZSO Presents Hear & Far

We are proud to introduce a new annual concert series entitled Hear & Far. In this fresh initiative the orchestra celebrates home-grown contemporary compositions, alongside the works of international composers in a concert dedicated to Modern Masters. In Harmonielehre John Adams makes ‘a statement of belief in the power of tonality’. Taking its title from Schönberg’s influential harmony treatise of the same name, this work was composed after an 18-month dry spell and signalled an important shift in Adams’s music. John Psathas composed Orpheus in Rarohenga to mark the 50th anniversary of one of New Zealand’s most accomplished choral ensembles - the Orpheus Choir Of Wellington. In this work for choir and orchestra, we chart the Transit of Venus, the death of Captain Cook and his journey into Rarohenga - the underworld.