Music from the Movies & The Big Sing Gala Finale 2017
Queen's Birthday special
1.00 Music from the Movies
Vesa-Matti Leppänen (violin), New Zealand Symphony Orchestra conducted by Hamish McKeich
7.30pm The Big Sing Finale 2017
Twenty-four secondary school choirs from Auckland to Alexandra sing at the annual Gala Concert
1.00pm Music from the Movies
CONTI: Musical Highlights from Rocky;
JOHN WILLIAMS: Theme from Jurassic Park;
VANGELIS/RAINE: Chariots of Fire;
STEINER: Suite from Casablanca;
J STRAUSS: An der schoenen blauen Donau;
JOHN WILLIAMS: Adventures on Earth, from E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial;
SILVESTRI: Suite from Back to the Future;
JOHN WILLIAMS: Theme from Schindler's List;
ELFMAN/WASSO: Music from Spider-Man;
JOHN WILLIAMS Music from the Star Wars saga;
SCHIFRIN/CUSTER: Theme from Mission Impossible
(recorded in Michael Fowler Centre, Wellington by RNZ)
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7.30pm The Big Sing Finale 2017
Twenty-four secondary school choirs from Auckland to Alexandra sing at the annual Gala Concert
The Big Sing is the national Secondary Schools' Choral Festival and the Finale is the culmination of months of rehearsing and planning for all involved. This year 10,500 students entered, in 273 choirs from 160 schools around the country. After regional competitions, 24 secondary school choirs were selected to perform at The Big Sing Finale 2017 at the Aotea Centre in Auckland. The The Big Sing Finale runs over three days and is managed by the New Zealand Choral Federation. (Recorded in Aotea Centre, Auckland by RNZ)
Striking the right balance at The Big Sing
A record 273 choirs from our secondary schools are taking part in The Big Sing festival, and it's up to the adjudicators to ensure every choir has a fair chance of progressing through to the finals… Audio