NZSO: Ngū Kīoro…Harikoa Ake; Celebrating Togetherness
8.00 NZSO: Ngū Kīoro…Harikoa Ake; Celebrating Togetherness
Happy New Year, everyone!
Programme:
Ngū Kīoro… Harikoa Ake was performed and recorded on 26 June 2020 to a sold out audience and celebrates the enormous effort New Zealanders made to protect the vulnerable and eliminate COVID-19. Includes opera favourites from Carmen, La Bohème, Othello, and Der Rosenkavalier, songs by Maisey Rika, and New Zealand works by Gareth Farr and John Psathas.
FARR: From the Depths Sound the Great Sea Gongs: I. The Invocation of the Sea
BIZET: Carmen Suite No 1: VI. Les Toreadors
BIZET: Carmen, Parle-moi de ma mère
BIZET: Carmen Suite No 2: VI. Danse Bohème
Maisey RIKA: Tangaroa Whakamautai
PUCCINI: La Bohème, Si, mi chiamano Mimi
PUCCINI: La Bohème, O soave fanciulla
R STRAUSS: Suite from Der Rosenkavalier, Op 59
Eliza Boom (soprano), Simon O'Neill (tenor), Maisey Rika (vocals), Horomona Horo (Taonga Pūoro), Voices New Zealand, New Zealand Symphony Orchestra conducted by Hamish McKeich
Recorded in Michael Fowler Centre, Wellington on 26 June 2020 by RNZ Concert