Auckland Philharmonia Orchestra - New Directions
Robert McDuffie Photo: screenshot ex YouTube
The Auckland Philharmonia is joined by American violinist Robert McDuffie and German conductor André de Ridder.
All of the composers represented in this concert have pushed music in new directions:
- Claude Debussy brought French music into a more sensual realm at the turn of the 20th century with his Prélude à l'après-midi d'un faune and La Mer;
- Arnold Schoenberg pushed the Germanic tradition into more and more adventurous melodies and harmonies: his late piece, Theme and Variations was written originally for wind band and later orchestrated;
- and Philip Glass, celebrating his 80th birthday in 2017, pushed himself out of the opera house and into the concert hall with his Violin Concerto No 1.
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DEBUSSY: La mer
8:20 PM.Performed by the Auckland Philharmonia Orchestra conducted by André de Ridder at their concert "New Directions", Auckland Town Hall, 5 October 2017. Audio
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SCHOENBERG: Theme and Variations
8:15 PM.Performed by the Auckland Philharmonia Orchestra conducted by André de Ridder at their concert "New Directions", Auckland Town Hall, 5 October 2017. Audio
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Fritz KREISLER: Recitative and Scherzo
8:10 PM.Performed by violinist Robert McDuffie as an encore at the Auckland Philharmonia Orchestra's concert "New Directions", Auckland Town Hall, 5 October 2017. Audio
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Philip GLASS: Violin Concerto No 1
8:05 PM.Performed by Robert McDuffie with the Auckland Philharmonia Orchestra conducted by André de Ridder at their concert "New Directions", Auckland Town Hall, 5 October 2017. Audio
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DEBUSSY: Prélude à l'après-midi d'un faune
8:00 PM.Performed by the Auckland Philharmonia Orchestra conducted by André de Ridder at their concert "New Directions", Auckland Town Hall, 5 October 2017. Audio
