APO: Defiance
German cellist Wolfgang Emanuel Schmidt, who won the first Adam International Cello Competition in Christchurch in 1995, is the APO's guest. He plays the First Cello Concerto by Saint-Saëns.
The programme opens with a very early work of Messiaen and the title of the concert, 'Defiance', is inspired by Shostakovich's Tenth Symphony.
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MESSIAEN: Les Offrandes Oubliées
8:00 PM.Performed by the Auckland Philharmonia conducted by Andrew Gourlay. Read more Audio
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SAINT-SAËNS: Cello Concerto No 1 in A minor
8:10 PM.Performed by Wolfgang Emmanuel Schmidt and the Auckland Philharmonia conducted by Andrew Gourlay. Read more Audio
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PROKOFIEV arr Piatigorsky: March, from Music for Children
8:30 PM.Performed by Wolfgang Emmanuel Schmidt as an encore at the Auckland Philharmonia's Premier Series concert, Auckland Town Hall, 24 August 2017 Audio
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SHOSTAKOVICH: Symphony No 10
8:55 PM.Performed by the Auckland Philharmonia Orchestra conducted by Andrew Gourlay. Read more Audio
MESSIAEN: Les Offrandes oubliées;
SAINT-SAENS: Cello Concerto No 1;
SHOSTAKOVICH: Symphony No 10
Wolfgang Emmanuel Schmidt (cello), Auckland Philharmonia Orchestra conducted by Andrew Gourlay
Recorded in Auckland Town Hall by RNZ