New Zealand Symphony Orchestra - Te Māpouriki

A concert taking its title from the new work by Kenneth Young commemorating the 250th anniversary of Captain James Cook's landing at Tūranga-nui-a-Kiwa.

Photo: Dudley Meadows, Tairāwhiti Museum Te Whare Taonga o te Tairāwhiti

Several pieces in this programme touch on themes of being away from home, of travel, and of exploration, and the concert takes its title from the opening piece in the programme, Te Māpouriki, or “Dusk”.

The conductor is Jun Märkl, who studied under Leonard Bernstein and who’s an expert in German symphonic and operatic repertoire, and in the French impressionist composers, having among his more than 50 recordings a set of Debussy’s complete orchestral works.

The soloist in the horn concerto by Strauss is the NZSO's Principal Horn, Samuel Jacobs.