APO: Celebrate Christmas 2018
APO Christmas Concert Photo: Adrian Malloch
To mark the end of their 2018 season and to celebrate Christmas, the Auckland Philharmonia Orchestra played a special Christmas concert at Holy Trinity Cathedral in Parnell, Auckland.
With them on stage are the Graduate Choir New Zealand with their director Terence Maskell and bass-baritone James Ioelu. The conductor is Hamish McKeich.
Programme:
Vivaldi |
Concerto in C for Two Trumpets: Allegro |
Handel |
Messiah: And the Glory of the Lord |
Handel |
Messiah: The Trumpet Shall Sound |
Mozart |
German Dance No.3: Sleigh Ride |
Rutter |
Shepherd’s Pipe Carol |
Adams arr. Moses-Tobani |
The Holy City |
Tchaikovsky |
The Nutcracker Suite No.1: Miniature Overture, March, Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy, Waltz of the Flowers |
Vaughan Williams |
Fantasia on Greensleeves |
Vaughan Williams |
Hodie: The Oxen |
Vaughan Williams |
Hodie: The Shepherds Sing |
Chris Artley [NZ] |
Christmas Bells |
Trad. Arr. Willcocks |
Tomorrow Shall Be My Dancing Day |
Anderson |
Sleigh Ride |
Willcocks |
Ding Dong! Merrily On High |
Trad. Arr. Cohen |
The First Noel |
Mendelssohn arr. Willcocks |
Hark! The Herald Angels Sing |
Gruber Arr. Maskell |
Silent Night |
Recorded at Holy Trinity Cathedral, Auckland by RNZ.
Engineered and produced by Adrian Hollay and Tim Dodd.