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APO Farewells Town Hall in Grand Finale

Tuesday, 22 November 2011, 4:18 pm | Auckland Philharmonia Orchestra

Auckland Philharmonia Orchestra brings its 2011 main-concert season to a triumphant close on Thursday, with the last of this year’s APN News & Media Premier Series performances. More >>

Auckland Philharmonia Orchestra Makes Statement--Mahler 9

Thursday, 27 October 2011, 4:33 pm | Auckland Philharmonia Orchestra

Auckland Philharmonia Orchestra is giving audiences a rare opportunity to hear Gustav Mahler’s last completed symphony, the 9th. The work, which is performed on Thursday 3 November as part of the orchestra’s APN News & Media Premier Series, is the second ... More >>

APO Declares Love

Thursday, 22 September 2011, 2:39 pm | Auckland Philharmonia Orchestra

Singles aged between 26 and 40 now have a classier way to meet new people. Auckland Philharmonia Orchestra has a speed dating evening planned for Friday 7 October, to take place at the plush Auckland Town Hall before the APO’s Choral Masterpieces ... More >>

APO Plays Amazing Extraordinary Music for Kids

Tuesday, 23 August 2011, 12:20 pm | Auckland Philharmonia Orchestra

Auckland Philharmonia Orchestra’s Kiwi Kapers concerts offer school children something extraordinary on Friday 2 September. This year’s three concerts, which are at Auckland’s Aotea Centre, take as their theme ‘superheroes’, and as well as heroic classical ... More >>

APO Celebrates the Triumph of the Human Spirit

Monday, 8 August 2011, 2:29 pm | Auckland Philharmonia Orchestra

Russian and Jewish culture take centre stage this week in a dramatic programme of music that honours human courage. The eighth in this year’s APN News & Media Premier Series concerts, Stier and Shostakovich: A Testimony, opens with Lukas Foss’s powerful ... More >>

APO Goes Digital with Free Audio Streaming

Thursday, 4 August 2011, 11:55 am | Auckland Philharmonia Orchestra

The traditions of the orchestra meet up-to-the-minute on-demand technology in a new partnership between Auckland Philharmonia Orchestra and Radio New Zealand. More >>

APO Gets its Teeth into Festival Favourite

Wednesday, 13 July 2011, 5:08 pm | Auckland Philharmonia Orchestra

Auckland Philharmonia Orchestra is used to playing to full houses, but playing for full movie theatres is a less regular occurrence. More >>

Young Violinist Wins a Date With the APO

Wednesday, 6 July 2011, 3:58 pm | Auckland Philharmonia Orchestra

Violinist Azeria D’Souza fended off strong competition to win this year’s KBB Music Young Performers Competition, held at Philharmonia Hall, Mt Eden, in association with Auckland Philharmonia Orchestra (APO). Azeria, a year 13 student at St Cuthbert’s ... More >>

Topp Twins Too Big for Town Hall

Wednesday, 25 May 2011, 12:37 pm | Auckland Philharmonia Orchestra

Demand for The Topp Twins’ 23 June concert with Auckland Philharmonia Orchestra is so strong, it’s prompted a change of venue. The Kiwi icons are swapping one heritage building for another, moving from Auckland Town Hall to The Civic. It’s ... More >>

APO Celebrates 100 Years of the Auckland Town Hall Organ

Friday, 25 March 2011, 10:10 am | Auckland Philharmonia Orchestra

The Auckland Philharmonia Orchestra celebrates the 100th anniversary of the Auckland Town Hall organ in the fourth of this year’s APN News & Media Premier Series concerts. More >>

APO Opens the Book on New Musical Worlds

Thursday, 10 March 2011, 5:26 pm | Auckland Philharmonia Orchestra

In April the Auckland Philharmonia Orchestra opens the book on a brave new world with a concert featuring the New Zealand debuts of two major works, both drawing inspiration from the written word. More >>

Orchestra Meets the Golden Age of Jazz at the APO

Tuesday, 15 February 2011, 10:57 am | Auckland Philharmonia Orchestra

The Auckland Philharmonia Orchestra pays tribute to the jazz age in the second of this year’s APN News & Media Premier Series concerts, at Auckland Town Hall on Thursday February 24. APO Music Director Eckehard Stier leads the orchestra in an ... More >>

AKLD Philharmonia Orchestra holds summer’s elegant picnic

Tuesday, 8 February 2011, 2:24 pm | Auckland Philharmonia Orchestra

Don your glad rags, slap on a sunhat and pack a hamper – the year’s most elegant picnic, Auckland Philharmonia Orchestra’s Summer Matinee, takes place in the gardens of Government House this weekend. The APO Summer Matinee takes place at Government ... More >>

Auckland Philharmonia Orchestra Living the Crazy Life

Monday, 7 February 2011, 3:55 pm | Auckland Philharmonia Orchestra

The Auckland Philharmonia Orchestra brings a taste of la vida loca to the North Shore on 20 February when it holds its Open Day at Takapuna’s Bruce Mason Centre. In this free event, the orchestra will accompany instructors for half an hour’s worth ... More >>

Late Baby Means Change of Soloist for APO

Wednesday, 3 November 2010, 1:49 pm | Auckland Philharmonia Orchestra

Australian trumpeter Mark Fitzpatrick is stepping into the soloist spot for the Auckland Philharmonia Orchestra after featured trumpeter Tristram Williams was forced to pull out due to the late arrival of his firstborn. More >>

Canvases Inspired By Music In Auckland Concert

Tuesday, 9 February 2010, 3:00 pm | Auckland Philharmonia Orchestra

Large scale paintings by acclaimed New Zealand artist Philip Trusttum will have their first public viewing in Auckland as part of the Auckland Philharmonia Orchestra’s concert Exhibition Opening at the Town Hall on 25 February. More >>

Auckland Philharmonia Orchestra Board Appointee

Wednesday, 2 December 2009, 10:31 am | Auckland Philharmonia Orchestra

The Auckland Philharmonia Orchestra (APO) announces the appointment of Counties Manukau District Health Board Chief Executive, Geraint Martin, to its Board of Trustees. In welcoming Mr Martin, APO Chairman Rosanne Meo noted his breadth of community engagement, ... More >>

French Pianist Brings Gallic Flair And Wit To APO

Tuesday, 24 March 2009, 12:58 pm | Auckland Philharmonia Orchestra

MARCH 24, 2009 – Award-winning young French pianist Cédric Tiberghien features with the Auckland Philharmonia Orchestra in April. More >>

Serj Tankian & The APO To Play March Show

Monday, 15 December 2008, 12:57 pm | Auckland Philharmonia Orchestra

Come Monday, March 16, 2009, the Auckland Town Hall will witness a very special collaboration between Auckland's most loved orchestra and one of the most unconventional frontmen in rock, System Of A Down singer Serj Tankian. More >>

APO Education Programme Mixes Orchestra, Hip Hop

Thursday, 25 September 2008, 3:56 pm | Auckland Philharmonia Orchestra

Classical music meets hip hop in a pilot programme being run by the Auckland Philharmonia Orchestra and Otara Music and Arts Centre during the school holidays. More >>

   

 
 
 
 
 

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