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Choral presents...</SPAN><SPAN
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CREATION<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
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face=Arial>Sunday 29 March 2009, 5.00pm<o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></P>
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face=Arial>Auckland Town Hall<o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></P>
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face=Arial>Pepe Becker | Kenneth Cornish | James
Harrison<o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></P>
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face=Arial>Auckland Choral<o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></P>
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face=Arial>University of Auckland Chamber Choir<o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></P>
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face=Arial>University of Auckland Symphony
Orchestra<o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></P>
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face=Arial>Uwe Grodd, Conductor<o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></P>
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face=Arial>Celebrate the 200th anniversary of Haydn’s death with his masterpiece
The Creation. First heard in 1798, The Creation was Haydn’s response to the
great English oratorio tradition that he had encountered in London. Haydn poured
a lifetime’s experience into the work’s composition and prayed each morning on
bended knees for inspiration worthy of its monumental theme. Each part of the
biblical story is brilliantly depicted in music, from the chilling emptiness of
the void to billowing oceans and all forms of life. Even the worm, with sinuous
trace, has his place in this magnificent work. For all its profundity, Haydn’s
sense of humour is never far from the surface and his love of life and the
natural world can be heard in every aria and thrilling
chorus.<o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></P>
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face=Arial>For this performance we welcome soloists Pepe Becker from Wellington
and Kenneth Cornish of Auckland. Joining them, direct from London, is James
Harrison, last heard in Opera NZ’s 2008 production of Hansel and Gretel and in
Messiah with Auckland Choral in 2007.<o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></P>
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face=Arial>Free pre-concert talk by Dr Allan Badley; ‘The Creator and the
Creation’<o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></P>
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face=Arial>4.00pm Town Hall Supper Room.<o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></P>
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$60</SPAN><SPAN lang=EN-NZ><o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
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face=Arial>Student Rush $10<o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></P>
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face=Arial>Phone 09 357 3355 or 0800 BUY TICKETS (0800 289
842)<o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></P>
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href="http://www.the-edge.co.nz/"><FONT
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face=Arial>For more information about the concert contact the Auckland Choral
Administration Manager, Ruth Farrant (phone (09) 358 2892 or email </FONT><A
href="mailto:ruth@aucklandchoral.com"><FONT
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