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 Saturday 24 July, Wellington Town Hall, 7.30pm
Beethoven Egmont Overture Op 84
Schumann Piano Concerto in A minor Op 54
Rossini Barber of Seville Overture
Stravinsky Jeu de Cartes Marc Taddei – conductor
Michael Houstoun – piano
Beethoven's noble Egmont overture premiered in 1810. Highly Romantic, the music reflects the heroic ideals of the Goethe tragedy for which it was written. In complete contrast, Rossini's overture to The Barber of Seville bubbles with barely-suppressed laughter at the human foibles that season his great comic opera. 1810 is the year of Schumann's birth; his piano concerto is an extended love-poem to his wife Clara. Stravinsky in his most amiably Neoclassical mood sets the orchestra dancing lightly with the Queens and Jokers of the pack in his Jeu de Cartes, a "Ballet in Three Deals". "Poetry and temperament in perfect balance, inflected, relaxed, yet crisply stylish playing." John Button, The Dominion Post Free pre-concert talk one hour prior to the performance. Ticket information
• Tickets from Ticketek $41 to $56
Tel 0800 842 538 Service fee will apply
• Special Child/Student rates are available
• Subscription Tickets still available. Contact the Vector Wellington Orchestra office on 801 3882. CONCERT PROUDLY SPONSORED BY 
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