Event listing: Spirit of Anzac: Letters from the Front | Auckland Town Hall: Great Hall | Thu 23 Apr 2015 at 19:00

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Auckland Town Hall: Great Hall301/317 Queen Street, Auckland, 1010, New Zealand

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Programme

Copland, Aaron (1900-1990)	Fanfare for the Common Man
Williams, Michael F. (b. 1962)	Symphony No. 1 "Letters from the Front"
Vaughan Williams, Ralph (1872-1958)	Fantasia on a Theme by Thomas Tallis
Ledger, James (b. 1966)	War Music

Performers

Madeleine Pierard	Soprano
Benjamin Northey	Conductor
New Zealand Symphony Orchestra
New Zealand Youth Choir
George Henare	Actor

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Ralph Vaughan Williams’ Fantasia on a Theme of Thomas Tallis

Mark Pullinger, 5th October

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Both new works by Michael Williams and James Ledger rose to the challenge of marking Anzac Day admirably with personal and intense responses to the tragedy of war.

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