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Festive fare from the Auckland Philharmonia

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Reviewed at Holy Trinity Cathedral, Auckland on 15 December 2012
Manfredini, Christmas Concerto, Op.3 no.12
Handel, Messiah, HWV 56: And the Glory of the Lord
Handel, Messiah, HWV 56: I know that my redeemer liveth
Vaughan Williams, Five variants of Dives and Lazarus
Howells, A Spotless Rose
Lane, Overture on French Carols
Prokofiev, Lieutenant Kije, Op.60: Troika
Tchaikovsky, The Sleeping Beauty: Waltz
Humperdinck, Hansel and Gretel: Song of the Sandman
Humperdinck, Hansel and Gretel: Evening Prayer
Massenet, The Last Sleep of the Virgin
Bizet, L'Arlésienne, Suite no. 2: Farandole (Farandole)
Gounod, Ave Maria
Rutter, Angels' Carol
Rutter, I Saw Three Ships
Coleridge-Taylor, The Forest of Wild Thyme: Christmas Overture (arr. Baynes)
Gruber, Stille Nacht (Silent Night)
Auckland Philharmonia
The Graduate Choir NZ
Kenneth Young, Conductor
Anna Leese, Soprano
Dimitri Atanassov, Violin
Eliah Sakakushev-von Bismarck, Cello
Opening the doors of memory: a haunting Bluebeard’s Castle in Auckland
****1
Into the labyrinth: opera and community in The Monster in the Maze
****1
Stunning direction elevates New Zealand Opera's La bohème
***11
Fine singing but messy staging: Le Comte Ory at New Zealand Opera
***11
Disappointing Bach in Auckland
**111
Brandenburg Echoes in Auckland
****1
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