Auckland Youth Orchestra
AYO - Auckland Youth Orchestra - BEETHOVEN 9th SYMPHONY
Join us in this exciting concert celebrating Auckland Youth Orchestra’s 75th anniversary!
Mendelssohn: Verleih uns Frieden (Grant us Thy Peace) conducted by Michael McLellan, performed by the Auckland Youth Choir, directed by David Squire. The work is a graceful and romantic prayer for peace.
Guilmant: Symphony No. 1 for Organ & Orchestra Soloist: Nicholas Forbes.
This flamboyant symphony is Guilmant’s most popular work!
Beethoven: Symphony No.9 with Auckland Youth Choir, directed by David Squire, and well-known soloists Morag Atchison, Catrin Johnsson, Jack Bourke and James Harrison.
A performance of this symphony can never be an ordinary event – and it includes the famous “Ode to Joy”.
MUSIC DIRECTOR, AYO - Antun Poljanich
MUSIC DIRECTOR, AYC - David Squire
Auckland Youth Orchestra (est. 1948)
AYO is a full symphony orchestra comprised of 75 of Auckland's most talented young musicians (ages 14-26). For 75 years it has been training such musicians in the skills of orchestral playing, bridging the gap between high school orchestras and adult professional orchestras.