Interview recorded on 30 December 2022
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Tony's Latest NewsLook out for Resonance Ensemble's next concert on 30 June: Celebrating Matariki - A Cluster of New Zealand Composers (see details below and at https://www.resonance.net.nz/ )
Resonance Ensemble's very successful concert on 24 March - Spirit of the Land - explored three composers' spiritual connections to their respective homelands. The concert opened with Weber's Oberon Overture followed by two symphonic poems - Vltava and Šárka from Smetana's Ma Vlast which celebrated the 200th anniversary of the composers birth, while Sibelius' Symphony No. 3 proved to be a notable highlight for both audience and orchestra. Tony's illustrated talk called Planet Opera - A Parallel Universe was presented again on 26 March 2024 to a very enthusiastic audience from Christchurch's U3A Central at the Christchurch Art Gallery Auditorium. The CSM Sinfonia opened the Christchurch School of Music's first Soirée of 2024 to great acclaim with stunning performances of music by Bernstein and Dvořák in the fabulous acoustic of the Cashmere High School auditorium. The 2023 Schools Festival Symphony Orchestra which Tony conducted, received a very enthusiastic reception for its performances at the Christchurch Town Hall in early November with music by Stravinsky and Richard Strauss and Tony's own newest composition HAKA III - Matariki. You can watch the performances on Tony's YouTube channel. On 17 September 2023 Resonance Ensemble presented Confluence, a programme of 20th century Russian and American works, including Shostakovich's extraordinary Symphony No. 9 and a selection of Aaron Copland's Old American Songs with soprano soloist Helen Charlton. |
Don't miss Resonance Ensemble's next concert on 30 June 2024
Resonance Ensemble presents:
Celebrating Matariki
A cluster of New Zealand composers
Resonance Ensemble's next concert will comprise works by NZ composers on Sunday 30 June at The Piano in Christchurch
Douglas Lilburn - Aotearoa Overture
Pieta Hextall - Portrait
Patrick Shepherd - Waiting for Hercules
Tony Ryan - Omi-Kin-Kan
Maria Grenfell - River Mountain Sky
Philip Norman - The Juggler
Chris Adams - Symphonic Dances
Tony Ryan - Saxophone Concerto (3rd Mvt.)
Pieta Hextall - from He Ngākau Aroha:
Tane-Mahuta & Tangaroa
Traditional Maori (arr. Ryan) - Tarakihi
BOOKINGS OPEN SOON
Celebrating Matariki
A cluster of New Zealand composers
Resonance Ensemble's next concert will comprise works by NZ composers on Sunday 30 June at The Piano in Christchurch
Douglas Lilburn - Aotearoa Overture
Pieta Hextall - Portrait
Patrick Shepherd - Waiting for Hercules
Tony Ryan - Omi-Kin-Kan
Maria Grenfell - River Mountain Sky
Philip Norman - The Juggler
Chris Adams - Symphonic Dances
Tony Ryan - Saxophone Concerto (3rd Mvt.)
Pieta Hextall - from He Ngākau Aroha:
Tane-Mahuta & Tangaroa
Traditional Maori (arr. Ryan) - Tarakihi
BOOKINGS OPEN SOON
- 16 March 2024: The CSM Sinfonia orchestra performed music by Bernstein and Dvořāk
- 24 March 2024: Resonance Ensemble presented Spirit of the Land. Music by Sibelius, Smetana and Weber
- 26 March 2024: Illustrated talk at the Christchurch Art Gallery Auditorium entitled Planet Opera - A Parallel Universe
- 26 November 2023: Resonance Ensemble presented Shall We Dance? Music by Suppé, Rodgers, Elgar, Brahms, Saint-Saëns, Tchaikovsky - See photos below
- 4 November 2023: CSM Sinfonia presented a Flashmob event at Northlands shopping mall (Photos below)
- 31 October - 3 November 2023: The Chch Schools Festival Symphony Orchestra at the Christchurch Town Hall
- 17 September 2023: Resonance Ensemble presented Confluence - Music by Shostakovich, Copland, Barber and Rachmaninov
- 31 August 2023: CSM Sinfonia performed at the Aurora Festival - Music by Khachaturian, Prokofiev, Stavinsky and Márquez.
- 19 August 2023: CSM Sinfonia orchestra played music by Prokofiev and Stravinsky
- 25 June 2023: Resonance gave a concert called Danzón. Music by Khachaturian, Britten, Ginastera, Milhaud, Benjamin & Márquez.
- 17 June 2023: CSM Sinfonia orchestra performed music by Khachaturian, Gershwin and Márquez.
- 26 March 2023: Resonance Ensemble presented Outliers. Music by Rossini, Gounod, Ponchielli and Beethoven
- Tony's latest reviews can be found on Theatreview, The Press (Stuff) and on the Christopher's Classics website
Below: Resonance Ensemble's Spirit of the Land Dress Rehearsal
Below: Resonance Ensemble's Shall We Dance? Concert and Dress Rehearsal
Below - Conducting CSM Sinfonia's Flashmob at Northlands Shopping Centre on 4 November 2023
Below: Sinfonia warms up before their concert at The Charles Luney Auditiorium on 19 August
Below: Resonance Ensemble warms up before their Danzón concert at The Piano on 25 June to a full house!
Below: Resonance Ensemble rehearses with saxophone soloist Mark Walton for their Danzón concert at The Piano
Below: Resonance Ensemble presented A Tuba Comes to Town on 4 December at The Piano in Christchurch.
The highlight of this programme was the premiere of Tony's Tuba Concerto
with soloist Thomas Allely, Principal Tuba of the Queensland Symphony Orchestra
The highlight of this programme was the premiere of Tony's Tuba Concerto
with soloist Thomas Allely, Principal Tuba of the Queensland Symphony Orchestra
Below: A few pictures from CSM’s final event for 2022
Tony conducts the CSM Intermediate Symphony Orchestra and Sinfonia in music from the fifteenth century to the twenty first
Tony conducts the CSM Intermediate Symphony Orchestra and Sinfonia in music from the fifteenth century to the twenty first
Below: Tony conducts the Christchurch Schools' Music Festival Symphony Orchestra
for its hugely successful performances at the Christchurch Town Hall on 1-4 November 2022
for its hugely successful performances at the Christchurch Town Hall on 1-4 November 2022
Below: Tony's CSM Sinfonia presented a Flashmob at two Christchurch Shopping Centres (Merivale and Northlands) on 3 September 2022