Past Events
This page links to concert programmes and photos from past events.
- 2024 Dec Proms
- 2024 Sept Symphony weekend - Mussorgsky Pictures at Exhibition, Rimsky-Korsakov
- 2024 August South Pacific in Concert - Lower Hutt and Raumati
- 2024 May Changing Worlds
- 2023 Dec Stocking Fillers
- 2023 Sep Symphony Weekend - Copland Rodeo, Tchaikovsky 1812 Overture
- 2023 July Invitation to the Dance
- 2023 May From the Highlands to the Caucasus
- 2022 Dec Christmas Cracker 2022
- 2022 Sep Symphony Weekend - Borodin no 2, Tchaikovsky Marche Slave
- 2022 July Winter Warmers
- 2022 May Iconic Classics
- 2021 Dec Christmas Cracker 2021
- 2021 August Grand Aria
- 2021 May Escape to Bohemia
- 2020 Nov Afternoon in Europe
- 2020 Sep Symphony weekend- Sibelius no 2, Verdi Nabucco, Borodin Polovtsian Dances
- 2020 Aug Bolero
- 2019 Dec Christmas Cracker 2019 - Strauss, Nicolai, Movie selections, Carols
- 2019 Sep Symphony Weekend - Dvorak no 9 and Merry Wives of Windsor Overture
- 2019 Aug Organ and Orchestra Spectacular
- 2019 May Violin Concerto Plus
- 2018 Dec Christmas Cracker 2018
- 2018 Oct Symphony Weekend - Dvorak no 8 and Verdi Force of Destiny Overture
- 2018 Aug An English Country Garden
- 2018 May An afternoon in Spain
- 2018 Feb Summer in the Dowse.
- 2017 Nov A Cracker of a Dance.
- 2017 Sep Berlioz Workshop.
- 2017 July French Flair.
- 2017 April Home and Abroad.
- 2017 Feb Summer in the Dowse.
- 2016 Nov Tchaikovsky no5 and the Proms.
- 2016 Aug Symphonic Workshop - Shostakovich 10th
- 2016 July Haydn at St James
- 2016 Apr My Fair Lady
- 2016 Feb Summer in the Dowse
- 2015 Dec Another Christmas Cracker
- 2015 Oct Orchestral Fantasy
- 2015 Sept Symphony Weekend - Tchaikovsky, Symphony 6
- 2015 May South Pacific in Concert
- 2015 Jan Outdoor in Dowse Square
- 2014 Nov A Christmas Cracker
- 2014 Sept Symphony Weekend - Holst The Planets
- 2014 July Ludwig Plays Beethoven
- 2014 April Tales from Arabian Nights
- 2013 Nov HVO in Hollywood
- 2013 Aug Mahler 1st Symphony Weekend
- 2013 June Marimba in Spain.
- 2013 April Ludwig in Russia.
- 2012 Nov/Dec. Last Night at the Proms.
- 2012 Sept Beethoven 9th Symphony Weekend
- 2012 June Wings of Song. (Cantala choir)
- 2012 May Opera and Concerto
- 2011 Dec Humoresque
- 2011 Aug Symphonic Workshop Weekend
- 2011 June Viola Concerto plus Gallery Orchestra
- 2011 April Clarinet Concerto
- 2010 Nov Proms Concert
- 2010 Aug. Symphony Workshop Weekend
- 2010 July, Trip to America
- 2010 March, Suite Serenades
- 2009 Nov, Once Upon a Tune
- 2009 Aug, Symphony Workshop Weekend
- 2009 June, From the Musicians Gallery
- 2009 Mar, Tutus and a Tenor
- 2008 Nov, Movie Concert
- 2008 Aug, Symphony Workshop
- 2008 June, Beethoven meets Barbershop Concert
- 2008 April, 50th Anniversary Concert
- 2007 Nov, Proms Concert
- 2007 July, Double Delight Concert
- 2007 Sept, Symphony Workshop Weekend
- 2007 May, Saxophone Concert
December 2024. Proms
Programme:Verdi, Kirkup, Mozart, Williams, Bizet, Mussorgsky, Badelt, Willcocks, Wood, Parry, Elgar
Links : archived programme and event commentary
September 6th - 8th 2024. Symphony Weekend: Mussorgsky and Rimsky-Korsakov
Programme:Mussorgsky: Pictures at an Exhibition
Rimsky-Korsakov: Russian Easter Festival, Overture
Links : archived programme and event commentary
August 2024. South Pacific
Programme:Rogers and Hammerstein musical in concert
Links : archived programme and event commentaries August 4 and August 24
May 19th 2024. Changing Worlds
Programme:Prokofiev, De Beriot, Ritchie, Silvestrov, Tchaikovsky
Links : archived programme and event commentary.
December 3rd 2023. Stocking Fillers
Programme:Delibes, Mozart, Britten, Greene, Kirkup, Adam, Rutter, Ritchie, Lloyd Webber, Peery, Anderson
Links : archived programme and event commentary.
September 22nd - 24th 2023. Symphony Weekend Copland, Tchaikovsky
Programme:Copland Rodeo, Tchaikovksy 1812 Overture
Links : archived programme and event commentary.
July 22nd 2023. Invitation to the Dance
Programme:Saint-saëns, Shostakovich, Brahms, Piazzolla, Strauss, Farquhar
Links : archived programme and event commentary.
May 7th 2023. From the Highlands to the Caucasus
Programme:MacCunn, Khachaturian, Delius, Vaughan Williams, Ippolitov-Ivanov
Links : archived programme and event commentary.
December 4th 2022. Christmas Cracker 2022
Programme:Tchaikovsky, Vivaldi, Prokofiev, Sheldon, Rutter, Vaughan Williams, Willcocks, Adolphe Adams.
Links : archived programme and event commentary.
September 2nd - 4th 2022. Symphony Weekend Borodin, Tchaikovsky
Programme:Borodin Symphony no 2, movts 1, 3 and 4, Tchaikovsky Marche Slave
Links : archived programme and event commentary.
July 31st 2022. Winter Warmers
Programme:Sibelius, Bizet, Satie, Grieg, Beethoven, Elgar, Dvorak
Links : archived programme and event commentary.
May 1st 2022. Iconic Classics
Programme:Mozart Symphony , von Suppë, Lilburn
Links : archived programme and event commentary.
December 11th 2021. Christmas Cracker 2021
Programme:Shostakovich, Khachaturian, Bizet, Drummond-Nairn, Corelli, Klaus Badelt and Christmas pieces
Links : archived programme and event commentary.
August 7th 2021. Grand Aria
Programme:Mozart, Bizet, Verdi, Donizett, Puccini, Gounod
Links : archived programme and event commentary.
May 2nd 2021. Escape to Bohemia
Programme:Dvorak, Smetana
Links : archived programme and event commentary.
November 29th 2020. Afternoon in Europe
Programme:Verdi, Dvorak, Grieg, Borodin
Links : archived programme and event commentary.
September 11th - 13th 2020. Symphony workshop Sibelius, Verdi, Borodin
Programme:Verdi Nabucco Overture, Sibelius Sympnony no 2 Finale, Borodin Polovtsian Dances
Links : archived programme and event commentary.
August 2nd 2020. Bolero
Programme:Berlioz, Saints Saëns, Debussy, Ravel.
Links : archived programme and event commentary.
December 1st 2019. Christmas Cracker 2019
Programme:Strauss, Nicolai, Movie music and Christmas songs.
Links : archived programme and event commentary.
September 20th - 22nd 2019. Symphony workshop Dvorak, Nicolai
Programme:Dvorak Symphony No 9, Nicolai Merry Wives of Windsor Overture
Links : archived programme and event commentary.
August 25th 2019. Organ and Orchestra Spectacular
Programme:Saint Saëns, Dvorak, Rheinberger, Boëllmann, Elgar, Bruckner, Sousa, Frank, Lefébure-Wely, Guilmant.
Links : archived programme and event commentary.
May 5th 2019. Violin Concerto Plus
Programme:Beethoven, Saint Saëns, Gluck, Offenbach
Links : archived programme and event commentary.
December 2nd 2018. Christmas Cracker 2018
Programme:Strauss, Prokofiev, John Williams, Delibes, Leroy Anderson, Willcocks, Klaus Badelt
Links : archived programme and event commentary.
October 19th -21st 2018. Symphony workshop Dvorak, Verdi
Programme:Dvorak Symphony No 8, Verdi Force of Destiny Overture
Links : archived programme and event commentary.
August 5th, 2018. An English Country Garden
Programme:Elgar, Britten, Vaughan Williams, Arnold, Grainger, Coates
Links : archived programme and event commentary.
May 6th, 2018. An Afternoon in Spain
Programme:Rossini, De Falla and Bizet
Links : archived programme and event commentary.
February 3rd, 2018. Summer in the Dowse
Planned programme:Tchaikovsky, Khachaturian, Shostakovich, Johann Strauss
Gusting wind and rain forced the cancellation of this event.
Links : archived programme but no event commentary.
November 18th, 2017. Cracker of a Dance
Programme:Tchaikovsky, Greig, Khachaturian, Shostakovich, Copland, Strauss.
Links : archived programme and event commentary.
September 1-3rd, 2017. Berlioz Workshop
Programme:Berlioz Symphonie Fantastique, Movements 1, 4 and 5
Links : archived programme and event commentary.
July 15th, 2017. French Flair
Programme:Suppé, Saint-Saëns, Franck
Links : archived programme and event commentary.
April 8th, 2017. Home and Abroad
Programme:Suppé, Vaughan Williams, Kelly, Pruden, Farquhar.
Links : archived programme and event commentary.
February 11th, 2017. Summer in the Dowse
Programme:Snippets from previous occasions, especially the brass and timpani scored pieces that
survive an open area. Imperial March, Pomp and Circumstance, etc..
Links : archived programme and event commentary.
November 19th, 2016. Proms 2016
Programme:Tchaikovsky's Symphony No. 5, plus Proms. Pascale Orchard soloist.
Links : archived programme and event commentary.
August 12 - 14th, 2016. Shostakovich 10 Symphony Weekend
Programme:Shostakovich 10th Symphony.
Links : archived programme and event commentary.
July 2nd, 2016. Haydn at St James
Programme:Haydn Trumpet Concerto followed by the Surprise Symphony.
Links : archived programme and event commentary.
April 16th, 2016. My Fair Lady
Programme:My Fair Lady, semi-staged. "A triumph"
Links : archived programme and event commentary.
February 13th, 2016. Summer in the Dowse
Programme:Snippets from previous occasions, and an intro to My Fair Lady.
Links : archived programme and event commentary.
December 5th, 2015. Another Christmas Cracker
Programme:Christmas and other music, along with Gallery Orchestra
Links : archived programme and event commentary.
October 31, 2015. Orchestral Fantasy
Programme:Night on Bald Mountain, In the Hall of the Mountain King, scary and pseudo scary pieces.
Links : archived programme and event commentary.
July 31 to Aug 2nd, 2015. Symphony Workshop - Tchaikovsky 6th
Programme:Piotr Tchaikovsky's "Pathétique" Symphony No 6
Links : archived programme and event commentary.
May 9, 2015. South Pacific in Concert
Programme:The Rogers and Hammerstein Musical with everything erxcept the props and curtains.
Links : archived programme and event commentary.
January 31, 2015. Outdoor Concert in Dowse Square
Programme:Reprise of Thieving Magpie, Bolero and the Nutcracker Suite.
Links : archived programme and event commentary.
November 29, 2014. A Christmas Cracker
Programme:Bolero, Nutcracker etc., and specially composed " A Christmas Cracker".
Links : archived programme and event commentary.
September 5th to 7th, 2014. Symphony Workshop - Holst's Planets
Programme:Gustav Holst's "The Planets" All seven of them.
Links : archived programme and event commentary.
July 27th, 2014. Ludwig Plays Beethoven
Programme:Beethoven First Symphony, 3Keys Intermezzo, Emperor Concerto.
Links : archived programme and event commentary.
April 5th, 2014. Tales from Arabian Nights
Programme:Prokofiev Montagues and Capulets, then Rimsky-Korsakov's Scheherazade.
Links : archived programme and event commentary.
November 23rd & 24th, 2013. HVO in Hollywood
Programme:A series of Movie Themes, with movie clips in the second half.
Links : archived programme and event commentary.
August 2nd - 4th, 2013. Symphony Workshop - Mahler's First
Programme:Mahler's First Symphony. Written in the 1880s, but revised through to 1898.
Links : archived programme and event commentary.
June 22nd, 2013. Marimba in Spain
Programme:Elgar, Bizet, Bach and Sejourne: orchestra only. Yoshiko playing Childrens Songs (Keiko Abe) then the Castel-Tedesco Concerto.
Links : archived programme and event commentary.
April 6th, 2013. Ludwig in Russia
Programme:Prokofiev, Tchaikovsky and Shostakovich orchestra only, plus
Ludwig Treviranus playing Rachmaninov - Rhapsody on a theme of Paganini
Links : archived programme and event commentary.
November 24th, 2012. Last Night of the Proms
Programme:Sibelius, Delius, Vaughn Williams, Catalini, Dvorak, Grieg and then the second half.
With soprano Megan Corby as soloist. Second concert in Carterton, at its Events Centre.
Links : archived programme and event commentary.
September 7th-9th, 2012. Workshop: Beethoven's 9th
Programme:Beethoven's 9th, the Choral Symphony.
Links : archived programme and event commentary.
June 6th, 2012. Wings of Song. With Cantala Choir
Programme:Finlandia and The Magic Toyshop.
Ave Maria, Herbstlied, Maiglockchen und die Blumelein, Rolling in the Deep
Links : archived programme and event commentary.
May 5th, 2012. Double Concert: Opera & Concerto
Programme:Melanie Lina playing Rachmaninoff's 3rd Concerto. The Mascagni's Cavalleria Rusticana.
Links : archived programme and event commentary.
December 3rd, 2011. Final Concert: Humouresque
Programme:A wide range of humourous items, with 5 singers, a recorder player and a typewriter. Not at the same time, but usually with the orchestra
Links : archived programme and event commentary.
August 26-28th, 2011. Symphonic Weekend
Programme:Pilgrim's March (Luther), Prélude à l'après-midi d'un faune (Debussy),
and the Firebird Suite (Stravinsky).
Links : archived programme and event commentary.
June 18th, 2011. Viola Concerto plus Gallery Orchestra
Programme:First half: Gallery playing Corelli and Chattanooga then HVO playing Bizet. In the second, John Roxburgh playing the Hill viola concerto, then 3 pieces by combined orchestras.
Links : archived programme and event commentary.
April 2nd, 2011. Clarinet Concerto
Programme:Schubert and Ravel in the first half, and Mozart's Clarinet Concerto in the second.
Links : archived programme and event commentary.
November 20th, 2010. Proms Concert
Programme:Delius and Elgar in the first half, and the traditional 'Last Night at the Proms' pieces in the second.
Links : archived programme and event commentary.
August 27th 2010. Shostakovich 5th (Workshop weekend)
Programme:Shostakovich's 5th Symphony.
Links : archived programme and event commentary.
July 3rd, 2010. Trip to America
Programme:Set of 12 short pieces, but Cage, Mayerl, Gershwin, Kander, Grofe, Copland
and others, including three jazz songs sung by Bonnie Riley.
Links : archived programme and event commentary.
March 27th, 2010. Suite Serenades
Programme:Schubert - Overture to the Rosemunde
Strauss - Serenade for Winds in Eb
Brahms - Serenade No. 1
Arnold - Little Suite for Orchestra
Links : archived programme and event commentary.
November 27 and 29th, 2009. Once Upon a Tune
Programme:Mozart - Overture to the Magic Flute
Khachaturian - Spartacus Suite #2
Coates - The Three Bears
Mars - Bringer of War
Prokofiev - Peter and the Wolf
Links : archived programme and event commentary.
August 9th, 2009. Symphony Workshop Concert
Programme:Brahms - 4th Symphony
Brahms - Hungarian Dance No. 5
Links : archived programme and event commentary.
June 21st, 2009. Double Orchestra Concert
"From the Musician's Gallery"Programme:
hvo
Suppe. Poet and Peasant Overture.
Schubert. Unfinished Symphony
Gallery
Handel. Music for Royal Fireworks
ABBA. Selection of their Music
Combined
Smetana. Polka from the Bartered bride
Mascagni. Intermezzo from Cavallerio Rusticana
Links : archived programme and event commentary.
March 28th, 2009. Tutus and a Tenor Concert
Programme:Grieg. Peer Gynt
Puccini aria. Soprano Dani Yourukova
Lilburn. Four Canzonas
Mozart and Verdi arias. Tenor Michael Gray
Tchaikovsky. SWan Lake.
Links : archived programme and event commentary.
November 15th, 2008. Concert on Movie Themes
Programme:Themes: Star Wars, Star Trek, Titanic, Forrest Gump,
Gladiator, Chicago, Psycho and The Fellowship of the Ring.
Accompanying the music were short segments from each of the movies. (Except Titanic. To avoid an extraordinary surcharge, a mix of stills and home movie was shown instead. )
Links : archived programme and event commentary.
August 10th, 2008. Symphony Workshop Concert
Programme:Beethoven - Egmont Overture
Dvorak - Symphony 9, From the New World
Links : archived programme and event commentary.
June 15th, 2008. Barbershop Beethoven Concert
Soloist - Ludvig
Treviranus
Faultline Chorus singing Barbershop.
Programme:Symphony 9, 3rd movement - Beethoven
Symphony 7, 2rd movement - Beethoven
Acappella Barbershop from Faultline
Piano Concerto 5, 1st movement - Beethoven
Barbershop quartets and full chorus pieces
Faultline and Orchestra combined.
Links : archived programme and event commentary.
April 19th, 2008. 50th Anniversary Concert
Soloist on Marimba -
Yoshiko Tsuruta
Premiere - Recipe for Disaster - Claire
Cowan
Programme:Wedding Day at Troldhaugen - Grieg
Marimba Concerto - Ney Rosauro
Recipe for Disaster - Claire Cowan
Karelia Suite - Sibellius
Links : archived programme and event commentary.
November 18th, 2007. Proms concert.
Soloist singer -
Allison Cormack
Choir - Hutt Valley Singers
Programme:Dambusters March - Eric Coates
Greensleeves - Vaughan Williams
Aria - with Soprano
By the Sleepy Lagoon - Eric Coates
Hallelujah - Handel - with Choir
Pomp and Circumstance Military Marches #2,3,4 - Elgar
'Pace, pace mio dio' Aria - Verdi - with Soprano
Jerusalem - Hubert Parry - with Choir
Anvil Chorus - Verdi - with Choir
Nimrod - Elgar
Rule Britannia - with Choir & Soprano
Links: none. This concert pre-dated the creation of our website.
September 7-9th, 2007. Symphony Workshop Weekend
This ran from Friday night to Sunday afternoon. Orchestral players from central New Zealand came to learn a new piece, with sectional tuition from eminent New Zealand based players. The symphony was Tchaikovsky's 5th.There is a YouTube Video of the concert. (7 minutes. Lots of megabytes. Better be on broadband.)
July 18th, 2007. Double delight concert.
Both hvo and Tawa Orchestras were performing.Programme:
Hutt Valley Concert Orchestra
Beethoven Piano Concerto #1, Soloist Ludwig Treviranus
Tawa Orchestra – conductor Ted Aspey
Masquerade Waltz by A. Khachaturian
Pomp and Circumstance No. 2 by Edward Elgar
Moonlight Serenade - from the Glen Miller selection
Joint orchestras performance
Homage March, Grieg. Conductor Brent Stewart
Nimrod from Elgar’s Enigma Variations. Conductor Ted Aspey
Emperor Valse, Johann Strauss. Conductor Ted Aspey
May 18th, 2007. First Brent Stewart concert
Soloist: Simon Drew, Saxophone.
Programme:Drysdale overture - Douglas Lilburn
Concerto for Alto Saxophone - John Ritchie
Solost Simon Brew.
Gymnopedies I & II - Erik Satie (orch. Debussy)
Symphony 8 - Beethoven
November 18th, 2006. Stuart Douglas farewell concert.
Soloist - singer Wendy Kale
Programme:Ring Round the Moon - David Farquhar
Overture, Marriage of Figaro - Mozart
Two arias from Marriage of Figaro - Mozart
Soloist: Wendy Kale
Enigma selection - Elgar
Les Biches (ballet music) - Poulenc
Two arias from Cosi fan Tutte - Mozart
Soloist: Wendy Kale