Lamb & Hayward Masterworks: The Curtain Raiser


Saturday 1 March 2025, Christchurch Town Hall

Benjamin Northey – Chief Conductor

Jerome Kavanagh Poutama – Taonga puoro



Anna Meredith – Nautilus

Salina Fisher & Jerome Kavanagh Poutama – Papatūānuku

Rachmaninov – Symphony No. 2 in E minor Op. 27

Pre-Concert Talk

6.40pm – 7.10pm 30mins

Ron Ball Studio, Level 1, Christchurch Town Hall

Aotearoa New Zealand composer Salina Fisher and Grammy award-winning taonga puoro Māori practitioner and composer Jerome Kavanagh Poutama, who co-composed Papatūānuku in 2023, will join CSO CEO Graham Sattler for a pre-concert talk ahead of this Saturday’s performance. Jerome will also feature as soloist in the concert, performing 19 different taonga puoro (Māori traditional instruments). This pre-concert talk is free and open to all ticketholders.

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