Performing Arts Event – A Tuba Comes to Town

Ryan is also the conductor of this concert which is Resonance Ensemble’s third shot at scheduling the Tuba Concerto after both previous attempts had to be cancelled because of covid-related trans-Tasman travel restrictions.

The concerto, which has considerable and spectacular audience appeal, was originally written for Thomas while he was still a school student in Christchurch, and which he played with the NZ Secondary Schools Symphony Orchestra in Auckland. 

Tony Ryan describes the revision of his concerto as an almost complete re-write which recognises the exceptionally advanced virtuoso and musical abilities of this now widely-experienced soloist, and the talented players of the Resonance Ensemble orchestra.

Also on Sunday’s programme is Otto Nicolai’s colourful and vivacious Overture to his Shakespearian opera The Merry Wives of Windsor, and two even more well-known works by Scandinavian composers: Norwegian composer Edvard Grieg’s Holberg Suite showcases Resonance Ensemble’s superb string section, while Sibelius’s tone poem Finlandia is

not only one of his finest works, but a gloriously patriotic and emotional declaration of his homeland’s national culture in the face of Russian oppression.

All of these works will come to life with Resonance Ensemble’s usual flair and dynamism in the stunning acoustic of Christchurch’s wonderful concert venue, The Piano, at 3.00pm on Sunday 4 December.

• Resonance Ensemble – A Tuba Comes to Town Conductor: Tony Ryan
• Soloist: Thomas Allely (Tuba)
• At The Piano, 156 Armagh Street, Christchurch Sunday 4 December, 3.00pm

Book at Humanitix: https://events.humanitix.com/resonance-ensemble-tuba More details at: https://www.resonance.net.nz/

and https://thepiano.nz/events/a-tuba-comes-to-town-resonance-ensemble/