Auckland Philharmonia & the New Zealand Community Trust present:
PhilharMania! A concert for 6-12 year olds In association with Auckland Zoo

Conductor - Marc Taddei
Narrator/Singer - Mahinarangi Tocker
Pianists - Fei Ren, Grace Francis

26 September 11:30am Auckland Town Hall
27 September 11:30am Genesis Energy Theatre, TelstraClear Pacific Events Centre, Manukau

PRICE - $12 each for both children and adults.
Bookings - Auckland philharmonia - 09 6231052.

The Ross Harris & Anthony Young works are the only new compositions. There is also a 'New Zealand' animal (the meerkat) piece that has been added to Saint-Saëns' Carnival of the Animals.

Ross Harris (music) Mahinarangi Tocker (text ) ROIMATA
Roimata is a New Zealand story about a girl who uses the world of fantasy, and her love of the night time, to cope with the "real world" that she lives in. Beautifully set to music by Auckland Philharmonia composer Ross Harris and performed and sung by Mahinarangi Tocker, this new composition will evoke the sights and sounds of our very own New Zealand.

Gordon Jacob The Barber of Seville Goes to the Devil
A light-hearted, brilliant parody of Rossini's famous overture to The Barber of Seville.

Anthony Young Concertino for Bugs:
< I: Giant Weta. II: Giant Snails. III: Spiders in Caves. IV: Peripatus.

Saint-Saëns Carnival of Animals
A herd of Lions, Elephants, Kangaroos, Cuckoo birds and Tortoises?! That's what you get in Camille Saint-Saëns legendary Carnival of the Animals, a work that uses the many different instruments of the orchestra to sound like animals in the wild. A real musical zoo on stage!! Make sure to visit www.aucklandphil.co.nz before you go to the concert for a fun interactive game about Carnival of the Animals.

Plus -
The Music Zoo An interactive display and demonstration of instruments - and their players. One hour before, and half an hour after shows.