Chosen and Beloved

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Event Chosen and Beloved
Venue Michael Fowler Centre, Wellington, New Zealand
Umbrella Event New Zealand Festival of the Arts 2020
First Date 21 February 2020
Opening Date 21 February 2020
Last Date 21 February 2020
Dates Estimated No
Status Professional
World Premiere No
Description The 2020 Festival opens with an unforgettable live orchestral art experience. Henryk Górecki’s phenomenally popular Symphony No. 3 has special reverence for Lemi Ponifasio – both as a piece of music that fuelled his early creation as a dancer and choreographer, and as a work that has taken on new meaning for him since 15 March 2019, when New Zealand changed forever.

The New Zealand Symphony Orchestra and Syrian soprano Racha Rizk are conducted by Kristjan Järvi and joined by MAU Wāhine for this evening of transcendent music, welcome, reflection and celebration – where we, the living, greet
Description Source Programme
Primary Genre Music Theatre
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Organisations
Contributors
Name Function Notes
Lemi Ponifasio Choreographer
Henryk Górecki Composer
Kristjan Jarvi Conductor
Lemi Ponifasio Creator
Lemi Ponifasio Curator
Lemi Ponifasio Designer
Lemi Ponifasio Director
Susana Lei'ataua Production Manager
Racha Rizk Singer
Helen Todd Technical Director
Works
Text Nationality Estonia
New Zealand
United States of America
Syria
Production Nationality Estonia
New Zealand
United States of America
Syria
Event Status Completed
Data Source
Source Description
Web https://www.festival.nz/events/all/chosen-and-beloved/
Programme New Zealand Festival of the Arts 2020 programme
Data Set AusStage
Event Identifier 153812