The University of Auckland School of Music is proud to present Strike, a free concert by the acclaimed University of Auckland Chamber Choir.

Conducted by Karen Grylls (ONZM), the choir will present the New Zealand premiere of the little match girl passion (2007) by David Lang. Awarded the Pulitzer Prize in 2008, the work is based on Hans Christian Andersen's story The Little Match Girl.

The choir will also present several shorter works by Renaissance and contemporary composers, conducted by students of the School of Music

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PROGRAMME:

Arcadelt: Il bianco e dolce
Bach: Come sweet death
Gallus: Ecce quomodo moritur justus
Isaac: Innsbruck, ich muss dich lassen
Leek: Kondalilla
Pedersen: Jesus gjør meg stille
Lang: the little match girl passion

Karen Grylls | Conductor
Robert Wiremu | Assistant Conductor, Language Coach
Catrin Johnsson | Director, Language Coach
Ebony Andrew | The Little Match Girl
Ting Ting Foster | Percussion
Arthur Adams-Close, Sid Chand, Takerei Komene, Jared Corbett, Costa Simpson | Student conductors

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