# Event Details

- **Event Name**: The New Zealand Herald Premier Series: Midsummer Night's Dream
- **Event Start and End Date**: Thu, 23 Apr, 2026 at 09:30 am (+12:00)
- **Event Description**: Conductor – Olari Elts
Piano – Sylvia Jiang
Trumpet – Huw Dann

Weber – Oberon: Overture
Shostakovich – Piano Concerto No.1
Brigid Ursula Bisley – Illumination
Mendelssohn – A Midsummer Night’s Dream (selections)

Mendelssohn, unbelievably, was just 17 when he wrote his magical Overture to A Midsummer Night’s Dream. Years later, he recaptured the fairy land in his gossamer music for the entire play. Auckland Phil will perform a selection of highlights, including the beloved Wedding March. And the concert opens with an extra thematic treat in the Overture to Oberon, Weber's only English opera.

Auckland’s own Sylvia Jiang joins our Principal Trumpet Huw Dann for Shostakovich’s gleefully crazy concerto. It’s uproarious music from a high-spirited young man.

Kiwi connections continue after the interval with New Zealand composer Brigid Ursula Bisley’s music – an illumination of distant stars and far horizons, with undercurrents of darkness.
- **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/auckland/the-new-zealand-herald-premier-series-midsummer-nights-dream/200029894037319
- **Event Categories**: concerts, music, entertainment
- **Interested Audience**: 
  - total_interested_count: 13

## Ticket Details

- **Ticket URL**: https://aucklandphil.nz/concert/midsummer-nights-dream/?utm_source=AllEvents.in&utm_medium=event-discovery-platform&utm_campaign=auckland-events

## Event venue details

- **city**: Auckland
- **state**: AU
- **country**: New Zealand
- **location**: Auckland Town Hall
- **lat**: -36.852765033122
- **long**: 174.76312085165
- **full address**: Auckland Town Hall, Auckland, New Zealand

## Event Organizer details

- **affiliate_id**: 2
- **organizer**: Auckland Philharmonia (https://allevents.in/org/auckland-philharmonia/22089860)

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## FAQs

- **Q**: When is the event happening?
  - **A:** Thu, 23 Apr, 2026 at 09:30 am (+12:00)
- **Q**: Where is the event happening?
  - **A:** Auckland Town Hall, Auckland, New Zealand
- **Q**: Who is organizing the event?
  - **A:** Auckland Philharmonia
- **Q**: What type of event is this?
  - **A:** concerts, music, entertainment
- **Q**: Where can I find ticket details about The New Zealand Herald Premier Series: Midsummer Night's Dream ?
  - **A:** You can find ticket details about this event on AllEvents.

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