Chamber Music New Zealand – Einstein’s Universe – 5.30 p.m.

Middleton Grange School Performing Arts Centre 27 Arthur Street, Upper Riccarton, Christchurch, New Zealand

Chamber Music New Zealand presents: Einstein's Universe at 5.30 p.m. Talk by Royal Society of New Zealand and then a Concert at 8.00 p.m. Tickets can be purchased from Ticketek.

Operatunity – The Great Crooners – 11.00 a.m. to 12.30 p.m.

La Vida Centre 34a Hansons Lane, Upper Riccarton, Christchurch, New Zealand

Sit back and relax to the fabulous music of the Crooners - Bing Crosby, Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin, Doris Day, Rosemary Clooney - they can't make it but their music can. Crooning was a dominant popular vocal style which coincided with the advent of radio broadcasting.  The microphone made possible the more personal style, Rudy...

$30.00

Christopher’s Classics Series XVIII – Tresoli Piano Trio with Donald Maurice – 8.00 p.m.

St Augustines Church Cracroft Terrace, Cashmere, Christchurch, New Zealand

Programme: Smetana: Piano Trio in G Minor, Op15; Martin: Trio on Popular Irish Folk Tunes Interval Anthony Ritchie: The Pelog Quartet Faure: Piano Quartet, No. 1 in C minor, Op 15 Music specially composed for the Tresoli Piano Trio by Christchurch raised New Zealand composer Anthony Ritchie will feature in Christopher's Classics' upcoming August programme. ...

$15 – $40

Risingholme Singers’ Concert – “Gilbert & Sullivan Special” – 2.30 p.m.

Opawa Baptist Church 285 Wilsons Road, Waltham, Christchurch, New Zealand

Risingholme Singers will perform a "Gilbert & Sullivan Special" on Sunday 11th August at 2.30 p.m.  Music includes;  HMS Pinafore, Pirates of Penzance, The Mikado and The Gondoliers.  Musical Director is Chris Graham. Ticket prices at Adults $10.00 and children free.  Tickets available at the door. For further information contact: jwillmott@xtra.co.nz; telephone: 388 3235

$10

Canterbury Philharmonia Orchestra presents “A Space Odyssey” – 2.30 p.m.

Villa Maria College Auditorium 21 Peer Street, Upper Riccarton, Christchurch, New Zealand

Canterbury Philharmonia Orchestra presents "A Space Odyssey" on Sunday 18th August at 2.30 p.m. with conductor Mark Hodgkinson and guests Heaton Intermediate Chorale Venue is Villa Maria College Auditorium, 21 Peer Street, Upper Riccarton. Tickets are available at the door: $15,00, Under 18 $5.00 www.canterburyphilharmonia.org.nz Programme: Strauss: Also Sprach Zarathustra (excerpt) Holst: Jupiter and Mars...

$5 – $18

CBS Music presents Mozart Requiem – 3.00 p.m.

Internationally renowed opera stars will generously contribute to a performance of the Mozart Requiem in St Mary's Pro Cathedral on Sunday August 25th at 3.00 p.m.  All proceeds will contribute to a set of rooms alongside the Pro-Cathedral which will provide rehearsal, storage and administration space for the Cathedral Choir and Orchestra for the immediate...

$15 – $20

Operatunity – The Greatest Song Ever Written – 11.00 a.m. to 12.30 p.m.

La Vida Centre 34a Hansons Lane, Upper Riccarton, Christchurch, New Zealand

Everyone has a favourite song, the one they consider is the greatest song every written.  Now it is your chance to be part of choosing the content for an Operatunity show by nominating your favourite song.  The 24 most nominated songs will feature in our Daytime Concert Series extravaganza of song, celebrating the Greatest Song...

$30.00