Operatunity – Opera to Popera – 11.00am to 12.30 p.m.

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

This concert showcases the best of the traditional operatic repertoire which today is featured in adverts, movies, or in sports events that have made these great parts of our every day musical life, coupled with popera which encompasses the crossover songs that have been made famous in more recent times by the likes of Andre...

$30.00

The National Concerto Competition Final – 7.30 p.m.

Burnside High School Aurora Centre 151 Greers Road, Christchurch, New Zealand

The National Concerto Competition Final is being held on Saturday 9th March 2013 at 7.30 p.m. in the Aurora Centre Burnside High School. The finalists are: Kent Isomura (Auckland) - Shostakovich Piano Concerto No. 2 Stephen Watson (Christchurch) - Liszt Piano Concerto No. 2 Andrew Leathwick (Hamilton) - Prokofiev Piano Concerto No. 3  

$10 – $30

The Nut Point Centre – The NPC Annual SPCA Fund Raiser – 12 pm

The NPC Annual SPCA Fund Raiser Fiona Pears Anatoly Zelinsky - Viola Veronica Van der Knaap - Piano Lunch, Wine and Afternnon Tea donated by: The Nut Point, Pak n Save and Sandihurst Winery Concert, Lunch including wine and afternoon tea is $45.00 per person. 100% fund raiser - NO EXPENSES DEDUCTED For tickets telephone:...

$45.00

CBS Music – Stabat Mater – 3.00 p.m.

A performance of Pergolesi's Stabat Mater to mark the Lenten season will be the highlight of a concert at 3.00 p.m. on Sunday 10th March 2013 in the St Mary's Pro-Cathedral. The Stabat Mater has been widely performed and become very popular since its completion in the early eighteenth century by Pergolesi shortly before his...

Free with a Retiring Collection

Woolston Brass – Whistle-Stop Tour – 7.00 p.m.

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

Join us in a unique concert experience as we perform with David Morris - the Whistling World Champion. David hails from England.  Having performed with some of the best brass bands and orchestras in the United Kingdom he now brings his tremendous talent to our shores.  Originally a cornet player now a professional whistler, David...

$20.00

Christopher’s Classics Series XVIII 2013 – New Zealand String Quartet – 8.00 p.m.

Church of St Michael and All Angels 84-90 Oxford Terrace, Christchurch, New Zealand

Programme: Beethoven - String Trio in G Op 9, No1; John Ritchie - String Quartet; Dvorak - String Quartet in F Op96 'American' Christopher's Classics' New Zealand String Quartet programmes features Christchurch born Martin Riseley in place of first violinist Helene Pohl, who is withdrawing from work temporarily due to injury.  We offer our sympathy...

Operatunity Evening Concert Series – Rock the 50s, 60s and 70s with Tom Sharplin and Friends – 7.30 p.m.

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

Tom Sharplin, New Zealand's King of Rock & Roll with numerous appearances in the top 20 charts presents this show of fabulour music from the 50s, 60s & 70s.  Joined by special guests, including Operatunity favourite Tamsyn Miller, this will be a high energy show guaranteed to get the toes tapping.  Supported by Tom's own...

$45.00

CBS Choir – J.S. Bach – St John Passion – 8.00 p.m.

J.S. Bach's St John Passion will be performed at 8.00 p.m. on Good Friday, 29th March 2013 in St Mary's Pro-Cathedral, Manchester Street.  Written for Good Friday in 1723, the Passion is a compact and intensely dramatic setting of St John's description of Christ's last hours. The CBS Junior Choir will join the Cathedral Choir...