30 May – 28 November 2026
Michael Fowler Centre
With the overarching theme of ‘collaborations’, Orchestra Wellington is looking forward to bringing people together with their 2026 concerts. A dazzling array of musicians, all at the top of their game, will collaborate with the local orchestra. These include the New Zealand String Quartet, NZTrio, Ballet Collective Aotearoa, four brass bands, and many choirs and soloists.
The orchestra is not just going big with the number of performers, but with the sheer scale of the works presented. Wellington audiences will get to hear Leonard Bernstein’s Chichester Psalms, Hector Berlioz’s Requiem Grand Messe des Morts, and Carl Nielsen’s Symphony 4.
Beloved New Zealand chamber music group, the NZTrio, collaborates with the orchestra on Beethoven's Triple Concerto for Violin, Cello, and Piano. Kiwi composer Victoria Kelly premieres a new work based on an Antarctic trip.
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