2025 concert
​This was held on 20 July 2025 at the Nelson Centre of Musical Arts. 
The orchestra performed 
  • John Rimmer: Cloud Fanfares
  • Stravinsky: Firebird suite
  • Tchaikovsky: Violin concerto (soloist Dr Rachel Moxham)
​The conductor was Mark Hodgkinson
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2024 concert
This was held on 16 June 2024 at the Nelson Centre of Musical Arts.  The orchestra performed
  • Tchaikovsky:  Romeo and Juliet Overture
  • Brahms: Concerto for violin and cello (soloists Dr Osman Ozturk and Dr Catherine Kwak)
  • Prokofiev: Romeo & Juliet Suite 2​
​The conductor was José Aparicio​
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2023 Concert
This was held on 23 July 2023 at the Theatre Royal, TSB Showplace, New Plymouth.  The orchestra performed
  • Anthony Ritchie: Procession
  • Canteloube:  Baïlèro from Songs of the Auvergne (soloist Dr Frances Campbell)
  • ​Shostakovich:  Symphony 5
The conductor was Mark Hodgkinson
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2022 Concert
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This was held on 24 July 2022 at the Nelson Centre of Musical Arts.  The orchestra performed
  • Mozart: Piano concerto 24 in C minor K491 (soloist Dr Louise Webster)
  • Beethoven: Symphony 3​
 The conductor was Mark Hodgkinson
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2021 Concert
This was held on 27 June 2021 at the Nelson Centre of Musical Arts.  The orchestra performed
  • Lilburn: Drysdale overture
  • Dvořák: Cello concerto (soloist Dr Catherine Kwak)
  • Vaughan Williams: Symphony 5
 The conductor was Mark Hodgkinson
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2019 Concert
This was held on 23 June 2019 at the Dunedin Town Hall.  The orchestra performed
  • Anthony Ritchie: Hippocratic hymn - A commissioned overture
  • Brahms: Academic overture
  • Séjourné: Marimba concerto with soloist Rachel Thomas (Auckland medical student)
  • Dvořák: Symphony 9
The conductor was  Peter Adams

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2018 Concert
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This was held on 24 June 2018 at the Municipal Theatre, Napier.  The orchestra performed
  • Turina: Danzas Fantásticas
  • Schumann: Cello Concerto with soloist Paul van Houtte (Auckland Medical Student)
  • Mussorgsky: Pictures at an Exhibition
The conductor was José Aparicio

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2017 Concert
This was held on 11 June 2017 at The Piano, Christchurch.  The orchestra performed
  • Rossini: Overture to The Italian Girl in Algiers
  • Mozart: Concerto for flute and harp, with soloists Dr Duncan Watts (Dunedin anesthetist) and Dr Vanessa Souter (Wellington GP)
  • Beethoven: Symphony No.8
  • Dvořák: Czech Suite (final movement)
The conductor was Mark Hodgkinson
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2016 Concert
This was held on 26 June 2016 at the Municipal Theatre, Napier.  The orchestra performed
  • Beethoven:  Violin concerto, with soloist Dr Kiarash Taghavi (paediatric surgical registrar)
  • Mahler:  Symphony No 1
The conductor was José Aparicio

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2015 Concert
This was held on 29 June 2014 at the Theatre Royal, TSB Showplace, New Plymouth.  The orchestra performed
  • A commissioned work by one of our players, Dr Louise Webster, “I never will”
  • Mozart: Clarinet concerto (first movement); the soloist was Clarinetist Ryan Cha (final year medical student). 
  • Elgar: Pomp and Circumstance March No 1
  • Brahms: Symphony No 2. 
The conductor was Mark Hodgkinson
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2014 Concert
This was held on 28 June 2015 at the Theatre Royal, TSB Showplace, New Plymouth.  The orchestra performed
  • Lilburn:  Festival overture
  • Beethoven: Triple concerto with soloists:  Trio Pohádka (Dr Shyam Sankaran (Auckland radiology registrar), Lisa Chung & Petr Tomek)
  • Sibelius:  Symphony No 2 
The conductor was Mark Hodgkinson
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2013 concert
This was held on 23 June 2013 at the Nelson School of Music.  The orchestra performed
  • Britten: King Arthur suite (movements 1 & 3),
  • Sibelius: Violin concerto (first movement); soloist Dr David Choi.
  • Saint-Saëns: Organ Symphony; soloist Dr Jonathan Christiansen (Auckland cardiologist)​
The conductor was Mark Hodgkinson
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2012 concert
​The inaugural concert was held on 24 June 2012 at the Nelson School of Music.  The orchestra performed
  • Lilburn: Aotearoa Overture
  • Schumann: Piano concerto (movement 1); soloist Adrian Secker (Nelson surgeon)
  • Puccini: O mio babbino caro (from Gianni Schicchi) and Chi il bel sogno di Doretta (from La Rondine); soloist Tara Martin (Christchurch physiotherapist)
  • Tchaikovsky: Symphony No 5
The conductor was Mark Hodgkinson
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