ODT reviewer of the Nature's Bounty concert, Elizabeth Bouman, says: "Choir rises to a great challenge" and "...compliments to all
musicians and singers called upon to negotiate the endless rhythmic
intricacies, and such fast-paced verbosity on growing all manner of
fruit...".
Yes, Verdi's Requiem will definitely be a piece of cake after
this! The singers and musicians enjoyed performing all the music in the concert to a very appreciative audience. It was quite a thrill seeing all the smiling faces and hearing the thundering applause! Hats off and many thanks to Christopher Marshall for a beautiful composition: For What Can Be More Beautiful?.
What the audience said:
"I very much enjoyed the concert, especially the Marshall work -- a very exciting piece; the composer made deft use of his resources."
"The Southern Sinfonia did a marvellous job with the music and the choir's singing was a pleasure to listen to."
"Why did you put a seed catalogue to music?"
"Your words were very clear - often I didn't need to read the programme to know what you were singing about."
"Loved the Hiawatha - wanted to get up and dance around with a tomahawk in my hand"
“I found Saturday night's performance by Dunedin's choir, especially the pieces before and after the interval (Marshalls and Hiawatha) were my favourites:^) Just lovely:^ Transformative! I did not want the music to end.”
"I thought the concert at Knox was splendid - it came across very well indeed, full of energy and vitality."
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Thank you!
Singing in the Nature's Bounty concert on 23 March at Knox Church was an awesome experience for all choir members. Hats off to everyone, also Musical Director David Burchell, soloists Grace Park and Matthew Wilson, and Southern Sinfonia.
