Last Thursday's Spirit of Anzac concert came with transtasman connections, being played by Sydney Symphony Orchestra a day before the New Zealand Symphony Orchestra delivered it to us.
This is the third time the New Zealand Symphony Orchestra has marked the importance of Anzac Day with a concert and, thankfully, on the 100th anniversary of Gallipoli, a sizeable audience was in attendance. And they were very well rewarded, as this concert was centred on two new works - one New Zealand, one Australian - of real quality and power.
Peter reviews the Auckland Festival production of Tippet's Child of Our Time performed by the Auckland Philharmonia Orchestra, Voices NZ and the NZ Youth Choir
In a nutshell, as the Festival brochure put it, Ata Reira promised an evening of award-winning choirs, majestic voices and Te Reo Maori in song. Both separately and together, Voices New Zealand Chamber Choir and the New Zealand Youth Choir delivered all this in a choral celebration of light ... and much more.