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The Kowhai Singers returned for rehearsals in June.
Warkworth’s Kowhai Singers choir has rescheduled its annual concert – formerly due in May – and will instead host two events at the end of August.
This year’s concert, dubbed The Rose, will take place at 7pm in the Leigh Community Hall on Friday, August 28, and at the Warkworth Town Hall at 3pm on Sunday, August 30.
The concert’s namesake is the hauntingly melodic piece The Rose by Norwegian composer Ola Gjeilo, adapted from the text of Christina Rossetti’s 19th century poem of the same name.
Coordinator Jonathan Bennett says the concert will be an eclectic mix of music selections, from modern and sacred choral to light classical, including choruses from Johann Straus’s comic operetta Die Fledermaus.
Pieces by Morten Lauridsen, Claude Debussy and Christoper Tye will also feature.
“We hope to entice the public to attend and enjoy what promises to be a superb concert. The choir currently sounds in great voice,” Jonathan says.
The singers are again under the music directorship of Amy Cottingham.
Amy will be assisted on piano by acclaimed local pianist Fiona Strathern who has performed with the Kowhai Singers on numerous occasions.
Tickets are $20 each and are available on the door, at Briar Rose Flowers in Warkworth or from choir members.
