Feast of music on offer
Three young Hamilton organists are to perform in The Next Generation, the first of a series of three concerts in this weekend’s Festival of Sacred Music. Their first public recital is this Saturday.
St Pauls Collegiate students Jonathan Eyers, 17, and Paul Newton-Jackson, 17, will be joined by Waikato Diocesan student Siobhan McKeogh, 17, and St Peter’s Cathedral organist Anne Cleaver in The New Generation.
Jonathan, Paul and Siobhan are students of Waikato University music department lecturer and early music specialist Dr Rachael Griffiths-Hughes.
Jonathan is also a gifted singer and member of the New Zealand Secondary Students Choir.
Paul is an awardwinning composer and gained the highest mark in New Zealand in the 2011 Cambridge Music Examination. Siobhan is a senior piano student and organist. During the concert Jonathan will perform the Marche Triomphe by Karg-Elert and a slow work by Mendelssohn, Paul, a work by JS Bach and a toccata by Dubois, and Siobhan an 18th-century Italian work.
Dr Griffiths-Hughes said the second performance would be a highlight of the festival and include a performance of Luigi Boccherini’s little-heard Stabat Mater.
The third concert is another in the popular ‘‘A Concert’’ series featuring Bill Stoneham, trumpet, Rachael Griffiths-Hughes, organ, along with soprano Elaine Wogan and baritone Ian Campbell.
The Festival of Sacred Music will be held at St Peter’s Cathedral, Saturday and Sunday, August 4 and 5.
- The Next Generation is at 1pm on Saturday, August 4.
- Boccherini’s Stabat Mater is at 7.30pm Saturday, August 4.
- Cherubim and Seraphim is at 2pm on Sunday, August 5.
Further information and season tickets, St Peter’s Cathedral Centre, 51 Victoria St or phone, 839-4683, email admin@stpeter.org.nz.
