Fridays @ Twelve 2021
Posted on May 25, 2021
The annual Fridays @ Twelve series began on Friday 21 May, at Uxbridge Arts Centre, Howick.
Macleans College Music Department began the seven-concert series, performing a mixture of predominately classical works to the near capacity audience.
Seven soloists were featured together with a duo, a quartet and finally the 60 strong Macleans College Chorale.
Students received a suitably excitable ovation from the local crowd, with numerous compliments and commendations upon conclusion of the concert.
The full programme included:
| Student/Group | Discipline | Performance | Composer |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lorna Zhang (Mansfield House) | Violin | 1st movement, Sonata in G major | Beethoven |
| Will Crozier (Upham) | Voice | Somewhere (from West Side Story) | Bernstein |
| Emily Swasbrook (Kupe) | Horn | 1st movement, Concerto no.1 Op. 11 | Strauss |
| Marianne Reynecke (Hillary) | Voice | No One Else from Natasha, Pierre and the Great Comet of 1812 | Malloy |
| Bruce Zhang (Kupe) | Cello | Cello Suite No.1 | Bach |
| Marianne Reynecke and Will Crozier | Duet | Sun & Moon (from Miss Saigon) | Boublil & Schonberg |
| Shanhai Guan (Hillary) | Trumpet | Concert Etude | Goedicke |
| Daydreamin’ (Emily Rush of Te Kanawa, Wei Tian Teo of Rutherford, Josephine Law of Batten, Annika Lee of Snell) | Quartet | If I Had My Way | arr. David Harrington |
| Nancy Chen (Rutherford) | Flute | 4th movement, Suite Modale | Bloch |
| Macleans College Chorale - Director Mrs Sarah McNabb | Ka Waiata | Richard Puanaki arr. Katherine Bell & Steven Rapana | |
| Musu e | trad. Samoan arr. Steven Rapana | ||
| Daemon Irrepit Callidus | György Orbàn | ||
| Underneath the Stars | Kate Rusby arr. Jim Clements | ||
| Te Aroha Nui | Sue Mepham |
