Wider audience predicted for Dunedin Sound

Shayne Carter performs at the Dunedin Town Hall on Saturday night. Photo by Gregor Richardson.
Shayne Carter performs at the Dunedin Town Hall on Saturday night. Photo by Gregor Richardson.
It's likely much more will be seen and heard about the Southern Sinfonia's successful ''Tally Ho'' concert, devoted to the Dunedin Sound, on Saturday.

Nearly 2000 people attended the innovative sell out show, Southern Sinfonia general manager Philippa Harris said.

It was the biggest attendance at a Sinfonia show for several years and highlighted the continuing popularity of the 1980s sound and the success of an experiment to have the Sinfonia perform the songs, she said.

Soprano Anna Leese, as well as a host of other singers and musicians, including Kylie Price, Molly Devine and Metitilani Alo, performed the material, together with Shayne Carter, Martin Phillips, David Kilgour and Graeme Downes.

 

 

The Christchurch Symphony Orchestra had expressed interest in performing a concert based on the Dunedin event, although nothing had been confirmed at this stage, she said.

The concert was filmed by the University of Otago and a sound recording was made by Radio New Zealand, opening up the possibility of it being broadcast to a wider national and international audience.

University alumni and development office internal engagement manager Alison Finigan was impressed by the concert and said the music was highly important to many of the university's more than 70,000 alumni.

She had spoken to Dr Downes, of the Verlaines and former head of the Otago music department, who undertook the concert orchestration.

She would like to see a podcast of the Dunedin show as soon as possible, but this depended on several factors, she said.

Dr Downes said yesterday it was likely the concert would lead to other things, including possible further performances, and he would think more about how the concert could be followed up.

 

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