When you bring together the best choral singers of Hawke’s Bay and a conductor with 35 years of experience, something memorable is bound to happen.
Led by Anthony Tattersall, who has experience in the UK as a chorister, counter-tenor soloist, organist, conductor and musical director, the result was Octavius, a highly popular choir established in 2017 which sings music of all genres and styles, from sacred to secular, classical and contemporary.
It was Dannevirke’s privilege to hear them perform on October 7 in the St John Anglican Church, pronounced as being “wonderful” acoustically by the choir.
The choir was singing ‘Songs from the Shows - The best choruses and medleys from the musicals you know and love’, and what a treat the audience experienced.
Entering the stage singing The Circle of Life from The Lion King, the atmosphere was set for a sublime mix of medleys, starting with 10 memorable songs from Andrew Lloyd Webber without their conductor Anthony, who was accompanist. Subtle changes of location and volume indicated the change of songs in a performance that lasted almost 10 minutes.
