Whanganui's Schola Sacra Choir is tuning up for its first performance of 2020.
The choir is taking the ambitious step of performing the Mozart Requiem with orchestral accompaniment, and featuring four professional vocal soloists.
The soloists are soprano Jennifer Little, alto Cecily Shaw, tenor Nigel Tongs and bass soloist Lindsay Yeo.
The two-hour concert on November 29 will be conducted by Iain Tetley who replaced long-serving conductor Roy Tankersley in 2018.
The Requiem, which will form the second half of the concert, is complemented by a selection of beautiful anthems accompanied on the organ by Leonard Cave in the first half, by composers such as Stanford, Charles Wood, Holst, Herbert Howells and S. S. Wesley. The concert promises to be a treat for all lovers of choral music and one a cappella piece.
