Since its beginning 20 years ago, the Thursdays @ Seven concert series at Howick’s All Saints Church has been a winner with audiences.
The test of the popularity of the series came with the lockdown in March. The cancelling of proposed concerts left audience members starved of music. Concert organisers Katharine and Peter Watts helped to fill this void by rapidly creating an online series and notifying their audience members by email. Locked down music lovers could stay in touch with beautiful music in their own home and discover some offerings they might not otherwise find.
The response was amazing, they said, but audiences like live performers and musicians really like live people to perform to, so Katharine and Peter are hugely looking forward to the return of live one-hour Thursdays @ Seven concerts on July 2.
Schubert Unlocked is the title of the first concert of the Winter Series featuring music for piano duet, violin and piano, and voice and piano, by the great Viennese melodist Franz Schubert.
Pianist Kay Shacklock and violinist Yid-Ee Goh join Katharine and Peter. “While we can’t board an aeroplane to go to Vienna, we can travel there in music and imagination,” they said.
Admission is by donation at the door.
Thursday July 2, 7pm-8pm, All Saints, Howick
Contact: Katharine & Peter Watts 534 2445/027 5227124 watts@wattsandwatts.co.nz
