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The Song Company
The Seasons & Sweet Dreams

Biography

Singing together a cappella since 1984, the six members of The Song Company, and their Director Roland Peelman, give around 130 concerts a year around the world. They wholeheartedly embrace music from all continents and eras, and they work with artists of the highest calibre to create a distinctive and dynamic new voice, relevant to audiences of today and tomorrow.

Regular international tours to Europe and Asia have taken The Song Company to some of the most prestigious festivals and venues around the world such as the Dubrovnik Festival, MDR Sommerfest, Festival of Flanders and the Dresdner Festspiele. Their concerts have prompted great critical acclaim.

The Seasons is a programme that leaps into Spring, revels in the abundance of Summer, grieves through the losses of Autumn and faces Winter head on. Works from composers as diverse as Heinrich Schütz and Paul McCartney reflect on our relationships with the eternal influences of the seasons.

Sweet Dreams takes us into the world of fantasy in an exploration of the subconscious mind where not only are our deepest desires and phobias hidden, but also our wildest, sweetest dreams. Madrigals and songs from Medieval and Renaissance times lead into modern-day musings, including works by Jack Body, who will be composer-in-residence with the Song Company in early 2010.

 

Principal Tour Sponsor

Presented as part of the 2010 Otago Festival of the Arts

Events

DateProgrammeTimeVenueCentre
2 October 10 The Seasons 7.30pm Civic Theatre Invercargill
5 October 10 Sweet Dreams 7.30pm James Hay Theatre Christchurch
7 October 10 The Seasons 7.30pm Theatre Royal, TSB Showplace New Plymouth
9 October 10 Sweet Dreams 8pm WEL Energy Trust Academy of Performing Arts, University of Waikato. Hamilton
10 October 10 Sweet Dreams 3pm The Century Theatre, Napier Napier
12 October 10 The Seasons 8pm. Free pre-concert talk at 7pm. Auckland Town Hall Auckland
13 October 10 Sweet Dreams 7.30pm Glenroy Auditorium Dunedin
15 October 10 The Seasons 7.30pm. Free pre-concert talk at 6.45pm. The Regent on Broadway, Palmerston North Palmerston North
16 October 10 Sweet Dreams 7.30pm Wellington Town Hall Wellington
17 October 10 The Seasons 3pm Nelson School Of Music, Nile Street Nelson