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Wednesday at One
June 8 @ 1:00 pm - 2:00 pm
Wednesday at One is a popular weekly lunchtime recital series, from 1.10 pm till 2 pm each Wednesday in the Catholic Pro-Cathedral, 373 Manchester Street, Christchurch.
A light lunch is available before each concert. A wide range of performers is featured, in a superb acoustic, often using the Steinway concert grand piano, or the 4 manual Rodgers Infinity Platinum hybrid pipe /digital organ. Groups range in size from small chamber ensembles to full symphonic orchestras, with a particular focus on encouraging young performers, and inviting citizens to be welcomed into the central city Catholic church.
All current health requirements are observed, including vaccine passes. Audiences average about 50 in number, and are socially distanced.
Wed at One Concert Schedule June – August 2022
June 1 Christ’s College Music Dept
A winning team of musical young men
June 8 John Linker, organ
Homage to the King of Instruments
June 15 Tim Emerson Presents
Youthful talent to delight
June 22 Margot Button & Friends
Angelic voices
June 29 Cathy Irons & Barry Brinson
Strings’n’Pipes – dynamic violin and organ duo
July 6 (in Music Centre) Gabriel Baird & Henry Nicholson
Decadent delights – Korngold, Gershwin and more
July 13 (in Music Centre) Peter Low & Kimberley Wood
Italian baroque music, with harpsichord
July 20 (in Music Centre) Roger Buckton & Friends
Renaissance, an Elizabethan Consort – “If music be the food of love, play on!”
July 27 (in Music Centre) Anna Maksymova, piano
Bach, Beethoven & Schumann
August 3 (in Music Centre) Katherine Doig & Jeremy Woodside
From Schubert to Strauss
August 10 & 17 (in Music Centre) Burnside H.S. Specialist Music Programme
A variety of talented soloists and chamber groups
August 24 (in Music Centre) Kilmarnock Edition
Celtic music from Christchurch’s popular folk group
August 31 (in Music Centre) Tim Emerson & Friends
Surprising soloists and future stars