Auckland Accordion Symphonietta

Tango group Milonga del Angel by Astor Piazzolla

On Sunday November 24th, the Auckland Accordion Symphonietta, conducted by Lionel Reekie (picture right) held a concert at St Georges Church, Takapuna, Auckland, New Zealand.

This hour long concert was made up of pieces that the players had chosen: Themes from Phantom of the Opera, Howls Moving Castle, I’ll Make a Man out of You. Thanks to Joan Sommers (USA) for her arrangement of Shallow performed by vocalists Alanah Jones and Angela Chen.

Thanks also to dancers Jazz Lopez and Elena Reekie for a superb “Santa Maria Tango” Dance – video above.

Gary Daverne was in the audience to hear his arrangement of “Pirates of the Caribbean” performed to conclude the concert.

Special Guests were a new Tango group formed by Grayson Masefield from Auckland University tutors, picture below: Barkin Sertkaya on guitar, Grayson Masefield, Sarah Watkins on piano, Gordon Hill on bass and Andrew Beer on violin. They performed works by Piazzolla.