Dame Malvina Major heads a long list of artists performing at a gala concert to raise funds to restore the piano of the late Dame Sister Mary Leo, renowned teacher of Dame Malvina. Dame Kiri te Kanawa and a many of New Zealand's leading opera singers. The instrument has recently been moved to St Patrick's Cathedral. The programme will include the New Zealand premiere of Sir Philip Ledger's "Requiem: A Thanksgiving of Life" to be performed by St Patrick's Cathedral Choir with organ, harp, double bass, cello and timpani with soprano and tenor solos. In addition to Dame Malvina, the following artists will perform: Sherry Shelton (organ), Philip Lloyd (trumpet), soprano Lyndsay Freer (also a former Sr Mary Leo student), St Mary's College students Amy Maslen Miller, Joella Pinto and Eliizabeth Sayegh, Pa Peter Tipene and The Singng Priests.

Admission $30 from the Cathedral office, the Catholic Bookshop in St Patrick's Square, or by phoning 486 2127. In addition, premium $100 tickets ensure seats in the front three rows, plus pre and post-concert hosplitality.

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