Musical whimsy coming to Globe

• Published date: 25 April 2024
• Publication title: Guardian, The

This Sunday, Roger Wilson will be joined by Palmerston North’s own Guy Donaldson to entertain the audience with “a whimsical approach to senior years in the world of music”. The duo call the performance “Seniors but Still in Form”

It will be the Globe Sunday Matinee concert for April.

Wilson, originally from Dunedin, studied in Zurich, Detmold and Cologne, beginning his professional career in Germany, France and Switzerland in the 1970s.

Since 1978, he has lived in Wellington and has a comprehensive concert and opera repertoire.

Wilson has been engaged frequently as a soloist by the NZSO, NZ Opera and other orchestras, opera companies and choirs throughout New Zealand.

He is also known as a recitalist, broadcaster and recording artist.

He’s also a familiar face and voice to Palmerston North audiences, having been a frequent soloist in the city over the years.

From 1976, he has sung in recitals at Massey University accompanied by Donaldson at the piano, and has also performed with the Palmerston North Choral Society and Renaissance Singers in...