In February 2015, the Southern Sinfonia honoured the songwriters of the 1980s Flying Nun bands with a concert in the Dunedin Town Hall. Inspired by the idea of Roy Colbert, Graeme Downes orchestrated over 20 songs from the likes of The Clean, The Bats, The Verlaines, The Chills, Look Blue Go Purple, Straitjacket Fits and others.
Curtain calls and a standing ovation (PHOTO: Radio New Zealand / Tim Dodd)
The Southern Sinfonia warming up in Dunedin Town Hall (PHOTO: Radio New Zealand / Tim Dodd)
Martin Phillipps, Shayne Carter, Graeme Downes, David Kilgour before the big night (PHOTO: Radio New Zealand / Tim Dodd)
The Southern Sinfonia's concertmaster, Sydney Manowitz, now retired (PHOTO: Radio New Zealand / Tim Dodd)
Anna Leese (PHOTO: Radio New Zealand / Tim Dodd)
Anna Leese (PHOTO: Radio New Zealand / Tim Dodd)
David Craig of Strawberry Sound was the live sound engineer in Dunedin Town Hall (PHOTO: Radio New Zealand / Tim Dodd)
Radio New Zealand's recording equipment: on the left, Sadie LRX multitrack system; on the right, Sound Devices PIX270 (PHOTO: Radio New Zealand / Tim Dodd)
David Kilgour (PHOTO: Radio New Zealand / Tim Dodd)
Robert Craigie (PHOTO: Radio New Zealand / Tim Dodd)
Molly Devine, Kylie Price, Lani Alo (PHOTO: Radio New Zealand / Tim Dodd)
Lani Alo, David Kilgour (PHOTO: Radio New Zealand / Tim Dodd)
Molly Devine (PHOTO: Radio New Zealand / Tim Dodd)
Molly Devine (PHOTO: Radio New Zealand / Tim Dodd)
Molly Devine, Kylie Price (PHOTO: Radio New Zealand / Tim Dodd)
Shayne Carter (PHOTO: Radio New Zealand / Tim Dodd)
Shayne Carter (PHOTO: Radio New Zealand / Tim Dodd)
Shayne Carter (PHOTO: Radio New Zealand / Tim Dodd)
Graeme Downes (PHOTO: Radio New Zealand / Tim Dodd)
Graeme Downes (PHOTO: Radio New Zealand / Tim Dodd)
Molly Devine, Kylie Price, Metitilani Alo (PHOTO: Radio New Zealand / Tim Dodd)
Molly Devine, Kylie Price, Metitilani Alo, Martin Phillipps & Anna Leese rehearsing 'Submarine Bells' (PHOTO: Radio New Zealand / Tim Dodd)
Martin Phillipps, Anna Leese (PHOTO: Radio New Zealand / Tim Dodd)
Anna Leese and Peter Adams (PHOTO: Radio New Zealand / Tim Dodd)
Anna Leese in rehearsal - "That's not sounding right!" (PHOTO: Radio New Zealand / Tim Dodd)
Kylie Price (PHOTO: Radio New Zealand / Tim Dodd)
Metitilani Alo and Martin Phillipps (PHOTO: Radio New Zealand / Tim Dodd)
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