For the performers, it’s a case of ‘tune your instruments’ and ‘warm up your vocal chords’ because Warwick’s first Romancing the Stones festival has arrived.
But first, there’s a chance to sit back and enjoy opera at its most famous, with Verdi’s La Traviata playing on the big screen at the Warwick Twin Cinema on Friday 6 September. That will set the scene for a weekend of largely classical music.
On Saturday 7 September, a trio of entertainment styles will be presented within the stained glass and sandstone walls of the Uniting Church in Warwick when harpsicord playing, songs and sonnets combine for an hour of Sonnets of Love, starting at 10.30am. Harpist will be Lissa-Käthe, soprano Esther Hohenheim and actors will include Neil Rasmussen and Celie de Winter giving Shakespeare, Yeats and Keats an airing.
Saturday will have two events; Young Voices at St Mark’s Anglican Church and a fun night at Cherry Tree Cafe with dinner and a Spix and Spex competition.
Sunday 8 September will finish the festival with Fabulous Classics at St Mary’s Catholic Church, where the East Street Singers and Southern Downs instrumentalists will perform classics from Vivaldi, Handel, Bizet and Fauré.
Three of Warwick’s famed sandstone buildings will host performances that will highlight the romance of music, which is why the festival is being called Romancing the Stones.
