REVIEW: In the Christchurch Town Hall on Tuesday, the two tenors and a baritone known as Sol3Mio took a gamble and did something very brave – or very foolish depending on the eventual outcome. The trio abandoned their microphones for a large slice of their Christchurch concert. That's risky business, especially in these days when it' s hard to know when some singing voices end and the electronics begin. But, true to their current mantra of back to the basics, Sol3Mio plunged into their concert unamplified. Did their adoring audience object to hearing their heroes au natural? Not one jot judging from the ecstatic applause. Armed with a formidable blend of trained operatic voices and ebullient Pasifika charm, Moses Mackay (baritone), Pene Pati (tenor) and Amitai Pati (tenor) have always shown an innate ability to engage their audiences on all levels. After pursuing individual singing careers, the trio has reunited to show that they have lost nothing of their ability to entertain with, or without, a microphone and in the most satisfying way. READ MORE: * Sol3 Mio's Pene Pati gives 'sincerest thanks' for support following Christchurch mosque terror attacks * Review: Sol3 Mio's boyish exuberance entertains * Sol3 Mio's Moses Mackay looks for the beauty in music Musically their programme could only be described as a freewheeling melange of solo and ensemble pieces ranging from Verdi and Mozart arias to Samoan folksongs and Nat King Cole. In other hands this could have easily become a bewildering blur but the three Aucklanders know exactly how to cement their disparate material together without missing a note. Make no mistake. These men sing beautifully without artifice or straining for effect. A duet from Verdi's Don Carlos was performed with an effortless grace while Mackay's solo aria from Mozart's The Marriage of Figaro was perfectly judged elegance. There was something here for all musical tastes – a dash of the popular standards, a smidgen of Italian passion and the familiar crowd pleasers stirred together and served with panache and informality. There was nothing prim or proper about this concert as the good natured humour and banter fuelled the evening and the group's complete ease with one another and the audience injected a special human quality into the proceedings. After all, there's nothing wrong with three blokes goofing around when the music and singing is this good.
Nothing prim and proper about Sol3 Mio's Christchurch show
REVIEW: In the Christchurch Town Hall on Tuesday, the two tenors and a baritone known as Sol3Mio took a gamble and did something very brave – or very foolish depending on the eventual outcome. The trio abandoned their microphones for a large slice of their Christchurch concert. That's risky business, especially in these days when it' s hard to know when some singing voices end and the electronics begin. But, true to their current mantra of back to the basics, Sol3Mio plunged into their concert unamplified. Did their adoring audience object to hearing their heroes au natural? Not one jot judging from the ecstatic applause. Armed with a formidable blend of trained operatic voices and ebullient Pasifika charm, Moses Mackay (baritone), Pene Pati (tenor) and Amitai Pati (tenor) have always shown an innate ability to engage their audiences on all levels. After pursuing individual singing careers, the trio has reunited to show that they have lost nothing of their ability to entertain with, or without, a microphone and in the most satisfying way. READ MORE: * Sol3 Mio's Pene Pati gives 'sincerest thanks' for support following Christchurch mosque terror attacks * Review: Sol3 Mio's boyish exuberance entertains * Sol3 Mio's Moses Mackay looks for the beauty in music Musically their programme could only be described as a freewheeling melange of solo and ensemble pieces ranging from Verdi and Mozart arias to Samoan folksongs and Nat King Cole. In other hands this could have easily become a bewildering blur but the three Aucklanders know exactly how to cement their disparate material together without missing a note. Make no mistake. These men sing beautifully without artifice or straining for effect. A duet from Verdi's Don Carlos was performed with an effortless grace while Mackay's solo aria from Mozart's The Marriage of Figaro was perfectly judged elegance. There was something here for all musical tastes – a dash of the popular standards, a smidgen of Italian passion and the familiar crowd pleasers stirred together and served with panache and informality. There was nothing prim or proper about this concert as the good natured humour and banter fuelled the evening and the group's complete ease with one another and the audience injected a special human quality into the proceedings. After all, there's nothing wrong with three blokes goofing around when the music and singing is this good.
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