University of Auckland Festival Choir

For day wear the women had an emerald green suit and the men dark brown trousers and cinnamon-coloured jacket.

[7][5]: 6  The choir logo on souvenir programmes and brochures, consisting of lines representing the 40 choristers radiating from a harmonic centre, was designed by artist Richard Wolfe.

[7] During April the choir toured the East Coast for ten days giving recitals at high school and university campuses.

[13] "The choir presented a short recital in the Maltings Concert Hall and Christopher Lackner sang a group of songs.

"[5]: 33  They also made an impromptu visit to the convent at Hengrave Hall, the home of composer John Wilbye, where they sang his madrigal Sweet Honey-Sucking Bees.

[4][14] It was lauded in the press as the "best choir New Zealand has produced"[16] and in July 1972, it gave a concert in Christchurch[4] where its "supreme music" was likewise praised.

[5]: 12 [18] Works included were Lord, when the sense of Thy sweet grace by John Ritchie; An heavenly song by Donald Byars; Qui natus est by Gillian Whitehead; People look East by Jack Body; Dormi Jesu by David Griffiths; Estas in exilium by Nigel Eastgate; Three of a kind by David Farquhar and Blow me eyes by John Wells.

[1][14][5]: 12 The choir's standard repertoire for a programme consisted of Jubilate Deo by Orlando di Lasso, the Agnus Dei from the Mass for Four Voices by William Byrd, the double motet Warum Ist Das Licht Gegeben?

[4] At the Lincoln Center concert the choir sang the following works: Jubilate Deo by Orlando di Lasso, Sweet Honey-Sucking Bees by John Wilbye, Tenera Juventa by Ronald Tremain and Ghosts, Fire, Water by Douglas Mews.