Why were all these people at Auckland Town Hall last night?

Well, not to get ahead of ourselves - 🔗📼 this is what they thought at the end of it all.

Turns out they were waiting to hear ‘this guy’ perform.

He did. His name is Sheku Kanneh-Mason.

🔗 You can read all about him here.

27 years old Nottingham lad with roots back to Bahrain - and pretty much ‘the dude’ when you are talking Classical Cello - watch out ‘Yo Yo’. Seriously - BBC Young Musician at 17 and played at Harry and Meghan’s wedding at 19.

Last night? Great stuff - along with the 🔗Auckland Philharmmonia conducted by 🔗 Elena Schwarz. Interested to learn that her own first instrument was the cello - so I suspect we got something even more special.

The orchestra in full flight

Taking their bow …

Many thanks to Phil and The 🔗 BNZBA for the invite.

We loved it.