Year: 2018

La Pellegrina: A Medici Extravaganza (2018)

Friday 8th June 7:30pm
Saturday 9th June 3:30pm
Sunday 10th June 3:30pm
Monday 11th June 2:00pm
St Ambrose Hall, Woodend
Woodend Winter Arts Festival

La Pellegrina: A Medici Extravaganza

Directed by Rodney Hall. The first professional performance in Australia of the six intermedi for the play La Pellegrina that were part of the lavish Medici wedding celebrations in Florence in 1589. Seven composers were involved, their styles representing the twilight of the Renaissance (including madrigals for up to thirty voices) and the dawn of the Baroque (solo voice and accompaniment). Ensemble Gombert was joined by instrumentalists of Accademia Arcadia and soloists for a unique experience, featuring period instruments, masked singers and brightly-coloured sculptural costumes, while two dancers developed images from the libretto.

Soprano
Deborah Summerbell; Carol Veldhoven; Katherine Lieschke; Victoria Brown;
Katharina Hochheiser; Mandie Lee; Elizabeth O’Leary; Claerwen Jones
Alto
Belinda Wong; Juliana Kay;
Niki Ebacioni; Yi Wen Chin
Tenor
Peter Campbell; Tim van Nooten;
Vaughan McAlley; Michael Stephens; Stuart Tennant
Bass
Andrew Murray; Nicholas Tolhurst;
Michael Strasser; Mike Ormerod

Solo Soprano
Jacqueline Porter
Solo Tenor
Robert Macfarlane
Costume Designer/The Mask
Alistair Trung
Catherine of Lorraine
Delia Silvan
Prince Ferdinand de Medici
Patrick Meessmann

Conductor/Organ/Harpsichord
John O’Donnell
Violin
Davide Monte
Viol
Laura Vaughan
Reidun Turner
Bass Viol/Tenor Recorder
Ruth Wilkinson
Cornetto
Danny Lucin
Alto Trombone
Julian Bain
Tenor Trombone
Trea Hindley
Bass Trombone
Glenn Bardwell
Lute
Andrew King
Lute/Theorbo/Guitar
Nick Pollock

Director
Rodney Hall

 

 

Bach & Distler @MRC (2018)

Monday, 28 May 2018, 6pm
Melbourne Recital Centre – Salon
Bach & Distler
Melbourne Recital Centre Local Heroes Series 2018

Hugo Distler, Totentanz
J.S. Bach Jesu, meine Freude

Soprano
Deborah Summerbell; Carol Veldhoven; Katherine Lieschke; Victoria Brown;
Katharina Hochheiser; Mandie Lee; Elizabeth O’Leary; Claerwen Jones
Alto
Belinda Wong; Juliana Kay;
Niki Ebacioni; Yi Wen Chin
Tenor
Peter Campbell; Tim van Nooten;
Vaughan McAlley; Michael Stephens; Stuart Tennant
Bass
Andrew Murray; Nicholas Tolhurst; Michael Strasser

Director
John O’Donnell

For the Distler
Der Tod (Death): Michael Strasser
Der Kaiser (The Emperor): Nicholas Tolhurst
Der Bischof (The Bishop): Andrew Murray
Der Edelmann (The Nobleman): Juliana Kay
Der Arzt (The Physician): Victoria Brown
Der Kaufmann (The Merchant): Tim van Nooten
Der Landsknecht (The Mercenary): Niki Ebacioni
Der Schiffer (The Sailor): Belinda Wong
Der Klausner (The Hermit): Vaughan McAlley
Der Bauer (The Farmer): Yi Wen Chin
Die Jungfrau (The Young Woman): Katharina Hochheiser
Der Greis (The Old Man): Stuart Tennant
Das Kind (The Child): Katherine Lieschke

Music for Holy Week (2018)

Music for Holy Week
Sunday, 25 March 2018, 4:00pm
All Saints’ Anglican Church
Chapel Street, St Kilda East
All Saints’ Concert Series 2018

Andrea Gabrieli
Miserere mei, Deus
Thomas Tallis
Incipit lamentatio, De lamentatione
Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina
Stabat mater

Soprano
Deborah Summerbell; Carol Veldhoven; Katherine Lieschke;
Victoria Brown; Katharina Hochheiser; Claerwen Jones
Alto
Belinda Wong; Juliana Kay;
Yi Wen Chin; Helena Ekins
Tenor
Tim van Nooten; Stuart Tennant;
Vaughan McAlley; Michael Stephens
Bass
Nicholas Tolhurst; Andrew Murray;
Mike Ormerod; Michael Strasser

 

Homage to Gombert (2018) [Woodend]

Homage to Gombert
Sunday, 11 March 2018, 3:30pm
St Ambrose Church, Woodend
(This concert was originally performed Saturday 3 March 2018 8:00 pm at Our Lady of Victories Basilica, Camberwell)

This program features three works that are new to our repertoire, in company with a few past favourites. The major work is a Mass by the little-known Philippe Rogier based on a motet by Gombert. This beautiful work suggests that Rogier might hold a rather more significant place in music history if the majority of his output had not been destroyed in the Lisbon earthquake and tsunami of 1 November 1755.

Nicolas Gombert  Magnificat quarti toni 
Adrian Willaert  Ave virgo sponsa Dei
Costanzo Festa  Ave Regina caelorum
Clemens non Papa Ego flos campi 
Nicolas Gombert  Ego sum qui sum
Philippe Rogier  Missa Ego sum qui sum

Soprano
Carol Veldhoven; Victoria Brown; Katherine Lieschke;
Katharina Hochheiser; Claerwen Jones; Julie Robarts
Alto
Belinda Wong; Juliana Kay;
Yi Wen Chin; Emma Warburton
Tenor
Peter Campbell; Tim van Nooten;
Stuart Tennant; Michael Stephens
Bass
Andrew Murray; Nicholas Tolhurst;
Mike Ormerod; Michael Strasser

Thursday Evensong at Trinity College (2018)

Evensong at Trinity College
Thursday, 8 March 2018, 5:45pm
Trinity College Chapel
Royal Parade, Parkville

Hymn: 201
Responses: Ayleward
Canticles: Amner Second Service (Cesar’s Service)
Psalm: 85
Anthem: Tallis I call and cry to thee

Soprano
Deborah Summerbell; Carol Veldhoven;
Katherine Lieschke ; Claerwen Jones; Katharina Hochheiser
Alto
Belinda Wong;
Yi Wen Chin; Niki Ebacioni
Tenor
Tim van Nooten; Peter Campbell
Vaughan McAlley; Michael Stephens
Bass
Nicholas Tolhurst; Andrew Murray;
Michael Strasser

Homage to Gombert (2018) [Melbourne]

Homage to Gombert
Saturday, 3 March 2018, 8:00pm
Our Lady of Victories Basilica
Burke Road, Camberwell
Subscription Concert 1
(This concert was repeated Sunday 11 March 2018 3:30pm at St Ambrose Catholic Church, Woodend)

This program features three works that are new to our repertoire, in company with a few past favourites. The major work is a Mass by the little-known Philippe Rogier based on a motet by Gombert. This beautiful work suggests that Rogier might hold a rather more significant place in music history if the majority of his output had not been destroyed in the Lisbon earthquake and tsunami of 1 November 1755.

Nicolas Gombert  Magnificat quarti toni 
Adrian Willaert  Ave virgo sponsa Dei
Costanzo Festa  Ave Regina caelorum
Clemens non Papa Ego flos campi 
Nicolas Gombert  Ego sum qui sum
Philippe Rogier  Missa Ego sum qui sum

Soprano
Deborah Summerbell; Carol Veldhoven; Victoria Brown;
Katharina Hochheiser; Claerwen Jones; Julie Robarts
Alto
Belinda Wong; Juliana Kay;
Yi Wen Chin; Emma Warburton
Tenor
Peter Campbell; Tim van Nooten;
Stuart Tennant; Michael Stephens; Vaughan McAlley (also Bass 1)
Bass
Andrew Murray; Chris Potter (rehearsed but illness on concert night);
Mike Ormerod; Michael Strasser