Claudio Monteverdi: Vespro della beata Vergine (2026)

Saturday 6 June 2025, 7:30pm
Sunday 7 June 2025, 3:30pm
St Ambrose Catholic Church, Woodend

Ensemble Gombert & Accademia Arcadia

WOODEND WINTER ARTS FESTIVAL

Claudio Monteverdi (c.1567-1643) Vespro della beata Vergine [Monteverdi Vespers]
directed by John O’Donnell

Christopher Watson, tenor soloist
Christopher Roache, tenor soloist

ENSEMBLE GOMBERT
SOPRANO
Victoria Brown*; Katherine Lieschke*; Sarah Harris; Claerwen Jones; Nina Pereira; Kate Strikker; Deborah Summerbell
ALTO
Niki Ebacioni; Claudia Funder; Cailin Howarth; Hamish Madden*; Leonie Tonkin; Lesley Salvestrin-Collins
TENOR
Peter Campbell*; Vaughan McAlley; Ben Owen; Abishek Purty; Michael Stephens
BASS
Thomas Bell; Nicholas Cowall; Chetan Anthony Noronha; Darren Parer; Michael Strasser*; Nicholas Tolhurst*

ACCADEMIA ARCADIA
Lizzy Welsh, violin
Stephanie Eldridge, violin
Laura Vaughan, violone
Danny Lucin, cornetto
Matthew Manchester, cornetto
Eric Budd, sackbutt
Trea Hindley, sackbutt
Glenn Bardwell, sackbutt
Rosemary Hodgson, theorbo
Hannah Lane, harp
John O’Donnell, organ


Arvo Pärt: Kanon Pokajanen (2026)

Saturday 9 May 2026, 3pm
St John’s Anglican Church, Camberwell

Arvo Pärt Kanon pokajanen (Canon of Repentance)

Soprano
Victoria Brown; Katherine Lieschke; Sarah Harris; Alex Hedt; Fiona Seers; Kate Strikker*
Alto
Emma Warburton; Leonie Tonkin*; Cailin Howarth; Hamish Madden; Lesley Salvestrin-Collins; Claudia Funder
Tenor
Peter Campbell*; Vaughan McAlley; Ben Owen; Abhishek Purty; Michael Stephens
Bass
Thomas Bell; Nicholas Cowall; Chetan Anthony Noronha; Lucas Wilson-Richter; Rohan Whiteley
*soloists