Thursday, 2 October 2014, 6pm
Melbourne Recital Centre – Salon
Local Heroes Series 2014
| Program | |
|---|---|
| Urmas Sisask | Benedictio |
| Arvo Part | Magnificat Sieben Magnificat-Antiphonen Ode IX from Kanon pokajanen |
| Edmund Rubbra | Mass in Honour of St Teresa of Avila |
| Calvin Bowman | Death be not proud |
Estonian composer Arvo Pärt takes centre stage in this program with three works in three languages (Latin, German and Church Slavonic) based on or around the Song of Mary, universally known as Magnificat. The program is introduced by a short work from a compatriot and complemented by the last significant choral work of English composer Edmund Rubbra, and Australian Calvin Bowman’s settings of John Donne, composed for Ensemble Gombert in 2008.
SINGERS
| Soprano Fiona Seers Carol Veldhoven Katherine Lieschke Claerwen Jones Kathryn Pisani Helen Gagliano |
Alto Belinda Wong Yi Wen Chin Niki Ebacioni Rebecca Collins |
Tenor Peter Campbell Tim van Nooten Vaughan McAlley Stuart Tennant |
Bass Thomas Bland Andrew Murray Michael Strasser Mike Ormerod |