Thursday, 9 August 2018, 6pm
Melbourne Recital Centre – Salon
Bach & Brahms
Melbourne Recital Centre Local Heroes Series 2018
This program features the greatest double-choir writing of the 18th and 19th centuries. Bach’s Singet dem Herrn ein neues Lied may be a tour de force unmatched in the choral literature, but Brahms’ two late sets of motets, though lesser known, are among the composer’s greatest creations, worthy to stand alongside his finest chamber and symphonic works. Ensemble Gombert has championed all these works over the past twenty years.
Johann Sebastian Bach
Komm, Jesu, komm BWV 229
Ich lasse dich nicht BWV Anh.159
Singet dem Herrn ein Neues Lied BWV 225
Johannes Brahms
Fest- und Gedenksprüche, Op.109
Drei Motetten, Op.110
Soprano
Carol Veldhoven; Katherine Lieschke; Victoria Brown
Katharina Hochheiser; Claerwen Jones; Mandie Lee
Alto
Belinda Wong; Juliana Kay;
Yi Wen Chin; Niki Ebacioni
Tenor
Tim van Nooten; Peter Campbell;
Vaughan McAlley; Stuart Tennant; Michael Stephens
Bass
Nicholas Tolhurst; Andrew Murray;
Christian Smith; Mike Ormerod