Saturday, 15 December 2007, 8pm
Xavier College Chapel, Barkers Road, Kew
Subscription Concert 5
This year’s Christmas to Candlemas straddles Renaissance and Baroque with offerings from four composers whose musical lives were centred around St Mark’s in Venice. Ensemble Gombert is joined by a band of period instruments to present this most lavish of Christmas feasts.
PROGRAM
Andrea Gabrieli Hodie Christus natus est
Andrea Gabriei Quem vidistis pastores?
Andrea Gabrieli Videntes stellam
Giovanni Gabrieli O magnum mysterium
Giovanni Gabrieli O Jesu mi dulcissimae
Giovanni Gabrieli Nunc dimittis
Giovanni Bassano Quem vidistis pastores?
Giovanni Bassano Hodie Christus natus est
Claudio Monteverdi Dixit Dominus
Claudio Monteverdi Christe redemptor omnium
Claudio Monteverdi Magnificat
| SOPRANO | ALTO | TENOR | BASS |
| Deborah Summerbell | Belinda Wong | Peter Campbell | Nicholas Carter |
| Carol Veldhoven | Jenny Mathers | Tim Van Nooten | Julien Robinson |
| Fiona Seers | Jenny George | Vaughan McAlley | Tom Reid |
| Maria Pisani | Niki Ebacioni | Stuart Tennant | Tim Daly |
| Claerwen Jones | |||
| Kathryn Pisani |
INSTRUMENTAL ENSEMBLE
Briar Goessi – violin
John Quaine – violin & viola
Ruth Wilkinson – bass viol
John O’Donnell – organ
Danny Lucin – cornett
Bob Collins – alto & tenor sackbuts
Charles MacInnes – tenor sackbut
Glenn Bardwell – tenor & bass sackbuts