Saturday, 9 May 2015, 5.30pm
Xavier College Chapel, Barkers Road, Kew
Subscription Concert 2
Please note the earlier start time during the colder months
One of the highlights of Ensemble Gombert’s performance history was the first Australian performance of Arvo Pärt’s Kanon pokajanen in 2005. Here we re-visit sections of the work, flanked by earlier and later pieces of Pärt. Another highlight was the 2008 program including the world première performances of Calvin Bowman’s Holy Sonnets of John Donne which was composed for us. The sonnet cycle was subsequently renamed Death, be not proud, being the last of the four selected sonnets. We also acknowledge the significant anniversary of World War I with the performance of Beach Burial, set to text by Australian poet Kenneth Slessor. In this program these works are separated by the beautiful settings of Herrick that first endeared us to Bowman’s choral writing.
| Program | |
|---|---|
| Arvo Pärt | Nunc Dimittis Sieben Magnificat-Antiphonenen Kanon pokajanen (excerpts) |
| Calvin Bowman | Beach Burial To Daffadils Death, be not proud |
SINGERS
| Soprano Deborah Summerbell Carol Veldhoven Katharina Hochheiser Victoria Brown Claerwen Jones Kathryn Pisani Sarah Harris |
Alto Belinda Wong Juliana Kay Yi Wen Chin Niki Ebacioni Rebecca Collins |
Tenor Peter Campbell Tim Van Nooten Vaughan McAlley Stuart Tennant Michael Stephens |
Bass Andrew Murray Nicholas Tolhurst Michael Strasser Mike Ormerod Andrew Fysh |