Saturday 22 November 2025, 2:30pm
Church of All Nations, Carlton
Ensemble Gombert & Melbourne Mandolin Orchestra
Directed by John O’Donnell and Warwick Stengards
PROGRAM
Melbourne Mandolin Orchestra
Antonio Vivaldi Concerto in G for two mandolins
Arcangelo Corelli La Follia
Ensemble Gombert
Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina
Tu es Petrus
Ad te levavi oculos meos
Assumpta est Maria
Melbourne Mandolin Orchestra with Ensemble Gombert
GF Handel Ode to St. Cecilia’s Day
-Overture, Larghetto, Allegro
Henry Purcell Hail Bright Cecilia
-Recitative & Chorus
GF Handel Ode to St.Cecilia’s Day
–Chorus – From Harmony
Henry Purcell Hail Bright Cecilia
–Soul of the World
GF Handel Ode to St. Cecilia’s Day
-March
-But Oh! What Art can teach
-Minuet (from Overture)
-Grand Chorus
SOPRANO
Victoria Brown; Katherine Lieschke; Kate Strikker; Claerwen Jones; Sarah Harris; Nina Pereira; Deborah Summerbell
ALTO
Emma Warburton; Leonie Tonkin; Claudia Funder; Gowri Rajendran; Neda Bizzari
TENOR
Vaughan McAlley; Abhishek Purty; Michael Stephens; Ben Owen
BASS
Mike Ormerod; Nicholas Tolhurst; Lucas Wilson-Richter; Chetan Antnhony Noronha; Thomas Bell
SOLOISTS
Victoria Brown – Soprano
Nicholas Tolhurst – Bass
Anne Gilby – Oboe
Megan Smithies – Cello
Mike Ormerod – Trumpet