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2011 Concert Series

Rachmaninoff Vespers Sunday 27 March 2011 at 2:30pm
Misa Criolla Sunday 19 June 2011 at 2:30pm
Stabat Mater
 Sunday 11 September 2011 at 2:30pm
A Boy Was Born
 Sunday 27 November 2011 at 2:30pm

Rachmaninoff Vespers: Composed in a mere two weeks early in 1915 while Rachmaninoff was on a concert tour to aid the Russian war effort, the Vespers is one of the great masterpieces of Russian church music and one of the most beloved of all choral works. Drawing richly on chants from various repertoires of the Russian tradition and developing a whole new style of choral orchestration, the Vespers is truly monumental in scale, yet is also distinguished by its many moments of calm and reflective beauty. Music also by Arvo Pärt and Pēteris Vasks.

Sergei Rachmaninoff:
 Vespers, Op 37
Arvo Pärt:
 Da pacem Domine
Pēteris Vasks:
 Pater noster

Sunday 27 March 2011 at 2:30pm
St Mark’s Anglican Church 250 George Street Fitzroy Mel 2CC9
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Misa Criolla: Composed in 1963, Ariel Ramirez’s Misa Criolla was a groundbreaking work in that it was one of the first mass settings to be written in Spanish, and  to incorporate the rhythms and traditions of Hispanic America. Scored for soloist, choir and instrumental ensemble, this mass quickly brought its composer great fame and stands today as his most popular work. In a rare performance of the Misa Criolla, we are thrilled to have emerging Young Artist with Opera Australia Sophie Yelland to sing the iconic solo part. This program of American Music also includes Aaron Copland’s In the beginning, one of the great works for acappella choir, characterised by Copland’s distinctive harmonic language and subtle use of jazz rhythms. Eric Whitacre’s Cloudburst receives its first Melbourne performance - a spectacular, theatrical piece that involves prominent use of body percussion. Music also by Morton Lauridsen, Jackson Hill and Steve Reich. A concert not to be missed.

Aaron Copland: In the beginning
Ariel Ramirez: Misa Criolla
Eric Whitacre: Cloudburst / i thank you God for most this amazing day
Morten Lauridsen: Ave dulcissima Maria/Soneto de la Noche (from Nocturnes)
Jackson Hill: In winter's keeping

Sunday 19 June 2011 at 2:30pm
St Mark’s Anglican Church 250 George Street Fitzroy Mel 2CC9
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Stabat Mater:

Jean Mouton (c.1459-1522) Nesciens mater
Josquin Desprez attr. (c.1440-1521) Ave Maria
Inviolata , integra et casta es, Maria á 12
Tomas Luis de Victoria (1548-1611) Salve Regina á 8
Domenico Scarlatti (1685-1757) Stabat mater
Einojuhani Rautavaara (1928) Magnificat
Edvard Grieg (1843-1907) Ave maris stella
Henryk Górecki (1933-2010) Totus tuus   

Sunday 11 September 2011 at 2:30pm
St Mark’s Anglican Church 250 George Street Fitzroy Mel 2CC9
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A Boy Was Born:

William Byrd (1543-1623) Puer natus est nobis
Thomas Tallis (c.1505-85) Videte miraculum
John Sheppard (c.1515-58) Verbum caro factum est
Gustav Holst (1874-1934)
 Ave Maria
John Tavener (1944) The Lamb
Ralph Vaughan Williams (1872-1958)
 The Blessed Son of God
Charles Villiers Stanford (1852-1924) Magnificat in Bb Op.164 for double choir
Thomas Adès (1970) The Fayrfax Carol
Benjamin Britten (1913-1976) A Hymn to the Virgin
Benjamin Britten (1913-1976) A boy was born Op. 3

Sunday 27 November 2011 at 2:30pm
St Mark’s Anglican Church
250 George St, Fitzroy

Tickets: $30 pre-puchased/$35 paid at the concert


Sunday 27 November 2011 at 2:30pm
St Mark’s Anglican Church 250 George Street Fitzroy Mel 2CC9
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