2010 Concert Series
| Miserere | Sunday 21 March 2010 at 2:30pm |
| Spem in alium | Sunday 6 June 2010 at 2:30pm |
| Missa Mexicana | Sunday 12 September 2010 at 2:30pm |
| Bach’s Mass in B minor | Friday 26 November 2010 at 8:00pm |
Miserere: Henryk Górecki composed his Miserere in 1981 as a protest against military intervention in the workings of the Polish Solidarity Movement. Due to the enactment of martial law, the work remained unperformed until 1987. The Miserere stands alongside the Third Symphony as one of Górecki's most potent and emotionally charged scores. Francis Poulenc's Figure Humaine, composed during the Second World War, is a hymn to freedom from occupied France. Using the Gregorian plainsong as a starting point, Josquin's Missa Pange Lingua is one of the composer's last works: music of noble assurance and mystic calm.
Josquin Desprez: |
Missa Pange Lingua |
| Francis Poulenc: |
Figure Humaine |
Henryk Górecki: |
Miserere |
Sunday 21 March 2010 at 2:30pm
St Mark’s Anglican Church 250
George Street Fitzroy Mel 2CC9
Tickets $25 pre-purchased or $30 at the door
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Spem in alium: Spem in alium is surely not just the greatest of all Thomas Tallis' musical achievements, but one of the great musical compositions of all time. Premiered in 1571 and written for 40 independent voices, Spem in alium is a noble and monumental edifice which is truly awe-inspiring in its aural effect. The precedent and indeed the stimulus for Tallis' motet was Striggio's Ecce beatam lucem, also in 40 parts and written some ten years earlier. This concert offers the rare experience of hearing both these great works and we will be performing them in-the-round. The program also includes multi-choral works by Gabrieli, Brahms, Tavener, Mahler and Arnold Bax's soaring and resplendent Mater ora filium.
Thomas Tallis: |
Spem in alium |
Alessandro Striggio: |
Ecce beatam lucem |
Giovanni Gabrieli: |
Exaudi me, Domine à 16 |
Arnold Bax: |
Mater ora filium |
William Harris: |
Bring us, O Lord God |
John Tavener: |
Two Hymns to the Mother of God |
Johannes Brahms: |
Fest und Gedenksprüche Op. 109 |
Gustav Mahler/Clytus Gottwald: |
Die zwei blauen Augen (2001) |
Richard Wagner/Clytus Gottwald: |
Isoldes Liebestod (2006) |
Sunday 6 June 2010 at 2:30pm
St Mark’s Anglican Church 250
George Street Fitzroy Mel 2CC9
Tickets $25 pre-purchased or $30 at the door
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Missa Mexicana: Gloriana presents our first-ever program of American music. From the Mexican Baroque comes Juan de Padilla’s Missa ego flos campi, or the Missa Mexicana as it has become known; a work distinguished by its infectious rhythms and sunny harmonies. From Argentina we hear Alberto Ginastera’s powerful Lamentations of Jeremiah and a scintillating work for double choir by Osvaldo Golijov. Also included are Samuel Barber’s Agnus Dei - a transcription the composer made of his celebrated Adagio for Strings, and three works by Eric Whitacre, including When David heard; a work of staggering range and emotional force.
Samuel Barber: |
Agnus Dei |
Morten Lauridsen: |
O magnum mysterium |
Eric Whitacre: |
Water Night Sleep When David Heard |
Alberto Ginastera: |
Lamentations of Jeremiah |
Osvaldo Golijov: |
Oceana: Coral del Arrecife |
Juan Gutiérrez de Padilla: |
Missa Ego flos campi Salve Regina |
Sunday 12 September 2010 at 2:30pm
St Mark’s Anglican Church
250 George Street Fitzroy Mel 2CC9
Tickets $25 pre-purchased or $30 at the door
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Bach’s Mass in B minor
Friday 26 November 2010 at 8:00pm
St Mary’s Star of the Sea
33 Howard Street West Melbourne Mel 2A K11
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