15th March 2014 7:00pm Trinity College Chapel, Parkville |
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Concert #1 - Peace on Earth Directed by Steven Hodgson
Featuring works for voices and percussion by Veljo Tormis, Arvo Pärt, Vytautas Miškinis and Eriks Ešenvalds in the glorious acoustics of Trinity College Chapel, Parkville.
A fierce anti-war sentiment is a constant theme of Estonian composer Veljo Tormis’ extensive output. The Consort of Melbourne’s opening concert of 2014 explores some of his finest works for vocal ensemble interleaved with favourites from the choral repertoire in which pleas for peace and curses upon war are rendered in dazzling settings exploring the full emotional and dynamic range of the human voice. |
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25th April 2014 2:00pm St Paul's Cathedral, Melbourne |
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Concert #2 - A Requiem for Anzac Day Johannes Brahms Ein deutsches Requiem The Consort of Melbourne & Choir of St James’ King Street, Sydney Directed by Warren Trevelyan-Jones
Soprano - Jennifer Cook Baritone - Nicholas Dinopoulos Piano 4 hands - Timothy Young & Anna Carson
Brahms’ grand Requiem is his largest and yet also his most personal work, here performed in the composer's authorised arrangement for choir and piano 4 hands. Created to be not so much a mass for the dead as a source of solace for the living, it offers a message of comfort and consolation, irrespective of one's nation or creed. |
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29th July 2014 6:00pm MRC Salon |
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Concert #3 - The Armed Man Directed by Peter Tregear On the occasion of the centenary of the outbreak of the First World War, the Consort presents a masterwork by Giacomo Carissimi (1605–1674) inspired by war's glory and folly; his rarely performed --but stunning-- 12-part mass based on the French folk song L’homme armé. The performance is framed by settings of La Guerre by Clément Janequin and Joseph Twist.
Co-Presented by the Melbourne Recital Centre |
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6th September 2014 7:00pm Trinity College Chapel, Parkville |
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Concert #4 - Songs of Love and War Directed by Steven Hodgson Claudio Monteverdi’s eighth book of madrigals Madrigali dei guerrieri et amorosi (Madrigals of war and love) contains some of his finest work, exploring war as an allegory to the pursuit of love and the experience of love as a personal and often devastating conflict. For this intimate programme, the Consort presents selections from this exquisite collection alongside works by later composers that explore sympathetic themes, performed with Baroque triple harp. |
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9th November 2014 6:00pm Russian Orthodox Cathedral, Brunswick |
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Concert#5 - War and Peace Directed by Warren Trevelyan-Jones
Focusing on the musical glories of the Russian Orthodox Church, the Consort presents a selection of Russian sacred music in the sublime acoustic of the Russian Orthodox Cathedral of the Protection of the Most Holy Mother of God in East Brunswick.
Whilst Russia was at war with France in the early 19th century sacred music flourished in the Imperial Court of Saint Petersburg. The programme features music by “The Golden Three”; the Imperial Court composers Maxim Berezovsky, Artemy Vedel and Dimitri Bortniansky, alongside other sacred works by Mussorgsky, Tchaikovsky, Rachmaninov & Prokofiev. At its heart will be a performance of Bortniansky’s grand Te Deum for double chorus written to commemorate the Russian victory over Napoleon in 1812. |
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