This concert took place on Sunday 21 March but you didn’t miss it!
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“… a seemilngly effortless choral masterpiece … an exercise in precision and perfection” – Weekend Notes
“With the advent of Covid-19, I have attended several concerts online, and what a treat it has been, but the Australian Chamber Choir’s performance of Ludwig van We Missed Your Birthday is inarguably the best. What a delight!” – ClassikON
It’s not every day you celebrate a 250th birthday. Be our guest in Beethoven’s salon. We’ll introduce you to some of Beethoven’s friends and acquaintances via some rarely performed treasures, including a first Australian performance of his Elegy Op.118. We’ve invited a few composers we think Beethoven might enjoy meeting. Join us at the party where dreams become reality.
Ludwig van Beethoven (1770–1827)
THREE PART-SONGS
Farewell Song
Song of the Monks
Elegy Op. 118 (1814) dedicated to Johann Freiherrn von Pasqualati
Johann Sebastian Bach (1685–1750)
An Wasserflüßen Babylon
Gordon Kerry (born 1961)
Seven Last Words
Ralph Vaughan Williams (1872–1958)
Valiant for Truth (not available ON DEMAND after 21 March)
Francis Poulenc (1899–1963)
Four Motets for a Time of Penitence (not available ON DEMAND after 21 March)
Ludwig van Beethoven
FIVE CANONS
Glück zum neuen Jahr – Happy New Year for Johann Freiherrn von Pasqualati
Hoffmann und kein Hofmann for Ernst Theodor Amadeus Hoffmann
O Tobias for Tobias Haslinger
Kühl nicht Lau for Friedrich Kuhlau
An Mälzel for Johann Nepomuck Mälzel
Encore
ODE TO JOY from the Ninth Symphony
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* Concerts are presented in full compliance with any safety restrictions imposed by the State and Federal governments at the time of the concert. See the ACC’s COVIDsafe policy.