1a. CASTLEMAINE:
Mozart Requiem

One of the greatest choral works, Mozart’s Requiem (K626) is rarely heard using the instruments of the composer’s time. Classical instruments give a quite different orchestral timbre. The basset horns known to Mozart have a plaintive singing quality. There is no modern equivalent. Written during the final weeks of the composer’s life for a patron who wished to remain anonymous, this unfinished work is shrouded in mystery. Also on the program is Palestrina’s Stabat Mater. This is a one hour program without interval.

2. GEELONG: By the waters of Babylon

Program as above.

SYDNEY: Bach in the Castle of Heaven

MACEDON: Bach Mass in B Minor with an orchestra of period instruments

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GEELONG: Bach Mass in B Minor with an orchestra of period instruments

‘The greatest product of the human mind’ – Australian historian, Manning Clark shared his thoughts on Bach’s Mass in B Minor in a conversation with Douglas Lawrence. Composition of the Mass occupied Bach over many years and was not completed until 1749, one year before his death. In the Lutheran church, there was never any call for a completely sung mass, such as was customary in the Catholic church. For this reason, the B Minor was never performed in its entirety during Bach’s lifetime. It is possible that Bach intended it for the dedication of the new Hofkirche – now the Frauenkirche – in Dresden, which was scheduled for completion by 1748 but not finished until one year after his death (1751). In the event the inaugural mass chosen was by Johann Adolph Hasse. The Mass in B Minor seems to have resulted from Bach’s desire for a complete working out of various genres in the final years of his life. This also resulted in the Musical Offering, the Art of Fugue and the publication of a collection of keyboard music known as the Clavierübung. One of the special characteristics of this Mass is the use of a wide array of instruments including trumpet, horn, flute, oboe, bassoon and timpani. The ACC’s performance brings together an orchestra of specialist musicians playing period instruments.

GEELONG: Chapel Royal with an orchestra of period instruments

Since King Sigbert of the Angles founded the Chapel Royal in 635 AD, British monarchs have employed that country’s finest composers, commissioning them to write music for the Chapel Royal, for war, weddings, funerals, coronations and other special occasions. In 1975, Australian composer, Malcolm Williamson became the first non-British Master of the Queen’s Music.

• George Frideric Handel (1685–1759) – Two Coronation Anthems: Zadok the Priest and My heart is inditing
• Orlando Gibbons (1583–1625) - O clap your hands
• William Byrd (1540–1623) -  I will not leave you comfortless, Haec Dies
• Henry Purcell (1659–95) - Te Deum Laudamus, March and Canzona, Funeral Sentences for Queen Mary
• Thomas Tallis (1508–85) - If ye love me
• Malcolm Williamson (1931–2003) – from English Eccentrics Choral Suite (1964) – The Quacks, The Traveller, An Amateur of Fashion

GEELONG: Soul of Anzac

To mark the 100th anniversary of the First World War, Douglas Lawrence has chosen an absorbing program from six of the countries involved: England, France, the USA, Australia, Germany and Turkey. In his 1916 poem, ‘The Soul of Anzac’, Sydney journalist, Roderic Quinn speaks of the feelings of Australian soldiers and of their families. Composer Brenton Broadstock will set this moving commentary for the Australian Chamber Choir.

• Guillaume Dufay (1397–1474) Kyrie, from Messe L’Homme Armé – The Armed Man Mass
• Gustav Holst  (1874–1934) Nunc Dimittis
• Brenton Broadstock  (born 1952) Soul of Anzac
• Ahmed Adnan Saygun  (1907–91) Dertil Dolap – The Waterwheel, Çanakkale – Gallipoli (traditional, arr. Saygun)
• Luke Hutton  (born 1989) Unspoken
• Samuel Barber  (1910–81) A stopwatch and an ordnance map (for men’s voices and kettle drums)
• Johann Sebastian Bach (1685–1750) Motet: Der Geist hilft unser Schwachheit auf (BWV 226)

MACEDON: Soul of Anzac

programme as for FLINDERS (above)

MACEDON: Eternal Light – Lux Aeterna with an orchestra of period instruments

Programme as for GEELONG (below)

FLINDERS: The Western Wynde in memoriam John Tavener (1922-2013)

Sir John Tavener – one of the few composers this century to become known outside the classical music world – died on November 12, 2013. His Song for Athene is remembered by many from the funeral of Diana, Princess of Wales. This work is complemented by a mass by Tavener’s famous forebear of the same name, and by other gems from the rich repertoire of English choral music. Click here for more program detail

• John Taverner (c1485-1542) – The Western Wynde Mass
• Thomas Tomkins (1572-1658) - When David heard that Absalom was slain
• Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750) -  O Jesus Christ mein’s Lebens Licht (BWV 118)
• John Tavener (1944-2013) - Song for Athene (1993, performed at the 1997 funeral of Diana, Princess of Wales)
• Brett Dean (born 1961) - Now comes the dawn (2007)
• Brenton Broadstock (born 1952) – I had a dream (2005)
• Francis Poulenc (1899-1963) - Salve Regina
• Charles Villiers Stanford  (1852-1924) – Latin Magnificat for Double Choir Op.164

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GEELONG: The Western Wynde in memoriam John Tavener (1922-2013)

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Sir John Tavener – one of the few composers this century to become known outside the classical music world – died on November 12, 2013. His Song for Athene is remembered by many from the funeral of Diana, Princess of Wales. This work is complemented by a mass by Tavener’s famous forebear of the same name, and by other gems from the rich repertoire of English choral music. Click here for more program detail

• John Taverner (c1485-1542) – The Western Wynde Mass
• Thomas Tomkins (1572-1658) - When David heard that Absalom was slain
• Ralph Vaughan Williams (1872-1958) - Valiant for Truth (1940)
• John Tavener (1944-2013) - Song for Athene (1993, performed at the 1997 funeral of Diana, Princess of Wales)
• Brett Dean (born 1961) - Now comes the dawn (2007)
• Brenton Broadstock (born 1952) – I had a dream (2005)
• Francis Poulenc (1899-1963) - Salve Regina
• Charles Villiers Stanford  (1852-1924) – Latin Magnificat for Double Choir Op.164

WARRAGUL: The Western Wynde

in memoriam John Tavener (1944-2013)

Sir John Tavener – one of the few composers this century to become known outside the classical music world – died on November 12, 2013. His Song for Athene is remembered by many from the funeral of Diana, Princess of Wales. This work is complemented by a mass by Tavener’s famous forebear of the same name, and by other gems from the rich repertoire of English choral music. Click here for more program detail

• John Taverner (c1485-1542) – The Western Wynde Mass
• Thomas Tomkins (1572-1658) - When David heard that Absalom was slain
• Ralph Vaughan Williams (1872-1958) - Valiant for Truth (1940)
• John Tavener (1944-2013) - Song for Athene (1993, performed at the 1997 funeral of Diana, Princess of Wales)
• Brett Dean (born 1961) - Now comes the dawn (2007)
• Brenton Broadstock (born 1952) – I had a dream (2005)
• Francis Poulenc (1899-1963) - Salve Regina
• Charles Villiers Stanford  (1852-1924) – Latin Magnificat for Double Choir Op.164

GEELONG: JS Bach and his great teacher with an ensemble of period instruments, soloists from the choir and Douglas Lawrence – organ

• Dietrich Buxtehude (1637-1707) - Passacaglia in D minor BuxWV 161
• Cantata: Jesu meine Freude for choir, soloists, strings and continuo BuxWV 60
• Johnann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750) – Prelude in C major BWV 547
• Motet for double choir: Fürchte dich nicht BWV 228
• Dietrich Buxtehude - Prelude, Fugue and Chaconne in C major BuxWV 137
• Johnann Sebastian Bach - Motet: Lobet den Herren alle Heiden BWV 230
• Chorale Prelude: Herr Jesus Christ, dich zu uns wend BWV 709
• Cantata: Nun komm der Heiden Heiland for choir, soloists and orchestra BWV 61

BOWRAL: Bridge of Dreams

• Claudio Monteverdi (1567-1643) – Cantate Domino
• Orlando Gibbons (1583-1623) – From the Short Service: Magnificat and Nunc Dimittis
• Anne Boyd  (born 1946) – As I crossed a Bridge of Dreams (1975)
• Robin Estrada (born 1970) – Awit ni Solomon (Song of Solomon,1990)
• Christine McCombe (born 1967) new work Lexicon of Dreams (2013)
• Ralph Vaughan Williams (1872-1958) Valiant for Truth (1940)
• Johann Sebastian Bach Motet for eight part double choir: Fürchte dich nicht BWV 228

CASTLEMAINE: A bridge of dreams

• Anne Boyd (born 1946) - As I crossed a bridge of dreams (1975)
• Edward Bairstow (1847-1946) – I sat down under his shadow – Let all mortal flesh keep silence
• Carlo Gesualdo (1566-1613) - to mark the 400th anniversary of his death, Three motets from Sacrarum Cantionum Liber Primus (1603)
• Robin Estrada (born 1970) - Awit ni Solomon (Song of Solomon, 1990)
• John Tavener (born 1944) – Svyati for chamber choir and violoncello (1995)
• Christine McCombe - (born 1967) – Lexicon of Dreams (first performance)
• Olivier Messiaen - (1908-92) - O sacrum convivium (1937)
• Robert Schumann - (1810-56) - from Four songs for double choir Op. 141: An die Sterne (To the Stars), Zuversicht (Assurance)

HAMILTON: Brilliant Baroque

• JS Bach: Cantata BWV 4 Christ lag in Todes Banden
• JS Bach: excepts from Magnificat BWV 243
• Dietrich Buxtehude: Cantata – Herr lässt du deinen Diener

CASTLEMAINE: Valiant for truth

GEELONG: Miserere

• Thomas Morley (1557-1602) – Out of the deep;
• Krzystof Penderecki (b.1933) - Miserere
• Brenton Boadstock (b.1950) – I had a dream
• Felix Mendelssohn (1809-47) – Six Seasonal Motets
• Gregorio Allegri (1582-1652) - Miserere
• Stephen Hodgson (b.1981) – Lamentations (2007)
• Robin Estrada (b.1970) - Aire de Nocturno
• Johannes Brahms (1833-97) - Regina Coeli; Schaffe in mir, Gott, ein rein Herz

HAMILTON: Bach – Magnificat

WAGGA WAGGA: Legend

WANGARATTA: Legend

CASTLEMAINE

WANGARATTA

HAMILTON: Handel – Coronation Anthems

Bach – Maganificat

HAMILTON: Handel – Messiah