During July, the ACC presented eleven performances in Europe. After each concert, the audience applauded loud and long, sometimes rising to their feet to encourage the choir to return for a second or a third encore. The ACC sang in three international festivals – the Darmstadt International Summer Organ festival (Germany), Ceresio Summer festival (Switzerland) and the Flanders International Summer Organ Festival (Belguim) – and in the cathedrals of Venice, Berlin and Bonn. The fact that most of these were return invitations is testament to the choir’s elevated reputation. Appearing in Bonn for the seventh time, the ACC’s Basilica concert was reviewed by Fritz Herzog for the General Anzeiger (daily newspaper): “The pandemic forced a break, but now the traditional biennial tours of this top choir have resumed … with a program that wonderfully reflected the breadth of this excellent ensemble”. The program below includes all the encores from the international tour, plus a few more …
AFRO AMERICAN ENCORES
Traditional, arranged Moses Hogan (1957–2003)
My soul’s been anchored in the Lord
There is a balm in Gilead
ROMANTIC ENCORES
Anton Bruckner (1824-96) Locus iste
Josef Rheinberger (1839–1901) Abendlied
BAROQUE ENCORES
George Frideric Handel (1685–1759) arranged Elizabeth Anderson
Menuets from the ‘Music for the Royal Fireworks’
Air from the ‘Water Music’
ENGLISH ROMANTIC ENCORES
Gustav Holst (1874–1934) Nunc Dimitis
Charles Villiers Stanford (1852-1924) Beati quorum via
MORE MOSES HOGAN
I want Jesus to walk with me
Joshua fit the Battle of Jericho
CLASSICAL ENCORES
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756–91) Ave Verum
Ludwig van Beethoven (1770–1827) Ode to Joy
AUSSIE ENCORES
Stephen Leek (born 1959) Kondalilla
Malcolm Williamson (1931–2003) The Quacks
DOUGLAS’ FAVOURITES
Ralph Vaughan Williams Valiant for Truth
Johann Sebastian Bach (1685–1750) Fugue in G minor, arranged Ward Swingle
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