Under Douglas Lawrence’s inspirational direction, a strange, labyrinthine cosmos evolved, highlighting the capabilities of all the singers and conjuring up both mystical depths and dazzling highlights”.
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The Australian Chamber Choir … demonstrated impressive versatility in a scintillating programme. They built bridges between Indigenous Australian and western culture, between the old world and the new world, and between the music of three continents and five centuries …”
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Augsburger Allgemeine, trans Brent Annable
The choir demonstrated an astounding ability to effect a complete musical about-face – never before had the Basilica experienced such radical and ecstatic musical extremes”
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Augusburger Allgemeine, Trans Brent Annable
Vocal acrobatics and musical magic in the Basilica
Chamber Choir from Melbourne with Phenomenal Quality in the Dillingen Basilica
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Augsburger Allgemeine
The ensemble stands for best practice in vocal culture and sophisticated interpretation
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Myheimat.de
the new ACC MOTETS CD … jumped to the top of my favourite Bach CD Chart! The ACC has developed a distinctive sound and the German is impeccable
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Endorsement: Hans Schroeder, President, Australian Bach Society
Excellent quality as always. - Josef Mitschitzky, Organist, Ottobeuron Basilika
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Endorsement: Josef Mitschitzky, Organist, Ottobeuron Basilika
The Australian Chamber Choir is attracting an increasing following. This can be attributed to three major factors: the quality of the performances, the choice of repertoire, and the suitability of Our Lady of Mount Carmel as a venue. The acoustic of this Middle Park church provides a splendid vehicle to showcase the vocal and musical strengths of this 18 voice choir. On Sunday afternoon, a fine blending of strong voices with secure intonation and a surprisingly broad dynamic range responded to the direction of Douglas Lawrence with assurance.
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ArtsHub
The program’s most challenging music, a terse but harmonically grinding Miserere extracted from Penderecki’s St. Luke Passion, enjoyed a lucid reading from the 17-strong ensemble, who handled its pungent intervallic clashes with controlled vigour, the emotional aura of regret and sorrow coming across with singular success.
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The Age, Melbourne
Before Sunday, I had never seen a choir performance except on Christmas day or during a Qantas ad … It was instantly apparent that each individual was uniquely gifted and that together, the talent of these perfectly-synchronised individuals was simply outstanding.”
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AU review
Many of the singers featured as soloists and all were stunning. With such individual standards, no wonder the ensemble sounds so impressive.
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Herald Sun, Melbourne
In Leipzig we have several excellent choirs … Of the many visiting choirs we hear, not many come up to our standard. The Australian Chamber Choir did.
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Endorsement: Ullrich Böhme, Organist, Thomaskirche Leipzig
Nicht nur bei Tierrufen stimmsicher
Eine phänomenale Nachtmusik im Münster
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General-Anzeiger Bonn
… the sound produced by this ensemble was quite simply phenomenal: flawless intonation, superb uniformity, perfect tonal balance, astounding dynamic range and sleek voice-leading. An Ave verum of William Byrd convinced through its heavenly ethereal sound.
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General-Anzeiger Bonn
Not many choirs touch the heart; this was one such choir.
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Endorsement: Gudrun Hartmann, Office for Church Music, Thomaskirche, Leipzig
The young ensemble under the direction of Douglas Lawrence began softly with Schütz’s tender motet: Selig sind die Toten (Blessed are the Dead) in German and convincing with their homogeneous sound in further sacred works by Byrd and in the radiant Jubilate Deo of Gabrieli.
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