Australian Chamber Choir
directed by Douglas Lawrence
Filmed live in concert
at St Martin-in-the-Fields
Merulo’s Mass Cara la vita mia is on the program for the forthcoming Agatha in Vivaldi’s Venice concerts
Hamilton (Sat 13 April), Geelong (Sun 21 April), Melbourne (Sun 5 May), Macedon (Sat 25 May)
directed by Douglas Lawrence
filmed live
at Our Lady of Mount Carmel, Middle Park
June 2018
Film by Filmoo
Sound courtesy of ABC Classic FM
Hear this as part of the ACC’s Transports of Delight
3PM on 2 March Thomson Memorial Church, TERANG
3PM on 3 March Our Lady of Mount Carmel, MIDDLE PARK (MELBOURNE)
Felix Mendelssohn Denn er hat seinen Engeln befohlen
Filmed live in concert at St Martin-in-the-Fields, London, 16 July, 2019 by Wright Media.
Hear this as part of the ACC’s Transports of Delight 24 February to 3 March
The Australian Chamber Choir received a standing ovation in July 2019 when they performed this in Bonn’s Remigiuskirche. This is the church where Beethoven’s parents were married, where he was baptized, and where he had his first job as an organist at the age of twelve.
Heu me Domine, by Vicente Lusitano (?–c.1561)
The ACC gave this work its first Australian performance on 16 June 2019.
Hear this as part of the ACC’s Agatha in Vivaldi’s Venice
3PM on 5 May, The Scots’ Church MELBOURNE
3PM on 13 April, St Andrew’s HAMILTON*
5PM on 21 April, Basilica of St Mary of the Angels GEELONG
3PM on 25 May, Church of the Resurrection MACEDON
Original English text by American poet, Richard Henry Stoddard (1856)
Translated into Russian by Aleksey Plescheyev (1877)
Set (originally in Russian) by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky (1878)
Singers are, from left to right:
Front row, Altos: Elizabeth Anderson, Myfanwy McIndoe, Helen Seymour, Zoe Wong, Sopranos: Biddy Healey, Ailsa Webb, Cailin Howarth, Erika Tandiono, Bronwyn Ryrie-Jones, Felicity Young
Back row, Tenors: Robin Czuchnowski, Jacob Lawrence, Andrew Collyer, Thomas Dalton, Basses: Andrew Moffat, Tom Healey, Tom Drent, Simon Gannon. Seated Rhys Boak – organ.
Edward Elgar
‘Nimrod’, from the Enigma Variations Op.36
Premiered in London, 19 June, 1899
Arranged by Elizabeth Anderson for 8-part choir
Premiered in Melbourne, 24 June, 2018
Roses are a theme in our forthcoming Baroque Christmas program. As well as this advent carol set by Praetorius, you’ll hear a setting of the same words by Herbert Howells. Howells was inspired by Praetorius’ setting, and set a beautiful English translation of this text by Catherine Winkworth, titled A spotless rose.
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This work features on our Baroque Christmas CD
Elspeth Bawden – Soprano, Elizabeth Anderson – Organ
Filmed live in concert at Our Lady of Mount Carmel, Middle Park
Sunday 9 December 2018, by Filmoo. Sound by Move Records
This performance is available on the CD
A Baroque Christmas
Hear Elspeth live, singing Allegri’s Miserere
as part of the ACC Sistine Chapel program
12–20 August 2023
directed by Douglas Lawrence
This is available on the CD A Baroque Christmas auschoir.org/cds
directed by Douglas Lawrence
Filmed live in concert at Our Lady of Mount Carmel, Middle Park
by Filmoo, Sunday 9 December 2018. Sound by Move Records
from Three Songs of Charles d’Orleans
Number 17 on the ACC’s Top Ten shortlist
Australian Chamber Choir, directed by Douglas Lawrence
Soprano soloist – Amelia Jones
Filmed live in concert at St Martin-in-the-Fields, 16 July 2019
by Wright Media UK. Post-production by Filmoo
sung by the men of the Australian Chamber Choir
Recorded live in concert
at St Martin-in-the-Fields, London
16 July 2019
Video by Wright Media
Post-production by Filmoo
Hear this as part of the ACC8’s Ludwig van we missed your birthday on Sunday 21 March at 3PM.
Australian Chamber Choir
directed by Douglas Lawrence
Filmed live at
St Thomas’ Church Leipzig
16 July 2017
by Guruh Sukowati
This work is on the program of the concert,
Ludwig van we missed your birthday
Sunday 21 March at 3 PM
Words and melody attributed to Martin Luther
Harmonised by Adam Gumpelzhaimer
Directed by Douglas Lawrence
Filmed live in concert at Our Lady of Mount Carmel, Middle Park
by Filmoo on Sunday 9 December 2018. Sound by Move records
Directed by Douglas Lawrence
Filmed live in concert at Our Lady of Mount Carmel, Middle Park
by Filmoo on Sunday 9 December 2018. Sound by Move records