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Year: 2024

Ukrainian Carol of the Bells – Shchedryk

Hope for Ukraine and the world

This traditional Ukrainian new year’s carol, arranged by Mykola Leontovych (1877–1921), is sung by the ACC in the original unaccompanied Ukrainian language version. Click on the ‘CC’ button beneath the video for English subtitles. The text of the original ‘Shchedryk’ tells  of a little swallow flying into a house and promising its owner good things in the new year. This carol became popular in the USA when the Ukrainian National Chorus toured there in 1922. English language lyrics were subsequently added by American composer Peter Wilhousky. (The text bore no relation to the original words, and repurposed the song as a Christmas carol). With a new title, ‘Ukranian Carol of the Bells’, the work was recorded in over 150 versions. It was incorporated into a number of Hollywood soundtracks, most notably with an orchestration supplied by John Williams for the 1990 motion picture, ‘Home Alone’. In its Ukrainian language version, the carol serves as a reminder to humankind to remain optimistic in the face of adversity.

This carol features in the ACC’s Ceremony of Carols program, which is available to watch on demand on ACCess, the Australian Chamber Choir’s Excellent Streaming Service.

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We Wish You a Merry Christmas, by Charles Wood

directed by Douglas Lawrence
filmed live in concert at Our Lady of Mount Carmel, Middle Park
on 8 December 2024
by 5stream

This was an encore to conclude the ACC’s Baroque Christmas program.

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the Australian Chamber Choir’s         Australian Digital Concert Hall
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Sweelinck for Christmas

Australian Chamber Choir

directed by Douglas Lawrence
Filmed live in concert

at St Martin-in-the-Fields
on 16 July 2019
by Wright Media UK
Post production by Filmoo

This work forms part of the ACC’s Baroque Christmas
7 to 14 December 2024

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O magnum mysterium, by Giovanni Gabrieli

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

Hear this live at the ACC’s Baroque Christmas concert: 7–14 December, 2024.

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This work is on the CD A Baroque Christmas

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Image: Meteor shower, Shutterstock

In dulci jubilo, by Samuel Scheidt

Australian Chamber Choir directed by Douglas Lawrence
Filmed live in concert at Our Lady of Mount Carmel, Middle Park
by Filmoo, 9 December 2018
Sound by Move Records

Hear this live as part of the ACC’s Baroque Christmas 2024

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Lauda Jerusalem, by Claudio Monteverdi

Australian Chamber Choir
directed by Douglas Lawrence
Filmed live on location in Venice, at the Basilica of St Mark’s 14/7/24, at Palazzo Pisani 16/7/24 and in Lugano at Ceresio Estate (Ceresio Summer festival) 17/7/24.
Sound – Simone Corelli 16/7/24; Cameras – Francesca Corelli, Simone Corelli, Bruce Inglis, Rebecca Lena.
Production Simone Corelli.

This work was presented live as a part of the ACC’s Agatha in Vivaldi’s Venice program.

The ACC in Koksijde, Belgium

Video courtesy of soprano, Victoria Brown
Sound: Cara la vita mia, by Giaches de Wert
Ceresio Summer festival, Lugano, Switzerland,
17 July, 2024 Sound recording by Simone Corelli

The ACC in Bruges

Video courtesy of soprano, Victoria Brown
Sound: Cara la vita mia, by Giaches de Wert
Ceresio Summer festival, Lugano, Switzerland,
17 July, 2024 Sound recording by Simone Corelli

Locus iste, by Anton Bruckner

AUSTRALIAN CHAMBER CHOIR
Directed by DouglasLawrence
filmed live in concert
at Our Lady of Mount Carmel
Middle Park, Melbourne
3 March 2024.
Video by 5stream

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Locus iste is online on ACCess, the Australian Chamber Choir’s Excellent Streaming Service, as part of  Transports of Delight. Click below to watch the whole one-hour concert.
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Locus iste is on the program for the Australian Chamber Choir’s next concert: Encores 26 October to 10 November 2024
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The ACC in Venice

Video courtesy of soprano, Victoria Brown. Sound: European premiere of Agatha’s Cantata at Palazzo Pisani, 16 July 2024, with the Australian Chamber Choir and the String Ensemble of Conservatorio Benedetto Marcello, directed by Douglas Lawrence. First movement – Ecce nunc. Soprano soloist, Kate McBride. Recorded live in concert by Simone Corelli.

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ACC live at Berlin Cathedral

The Australian Chamber Choir was the guest choir at the morning service at Berlin Cathedral at 10AM on Sunday 7 July. The live stream is courtesy of Berlin Cathedral YouTube Channel.

Pictured from left to right are Joshua Lucena, Kristina Lang, Victoria Brown, Will Carr, Sam Rowe, Katherine Lieschke, Kate McBride, Matt Bennett, Sasha Reid, Alex Hedt, Jennifer Wilson-Richter, Douglas Lawrence (Director), Neda Bizzarri, Tom Drent, Leo Reid, Melissa Lee, Elizabeth Anderson, Tom Reid, Lucas Wilson-Richter, Danny Reid, Kieran Macfarlane, Katie Renner.

Singet dem Herrn, JS Bach

directed by Douglas Lawrence
Filmed live in concert
at Our Lady of Mount Carmel, Middle Park,
Sunday 9 December, 2018
Video by Filmoo, Sound by Move Records

This work is on the program for the ACC’s International Tour Program

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O Lord, save thy people, by Claudio Merulo

Australian Chamber Choir
directed by Douglas Lawrence
Filmed live in concert
at St Martin-in-the-Fields

Tuesday 16 July, 2019
by Wright Media UK
Post-production by Filmoo

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)

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