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
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In Dulci Jubilo, by JS Bach
In dulci jubilo nun singet und seid froh!
In sweet rejoicing now sing and be glad!
Australian Chamber Choir directed by Douglas Lawrence
Anonymous melody,
harmonised by JS Bach (Verses 1 and 4) and Johann Walter (verses 2 and 3)
This work will be performed as the first work on the Baroque Christmas 2025 program, in Dunkeld, Macedon, Middle Park (Melbourne) and Terang
Filmed live in concert at Our Lady of Mount Carmel, Middle Park
by Filmoo on Sunday 9 December 2018. Sound by Move records
Ave Maria, by Josquin des Prez
Happy Fathers’ Day!
Josquin des Prez was nicknamed “the father of music”
This Ave Maria by Josquin appears on the ACC’s Baroque Christmas CD
Filmed live in concert
at Our Lady of Mount Carmel,
20 August 2023
Thumbnail: Gerard David, ‘Adoration of the Kings’, oil on panel, c.1555, National Gallery, London
The Silver Swan, by Orlando Gibbons
This work was voted number 10 in Top Dozen, the ACC’s survey of favourite unaccompanied choral works in 2022.
ACC 8
directed by Douglas Lawrence
Hear music by Gibbons as part of the ACC’s Renaissance Requiem program. Learn more
Recorded live in concert on 24 May 2020
Video courtesy of Australian Digital Concert Hall
Benedictus, by William Byrd
Australian Chamber Choir, directed by Douglas Lawrence
Filmed live in concert at Our Lady of Mount Carmel, Middle Park,
20 August 2022. Camera and production by 5stream
William Byrd’s Ave verum is part of the ACC’s Renaissance Requiem program. Read more
Pray for the Peace of Jerusalem, by Thomas Tomkins
Choir of the Scots’ Church
directed by Douglas Lawrence
Filmed live at the Scots‘ Church
on Sunday 14 June 2025
Video courtesy of the Scots’ Church
This work is part of the ACC’s Renaissance Requiem program. Read more
When David heard that Absalom was slain, by Thomas Tomkins
ACC8, directed by Douglas Lawrence
Extracted, with permission, from a Melbourne Digital Concert Hall live-stream, filmed on 24 May, 2020.
Come again, by John Dowland
ACC8, directed by Douglas Lawrence
Filmed live in concert on 24 May 2020. Video courtesy of Australian Digital Concert Hall
Hear another madrigal by John Dowland as part of the ACC’s Renaissance Requiem program. Read more
Three beautiful birds of paradise by Maurice Ravel (1914/15)
Australian Chamber Choir
directed by Douglas Lawrence
Soloists: Amelia Jones, Elspeth Bawden, Anish Nair, Lucas Wilson-Richter
BOOK NOW to hear another French chanson – Josquin’s Mille regrets – as part of the ACC’s Palestrina 500 program
Filmed live in concert
at Our Lady of Mount Carmel, Middle Park
24 June 2018
Video by Filmoo
Sound courtesy of ABC Classic FM
Image: Birds of Paradise (2010) Hand-coloured etching by Angus Fisher, courtesy of www.australiangalleries.com.au
Bach in Venice
Australian Chamber Choir
Directed by Douglas Lawrence
Encore from the Pisani Palace Concert, Venice
Filmed live on 16 July 2024
The Motet, Singet dem Herrn BWV 225 (third movement), by Johann Sebastian Bach
Singet dem Herrn II, by JS Bach
This video was filmed at the Swiss international festival known as ‘Ceresio Estate’, a series of summer concerts in churches around Lake Lugano. This is the second movement from the Motet, Singet dem Herrn.
Filmed and produced by Simone Corelli
St Christopher’s Church, Caslano,
17 July 2024
During 2021, the ACC performed all six of Bach’s Motets in one concert:
Watch the full Bach’s Genius – The Motets concert from 2021 on ACCess.
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
Image: Meteor shower, Shutterstock
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
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.