Past seasons
2013
A Boy was Born
Sunday 24 November 2013 2:30 pm
Sacred Heart Roman Catholic Church, Carlton
Benjamin Britten (1913-1976) Christ’s Nativity
Benjamin Britten (1913-1976) A Ceremony of Carols
Benjamin Britten (1913-1976) A Hymn to the Virgin
Benjamin Britten (1913-1976) A Boy was Born
Choir: Petrina Collingwood, Jennifer Cook, Kate Gondwana, Sharon Mulready, Katherine Presley, Danielle Venning, Sue Wuttke, Louisa Billeter, Catherine Cowie, Gloria Gamboz, Hilary Harrison-Smith, Christopher Mason, Katie Richardson, Robert Clayton, Tim Danks, Andrew Fisher, Shingo Gibson-Suzuki, Brian Leaver, Ben Owen, Ashleigh Sier, Karl Billeter, Julian Clarke, David Durance, Neil Jenkins, Daniel Mitterdorfer, Roger Venning, Damian Verdnik, David Woodgate
Harp: Jacinta Dennett
Dixit Dominus
Sunday 29 September 2013 2:30 pm
Sacred Heart Roman Catholic Church, Carlton
Choir:
George Frideric Handel (1685-1759) Dixit Dominus
Arnold Schönberg (1874-1951) Friede auf Erden
Arvo Pärt (b.1935) Te Deum
Pēteris Vasks (b.1943) Pater Noster
Choir: Petrina Collingwood, Kate Gondwana, Katherine Healy, Hannah Irvine, Sharon Mulready, Danielle Venning, Cathy Weiss, Sue Wuttke, Louisa Billeter, Catherine Cowie, Rina D’Cruz, Rachel Ellyard, Gloria Gamboz, Hilary Harrison-Smith, Christopher Mason, Katie Richardson, Tim Danks, Shingo Gibson-Suzuki, Brian Leaver, Ben Owen, Frank Prain, Ashleigh Sier, Matthew Thomson, Kim Worley, Karl Billeter, Thomas Bland, Julian Clarke, Robert Clayton, David Durance, Will Evans, Michael Gehling, Steven Hodgson, Neil Jenkins, Kieran Macfarlane, Daniel Mitterdorfer, Dylan Radcliffe, Roger Venning, Damian Verdnik, John Weretka, David Woodgate
Spem in Alium
Thursday 13 June 2013 2:30 pm
Sacred Heart Roman Catholic Church, Carlton
Tomás Luis de Victoria (c1548-1611) Laetatus sum
Francisco Guerrero (1528 – 1599) Duo seraphim
John Tavener (1944-2013) Two hymns to the Mother of God
Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750) Komm, Jesu, Komm BWV 229
Knut Nystedt (b.1915) Immortal Bach
Alessandro Striggio (c1536-1592) Ecce beatam lucem
Krzysztof Penderecki (b.1933) Stabat Mater
Thomas Tallis (c1505-1585) Spem in alium
Gabriel Jackson (b.1962) Sanctum est verum lumen
Johannes Ockeghem (c1410-1497) Deo gratia
Henryk Górecki (1933-2010) Amen
Choir: Petrina Collingwood, Kate Gondwana, Katherine Healy, Hannah Irvine, Sharon Mulready, Danielle Venning, Cathy Weiss, Sue Wuttke, Louisa Billeter, Catherine Cowie, Rina D’Cruz, Rachel Ellyard, Gloria Gamboz, Hilary Harrison-Smith, Christopher Mason, Katie Richardson, Tim Danks, Shingo Gibson-Suzuki, Brian Leaver, Ben Owen, Frank Prain, Ashleigh Sier, Matthew Thomson, Kim Worley, Karl Billeter, Thomas Bland, Julian Clarke, Robert Clayton, David Durance, Will Evans, Michael Gehling, Steven Hodgson, Neil Jenkins, Kieran Macfarlane, Daniel Mitterdorfer, Dylan Radcliffe, Roger Venning, Damian Verdnik, John Weretka, David Woodgate
Allegri Miserere
Sunday 24 March 2013 2:30 pm
St Mark’s Anglican Church George Street Fitzroy
Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina (c1525-1594) Stabat Mater
Gregorio Allegri (1582-1652) Miserere mei, Deus
Herbert Howells (1892-1983) Requiem
John Ireland (1879-1962) Greater love hath no man
Morten Lauridsen (1943-) Lux aeterna
Choir: Louisa Billeter, Karl Billeter, Petrina Collingwood, Catherine Cowie, David Durance, Will Evans, Andrew Fisher, Gloria Gamboz, Michael Gehling, Shingo Gibson-Suzuki, Kate Gondwana, Katherine Healy, Neil Jenkins, Brian Leaver, Christopher Mason, Daniel Mitterdorfer, Sharon Mulready, Danielle Murphy, Ben Owen, Frank Prain, Katie Richardson, Ashleigh Sier, Matthew Thomson, Roger Venning, Damian Verdnik, David Woodgate, Sue Wuttke
Organ: Christopher Cook
2012
Choir Concerto
Sunday 25 November 2012 2:30 pm
St Mark’s Anglican Church George Street Fitzroy
Urmas Sisask (b.1960)Benedictio
Uģis Prauliņš (b.1957)Missa Rigensis
Alfred Schnittke (1934-1998)Choir Concerto
Choir: Katherine Healy, Jennifer Cook*, Sue Wuttke, Danielle Murphy, Petrina Collingwood, Katherine Lieschke, Cathy Weiss, Cailin Howarth, Louisa Billeter, Gloria Gamboz, Yi Wen Chin, Katie Richardson, Catherine Cowie, Niki Ebacioni, Christopher Mason, Matthew Thomson*, Ashleigh Sier, Ben Owen, Shingo Gibson-Suzuki, Peter Campbell, Tim Danks, Andrew Fisher, Frank Prain, Brian Leaver, Anton Usher, Karl Billeter, Roger Venning, Neil Jenkins, John Weretka, Michael Gehling, Damian Verdnik, Julian Clarke, Jerzy Kozlowski, David Durance, Daniel Mitterdorfer, Nick Cowall * soloists in Missa Rigensis
St John Passion
Sunday 9 September 2012 2:30 pm
Christ Church, South Yarra
Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750)St John Passion
Soloists:
- Soprano: Hannah Dahlenberg
- Mezzo-soprano: Sally-Anne Russell
- Tenor: Tim Reynolds
- Bass: Matthew Tng
- Evangelist: Jacob Lawrence
- Christ: Nicholas Dinopoulos
Choir: Sue Wuttke, Sharon Mulready, Petrina Collingwood, Danielle Murphy, Cailin Howarth, Cathy Weiss, Katherine Healy, Catherine Cowie, Hilary Harrison-Smith, Alice O’Kane, Christopher Mason, Katie Richardson, Louisa Billeter, Ben Owen, Andrew Fisher, Tim Danks, Brian Leaver, Michael Stephens, Frank Prain, David Durance, Roger Venning, Damian Verdnik, John Weretka, Karl Billeter, Daniel Mitterdorfer, Michael Gehling, Andrew Murray
Orchestra: Violin 1: Briar Goessi* (leader), Lizzy Welsh, John Quaine. Violin 2: Bridget Crouch, Mary Johnson, Stephanie Eldridge. Viola: Ross Mitchell*, Danny Neumann. Cello: Rosie Hunt (continuo), Laura Moore#. Violone: Ruth Wilkinson. Flutes: Greg Dikmans, Alison Catanach. Oboes: Kirsten Barry, Andrew Angus. Bassoon: Brock Imison. Harpsichord: Elizabeth Anderson. Chamber organ: Christopher Cook * also viola d’amore # also viola da gamba Pitch, 415 Hz; Valotti temperament.
The Road to Paradise
Sunday 17 June 2012 2:30 pm
St Mark’s Anglican Church George Street Fitzroy
Thomas Tallis (c1505-1585)Lamentations of Jeremiah I & II
William Byrd (1543-1623)Ne irascaris Domine
Robert Parsons (c1530-1570)Ave Maria
Gabriel Jackson (b.1962)Cecilia virgo#
Jonathan Dove (b.1959)Into Thy hands#
Sir Michael Tippett (1905-1998)Five Spirituals from A Child of Our Time
Tarik O’Regan (b.1978)Threshold of Night
John Tavener (1944-2013)Funeral Ikos
Herbert Howells (1892-1983)Take him, Earth, for cherishing
Gustav Holst (1874-1934)Nunc dimittis
Choir: Sue Wuttke*, Danielle Murphy, Laura Fleming, Petrina Collingwood, Sharon Mulready, Cathy Weiss, Louisa Billeter, Hilary Harrison-Smith, Gloria Gamboz, Gabriella Page*, Philip Legge, Katie Richardson, Christopher Mason, Shingo Gibson-Suzuki, Ashleigh Sier*, Ben Owen, Andrew Fisher, Frank Prain, Brian Leaver, Julian Clarke, David Durance, Daniel Mitterdorfer, Michael Gehling, Neil Jenkins*, Karl Billeter, Damian Verdnik, Roger Venning * leaders in Tippett Five Spirituals
#Australian première
Fauré Requiem
Sunday 1 April 2012 2:30 pm
St Mark’s Anglican Church George Street Fitzroy
Pierre Villette (1926-1998)Hymne à la Vierge
Camille Saint-Saëns (1835-1921)Des pas dans l’allée
Claude Debussy (1862-1918)Trois Chansons de Charles d’Orleans
Hector Berlioz (1803-1869) arr. GottwaldSur les lagunes (from Les nuits d’été)
Francis Poulenc (1899-1963)Mass in G
Olivier Messiaen (1908-1992)O sacrum convivium!
Gabriel Fauré (1845-1924)Requiem (1893 version)
Camille Saint-Saëns (1835-1921)Calme des nuits (encore)
Soloists:
- Soprano: Siobhán Stagg
- Baritone: Matt Thomas
Choir: Petrina Collingwood, Laura Fleming, Katherine Healy*, Sharon Mulready, Danielle Murphy, Sue Skillington, Cathy Weiss, Louisa Billeter#, Gloria Gamboz, Philip Legge, Christopher Mason, Alice O’Kane, Katie Richardson, Tim Danks, Andrew Fisher, Shingo Gibson-Suzuki, Brian Leaver, Ben Owen, Frank Prain, Ashleigh Sier, Karl Billeter, Julian Clarke, David Durance, Michael Gehling, Neil Jenkins, Roger Venning, John Weretka * Soloist in Poulenc Mass in G, # Debussy Quant j’ai ouy le tabourin
Orchestra: Members of the Australian National Academy of Music. Violin: Amy Brookman, Viola 1: Matt Laing, Katie Yap Viola. 2: Merewyn Bramble, Nelson Yarwood. Cello 1: Anna Orzech, Jack Ward. Cello 2: Rebecca Proietto, Jordonne Colley. Bass: Bonita Williams Horn: Georgia Ioakimidis-McDougall, Rachel Shaw. Organ: Christopher Cook.
2011
A boy was born
Sunday 27 November 2011 2:30 pm
St Mark’s Anglican Church George Street Fitzroy
William Byrd (1543-1623)Puer natus est nobis
Thomas Tallis (c1505-1585)Videte miraculum
John Sheppard (c1515-c1560)Verbum caro factum est
John Tavener (1944-2013)The Lamb
Ralph Vaughan Williams (1872-1958)The Blessed Son of God
Gustav Holst (1874-1934)Ave Maria
Charles Villiers Stanford (1852-1924)Magnificat in Bb
Thomas Adès (b.1971)The Fayrfax carol
Benjamin Britten (1913-1976)A hymn to the Virgin; A boy was born
Choir: Kim Asher, Louisa Billeter, Petrina Collingwood, Katherine Healy, Cailin Howarth, Sharon Mulready, Danielle Murphy, Gloria Gamboz, Heather Gaunt, Philip Legge, Christopher Mason, Anna Plotka, Katie Richardson, Gillian Strong, Robert Clayton, Andrew Fisher, Brian Leaver, Ben Owen, Frank Prain, Ashleigh Sier, Julian Clarke, David Durance, Neil Jenkins, Andrew Murray, Anton Usher, Damian Verdnik, Roger Venning, David Woodgate
Stabat Mater
Sunday 11 September 2011 2:30 pm
St Mark’s Anglican Church George Street Fitzroy
Josquin Desprez (c1450-1521)Ave Maria
Einojuhani Rautavaara (b.1928)Magnificat
Jean Mouton (c.1459-1522)Nesciens mater
Domenico Scarlatti (1685-1757)Stabat Mater
Tomás Luis de Victoria (c1548-1611)Salve Regina á 8
Josquin Desprez (c1450-1521)Inviolata, integra et casta es, Maria á 12
Edvard Grieg (1843-1907)Ave maris stella
Henryk Górecki (1933-2010)Totus tuus
Choir: Kim Asher, Louisa Billeter, Petrina Collingwood, Sharon Mulready, Danielle Murphy, Sue Skillington, Erika Tandiono, Philip Legge, Christopher Mason, Alice O’Kane, Anna Plotka, Katie Richardson, David Shepherdson, Robert Clayton, Shingo Gibson-Suzuki, Brian Leaver, Ben Owen, Frank Prain, Ashleigh Sier, Michael Stephens, Karl Billeter, Julian Clarke, David Durance, Andrew Murray, Anton Usher, Damian Verdnik, Roger Venning, David Woodgate
Harpsichord: Elizabeth Anderson
Theorbo: Samantha Cohen
Baroque cello: Rebecca Humphrey Diedrich
Baroque bass: Rosemary Westbrook
Missa Criolla
Sunday 19 June 2011 2:30 pm
St Mark’s Anglican Church George Street Fitzroy
Eric Whitacre (b.1970)I thank you God for most this amazing day
Morten Lauridsen (b.1943)Soneto de la Noche (from Nocturnes)
Jackson Hill (b.1941)In Winter’s keeping
Aaron Copland (1900-1990)In the beginning
Steve Reich (b.1936)Clapping music
Eric Whitacre (b.1970)Cloudburst
Ariel Ramírez (1921-2010)Misa Criolla
Choir: Kim Asher, Louisa Billeter, Petrina Collingwood, Sharon Mulready, Danielle Price, Sue Skillington, Erika Tandiono*, Philip Legge, Christopher Mason, Alice O’Kane, Anna Plotka, Katie Richardson, David Shepherdson, Robert Clayton, Andrew Fisher, Shingo Gibson-Suzuki, Brian Leaver, Ben Owen, Michael Stephens, Karl Billeter, Julian Clarke, David Durance, Andrew Murray, Anton Usher, Damian Verdnik, Roger Venning, David Woodgate
* Soloist for Cloudburst and I thank you God for most this amazing day.
Rachmaninoff Vespers
Sunday 27 March 2011 2:30 pm
St Mark’s Anglican Church George Street Fitzroy
Pérotin (fl. c1200)Da pacem Domine
Pēteris Vasks (b.1943)Pater noster
Sergei Rachmaninoff (1873-1943)Vespers (All-night Vigil) Op. 37
Choir: Kim Asher, Charlotte Betts-Dean, Louisa Billeter, Petrina Collingwood, Katherine Healy, Alexandra Oke, Danielle Price, Elizabeth Starr, Rina D’Cruz, Philip Legge, Christopher Mason, Alice O’Kane, Hannah Pietsch, Anna Plotka, Katie Richardson, Peter Campbell, Robert Clayton, Andrew Fisher, Shingo Gibson-Suzuki, Brian Leaver, Ben Owen, James Penn, Frank Prain, Karl Billeter, Julian Clarke, David Durance, William Evans, Steven Hodgson, Jerzy Kozlowski, Andrew Murray, Joe Rabar, Anton Usher, Damian Verdnik, Roger Venning, David Woodgate
Soloists: Julia Nafisi, Irving Dekterev
2010
Mass in B Minor
Friday 26 November 2010 8:00 pm
St Mary Star of the Sea
Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750)Mass in B Minor
Choir: Louisa Billeter, Petrina Collingwood, Kate Gondwana, Katherine Healy, Sharon Mulready, Katherine Norman, Danielle Price, Sue Skillington, Erika Tandiono, Rina D’Cruz, Heather Gaunt, Melissa Lee, Philip Legge, Christopher Mason, Alice O’Kane, Anna Plotka, Andrew Fisher, Brian Leaver, Simon Loveless, Ben Owen, Frank Prain, Matthew Thomson, Karl Billeter, Julian Clarke, David Durance, Steven Hodgson, Matthew Tng, Anton Usher, Damian Verdnik, Roger Venning, David Woodgate
Soloists: Siobhan Stagg, Sally-Anne Russell, Timothy Reynolds, Nicholas Dinopoulos
Violin: Briar Goessi, John Quaine, Mary Johnston, Christine Ruiter
Viola: Christian Read
Cello: Noeline Wright
Violone: Ruth Wilkinson
Transverse Flute: Alison Catanach, Emily Watson
Oboe: Anne Gilby, Andrew Angus, Neil Simpson
Bassoon: Jo Littlely, Jim Stockigt
Natural Horn: Toby Frost
Trumpet: Tristram Williams, David Crowden, Tristan Rebien
Timpani: Arwen Johnston
Harpsichord & Chamber Organ: Elizabeth Anderson
Missa Mexicana
Sunday 12 September 2010 2:30 pm
St Mark’s Anglican Church George Street Fitzroy
Juan Gutiérrez de Padilla (c1590-1664)Salve Regina; Missa Ego flos campi (Missa Mexicana)
Alberto Ginastera (1916-1983)Lamentations of Jeremiah
Osvaldo Golijov (b.1960)Coral del Arricefe, from Oceana
Samuel Barber (1910-1981)Agnus Dei
Eric Whitacre (b.1970)Water Night; Sleep; When David Heard
Morten Lauridsen (b.1943)O Magnum Mysterium
Choir: Charlotte Betts-Dean, Louisa Billeter, Petrina Collingwood, Kate Gondwana, Rebecca Johnston, Sharon Mulready, Emily Phillips, Sue Skillington, Heather Gaunt, Philip Legge, Christopher Mason, Anna Plotka, David Shepherdson, Robert Clayton, Shingo Gibson-Suzuki, Brian Leaver, Chris Ochs, Ben Owen, Frank Prain, Karl Billeter, Julian Clarke, David Durance, Sam Ellyard, Damian Verdnik, Roger Venning, David Woodgate
Spem in alium
Sunday 6 June 2010 2:30 pm
St Mark’s Anglican Church George Street Fitzroy
William Harris (1883-1973)Bring us, O Lord God
John Tavener (1944-2013)Two Hymns to the Mother of God
Arnold Bax (1883-1953)Mater ora filium
Thomas Tallis (c1505-1585)Spem in alium
Alessandro Striggio (c1536-1592)Ecce beatam lucem
Giovanni Gabrieli (c1557-1612)Exaudi me, Domine à 16
Gustav Mahler (1860-1911) arr. GottwaldDie zwei blauen Augen (2001)
Johannes Brahms (1833-1897)Fest und Gedenksprüche Op. 109
Choir: Justine Anderson, Charlotte Betts-Dean, Kristy Biber, Karl Billeter, Louisa Billeter, Jeremy Bottomley, Julian Clarke, Robert Clayton, Petrina Collingwood, Rina D’Cruz, Greg Deakin, David Durance, Rachel Ellyard, Sam Ellyard, Andrew Fisher, Heather Gaunt, Shingo Gibson-Suzuki, Bron Gondwana, Kate Gondwana, Bridgett Gwyer, Katherine Healy, Kathleen Hislop, Steven Hodgson, Cailin Howarth, Brian Leaver, Philip Legge, Kieran Macfarlane, Loclan Mackenzie-Spencer, Christopher Mason, Daniel Mitterdorfer, Sharon Mulready, Chris Ochs, Ben Owen, Helen Penrose, Anna Plotka, Frank Prain, David Shepherdson, Sue Skillington, Stuart Tennant, Anton Usher, Roger Venning, Damian Verdnik, John Weretka, David Woodgate
Miserere
Sunday 21 March 2010 2:30 pm
St Mark’s Anglican Church George Street Fitzroy
Josquin Desprez (c1450-1521)Missa Pange Lingua
Francis Poulenc (1899-1963)Figure Humaine
Henryk Górecki (1933-2010)Miserere
Choir: Karl Billeter, Julian Clarke, Robert Clayton, Petrina Collingwood, Rina D’Cruz, David Durance, Rachel Ellyard, Sam Ellyard, Will Evans, Andrew Fisher, Heather Gaunt, Shingo Gibson-Suzuki, Kate Gondwana, Bridgett Gwyer, Cailin Howarth, Brian Leaver, Philip Legge, Christopher Mason, Sharon Mulready, Chris Ochs, Ben Owen, Emily Phillips, Anna Plotka, Frank Prain, David Shepherdson, Sue Skillington, Anton Usher, Damian Verdnik, Sally Watt, David Woodgate.
2009
Best of British
Sunday 22 November 2009 2:30 pm
St Mark’s Anglican Church George Street Fitzroy
William Mundy (c1529-1591)Vox patris caelestis
Thomas Tomkins (1572-1656)O sing unto the Lord a new song
Gustav Holst (1874-1934)Nunc Dimittis
John Rutter (b.1945)Hymn to the Creator of light
Jonathan Harvey (b.1939)I love the Lord
John Tavener (1944-2013)Song for Athene
Benjamin Britten (1913-1976)Hymn to St Cecilia
Ralph Vaughan Williams (1872-1958)Mass in G minor
Soioists:
- Soprano: Katherine Healy
- Alto: Louisa Billeter
- Tenor: Paul Bentley
Choir: Paul Bentley, Karl Billeter, Louisa Billeter, Julian Clarke, Robert Clayton, Petrina Collingwood, David Durance, Rachel Ellyard, Andrew Fisher, Kate Gondwana, Katherine Healy, Bruce Ikin, Brian Leaver, Philip Legge, Christopher Mason, Sharon Mulready, Chris Ochs, Ben Owen, Helen Penrose, Emily Phillips, Anna Plotka, David Shepherdson, Malcolm Sinclair, Sue Skillington, Barbara Tattam, Anton Usher, Damian Verdnik, Sally Watt, David Woodgate, Ruth Woodgate
Bass solo: David Woodgate (Vaughan Williams) Julian Clarke (Britten)
Solo trio (Harvey): Sue Skillington, Rachel Ellyard, Ben Owen
Schnittke Choir Concerto
Sunday 13 September 2009 2:30 pm
St Mark’s Anglican Church George Street Fitzroy
Arvo Pärt (b.1935)Berliner Messe
Veljo Tormis (b.1930)Incantation for a Stormy Sea
Alfred Schnittke (1934-1998)Choir Concerto
Choir: Karl Billeter, Louisa Billeter, Kate Bright, Peter Campbell, Julian Clarke, Robert Clayton, Petrina Collingwood, Greg Deakin, David Durance, Will Evans, Heather Gaunt, Katherine Healy, Bruce Ikin, Brian Leaver, Philip Legge, Loclan Mackenzie-Spencer, Anthony Mackey, Christopher Mason, Sharon Mulready, Chris Ochs, Ben Owen, Helen Penrose, Emily Phillips, Frank Prain, Danielle Price, Catrina Seiffert, David Shepherdson, Malcolm Sinclair, Lucy Smith, Catherine Stringer, Anton Usher, Damian Verdnik, David Woodgate, Ruth Woodgate
Organ: Julian Clarke
Rossini Petite Messe Solennelle
Sunday 14 June 2009 2:30 pm
St Mark’s Anglican Church George Street Fitzroy
Gioachino Antonio Rossini (1792-1868)Petite Messe Solennelle
Soloists:
- Soprano: Danielle Calder
- Mezzo: Caroline Vercoe
- Tenor: Jacob Caine
- Bass-baritone: Sam Dundas
Choir: Karl Billeter, Louisa Billeter, Julian Clarke, Robert Clayton, Petrina Collingwood, Andrew Fisher, Heather Gaunt, Kate Gondwana, Katherine Healy, Bruce Ikin, Brian Leaver, Christopher Mason, Sharon Mulready, Ben Owen, Helen Penrose, Emily Phillips, Frank Prain, David Shepherdson, Sue Skillington, Catherine Stringer, Anton Usher, Damian Verdnik, David Woodgate, Ruth Woodgate
Piano: Elyane Laussade
Harmonium: Christopher Cook
Pergolesi Stabat Mater
Sunday 29 March 2009 2:30 pm
St Mark’s Anglican Church George Street Fitzroy
William Byrd (1543-1623)Infelix ego
Tomás Luis de Victoria (c1548-1611)Vadam et circuibo
Francis Poulenc (1899-1963)Quatre motets pour un temps de pénitence
Giovanni Battista Pergolesi (1710-1736)Stabat Mater (transcription for 8-part choir and continuo by Andrew Raiskums)
Choir: Karl Billeter, Louisa Billeter, Julian Clarke, Robert Clayton, Petrina Collingwood, David Cundy, David Durance, Will Evans, Andrew Fisher, Kate Gondwana, Valerie Hunting, Bruce Ikin, Brian Leaver, Christopher Mason, Sharon Mulready, Ben Owen, Helen Penrose, Emily Phillips, Frank Prain, Katherine Presley, David Shepherdson, Malcolm Sinclair, Sue Skillington, Catherine Stringer, Barbara Tattam, Anton Usher, Damian Verdnik, David Woodgate, Ruth Woodgate
Organ: Elizabeth Anderson
2008
Rachmaninoff Vespers
Sunday 30 November 2008 2:30 pm
St Mark’s Anglican Church George Street Fitzroy
John Tavener (1944-2013)Svyati
Benjamin Britten (1913-1976)Suite for Cello no. 3 Op. 87 (Introduction, Three Russian folk songs and Requiem melody)
Sergei Rachmaninoff (1873-1943)All-Night Vigil (Vespers)
Soloists:
- Tenor: Irving Dekterev
- Mezzo-Soprano: Tania Ferris
Choir: Maurice Amor, Karl Billeter, Louisa Billeter, Robert Clayton, Petrina Collingwood, Rina D’Cruz, William Evans, Heather Gaunt, Bron Gondwana, Kate Gondwana, Steven Hodgson, Valerie Hunting, Bruce Ikin, Brian Leaver, Lorentz Lossius, Loclan Mackenzie-Spencer, Christopher Mason, Sharon Mulready, Gemma Munro, Ben Owen, Helen Penrose, Emily Phillips, Anna Plotka, Frank Prain, Katherine Presley, Malcolm Sinclair, Sue Skillington, Barbara Tattam, Anton Usher, Damian Verdnik, John Weretka, David Woodgate
Cello: Lachlan Dent
Title: Into the Light
Sunday 31 August 2008 2:30 pm
St Mark’s Anglican Church George Street Fitzroy
Josquin Desprez (c1450-1521)Missa L’homme armé sexti toni
György Ligeti (1923-2006)Lux aeterna
Arvo Pärt (b.1935)Solfeggio
Sven-David Sandström (b.1942)Agnus Dei
Pēteris Vasks (b.1943)Pater noster
Einojuhani Rautavaara (b.1928)Die erste Elegie
Choir: Karl Billeter, Louisa Billeter, Julian Clarke, Robert Clayton, Petrina Collingwood, Andrew Fisher, Heather Gaunt, Kate Gondwana, Valerie Hunting, Bruce Ikin, Brian Leaver, Philip Legge, Lorentz Lossius, Christopher Mason, Sharon Mulready, Ben Owen, Anna Plotka, Frank Prain, Katherine Presley, Catrina Seiffert (Ligeti), Malcolm Sinclair, Sue Skillington, Barbara Tattam, Anton Usher, Damian Verdnik, David Woodgate
In Memoriam
Sunday 15 June 2008 2:30 pm
St Mark’s Anglican Church George Street Fitzroy
John Sheppard (c1515-c1560)Media vita
Eric Whitacre (b.1970)When David Heard
Herbert Howells (1892-1983)Take Him, Earth, for Cherishing
George Frideric Handel (1685-1759)Funeral Anthem for Queen Caroline: ‘The Ways of Zion do mourn’
Choir: Karl Billeter, Louisa Billeter, Julian Clarke, Robert Clayton, Andrew Fisher, Heather Gaunt, Kate Gondwana, Valerie Hunting, Bruce Ikin, Brian Leaver, Lorentz Lossius, Christopher Mason, Sharon Mulready, Katherine Norman, Ben Owen, Helen Penrose, Emily Phillips, Anna Plotka, Frank Prain, Katherine Presley, Alan Sawyer, Malcolm Sinclair, Sue Skillington, Barbara Tattam, Anton Usher, Damian Verdnik, David Woodgate
Violin: Cathy Shugg, Mary Johnson
Viola: Su-Ying Aw
Cello: Fiona Piggott
Bass: Alice Braden
Oboe: Ales Rajch, Andrew Angus
Bassoon: Chloe Turner
Chamber Organ: Linda Kent
Glory of Italy
Sunday 6 April 2008 2:30 pm
St Mark’s Anglican Church George Street Fitzroy
Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina (c1525-1594)Stabat Mater à8
Carlo Gesualdo (c1560-1613)Maria mater gratiae; Hei mihi Domine; O vos omnes
Antonio Lotti (c1667-1740)Crucifixus à8
Claudio Monteverdi (1567-1643)Nisi Dominus; Lauda Jerusalem (from the 1610 Vespers)
Giovanni Gabrieli (c1557-1612)Confitebor tibi Domine à13; Exaudi me Domine à16
Giuseppe Verdi (1813-1901)Ave Maria (from the Quattro Pezzi Sacri)
Ildebrando Pizzetti (1880-1968)Messa di Requiem
Choir: Karl Billeter, Louisa Billeter, Julian Clarke, Robert Clayton, Andrew Fisher, Heather Gaunt, Kate Gondwana, Bruce Ikin, Brian Leaver, Philip Legge, Lorentz Lossius, Christopher Mason, Sharon Mulready, Katherine Norman, Helen Penrose, Emily Phillips, Anna Plotka, Frank Prain, Katherine Presley, Malcolm Sinclair, Sue Skillington, Barbara Tattam, Anton Usher, Damian Verdnik, Ruth Woodgate, David Woodgate, Sophie Yates
Organs of the Ballarat Goldfields (final recital)
Sunday 20 January 2008 8:00 pm
St Patrick’s Cathedral Sturt Street Ballarat
Frank Martin (1890-1974)Mass for Double Choir
Maurice Duruflé (1902-1986)Requiem Op.9
Choir: Karl Billeter, Louisa Billeter, Julian Clarke, Robert Clayton, Rina D’Cruz, Niki Ebacioni, Rachel Ellyard, Andrew Fisher, Heather Gaunt, Kate Gondwana, Louisa Hunter-Bradley, Brian Johnson, Brian Leaver, Philip Legge, Christopher Mason, Phillip Nicholls, Emily Phillips, Anna Plotka, Frank Prain, Katherine Presley, Sue Skillington, Barbara Tattam, Anton Usher, Damian Verdnik, David Woodgate, Ruth Woodgate
Organ: Anthony Halliday