HAMMERSCHMIDT’S ‘FREUET EUCH, IHR CHRISTEN’
19 May 2022
BACH’S ‘LOBET DEN HERRN’
21 May 2022
JOSEPH TWIST'S 'JUBILATE DEO'
Composer Joseph Twist
Australian composer/arranger Joe Twist is one of the most in demand composers in Australia and abroad. Straddling film music and concert music arenas, his music crosses genres including ancient vocal music, opera, contemporary orchestral music, jazz, music theatre and cabaret.
Twist has received wide acclaim for his music for film and television including the successful animated series Bluey, as well as arrangements and orchestrations for many major motion pictures produced in Hollywood.
He has created music for many renowned international artists and ensembles such as Moby and The Wiggles, and his work have been performed and recorded by the world’s greatest orchestras, including collaborations with The Los Angeles Philharmonic, The Hollywood Scoring Orchestra and all major Symphony Orchestras in Australia. Twist’s works appear on numerous commercial recordings including Twist’s own album Dancing With Somebody.
Performing music by living Australian composers is one of the most important parts of our brief, and we try to record and commission local music just as much as we can! We have performed a lot of music by Joe over the years and this piece in particular fits perfectly with the theme of our 'Sing Joyfully' concerts. Scroll down to read the translation and you'll understand why!
The way 'Jubilate Deo' is structured is essentially a series of repeated overlapping musical ideas, or ostinati. Joe's music features a strong rhythmic drive in general, and has an infectious quality. Listen out for the middle section especially where the music changes key and the basses take off with an especially funky new idea which spurs the other parts on too.
This work is another piece with a religious text written for a cappella choir in four parts. It was written for Paul Holley and the Australian National Choral Association Honour Choir in 2009, and we picked it up not long after that. Members of our Performing Squad even got to perform in under the famous international conductor David Hill in an terrific collaboration with the National Youth Choir of Australia.
You can listen to a live recording of this concert back in 2016 by clicking the player below.
Latin: Jubilate Deo, omnis terra; servite Domino in lætitia. Intrate in conspectu eius in exsultatione, quia Dominus ipse est Deus.
English: Be joyful in the Lord, all lands: Serve the Lord with gladness, and come before his presence with a song. For the Lord he is God.
Sing Joyfully Concert Details
Saturday 19th August at Sacred Heart Cathedral Bendigo | Sunday 20th August at St. Patrick's Cathedral Melbourne
Also live-streamed on the Australian Digital Concert Hall platform. World-wide digital access, including 72-hour delayed viewing.
To learn more about the exciting concerts and events planned for 2023,
please see
www.australianboyschoir.com.au/concerts
Members of the Australian Boys Choir and The Vocal Consort onstage at Melbourne Recital Centre with Artistic Director Nicholas Dinopoulos, December 2022. Photo by Jane Kupsch.
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