SONGS & STORIES (MELBOURNE)
THE NUTCRACKER (MELBOURNE)
10 OCTOBER 2026 3PM
Presented by Music at the Basilica
Saturday 10 October 2026 at 3:00pm - 4:30pm
St Mary's Basilica | 150 Yarra St, Geelong VIC 3220
- Doors open strictly from 2:45pm, concert starts at 3:00pm sharp. This performance has one interval of 15 minutes.
- Latecomers will not be permitted until a suitable break in the performance - thank you for your understanding.
- No photography or videographers permitted. Audience members should note this performance is being recorded.
Vibrant voices come together in this spellbinding performance as part of the 2026 Windfire Music Festival. This concert features a rare solo outing by The Vocal Consort in some brilliant a cappella repertoire across an impressive range of styles.
This concert takes its title from debut CD release "Sweet & Low" from 2001 by The Vocal Consort, and presents some of the ensemble's classic repertoire alongside new audience favourites.
ARTISTS
The Vocal Consort Nicholas Dinopoulos, conductor
PROGRAM
Vive L'Amour | American Traditional
Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy | Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky (Russia, 1840-1893)
Sweet & Low | Sir Joseph Barnby (England, 1838-1896)
Prayer of the Children | Kurt Bestor (United States, b. 1958)
Daemon Irrepit Callidus | György Orbán (Romania, b. 1947)
Frobisher Bay | James Gordon (Canada, b. 1955)
Bushes & Briars | Ralph Vaughan Williams (England, 1872-1958)
Keep Your Lamps | American Traditional
INTERVAL - 15 mins
Where the West Begins | David Hamilton (New Zealand, b. 1955)
The Girl from Ipanema | Antônio Carlos Jobim (Brazil, 1927-1994)
Dúlamán | Michael McGlynn (Ireland, b. 1964)
Moondance | Sir George Morrison (Ireland, b. 1945)
She Moved Through the Fair | Irish Traditional
Beati Quorum Via | Charles Villiers Stanford (Ireland, 1852-1924)
Ave Maria | Franz Biebl (Germany, 1906-2001)
Blowin' in the Wind | Bob Dylan (United States, b. 1941)
TICKETS
$30
General Admission / Unreserved Seating