TO CHASE THE STARS (MELBOURNE)
2 March 2024
PERFORMING SQUAD MEMBER JEEVANTHA
6 March 202414 DECEMBER 2024 5PM
Presented by Australian Boys Choral Institute
Saturday 14 December 2024 at 5:00pm - 7.00pmElisabeth Murdoch Hall, Melbourne Recital Centre | 31 Sturt St, Southbank VIC 3006
Celebrate Christmas this year with the Australian Boys Choir at Melbourne Recital Centre in the very heart of the city. Nicholas Dinopoulos leads nearly 200 singers of the Australian Boys Choral Institute and The Vocal Consort in this unmissable traditional festive gala event.
- Doors open at 4.30pm, show starts at 5.00pm sharp. This performance has one interval of 15 minutes. Latecomers will not be permitted until a suitable break in the performance.
- No photography or videographers permitted, audience members should note this performance is being recorded.
- This performance will also be live-streamed via Australian Digital Concert Hall. For more information and digital ticket access available world-wide, please see the ADCH website.
ARTISTS
The Australian Boys Choir | The Vocal Consort
Nicholas Dinopoulos & Naomi Heyden, conductors
Training Groups of the ABCI | The Kelly Gang
Anna Pokorny, cello | Philip Carmody, organ & piano
PROGRAM
A Great and Mighty Wonder | Michael Praetorius (1571-1621)
O Magnum Mysterium | Gregorian Chant (12th Century)
O Magnum Mysterium | Jacobus Gallus (1550-1591)
Just One Star | Ben Van Tienen (2010)
O Magnum Mysterium | Ivo Antognini (b.1963)
Serenity: O Magnum Mysterium | Ola Gjeilo (b.1979)
Hodie Christus Natus Est | John Winstanley (1922-2014)
Freuet euch, ihr Christen alle | Andreas Hammerschmidt (1611-1675)
We three Kings of Orient are | John Henry Hopkins (1820-1891)
INTERVAL - 20 mins
O come, all Ye Faithful | J. F. Wade (1711-1786)
Joy to the World | Lowell Mason (1792-1872)
Dors, dors, petit bébé | Christi Cary Miller (b. 1959)
Dormi, Dormi | Mary Goetze (b.1943)
Stille Nacht | Franz Xaver Gruber (1787-1863)
Viderunt Omnes | Pérotin Le Grand (13th Century)
Ave Maria | Franz Biebl (1906-2001)
The Twelve Days of Christmas | John Rutter (b.1945)
Hark! The herald angels sing | arr. David Willcocks (1919-2015)