VOICES OF A LAND (MELBOURNE)
29 February 2024
MYSTICAL SONGS (MELBOURNE)
29 February 20243 AUGUST 2024 3PM
Presented by Australian Boys Choral Institute
Saturday 3 August 2024 at 3:00pm - 4:30pmBallarat Central Uniting Church | 103 Lydiard Street South VIC 3350
The Australian Boys Choir continues their 85th anniversary season with this concert of choral classics, including spellbinding music by Benjamin Britten, Alice Chance and Ralph Vaughan Williams.
This performance will also feature outstanding ABCI old boy Lachlan McDonald as baritone soloist, as well as organist & pianist Calvin Bowman and some of Australia's finest string players.
- Doors open at 2:30pm, 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.
- No photography or videographers permitted, audience members should note this performance is being recorded.
- Our repeat Melbourne 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
Lachlan McDonald, baritone | Calvin Bowman, piano & organ
Rebecca Shirley, violin | Lucy Warren, violin
Merewyn Bramble, viola | Campbell Banks, cello
Nicholas Dinopoulos, artistic director & conductor
PROGRAM
Hymn to St. Cecilia | Benjamin Britten (England, 1913-1976)
Two Best Things | Alice Chance (Australia, b. 1994)
Five Mystical Songs | Ralph Vaughan Williams (England, 1872-1958)
Rejoice in the Lamb | Benjamin Britten (England, 1913-1976)