FRENCH CLASSICS (MELBOURNE)
2 December 2024
2023 VICTORIAN TOUR
19 December 202413 DECEMBER 2025 5PM
Presented by Australian Boys Choral Institute
Saturday 13 December 2025 at 5:00pm - 7.00pm
Elisabeth 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, concert 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 - thank you for your understanding.
- No photography or videographers permitted. Audience members should note this performance is being recorded.
- While we encourage families to attend our concerts, this presentation is not suitable for very young children or infants.
ARTISTS
The Australian Boys Choir | The Vocal Consort
The Kelly Gang | Training Groups of the ABCI
Robyn Cochrane, piano | Philip Carmody, organ
Naomi Heyden & Timothy Mallis, associate conductors
Nicholas Dinopoulos, artistic director & conductor
PROGRAM
The Silver Stars are in the Sky | William G. James (1892-1977)
On Christmas Morn | David L. Brunner (b.1953)
Noël des enfants qui n'ont plus de maison | Claude Debussy (1862-1918)
La vierge à la crèche | César Franck (1822-1890)
Canite Tuba | Jacob Handl (1550-1591)
Wassail Song | Ralph Vaughan Williams (1872-1958)
Love Came Down at Christmas | Eleanor Daley (b.1955)
Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy | Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky (1840-1893)
Carol of the Sun | Natalie Williams (2000)
Away in a Manger | arr. Michael Leighton Jones (b. 1947)
If Christ had been born in another time | Matthew Orlovich (b.1970)
As with Gladness men of old | Conrad Kocher (1786-1872)
INTERVAL - 20 mins
O come, all Ye Faithful | J. F. Wade (1711-1786)
We Three Kings of Orient are | John Henry Hopkins (1820-1821)
Star Carol | John Rutter (b. 1945)
The Piglets' Christmas | Mary Goetze (b. 1943)
Christmas Star | John Williams (b. 1932)
I Saw Three Ships | arr. Timothy Mallis (b.1996)
We Wish You a Merry Christmas | arr. Timothy Mallis (b.1996)
Sing Aloud on this Day | arr. Gustav Holst (1874-1934)
A Christmas Carol | Joshua Adams (b.1997)
Hark! The herald angels sing | arr. David Willcocks (1919-2015)