SONGS FOR THE OPEN ROAD (MELBOURNE)
8 February 2023
SONGS OF THE SEA (MELBOURNE)
8 February 202320 MAY 2023 3PM
Presented by Australian Boys Choral Institute and Christ Church Cathedral
Saturday 20 May 2023 at 3:00pm - 4:30pmChrist Church Cathedral | 49 Lydiard Street South Ballarat VIC 3350
Sea wind, salt air and the swell of the ocean. Members of the Australian Boys Choir join with The Vocal Consort in swashbuckling repertoire by Australia's best and brightest composers.
This performance will also feature outstanding ABCI old boy Raphael Wong, fresh from his Sydney Opera House debut last year as Phantom in Opera Australia's Phantom of the Opera.
- 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 the Australian Digital Concert Hall. For more information and digital ticket access available world-wide, please see the ADCH website.
ARTISTS
Australian Boys Choir | The Vocal Consort
Raphael Wong, baritone | Andrea Katz, piano
Nicholas Dinopoulos, conductor
PROGRAM
How Can you Catch the Wind | Dan Walker (Australia, b. 1978)
Sea Fever | Daniel Brinsmead, (Australia, b. 1988)
Songs of the Sea | Charles Villiers Stanford (Ireland, 1852-1924)
Sea Chant | Peter Sculthorpe, (Australia, 1929-2014)
Two Chronometers / To Sea, To Sea! from Songs of the Sea | Colin Brumby, (Australia, 1933-2018)
The Wind / Ferry Me Across the Water | Lyn Williams, (Australia, b. 1963)
Incantatio maris aestuosi | Veljo Tormis (Estonia, 1930-2017)
Frobisher Bay | Canadian Traditional arr. Diane Loomer (Canada, 1940-2012)
Tides of Ocean | Matthew Orlovich, (Australia, b. 1970)