Sydney
City Recital Hall Angel Place
Fri 16, Sat 17, Wed 21, Fri 23, Sat 24 May
all at 7pm
Matinee Sat 24 May at 2pm
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| City Recital Hall: |
02 8256 2222 |
| Brandenburg: |
02 9328 7581 |
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/ May 2008
The Brandenburg Choir
with 50 boy trebles |
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Conductor, Paul Dyer
"[The Brandenburg Choir is] one of the finest
choruses one could put together in this town"
The Sydney Morning Herald
Following sold-out performances in 2006, the Brandenburg Choir joins with the Australian
Brandenburg Orchestra and 50 boy trebles to bring you another choral and instrumental
spectacular on an even grander scale.
Biber's tour de force Battalia evokes the madness and mayhem of the battlefield, all recreated
on string instruments, including cannon shots!
As the smoke clears, imagine an army of young angels appearing on stage when 50 trebles,
accompanied by the Orchestra, transport you to another world with their soaring voices in
Bach's sublime cantata.
Rousing trumpets and drums will then stir your soul as the Choir and Orchestra perform
Buxtehude’s magnificent celebratory work Heut’ triumphieret Gottes Sohn. Bach was so
inspired by Buxtehude’s music, he once walked 400 km to hear his choir perform.
The magical finale will hold you transfixed as the superb voices of the sopranos rise up in
the glorious and much loved Dixit Dominus. This magnificent work of driving energy and
vocal virtuosity conveys all the power and passion of a triumphant Handel!
Program
| Biber |
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Battalia |
| Purcell |
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Now that the Sun Hath Veil’d His Light (An Evening Hymn)
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| JS Bach |
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Schafe Können sicher weiden from Cantata BWV 208 |
| Buxtehude |
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Cantata Heut triumphieret Gottes Sohn, Bux WV 43 |
| Handel |
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Concerto grosso in F major, Op 6 No 9 |
| Handel |
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Dixit Dominus, HWV 232 |
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