Sunday’s Rigg Bequest recital in an exciting new historic venue – St Kilda Presbyterian Church
Hear Melbourne Cappella Chamber Choir, under the direction of Nicholas Cowall, with Team partner Rohan Murray at the piano, in the stunning acoustics of St Kilda Presbyterian Church. Enjoy an afternoon of sonorous repertoire for male voices, spanning the soulful depths of Orthodox chant to the dramatic peaks of Italian opera and Russian and Hungarian Romanticism.
Chesnokov – Let my prayer Arise, Op 24 No. 8, a capella with alto solo
Puccini – Vexilla Regis Prodeunt, for 2-part male chorus & piano
Liszt – Missa quattuor vocum ad aequales S. 8, for 4-part male Chorus, soloists and keyboard
INTERVAL
Puccini- Humming Chorus (Madam Butterfly, for piano & male chorus
Puccini – Colline’s aria ‘Vecchia zimarra, senti’ (from La Bohème) & Cavaradossi’s aria ‘E lucevan le stelle’ (from Tosca), for solo voices & piano
Tchaikovsky – 1812 Overture Op. 49, arr. Cowall for male chorus & piano
Sunday March 17, 2024 at 3:00pm:
Voices of Grandeur – Bluestone Classics at St Kilda Presbyterian Church, 2 Alma Road, St Kilda.
TICKETS: $30 – $50