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SUMMARY:Astra Choir: Cosmic and Terrestrial Dialogues
DESCRIPTION:DIALOGUES OF EARTH AND HEAVENS \nFor millennia\, experiences of earth-bound humans reached for the sky to express themselves. The vast celestial imagery above seems to transcend the divides of human expression below\, between the secular and sacred\, mythic and material. \nThe multiple voices of choral music likewise reach out to domains beyond an immediate time and place – a special kind of human expression that can traverse different histories and cultures. \nIn this concert\, the  Astra Choir moves among  terrestrial  and cosmic images in dialogues of various kinds between earth and sky. In the hands of the early Lutheran composer Johannes Eccard the earthly physical stories of the Advent season\, of a birth set against stars and celestial singing\, are also shrouded in the fragility and menace of everyday human life. \nNewer contemporary works in the concert extend such choral visions in a variety of directions\, religious\, poetic and ethical. Romanian composers Livia Teodorescu-Cicoanea\, her daughter Iuliana Teodorescu\, and Dan Dediu place the voices in an aura of East European sound. The contemporary Venetian Gianandrea Pauletta follows Claudio Monteverdi in invoking a vision of stars\, in a vocal panoply composed for the Astra Choir in 2016. \nFrom New England USA\, the Ives-influenced Robert Carl contributes the world-premiere of the program\, composed to his own text. A series of superlatives\, of the highest and best aspirations\, form a kind of statue of outstretched hands in choral sound. \nThe Astra Choir also re-visits a 1980s work by the legendary Australian jazz musician Phil Treloar\, in which he turned towards Renaissance polyphony in a meditative multi-voice hymn to the “creator\, created.” \nMax Reger reached back into Lutheran history for the unusual structure of his Chorale Cantata No.2. Two multi-verse chorale texts\, from the 16th and 18th centuries\, are placed into a dialogue of two separated choirs with contrasting instruments\, as a conversation between the Living and the Dead. \nThe Astra Choir and soloists\,  with guests \nZac Johnston (violin)\, Andrea Keeble (violin) \nPhoebe Green (viola)\, Alister Barker (cello) \nNic Synot (contrabass)\, Linda Kent (organ) \nconducted by John McCaughey \nJohannes Eccard\, Claudio Monteverdi\, Livia Teodorescu-Ciocanea\, Phil Treloar\, Gianandrea Pauletta\,   Iuliana Teodorescu\, Dan Dediu\, Max Reger \nSunday\, 14 December\, 5pm – 7pm\nSt. Mark’s Anglican Church\, Fitzroy\, 250 George St\, Fitzroy VIC 3065\, Australia\nTICKETS: $20 – $35
URL:https://classicmelbourne.com.au/event/astra-choir-cosmic-and-terrestrial-dialogues/
LOCATION:St Mark’s Angican Church Fitzroy\, 250 George St\, Fitzroy\, Vic\, 3065\, Australia
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SUMMARY:Astra Choir: Water is a product of burning
DESCRIPTION:A new work after Balzac by Neil Kelly (2025)\, \nBalzac’s Gambara (1837) tells of a visionary yet tormented composer\, his long-suffering wife Marianna\, and their calculating patron\, Count Marcosini. At its heart is Gambara’s dream of a music of the future—sublime\, cacophonous\, and largely incomprehensible to those around him. \nThis new work recasts that 19th-century vision through a 21st-century lens. Conceived as a multi-media piano fantasy for Michael Kieran Harvey with electronics by Michael Hewes\, Water Is a Product of Burning becomes a contemporary incarnation of the panharmonicon—a proto-synthesiser of Balzac’s era. The piano is expanded with choral textures\, electronics\, and video\, conjuring the novella’s extremes of sound: from the “hideous cacophony” to a “sublime chorus of angels”. \nMichael Kieran Harvey\, piano; Michael Hewes audio processing – supported by Creative Australia \n\nFri\, 3 Oct\, 8pm – 9pm AEST\n\n\nChurch of All Nations\, Calrton\, Carlton VIC\, Australia\n\nTICKETS: $35\, Concession $25
URL:https://classicmelbourne.com.au/event/astra-choir-water-is-a-product-of-burning/
LOCATION:Chruch of All Nations\, 180 Palmerston St\, Carlton\, Victoria\, 3053
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SUMMARY:Astra: Commas and
DESCRIPTION:FORTY-EIGHT: FALLING & RISING\, GLINTS\, COMMAS\,\nTILING CANONS\, SPIRAL STUDY\nwith canons by JS Bach \nAn ensemble of leading Australian musicians comes together to perform new works by Andrew Byrne alongside canons of J.S. Bach. \nByrne’s recent work explores geometries of sound—spirals\, tilings\, and algorithmic patterns resulting in music that unfold with internal logic and clarity while retaining an emotional depth. Several of these works will receive their premiere in this program\, brought to life by a sextet of virtuoso performers. \nGenevieve Lacey\, recorder; Anthony Burr\, clarinet; Erkki Veltheim\, violin; Anna Pokorny\, cello; Joy Lee\, piano; Dan Richardson\, percussion \n\n\n\n\nWednesday\, 23 July\, 8pm – 9:30pm AEST\n\nTICKETS: $35 – $20\n\nHall at St. Mary’s\, North Melbourne 428 Queensberry St\, North Melbourne VIC 3051\, Australia
URL:https://classicmelbourne.com.au/event/astra-commas-and/
LOCATION:St Mary’s Anglican Church\, 430 Queensberry St\, North Melbourne\, Victoria\, 3051\, Australia
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