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SUMMARY:Melbourne Bach Choir St Matthew Passion
DESCRIPTION:The Melbourne Bach Choir and Melbourne Baroque Orchestra conducted by Rick Prakhoff present the St Matthew Passion by J.S. Bach\, sung in German. Two adult choirs\, a children’s choir\, two orchestras and outstanding Australian soloists will fill Melbourne Recital Centre with this extraordinary\, dramatic telling of the Passion story\, written to be performed on Good Friday. \nThe Choir’s 2022 performance of this work received a five minute ovation with The Age saying ‘a sterling interpretation of the long Bach Passion’ and Classic Melbourne claiming this ‘concert was a triumph.’ \nAndrew Goodwin again brings his beautiful high tenor to the role of the Evangelist. Adrian Tamburini will sing Christus\, together with aria soloists Lorina Gore\, Sally-Anne Russell\, Henry Choo\, Simon Meadows and Christopher Hillier. \nFrom the darkly evocative orchestral opening Bach creates a narrative more compelling than that of any opera of the period. Sung in German\, this extraordinary musical journey is the perfect reflection for Good Friday.
URL:https://classicmelbourne.com.au/event/melbourne-bach-choir-st-matthew-passion/
LOCATION:Elisabeth Murdoch Hall – Melbourne Recital Centre\, 31 Sturt St\, Southbank\, Victoria\, 3006\, Australia
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SUMMARY:Melbourne Bach Choir's Christmas Fanfare 2025
DESCRIPTION:To round out a year of wonderful choral singing\, Melbourne Bach Choir and Melbourne Bach Chamber Choir present a programme of music for the Christmas season. Choral pieces by composers from 16th Century to 21st Century include both familiar and lesser known composers. Well-known carols programmed for audience participation\, brass and organ accompaniment supplement this exciting programme.  \nAlong with the traditional music of Christmas\, the concert also includes works by composers Herbert Howells\, Cecilia McDowall and Johnathon Dove. We are excited to programme Dr Calvin Bowman’s new setting of Jacaranda Carol by Australian poet Mark Tredinnick\, commissioned by Melbourne Bach Choir for Choir\, brass and organ\, with the support of the Peggy & Leslie Cranbourne Foundation. Melbourne.  Bach Choir Scholars will have the pleasure of presenting John Tavener’s beautiful setting of Blake’s poem The Lamb. The highlight for many will of course be the familiar carols\, accompanied by brass and with opportunities for audience participation.
URL:https://classicmelbourne.com.au/event/melbourne-bach-choirs-christmas-fanfare-2025/
LOCATION:St John’s Anglican Church\, Burke Road Camberwell\, 552 Burke Road\, Camberwell\, VIC\, 3124\, Australia
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SUMMARY:Melbourne Bach Choir:  Carmina Burana
DESCRIPTION:Carl Orff’s blockbuster of the choral repertoire.\nFrom the rousing first chorus of O Fortuna until the wheel of fortune rolls on to its concluding reprise\, Orff immerses us in an unstoppable journey\, exploring life and fate through the eyes of a group of worldly mediaeval monks. \nAlthough familiar from its innumerable appearances in film and advertising\, the music takes on a new vibrancy in live performance. \nMelbourne Bach Choir\nAustralian Children’s Choir\nJane Magão soprano\nRobert Macfarlane tenor\nChristopher Hillier baritone \nCarl Orff Carmina Burana – arranged for two choirs\, soloists\, 2 pianos\, timpani and percussion \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nFriday 19 September 2025 – 8:00pm \n\n\nDuration: 1 hour 30 mins (no interval). Please note\, running times are approximate and subject to change. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n \n\n\n\n\n\nTickets: Premium $99 ($89 Concession); A Reserve $88 ($75 Concession); B Reserve $77 ($60 Concession)\nC Reserve $55 ($44 Concession) \nStudent Premium $89; A Reserve $49; B Reserve $42; C Reserve $33
URL:https://classicmelbourne.com.au/event/melbourne-bach-choir-carmina-burana/
LOCATION:Elisabeth Murdoch Hall\, Melbourne Recital Centre
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SUMMARY:Melbourne Bach Choir: Bach's St John Passion
DESCRIPTION:Melbourne Bach Choir Presents St John Passion on Good Friday \nOn 18th April\, the Melbourne Bach Choir will continue its tradition of performing a Passion at the Melbourne Recital Centre  on Good Friday. This year\, the choir will present the much-loved and dramatic St John Passion of J S Bach\, a profound musical narrative and reflection on the events surrounding the crucifixion of Jesus. \nPerformance Details: Date: 18 April Time: 2:30 PM – 5:00 PM \nLocation: Elisabeth Murdoch Hall\, Melbourne Recital Centre \nTickets: Available at J.S. Bach – St John Passion \nThis year’s performance will feature an outstanding lineup of some of Australia’s most talented soloists. Christopher Watson will make his debut with Melbourne Bach Choir with his acclaimed portrayal of the Evangelist. He will be joined by Christopher Hillier\, who will again contribute his moving performance in the role of Jesus. \nThe remaining solo parts will be taken by \n\nJacqueline Porter\, soprano\nSally-Anne Russell\, mezzo-soprano\nTimothy Reynolds\, tenor\nJeremy Kleeman\, bass baritone\nSimon Meadows\, baritone\n\nThe Melbourne Baroque Orchestra will accompany the performance\, and MBC Artistic Director Rick Prakhoff conducts. The St John Passion will be performed in German at Baroque pitch. \nJoin us for this special Good Friday event and experience the beauty and emotional depth of Bach’s St John Passion. \nFor more information\, including artist details\, photos\, recordings\, interviews\, and ticket inquiries\, please contact Ros Smith at rosej99.smith@gmail.com or 0411 236 011\, or Norma Tovey at normatovey@gmail.com or 0412 440 376.
URL:https://classicmelbourne.com.au/event/st-john-passion-js-bach/
LOCATION:Elisabeth Murdoch Hall – Melbourne Recital Centre\, 31 Sturt St\, Southbank\, Victoria\, 3006\, Australia
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SUMMARY:Melbourne Bach Choir: Christmas Fanfare 2024
DESCRIPTION:Melbourne Bach Choir and Chamber Choir\, with organ and brass quintet\, presents a program of seasonal music. Works include traditional carols (with audience participation and brass accompaniments)\, choral works by Bach\, Holst\, Byrd\, Britten and others and a world premier of Carmina Natalis by MBC Scholar Hamish Madden. \nSt John’s Anglican Church\, Burke Road\, Camberwell provides an ideal location with its recently renovated organ\, beautiful stained glass windows and wonderful acoustic. \nTickets from Trybooking Christmas Fanfare 2024 Tickets\, St John’s Camberwell \, Camberwell | TryBooking Australia
URL:https://classicmelbourne.com.au/event/melbourne-bach-choir-christmas-fanfare-2024/
LOCATION:St John’s Anglican Church\, Burke Road Camberwell\, 552 Burke Road\, Camberwell\, VIC\, 3124\, Australia
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SUMMARY:Melbourne Bach Choir: Verdi Requiem
DESCRIPTION:Melbourne Bach Choir presents Verdi’s Requiem\, in collaboration with Zelman Symphony and four outstanding soloists\, conducted by Rick Prakhoff. Join us for this masterpiece\, the most operatic of all requiems\, at Melbourne Town Hall. \nMiriam Gordon-Stewart soprano\, Belinda Paterson mezzo-soprano\, Tomas Dalton tenor\, and Christopher Hillier\, baritone and the Zelman Memorial Symphony Orchestra\nRick Prakhoff Conductor \nBookings
URL:https://classicmelbourne.com.au/event/melbourne-bach-choir-verdi-requiem/
LOCATION:Melbourne Town Hall\, Corner Swanston and Collins Streets\, Melbourne\, Victoria\, 3000\, Australia
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SUMMARY:Melbourne Bach Choir in Concert: Bach\, Mozart and Mendelssohn
DESCRIPTION:Melbourne Bach Choir’s first concert of the year features two glorious oratorios by J S Bach and short gems by Mozart and Mendelssohn\, with four of Australia’s finest vocal soloists. \nProgram: J S Bach’s Easter Oratorio BWV 249; J S Bach’s Ascension Oratorio BWV 11; Mozart’s Litaniae Lauretanae K 109; Mendelssohn’s Jesu meine Freude \nComposed for Easter Sunday 1725\, Bach’s jubilant Easter Oratorio was later revised and slightly expanded – the version usually performed today. Bach apparently held the oratorio in high esteem and performed it several times. The opening chorus of his Ascension Oratorio “Lobet Gott in seinen Reichen” (“Praise God in His Realms”)\, reflects the triumphant joy of Christ’s Ascension\, especially in the opening and closing choruses.  The festive scoring for the orchestra with trumpets and timpani heightens the effect in both works. \nMendelssohn\, an early champion of J S Bach\, deliberately chose Bach as his model for his eight chorale cantatas\, and Jesu meine Freude follows closely Bach’s prototypes. It is composed in E minor\, the same key as Bach’s setting. \nMozart’s Litaniae Lauretanae (Litany of Loreto) K 109 is an invocation to the Virgin Mary.  One of many liturgical works Mozart composed for Salzburg between his three journeys to Italy\, it shows an astonishing mastery for a 15 year-old boy.  The Archbishop of Salzburg at the time mandated clear\, simple and economical music\, with avoidance of any operatic excess; but Mozart was able to work within these constraints to produce a moving work with alternating sections of joyful and poignant or sombre mood. \nMelbourne Bach Choir & Orchestra\nwith Olivia Cranwell Soprano\, Sally-Anne Russell Mezzo Soprano\, Andrew Goodwin Tenor and Christopher Hillier Baritone.\nConductor and Artistic Director Rick Prakhoff \nSunday 21st April at 3pm \nAll Saints’ Anglican Church\, 2 Chapel St\, St Kilda East Vic 3182. \nBookings: www.trybooking.com/COXEZ
URL:https://classicmelbourne.com.au/event/melbourne-bach-choir-in-concert-bach-mozart-and-mendelssohn/
LOCATION:All Saints Anglican Church East St Kilda\, 2 Chapel Street\, East St Kilda\, Victoria\, 3182\, Australia
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SUMMARY:Melbourne Bach Choir: A Christmas Fanfare
DESCRIPTION:A Christmas Fanfare: a feast of music for choir and brass\nChoral masterworks from four centuries and favourite traditional carols \nMelbourne Bach Choir welcomes the Christmas season with A Christmas Fanfare – a concert of choral pieces by composers from Sweelink to Pinkham via Palestrina\, Poulenc\, Britten and more\, of course including Bach. Well-known carols are programmed for audience participation. \nThe full Melbourne Bach Choir and the MBC Chamber Choir will be conducted by founding Artistic Director Rick Prakhoff and accompanied by organist Calvin Bowman and a brass ensemble of trumpets\, horn\, trombone and tuba. \nWe all love the familiar\, traditional music of Christmas\, but the concert also includes some less familiar works\, including two different tellings of the Nativity story in Poulenc’s joyful Christmas Motets and the charming Christmas Cantata with organ and brass instruments by Daniel Pinkham. The Poulenc motets and some other works will feature the MBC Chamber Choir with our Scholars as conductors. The highlight for many will of course be the familiar carols\, accompanied by brass and with some opportunities for audience participation. \nSaturday 2 December at 7.30pm\, St Andrew’s Church\, New St\, Brighton \nSaturday 9 December at 2.30pm\, Ballarat Central Uniting Church\, Lydiard St S \n\n\n\n\n\n\nInformation and Bookings (concessions apply): http://www.mbc.asn.au/mbc-concerts $25 – $45 \nNB Tickets will also be available on the door
URL:https://classicmelbourne.com.au/event/melbourne-bach-choir-a-christmas-fanfare-2/
LOCATION:Ballarat Central Uniting Church\, 103 Lydiard Street South\, Ballarat\, Victoria\, Australia
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SUMMARY:Melbourne Bach Choir Concert: Serenity
DESCRIPTION:“Serenity” features beautiful timeless music that includes the Maurice Duruflé Requiem and shorter works by JS Bach\, Brahms\, Duruflé\, Fauré\, Messiaen and Rheinberger \nPerformances: \nBallarat Central Uniting Church on Saturday 24 June at 2pm \nScots’ Church\, Melbourne on Saturday 1 July at 7.30 pm \nTICKETS: $25.00 – $75.00 \nBallarat: https://www.trybooking.com/events/landing?eid=1052157& \nMelbourne: https://www.trybooking.com/events/landing?eid=1051329& \nNB Tickets will also be available on the door
URL:https://classicmelbourne.com.au/event/melbourne-bach-choir-concert-serenity/
LOCATION:Scots’ Church\, Corner of Collins & Russell Streets\, Melbourne\, Victoria\, 3000\, Australia
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SUMMARY:Rachael Beesley Solo Violin Recital – Sonata\, Partita & Passacaglia
DESCRIPTION:Violinist Rachael Beesley performs heavenly works by 18th Century musicians.\nBach’s Sonatas and Partitas for violin alone are a true exploration of what possibilities are available for this instrument. Completed by 1720 but not published until 1802\, the French style dance movements of the D minor Partita Allemanda – Corrente – Sarabanda – Giga\, all consist of two parts repeated to offer more chance for the listener (and dancer) to explore the intricacies of Bach’s exquisite writing while the G minor Sonata explores the Italian style of writing Adagio – Fuga – Siciliana – Presto\, in the pattern of the sonata da Chiesa (church sonata). \nBracketed by these well-known works by Bach is the soulful Passacaglia by Biber\, which tells the story of the Guardian Angel as the final moment of the Mystery of the Rosary Sonatas. Biber explores the rich sonorities and varied instrumental colours through a series of variations\, bringing Baroque affects to life in this elevated composition. \n\nSaturday 8 April 2023 5pm; Primrose Potter Salon; Duration: 1 hour (no interval) \n\n\n\n\nTICKETS: Standard $40 ($29 Concession); Student $29
URL:https://classicmelbourne.com.au/event/rachael-beesley-solo-violin-recital-sonata-partita-passacaglia/
LOCATION:Melbourne Recital Centre\, Southbank Boulevard\, Melbourne\, VIC\, 3004\, Australia
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DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20221119T193000
DTEND;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20221119T213000
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SUMMARY:Melbourne Bach Chamber Choir - JS Bach: Baroque Gems for Advent
DESCRIPTION:JS Bach: Baroque Gems for Advent – Melbourne\n\n\nA concert of joyful works by JS Bach to herald Advent\, with two favourite cantatas\, No.140 Wachet auf! (Sleepers awake!) and No.62 Nun komm der Heiden Heiland (Come\, Saviour of the nations)\, the double-chorus motet Der Geist hilft unser Schwachheit auf BWV226 \, as well as the festive Orchestral Suite No 1 BWV 1066\, all with the outstanding Melbourne Baroque Orchestra on period instruments.\n\nMelbourne Bach Chamber Choir\nMelbourne Baroque Orchestra\nJacqueline Porter (Soprano)\nTimothy Reynolds (Tenor)\nSimon Meadows (Baritone)\nSaskia Mascitti (Mezzo-soprano)\nConducted by Rick Prakhoff\n\nSaturday 19 November 2022 7:30 PM – 9:30 PM (UTC+11)\n\nSt Paul’s Cathedral\, Corner of Flinders and Swanston Streets\, Melbourne Vic 3000
URL:https://classicmelbourne.com.au/event/melbourne-bach-choir-js-bach-baroque-gems-for-advent/
LOCATION:St Paul’s Cathedral\, Corner Flinders and Swanston Streets\, Melbourne\, 3000\, Australia
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SUMMARY:Melbourne Bach Choir: The Creation by Joseph Haydn
DESCRIPTION:The Melbourne Bach Choir makes a spectacular return to the concert platform with its maiden performance – in English – of Haydn’s towering work for choir and orchestra: The Creation. \nMBC Artistic Director and conductor Rick Prakhoff again takes the baton\, leading a magnificent full orchestra with soloists Kathryn Radcliffe (soprano)\, Andrew Goodwin (tenor) and Adrian Tamburini (bass-baritone). \n\n\nMelbourne Bach Choir and Orchestra conducted by Rick Prakhoff\, with Kathryn Radcliffe\, soprano\, Andrew Goodwin\, tenor and Adrian Tamburini\, bass-baritone.\n\n\nDate: 3 September 2022\nTime: 7:30 pm\nLocation: St Paul’s Cathedral\, cnr Swanston St and Flinders St\, Melbourne
URL:https://classicmelbourne.com.au/event/melbourne-bach-choir-the-creation-by-joseph-haydn/
LOCATION:St Paul’s Cathedral\, 6 Myers Street\, Bendigo\, VIC\, 3350\, Australia
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SUMMARY:Loss and Renewal: Chamber Music of J. S. Bach
DESCRIPTION:Chamber Music of J.S. Bach\nAbout the artists\nIn this pre-dinner recital Madeleine Easton\, violin\, Rosanne Hunt\, cello and Donald Nicolson\, harpsichord – three of Australia’s most respected baroque specialists – will explore the themes of fate\, sacrifice and joy in the instrumental music of J.S. Bach\, reflecting the overarching theme and experience of Easter. \nAbout the concert\nThe programme will feature two of Bach’s innovative sonatas for violin and obbligato harpsichord\, where the keyboard instrument plays a melodic role equal to that of the violin. Rosanne will play the second suite for solo cello\, whose contrasting dance movements constitute one of music’s most profound creations. \nJohann Sebastian Bach\nSonata for violin and harpsichord No.1 in B minor\, BWV 1014\nSuite for solo cello No.2 in D minor\, BWV 1008\nSonata for violin and harpsichord No.3 in E\, BWV 1016 \n\nSaturday 16 April 2022 5.30pm \n\nPrimrose Potter Salon\n\nDuration: 1 hour (no interval) \n\n\nTICKETS\n\n\nStandard $40 ($29 Concession)\nStudent $29 \nExperience this concert online with Australian Digital Concert Hall\nClick here for live stream tickets
URL:https://classicmelbourne.com.au/event/loss-and-renewal-chamber-music-of-j-s-bach/
LOCATION:Melbourne Recital Centre\, Southbank Boulevard\, Melbourne\, VIC\, 3004\, Australia
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SUMMARY:Melbourne Bach Choir: Bach's St Matthew Passion
DESCRIPTION:St Matthew Passion on Good Friday\nThe Melbourne Bach Choir and Orchestra conducted by Rick Prakhoff return after the trials of the pandemic to bring you into the light with a mini-festival of Bach and more. \nThe tradition of Good Friday concerts continues with J.S. Bach’s much loved St Matthew Passion. Andrew Goodwin repeats his highly acclaimed role of the Evangelist together with Adrian Tamburini as Jesus and an exciting group of soloists. The orchestra will again be led by Madeleine Easton\, Director of Bach Akademie Australia. \nThis extraordinary musical journey is the perfect reflection for Good Friday\, in these extraordinary times. \nThe Passion will be sung in German. \nArtists\nMelbourne Bach Choir and Orchestra\nRick Prakhoff conductor\nMadeleine Easton orchestra leader\nAndrew Goodwin tenor (Evangelist)\nAdrian Tamburini bass-baritone (Jesus)\nJacqueline Porter soprano\nSally-Anne Russell mezzo- soprano\nHenry Choo tenor;  Jeremy Kleeman bass-baritone \nTickets\n\n\nPremium $130 ($120 Concession)\nA reserve $110 ($95 Concession)\nB reserve $95 ($80 Concession)\nC reserve $70 ($60 Concession) \nStudent\nPremium $120\nA reserve $80\nB reserve $70\nC reserve $50 \nTwo-Concert Package\nBuy tickets to Melbourne Bach Choir’s St Matthew Passion and Mozart Vespers\, Bach Treasures and save $10. \nExperience this concert online with Australian Digital Concert Hall\nClick here for live stream tickets. \n\n\n 
URL:https://classicmelbourne.com.au/event/melbourne-bach-choir-bachs-st-matthew-passion/
LOCATION:Melbourne Recital Centre\, Southbank Boulevard\, Melbourne\, VIC\, 3004\, Australia
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DTEND;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20190908T160000
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SUMMARY:Verdi Requiem
DESCRIPTION:Melbourne Bach Choir and Zelman Memorial Symphony Orchestra are proud to bring you the Verdi Requiem with a cast of four superb Australian soloists under the baton of Rick Prakhoff. \nSoprano Helena Dix recently made her New York Metropolitan Opera debut. Last November\, she sang the Verdi Requiem with London’s Royal Philharmonic Orchestra at the Royal Albert Hall. Jacqueline Dark is a multiple Helpmann and Green Room Award-winning mezzo-soprano. Paul O’Neill has sung leading tenor roles throughout Australasia and Europe. In addition to his international and OA reputation\, bass baritone\, Adrian Tamburini is well-known to Zelman Symphony audiences\, having sung in Mahler’s Symphony No. 8 and Shostakovich’s Symphony No. 13\, Babi Yar. \nOften described as “Verdi’s greatest opera”\, his Requiem is an expansive yet tightly knit masterpiece of monumental drama and intense emotion.
URL:https://classicmelbourne.com.au/event/verdi-requiem-2/
LOCATION:Melbourne Town Hall\, Melbourne\, Australia
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DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20190706T193000
DTEND;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20190706T213000
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SUMMARY:Fauré Requiem and works by Debussy\, Ravel\, Saint Saëns and Fauré
DESCRIPTION:This concert combines Fauré’s sublime Requiem\, one of the best-loved of all choral works\, with shorter secular pieces from the French repertoire.\nDebussy’s sensitive settings of 15th century poems by Charles d’Orleans contrast with Ravel’s exquisite Trois Chansons\, where both the composer’s own texts and music are full of archaic references. Fauré’s witty Madrigal and a selection of Saint-Saëns’ expressive songs complete the program.\nRick Prakhoff conducts the Melbourne Bach Choir and Orchestra\, with soloists Emilia Bertolini\, soprano\, and Jeremy Kleeman bass-baritone. \nThis concert program will also be performed on Sunday 30 June 2019 at 2.30pm\, at Ballarat Central Uniting Church\, 103 Lydiard St S\, Ballarat Central Tickets at www.trybooking.com/BBRBK
URL:https://classicmelbourne.com.au/event/faure-requiem-and-works-by-debussy-ravel-saint-saens-and-faure-2/
LOCATION:All Saints Anglican Church\, 2 Chapel Street\, St Kilda\, VIC\, 3222\, Australia
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DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20180330T143000
DTEND;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20180330T163000
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SUMMARY:Good Friday Concert - Brahms and Szymanowski
DESCRIPTION:Melbourne Bach Choir and Orchestra continue their tradition of Good Friday concerts with this imaginative program\, featuring an outstanding cast of soloists. \nFollowing the success of Opera Australia’s recent production of King Roger by Polish composer Karol Szymanowski\, his rarely performed Stabat Mater is paired with the much loved German Requiem by Johannes Brahms. \nThe six short movements of Szymanowski’s expressive masterpiece invoke Polish folk elements and echoes of early counterpoint\, in a highly personal setting. Brahms’ choice of text for the Requiem was also individualistic\, focussing on a more humanist rather than overtly Christian take on the concept of the end of life\, in this deeply felt and dramatic work. \nThe Melbourne Bach Choir and orchestra\, conducted by Rick Prakhoff\, are joined by renowned soloists Lorina Gore\, soprano; Belinda Paterson\, mezzo-soprano; and Warwick Fyfe\, baritone.
URL:https://classicmelbourne.com.au/event/good-friday-concert-brahms-szymanowski/
LOCATION:Melbourne Recital Centre\, 31\, Sturt Street\, Southbank\, VIC\, 3006\, Australia
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DTEND;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20170414T173000
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SUMMARY:J S Bach's St John Passion BWV 245
DESCRIPTION:J.S. Bach’s Passion—a masterpiece for Good Friday.\nAfter their extraordinary 2016 concert\, Melbourne Bach Choir return to Elisabeth Murdoch Hall this Good Friday for another spellbinding performance of Bach’s St John Passion. \nMelbourne Bach Choir are joined by Andrew Goodwin (Evangelist) and Warwick Fyfe (Jesus)\, soprano Lorina Gore\, mezzo-soprano Dominica Matthews\, tenor Henry Choo and bass-baritone Jeremy Kleeman completing a stellar group of Australian soloists. From the darkly evocative orchestral opening\, Bach creates a narrative more compelling than that of any opera of the period. Sung in German\, this extraordinary musical journey is the perfect reflection for Good Friday. \nDon’t miss your chance to hear Bach’s sacred and heavenly composition performed in the beautiful surrounds of Elisabeth Murdoch Hall this Good Friday. \n‘One of those performances that lives in the memory for days…’ The Age
URL:https://classicmelbourne.com.au/event/j-s-bachs-st-john-passion-bwv-245/
LOCATION:Elisabeth Murdoch Hall – Melbourne Recital Centre\, 31 Sturt St\, Southbank\, Victoria\, 3006\, Australia
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SUMMARY:Melbourne Bach Chamber Choir: American Connections
DESCRIPTION:Melbourne’s newest chamber choir presents a programme of miniature masterpieces with connections to the periods of the two world wars.  Music by Americans and by composers with connections to America from 1916—1943 and beyond\, including Barber’s sublime Agnus Dei and his Three Reincarnations\, excerpts from the Vespers by Rachmaninov and Britten’s stunning unaccompanied Hymn to St Cecilia\, with a collection of songs and arias sung by our own MBC Scholars. \nRick Prakhoff\, Conductor\nKathryn Pisani\, Piano\nTickets; $40 full\, $35 concession & $25 students\nTickets include free afternoon tea\nAll online sales come with a $5 discount
URL:https://classicmelbourne.com.au/event/melbourne-bach-chamber-choir-american-connections/
LOCATION:Sacred Heart Church\, cnr Rathdowne & Pelham Streets\, Carlton
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DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20160918T143000
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SUMMARY:Melbourne Bach Choir: The Kingdom
DESCRIPTION:Elgar’s The Kingdom will be performed at the Melbourne Town Hall by the Melbourne Bach Choir\, with director Rick Prakhoff  (pictured) and soloists. One of them\, mezzo Deborah Humble has the details. \nTickets can be purchased at www.trybooking.com/MCDT
URL:https://classicmelbourne.com.au/event/melbourne-bach-choir-the-kingdom/
LOCATION:Melbourne Town Hall\, Corner Swanston and Collins Streets\, Melbourne\, Victoria\, 3000\, Australia
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