BENJAMIN BRITTEN
A CEREMONY OF CAROLS
A dramatic concert work with medieval texts and poems set to music which ranges from plainsong to lyrical songs set around the Christmas story.
Traditional Christmas music includes The three Kings (Cornelius) , Shepherds’ farewell, (Berlioz), and Carol of the stars and Ave Maria sung by the children. Christmas carols with audience participation include Hark, the herald angels sing, Away in a manger and O come all ye faithful.
Saturday 7 December 2024 – 2.30pm
St Andrew’s Anglican Church
228 New St, Brighton 3186
Conductor: Elena Varshavskaya
Organist: Christopher Cook
Soprano: Lisa Robinson
Harp: Katia Mestrovic
with
Choral Studio Harmony Children’s Choir
BEST OF BRITISH
with Bendigo Chorale
Come with us on a journey through the best of British music –
a cappella songs, folk songs, Rutter,
Jenkins, Britten, Elgar, Parry and more!
Saturday 31 May 2025 – Bendigo
Saturday 14 June 2025 – Brighton
CHRISTMAS CONCERT 2025
Join us for our end of year concert
with the opportunity to join in singing well known carols.
Saturday 29 November
St Andrew’s Anglican Church
228 New St Brighton 3186
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CONCERTS
Book nowKarl Jenkins REQUIEM
Saturday 22 June 2024
St Andrew’s Anglican Church, Brighton
Glen Eira City Choir with Bendigo Chorale
Conductor: Elena Varshavskaya * Pianist: Berta Brozgul * Soprano: Lisa Robinson * Mezzo-soprano: Phoebe Paine * Alto: Chloe James * Shakuhachi Master: Anne Norman * Harp: Katia Mestrovic * Percussion: Grace James * French Horn: Geordie Walker * Treble & Violin: Erik Poliak
PROGRAM
Mozart: Laudate Dominum * Mozart: Alleluia
JENKINS: REQUIEM
‘Karl Jenkins’ Requiem sets the traditional Latin text of the Requiem mass, …interspersed with haiku “death” poems (sung in Japanese) whose delicate, epigrammatic texts provide a peaceful commentary on the liturgical words. The result is a deeply moving expression of spirituality, whose musical tying together of different cultures provides a link that is highly appropriate to the modern world.’ (Boosey & Hawkes)
Christmas Concert 2023
Saturday 9 December 2023
St Andrew’s, Brighton
PROGRAM
Silent Night, arr. Elena Varsharvskya
Bach: Jesu, joy of man’s desiring
Mary Marsh: Baby’s born in Bethlehem
Langlais: C’etait a l’heure du minuit
Rutter: Candlelight Carol
Rutter: Gaelic Blessing
Four Australian Carols:
The three drovers
Carol of the birds
The silver stars are in the sky
Christmas Day (The North Wind)
plus join in singing some well-known carols!
Conductor: Elena Varshavskaya
Soloist and accompanist: Berta Brozgul
BIRTH OF THE BLUES
with the
Choral Studio Harmony Children’s Choir
Saturday 28 October 2023
Glen Eira City Auditorium
PROGRAM
Gershwin I got rhythm
Trad: Sweet and Low
Trad: Rock-a my soul
Trad: Rose of Tralee Soloist: Annie Sweeney
Trad: Ev’ry time I feel the spirit Soloist: John Dunham
Trad: Home on the range Saxophone: Erik Poliak
Gershwin: Birth of the Blues Soloists: Annie Sweeney
Adrian Mill, Sam Bateman, Helen Cliffe, Betty Spencer
Piano Solo: Berta Brozgul: Schumann Kinderszenen
(Scenes from Childhood), nos 1-7
Choral Studio Harmony Childrens’ Choir:
Pakhmutova Ding-Dong
Gilpin Whisper
Lawrence Listen to the rain
Combined choir:
Gershwin: Porgy and Bess. Soloist (Summertime):
Annie Sweeney; Soloists: Adrian Mill, Helen Cliffe,
Alex Hovey, Barbara Overbury
Conductor: Elena Varshavskaya
Soloist and accompanist: Berta Brozgul
Missa Brevis Sancti Joannis de Deo – Joseph Haydn and Stabat Mater – Josef Rheinberger
Glen Eira City Choir with the Bendigo Chorale
Saturday 27 May 2023 – St Andrew’s Anglican Church, Brighton
Saturday 3 June 2023 – St Paul’s Cathedral – Bendigo
Joseph Haydn: Missa Brevis Sancti Joannis de Deo
Leonard Bernstein: Chichester Psalms, No 2
John Rutter: Gaelic Blessing
Josef Rheinberger: Stabat Mater
Conductor: Elena Varsharvskaya
Organist: Hugh Fullarton
Accompanist: Rosa Hwang
Soloists: Kate Amos (Brighton), Alison Apostolpu (Bendigo), Erik Poliak