The Consort of Melbourne and Melbourne Recital Centre present Voices O’er the Waves – water music for a capella voices
Immerse yourself in the Consort of Melbourne’s vocal harmonies and be swept away by 1000 years of water music. It’s the second concert in the Consort of Melbourne’s Elements series, featuring water themed works by Tormis, Barber, Nørgård, Martin, Monteverdi, Victoria and Consort’s own Dan Walker amongst others.
One of the prerequisites for any successful community is easy access to water and, often, the sites where our largest cities have sprung up have been in close proximity to large bodies of it – rivers, lakes and seas. It is no surprise that musical cultures around the world have entire genres devoted to our relationship with water – from British sea shanties to songs of the Venetian gondoliers. In Voices o’er the Waves, The Consort of Melbourne pays homage to a long and varied tradition of water songs, from ancient Gregorian chant to Veljo Tormis’ powerful Incantation for a stormy sea.
PROGRAM
Veljo Tormis – Incantation for a Stormy Sea
Anon. chant and Jonathan Wallis – Ave maris stella
Tomás Luis de Victoria – Super flumina Babylonis
Claudio Monteverdi – Ecco mormorar l’onde
Dan Walker – Dusk
Frederick Delius – To be sung of a summer night on the water
Frank Martin – Full fathom five
Orlande de Lassus – Descendit sicut pluvia
Per Nørgård – I hear the rain
Samuel Barber – To be sung on the water
Directed by Steven Hodgson and featuring the voices of Megan Nelson, Kristy Biber, Miranda Gronow, Hannah Pietsch, Timothy Reynolds, Christopher Roache, Lucien Fischer and Jerzy Kozlowski.
Melbourne Recital Centre, 6pm Novmber 9. Tickets: $39 full, $29 concession online. Subscribe to CutCommon for the opportunity to win a FREE double pass to this event.
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