All in the Line of Beauty
Welcome to Adelaide Chamber Singers’ Season 2009.
Although 2009 marks our 13th Subscription Series, Adelaide Chamber Singers has been dedicated to choral excellence in Adelaide for almost 25 years. What keeps us going? Many things: the fabulous music we sing, the sound of human voices in perfect unity, the satisfaction of a job well done - it’s all in the line of duty for us. At the core, we are passionate about what we do, and we derive some of our greatest pleasure from your enjoyment and your support.
For us, 2009 is a year of both birth and of renewal. We are delighted to present new music by three of Australia’s newest rising stars - Anne Cawrse, Paul-Antoni Bonetti and Calvin Bowman - with three new ACS commissions. We also welcome the return of some old and trusted ‘friends’: Bach, Monteverdi, Pärt, Rachmaninov, Allegri and Whitacre.
We return to two of our favourite venues in 2009: the spaciousness of St. Peter’s Cathedral in North Adelaide and the intimacy of St. John’s Church in Halifax Street. We’re also very excited to continue our tradition of late night Festival and Fringe performances in St. Peter’s Cathedral.
For us, the human voice is the most personal and the most intimate of all musical instruments, so really, our 2009 season is… all in the line of beauty!
Carl Crossin OAM
Artistic Director and Conductor
ADELAIDE CHAMBER SINGERS
Vespers
Adelaide Fringe, 2009
Saturday 7 March 10.30pm
St. Peter’s Cathedral, North Adelaide
- Sergei Rachmaninov
- All-Night Vigil op.37 ‘Vespers’
“A major Australian musical event’ was the Adelaide Advertiser’s description of Adelaide Chamber Singers’ last performance of Rachmaninov’s Vespers and we are very excited to present this musical monument once again to open our 2009 Season. Don’t miss this deeply moving and inspirational music - sung in Russian - in the late-night serenity of St. Peter’s Cathedral. The music of Rachmaninov, an expanded Adelaide Chamber Singers and St. Peter’s Cathedral - it’s a perfect match.
Program Length – c.60 minutes.
For your greater comfort, why not bring a cushion!
Miserere
Subscription Series Program 1
Saturday 20 June 6:30pm
St. Peter’s Cathedral, North Adelaide
- Dieterich Buxtehude
- Membra Jesu Nostri
- Michael McGlynn
- Agnus Dei
- Anne Crawse
- New Work (ACS Commission – First Performance)
- Gregrio Allegri
- Miserere Mei, Deus
Celtic mysticism, Baroque passion, secret music from the Sistine Chapel, the freshness and vitality of new music by one of South Australia’s most promising young composers — this is a program of intense beauty and power. A youthful Johann Sebastian Bach once walked over 300 kilometres to meet and study with German Baroque master Dieterich Buxtehude. Now that’s dedication! All you have to do to experience all of this truly uplifting music is to take your seat in the lofty surrounds of St. Peter’s Cathedral and allow yourself to be inspired.
Program Length – c.90 minutes
For your greater comfort, why not bring a cushion!
Subscription Information
Subscribe to all 3 subscription concerts for $85/$70 concession, or 2 concerts for $70/$55 concession (Booking fees apply)
Phone Bass Subscriptions on (08) 8400 2258 or download the booking form in pdf format.
Single Tickets
$35/$28 concession
(Booking fees apply)
Book through BASS 131 246 or online at www.bass.net.au
Renewal
Subscription Series Program 2
Friday 9 October 6:30pm
Saturday 10 October 6:30pm
St. John’s Church, Halifax Street
- Veljo Tormis
- Ingrian Evenings
- Arvo Pärt
- I am the True Vine
- Steven Stucky
- Whispers
- Paul–Antoni Bonetti
- Intenderunt Arcum (ACS Commission – First Performance)
…and other wonderfully vibrant music of renewal and rejuvenation.
More than just new wine in old bottles - this is music of transformation! From the Estonian folk–song revival of Tormis, the bell’like clarity of Arvo Pärt to the imaginative integration of music from the High Renaissance by Stucky and Bonetti, this is music reborn - a celebration of life, language, and the healing power and purity of the human voice.
Program Length – c.90 minutes
For your greater comfort, why not bring a cushion!
Subscription Information
Subscribe to all 3 subscription concerts for $85/$70 concession, or 2 concerts for $70/$55 concession (Booking fees apply)
Phone Bass Subscriptions on (08) 8400 2258 or download the booking form in pdf format.
Single Tickets
$35/$28 concession
(Booking fees apply)
Book through BASS 131 246 or online at www.bass.net.au
Radiance
Subscription Series Program 3
Saturday 5 December 8pm
St. Peter’s Cathedral, North Adelaide
- Claudio Monteverdi
- Magnificat a6
- Juan Cererols
- Serafin, Que con Dulce Harmonia
- Eric Whitacre
- Lux Arumque
- Marc–Antoine Charpentier
- Salve Puerule
- Calvin Bowman
- Songs of Radiance (ACS Commission – First Performance)
- J.S.Bach
- Singet Dem Herrn BWV 225
Jubilant and virtuosic music from the imaginations of Bach and Monteverdi head an exciting selection of new and ancient music guaranteed to take you smiling into the Christmas season. Adelaide Chamber Singers’ final offering for 2009 combines joyful music from the Renaissance and Baroque with inspired music by some of the shining lights of our own time…and all in one of Adelaide’s most beautiful heritage buildings.
Program Length – c.90 minutes
For your greater comfort, why not bring a cushion!
Subscription Information
Subscribe to all 3 subscription concerts for $85/$70 concession, or 2 concerts for $70/$55 concession (Booking fees apply)
Phone Bass Subscriptions on (08) 8400 2258 or download the booking form in pdf format.
Single Tickets
$35/$28 concession
(Booking fees apply)
Book through BASS 131 246 or online at www.bass.net.au
Perspective
Soundstream, Adelaide New Music Festival 2009
Wednesday 19 August 7:30pm
St. Peter’s Cathedral, North Adelaide
- Sofia Gubaidulina
- Sonnengesang (The Canticle of the Sun by St Francis of Assisi)
- Sofia Gubaidulina
- Transformation (Metamorphosis)
John Addison, Cello
Mike Stewart Saxophone Quartet
Soundstream: Adelaide New Music Festival celebrates the ‘Sacred and Profane’ through the presentation of two spellbinding works by Sofia Gubaidulina, one of Russia’s greatest living composers.
“Everybody thinks you are moving in the wrong direction. But I wish you to continue on your ‘mistaken’ path.” (Shostakovich to Gubaidulina, Moscow, 1959)
“An eloquent, deeply engrossing journey.” The Adelaide Advertiser
Single Tickets
$46/$32.50 concession
Book through VENUETIX 8225 8888
or visit www.soundstream.org.au for more information
Adelaide Chamber Singers reserves the right to vary the content of concert programs without notice.
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