A Time, a Place
Friday 24 September, 8 pm
St John’s Anglican Church, 552 Burke Road, Camberwell
Tickets $30 ($20 concession).
Bookings: (03) 9513 9992 or at the door.
Emotions and experiences of love, passion, season and time have moved people throughout the ages. This is music of community and the lives of people of different places and times. We are looking forward to sharing some of the extraordinarily evocative masterpieces of Kodály’s Hungarian folksong suite Matra Pictures, his nocturnal music Esti Dal (Evening Song) and Peter Sculthorpe’s Night Piece.
Other wonderful music by Australian-Argentinian Gerardo Dirié provides a local connection—but with an authentic Latin flavour. This concert allows us to explore some great choral settings that have been written around these themes and provides an opportunity for many wonderful pieces that may lie outside the scope of our usual concert programs. It is music of clearly defined national identity, European and Australian. We hope you will share our enthusiasm for this eclectic and intriguing program.
Andrew Blackburn, Musical Director
Andrew is a well-known Melbourne musician whose musical activities include performances as organist and choral conductor with major national and international organizations. His conducting has won awards in both Europe and Australia, including the Bela Bartok International Choral Competition in Debrecen, Hungary.
Andrew has a particular love for both early and contemporary music, having commissioned new works for both choir and organ. His recordings include Six Organ Concertos - G. F. Handel, Christmas Joy and "A Ceremony of Carols", and BACH Sacred Songs and Chorus, all for Move Records.
Andrew is the foundation director of Kinross House, an arts centre based in Toorak, which has an excellent reputation for its various arts programmes. He is currently completing doctoral studies through Queensland Conservatorium, developing new performance techniques.