The Tudor Choristers, under the leadership of Dr Kathleen McGuire, is pleased to present its 2019 subscription series of choral concerts.
- Rise Up
St George’s Anglican Church, Ivanhoe East
Sunday 7 April, 2.30pm - 16th Century a cappella Masterworks
Our Lady of Victories Basilica, Camberwell
Sunday 23 June, 2.30pm - Lauridsen the Mystic
St Paul’s Anglican Church, Canterbury
Sunday 8 September, 2.30pm - Sing Nowell!
Our Lady of Victories Basilica, Camberwell
Tuesday 10 December, 7.30pm
St Michael's Uniting Church, cnr Collins and Russell Sts, Melbourne
Friday 13 December, 7:30pm
Rise Up
The Tudor Choristers’ 58th season opens during the Lenten season at St George's. The program features African-American spirituals—songs of inspiration, sharing messages of hope and freedom. Arising from enslaved people with precious few resources, the music encapsulates the sheer will to live and joy triumphing over despair. The choir will be joined by special guest artist, internationally renowned Wiradjuri soprano, Shauntai Batzke.
St George’s Anglican Church, Warncliffe Road, Ivanhoe East
Sunday 7 April, 2.30pm
$30 full, $25 concession
16th Century a cappella Masterworks
This concert features Christopher Tye’s Western Wynde mass and Palestrina's Missa Brevis. The ethereal acoustic of the Basilica provides the ideal setting for this music of a golden era that bridged the Middle Ages and the Renaissance.
Our Lady of Victories Basilica, Burke Road, Camberwell
Sunday 23 June, 2.30pm
$30 full, $25 concession
Lauridsen the Mystic
Imbued with Greek modes and Gregorian plainchant, in contemporary yet highly accessible settings, Morton Lauridsen's breathtaking music appeals to all lovers of choral music. By popular demand, the choir presents an entire program of sacred works composed by this award-winning composer. Musicologist Nick Strimple has said Lauridsen is the only American composer in history who can be called a mystic. The program will include O Magnum Mysterium, Lux Aeterna and Ave Maria.
St Paul’s Anglican Church, 2 Margaret Street, Canterbury
Sunday 8 September, 2.30pm
$30 full, $25 concession
Sing Nowell!
Our final subscription concert for 2019 features selections from Rachmaninov's All-Night Vigil (Vespers) Op. 37. Premiered in 1915, it was rarely heard in Russia following the 1917 revolution when sacred music was suppressed by the government.
The multi-movement piece found a resurgence in the West in the 1960s and has since become one of the most loved and dramatic a cappella choral works of the genre. The composer remarked, “Even in my dreams I could not have imagined that I would write such a work”. The concert will also include traditional carol singing. Don't forget to collect your complimentary mince pie at the end of the concert.
Tuesday 10 December 2019, 7:30pm
Our Lady of Victories Basilica
Burke Rd, Camberwell
$30 full, $25 concession, $60 family
Off-street parking, served by Burke Rd tram 72 and Riversdale Rd tram 75.
Friday 13 December 2019, 7:30pm
St Michael's Uniting Church, cnr Collins and Russell Sts, Melbourne
$30 full, $25 concession, $60 family