Secret chamber music with lusty gusto

Australian Chamber Choir | Secret Chamber May 22, 2022, Art Gallery of NSW On a cool and damp Sunday evening, it was a pleasure to enter the Art Gallery of NSW to hear the Australian Chamber Choir. The theme and title of this concert was “Secret Chamber”, performed in the not so secret entrance court of the Art Gallery of

Heidi Hereth May 25, 2022

Agata’s Cantata a heavenly gem

Australian Chamber Choir Vivaldi’s Gloria, Agata’s Cantata Live streamed from the Scots’ Church, Melbourne on 7 May, 2022 and available on demand at access.auschoir.org Vivaldi’s well-known Gloria is one of my favourite choral works to sing. Joyful and exuberant it’s my regular go to for a quick pick-me-up. As soon as I hear that blasting trumpet fanfare-like opening it puts a

Pepe Newton May 14, 2022

Australian Chamber Choir bring to life a female composer’s work from 280 years past

During Vivaldi’s time teaching at the Ospedale della Pietà (1703-40), this orphanage developed an international reputation for its concerts, presented exclusively by the young women who were educated there. His Gloria and Four Seasons were among hundreds of works performed for the first time by the orphans of the Pietà. Around 1720, Agata, a baby born without fingers on her

Pepe Newton March 8, 2022

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Review: Australian Chamber Choir – music that elevates your inner being

The Australian Chamber Choir Scots Church Melbourne, Sunday April 18, 2021 Music by Brahms, John Tavener and Fauré In 2016, on a wonderful adventure of art and music, I spent six weeks in Paris and one of my treats was to visit churches where great composers worked and important repertoire was premiered. To be where the legendary Olivier Messiaen played

Alan Holley April 19, 2021

Australian Chamber Choir – An Amazing Concert!

“Glück zum neuen Jahr!“ to the Australian Chamber Choir, what an amazing concert!With the advent of Covid-19, I have attended several concerts on-line, and what a treat it has been, but the Australian Chamber Choir’s performance of Ludwig van We Missed Your Birthday is inarguably the best. What a delight! Artistic Director Douglas Lawrence’s microphone could have recorded better, which

Jacinta Richardson March 31, 2021

Review: ‘ACC5’ sweet & concise

Australian Chamber Choir – Water Music Sunday 15th November Performed by: The Australian Chamber Choir’s ACC5 directed by Lucien Fischer Amelia Jones and Ailsa Webb – Soprano Elizabeth Anderson – Contralto Anish Nair – Tenor Lucien Fischer – Bass In Covid 19 times the vocal icon of Melbourne, the Australian Chamber Choir, has had to be compliant with health requirements

Alan Holley November 16, 2020

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CD Review: Australian Chamber Choir’s Baroque Christmas

I first came across the Australian Chamber Choir several years ago when classikON asked me to review one of their performances in Sydney. In 2017 I wrote of hearing for the first time this performance ensemble; ‘Sometimes you go to a concert and after just a few seconds know you are in for a treat. Lucky me, I had that

Alan Holley October 29, 2020

Australian Chamber Choir’s “Keys to Heaven” showcased their sumptuous sound

In the recently restored and now even more exquisite Christ Church St Laurence, the Australian Chamber Choir presented Keys to Heaven, a concert of music dating from the late 1400’s through to about 1640. The sumptuous sound of one of Australia’s leading vocal ensembles in this visually delightful church transported the enthusiastic audience to another place, another time when music

Alan Holley November 25, 2019

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Australian Chamber Choir sings complex music fearlessly and it thrills the listener

In the impressive Grand Court at the Art Gallery of NSW the Australian Chamber Choir presented one of the finest concerts in Sydney this year. Their perfectly chosen program ranged from the early baroque to music from our time and all had romantic or emotional intent. Audible gasps of delight occurred from audience members on the completion of the first

Alan Holley September 23, 2018

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Australian Chamber Choir was a treat!

Sometimes you go to a concert and after just a few seconds know you are in for a treat. Lucky me, I had that experience with this, my first encounter with the Australian Chamber Choir. This exciting ensemble of young singers from Melbourne is on the tail end of a tour that included numerous concerts in Europe and across the

Alan Holley August 29, 2017

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