Collegium Vocale Adelaide
From BPWiki
Collegium Vocale Adelaide is a choral initiative which originated in Brougham Place Uniting Church. The idea is to enrich the church music scene in Adelaide by forming an a cappella group which specialises in the choral music of continental European composers.
Contents |
2005 Projects
This year, Collegium Vocale Adelaide will present "Totentanz", a powerful meditation on death and eternity by the German church music composer Hugo Distler. It is a piece for choir, solo flute, and two actors. It promises to be an inspiring and meditative church music journey.
Performances
- October 16th 2005, at 10am during worship at Brougham Place Uniting Church
- Saturday November 5th 2005, at 8pm at Brougham Place Uniting Church.
- Sunday November 6th 2005, at 6pm at St. Oswald Anglican Church Parkside.
On November 5 & 6 the following works will be presented:
- Totentanz, Motet No. 2 for choir, solo flute, and actors by Hugo Distler (1908-1942)
- Magnficat, primo tuono a quattro voic da cappella by Caludio Monteverdi (1567-1643)
- Fantasia for Transverse Flute No. 10 in F# minor by Georg Philipp Telemann (1681-1767)
- Synrinx for solo flute by Claude Debussy (1862-1918)
Tickets for these concerts are $15 (concession $10). Performers include Victoria Rieger, flute and Andrew McKenzie & Crhis Simpson, actors. Dirk Zadra is the conductor.
Joining
Collegium Vocale Adelaide operates on a project basis. Interested singers enrol for each project individually, according to personal interest. Each project will be performed publicly in and around Adelaide. Members need to be able to read music, and be willing to sing in the original language of the pieces performed. The necessary training in pronunciation is provided.
Next years project will start by the end of January 2006. New singers are very welcome.
Further Information
Please contact Dirk Zadra via the church office.
