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Adelaide Chamber Singers Season 2019
Welcome
D
iversity has always been a
hallmark of Adelaide Chamber with his inspired and imaginative
Singers’ musical travels program of music by Thomas Tallis.
over the years and, in addition to We are also very excited to be working
our familiar destinations, our 2019 with Stephen Layton again with Bach’s
offering leads that diversity down magnificent St John Passion, and to
some new roads. Following our annual be exploring new realms with cellist
Adelaide Festival offering in one of Umberto Clerici and British organist
our favourite venues - St. Peter’s Thomas Trotter.
Cathedral - our 2019 series features
three programs, three different Join us on our 2019 pilgrimage to
conductors and three very different choral heaven!
musical itineraries. In addition to
Christie Anderson’s wonderful
pilgrimage program as Associate Carl Crossin OAM
Conductor of ACS, we are very Founder, Artistic Director &
pleased to welcome Graham Abbott Conductor
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Late Night in the Cathedral
The Tears of
Saint Peter
Carl Crossin Conductor
Greta Bradman Soprano
Wednesday 13 March 8pm
Friday 15 March 10pm
St. Peter’s Cathedral, North Adelaide
Program includes:
Lagrime di San Pietro Orlando di Lasso
...and Peter went out and wept bitterly
(new work for soprano and cello) Carl Crossin
Miserere mei, Deus Gregorio Allegri
Betrayal, regret, forgiveness? pivotal moment in biblical history.
Peter’s denial of Christ is one of the Allegri’s justly famous Miserere is
most compelling human stories of one of the most beautiful of all choral
Christianity, and Lasso’s monumental works and this iconic cry for mercy
valediction, Lagrime di San Pietro and forgiveness features the soaring
(The Tears of Saint Peter) is the splendour of soprano Greta Bradman.
supreme musical re-telling of this
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PROGRAM ONE Field of Stars Christie Anderson ACS Associate Conductor Saturday 15 June 6.30pm Art Gallery of South Australia, Adelaide Sunday 16 June 2.30pm St. Peter’s Cathedral, North Adelaide Program includes: To the Field of Stars (choral cycle for choir, cello & percussion) Gabriel Jackson In Beauty May I Walk Jonathon Dove In The Stillness Sally Beamish Underneath the Stars Kate Rusby New Work (ACS Commission) Quentin Grant Stars Ēriks Eşenvalds Undertaking the pilgrimage to of Stars as the centerpiece of this Santiago de Compostela in Spain is a program of pilgrimage, we explore the thousand year old tradition that has joys and hardship of the journey, the given birth to a wealth of music from mystery and challenges of faith, and the Middle Ages to the present day. the determination of human spirit. With Gabriel Jackson’s To the Field _ 4
PROGRAM TWO
Four Ages
of Tallis
Graham Abbott Guest Conductor
Saturday 3 August 6.30pm
Pilgrim Church, Adelaide
Sunday 4 August 2.30pm
Christ Church North Adelaide
Program includes works by Thomas Tallis:
If ye love me ...and William Byrd’s
Hear the voice and prayer O Lord, make thy servant
A new commandment Elizabeth
Loquebantur variis linguis Ye Sacred Muses (Elegy on the
Salvator mundi death of Thomas Tallis)
O nata lux
Thomas Tallis (c.1505-1585) lived convictions. Tallis’s sublime church
through one of the most turbulent music swings from lavish Catholic
periods in English history, when Henry motets to austere Protestant hymns
VIII, Edward VI, Mary I and Elizabeth I as he laboured to meet the demands
all sought to mould the religion of the of these four very different monarchs.
people to match their own private
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PROGRAM THREE Christmas Cheer Carl Crossin Conductor Mark Ferguson Piano Saturday 23 November 8pm St. Peter’s Cathedral, North Adelaide Sunday 24 November 2.30pm UKARIA Cultural Centre, Mt. Barker Summit Program includes: O Magnum Mysterium Palestrina, Victoria & Lauridsen Ave Maria Bruckner & Rachmaninov In The Bleak Mid-Winter Williams & Darke The Lamb & Nativity John Tavener ...and on earth, peace! Carl Crossin New Work (ACS Commission) Quentin Grant ...and other Christmas fare as varied in style as Coventry Carol and Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas The celebration of Christmas in the mystery of O Magnum Mysterium and 21st century is infused with a diverse Ave Maria in juxtaposition with the raw array of cultural, religious, secular and energy of more ‘earthly’ Christmas family traditions. Join us as we explore traditions. And we might even have fun that diversity in a way that celebrates pushing a few musical boundaries in the great and awe-inspiring ethereal the process! _ 6
Field of Stars
Calendar
Saturday 15 June 6.30pm
Art Gallery of South Australia, Adelaide
of Events
Sunday 16 June 2.30pm
St Peter’s Cathedral, North Adelaide
ACS Program 1
The Tears of Saint Peter Four Ages of Tallis
Wednesday 13 March 8pm Saturday 3 August 6.30pm
Friday 15 March 10pm Pilgrim Church, Adelaide
St. Peter’s Cathedral, North Adelaide Sunday 4 August 2.30pm
Part of the Adelaide Festival 2019 Christ Church North Adelaide
ACS Program 2
Johannes Passion
Friday 12 April 8pm Cathedral Festival
Saturday 13 April 6.30pm 150 Concert
Adelaide Town Hall Saturday 31 August 6.30pm
Adelaide Symphony Orchestra St. Peter’s Cathedral, North Adelaide
Master Series 2 St. Peter’s Cathedral 150th
Tickets: aso.com.au year celebrations
Umberto Clerici with the Christmas Cheer
Adelaide Chamber Singers Saturday 23 November 8pm
Saturday 27 April 5pm St. Peter’s Cathedral, North Adelaide
UKARIA Cultural Centre, Sunday 24 November 2.30pm
Mt. Barker Summit UKARIA Cultural Centre,
UKARIA The Magic Hour Series Mt. Barker Summit
Tickets: ukaria.com ACS Program 3
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Adelaide
Chamber
Singers
A
delaide Chamber Singers festivals and competitions around
has been a passionate and the world including: the Polyfollia
innovative contributor to Festival in Normandy, France (2014);
music making in Adelaide for over the Musica Sacra a Roma in Italy
thirty years. Formed in 1985 by its (2013); the Llangollen International
Artistic Director and Conductor Carl Musical Eisteddfod in Wales (2013);
Crossin, ACS is widely respected as the European Choir Games in Austria
one of Australia’s finest chamber (2013); the 2006 International Choral
choirs. In 2011, ACS was awarded one Kathaumixw in Canada; the 2006
of SA’s premier Arts awards, the Ruby International Choral Festival in the
Award for “sustained contribution by USA; the 2006 Cambridge Summer
an organisation”, and in 2017 won the Music Festival in England; the 2004
State Award for “Performance of the Tokyo International Festival; the 6th
Year 2016” at the 2017 National Art World Symposium on Choral Music
Music Awards. in the USA in 2002; the Asia Pacific
Symposium on Choral Music in
Under Carl Crossin’s leadership, Singapore in 2001; the 1999 Norfolk
Adelaide Chamber Singers has and Norwich Festival; and the 1996
undertaken eight international tours National Convention of the Association
performing to critical acclaim at of British Choral Directors in Oxford.
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The ensemble’s competition successes ACS frequently performs with the
include: the Vincitore della Gran Adelaide Symphony Orchestra and
Premio (Grand Prize) in Rome (2013) has also shared the stage with The
and two “Choir of the World” awards Rolling Stones, Hilltop Hoods, Greta
- at Llangollen in Wales in 2013 and at Bradman, Kronos Quartet and The
Kathaumixw in Canada in 2006. Tallis Scholars.
Adelaide Chamber Singers has ACS has also developed very
performed at the Adelaide, Melbourne successful collaborations in recent
and Perth International Festivals and years with the Sydney Chamber
at a range of regional festivals around Choir, Brisbane Chamber Choir and
Australia including: the Bundaleer, Melbourne’s Polyphonic Voices.
Coonawarra, Barossa and Coriole
Festivals, the Port Fairy Spring Music ACS has received awards and
Festival, the Brisbane Festival of accolades for its recordings, most
Contemporary Sacred Music, and notably from the Australian Music
the Musica Viva Huntington Estate Centre (2008) and from both
Festival in NSW, and Choralfest in Limelight magazine (2015) and
both Melbourne and Adelaide for the Gramophone magazine (2007).
Australian National Choral Association.
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Single Tickets to ACS’ 2019
Programs 1 2 & 3, The Tears
Ticketing
of Saint Peter, St Peter’s 150th
concert and Concert Packages
(for ACS’ Programs 1, 2 & 3 only)
Information are available through ACS Tix.
No booking fees
ACS processes all single ticket and Concert
concert packages in-house and there
are no booking fees, service fees or
Packages
postage and handling fees to pay.
Save!
Concessions Pay less for your concert tickets (ACS
Pensioners, Healthcare card holders, Programs 1, 2, & 3) by purchasing a
Seniors and full-time students are concert package.
eligible for concession. Please provide
your concession number when booking Bonus ticket
unless previously provided to ACS. Invite a friend or family member to
enjoy an ACS performance too. Every
Companion card 3-concert package includes a form
ACS is pleased to be an affiliate of redeemable for an extra ticket to
the Companion Card program - to any 2019 ACS Program (subject to
organise companion tickets please availability).
contact ACS direct.
Free concert programs
Ticket exchange Included in concert packages is a
ACS offers a complimentary ticket voucher for one complimentary
exchange service to all patrons. program per ACS Program.
Contact ACS for details.
Single Ticket Prices Concert Package Prices
ACS Programs 1, 2 & 3 3 Pack
Adult $45 / Concession $37 Adult $108 / Concession $87
The Tears of Saint Peter 2 Pack
Adult $59 / Concession $49 Adult $76 / Concession $62
Cathedral Festival 150 Concert
Concert packages can be booked
Adult $35 / Concession $30
online or by downloading a booking
form at adelaidechambersingers.com
Single tickets can be purchased at
adelaidechambersingers.com/shop
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Information
Art Gallery of South Australia Artistic Staff
North Terrace, Adelaide Artistic Director & Conductor
Carl Crossin OAM
Christ Church North Adelaide Associate Conductor
62-72 Jeffcott Street, North Adelaide Christie Anderson
Pilgrim Church Management Team
12 Flinders Street, Adelaide Fiona Heuch, Matthew Madden, Stevan
Pavlovic, Dani Raymond and Brooke
St. Peter’s Cathedral Window
27 King William Road, North Adelaide
ACS Board
Ukaria Cultural Centre Bruce Linn AM (Chair), Christie
119 Williams Road, Mount Barker Anderson, Carl Crossin OAM,
Summit Robyn Pearson, Martin Penhale,
Richard Ryan AO, Jula Szuster,
UKARIA bar will be open from one Amanda Vanstone, Brooke Window
hour before concerts and during
interval serving a range of beverages Copywriting Carl Crossin
and snacks. Design Jesse Miles
Photography Jacqui Way - front
All venues are wheelchair accessible. cover, pg 2, 4; Ben Liew Photography
Visit: adelaidechambersingers.com - pg 6, 8; Alex Frayne - pg 2, 7, 10, 11;
or phone 8352 1329 for specific Headshots Adelaide - pg 5.
information.
Adelaide Chamber Singers is proudly supported by:
Arts South Australia
Website Venue Partners
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