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PUBLIC NOTICES
by Britten
and
by Bobrovitz
PRESENTED BY A.N.U. CHORAL SOCIETY
ON SUNDAY DECEMBER 9, AT UNIVERSITY HOUSE, 7.30PM
Followed by carols and supper in Fellows Gardens.
Tickets: ANU Arts Centre and at door $3 and $2 (conc) includes supper.
Source: Advertising. (1979, December 2). The Canberra Times (ACT : 1926 - 1995), p. 18. Retrieved May 31, 2013, from Trove: http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article110971220. Appeared again Wednesday 5 December 1979 and Saturday 8 December 1979.
ANU CHORAL SOCIETY
presents
CEREMONY OF CAROLS
by
BENJAMIN BRITTEN
THE CREATION
by
BOBROWITZ AND PORTER
UNIVERSITY HOUSE
SUNDAY DECEMBER 7 1979.
CONDUCTOR: KEITH RADFORD
THE CREATION
A ROCK CANTATA by David Bobrowitz & Steven Porter
The words to this piece are adapted from the book of GENESIS and expressed in a modern idiom. The tempi range from "slow, mysterious" through "slow, rock blues" to "fast driving rock".
"In the beginning God created the Heaven and the earth. And the earth it was without a form and the darkness covered the face of the deep.
On the sixth day, according to His plan, the Lord took up a lump of clay and built Himself a man. And He taught the man to love and He taught not to hate; and He taught him how to give and He taught him when to take; and He taught him how to work and He taught him when to rest; and He taught the man to dream and He told him he was blessed.
And the Lord looked around and saw that it was good. The evening came; the morning passed. A seventh day......."
PIANO: MARK STEGEMANN
LEAD GUITAR: PHIL LINFORD
BASS GUITAR: IAN McDONALD
DRUMS: BRYAN CAREY
SOLOISTS: HEATHER CARRUTHERS,RIK ALLEN & ROBERT BLAKERS
CEREMONY OF CAROLS
by Benjamin Britten (OP.28)
Traditionally, this work is performed by treble voices accompanied by harp. It has been arranged for SATB and piano by Julius Harrison.
PIANO: WILFRED BLENCOWE
SOLOISTS: KIRSTEN ANKER, ANNE BOURKE, JEN PRICE, ROBERT BLAKERS
The choir will lead members of the audience in the recessional into Fellows Garden where everyone is invited to partake of supper and sing carols-by-candlelight. Words available!
| SCUNA acknowledges: | Burgmann College University House |
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| CHOIR: | SOPRANOS: | Heather Carruthers Christine Kallir Kirsten Anker |
Anne Bourke Deidre Nagle Judy Shaw |
| ALTOS: | Rene Melman Jen Price |
Rosemary Mattingly Monica Omodei |
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| TENORS: | Rik Allen Robert Blakers Brian Ferguson |
Tom Ferris Ian Manning |
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| BASSES: | Phil Bloomfield Daryl Colquhoun Greg Carr Phil Linford |
Paul O'Callaghan Michael Sawer Mark Stegemann |
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The ANU Choral Society meets every Tuesday night at Burgmann College during term time. The next rehearsal is in February. New members are always welcome; no auditions!
Enquiries: Jen Price 465831 BH 475604 AH
Anne Bourke 652359 BH
My thanks to the Australian National University Archives for providing a scan of this programme.
LIFE STYLE: TV - ARTS - ENTERTAINMENT
MUSIC By W. L. HOFFMANN
ANU CHORAL SOCIETY CONCERT. University House. Sunday, December 9.
Christmas has traditionally been the season of good cheer, and in keeping with that feeling the ANU Choral Society presented a pleasantly cheerful concert at University House on Sunday night.
This program for Christmas opened with a "rock-cantata" by David Bobrowitz and Steven Porter, 'The Creation', which, based on the book of Genesis, has nothing to do with Christmas; but it is rhythmic and melodious and was given a lively and swinging performance. Just the right type of light, relaxing music for this time of the year.
With an accompaniment of piano, lead guitar, bass guitar and drums, it was as attractive as it was unusual, and the conductor, Keith Radford, kept the performance moving right along. After this work, which lasts only about 16 minutes or so, the singers re-entered the hall through the main doors and passed down between the audience in the "processional" which opens Britten's 'Ceremony of Carols'.
Originally for treble voices and harp, this work was sung on Sunday night in Julius Harrison's arrangement for four-part choir and piano, an arrangement which loses some of the piquancy of the original. Nevertheless, it was again quite well-sung, perhaps without enough subtlety, but certainly with splendid spirit.
As the singers left in the final "recessional", the audience was exhorted to follow them to the Fellows Garden where, amidst the trees and under the stars, they joined together in the partaking of refreshments and the singing of carols.
With the blessing of a warm and still evening, this was a charming way to finish a Christmas concert - the large audience attending seemed to enjoy with seasonable cheefulness all the performances, both formal and informal.
Source: LIFE STYLE. (1979, December 11). The Canberra Times (ACT : 1926 - 1995), p. 21. Retrieved May 31, 2013, from Trove: http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article110972859