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A choirscape around Liszt - Sunday 13 December, 6 pm The Astra Choir returns to the spacious acoustics of Northcote Town Hall, with a varied choral-instrumental landscape extending around Franz Liszt’s profound and theatrical Esztergom Mass. Works of Tallis, Schoenberg, Wolpe, Donald Martino, Will Ogdon and Andrew Byrne are juxtaposed, and the concert marks the 250th anniversary of Friedrich Schiller with Brahms’s late setting of the poem ‘Nenia’ ... Full details See Astra's complete 2009 program. And join our mailing list to receive our printed brochure and to be advised of any changes
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New Astra CDs and score Helen Gifford: 'Choral Scenes, the Western Front, World War 1' (1999). Poems by Arcos, Stramm, Owen, Kipling, Manning, Sassoon, Klemm, Vildrac, Blunden, Binyon, Apollinaire, Palmer. The Astra Choir with speakers and instruments, conducted by John McCaughey. Live concert recording from the premiere. Keith Humble: 'Three Folios for Piano 1953-57'. Score copied and edited with critical notes by Kim Bastin. Meanwhile Astra's 'Sticky Melodies: choral and chamber music of Johanna Beyer', recorded for New World Records has been voted one of the ten best CD releases of the year by Time Out New York's opera and classical music correspondent Steve Smith. Read more reviews. Full details on our Publications page. All are available from the Astra office and at Astra concerts. |
