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NEXT CONCERT - Elliott Carter at 100
Sunday 7th December, 7 pm The Astra Choir and soloists, brass ensemble, Speak Percussion, keyboards, conducted by John McCaughey The final Astra concert for 2008 celebrates a unique musical occasion – the 100th birthday on December 11 of the American composer Elliott Carter, who has had a major impact on music of the last century. The concert presents the second world performance of his new work Tintinnabulation for percussion ensemble, composed at the age of 99, along with his virtuosic Brass Quintet. The 17th-century context of Monteverdi, Gabrieli and Schütz forms a wider background to Carter’s music in the concert – reflecting his affinity with the spatial theatre and dramatic text-setting of the early-Baroque era. Astra now has a Facebook page If you are on Facebook, please join us and tell your friends too!
Ever wondered how many times Astra has performed Schoenberg's Friede auf
Erden? When did Astra first perform works by Hildegard von Bingen? What did
Astra perform in the State Library reading room? |
'Sticky Melodies' - New Astra CD recording
New World Records has released 'Sticky Melodies: choral and chamber music of Johanna Beyer', featuring the Astra Choir, soloists
and ensemble conducted by John McCaughey.
This double-CD set, featuring world premiere recordings of all the works, is the first ever devoted entirely to the music of
Johanna Magdalena Beyer (1888-1944).
Several of the works received their world premiere performances at Astra concerts. Available from the Astra office, $30 (inc GST) plus postage and handling  |
