John McCaughey: Musical Director

 

Voices and Pipers

Sunday 7 May 2023, 5 pm

Our Lady of Mt Carmel Church,
210 Richardson Street Middle Park VIC 3206

Anne NormanHeart Moon (2021-22), shakuhachi and choir - 
Robert Schumann, 2 songs for Double Chorus Op. 141/1&4 (1849), 2 choirs, arr. with instruments
Arnold Schoenberg, Mond und Menschen  (Moon and Humans) (1925), 4-part choir, arr. with instruments
Judith Weir, Psalm 48 (1925), 4-part choir & solo trombone
Keith HumbleThe Seasons (1971), 7 Haiku settings for 4 choirs of mixed voices with hand instruments
Philippe HersantChant Hassidique (2009), solo saxophone
                             Wanderung (1998/2013), women's choir & solo bassoon

Anne Norman, shakuhachi solo

The Astra Choir conducted by John McCaughey with soloists and instruments

 

   


Astra acknowledges and respects the sovereign peoples of the Kulin Nations on whose unceded land Astra is based. We extend our respects to their ancestors and elders past, present and emerging, and to all First Nations people.

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