Orpheus concert
I recently joined the Orpheus Choir. A friend of mine talked me into it and I decided it wouldn't hurt to do at least one concert.
It's called Venetian Splendour and it's at 7:30pm Wednesday 13 September at the Wellington Cathedral of St Paul. If you're interested then look me up for tickets. I can do them for $25 ($15 for students) instead of $30 at the door.
The music is loud, showy, brassy baroque. Lots of 8 part stuff - even a 12 part Magnificat. The brass players from the NZSO are coming along so it will be quite loud, exciting and somewhat ethereal in that acoustic.
The blurb:
"The programme includes masterpieces by three leading composers of the Italian baroque period – Andrea Gabrieli, his nephew Giovanni, and German composer Heinrich Schütz, who spent several years studying in Venice with Monteverdi.
The music was written to be performed in St Mark’s Venice, known for its awesome atmosphere. Wellington Cathedral has a very similar acoustic, so you will be hearing glorious choral and instrumental sounds in much the same way as worshippers at St Mark’s must have four hundred years ago.
Orpheus Choir is joined by eight vocal soloists and by New Zealand Brass, who will also perform pieces for brass ensemble. "
It's called Venetian Splendour and it's at 7:30pm Wednesday 13 September at the Wellington Cathedral of St Paul. If you're interested then look me up for tickets. I can do them for $25 ($15 for students) instead of $30 at the door.
The music is loud, showy, brassy baroque. Lots of 8 part stuff - even a 12 part Magnificat. The brass players from the NZSO are coming along so it will be quite loud, exciting and somewhat ethereal in that acoustic.
The blurb:
"The programme includes masterpieces by three leading composers of the Italian baroque period – Andrea Gabrieli, his nephew Giovanni, and German composer Heinrich Schütz, who spent several years studying in Venice with Monteverdi.
The music was written to be performed in St Mark’s Venice, known for its awesome atmosphere. Wellington Cathedral has a very similar acoustic, so you will be hearing glorious choral and instrumental sounds in much the same way as worshippers at St Mark’s must have four hundred years ago.
Orpheus Choir is joined by eight vocal soloists and by New Zealand Brass, who will also perform pieces for brass ensemble. "
posted by Edward Sargisson at 9:34 pm
1 Comments:
That sounds pretty cool. I'll ask around for people who want to go.
Steph
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