Renaissance to Rutter

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The Manly Warringah Choir’s next concert will be held on Sunday August 12th at 2.30pm at the Cardinal Cerretti Chapel in Manly.  This concert will once again be a real treat for Northern Beaches lovers of classical music.   The concert will be conducted by Dr Carlos Alvarado and in keeping with our tradition will include both orchestral music and choral music.

Mediaeval madrigals

Bach: Orchestral Suite No 2 in B minor

Bach:  Jesu, joy of man’s desiring

Mozart:  Ave verum corpus

Vaughan Williams:  Fantasia on Greensleeves

John Rutter:  Requiem

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We are delighted that Bridget Bolliger will play the captivating flute solo part in the Bach Orchestral Suite and that Bryony Dwyer will sing the soprano solo part in Rutter’s beautiful Requiem.

After the concert, we invite members of the audience to join us for afternoon tea on the terrace – all included in the ticket price.

Concert details are:  Cardinal Cerretti Chapel, Darley Road, Manly.

2.30pm Sunday 12th August 2012  (Doors open at 2.00pm)

Tickets cost $40; Concessions $35;  Students $15; Children under 12 free with booking.

Tickets are available by telephone:  9953 2443 or 9977 4776 or through www.trybooking.com

Parking will be available in the grounds of St Paul’s School opposite the Chapel from 1.30pm.

The Choir wishes to record its thanks and appreciation to Warringah Council for their generous sponsorship of this concert.

Accidental Schubert

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We are all now appreciating the Schubert and starting to understand the unexpected key changes that are an essential part of his rich romanticism.  It leaves us with some unfamiliar and tricky melodic lines to sing but the overall impact in performance will be truly stunning.

Thats how we ended up with the question last night – “why do we have a B double flat rather than just writing an A when they are really the same thing?”

There were several explantions mostly centred around the notion that there isn’t an A in the key we were singing …
though I’m not sure any of the luminaries could actually tell us what key that was!

They say a picture is worth a thousand words so I offer you this illustration (with many thanks to Margaret Duncan).  Once I had seen this it was suddenly all clear.

Anthony Aarons comes up trumps

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We are pleased to welcome Anthony Aarons as soloist for the Haydn Trumpet Concerto in our May 2012 concert.  As President of the Music@Manly, Anthony is no stranger to the Cardinal Cerretti Chapel.

Anthony has been a soloist with The English Soloists Ensemble, London Festival Orchestra, Prague Philharmonic, London Philharmonic and The Royal Philharmonic.  He has performed in almost every major concert hall around the globe under conductors  Bernard Heitink, Sir Simon Rattle and Sir Neville Marriner and collaborated with some of Europe’s most celebrated musicians and composers.

He has recorded with the Griffin and NMC labels.  His broadcasts include the BBC, Australian Broadcasting Corporation, Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, WFCR Boston and Classic FM.

Anthony is passionate about contemporary music, but is looking forward to playing one of the most popular trumpet classics for our May concert.

Click here for tickets or call Naomi on 9953 2443