Darkness into Light
Saturday 9 April 2011
All Hallow’s Chapel, Brisbane
A reflective choral program tracing the literal and psychological journey from darkness into light
from darkness to light,
the world transformed by the stretching of the shadows,
the luring hues of blue and black, the penumbra,
the glitter in the darkness,
the hoards of mysteries hiding under the cloak of night,
a cosy slumber,
the crescendo hum of creatures and land,
the rim of light curving the sky.
All Hallow’s Chapel, Brisbane
A reflective choral program tracing the literal and psychological journey from darkness into light
from darkness to light,
the world transformed by the stretching of the shadows,
the luring hues of blue and black, the penumbra,
the glitter in the darkness,
the hoards of mysteries hiding under the cloak of night,
a cosy slumber,
the crescendo hum of creatures and land,
the rim of light curving the sky.
- Hosanna to the Son of David – Thomas Weelkes
- When David Heard – Thomas Tomkins
- Lasciatemi morire (from Lamento d’Arianna) – Claudio Monteverdi
- Lasciatemi Fly to Death – Luciano Lunkes
- Vox in Rama – Giaches de Wert
- Le Campane di Leopardi – Yehuda Yannay
- Ecco l’Aurora – Andrea Gabrieli
- Ecco mormorar l’onde – Claudio Monteverdi
- Dawn – Eric William Barnum
- Dare Alla Luce – Larry Nickel
- Si ch’io vorrei morire – Claudio Monteverdi
- Two Hands or Wings – Gerardo Dirié
- Pomegranate Friends – Gerardo Dirié (world premiere)
- O Nata Lux – Morten Lauridsen
About Pomegranate Friends
"Pomegranate Friends continues my explorations into the poetic potentials in Matteo Ricci’s On Friendship. After his travels to China, the Italian Jesuit priest had acquired proficiency in Mandarin and set himself to translate a collection of Chinese aphorisms about the values and virtues of friendship. While Two Hands or Wings reflects on the mysteries and preciousness of finding friends, Pomegranate Friends ponders on the dangers of finding oneself tied up in pernicious relationships and contrasts this with the potential for growth that honest friends bring to our lives. The poems, choral voices, electronic sounds and saxophone participate in a metaphorical rendering of congenial or conflicting tuning systems. - Gerardo Dirié
Singers
Soprano: Katherine Chan, Cathy Green, Bronwyn Mitchell, Sarvenaz Monfaredi, Louise Prickett, Rebecca Thomas
Alto: Jody Bell, Stephanie Eaton, Celia Fitz-Walter, Nicki Jenkins, Alisen McLeod
Tenor: Chris Bradley, Shannon Leonard, Tom Marshall
Bass: Paul Bonetti, Tim Grantham, Robin Maurer, Jim McNicol, Gino Sanidad
Instrumentalists
Cameron Millar, saxophone
Gerardo Dirié, 4-channel live electronics
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"Pomegranate Friends continues my explorations into the poetic potentials in Matteo Ricci’s On Friendship. After his travels to China, the Italian Jesuit priest had acquired proficiency in Mandarin and set himself to translate a collection of Chinese aphorisms about the values and virtues of friendship. While Two Hands or Wings reflects on the mysteries and preciousness of finding friends, Pomegranate Friends ponders on the dangers of finding oneself tied up in pernicious relationships and contrasts this with the potential for growth that honest friends bring to our lives. The poems, choral voices, electronic sounds and saxophone participate in a metaphorical rendering of congenial or conflicting tuning systems. - Gerardo Dirié
Singers
Soprano: Katherine Chan, Cathy Green, Bronwyn Mitchell, Sarvenaz Monfaredi, Louise Prickett, Rebecca Thomas
Alto: Jody Bell, Stephanie Eaton, Celia Fitz-Walter, Nicki Jenkins, Alisen McLeod
Tenor: Chris Bradley, Shannon Leonard, Tom Marshall
Bass: Paul Bonetti, Tim Grantham, Robin Maurer, Jim McNicol, Gino Sanidad
Instrumentalists
Cameron Millar, saxophone
Gerardo Dirié, 4-channel live electronics
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