The Art of Happiness

Saturday 13 August 2016
St Andrew's Anglican Church, Indooroopilly

What is happiness? What makes us happy? How do we know? Fusion explored the answers to these questions in an eclectic programme of music about happiness, ranging from Freud's thoughts on the matter, through to the happiness of romantic love and the joys of childhood.

• Happiness Index – Peter Hannan (Australian premiere)
• Sainte-Chapelle – Eric Whitacre
• O Salutaris Hostia – Ēriks Ešenvalds
• Ave, Regina Caelorum – Philip Stopford
• The Secret of Happiness (excerpts) – Brisbane Girls Grammar senior music students & Topology
• The Happiness of Fish – Zechariah Goh
• Dobbin's Flowery Vale – Traditional Irish air & reel arr. Matti Kallio
• The Owl and the Pussy Cat – John Rutter
• It Was a Lover and His Lass – John Rutter
• Let Me Fly – Spiritual arr. Robert DeCormier

Singers

Soprano: Madonna Forster, Margaux Huey, Emma Kann, Bronwyn Mitchell, Bonnie Pearce, Tamara Smith, Rebecca Thomas
Alto: Susan Creese, Melissa Hutchinson, Nicki Jenkins, Alisen McLeod, Emily Young
Tenor: Brett Gordon, Tom Holownia, Ross Jelf, Tim Smetham, Stuart Szigeti
Bass: David Allen, Andrew Dibden, Robin Maurer, Connor Rigsby-Jones, Gino Sanidad, David Webster

Instrumentalists

Brett Gordon, keyboard
Margaux Huey and Rebecca Thomas, violin

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