Haydn & Gabrieli
Uplifting Expressions
Gabrieli’s Canzoni are the pinnacle of early Baroque choral style, and in the 20th century American composers Samuel Barber and Morten Lauridsen looked back at these early choral styles for inspiration in their own music.
Duration
This concert will conclude at approximately 4pm on Saturday.
Pre-Concert
There will be no pre-concert talk prior to this performance commencing.
Program
Behind every great piece is a great story. Have a read through the program book to get all the details.
While Barber and Gabrieli’s music was always meant for brass instruments, Lauridsen’s choral masterpiece has lost none of its uplifting power in this spectacular and unusual brass arrangement.
Commissioned to provide music for each ‘last word’ of Jesus for an unusual Easter tradition, this is Haydn at his most daring – and most dramatic. Each of the last ‘words’ will be read by our Principal Trombone, Ron Prussing, before each movement, giving context to the extraordinary music that follows. “Each movement,” Haydn declared, will move listeners, “to the very depths of [their] soul.”
Program
BARBER Mutations from Bach
GABRIELI Canzon per Sonar Primi Toni No.1
LAURIDSEN O Magnum Mysterium
GABRIELI Canzon per Sonar in Echo Duodecimi Toni
HAYDN Seven Last Words of Jesus on the Cross
Artists
ANDREW HAVERON director and violin
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