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Past Concerts:
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2005: | Apr | May |March 2000:
Amore e Guerra
The Giovanni Consort
Saturday 25 March 2000, 7.30pm
Lawrence Wilson Art Gallery, UWA
conducted by David Gething
Programme:
Monteverdi; Beatus Vir
Bach; Jesu, meine Freude
Monteverdi; Madrigals of Love and War
July 2000:
Celestial Harmonies: Sacred Music by 20th Century Masters
The Giovanni Consort
Friday 28 July 2000, 8pm
Basilica of St Patrick, Fremantle
conducted by David Gething
Programme:
Taverner; Song for Athene
Britten; Rejoice in the Lamb
Part; Summa
Gorecki; Totus Tuus
Durufle; Requiem
September 2000:
A Pastoral Farewell…
The Giovanni Consort
Saturday 9 September 2000, 7.30pm
Burt Hall - St George's Cathedral
conducted by David Gething
Programme:
Faure; Cantique de Jean Racine
Brahms; Part-songs
Parry; Songs of Farewell
Vaughan Wiliams; In Windsor Forest
March 2001:
Voices of the Renaissance
The Giovanni Consort
Saturday 31st March 2001, 7.30pm
Hale School, Performing Arts Centre
conducted by Andrew Bushell
Programme:
Works include:
Non Vos Relinquam : Anonymous
Absalon Fili Mi : Josquin Des Prez
O Nata Lux : Thomas Tallis
I am the Resurrection : Orlando Gibbons
Gaudeamus Omnes : William Byrd
August 2001:
Songs for the Ages of Man
The Giovanni Consort
Saturday 11 August 2001, 7.30pm
St George's Cathedral, Perth
conducted by Daniel Hyde
Programme:
Works include:
Trois Chansons (1916) : Maurice Ravel
Five Childhood Lyrics : John Rutter
The Twelve : William Walton
Requiem : Herbert Howells
October 2001:
Heavan and Back: Glories of the Baroque
The Giovanni Consort
Friday 26 October 2001, 8pm
Basillica of St Patrick, Fremantle
conducted by Simon Lawford
Programme:
Works include:
Mass in A Major : J.S. Bach
Gloria : Antonio Vivaldi
March 2002:
Music Tender
This concert features a selection of rarely heard miniature masterpieces from France, Germany, Italy and England.
The Giovanni Consort
Saturday 16 March 2002, 7:30pm
Hale Performing Arts Centre
conducted by David Gething
Programme:
Claudio Monteverdi Magnificat a 6 voci
Henry Purcell Behold, now Praise the Lord
Marc Antoine Charpentier Salve Regina à 3 choeurs
Johann Sebastian Bach Harpsichord Concerto in D major
May 2002:
Music All-powerful
Hear art songs, part songs, sacred and secular music from the greatest English and German Romantic composers
The Giovanni Consort
Saturday 25 May 2002, 7:30pm
Hale Performing Arts Centre
conducted by David Gething
Soloists: Baritone Andrew Moran
Programme:
Robert Schumann Dichterliebe
Ralph Vaughan Williams Serenade to Music
Edward Elgar Lux aeterna
November 2002:
Music Sublime
This concert captures all the beauty, tragedy and passion of Handel’s music through his famous pastoral ‘Acis and Galatea’. This semi-staged work will be preceded by ‘As Pants the Hart’ and the subtly intricate Harpsichord Suite No. 3.
The Giovanni Consort
Fri 8 and Sat 9 Nov 2002, 7:30pm
Hale Performing Arts Centre
conducted by David Gething
Programme:
George Frederic Handel As Pants the Hart
Harpsichord Suite No. 3
Acis and Galatea
March 2003:
Summertime
Selections from music theatre and operetta
The Giovanni Consort
Wednesday 12th March 2003, 7:30pm
Hale School John Inverarity Music and Drama Centre
conducted by David Gething
with Pianist Tommaso Pollio
Soloists: Katja Webb, Gillian Ramm, Luke Gabbedy, Andrew Sutherland, Andrew Moran
Programme:
Choruses and solos from G&S, selections from West Side Story, Porgy and Bess, Midsummer Night's Dream, In Windsor Forest, The Old Maid and the Thief, On the Town.
April 2003:
Chansons de Nuit
Songs of the French Renaissance
The Giovanni Consort
Wednesday 30th April 2003, 7:00pm
Burt Hall St Georges Cathedral St Georges Tce
conducted by David Gething
with David Gething on harpsichord
Soloists:
Programme:
Works by Josquin, Passereau, Le Jeune, Jannequin and others.
June 2003:
Sacred Baroque
Masterpieces of Baroque sacred music
The Giovanni Consort
Wednesday 11th June 2003 7:00pm
Burt Hall St Georges Cathedral St Georges Tce
conducted by David Gething
with David Gething on chamber organ
Soloists:
Programme:
Graziano - Missa de Sancta Maria de Victoria; Schutz - Jauchzet dem Herren alle Welt; Purcell - Funeral Sentences; Charpentier - Le Reniement de St Pierre; Bach - Der Geist hilft unsrer Schwacheit auf
August 2003:
Pax Aeterna
Music for sixteen voices and grand organ
The Giovanni Consort
Saturday 9th August 2003 8:15pm
St Patrick's Basilica 47 Adelaide St Fremantle
conducted by David Gething
with Stewart Smith and Dominic Perissinotto organists
Programme:
Vierne - Messe Solenelle for sixteen voices and two organs; Poulenc - Quatre petit prieres de St Francois d'Assise; Harris - Faire is the Heaven; Walton - The Twelve; Elgar - Give Unto the Lord; Barber - Adagio arranged as Agnus Dei
March 2004:
PRAISE
Sacred music of sublime beauty
The Giovanni Consort
Friday 12th March 2004, 8:15pm
St Patrick's Basilica 47 Adelaide St Fremantle
conducted by David Gething
with Stewart Smith organist, Melanie Robinson cellist
Programme:
Missa Papae Marcelli Palestrina
Miserere Allegri
Requiem Durufle
Improvisations for organ Turnemiere
May 2004:
PASSION
Choral music of the Romantics
The Giovanni Consort
Saturday 15th May 2004, 8pm
Callaway Auditorium UWA
conducted by David Gething
with Mary-Lea Hayward accompanist
Programme:
Schubert
Stanford
Pearsall
Brahms
Holst
Gibbs
Faure
September 2004:
PLEASURE
Close harmony arrangements and a new commission from Iain Grandage
The Giovanni Consort
Friday 10th September 2004, 8pm
Callaway Auditorium UWA
conducted by David Gething
with Mary-Lea Hayward accompanist
Programme:
Miss Otis Regrets
Lullaby of Birdland
The Girl from Ipanema
If I Fell in Love With You
Continental
Honey Pie
Eleanor Rigby
Autumn Leaves
She is Beautiful
In the Mood
Britten Cabaret Songs
Delius Two Summer Evening Songs
Grandage New Commission
April 2005:
Hope
sacred, English 20th Century music
The Giovanni Consort
Sat 2 April 2005, 8pm and Sun 3 April 2005 3pm
Sat 2nd April: St. Patrick's Basilica Fremantle, Sun 3 April: Guildford Grammar School Chapel, Guildford
conducted by Mr. David Gething
with Organist - Mr. Stewart Smith, Musical Director - Mr. David Gething
Programme:
An uplifting concert of superb English 20th Century sacred music featuring Hymn to St Cecilia and Rejoice in the Lamb by Benjamin Britten, the hauntingly beautiful lament on the death of John F Kennedy Take Him, Earth, Cherishing by Herbert Howells and Five Negro Spirituals by Tippett. Other works by Holst and Tavener will also be performed.
http://www.giovanniconsort.com/
May 2005:
Heart
A heart-warming concert of partsongs, folksongs and hilarious vocal arrangements for a capella choir by David Willcock, John Rutter and Ward Swingle. The programme includes Three Shakespeare Songs by Vaughan Williams and Five Childhood lyrics.
The Giovanni Consort
Sunday 8 May 2005, 3pm and Sat 14 May 2005 at 8pm
8 May at Australian Opera Studio, Midland, 14 May at Callaway Auditorium, UWA Nedlands
conducted by Mr. David Gething
Programme:
Heart is a heart-warming concert of part-songs, folksongs and hilarious vocal arrangements for a capella choir by David Willcock, John Rutter and Ward Swingle. The programme includes Three Shakespeare Songs by Vaughan Williams and Five Childhood lyrics along with arrangements of popular songs including Aint’ Misbehavin’ and In The Mood.
http://www.giovanniconsort.com/
Last update: 20/4/2008