Glen Eira City Choir

TICKETS AT THE DOOR A dramatic concert work with medieval texts and poems set to music which ranges from plainsong to lyrical songs set around the Christmas story. Traditional Christmas music includes The three Kings (Cornelius) , Shepherd’s farewell, (Berlioz), and Carol of the stars and Ave Maria sung by the children. Christmas carols with audience participation include Hark the herald angels sing, Away in a manger and O Come all ye faithful. Conductor: Elena Varshavskaya Organist: Christopher Cook Soprano: Lisa Robinson Harp: Katia Mestrovic with Choral Studio Harmony Children’s Choir

Glen Eira City Choir with Bendigo Chorale PROGRAM Mozart: Laudate Dominum Mozart: Alleulia JENKINS: REQUIEM Conductor: Elena Varshavskaya Pianist: Berta Brozgul Soprano: Lisa Robinson Mezzo-soprano: Phoebe Paine Alto: Chloe James Shakuhachi Master: Anne Norman Harp: Katia Mestrovic Percussion: Grace James French Horn: Geordie Walker Treble & Violin: Erik Poliak 'Karl Jenkins' Requiem sets the traditional Latin text of the Requiem mass, ...interspersed with haiku "death" poems (sung in Japanese) whose delicate, epigrammatic texts provide a peaceful commentary on the liturgical words. The result is a deeply moving expression of spirituality, whose musical tying together of different cultures provides a link that is highly appropriate to the modern world.' (Boosey & Hawkes) Tickets: $40 (+ booking fee) U16 free

A selection of secular and sacred Christmas music (James, Langlais, Rutter, Bach) including Christmas Carols to join in singing. Conductor: Elena Varshavskaya Tickets: $25 (+ booking fee) U15 free

TICKETS AT THE DOOR Birth of the Blues - Glen Eira City Choir Spring Concert, with the Choral Studio Harmony Children’s Choir TICKETS AT THE DOOR including such favouites as The Birth of the Blues, Sweet and Low, Rock’a my Soul, Home on the Range, Ev’ry Time I Feel the Spirit, Porgy and Bess medley and I Got Rhythm Conductor: Elena Varshavskaya Soloist & Accompanist: Berta Brozgul Tickets: $25 (+ booking fee); children 15 and under free5

Glen Eira City Choir, with the Bendigo Chorale, presents Missa brevis Sancti Joannis de Deo by Joseph Haydn and Stabat Mater by Josef Rheinberger Conductor: Elena Varshavskaya Organist: Hugh Fullarton Soprano: Kate Amos Tickets: $30 (+ booking fee) U15 free