New Year Break 2004-5
Grad Choir's "Elijah" Concert a Brilliant Success
The third and final Great Hall concert for 2004 comprised Mendelssohn's great Oratorio "Elijah". The concert was not only a sell-out but was received with rapturous applause by the audience. The cheers and "Bravos" were reminiscent of the reception received at the Birmingham first performance in August 1846.
As with the very successful Messiah in December 2003, this was a special concert, with a guest chorus in which members of the public took the opportunity to take part in 12 of Mendelssohn's great choruses. Christopher Bowen directed this major event.
For a slide show of still images extracted from a 2-hour digital video record of the concert, click here.
This "slide show" displays 64 images at 1 second intervals starting when you click "Start". Or you can step through the shots at your own pace with the >> button. Plays best with a Broadband (not dialup) connection. Total downloads to play all images is about 9MB.
Preliminary Program for 2005
The following programme has been approved by the Committee for 2005
Sat 14 May 2005, 8pm: Mozart "Masonic Funeral Music" and Mass in C Minor K. 427, "The Great" together with a new work by Christopher Bowen (to be commissioned).
Sun 21 Aug 2005 3pm: Faure "Requiem" and "Cantique de Jean Racine"
Sat 10 Dec 2005 8pm. G.F. Handel: "Israel in Egypt"
Christmas at the (Sydney) Town Hall
The choir had a successful Christmas Concert of music