The 45th Intervarsity Choral Festival: ADELAIDE, 21 January—6 February 1994

'''Patrons:''' Dame Roma Mitchell (Governor), Sister Deirdre Jordan, William Scammell<<BR>>
'''Chorusmasters:''' Timothy Sexton, Kynan Johns<<BR>>
'''Accompanists:''' Monica Laczofy, Nerissa Pearce<<BR>>
'''Camp Venue:''' Dzintari Camp, Normanville<<BR>>
'''Participants:''' AUCS, FUCS, MonUCS, MUCS, MuscUTS, MUS, PUCS, QUMS, SCUNA, SUMS, TUMS<<BR>>
'''FIBS:''' MANIFESTO (Monumental, And Necessary Information For Excellent Singers To Observe)<<BR>>

=== COMMITTEE ===
'''Convenor:''' Catherine Campbell<<BR>>
'''Secretary:''' Andy Turner<<BR>>
'''Treasurer:''' John Yesberg<<BR>>
'''Camp Officer:''' Joanna McWaters<<BR>>
'''ConMan:''' Christie Anderson<<BR>>
'''Fundraising:''' Theresa Veith<<BR>>
'''Librarian:''' Celia Brissenden<<BR>>
'''Publicity:'''  Kathy Pope<<BR>>
'''Social Secretary:''' Alison Hansen<<BR>>
'''Transport & Billeting:'''  Bill Jackson, Louise Tunbridge<<BR>>
'''Sponsorship:''' Craig Wilkins<<BR>>

=== CONCERT 1 ===
8pm, 1 February, Adelaide Town Hall<<BR>>
'''Conductor:'''  Nicholas Braithwaite<<BR>>
'''Soloists:'''  Richard Greager, Rosemary Gunn, Robert Dawe<<BR>>
'''Program:'''  Elgar ''The Dream of Gerontius''<<BR>>
'''Notes:'''  With the Adelaide Symphony Orchestra<<BR>>
'''Review:'''  Elizabeth Silsbury, “Dream run for massed choir”, ''Advertiser'', 3 Feb. 1994: 24. “For the past week, about 200 students … have been in camp in Adelaide for their annual wallow in the joys of massed choral singing. The ambitions of this juggernaut are unbounded and are often greeted with some scepticism by experienced choristers. Learn Gerontius, one of the most weighty tomes in the repertoire, in a week? Somehow, nearly always, they get themselves to respectable performance standard by the grace of their enthusiasm, their seemingly inexhaustible energy and the self-servicing adrenaline that the whole exercise stimulates … The choir … vanquished the sceptics. Rock solid at all times … the singers produced an impressive mass of well-balanced sound … What the choir lacked in tone and diction was more than compensated for by the soloists … Overall, the event was a near-perfect match of needs and resources.”<<BR>>

=== CONCERT 1 ===
8pm, 5 Feb., Elder Hall, University of Adelaide<<BR>>
'''Conductor:'''  Timothy Sexton<<BR>>
'''Soloists:'''  Vanessa Benger<<BR>>
'''Program:'''  Górecki ''Totus Tuus'', Ralph Middenway ''Lamentations of Jeremiah'', Copland ''In the Beginning'', Sarah Hopkins ''Past Life Melodies'', Adams ''Choruses from "The Death of Klinghoffer"''.<<BR>>
'''Notes:'''  Piano: Nerissa Pearce. Also solo works for koto and for organ. Koto: Dr Kimi Coaldrake; Org; Matthew Atherton.<<BR>>
'''Review:'''  Raymond Chapman Smith, “Solemn succession of choral works”, ''Advertiser'', 7 Feb. 1994: 13. “The 150 voices of the 45th Intervarsity Choral Festival Choir concluded their annual songfest with the usual blend of enthusiasm and amateur esprit de corps. A long program … did not so much flash past as proceed solemnly in a succession of relatively house-trained 20th century works … Totus Tuus sounded sincere and disciplined in its quiet iterations from the big choir … [A] little Oz music was given its place in this concert with the aptly tortured harmonic drift of Ralph Middenway’s Lamentations of Jeremiah being handled with care, if not complete assurance, by this lot of young singers. Sarah Hopkins’ little piece Past Life Melodies, produced a performance of euphonious conviction and assurance. The tonal simplicity of Copland’s In the Beginning gave the choir its first chance to really let rip.”<<BR>>

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