The 40th Intervarsity Choral Festival: CANBERRA, 1 July-13 July 1989

Patron: Mrs Dallas Hayden, Sir Gordon Jackson <<BR>>
Chorusmaster: Ben Macpherson<<BR>>
Accompanist: Malcolm Tapscott, Mark Freer<<BR>>
Camp Venue: Birrigai<<BR>>
Participants: AUCS, SCUNA, DUS, FUCS, LaTUCS, MUS, MUCS, MonUCS, PUCS, QUMS, SUMS, TUMS<<BR>>
FIBS: HARMONIUM (Handbook Assisting Raucous Musicians Or Novices In Universal Merriment)

COMMITTEE/COLLECTIVE<<BR>>
Fundraising: Enrico Sondalini* <<BR>>
Secretary: Kate Pope<<BR>>
Treasurer: Mark Chapman<<BR>>
ConMan: Ingrid McKenzie<<BR>>
Publicity: Lan Wang<<BR>>
Librarian: Kate Rockpool<<BR>>
Camp Officer: James Crawford<<BR>>
Transport/Billeting: Sandra Kennedy<<BR>>
Social Sec: Diane Palmieri

* Ric was listed as Convenor in early correspondence, but later, when the committee was revised as a collective, he was re-titled Fundraising Officer. There was, therefore, no official convenor for the 40th IV.

=== CONCERT ===
8pm, 14 July, Llewellyn Hall, Canberra School of Music<<BR>>
Conductor: 	Hans Günter Mommer<<BR>>
Soloists: 	Jacqui Harrison, Natalie Charrington, Emma Woolford, David Stone, Alexander King<<BR>>
Program: 	Brahms ''Schicksalslied'', Verdi ''Four Sacred Pieces'', Kodály ''Missa brevis''<<BR>>
Notes: 	Canberra Symphony Orchestra<<BR>>
Review:	Margaret Legge-Wilkinson, “Spirited singing and enthusiasm add dynamics to festival”, Canberra Times, 19 July 1989, p.37. “Enthusiasm and spirited singing were the most noticeable elements in this concert … The choir heartily sang its way through the romantic works of Brahms and Verdi and the drama of Kodaly’s Missa Brevis. The brief nostalgic finale of Brahm’s [sic.] Song of Destiny (Op. 54) was given much emotive force by the Intervarsity Choir from the sustained, resonant, soft moments to the anguished cries of the agitato section. The choir managed the dramatic outbursts of the Verdi … in the Stabat Mater, however[,] some of the unaccompanied singing was a little tentative … [The Kodály] was the most dynamic [piece] of the program and was indicative of the festival’s success.”




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