The 56th Intervarsity Choral Festival: MELBOURNE, Friday 21 January – Sunday 6 February 2005

Chorusmasters: Richard Swann, Jonathan Grieves-Smith
Accompanists: Jodie Lockyer, Michael Winikoff, Jonathan Bradley
Camp Venue: Rawson village, near Moe
Participants: AUCS, Cantorion, FUCS, MonUCS, MUCS, MucUTS, MUS, PUCS, QUMS, ROCS, SCUNA, SUMS
FIBS: The WANKER (Wonderful And Necessary Knowledge Everyone Requires)

COMMITTEE

Convenor: Sarah Chan
Secretary: Catherine Burke
Treasurer: Rohan Wilksch
Camp Officer: Hamish Taylor
ConMan: Lisa Catinari
Fundraising & Merchandising: Kate Gondwana
Librarian: Kim Asher
Publicity & Sponsorship: Anh-Dao Vlachos
Social Secretary: JJ Edmondson
Transport & Billeting: Tam Paravicini
General Assistants: Philip Legge, Steve Kambouris, Emma Morgan, Amanda Dunning, Gemma Karpathiou

Section Leaders: Penelope Stolp, Margit Archer, Peter Campbell, Karl Aloritias

CONCERT 1

Saturday 29 January, 8 pm, BMW Edge, Federation Square
Conductor: Richard Swann
Program: Orbán: Dæmon irrepit callidus; Pärt: Magnificat (1989); Schein: Lobet den Herren; Schütz: Das ist je gewißlich wahr; David Cassat: Flesh to Stone (2004)*; Stanford: Magnificat for double choir, Op. 164; Howells: Requiem (1932); Trad. arr. S.A. Otieno: Sigalagala

* World premiere performance, commissioned by MIV 2005.

CONCERT 2

250 Singers – One Voice: A Benefit Concert

Saturday 5 February, 8 pm, Melbourne Town Hall
Conductor: Jonathan Grieves-Smith
Soloists: Kylie Pointer, Lauren Oldham (sopranos), Kerrie Bolton (mezzo-soprano), Mark Fowler (tenor), Derek Welton (bass)
Program: Anton Bruckner, Mass in E minor (1882); Zoltán Kodály: Missa brevis (1942–44)
Notes: Fund-raising benefit concert for relief of tsunami victims in Asia. The orchestra for the Bruckner were wind and brass players of Orchestra Victoria; the organist for the Kodály was Jonathan Bradley.
Review: Joel Crotty, ‘Chorus celebrating en masse’, Age, 8 February 1995, p.A3:8. "For more than half a century the choral societies from universities across Australia have gathered annually to present a series of concerts … This year the finale [sic] program focused on Bruckner’s E minor Mass and Kodaly’s Missa Brevis, and the large choir handled the material reasonably well … [T]he Brucknerian quirks occasionally pushed the choir out of their confort zone. There were, however, some beautiful moments, particularly in the legato phrasing, while the dynamic shading was given some thoughtful attention."

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