The 55th Intervarsity Choral Festival: PERTH, Friday 6 – Sunday 22 February, 2004

'''Patron:''' His Excellency Lieutenant-General John Sanderson, AC, Governor of Western Australia <<BR>>
'''University Patrons:''' Professors Millicent Poole (VC of Edith Cowan), Alan Robson, (VC of the Uni of WA), Lance Twomey (VC of Curtin Uni), and John Yovich (VC of Murdoch) <<BR>>
'''Chorusmaster:''' Andrew Wailes <<BR>>
'''Accompanists:''' Jodie Lockyer, Michael Winikoff <<BR>>
'''Camp Venue:''' Ern Halliday Recreation Camp, Hillarys <<BR>>
'''Participants:''' AUCS, FUCS, MonUCS, MUCS, MuscUTS, MUS, PUCS, QUMS, ROCS, SCUNA, SUMS, TUMS<<BR>>
'''FIBS:''' ORIFICE (O for ... R for ... etc) <<BR>>

=== COMMITTEE ===
'''Convenor:''' Joel Mendelson <<BR>>
'''Treasurer:''' Karl Aloritias <<BR>>
'''Secretary:''' Peter Wright <<BR>>
'''Con``Man:''' Adam Birch <<BR>>
'''Librarian:''' Matthew Flett <<BR>>
'''Social Secretary:''' Dave Riley <<BR>>
'''Camp Officer:''' Scott Membry <<BR>>
'''PR/Publicity:''' Jodie Hunter <<BR>>
'''Assistant Publicity:''' Siobhan Hicks <<BR>>
'''Transport & Billeting:''' Kylie Kerin, Jocelyn Kuan <<BR>>
'''Other Committee Members:''' Craig Miskell, Mark Tearle<<BR>>
'''PUCS President:''' Kristen Davies

'''Section Leaders:''' Sarah Chan, Kristen Davies, Mark Egelstaff, Andrew Corkill

=== CONCERT 1 ===

Saturday 14 February 2004, 6:30pm, Mandurah Performing Arts Centre <<BR>>
'''Conductors:''' Andrew Wailes, Bruce Mc``Allister* <<BR>>
'''Programme:''' Carl Orff, ''O Fortuna'' (from ''Carmina Burana''); Handel, ''Zadok the Priest''; Sibelius, ''Finlandia''*; Biebl, ''Ave Maria''; Lauridsen, ''O magnum mysterium''; Grainger, ''Irish Tune from County Derry''*; Rachmaninov, ''Bogorodyitsye Dyevo, raduysya''; Watts arr. Mc``Allister, ''Rockingham''*; Parry, ''Jerusalem''*; Copland, ''Fanfare for the Common Man''*; Sarah Hopkins, ''Past Life Melodies''; Verdi, Overture to ''La Forza del destino''*, ''Anvil Chorus'' (from ''Il Trovatore''); Iain Grandage, ''Three Australian Bush Songs''; Dvořák, ''Slavonic Dance'' Op. 46/8*; Pascanů, ''Chindia''; Tye, ''Laudate nomen Domini''. <<BR>>
'''Notes:''' With the Midland Brick Brass, conductor Bruce Mc``Allister; and Jodie Lockyer, piano (Pascanů). <<BR>>
'''Review''': 

=== CONCERT 2 ===

Sunday 15 February 2004, afternoon, Armadale <<BR>>
'''Conductors:''' Andrew Wailes, Bruce Mc``Allister <<BR>>
'''Notes:''' With the Midland Brick Brass

=== CONCERT 3 ===

Saturday 21 February 2004, 8pm, Perth Concert Hall <<BR>>
'''Conductor:''' Graham Abbott <<BR>>
'''Soloists:''' Lisa Harper-Brown (soprano), Fiona Campbell (alto), Aldo di Toro (tenor), Harry Peeters (bass) <<BR>>
'''Programme:''' Antonín Dvořák, ''Stabat mater'', Op. 58 <<BR>>
'''Notes:''' With the Prague Chamber Orchestra (supplemented by players of the West Australian Symphony Orchestra); for the Perth International Arts Festival (PIAF). <<BR>>
'''Review''': Neville Cohn, ‘Hobo-inspired masterpiece', ''West Australian'', 23 February 2004, p.10. "The next night a full house at the Concert Hall heard Dvorak’s Stabat Mater … with the Australian Intervarsity Choral Societies Association filling the organ stalls almost to overflowing … One cannot too highly praise the choral singing of the well-trained ensemble … Tenor Aldo di Toro has never sung better, and mezzo soprano Fiona Campbell was radiant both vocally and visually … Graham Abbott’s direction from the podium brought out the reverence and passion of this masterpiece."


=== STORIES & LINKS ===
Perth IV in 2004 has often been remembered for hosting easily the most artistically accomplished IV concert in recent memory, which was recorded for national broadcast by ABC Classic FM; for a particularly paganistic camp that hosted a spa of dubious cleanliness and a showing of the notorious porn film, ''Caligula''; for the continuing tradition of winding down from IV at Rottofest (enlivened by the ABC broadcast of concert 2); for a more than usually acrimonious meeting of the Australian Intervarsity Choral Council (AIVCC); and for the ignominious end to the traditional game of Sogball.

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