Fresh from their tour to Europe, Sydney choral ensemble Bel a cappella presents Brahms’ A German Requiem and Liebeslieder Waltzes and the delightful motet Abendfeir in Vendig by Clara Schumann. Featuring soloists soprano Celeste Lazarenko and bass Alex Knight, with pianists Jo Allan and Michael Curtain and the Sydney Symphony Orchestra’s Richard Miller on Timpani, Musical…
After a sell-out performance in August, Bel a Cappella returns for its final concert for 2014, Puer Natus Est. This concert features the music of French composer Francis Poulenc, English composers Thomas Tallis and Herbert Howells and a rather unknown Catalan composer Bernat Vivancos. To quote Norwegian composer Lasse Thoresen, “Vivancos’ music is like a city of…
Sydney chamber vocal ensemble Bel a capella conducted by Anthony Pasquill presents a ravishing programme of 16th and 17th sacred century music featuring the music of contemporaries Domenico Scarlatti (1685- 1757), Antonio Lotti (1667 – 1740), Antonio Caldara (1670 – 1736) and Johann Sebastian Bach (1685 – 1750), along with their predecessors Heinrich Schutz (1585 –…