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Astra concert program for 2009 Astra opens the 2009 concert season on Sunday 17th May, with a choral program in the spectacular acoustics of the Carmelite Church in Middle Park. The Astra Choir and soloists are directed by John McCaughey in a broad span of works, extending from a 15th-century Mass by Ockeghem to visionary settings of Friedrich Rückert and William Blake by Richard Strauss and the contemporary Dane Bo Holten. Two concerts in May and September are a chance to hear performers of a new generation, with two pairs of pianists/keyboardists who engage in a dialogue with each other and with the culture of their instruments. Two leading Australian performers, violinist Miwako Abe and pianist Michael Kieran Harvey, are joined by Craig Hill (clarinet) and the Astra Choir for a concert in August. In October presents a guest concert at the Australian National Academy of Music as part of ANAM's Haydn and Ligeti series. In December the Astra Choir returns to the spacious acoustics of Northcote Town Hall with a choral-instrumental program of Liszt, Schoenberg, and unusual works from Eastern Europe Full details now available. And join our mailing list to receive our printed brochure and to be advised of any changes
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New Astra CDs and score Helen Gifford: 'Choral Scenes, the Western Front, World War 1' (1999). Poems by Arcos, Stramm, Owen, Kipling, Manning, Sassoon, Klemm, Vildrac, Blunden, Binyon, Apollinaire, Palmer. The Astra Choir with speakers and instruments, conducted by John McCaughey. Live concert recording from the premiere. Keith Humble: 'Three Folios for Piano 1953-57'. Score copied and edited with critical notes by Kim Bastin. Meanwhile Astra's 'Sticky Melodies: choral and chamber music of Johanna Beyer', recorded for New World Records has been voted one of the ten best CD releases of the year by Time Out New York's opera and classical music correspondent Steve Smith. Full details on our Publications page. All are available from the Astra office and at Astra concerts.  |
