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vocal, choral & theatre performances
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State Opera of South Australia / The Australian Ballet
Festival Theatre, Adelaide
State Theatre, Melbourne
Sydney Opera House
Gabriel Fauré: Requiem
Choreographer: Stephen Baynes
State Opera of South Australia Chorus
Melbourne Chorale
Carl Orff: Carmina Burana
Director: Lindy Hume
Choreographer: Natalie Weir
State Opera of South Australia Chorus
Melbourne Chorale
The beauty of the dance is underlined by the mood and delivery of the music; the singers and the Australian Opera & Ballet Orchestra, conducted by Mark Summerbell, make a major contribution to Requiem's success.
Sydney Morning Herald
Shane Cullinan: The Pieta
St James’ Piccadilly, London
Narrator: Frances Barber
Soprano: Claire O’Brien
Cor Anglais: Jessica Mogridge
Mark Summerbell conducted the string orchestra, including harp, in a beautifully measured way; the timing throughout the piece was impeccable.
Extra! Extra! London
Ensemble Gombert / The Seymour Group
St James’Church, King St, Sydney
Unicorn Ensemble / Aldwych Sinfonia Trio
Bloomsbury Festival / St George’s Church Bloomsbury, London
John Tavener: Ikon of Light
Illustra Choir / Kensington Brass
St George’s Church Bloomsbury, London
Sacred Symphony: The Splendour of Venetian Voice & Brass
(Works from Giovanni Gabrieli’s Sacrae Symphoniae of 1597 & 1615)
Plaudite Omnis Terra
Maria Virgo à 10
O Domine Jesu Christe à 8
Canzon Primi Toni à 8
Surrexit Christus à 11
Cantate Domino à 6
In Ecclesiis
Beate es Virgo à 6
Canzon Septimi Toni No. 2
Benedictus es Dominus
Gloria à 12
The Nexus Ensemble / Bloomsbury Festival
St George’s Church Bloomsbury, London
Stephen Cronin: House Songs
Tenor - Simon Biazeck
Illustra Choir
St George’s Church Bloomsbury, London
Hymn to the Virgin
John Tavener: The Lamb
Gustav Holst: Nunc Dimittis
Benjamin Britten: A Hymn to the Virgin
Richard Toensing: Magnificat (UK premiere)
Peter Warlock: Bethlehem Down
Francis Poulenc: Four Christmas Motets
Charles Villiers Stanford: Magnificat in C
Contemporary Music Events Company
Iwaki Auditorium, Southbank, Melbourne
John Harbison: Mirabai Songs
Soprano – Xenia Hanusiak
Donald Hollier: Sonnets Book IV: A Little Blue Music
Baritone – Kerry Henderson
St George’s Consort / Aldwych Sinfonia
St George’s Church Bloomsbury, London
Maurice Duruflé: Requiem
The Seymour Group / B’Tutta Percussion
Turbine Hall, Powerhouse Museum, Sydney
Steve Reich: Tehillim (Australian premiere)
Vocal quartet – Blindman’s Holiday
A firm commitment to new music played with conviction, accuracy and spirit...Summerbell conducted with sparse economy, lithe and steady rhythms and attention to detail.
The Australian
The Seymour Group
Newtown Theatre, Sydney
Donald Hollier: Six Songs to Poems of Christopher Brennan (World premiere)
Baritone - Timothy Dufore
Leonard Bernstein: West Side Story
Her Majesty’s Theatre, Haymarket, Sydney
Princess Theatre, Melbourne
Assistant conductor & orchestral manager for the first fully Australian production.
