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Bel a cappella’s November concert of\u00a0 20th and 21st century music reaches back in time to\u00a0Latin for\u00a0its title:\u00a0Hierusalem.\u00a0<\/em>It’s also the\u00a0name of George Dyson’s\u00a01956 composition, a\u00a015-verse hymn\u00a0 for soprano solo, chorus, strings, harp and organ which will receive its Australian premiere at the Remembrance Day concert.<\/p>\n Other repertoire in the programme\u00a0by the 25-30 strong vocal\u00a0ensemble, conducted by Music Director Anthony Pasquill,\u00a0includes music by Gustav Mahler, Gustav Holst\u00a0and contemporary Latvian composer\u00a0P\u0113teris Vasks (b 1946), whose Missa <\/em>will also be heard in Australia for the very first time.<\/p>\n For this concert Bel a cappella will be joined by\u00a0the Lurline Chamber Orchestra and\u00a0Sydney soprano Alice Girle for\u00a0Hierusalem<\/em>.\u00a0Girle has sung with the Australian Chamber Orchestra, Neil Finn, Sydney Symphony Orchestra and The Australian Voices. She has recently completed a Bachelor of Music in classical voice at the Sydney Conservatorium of Music<\/p>\n Anthony Pasquill is looking forward to the concert:\u00a0“It’s a really exciting concert and a privilege to be able to bring important works to Australia so we’re all looking forward to performing alongside the Lurline Chamber Orchestra.”<\/p>\n Gustav Mahler’s Ich bin der Welt abhanden gekommen <\/em>is possibly better known\u00a0as the 3rd of 5 songs in the R\u00fcckert-Lieder.\u00a0<\/em>The prospect of\u00a0a choral arrangement\u00a0may raise eyebrows until\u00a0you learn that it’s arranged for 16 part choir by\u00a0arrangement by Clytus Gottwald, founder and long time director of the Stuttgart Schola Cantorum until his retirement in 1988. Says Pasquill “It is possibly my favourite choral work at present.”<\/p>\n George Dyson (1883 – 1964) and Pasquill share a common heritage in that they are both from Yorkshire. Dyson played the\u00a0organ at the local church and gained his qualifications as an organist at 16, winning an open scholarship to the Royal College of Music in 1900 where he studied composition under\u00a0Sir Charles Villiers Stanford and where he was later appointed\u00a0Director.<\/p>\n A clarinettist and graduate of Leeds University\u00a0Anthony Pasquill was appointed conductor of the Leeds University Union Music Society (LUUMS) Chamber Orchestra and assistant of the LUUMS Symphony Orchestra. He was also involved with LS2 (School of Music Contemporary Music Ensemble (2007), the University of Leeds Philharmonia (2006-7) and the University Liturgical Choir.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n In 2012\u00a0he has been assistant chorus-master at Sydney Philharmonia Choirs, during which time\u00a0he\u00a0has prepared\u00a0the choirs for several concerts\u00a0at the Sydney Opera House including Poulenc ‘Gloria’ with David Zinman and Tchaikovsky ‘Pique Dame’ with Vladimir Ashkenazy.<\/p>\n Tickets:\u00a0Adult $30, Senior\/Pensioner $25, Student $20<\/p>\n \u00a0 <\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Bel a cappella’s November concert of\u00a0 20th and 21st century music reaches back in time to\u00a0Latin for\u00a0its title:\u00a0Hierusalem.\u00a0It’s also the\u00a0name of…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":9727,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"sls_format":[],"class_list":["post-9723","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-shows"],"acf":{"deck":"","is_featured":false,"media_type":"standard","audio_embed":"","video_url":""},"yoast_head":"\nHolst\u2019s Two Psalms 86 and 148\u00a0<\/em>(1912) <\/em>were written for\u00a0chorus, string orchestra and organ, after a long period\u00a0under the influence of oriental aesthetics and before he wrote the very popular\u00a0\u2018Mars\u2019 for The Planets<\/em>.\u00a0The small amount of sacred music he wrote is\u00a0considered more spiritual than religious.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\nHe is currently\u00a0participating in\u00a0Symphony Australia’s conductor training programme and has already spent time working with the Auckland Philharmonia\u00a0under Chief Conductor Eckehard Stier and recently Christopher Seaman as well as a week in Melbourne with Sebastian Lang-Lessing.<\/div>\nThe Programme:<\/div>\nGeorge Dyson Hierusalem<\/em> (Australian Premiere) <\/em><\/div>\nGustav Mahler Ich bin der Welt abhanden gekommen <\/em><\/div>\nGustav Holst Psalms 86 <\/em>and 148 <\/em><\/div>\nP\u0113teris Vasks Missa <\/em>(Australian Premiere)<\/div>\n