Bel A Cappella’s August concert which will be performed by candlelight, is named after the centrepiece of its programme, the Missa Papae Marcelli (“Pope Marcellus Mass”) by Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina. The mass for six voices was composed c. 1561 and is dedicated to Pope Marcellus II, who established the Council of Trent which sought reform in the…
Under the direction of Anthony Pasquill, Bel A Cappella with organist David Drury presents In the beginning – titled after Gabriel Jackson’s motet which will be heard for the first time in Australia. Also in the programme, another Australian premiere, David Briggs’ Messe pour Notre Dame. There will also be music by Orlando Gibbons…
Vocal ensemble Bel a capella presents its first concert for 2013, entitled Tenebrae, which in the Western Christian tradition is the performance of music and chants associated with darkness, or the extinguishing of lights. Musical Director Anthony Pasquill hands the baton to chorister and conductor Margot McLaughlin for a performance of Lamentations of Jeremiah by Thomas Tallis and resumes…