HEIDELBERG CHORAL SOCIETY CONCERTS



A CALL TO PEACE



Thank You!
To all those who joined us for our concert on Saturday 20th August at the Melbourne Recital Centre - Thank you for being a wonderful audience. We hope you enjoyed listening to this amazing music as much as we enjoyed performing it.


Read a review of this performance on classicmelbourne.com.au
An interview with Mezzo Soprano Roxane Hislop

The Armed Man: A Mass for Peace - Karl Jenkins
When the Bugle Calls - Nicholas Buc



The Heidelberg Choral Society and Orchestra, together with soloists Stephanie Gibson (soprano), Roxane Hislop (mezzo soprano), Douglas Kelly (Tenor) and Raphael Wong (Baritone) will be conducted by Peter Bandy to present two dramatic choral works. Firstly, The Armed Man: A Mass for Peace, by Karl Jenkins, premiered in London in 2000, which now is a classical music phenomenon with, on average, two performances per week around the world; plus the world premiere of When the Bugle Calls, by the Australian composer, Nicholas Buc, winner of the inaugural Fellowship of Australian Composers Award.

These works focus attention on humanity’s ongoing search for peace despite the passing of one hundred years since the First World War Battle of the Somme, and fifty years since the pivotal battle of Long Tan in Vietnam. An associated photographic exhibition of images of the Somme will provide a visual reminder of the horrors of war, and the continued search for peace.





The photographic exhibition presented at this event is supported by the Victorian Government and the Victorian Veterans Council