Concert History

Celebrate Christmas with The Llewellyn Choir
Date: 16 December 2023
Venue: Griffith Neighbourhood Centre
Conductor: Rowan Harvey-Martin
Soloists Rohan Thatcher (baritone)
Accompanist Anthony Smith
Program:

TRADITIONAL
In Dulci Jubilo (arr. JS Bach)

READING
PETER ELLIS: ‘Find the Artichokes’ (Andre Kostelanetz)

SAMUEL BARBER
Sure on This Shining Night

GUSTAV HOLST
Christmas Day – A Choral Fantasy on Old Carols

WILLIAM G JAMES
The Three Drovers
Carol of the Birds

READING
LAURA FORD: ‘Along by Merry Christmas Time’ (Henry Lawson)

WILLIAM G JAMES
The Silver Stars are in the Sky
Christmas Day

JOHN ANTILL
Christmas Cradle Song
St Andrew’s Carol
God Came Down at Christmas

READING
MARGARET ADAMSON: From ‘No Friend But the Mountains’ (Behrouz Boochani)

MORTEN LAURIDSEN
Sure on This Shining Night

RALPH VAUGHAN WILLIAMS
Fantasia on Christmas Carols

JOHN RUTTER
Nativity Carol

READING
FRANCIS HARVEY: From ‘A Christmas Carol’ (Charles Dickens)

TRADITIONAL CAROLS
We Wish You a Merry Christmas (arr. Arthur Warrell)
Jingle Bells (arr. Ray Charles)

COMMUNITY CAROLS
Silent Night
O Come All Ye Faithful
Away in a Manger
Joy to the World

Review:


Review, City News [PDF, 1.2 MB]


Jazz Missa Brevis and Mass in Blue
Date: 28 October 2023
Venue: Yarralumla Uniting Church
Conductor: Rowan Harvey-Martin
Soloists Sonia Anfiloff (soprano)
The Llewellyn Jazz Combo Andrew Hackwill (saxophone)
John Black (piano)
James Luke (bass)
Derrick Brassington (drums)
Program:


WILL TODD
THE LLEWELLYN CHOIR
Jazz Missa Brevis
Will Todd

ROWAN HARVEY-MARTIN (VIOLIN) AND ANTHONY SMITH (PIANO)
Ballad of the Fading Light
Will Todd

VOCAL FRY (WITH TOBIAS COLE)
Blackbird (arr. Daryl Runswick)
Let It Be (arr. John Black)
John Lennon and Paul McCartney

THE LLEWELLYN CHOIR
Mass in Blue
Will Todd

Review:


Review, City News [PDF, 212 KB]


A Winter Concert - Duruflé and Boulanger
Date: 24 June 2023
Venue: Wesley Uniting Church, Forrest
Conductor: Tobias Cole
Soloists AJ America (mezzo soprano)
Rohan Thatcher (baritone)
Instrumentalists James Porteous (organ)
Anthony Smith (piano)
Clara Teniswood (cello)
Derrick Brassington (drums)
Program:


Pour les funérailles d’un soldat
Lili Boulanger

Sicilienne
Gabriel Fauré

Sous bois
Lili Boulanger

Three French songs
Le retour (Lili Boulanger)
Beau soir (Claude Debussy)
L’heure exquise (Reynaldo Hahn)

Hymne au soleil
Lili Boulanger

Requiem op. 9
Maurice Duruflé

Review:


Review, City News [PDF, 212 KB]


John Rutter's Gloria!
Date: 1 April 2023
Together in Music concert
Canberra Girls Grammar School
Venue: Canberra Girls Grammar School
Conductor: Rowan Harvey-Martin

ALLELUJAH!
Date: 17 December 2022
Venue: Holy Cross Anglican Church, Hackett
Conductor: Rowan Harvey-Martin
Soloists Sonia Anfiloff (soprano)
Charlotte Walker (soprano)
Emily Ezaki-Swain (soprano)
Andrew Barrow(tenor)
Rohan Thatcher (baritone)

Speakers
Rohan Thatcher
Jennifer Pickard
Program:


A CEREMONY OF CAROLS, OP. 28
Benjamin Britten

CONCERTO GROSSO IN G MINOR, OP. 6, NO. 8 (CHRISTMAS CONCERTO)
Arcangelo Corelli
Soloists: Rowan Harvey-Martin, Tor Fromyhr, Liam Meaney

THE COMPANY OF HEAVEN
Benjamin Britten

ANGELS' CAROL
John Rutter

O HOLY NIGHT
Adolphe Adam, arr. Grant Cochran

Review:


Review of ALLELUJAH! concert, City News [PDF, 212 KB]


Light Eternal
A Feast of English Sacred Choral Music
Date: 28 May 2022
Venue: Wesley Uniting Church, Forrest
Conductor: Matthew Stuckings
Soloists Jade McFaul, Veronica Thwaites-Brown, Charles Hudson, Colin Milner
Program:

SS WESLEY
Thou Wilt Keep Him in Perfect Peace

JOHN TAVENER
Funeral Ikos

HERBERT HOWELLS
Requiem

CECILIA MCDOWALL
A Prayer of St Columba

GERALD FINZI
Magnificat

CHARLES VILLIERS STANFORD
Beati quorum via

PENELOPE THWAITES
Lead Kindly Light

RALPH VAUGHAN WILLIAMS
Lord Thou Hast Been Our Refuge


BERNSTEIN
Date: 19 December 2021
Venue: Presbyterian Church of St Andrew, Forrest
Conductor: Rowan Harvey-Martin
Soloists Sonia Anfiloff
Emma McMaster
Tom Azoury
Toby Silcock
Program:


Three jazz pieces by Fourplay
Max-O-Man
Chant
Bali Run
The Llewellyn Sinfonia

LEONARD BERNSTEIN
Chichester Psalms

Three jazz pieces
Mountain Dance (Dave Grusin)
On Golden Pond (Dave Grusin)
Morning Dance (Spyro Gura)
The Llewellyn Sinfonia

LEONARD BERNSTEIN
MASS Concert selections for soloists and chorus

Review:


Review of Bernstein concert, City News [PDF, 212 KB]


Fauré by Candlelight
Date: 25 July 2021
Venue: Holy Cross Anglican Church, Hackett
Conductor: Rowan Harvey-Martin
Soloists Antonio de la Torres (soprano)
Rohan Thatcher (Baritone)
Program:


Calme des nuits (Camille Saint-Saëns)

GABRIEL FAURÉ

Pavane in F Sharp Minor, Op. 50
The Llewellyn Sinfonia

Piano Trio in D Minor, Op. 120
Rowan Harvey-Martin, Charlotte Winslade, Anthony Smith

Apres un rêve
Nocturne
En prière

Élégie, Op. 24
Charlotte Winslade, Anthony Smith

Requiem in D Minor, Op. 28

Review:


Review of Fauré concert, City News [PDF, 212 KB]


Seven Last Words
Date: 2 April 2021
Venue: Wesley Uniting Church
Conductor: Rowan Harvey-Martin
Program:

Giovanni Battista Pergolesi
Stabat Mater

Franz Joseph Haydn
The Seven Last Words of Our Saviour on the Cross


Christmas in the time of COVID
Date: 19 December 2020
Venue: Weston Community Hub
Conductor: Rowan Harvey-Martin
Accompanist: Anthony Smith
Program:

Morton Lauridsen
Lux Aeterna
Sure on this Shining Night

Selection of carols
A Great and Mighty Wonder
A Boy was Born
In Dulci Jubilo
The Shepherds' Farewell


Carols in the Court
Date: 8 December 2019
Venue: High Court of Australia
Conductor: Rowan Harvey-Martin
Accompanist: Anthony Smith
Program:

Elsa guile | trumpet
The Prince of Denmark’s March (Jeremiah Clarke)
Air con Variazioni

Resound Handbells (Canberra Girls Grammar School)
Processional – Hallelujah
Fughette (GF Handel arr Vaughan Williams)

The Llewellyn Choir
Excerpts from Bethlehem by rutland Bougthon
With Jenny Sawer | Gabriel
Ashleigh Leigh | Mary

Rowan Harvey-Martin & Michelle Higgs | violin
J.S. Bach Concerto for Two Violins in D minor BWV 1043 II Largo, ma non tanto

Community carol singing


Beyond ...
With the Llewellyn Sinfonia
Date:22 November 2019
Venue:Wesley Uniting Church
Conductor: Rowan Harvey-Martin
Program:

MICHAEL DOOLEY
The Land That Is Very Far Off
The Llewellyn Sinfonia, led by Timothy Wickham (violin)

WILLIAM DOOLEY
7 Prayers of the Saviour

MCHAEL DOOLEY
Perpetua

SOLOISTS
Emma Griffiths, soprano
Veronica Thwaites-Brown, mezzo-soprano
Dan Walker, tenor
Andrew Fysh, bass

Reviews:

To Hope!
With the Llewellyn Sinfonia
Date:18 October 2019
Venue:Chapel of the Annunciation, Canberra Girls Grammar School
Conductor: Rowan Harvey-Martin
Program:

WILL TODD
Lights, Stories, Noise, Dreams, Love and Noodles
Poetry reading: Rev. Dr Tim Watson
With The Gabriel Singers

Jazz Missa Brevis
With The Gabriel Singers

DAVE BRUBECK
To Hope! A Celebration
A mass in the revised Roman ritual

SOLOISTS
Priest: Rev. Dr Tim Watson
Cantors:
Jenny Sawer
Andrew Fysh

Reviews: City News [PDF, 337 KB]

Beethoven Mass in C Major
With the Llewellyn Sinfonia
Date:6 July 2019
Venue:Llewellyn Hall
Conductor: Rowan Harvey-Martin
Program:

ALL-BEETHOVEN CONCERT

EGMONT OVERTURE, OP. 84
CHORAL FANTASY
Fantasia for piano, vocal soloists, chorus and
orchestra, Op. 80
MASS IN C MAJOR, OP. 86

Soloists:
Anthony Smith (piano)
Greta Claringbould (soprano)
Ellen Malone (mezzo soprano)
Paul McMahon (tenor)
Christopher Richardson (bass baritone)
Jennifer Bennet (soprano)
Peter Ellis (tenor)

Reviews: City News

Sunrise Mass
As part of Canberra Girls Grammar School's Together in Music concert
Date:5 April 2019
Venue:Canberra Girls Grammar School Senior Hall
Conductor: Joel Copeland

In the Mood for Christmas
Date:15 December 2018
With The Llewellyn Sinfonia
Venue:Wesley Uniting Church, Forrest
Conductor: Rowan Harvey-Martin
Accompanist Anthony Smith
Program:


FOUR CAROL ARRANGEMENTS FOR PIANO
Arranged and performed by Anthony Smith

JEUS, JOY OF MAN'S DESIRING
Johann Sebastian Bach
Veronica Thwaites-Brown (alto), Anthony Smith (piano), Rowan Harvey-Martin (violin)

THE MANY MOODES OF CHRISTMAS, SUITE 4
Robert Shaw and Robert Russell Bennett
The Llewellyn Choir and The Llewellyn Sinfonia

PIANO TRIO IN G MAJOR, OP .1 NO. 2
Ludwig van Beethoven
Anthony Smith (piano), Rowan Harvey-Martin (violin), Charlotte Winslade (cello)

THE MANY MOODES OF CHRISTMAS, SUITE 2
The Llewellyn Choir and The Llewellyn Sinfonia

THE THREE KINGS
Peter Cornelius, arranged by Ivor Atkins
Veronica Thwaites-Brown (alto) and The Llewellyn Choir

ALL THE DAYS OF CHRISTMAS
Penelope Thwaites
Veronica Thwaites-Brown (alto) and Anthony Smith (piano)

THE MANY MOODES OF CHRISTMAS, SUITE 1
The Llewellyn Choir and The Llewellyn Sinfonia


Winter Warming
Date:26 August 2018
Venue:Overture Hall, Orana School, Weston
Conductor: Matthew Stuckings
Accompanist Anthony Smith
Program:

MENDELSSOHN: PART-SONGS FROM SECHS LIEDER OP. 59
Im Grünen
Abschied vom Walde
Die Nachtigall

JOHN PURIFOY
If Music be the Food of Love

JOSEPH HAYDN: VIERSTIMMIGE GESÄNGE (FOUR-PART SONGS)
Die Beredsamkeit
Alles hat seine Zeit
Die Harmonie in der Ehe
Der Greis

PAUL SIMON AND ART GARFUNKEL
Scarborough Fair/Canticle

ERIC WHITACRE
A Boy and a Girl
Glow

DAN WALKER
Midwinter
Concierto Del Sur

FELIX MENDELSSOHN: PART-SONGS FROM SECHS LIEDER OP. 48
Frühlingsahnung
Lerchengesang
Morgengebet

FERMO DANTE MARCHETTI
Fascination

BART HOWARD
Fly me to the moon

JOHN RUTTER
The Banquet Fugue

Reviews: Canberra City News review

Tour of Spain
Date:16 April to 1 May 2018
Venues: Wednesday 18 April
Parroquia Nuestra Señora de Covadonga, Madrid

Thursday 19 April
Catedral Vieja de Santa María (Old Cathedral), Salamanca

Sunday 22 April (during sung mass)
Catedral de Nuestra Señora de la Asunción (Mosque Cathedral), Córdoba

Friday 27 April
Catedral de la Santa Cruz y Santa Eulalia de Barcelona, Barcelona
Conductor: Rowan Harvey-Martin
Organist Anthony Smith
Program:

LUIGI CHERUBINIi
Extracts from Requiem Mass in C Minor

LOUIS VIERNE
Messe Solenelle

BRUCKNER
Locus Iste
Os justi

MOZART
Ave Verum Corpus

RACHMANINOFF
Bogorodyitse Dyevo


Requiem Mass in C Minor & Messe Solenelle
Date:7 April 2018
Venue:St Paul's Anglican Church, Manuka
Conductor: Rowan Harvey-Martin
Organist Anthony Smith
Program:

LUIGI CHERUBINIi
Requiem Mass in C Minor

LOUIS VIERNE
Messe Solenelle

Reviews: Canberra City News

L'Enfance du Christ
With the Llewellyn Sinfonia
Date:16 December 2017
Venue:Wesley Uniting Church
Conductor: Rowan Harvey-Martin
Soloists: Rebecca Collins, Soprano (Virgin Mary)
Rohan Thatcher, Baritone(Joseph)
Andrew Fysh, Baritone (Herod)
Michael Martin, Tenor (Narrator, Centurion)
Michael Wilson, Baritone (Polydorus, Father)
Program:

HECTOR BERLIOZ
L'Enfance du Christ (The Childhood of Christ)

In the Ending of the Year (arr. Boughton)
Angels Carol (arr. John Rutter)
Silent Night (arr. John Rutter)

Reviews: Canberra City News

Sunday Concert Series at the High Court
Date:5 November 2017
Venue:High Court foyer
Conductor: Rowan Harvey-Martin
Accompanist Anthony Smith
Program:

HECTOR BERLIOZ
Excerpt from L’Enfance du Christ (The Childhood of Christ):
Shepherds’ Farewell to the Holy Family

CARLOS GUAVASTINO
Excerpts from Indianas suite:
No. 1 Gala del día (Finery of the day)
No. 2 Quién fuera como el jazmín (Who could be like the jasmine)
No. 6 Una de dos (One or the other)

ASTOR PIAZZOLLA
Libertango (arr. Oscar Escalada)

WILL TODD
Excerpts from Mass in Blue:
Gloria
Sanctus
Benedictus


Missa Criolla & Mass in Blue
With the Llewellyn Sinfonia
Date:2 September 2017
Venue:Hughes Baptist Church
Conductor: Rowan Harvey-Martin
Program:

Missa Criolla
By Ariel Ramírez
Soloists:
Michael Martin (tenor)
Ben Connor (baritone)

Suite Populaire Espagnole for Violin and Guitar
By Manuel de Falla
Rowan Harvey-Martin (Violin)
Mark Norton (Guitar)

Mass in Blue
By Will Todd
Soloist:
Sonia Anfiloff, Soprano

Reviews: City News

Verdi Requiem
With the Llewellyn Sinfonia
Date:20 May 2017
Venue:Llewellyn Hall
Conductor: Rowan Harvey-Martin
Soloists: [link:soloists#sanfiloff:Sonia Anfiloff]], Soprano
Christina Wilson, Mezzosoprano
Christopher Lincoln Bogg, Tenor
Jeremy Tatchell, Bass
Reviews: City News

The Star of Bethlehem
With the Llewellyn Sinfonia
Date:17 December 2016
Venue:Wesley Uniting Church
Conductor: Rowan Harvey-Martin
Soloists: Rebecca Collins, Soprano
Rohan Thatcher, Baritone
Program:

Awake, glad heart!
Peter Sculthorpe
(The Llewellyn Sinfonia)

Os justi
Christus factus est
Anton Bruckner

Shepherd's Pipe Carol
Arr. John Rutter

Carol of the Bells
Ukranian carol arr. Anthony Smith
Piano solo: Anthony Smith

Wassails and Lullabies
Andrew Ford

Der Stern von Bethlehem (The Star of Bethlehem)
Joseph Rheinberger

Ding Dong! Merrily on High
Arr. David Willcocks

Reviews: Canberra City News

Ikon of Light
With the Llewellyn Sinfonia
Date:30 July 2016
Venue:Chapel of the Annunciation, Canberra Girls Grammar School
Conductor: Rowan Harvey-Martin
Program:

Non Nobis Domine
Dan Walker, text Charles W Bean

Ikon of Light
John Tavener

The Giver of Stars
The Peace of Wild Things
Jenni Brandon

Lux Aeterna
Morten Lauridsen

Reviews: Canberra City News


Elijah
With the Llewellyn Sinfonia
Date:16 April 2016
Venue:Llewellyn Hall
Conductor: Rowan Harvey-Martin
Soloists: Rebecca Collins, Soprano
Christina Wilson, Mezzosoprano
Michael Martin, Tenor
Douglas McNicol, Baritone (Elijah)
Reviews: Canberra Times
City News

Celebrate Christmas
Date:19 December 2015
Venue:Wesley Uniting Church
Conductor: Rowan Harvey-Martin
Organ and piano Anthony Smith
Soloists: Greta Claringbould, Soprano
Christina Wilson, Mezzosoprano
Michael Martin, Tenor
Dominic Harvey, Baritone
Program:

Deo Gracias
Traditional, arr. Benjamin Britten

Angels' Carol
John Rutter

Prologue from the Coventry Nativity Play
Anthony Smith

Laud to the Nativity
Ottorino Respighi

Navidad Nuestra
Ariel RamÌrez

Noël
Hillaire Belloc, music Calvin Bowman

Coventry Carol
Traditional, arr. Martin Shaw Silent Night
Franz Grϋber, arr. John Rutter

Review:

Critics Circle




Sunday Concert Series at the High Court
In conjunction with Les Alizés, New Caledonia
Date:4 October 2015
Venue:High Court foyer
Conductor: Rowan Harvey-Martin, Llewellyn Choir
Nathalie Delcourt, Les Alizés
Program:

THE LLEWELLYN CHOIR
O, Pray for the people of Jerusalem (Herbert Howells)
Contrapunto Bestiale Alla Mente (Adriano Banchieri)
Come, Heart's Delight (trad)
Sure on This Shining Night (Morten Lauridsen)
Banks of Doon (Donna Gartman Schulz)
Ain't Misbehavin' (Thomas 'Fats' Waller and Harry Brooks)

LES ALIZES
Cantate Domine (Handel)
Signore delle Cime (De Marzi)
Canon de la Paix (Terral)
Nocturne 'Luci Care' (Mozart)
Ave Maria (Vavilov) Tant que vivray (De Sermisy)

COMBINED CHOIRS
Excerpts from The Armed Man: A Mass for Peace (Karl Jenkins)


The Armed Man: A Mass for Peace
In conjunction with Les Alizés, New Caledonia
With the Llewellyn Sinfonia
Date:3 October 2015
Venue:Anzac Memorial Chapel of St Paul, Royal Military College Duntroon
Conductor: Rowan Harvey-Martin, Llewellyn Choir
Nathalie Delcourt, Les Alizés
Accompanist: Anthony Smith
Program:


THE LLEWELLYN CHOIR
O, Pray for the people of Jerusalem (Herbert Howells)
Un Soir de Neige (Francis Poulenc)
Magnificat (Herbert Howells)

LES ALIZES
Cantate Domine (Handel)
Signore delle Cime (De Marzi)
Canon de la Paix (Terral)
Nocturne 'Luci Care' (Mozart)
Tant que vivray (De Sermisy)

COMBINED CHOIRS
The Armed Man: A Mass for Peace (Karl Jenkins)

Review:

Critics Circle review


A Choral Potpurri

Music to warm a winter afternoon

Date:19 July 2015
Venue:Belconnen Arts Centre
Conductor: Rowan Harvey-Martin
Accompanist: Susan Reid
Program:

BEASTS OF THE EARTH AND AIR
Contrapunto Bestiale Alla Mente (Adriano Banchieri)
The Three Ravens (trad)

SWEDISH DELIGHTS
Fancies (Sven-Eric Johanson) - Sylvia; Under the Greenwood Tree; Fancy; O Mistress Mine
Come, Heart's Delight (trad)
Aftonen (Hugo Alfven)

Sure on This Shining Night (Morten Lauridsen)

A TASTE OF SALT
The Drunken Sailor
The Arethusa (Eric H Thiman)

BEST OF BRITISH TRADITIONAL
Oft in the Stilly Night (trad)
Loch Lomond (trad)
Banks of Doon (Donna Gartman Schulz)

THE AMERICAN DREAM
Begin the Beguine (Cole Porter)
Over the Rainbow (Harold Arlen)
Ain't Misbehavin' (Thomas 'Fats' Waller and Harry Brooks)

Sure on This Shining Night (Samuel Barber)

Review:

Critics Circle




An Anzac Concert
In association with The Yass Music Club
Date:18 April 2015
Venue:Yass Memorial Hall
Conductor: Rowan Harvey-Martin
Soloists: Anthony Smith
Program:

Herbert Howells
Requiem

R Vaughan Williams
Benedicite
Six choral songs

R Vaughan Williams, Martin Shaw and Ivor Atkins
Five war-time hymns

Gustav Holst
This have I done for my true love

Arthur Bliss
Prayer of Saint Francis of Assisi
'Vigil' and 'Dawn on the Somme' from Morning Heroes

Ernest Farrar
Summer

Ivor Gurney
Carol of the Skiddaw Yowes

Wendy Hiscocks
Anzac Cove

Adolphe Adam
Comrades in Arms

A selection of popular World War 1 songs
There's a long trail a-winding
I want to go home
It's a long way to Tipperary

Read a report on our Anzac Concert from the Yass Music Club


An Advent Concert
With the Llewellyn Sinfonia
Date:29 November 2014
Venue:St Andrew's Presbyterian Church, Forrest
Conductor: Rowan Harvey-Martin
Soloists: Rebecca Collins, Soprano
Chloe Robbins, Soprano
Veronica Thwaites-Brown, Mezzosoprano
Kristin Crawford, Mezzosoprano
Michael Martin, Tenor
Andrew Fysh, Baritone
Organist: Anthony Smith
Program:

Francis Poulenc
Four motets for Christmas time:
O magnum mysterium
Quem vidistes pastores dicite
Videntes stellam
Hodie Christus natus est

Francis Poulenc
Gloria

Camille Saint-Saëns
Christmas Oratorio


Sunday Concert Series at the High Court
Date:5 October 2014
Venue:High Court foyer
Conductor: Rowan Harvey-Martin
Program:

Camille Saint-Saens
Tollite hostias

Ernest Farrar
To Daffodils

Herbert Howells
The Scribe
Requiem movements 1 and 6

Francis Poulenc
O Magnum Mysterium
Quem Vidistis Pastores Dicite
Laudamus Te

Gustav Holst
This have I done for my true love


From Those Who Served
Date:31 August 2014
Venue:St Paul's Anglican Church, Manuka
Conductor: Rowan Harvey-Martin
Soloist: Greta Claringbould, Soprano
Accompanist: Anthony Smith
Program:

Herbert Howells
The Scribe

Ernest Farrar
Almighty God, the fountain of all wisdom
Prevent us, O Lord
To Daffodils

Herbert Howells
Requiem

Arthur Bliss
‘Vigil’ and ‘Dawn on the Somme’
from Morning Heroes

Gustav Holst
Dream Tryst
This have I done for my true love

Edgar Bainton
Shadowy Woodlands
Humoresque
Capriccio in G minor
(Piano solo: Anthony Smith)

Ralph Vaughan Williams
Benedicite


ACTEW Grand Gala: VERDI
With the Canberra Symphony Orchestra and Canberra Choral Society
Date:5 July 2014
Venue:Llewellyn Hall, ANU
Conductor: Nicholas Milton
Soloists: Antoinette Halloran, soprano
José Carbó, baritone
Tobias Cole, choral director

Featuring opera masterworks from:
La Traviata
Rigoletto
Aida
Nabucco
La Forza del Destino

St Matthew Passion
With The Llewellyn Sinfonia
Date:5 April 2014
Venue:Llewellyn Hall, ANU
Conductor: Rowan Harvey-Martin
Soloists: Christopher Lincoln Bogg, Tenor, Evangelist
Jeremy Tatchell,Bass, Jesus and bass solos
Rebecca Collins, Soprano
Christina Wilson, Mezzosoprano
Michael Martin, Tenor
Michael Tatchell, Bass

The Company of Heaven
With The Llewellyn Sinfonia
Date:22 December 2013
Venue:Australian Centre for Christianity and Culture
Conductor: Rowan Harvey-Martin
Soloists: Rachael Duncan, Soprano
Michael Martin, Tenor
Glenda Cloughley, Speaker
Nye Hughes, Speaker
Organist: Anthony Smith
Program:


Prologue to the Conventry Nativity Play (Anthony Smith)
Ecolgue for piano and strings op 10 (Gerald Finzi)
Magnificat (Gerald Finzi)
The Company of Heaven (Benjamin Britten)


Christmas Gifts: a Centenary of Canberra Musical Offering
Date:14 December 2013
Venue: National Library foyer
Conductor: Rowan Harvey-Martin
Program:


Magnificat (Gerald Finzi)

Carols from Rutland Boughton's Bethlehem:
Alleluia
In the Ending of the Year
The Holly and the Ivy
O Come, All Ye Faithful
The First Nowell


Carmina Burana by Carl Orff
With the Canberra Symphony Orchestra and the Canberra Choral Society

Date:30, 31 October 2013
Venue:LLewellyn Hall
Conductor: Nicholas Milton
Program:


Beethoven: Leonore Overture No 3
Wagner: The Flying Dutchman Overture
Wagner: Ride of the Valkyries

Orff: Carmina Burana


Requiem en C Mineur by Luigi Cherubini
Joint concert with Les Alizés
Date:2-5 October 2013
Venue:St Joseph's Cathedral, Nouméa, New Caledonia
Conductors: Rowan Harvey-Martin and Sarah Briggs
Organist: Anthony Smith
Program:


The Llewellyn Choir
Maranoa Lullaby and Jabbin Jabbin (Traditional Aboriginal songs)
Liebeslieder Walzer numbers 1, 6, 9, 11 (Brahms)
Amazing Grace (arr. John Rutter)
Bless This House (May H Brahe)

Les Alizés
Soon a will be done (negro spiritual)
Bogorodyiste Dyevo (Rachmaninoff)
Exulatate Deo (Scarlatti)
Singabahambayo (traditional African)

The Llewellyn Choir and Les Alizés
Requiem en C mineur (Cherubini)
Cantique de Jean Raciine (Fauré)
Shemingo me (traditional song from Lifou Island, New Caledonia)


An Afternoon With Brahms
Date:11 August 2013

Venue:Australian Centre for Christianity and Culture, Barton
Conductor: Rowan Harvey-Martin
Accompanists: Anthony Smith and Johanna McBride
Program:


O Heiland, reiß die Himmel auf, op. 74, no. 2
(O Saviour, tear open the Heavens)

Intermezzo in A major, op. 118, no. 2
Soloist: Anthony Smith, piano

Liebeslieder Walzer, op. 52, nos. 1 to 6

Warum ist das Licht gegeben dem Mühseligen, op. 74, no. 1
(Why is light given to the weary of soul)

Nänie, op. 82
(Lament)

Sonata in G major for violin and piano, op. 78 (first movement)
Soloists: Rowan Harvey-Martin, violin, and Anthony Smith, piano

Liebeslieder Walzer, op. 52, nos. 7 to 11

Scherzo in E flat minor, op. 4
Soloist: Anthony Smith, piano

Liebeslieder Walzer, op. 52, nos. 12 to 18


Centenary of Canberra Musical Offering
Date:14 July 2013
Venue: High Court foyer
Conductor: Rowan Harvey-Martin
Program:


Warum (Johannes Brahms)
Offertorium and Sanctus from Requiem in C minor (Luigi Cherubini)
Lauda alla Vergine Maria fromFour Sacred Pieces (Giusepe Verdi)
Liebeslieder Waltzer Number 6, 8, 10, 11 (Johannes Brahms)
Cooma Cavaliers (Ulick O'Boyle, arr. Rick McIntyre)


Verdi's Four Sacred Pieces & Cherubini's Requiem in C Minor
Date:20 April 2013

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Venue:St Paul's Church, Manuka
Conductor: Rowan Harvey-Martin
Program:


Four Sacred Pieces (Giuseppe Verdi)
Requiem in C Minor (Luigi Cherubini)

Review: City News





Centenary of Canberra Musical Offering
Date:17 February 2013
Venue: High Court foyer
Conductor: Rowan Harvey-Martin
Program:


Pastime With Good Company (Henry VIII)
Now is the month of Maying (Thomas Morley)
For he Shall Give his Angels Charge (Felix Mendelssohn)
Ave Maria (Giuseppe Verdi)
Bogoroditsye Dyevo (Sergei Rachmaninoff)
Ave Verum Corpus (W.A. Mozart)
Ave Verum Corpus (William Byrd)
Cantique de Jean Racine (Gabriel Fauré)
Easter Chorale (Samuel Barber)
The Representatives on Tour (tune Sir Arthur Sullivan, words Richard McIntyre)
Song to Canberra (Albert Arlen)


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Choral Gold
Date:17 November 2012
Venue: Llewellyn Hall, ANU School of Music
With: Canberra Youth Orchestra
and Canberra Children's Choir (conducted by Kylie Van Dijk)
Conductor: Rowan Harvey-Martin
Program:


Music for the Funeral of Queen Mary (Purcell)
Chichester Psalms (Bernstein)
Excerpts from Elijah (Mendelssohn)
Excerpts from Carmina Burana (Orff)
America (Berstein)
Easter Chorale and Sure on This Shinging Night (Barber)
Polovtsian Dances (Borodin)
Beatus Vir (Monteverdi)
Jubilate Deo (Palestrina)
O Magnum Mysterium (Victoria)

Reviews: Artsound
City News


Monteverdi Vespers of 1610
Date:11 August 2012
Venue: St Christopher's Cathedral
With: The Llewellyn Sinfonia
Conductor: Rowan Harvey-Martin
Soloist: Michael Martin
Audience praise for Monteverdi's Vespers
Our performance of the extremely challenging but magnificent Vespers on 11 August was warmly received. Here's a sample of comments from our enthusiastic audience:

"What a wonderful feast of music last Saturday evening and SO difficult"

"How can they say Bach is the father of music when Monteverdi was composing such beautiful works long before Bach?"

"The tone of the choir was beautiful and the harmonies so very ethereal."

"That was an inspirational rendering of beautiful music last night."

"Wonderful evening!"


Canberra International Music Festival
with the Festival Chorus
Date:May 2012
Venue:Albert Hall
Program:


11 May: Hallelujah Chorus (Handel)
16 May: Credo (Arvo Part)
18 May: The Sealed Angel (Rodion Shchedrin)



St Matthew Passion
Date: 31 March 2012
Venue: Canberra Girls Grammar School
With: The Llewellyn Sinfonia
Conductor: Rowan Harvey-Martin
Soloists: Michael Martin (the Evangelist)
Stephen Bennett (Jesus)
Rebecca Collins
Christina Wilson
Rohan Thatcher


Bethlehem
Date: 10, 11 December 2011
Venue: St Paul's Anglican Church
With: The Canberra Children's Choir,
The Llewellyn Sinfonia
Conductor: Rowan Harvey-Martin
Soloists: Rebecca Collins
Rohan Thatcher
Judith Clingan


Winter Warming Concert
Date: 14 August 2011
Venue: Cook Community Hall
Associate Artists: James McCusker Orchestra
Peg Mantle Strings
Program:


Pastime With Good Company - Henry VIII
Cantate Domino - Claudio Monteverdi
Ave Verum Corpus - WA Mozart
Ave Maria (Bogorodyyitse Dyevo) - Sergio Rachmaninoff
Panis Angelicus - César Franck (Soloist: Ruth Crabb)
O for the Wings of a Dove – Felix Mendelsshon
Carmen Suite no. 1 – Geroges Bizet
I Was Glad When They Said Unto Me – Sir Hubert Parry
Selections from Les Sept Paroles du Christ en Croix - César Franck
Madrigal - Gabriel Fauré
Pavane - Gabriel Fauré
Barber of Seville Overture – Giacomo Rossini
From John Rutter’s When Icicles Hang:
    Blow, Blow, Thou Winter Wind
    Good Ale


Canberra International Music Festival
Date:14 May 2011
Venue:St Christopher's Cathedral
Program:


The Llewellyn Choir joined SCUNA and The Resonants to sing 'Totus Tuus'


Pacific Rendezvous
Date:23-24 April 2011
Venue:Great Hall, Australian National University
With: Les Alizés Choir (from Noumea, New Caledonia), The Llewellyn Brass Ensemble
Conductors: Rowan Harvey-Martin (The Llewellyn Choir)
Sarah Briggs (Les Alizés)
Program:


Anzac Cove - Music Wendy Hiscocks, words Kemal Atatürk
Je Vous Salue Marie - Michel Wackenheim
Jubilemus Exultemus - François Couperin
In Te Domine Speravi - Josquin des Prez
Morning Song for the Christ Child - Peter Sculthorpe
Autumn Song - Peter Sculthorpe
Sheminge Me Lolo
Hnamano Wawine - local tune from Lifou
Ave Verum Corpus - Camille Saint-Saëns
Tollite Hostias - Camille Saint-Saëns
Te Deum - Hector Berlioz

Tenor solo - Michael Martin
Organ - Marko Sever


Psalms, songs and carols
Date: 11 December 2010
Venue: St Paul’s Anglican Church, Manuka
Program:


Aaron Copland:
A selection of songs (Soloist - Michael Martin)
Two Pieces for String Quartet

Leonard Bernstein:
Chichester Psalms
Soloist - Daniel Bonic-Goodwin

Samuel Barber:
String Quartet Op. 11
Sure on This Shining Night

Colin Brumby:
Carol of the Flowers
Carol of the Birds

John Rutter:
Sans Day Carol (Cornish traditional carol arr. Rutter)
Nativity Carol
Angels’ Carol

William G. James and John Wheeler:
Christmas Bush for His Adorning
Carol of the Birds
The Silver Stars Are In The Sky
Christmas Day
Soloist - Michael Martin


Thirty Years and Three Batons
Date: 18 September 2010


Review
Venue: Llewellyn Hall
Featuring: The three directors of the Llewellyn choir 1980-2010:
Rowan Harvey-Martin(current)
Rick McIntyre (previous)
Bill Hawkey (inaugural)
Program:


Hear Ye O Israel (soprano solo)
Be Not Afraid (chorus)
From Mendelssohn's Elijah Conductor: Bill Hawkey

Quoniam tu solus sanctus (bass solo)
Cum Sancto Spiritu (chorus)
From Bach's Mass in B minor (BWV 232)
Conductor: Rick McIntyre
Soloist: Paul Cambridge (Bass)

Bach Violin Concerto No.2 (BWV 1042)
Soloist Barbara Jane Gilby

Brahms German Requiem
Conductor: Rowan Harvey-Martin
Soloists:Sonia Anfiloff (Soprano), Douglas McNicol (Baritone)


CSO Gala Verdi Requiem
Date:3 July 2010
Venue:Llewellyn Hall
With: Canberra Choral Society, Oriana Chorale, SCUNA
Conductor:Nicholas Milton
Program:


Verdi's Requiem


Symphony in the Park
Date:14 March 2010
Venue:Stage 88, Commonwealth Park  
With: Canberra Symphony Orchestra
Singers from the Canberra Choral Society
Conductor: Guy Noble
Program:


Orchestral and choral music by: Mozart, Bizet, Verdi, Smetana, Borodin, Wagner, Rowland, Hindson, Mascagni, Rossini, Handel, and Offenbach.


Feliz Navidad (A Latin Christmas)
Date:5 December 2009
Venue:St Christopher's Cathedral, Manuka
Conductor: Rowan Harvey-Martin
Soloists: Michael Martin
Dominic Harvey
Program:


Ariel Ramírez:
Misa Criolla
Navidad Nuestra

Carlos Gardel: Tangos
Astor Piazolla: Milonga en ré
Jacob Gade: Tango Jalousie
Violin and piano

Traditional carols:
A la Nanita Nana (For the Little Baby)
Campana sobre campana (Bells upon Bells)
E Noi de la Mare (The Son of Mary)


Mostly Mendelssohn
Date: 31 October 2009
Venue: St Paul's Church, Manuka
Conductor: Matthew Stucking
Soloists: Louise Page
Susan Ellis
Michael Martin
Geoffrey Brennan
Program:


J.S. Bach:
Cantata BWV 137 Lobe den Herren

Fanny Hensel:
Abendlich schon rauscht der Wald from Gartenlieder Op. 3
Schilflied

Felix Mendelssohn:
Hymn of Praise Op. 52


Requiem de Fauré
Combined concert with Les Alizés
Date: 15-17 July 2009
Venue: St Joseph's Cathedral, Noumea
Conductor: Rowan Harvey-Martin
With Sarah Briggs
Soloists: Rebecca Collins
Stephen Bennett
Anthony Smith (organ)
Michelle Higgs (violin solo)
Program:


Ave Verum Corpus (W A Mozart)
Christus factus est (Anton Bruckner)
Os justi (Anton Bruckner)
Locus Iste (Anton Bruckner)
The Llewellyn Choir, conducted by Rowan Harvey-Martin
Cantique de Jean Racine (Gabriel Fauré)
Les Alizés, conducted by Sarah Briggs
Requiem (Gabriel Fauré)
Combined choirs, conducted by Rowan Harvey-Martin


Requiems Francais
Date: 20 June 2009
Venue: St Christopher's Cathedral, Manuka
Conductor: Rowan Harvey-Martin
Organist: Terry Lam
Soloists: Rebecca Collins
Stephen Bennett
Michael Martin
Program:


Cantique de Jean Racine (Gabriel Fauré)
Requiem (Maurice Duruflé)
Requiem (Gabriel Fauré)


CSO Gala - Beethoven Symphony No. 9 in D minor
Canberra Symphony Orchestra with Canberra Combined Choirs

(The Llewellyn Choir, Canberra Choral Society, Oriana Chorale, Canberra Youth Choir)

Date: 16 May 2009
Venue: Llewellyn Hall
Conductor: Nicholas Milton


Handel's Messiah
With the Canberra Youth Orchestra
Date: 13 December 2008
Venue: The Llewellyn Hall, ANU School of Music
Conductor: Rowan Harvey-Martin
Soloists: Sonia Anfiloff
Ellen Malone
Michael Martin
Ben Connor


A Festival of Australian Choral Music
Date: 19 October 2008
Venue: RA Young Hall, Radford College
Conductor: Rowan Harvey-Martin
Program:

Featuring the World Premiere of The Stolen Child
Written for The Llewellyn Choir by Dominic Harvey

Plus works of:
Peter Sculthorpe
Stephen Leek
Wendy Hiscocks



CSO Gala - Carmina Burana
Date: 6 June 2008
Canberra Symphony Orchestra

With The Llewellyn Choir, Canberra Choral Society, Oriana Chorale, SCUNA, Canberra Youth Choir

Venue: Llewellyn Hall
Conductor: Nicholas Milton





St John Passion
Date:19 March 2008
Venue:Parkway Apostolic Church
Conductor: Rowan Harvey-Martin
Soloists: Michael Martin (Evangelist)
Stephen Bennett (Jesus)
Rebecca Collins (Soprano)
Tobias Cole (Alto)
Jeremy Tatchell (Bass)
Michael Tatchell (Bass)


Gloria

With 4Tune Brass

Date:8 December 2007
Venue:St Christopher's Cathedral
Conductor: Rowan Harvey-Martin
Soloists: Rebecca Collins (Soprano)
Susan Ellis (Mezzo-soprano)
Program:

Sonata XXI from Canzoni e Sonati (Giovanni Gabrieli)
Canzon duodecimi toni, from Sacrae Symphoniaie (Giovanni Gabrieli)
4Tune Brass

Gloria ad modum tubae (G Dufay)

Gloria in D (Antonio Vivaldi)

Fanfare II (Richard Wagner)
4Tune Brass

Gloria in Excelsis (GM & AP Puddy)

Te Deum (Edward Elgar)

Canzone VIII (Giovanni Gabrieli)
4Tune Brass

Gloria (John Rutter)

Review: Margaret Legge-Wilkinson


Out of the Cupboard
Date: 13 September 2007
Venue: Weston Creek Uniting Church
Conductor: Rowan Harvey-Martin







Dona Nobis Pacem
With Canberra Youth Orchestra
Date: 19 June 2007
Venue: Canberra Girls Grammar School
Conductor: Max McBride
Soloists: Catherine Kelso (Soprano)
Ross Penglase (Bariotne)
Program:

The Bard - Tone Poem, Op 74 (Jean Sibelius)

1812 Overture (Tschaikowsky)

Dona Nobis Pacem (Vaughan Williams)


Imperial 'Nelson' Mass
Date:19 May 2007
Venue:Canberra Girls Grammar School
Conductor: Jean-Louis Forestier
Soloists: Sonia Anfiloff (Soprano)
Leila Fetter (Alto)
Greg Wallace (Tenor)
Paul Cambridge (Bass)
Program:

JS Bach: Suite in B minor BWV 1067
GB Pergolesi: Stabat Mater
FJ Haydn: Imperial 'Nelson' Mass


A Christmas Consort
Date:9 December 2006
Venue:St Christopher's Cathedral
Conductor: Rowan Harvey-Martin
Program:

Works by:
Arcangelo Corelli
Anton Bruckner
P.D.Q Bach

And Australian and traditional Christmas Carols


Towards Perpetual Light

With The ANUSOM Brass Ensemble

Date:9 September 2006


Review
Venue:The Llewellyn Hall
Conductor: Rowan Harvey-Martin
Soloists: Tanuja Doss (Soprano)
Leila Fetter (Alto)
Greg Wallace (Tenor)
Peter Laurence (Bass)
Program:

Funeral Music for Queen Mary (Henry Purcell)
Rejoice in the Lamb (Benjamin Britten)
Requiem (John Rutter)







Mozart in May

With The Canberra Chamber Orchestra

Date:6 May 2006
Venue:The Llewellyn Hall
Conductor: Rowan Harvey-Martin
Soloists: Rebecca Collins (Soprano)
Sonia Anfiloff (Alto)
David Reedy (Tenor)
Stephen Bennett (Bass)
Program:


Requiem Mass in D Minor

Excerpts from The Magic Flute:
Overture
Chorus of Priests
Behold the Golden Sun Up Soaring

Ave Verum Corpus

From Vesperae solennes de confessore:
Laudate Dominum
Magnificat


"Sing Noël"
Date:5 December 2005
Venue:Presbyterian Church of St Andrew, Forrest
Conductor: Richard McIntyre OAM
Organist: Peter Young
Soloists: Erika Tolano (Soprano)
John-Owen Miley-Read (Baritone)
Program:


Coventry carol (English 15th century)
Unto us is born a Son (Tune 1582)
God rest you, merry gentlemen (English traditional)
In dulci jubilo (German traditional)
Two Chorale preludes on In Dulci Jubilo (J S Bach)
Zion hears the watchmen's voice and Chorale, from Cantata 140 (J S Bach)
A great and mighty wonder (German traditional)
Angels from the realms of glory (French traditional)
The twelve days of Christmas (English traditional)
Ding dong! Merrily on high (French 16th century)
Noël nouvelet (L Daquin)
The three kings (P Cornelius)
Rejoice (Messiah) (G F Handel)
No sad thought (R Vaughan Williams)
How far is it to Bethlehem? (W Holland)
Beaumont's carol (W Holland)
Fantasia on Christmas Carols (R Vaughan Williams)


Carmina Burana
Date:22 October 2005
Venue:The Llewellyn Hall
Conductor: Richard McIntyre OAM
With: The Canberra Boys Choir
Soloists: Alira Prideaux (Soprano)
Michael Honeyman (Tenor)
Mark Brooker (Bass)
Program:


Carnival Overture (Antonin Dvorak)
Dances of Galanta (Zoltan Kodaly)
Carmina Burana (Carl Orff)


Choral Collectibles
Date:21 July 2005
Venue:Uniting Church, Parkinson Street, Weston
Conductor: Richard McIntyre OAM
Program:


Agnus Dei and Adagio for Strings (Samuel Barber)
Magnigicat and Nunc Dimitis (Thomas Tallis)
Sicut Cerbus (Palestrina
Funeral Music for Queen Mary (Henry Purcell)

And works by Monteverdi and R Vaughan Williams


Verdi's Requiem
Date:14 May 2005
Venue:The Llewellyn Hall
Conductor: Richard McIntyre OAM
With: The Canberra Chamber Orchestra
The Band of the Royal Military College, Duntroon
Students from the voice department of the ANU School of Music
Soloists: Sonia Anfiloff (Mezzo-soprano)
Michael Honeyman (Tenor)
Stephen Bennet (Bass)
Program:


Messa da Requiem (Giuseppe Verdi)

Review: Canberra Times


Joint concert with visiting Welsh Association Choir
Date:25 August 2004
Venue:Albert Hall


Vivaldi's Gloria and other favourite choral works
With The Allegri Singers
Date:20 June 2004
Venue:All Saints Cathedral, Bathurst
Conductor: Richard McIntyre OAM
Kerrie Davis
Organist: Anthony Smith
Soloists: Laura Wowk and Chivonne Gofers (Sopranos)
Eleanor Greenwood (Mezzo-soprano)
Program:


The Allegri Singers:
Ave Regina Coelorum (Dufay)
The Snow (Elgar)
Der Abend (Brahms)

The Llewellyn Choir:
Festival Te Deum (Britten)
Os Justi (Bruckner)
Hymn to St Cecilia (Britten)

The Lllewellyn Choir and The Allegri Singers:
Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring (Bach)
Christus Factus Est (Bruckner)
Chorus of Hebrew Slaves from Nabucco (Verdi)
Gloria (Vivaldi)


Vivaldi's Gloria
Date:17 June 2004
Venue:Weston Creek Uniting Church
Conductor: Richard McIntyre OAM
Organist: Anthony Smith
Soloists: Laura Wowk and Sonia Anfiloff (Sopranos)
Eleanor Greenwood (Mezzo-soprano)
Program:


Festival Te Deum (Britten)
Os Justi (Bruckner)
Hymn to St Cecilia (Britten)
Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring (Bach)
Christus Factus Est (Bruckner)
Chorus of Hebrew Slaves from Nabucco (Verdi)
Gloria (Vivaldi)


Bach's Mass in B minor
Date: 3 April 2004


Review
Venue: Llewellyn Hall
Conductor: Richard McIntyre OAM
Soloists: Chris Berentson (Baritone)
Sara Carvalho (Soprano)
Eleanor Greenwood (Mezzo-soprano)
Eunpha Cho (Bass)
Peter Konig (Baritone)
Miriam Miley-Read (Alto)




A Christmas Concert

With Canberra Community Orchestra and Canberra Dance Theatre

Date: 6 December 2003


Review
Venue: Llewellyn Hall
Conductor: Richard McIntyre OAM
Philip Hartstein
Soloists: Susan Ellis (Soprano)
Warren Fisher (Tenor)
Christopher Berentson (Baritone)
Program:


The Nutcracker Suite (Tchaikovsky)
Canberra Community Orchestra, conducted by Philip Hartstein
Canberra Dance Theatre,choreographer Amalia Horden

Hodie, A Christmas Cantata (Vauhgan Williams)
The Llewellyn Choir, conducted by Richard McIntyre OAM



The Songs They Sing in Heaven

A celebration of the Rugby World Cup

Date 24 October 2003
With: The Band of the Royal Military College

Director Major Craig Johnson

Venue:Llewellyn Hall
Conductor: Richard McIntyre OAM
Accompanist: Anthony Smith
Soloist: Christopher Berentson
Program:


Waltzing Matilda (Marie Cowan )

Italian National Anthem: Inno di Mameli (Michele Novaro)

Va, pensiero (Chorus ofHebrew Slaves, from Nabucco) (Giuseppe Verdi, arr. Gregory Peterson)

Vedi! Le fosche ("Anvil" Chrous, from Il Trovatore) (Giuseppe Verdi, arr. Gregory Peterson)

L'addio a Napoli (Neapolitan song) (Teodoro Cottrau)

Funiculi, funicular (Neapolitan song) (Luigi Denza

Non piu andrai march, from The Marriage of Figaro (W.A. Mozart arr. D.A. Pope)

Tongan National Anthem: 'E 'Otua Mafimafi (Karl Gustavus Schmitt)

Lose 'o e Kilosi (Tu'irnala Kaho)

'Oku ai ha ki'l fonua (Tongan trad., arr. G.C. Stebbins)

New Zealand National Anthem: God Defend New Zealand (John Joseph Woods)

Hine e hine (Maori lullaby) (Te Rangi Pai)

Pokarekare (Maori love song) (P.H. Tomoana)

Hoi mai (Henare Waitoa)

Better be Home Soon (Crowded House) (N. Finn)

I Vow to Thee my Country (Thaxted) (Charlie Skarbek)

Canadian National Anthem: 0 Canada (Calixa Lavallee)

Land of the Silver Birth (Canadian Trad.)

This Land is your Land (Woody Gulthrie)

She's like the Swallow (Newfoundland folksong, arr. Edward T. Chapman)

Maple Leaves Forever (Canadian Rugby song, arr. Gregory Peterson

Alouette (Quebecois trad.)

Welsh National Anthem: Hen Wlad fy Nhadau (James James)

Myfanwy (Joseph Parry, arr. J.H. Thomas)

Suo Gan (Welsh trad. arr. Kelvin Thomas)

Sosban Fach (Welsh trad. arr. Haydn Morris)

Druidical Chorus: Rhyfelgyrch Cadben Morgan (Welsh trad.)arr. D. Emlyn Evans and Gregory Peterson)

Rhyfelgyrch Gwyr Harlech (Welsh trad. arr. Harry Evans and Gregory Peterson)


Handel's Messiah
Date: 29 March 2003


Review
Venue: Llewellyn Hall
Conductor: Philip Hartstein
Soloists: Sarah Shalders (Soprano)
Virginia-Marie Stack (Mezzo-soprano)
Kent McIntosh (Tenor)
Chris Berentson (Bass)





Bach's Magnificat and Christmas Oratorio Parts 1& 6
Date: 14 December 2002
Venue: Llewellyn Hall
Conductor: Richard McIntyre OAM
Soloists: Susan Ellis (Soprano) Sarah Shalders (Soprano)
Virginia Stack (Mezzo-Soprano)
Kent McIntosh (Tenor)
Christopher Berentson (Bass)



Beating the Retreat and 1812 Overture

Featuring The Royal Military College Band, Australian Army Band (Sydney) and The Llewellyn Choir

Date: 26 and 27 September 2002
Program:


The Llewellyn Choir performed The Soldiers' Chorus from Gounod's Faust in conjunction with the bands


Rachmaninov Vespers
Date: 27 July 2002


Review
Venue: St Christopher's Cathedral
Conductor: Richard McIntyre OAM
Soloists: Miriam Miley-Read (Alto)
Patrick Oxley (Tenor)
Anthony Smith (Piano)
Program:


Selected Works for Piano by Sergei Rachmaninov (Anthony Smith, piano):
Prelude in C sharp minor, Op 3 No 2
Prelude in B flat major, Op 23 No 2
Etude-tableau in C minor, Op 39, No 7
Prelude in B minor, Op 23, No 5

All-Night Vigil (Vespers) by Sergei Rachmaninov






Vivaldi's Gloria and a garland of songs sacred and secular
Date: 6 June 2002
Venue: St Philip's Church, O'Connor
Conductor: Richard McIntyre OAM
Soloists: Stephanie Acraman (Soprano)
Susannah Stone (Soprano)
Katrina Waters (Mezzo-Soprano)
Brian Cousins (Organist)





Bach's St John Passion
Date: 23 March 2002


Review
Venue: Llewellyn Hall
Conductor: Richard McIntyre OAM
Soloists: Kent McIntosh, Evangelist
Chris Berentson, Jesus
Sarah Shalders (Soprano)
Katrina Waters (Mezzo-Soprano)
Richard Kwak (Tenor)
Jeremy Tatchell (Bass)
Sitiveni Whippy, Pilate (Bass)
Cormac Estridge, Peter (Bass)
Sara Carvalho, Maidservant (Soprano)
Patrick Oxley, Servant (Tenor)


A Federation Festive Season

With The Woden Valley Youth Choir

Date: 1 December 2001
Venue: Llewellyn Hall
Conductor: Richard McIntyre OAM
Soloists: Thomas Layton (Baritone)
Stuart Wright (Piano)
The Local Talent (Readers):
Stephanie Begg
Rhian Blackwell
Janine O'Dwyer
Simon Stone
Joe Woodward
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Princes and Prophets

With the Canberra Chamber Orchestra and the Band of the Royal Military College

Date: 25 August 2001


Review
Venue: Llewellyn Hall
Conductor: Richard McIntyre OAM
Soloists: Maria Danielle-Sette (Mezzo-soprano)
Leon Warnock (Baritone)
Program:

Alexander Nevsky by Sergei Prokofiev

Belshazzar's Feast by William Walton



Vivaldi's Gloria and a garland of sacred and secular songs

In conjunction with the Murray Conservatorium Choir, Albury

Date: 6 and 10 June 2001

Venue: 6 June: St Philip's Anglican Church, O'Connor
10 June: St Matthew's Anglican Church, Albury
Conductor: Richard McIntyre OAM
Organist: Brian Cousins
Soloists: Stephanie Acraman (Soprano)
Susannah Stone (Soprano)
Katrina Waters (Mezzo-soprano)
Program:

The Llewellyn Choir:
Laudate (Tye)
Sitivit Anima Mea (Palestrina)
Ave Verum Corpus (Byrd)
Fine Knacks (Dowland)
Weep, O Mine Eyes (Bennett)
Now is the Month of Maying (Morley)
Steal Away (Tippett)
Nobody Knows (Anon)
Java Jive (Anon)

The Llewellyn Choir and Murray Conservatorium Choir (10 June:)
Gloria in D (Antonio Vivaldi)


St Matthew Passion
Date: 31 March 2001


CT Review


Review (Muse)
Venue: Llewellyn Hall
Conductor: Richard McIntyre OAM
Soloists: Michael Martin Evangelist
Christopher Berentson Jesus
Sarah Shalders (Soprano)
Katrina Waters (Mezzo-soprano)
Richard Kwak (Tenor)
Jeremy Tatchell (Bass)

Colm Estridge Judas (Bass)
Sitiveni Whippy Peter (Bass)
Cormac Estridge Pilate (Bass)
Alira Prideau 1st Handmaiden (Soprano)
Sara Carvalho 2nd Handmaiden, Pilate's Wife, 1st Witness (Soprano)
Donald Cullen 2nd Witness (Tenor)
Gavin Lawrence High Priest (Bass)
Robert Clayton High Priest (Bass)
Program:

J S Bach's St Matthew Passion


A Feast of Favourites - 20 years of TLC's greatest hits
Date: 2 Dec 2000


Review
Venue: Llewellyn Hall
Conductor: Richard McIntyre OAM
Soloists: Dominic Harvey (Tenor)
Christopher Berentson (Bass)
Program:

Hayden: The Creation
Overture and Scene 1 - Order out of chaos

Mozart: Requiem
Requiem with Kyrie
Domine Jesu

Mendelssohn: Elijah
Be not afraid
And then shall your light break forth

Brahms: Deutches Requiem
How lovely is Thy dwelling place, O Lord of Hosts!

Rachmaninov: All-Night Vigil (Vespers)
Come, let us worship
Ave Maria

Fauré: Requiem
Agnus Dei

Verdi: Requiem
Sanctus

Charpentier: Messe de Minuit
Kyrie
Agnus Dei

Berlioz: L'Enfance du Christ
The Shepherd's Farewell

Arr, Willcocks: Christmas Carols
O Come, All Ye Faithful
The First Nowell
Hark! The Herald Angels Sing

Bach: Christmas Oratorio
Christians, be joyful

Handel: Messiah
Hallelujah!
Worthy is the Lamb that was slain


A Spring Concert - Vivaldi's Gloria and a garland of sacred and secular songs

In conjunction with The Montague Choristers (Narooma) and The Nomads Singers (Merimbula)

Date: 19, 21 and 22 October 2000
Venue: 19 October: Canberra Labour Club, Belconnen
21 October: Narooma High School (with The Montague Choristers)
22 October: St Joseph's Catholic Church, Merimbula (with The Nomads Singers)
Conductor: Richard McIntyre OAM
Soloists: Stephanie Acraman (Soprano)
Susannah Stone (Soprano)
Katrina Waters (Mezzo-soprano)
Stuart Wright (Keyboard)
Program:

The Llewellyn Choir
Schütz: Ad Dominum
Bruckner: Locus Iste
Rachmaninov: Ave Maria (from (Vespers)
Weelkes: All at once well met
Gibbons: The Silver Swan
Pearsall: Lay a garland
Farmer: Fair Phyllis
Spiritual: Deep River
Gershwin: Summertime
Dubin/Burke/McIntyre: Tiptoe through the tulips

Rossini: Cruda sorte!...Già so per practica (from Italian Girl in Algiers
Katrina Waters, mezzo-soprano

Mozart: Letter Duet (from Marriage of Figaro)
Stephanie Acraman and Susannah Stone, sopranos

Combined choirs
Antonio Vivaldi: Gloria in D


Missa Solemnis
Date: 3 June 2000


Review
Venue: Llewellyn Hall
Conductor: Richard McIntyre OAM
Soloists: Stephanie Acraman (Soprano)
Katrina Waters (Mezzo-soprano)
Daniel Song (Tenor)
Thomas Layton (Bass)
Program:

Beethoven: Missa Solemnis





Mahler Symphony No 8 in E flat - Symphony of a Thousand
Canberra National Multicultural Festival 2000
Date: 20 March 2000
Venue: Llewellyn Hall
With: Canberra School of Music Symphony Orchestra
Ainslie Primary School Choir
Canberra Choral Society
Canberra Girls Grammar School Choirs
Canberra Youth Singers
Harmonie Choir
Llewellyn Choir
SCUNA
Shoahaven Lydian Singers
Woden Valley Youth Choir
Conductor: Nicolette Fraillon
Soloists: Nicole Youl (Soprano I)
Wendy Dixon (Soprano II)
Lorina Gore (Soprano)
Anthea Moller (Alto I)
Angela Giblin (Alto II)
Jae Woo Kim (Tenor)
Han Lim (Baritone)
Robert Dawe (Bass)


Flower Power
A Floriade concert
Date: 16 October 1999


Review
Venue: Llewellyn Hall
Conductor: Richard McIntyre OAM
Soloists: Sharon Olde (Soprano)
Thomas Layton (Bass-baritone)
Accompanists: Susanne Powell
Gabor Rozsa
Carolyn Hill
Piano
Program:

Five Flower Songs for Mixed Chorus (Benjamin Britten):
To Daffodils
The Succession of the Four Sweet Months
Marsh Flowers
The Evening Primrose
Ballad of Green Broom

Le Violette (Alessandro Scarlatti)
Silent Noon (Ralph Vaughan Williams)
(Sharon Olde)

Down by the Sally Gardens (arr. Cecil Sharp)
Palm Sunday (Sul y Blodau) (Owen Williams)
(Thomas Layton)

Lay a Garland (Robert Lucas Pearsall)
Tip Toe Through the Tulips (Joe Burke, arr. Richard McIntyre)

Under the Greenwood Tree (Roger Quilter)
It Was a Lover and his Lass (Roger Quilter)
(Sharon Olde)

It Was a Lover and his Lass (Gerald Finzi)
(Thomas Layton)

La ci darem la mano (W.A.Mozart)
(Sharon Olde and Thomas Layton)

Neue Liebeslieder-Waltzer (Johannes Brahms)


Monteverdi Vespers of 1610
Date: 19 June 1999


Review
Venue: St Christopher's Cathedral
Conductor: Richard McIntyre OAM
Soloists: Susan Ellis (Soprano)
Lorina Gore (Soprano)
Katherine Foster (Mezzo-soprano)
Kent McIntosh (Tenor)
Paul McLeod (Tenor)
Kenneth Mattice (Bass)
Thomas Layton (Bass)
Organists: Gail Sterigard
Colin Forbes
Jessica Cottis (solo organ)
Program:

Claudio Monteverdi: Vespers of the Blessed Virgin (1610)
With interpolations of pieces for organ:
Girolamo Grescobaldi: Toccatas I and IV
Adriono Bancheieri: Dialogo
Domenico Zipoli: Canzona


Mozart Magic
Date: 6 March 1999


Review
Venue: Llewellyn Hall
With: The Canberra Chamber Orchestra
(Concertmaster: Vincent Edwards)
Conductor: Richard McIntyre OAM
Soloists: Lorina Gore (Soprano)
Katrina Waters (Mezzo-soprano)
Carl Cooper (Tenor)
Thomas Layton (Bass)
Program:

Symphony No. 39 in E flat major, K.543 (W.A. Mozart)
Requiem in D minor, K.626 (W.A. Mozart)





Sing-it-yourself Messiah
Date: 12 December 1998




Review
Venue: Llewellyn Hall
With: Canberra Youth Orchestra
Conductor: Richard McIntyre OAM
Soloists: Sharon Olde (Soprano)
Maria Danielle-Sette (Mezzo-soprano)
Carl Cooper (Tenor)
Thomas Layton (Bass)










Songs of Love and Lust
Date: 3 October 1998


Review


Review
Venue: Llewellyn Hall
Conductor: Richard McIntyre OAM
Soloists: Judith Crispin-Cresswell (Soprano)
Sharon Olde (Soprano)
Thomas Layton (Bass)
Pianists: Gabor Rosza
Colleen Rae-Gerrard
Anthony Hunter-Smith
Program:

Liebeslieder Waltzes, op. 52 (Johannes Brahms)
- The Llewellyn Choir; Gabor Rosza and Colleen Rae-Gerrard, pianos

By the Ganges (Granville Bantock)
Do Not Go, My Love (Richard Hageman)
At the Well (Richard Hageman)
- Sharon Olde, soprano; Anthony Hunter-Smith, piano

It was a Lover and his Lass (EJ Moeran)
Here's a Paradox for Lovers (Edward German)
- The Llewellyn Choir; Colleen Rae-Gerrard, piano

Simon the Cellarer (IL Hatton)
The Floral Dance (Katie Moss)
- Thomas Layton, bass; Colleen Rae-Gerrard, piano

Fair Phyllis I Saw (John Farmer)
The Sailor and Young Nancy (arr. EJ Moeran)
I Love My Love (arr. Gustav Holst)
- The Llewellyn Choir

Spanish Songs (Manuel de Falla):
Jota
Polo
Nana
- Judith Crispin-Creswell,soprano; Colleen Rae-Gerrard, piano

The Foggy, Foggy Dew (arr. Benjamin Britten)
- Thomas Layton, bass; Colleen Rae-Gerrard, piano

Inigo Jones (Anon, 19th century English)
John Knox (Garrett Colley-Wellesley, Earl of Mornington)
Sue and Prue (Garrett Colley-Wellesley, Earl of Mornington)
- The Llewellyn Choir


Messe Solonelle (Gounod), Swan of Tuonela (Sibelius), Psalmus Hungaricus (Kodaly)
Date: 13 June 1998


Review
Venue: Llewellyn Hall
With: The Canberra School of Music Symphony Orchestra
Conductor: Richard McIntyre OAM
Soloists: Lorina Gore (Soprano)
Carl Cooper (Tenor)
Daniel Song (Tenor)
Thomas Layton (Bass)
Program:

Messe Solonelle (Mass for St Cecilia's Day) (Charles Gounod

Swan of Tuonela (Jean Sibelius)

Psalmus Hungaricus (Zoltan Kodaly)
With the Ainslie Primary School Choir (directed by Piroska Varga)


Handel's Messiah
Date: 4 April 1998


Review
Venue: Llewellyn Hall
Conductor: Richard McIntyre OAM
Soloists: Vivian Munday (Soprano)
Maria Danielle-Sette (Contralto)
Carl Cooper (Tenor)
Thomas Layton (Bass)
Program:

Handel's Messiah







Christmas Concert
Date: 13 December 1997


Review
Venue: Llewellyn Hall
Conductor: Richard McIntyre OAM
Soloists: Karen Bruce (Soprano)
Erika Tolano (Soprano)
Daniel Goodwin (Tenor)
Kent McIntosh (Tenor)
Thomas Layton (Bass)
Program:

Charpentier: Messe de Minuit Pour NoÎl (Midnight Mass for Christmas)

Ralph Vaughan-Williams: Hodie (This day)


Four settings of the Magnificat
Date: 13 December 1997


Review


Review
Venue: Llewellyn Hall
Conductor: Richard McIntyre OAM
Soloists: Karen Bruce
Maria Danielle-Sette
Erika Tolano
Elizabeth Tierney
Lorina Gore
Victoria Jakhelin
Vivien Munday
Katrina Waters
Daniel Goodwin
Carl Cooper
Adrian Strooper
Raynard Blampied
Kent McIntosh
Jeremy Tatchell
Thomas Layton (Bass)
Program:

Four setting of the Magnificat by:
Franz Schubert
Johann Sebastian Bach
Antonio Vivaldi
Claudio Monteverdi


Verdi's Requiem
Date: 21 June 1997


CT review


Muse review
Venue: Llewellyn Hall
Conductor: Richard McIntyre OAM
Soloists: Sarah Hills (Soprano)
Anthea Moller (Mezzo-soprano)
Tupe Tam Yam (Tenor)
Terence den Dulk (Bass)
Program:

Giuseppe Verdi: Requiem
Latin Mass for the Dead











Bach's Christmas Oratorio
Date: 7 December 1996


Review


Article
Venue: Llewellyn Hall
Conductor: Richard McIntyre OAM
Soloists: Sarah Shalders (Soprano)
Ilse Brown (Mezzo-soprano)
Carl Cooper (Tenor), Evangelist
Tupe Tam Yam (Tenor)
Terence den Dulk (Bass)
Program:

Bach's Christmas Oratorio Parts 1 and 2






















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