CHORAL MUSIC OF THE EARLY GERMAN BAROQUE Monday 11 September 6pm, Salon PRESENTED BY Melbourne Recital Centre & Ensemble Gombert ARTISTS Ensemble Gombert Soprano Deborah Summerbell Carol Veldhoven* Katherine Lieschke* Nina Pereira Victoria Brown Claerwen Jones‡ Katharina Hochheiser‡ Alto Belinda Wong Yi Wen Chin* Niki Ebacioni Rebecca Collins Tenor Peter Campbell° Tim van Nooten* Vaughan McAlley* Stuart Tennant° Michael Stephens Bass Andrew Murray Nicholas Tolhurst*‡ Mike Ormerod Michael Strasser* Organist/Director John O’Donnell °cantors *soloists in Schütz 1 ‡soloists in Schütz 3

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PROGRAM MICHAEL PRAETORIUS (1571 - 1621) Magnificat super In te Domine speravi Jesaia dem Propheten das geschah HEINRICH SCHÜTZ (1585 - 1672) Musicalische Exequien I Concert in Form einer teutschen Begräbnis-Messe II Motet: Herr, wenn ich nur Dich habe III Canticum B. Simeonis: Herr, nun lässest du deinen Diener ABOUT THE ENSEMBLE Ensemble Gombert is Melbourne’s outstanding chamber choir, noted for its pure intonation and historic approach to choral sound and style. Founded by John O’Donnell in 1990 and named after Nicolas Gombert (c. 1495—1560), the Ensemble specialises in a cappella performance of Franco-Flemish music of the High Renaissance. The Ensemble’s subscription concerts have been broadcast on ABC Classic FM, and they have recorded several CDs. Ensemble Gombert appears frequently at festivals across Australia and has toured North America and Europe. ‘The Ensemble demonstrated yet again why its reputation as the city’s indubitable experts in Renaissance choral music is unchallenged.’ O’Connell the Music, 2016

Melbourne Recital Centre acknowledges the people of the Kulin nation on whose land this concert is being presented.

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