The Australian Chamber Choir has announced its 2019 season, with founder and director Douglas Lawrence offering a “no sauce” season of choral music, which will also see the choir embark on an 18-day tour of Europe.
“For the 2019 programs, I was not looking for any particular theme; rather a wide ranging repertoire, engaging to both performers and listeners,” Lawrence tells Limelight. “Having said that, there has to be a sequence, tonalities, themes, sometimes simple emotional connections. Clearly when a program consists of just one work such as the Bach St John Passion, I am simply wishing to perform a fantastic piece of music.”
The Australian Chamber Choir
“In a restaurant overlooking Vicenza I ordered a prime porterhouse steak. It was grilled over a wood fire, served on a white plate and accompanied by a slice of lemon. It was the best steak I have ever eaten. If it had been served in a French restaurant, it probably would have been covered in one of many traditional sauces. But this was excellent meat, cooked to perfection. And no sauce,” Lawrence says. “When I...
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