GLORIA
VOX CALDERA specialist chamber choir, resident at the Northern Rivers Conservatorium, in Lismore. directed by Nicholas Routley, is known as one of our area’s premium choral ensembles.
And it has become tradition at The Music Estuary to have VOX CALDERA presenting a Christmas concert.
This years program features ‘Gloria’ in a setting by Francis Poulenc characteristic for its dramatic shifts between solemnity and lightheartedness.
Vox Caldera Chamber Choir
GAYNOR MORGAN, SOPRANO
Hamsa Arnold, ORGAN
Nicholas Routley, Director
DATE & TIME
SUNDAY, 14 DECEMBER
3:00 – 4:30 PM
TICKETS
GENERAL $25
CONCESSION $20
Children Free
PROGRAM
CLARE MACLEAN b. 1958
Et Misericordia
Gabriel Fauré 1845-1924
Pie Jesu – Soprano Solo
HEINRICH SCHüTz 1585-1672
Herr, nun lassest du deinen Diener in Frieden fahren
ANDREW CARTER 1939-1997
Toccata on ‘Veni Emmanuel’ – Organ Solo
Tomás Luis de Victoria 1548-1611
O Magnum Mysterium
Adolphe Adam 1803-1856
Cantique de Noël – Soprano Solo
Josquin des Prez 1450-1521
Agnus Dei
Francis Poulenc 1899-1963
Gloria
Nicholas ROUTLEY, DIRECTOR
Nicholas was the founder director of the Sydney Chamber Choir for 30 years. During his time there he commissioned and premiered many Australian compositions, including works by Ross Edwards, Clare Maclean, Martin Wesley-Smith, Vincent Plush, and others.
He is now active in the Northern Rivers as a pianist, composer, and conductor. As a pianist he has partnered a series of great singers, including Hartley Newnham, Gaynor Morgan, Gerald English, and Lorina Gore. He has conducted many orchestras in Australia, including the Sydney Symphony Orchestra, and orchestras in Hong Kong, Taiwan, and Italy. His compositions include a clarinet concerto for David Thomas, a guitar concerto for Adrian Walter, and a cantata for baritone solo, choir, 2 pianos and percussion.
He is currently completing his three opera cycle on the Indian epic, Mahabharata.
