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Program: Classic Live: The Armed Man – A Mass for Peace with ChorusOz

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Join ABC Classic's Genevieve Lang for this post Classic 100 Feel-Good broadcast from the Sydney Opera House Concert Hall, with 1000 choristers, symphony orchestra and Katie Noonan's Australian Vocal Ensemble AVÉ.

Karl Jenkin's The Armed Man was completed in 1999 and is dedicated to the victims of the conflict in Kosovo, which was taking place during the composition of the work. 

Katie Noonan and Andrew O'Connor's new composition sets the words of Saint Francis of Assisi to sit alongside The Armed Man. Over time, Katie has come to realise that the music is actually written for her father Brian who passed away in March 2024, with the notes of the piece being the last music that he heard.

Program

Jean Sibelius: Finlandia with choral hymn finale
Katie Noonan & Andrew O'Connor: An Instrument of Peace (World premiere)
Karl Jenkins: The Armed Man -  A Mass for Peace
Hubert Parry: Jerusalem
(orchestral accompaniment by Edward Elgar)

Artists

AVÉ (Australian Vocal Ensemble)
   Katie Noonan (soprano)
   Fiona Campbell (mezzo-soprano)
   Louis Hurley (tenor)
   Andrew O’Connor (baritone)
ChorusOz 2024
Sydney Philharmonia Orchestra
Brett Weymark (conductor)

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Tracklist

  • Finlandia [08'00]

    Composer

    Sibelius, Jean

    Performers

    Sydney Philharmonia Orchestra + ChorusOz 2024

    Album

    ABC Classic Live

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  • Finlandia [08'00]

    Composer

    Sibelius, Jean

    Performers

    Sydney Philharmonia Orchestra + Brett Weymark + ChorusOz 2024

    Album

    ABC Classic Live

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  • An Instrument of Peace [08'00]

    Composer

    Noonan, Katie | O'Connor, Andrew

    Performers

    Sydney Philharmonia Orchestra + Brett Weymark + ChorusOz 2024 + AVÉ - Australian Vocal Ensemble

    Album

    ABC Classic Live

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  • The Armed Man: A Mass for Peace [67'00]

    Composer

    Jenkins, Karl

    Performers

    Sydney Philharmonia Orchestra + Brett Weymark + ChorusOz 2024 + AVÉ - Australian Vocal Ensemble

    Album

    ABC Classic Live

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  • Jerusalem [04'00]

    Composer

    Parry, (Charles) Hubert

    Performers

    Sydney Philharmonia Orchestra + Brett Weymark + ChorusOz 2024

    Album

    ABC Classic Live

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  • Waltz No. 6 in D-flat major, Op. 64 No. 1 ‘Minute’ [02'16]

    Composer

    Chopin, Frédéric

    Performers

    Lang Lang (piano)

    Album

    Piano Magic, 19075862332

    Label

    Sony Classical

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  • Winterreise, D911: I. Gute Nacht [06'05]

    Composer

    Schubert, Franz

    Performers

    Geoffrey Parsons (piano) + Olaf Bär (baritone)

    Album

    Schubert: Winterreise, D.911, 7 49334 2

    Label

    EMI

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  • L'Incoronazione di Poppea "Pur ti miro" [04'25]

    Composer

    Monteverdi, Claudio

    Performers

    Anne Sofie von Otter (mezzo-soprano) + Leonardo García Alarcón + Sandrine Piau (soprano) + Ensemble Cappella Mediterranea

    Album

    Sogno Barocco

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  • Serenade No. 13 in G Major, KV525 ‘Eine kleine Nachtmusik’: III. Menuetto and Trio Allegretto [02'04]

    Composer

    Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus

    Performers

    Australian Chamber Orchestra + Richard Tognetti (violin & director)

    Album

    Water - Night Music, 481 5735

    Label

    ABC Classic

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