Join Cantabile Choir under the direction of Barbara Chalmer at St. Peter’s Eastern Hill, the oldest Anglican church in Melbourne still on its original site, to enjoy a taste of seven centuries of English choral music.  Choral music flourished in England with the patronage, protection, and participation of monarchs as well as in response to religious and popular demand, and our programme reflects that diversity.

Special guests – Soprano Anna Marsh and organist Rhys Arvidson will be on hand to add to the enjoyment.

Full programme – Dunstaple: Kyrie; King Henry VIII: Pastyme with Good Company; Tallis: O Sacrum Convivium; Byrd: Ave Verum Corpus, This Sweet and Merry Month of May;  Gibbons: O Clap Your Hands Together, The Silver Swan; Tomkins: See, See the Shepherds’ Queen; Dowland: Say Love, If Ever Thou Didst Find; Purcell: Music for a While; Handel: I Know That My Redeemer Liveth; Holst: I Love My Love; Stanford: The Blue Bird ; Taverner: The Lamb; McDowall: Now May We Singen

Tickets – $25 full, $20 concession card/student available from www.trybooking.com/CRQTU  or at the door. 

Venue – St Peter’s Eastern Hill, 15 Gisbourne St, East Melbourne. The church is a short walk from Parliament Station on City Loop, with the entrance to the church from the driveway pictured off Albert St. on the map below.